Since the PWD+bridge will be ethernet those with wireless systems will need to use a wireless-to-ethernet device. There are plenty around; Airport Express, Sonos (!), say an old router with access point option. Powerline devices even. What is the thinking on the best way to do this?
Hmm, pause that discussion. If the (iPhone) controller works on wifi presumably the bridge is wifi? With all that entails about signal quality. Anyway this should be in a different forum.
Because the iPod is wifi does not mean the bridge must be wifi. The bridge is connected to the network through cable or wifi, and the iPod is connected to the network through wifi. They talk to each other through the network not directly to each other. I believe the intent is to make the the bridge connect through cable and possibly wifi as well.
Exactly my opinion too.
I bought the PWD for three reasons:
- quality far superior to any other DAC
- able to read apple formats : AIFF, ALAC, AAC
- able to read my iTunes folder as is
Like Richard, the PW system is not the only one I will be playing my music on.
I want to keep everything centered around Mac/iTunes, for me the PWD is just a device that can access that music.
I posted this before in a much earlier thread, but iTunes isn’t DLNA compatible, and as far as been posted here, the Bridge will require a DLNA-compliant server. I don’t use iTunes, but from what I understand, it’s also a bad idea to have any other program modify anything in it’s library folder, as that can potentially corrupt the iTunes database.
I understand, but my iTunes library is on a DLNA compliant NAS, so no problem there.
I can read it from my Pioneer DLNA A/V receiver.
I remember the thread you mention, I think it’s the one where we discussed various NAS?
You have a real valid point in not letting another program mess around with the library though.
I experimented with that once and got strange results.
However, if the Bridge would access a folder/subfolder structure without modifying it, it could work.
But with all the info I got on the Bridge/NAS on this forum recently, I am leaning more and more towards
storing a second copy of my music on the PWNAS. That way iTunes and the PW system each have their own copy of my music library to access. And an additional backup of something as important as a 15000 song (and counting)
music archive isn’t a bad idea either.
Still a bit confused about the ripping part of the NAS.
- A device like RipNAS can rip to ALAC, though ALAC is proprietary to Apple.
How come, do they have a license? Not that big of a deal though if AIFF is supported.
- AIFF is not proprietary to Apple but co-devoleped and improved by them as far as I was able to find out.
It ‘d really be great for Mac users if AIFF was supported next to WAV and FLAC. Any update on AIFF support?
- Wil there be a Mac version of the software you develop to access the NAS?
Since the PWD+bridge will be ethernet those with wireless systems will need to use a wireless-to-ethernet device. There are plenty around; Airport Express, Sonos (!), say an old router with access point option. Powerline devices even. What is the thinking on the best way to do this?
The key to answering and understanding this question is the router. The iPhone is wifi only (as pointed out) and so it must have a wireless router to communicate with the iPod. The Bridge can connect to this router either through Ethernet or through wifi - depending on how you want to set it up.
The key to answering and understanding this question is the router. The iPhone is wifi only (as pointed out) and so it must have a wireless router to communicate with the iPod. The Bridge can connect to this router either through Ethernet or through wifi - depending on how you want to set it up.
Sorry Paul, maybe a bit thick here. I appreciate the communication over the home network, but don’t understand the logic functioning.
You have the NAS as repository, the Bridge as the receiver of the files, but where does the remote function on? Are you connecting to and directing from the bridge or are you directing the NAS? Does it work like the interaction of an Ipod with Itunes (basically directing the repository)? Thanks, Rene.
Rene, no worries. I understand this is all a bit much to get for everyone. The remote is the iPod Touch. It is the controller and it is running on wifi.
So, the repository must have wireless connectivity - either built in (like our PWL) or connected to a wireless router. Most people have access to a wireless router. The iPod Touch (or iPhone) has our controller software app installed. It communicates via wifi to the “repository” which serves up the music to the Bridge and reports back what’s in the repository and what’s happening.
Rene, no worries. I understand this is all a bit much to get for everyone. The remote is the iPod Touch. It is the controller and it is running on wifi.
So, the repository must have wireless connectivity - either built in (like our PWL) or connected to a wireless router. Most people have access to a wireless router. The iPod Touch (or iPhone) has our controller software app installed. It communicates via wifi to the “repository” which serves up the music to the Bridge and reports back what’s in the repository and what’s happening.
