UPNP Tidal usage

[TheOldPresbyope]

Many thanks very useful.  I will test at weekend.  I did some further research and given I have a QNAP NAS at home the following guide was useful and had a nice architecture diagram which makes it all a lot clearer:

http://www.hifizine.com/files/2016/06/ar...ture-2.png

@rollinhand

It looks like this is the upmpcli developer's original image edited to name specific products which can fulfill the various UPnP functions. It can be a little misleading with moOde.

There are two different modes of accessing Tidal streams from moOde. 

• In the first, moOde needs no Tidal credentials and some other software must deal with the Tidal credentials and act as a proxy server for the Tidal streams (the image you posted implies this mode since it names "BubbleUPnP server"). This mode certainly works but it requires the music stream from the Tidal servers to pass through your network several times as it makes its way first to, say, a BubbleUPnP Control Point and then to moOde. It also requires the control point to be on continuously.
  
• In the second, moOde deals directly with the Tidal credentials and acts as a proxy server for the Tidal streams. This to me is the more desirable mode because the music stream passes directly from the Tidal servers through your network to moOde. This takes up less bandwidth on the network and the control point does not have to be on continuously once it has told moOde what to play.
  

From the standpoint of the control point, it's just a matter of choosing the right library (that's what BubbleUPnP calls it; YMMV). To activate the second mode in BubbleUPnP, one chooses (via the hamburger icon) LIBRARY/Local and Cloud/Moode UPNP-mediaserver. To activate the first mode, one chooses LIBRARY/Cloud/TIDAL (and also enters the Tidal credentials).

Tidal and Google Music have worked for me in moOde since Tim first introduced the capability.

Regards,
Kent