05-15-2020, 11:55 AM
First, to @Andy B:
If you are asking if there an answer for FOSS software continuing to work with recalcitrant streaming service providers, there really isn't one. If a company doesn't publish and support the specs for an open API which anyone can implement, then clever people try to reverse-engineer the closed API knowing that their work is grounded in quicksand. What works today may not work tomorrow.
The third-party app developers, BubbleUPnP, Linn, and the like, are not FOSS developers. They have their own arrangements with the streaming services.
Second, to @mancio61
Yes to #1, the other renderers listed in moOde's Audio Config panel bypass MPD. For at least some of them, it is possible to pass metadata including coverart through the protocols they use. However, the developer/maintainers of the third-party FOSS packages incorporated in moOde have to support this use case. Even when they do, the metadata has to be accessible in a form which Tim can integrate into the moOde UI. And the result has to be maintainable. To quote a memorable line from the movie Master and Commander, "which it will be ready when it is ready."
As to #2, yes there are Bluetooth transceivers on most RPi models. The Wikipedia article on Raspberry Pi summarized the capabilities of all models in a large table. What it doesn't mention upfront is that the Bluetooth/WiFi combo in the RPi3B (not B+) is notoriously unreliable.
As to #3, don't forget there's a native Tidal app available for iOS. From my limited experience, the Linn apps support Qobuz and Tidal, as does mconnect Lite. There may be others.
Regards,
Kent
If you are asking if there an answer for FOSS software continuing to work with recalcitrant streaming service providers, there really isn't one. If a company doesn't publish and support the specs for an open API which anyone can implement, then clever people try to reverse-engineer the closed API knowing that their work is grounded in quicksand. What works today may not work tomorrow.
The third-party app developers, BubbleUPnP, Linn, and the like, are not FOSS developers. They have their own arrangements with the streaming services.
Second, to @mancio61
Yes to #1, the other renderers listed in moOde's Audio Config panel bypass MPD. For at least some of them, it is possible to pass metadata including coverart through the protocols they use. However, the developer/maintainers of the third-party FOSS packages incorporated in moOde have to support this use case. Even when they do, the metadata has to be accessible in a form which Tim can integrate into the moOde UI. And the result has to be maintainable. To quote a memorable line from the movie Master and Commander, "which it will be ready when it is ready."
As to #2, yes there are Bluetooth transceivers on most RPi models. The Wikipedia article on Raspberry Pi summarized the capabilities of all models in a large table. What it doesn't mention upfront is that the Bluetooth/WiFi combo in the RPi3B (not B+) is notoriously unreliable.
As to #3, don't forget there's a native Tidal app available for iOS. From my limited experience, the Linn apps support Qobuz and Tidal, as does mconnect Lite. There may be others.
Regards,
Kent
