It looks no different on the amazon music app from you casting to any other device, it’s just the target device name that changes. As with any casting from amazon music, that app doesn’t show you what resolution it’s casting in, nor is that info (yet?) showing in the WiiM app.
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The ‘whitelist’ is a list maintained by the WiiM development team of the MAC addresses of WiiM Mini devices that are eligible to have the beta firmware loaded on to them for the purpose of testing the beta software. You need to ask the WiiM team to be out on that list. However, if testing goes well, there may well be a general beta release to all users by 5/31 as per their website. Given it’s now the weekend, I’d just wait for a few more days and you might get it anyway without having to ask.
Sure, it shows exactly what I’d expect when casting I.e. no resolution info. Here are the screenshots when playing normally and when casting, including a screenshot of the Linn app resolution info
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Thanks but also damn... so you have to trust the output sample rate from the WiiM Mini that goes to your DAC.
I've never had any Alexa casting devices, so lack of sample rate info in Amazon app is new to me.
That's not WiiM's fault obviously but kind of sucks (Amazon's fault)
I've always used Amazon Music HD app on iOS direct to USB DAC via Apple lightning to USB adapter.
I guess with enough testing (turning off casting to verify track sample rate) I would be able to come to trust the correct sample rate is exiting WiiM Mini, going to external DAC.
I guess that's what you'll be doing now and so far, so good?
It sounds really good and appears to be bit perfect from the info being displayed on my Linn amp - whether it’s different will be down to your age, your ears and your kit
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Indeed, so far, so good
In fact, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a UHD badge in the alexa app now playing screen…
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Wonderful.Indeed, so far, so good
In fact, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a UHD badge in the alexa app now playing screen…
I remember you wrote that you were regretting buying the WiiM Mini (based on Amazon UHD promises by WiiM) - but I'm sure today you're smiling.
There'll be some bugs. Please do report them ! I'll do thorough testing myself when my unit arrives.
WiiM app showing sample rate and bitrate would be enough for me. I'll have to make a request but everybody else please do the same to WiiM Support !
I imagine WiiM will be quicker than Amazon adding this info to their app lol
Yeah, I was just on a bit of a general downer that day…
I fully intend to report any issues I find to WiiM once I get a chance to do some proper testing - part of the issue is that I find the amazon music app itself can be temperamental, especially on android, but I’m sure WiiM will recognise whether an issue is something they can deal with or pass on to Amazon.
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as shown by all this constantly pointed mess that occupies all..
we can indeed only hope, and we have been pointing it out for weeks, that the actual bitrate will be indicated in real time...
(in my opinion output on the toslink
can be in "audio settings" ( the data concerning the audio input and output "audio status"?) , as we can observe the wifi rssi tx in the menu "wifi status")
getting a bit urgent...
;-)
we can indeed only hope, and we have been pointing it out for weeks, that the actual bitrate will be indicated in real time...
(in my opinion output on the toslink
can be in "audio settings" ( the data concerning the audio input and output "audio status"?) , as we can observe the wifi rssi tx in the menu "wifi status")
getting a bit urgent...
;-)
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No need to hope.
Need to send an email to WiiM and ask for it.
It's better if 50 people ask them, instead of just me.
[email protected]
More chance of something happening ;-)
Do you guys see the Wiim Mini in the Amazon Music app for Windows, in the "Available devices" list, even before the Amazon HD firmware update? I don't... :-(
But it does show up on the Amazon Music Android app, and from there I can cast without any problems.
But it does show up on the Amazon Music Android app, and from there I can cast without any problems.
The amazon music app on windows doesn’t support casting at all
Any idea if the macOS app does? If you had a Mac in the house to test.
I would guess no but thought I'd ask.
I’m still on .418247 playing amazon music hd. Did you ask to be on the whitelist?
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Personally I think it's a shame as I'm not a big phone / tablet user .... can sliterally be switched off for week at a time but where I listed to music most there's a laptop that's virtually permanently on.
I don’t have macOS, but only iOS and Android are mentioned as casting platforms - guess it depends how close macOS is to iOS and if the amazon music app can tell the difference. Good question, and my gut feeling is that it won’t cast from MacOS otherwise it would have been mentioned somewhere
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