I just got an email from Bill Goldsmith regarding streaming FLAC. RP is working on a simple stream URL and also an API that supports song skip and other features. So stay tuned.
RadioParadise streaming FLAC
Any RadioParadise listeners on here? RP recently announced lossless FLAC streaming through their mobile apps and their Apple Desktop application. There is no Lossless streaming URL at this time.
I normally stream it through the RP 320acc URL to a Wyred4Sound 96K moded SONOS Connect then coax to an external DAC. I just connected up an old AppleTV and redirected the desktop RP application to the AppleTV for some A/B testing, also set the app to lossless. But the desktop app is not the same track as the URL and I have been sick the last few days and my head feels like a balloon so A/B testing is suboptimal to say the least.
Anyone else messing around with this?
I normally stream it through the RP 320acc URL to a Wyred4Sound 96K moded SONOS Connect then coax to an external DAC. I just connected up an old AppleTV and redirected the desktop RP application to the AppleTV for some A/B testing, also set the app to lossless. But the desktop app is not the same track as the URL and I have been sick the last few days and my head feels like a balloon so A/B testing is suboptimal to say the least.
Anyone else messing around with this?
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I enabled iPad to Aurender streaming and started Radio Paradise and selected FLAC Streaming. It started but I had no sound. I checked everything and it seems okay. I went back to the Aurender and played a Tidal song with no problem. I returned to the Aurender, enabled the connection, started RP and still no sound coming thru the system. Aurender support advises “try switching over to the “N10-xxxx USB” airplay target (the other “N10” per your your screen shot)”. Busy tonight and will test on Wednesday. Getting close, I hope. |
hgeifman,... in the RP app on my iPhone, in the window that shows what song is playing, there’s an icon to extreme right in the row below the “play” and “pause” buttons that looks like a little pyramid with concentric circles emanating from its top. When I press that icon, I get a list of devices that are online & ready to receive a signal — All I’ve got in my setup are Apple devices so YMMV re: the Aurender.....I choose whatever device I want to stream to from that list and listen. Apologies if this is more of a proprietary Apple thing... |
I’ve streamed RP in the FLAC setting over the RP app on my iPhone > Airport Express > my main system for a couple of 2 hour-ish stretches now over the past 48 hrs.. Sounds very good to me...the high freq. seems ever so slightly rolled off compared with 16 bit AIFF vinyl conversions from my computer via the same AE...same with CD files ripped to the same computer. I’m not “digital audio savvy” enough to know whether this might be some sort of Airport Express bottleneck though (or, indeed, whether it might be improved Sonics — it sounds more euphonic in a “balanced” sort of fashion the longer I listen.) |
@jbuhl, Thanks. Unfortunately, Radio Paradise FLAC Streaming is not available on my Aurender N10 Music Server. As I understand it, RP needs to make an API available to Aurender so they can build an interface to stream RP FLAC. I emailed RB yesterday and asked for the status of an API Aurender can use to provide RP FLAC. Thanks. Or, maybe, another option is for RB to provide an URL for RP FLAC Streaming. Thanks. |
@hgeifman No FLAC stream URL that I know of. I think there is an API as I saw this on GitHub. https://github.com/marco79cgn/radio-paradise/releases/tag/v1.0-beta Not sure that will work for what your need. I sent an email to one of the developers who works on the iOS app maybe he can shed some light. |
@johnmohr Are you using the new radioparadise site or the legacy? If on the new one do you have it set to FLAC? |
I just compared Peter Gabriel songs ( had to wait a couple songs before comparing). I think the Lossless sounds a bit better than my upsampled version. Getting some interrupts and the app crashed once so I think I need to play with the cache settings. Doesn't sound like the URL version is coming anytime soon. RP is my favorite streaming radio. |