Is there a way to add streaming services to a streamer that are not native to the streamer? Many streamers don't come with native support of some streaming services, in my case Qobuz or Amazon Music. Is there a way to add those services to a usb drive, connected to the streamer, so that I can access them "natively", without having to Airplay the content at a lower resolution?
You have to boot to Volumio, I doubt a flash drive will do it. Anyway Volumio Free does NOT support anything but Spotify. If it miraculously works you still got nothing. Call Oppo to see if it is even possible.
If it has UP P, BubbleUPnP (free) gets you Qobuz. The only thing I know of that plays Prime is Bluesound. I dropped it after a trial for that reason, and perceived poorer quality. Amazon has NO support. At least Qubuz has responded to emails.
A hardwired phone gets you crappy phone sound. And it makes your mobile phone non mobile. Better off with a dedicated network player.
@cdtd there are cheap streamer options such as WiiM or WiiM Pro Plus. Way better off using these options than jumping thru hoops with usb drive.
@cdtd, @audphile1is spot-on: the streamer functions of the Oppo Sonica are dead as a doornail - you’re well advised to run another streamer into the Sonica for DAC purposes only. The device wasn’t well-managed software-wise even before Oppo abandoned its AV lab in Cali. The USB port was good for external drives of modest capacity, and even that became potentially troublesome after a couple iOS revisions. Oppo simply never did upkeep for the device, not surprising since it was only released about a year before they folded shop.
I’d advise caution re: running another server/streamer into the USB port (especially an extensively modded unit like yours) - I could not get Volumio to recognize a connection with the DAC via USB (digital coaxial worked fine), but admittedly I just switched to another on-hand DAC before sending Volumio a log report on the Oppo USB matter. I keep intending to get back to that for curiosity’s sake, but always get lost in the music instead. 😅
Please consider keeping this thread posted, @cdtd, as there are still many Oppo DAC users out there - it’s a great piece of kit IMO (less the blasted server/streamer feature). I almost picked up a second unit with the same tube mod you have, but as I go to line-level-in on my powered subs, having tubes in that pathway made no sense (to clarify: in my use case - to each their own on that matter/preference!).
I hope to see follow up here. Thank you for posting.
Addendum: obviously the routes suggested above for streaming via a phone may well suffice for you, too.
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