
QOBUZ DESKTOP APP TRIAL
Samsung TV owners who download the Qobuz app are eligible for a one-month free trial to sample the offering a music streaming service with human-crafted playlists, exclusive content such as Qobuz bios, as well as album reviews, liner notes and digital booklets, all of which mark Qobuz out as a streaming service for the serious music fan. In addition to that, the Galaxy Store will be featuring the Qobuz app as an Editor’s Choice within the smart TV area, putting it front-and-centre for added awareness. So, for Samsung smart TV owners in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States, you’re in luck. There is a caveat to the app’s availablity though, as it’ll only be made available in the 18 markets worldwide where Qobuz currently operates. I have not found any other Linux players that can do that - of course, I have not tried stuff like Roon (through Ropieee) since I’m too for that.High-resolution music streaming service Qobuz has launched its first ever TV app, and if you’re a Samsung smart TV owner, you’ll be first in line to enjoy it. Note - it does not happen when streaming to the Bridge. The ability to “play silence at startup to allow for hardware synchronization.” Without the setting, I found that the Pi would drop the first few milliseconds of higher rez tracks.
QOBUZ DESKTOP APP SOFTWARE
I’ve been a JRiver user for many years now, and have a Master License which allows the use of the software across platforms, so for me it was a no brainer when I set up my Pi to try i2s.įor my Pi setup, there is one setting that I just could NOT find in other software. There are free software out there for both Windows and Linux that you could run on either so apps like Bubble can play to them. It still doesn’t bother me, as I find Bubble sufficiently effective for my purposes to stream from Qobuz to either Bridge or JRiver running on my PC and Pi. I signed up for the free trial because someone asked me about streaming to my Pi/Iancanada/i2s setup.
QOBUZ DESKTOP APP DRIVER
Their official position is that their WDM driver makes the player available over the network, and there are sufficient third part apps that can connect streaming services to the software, which I can confirm.Īlthough it has bothered some users, it never bothered me, as I didn’t stream from Qobuz until recently. It’s somewhat of a controversy on their forums too. Something to do with having been burned by some streaming service in the past (I don’t know which). The owner/devs at JRiver has emphatically stated that they will NOT integrate Qobuz/Tidal/etc. Note my PC is not on, otherwise it would also appear. (3) At 0 a year, Qobuz is a little bit more Tidal using Heos is workable. Here is a screenshot of Bubble that shows that it sees JRiver on my Pi as renderer (along with Bridge). My options are to play from my pc via HDMI or through the MusicCast app. Note that JRiver (the software and JRemote app) does NOT integrate Qobuz/Tidal streaming (controversy on their forum), but because their software also operates as a network player, it’s no problem when using another controller. I just turn my PC or Pi on and start playing with the app of my choice. Once you have the settings to your liking, you don’t even have to turn your monitor on.

QOBUZ DESKTOP APP FULL
JRiver also has a setting to automatically start full window or minimized whenever the computer is turned on. On top of that, you can also use JRiver’s own JRemote app. But one thing great about enabling network, is that from that point every controller I’ve tried has been able to both play to it AND find it as source/storage. In JRiver, the Bridge appears as a zone to play to, but I believe you have to enable network playing first. I can use JRiver on both Windows and Pi to stream to the Bridge.
