Hi there! Play-fi would appear to be a fairly new development, in Australia it seems Play-Fi equipment is very difficult to get at the moment.
Its an interesting concept, an open standard for streaming that supports all the other standards as well. You downloaded the App for your computer you say? Well - unless I didn’t read the articles and reviews correctly - its part of the App to allow Streaming to the Play-Fi speaker, I guess you’ll have to try it for yourself on the weekend and see what happens. I not that there are Android and IOS versions of the Play-Fi App available, I don’t have a Play-Fi device but I’m curious to see what the Play-Fi App actually looks like so go will take a look, not that I’ll be able to gain much from looking but one never knows, often downloading an App tells you a lot about how accessible the App might be, how the equipment designed to work with the App actually functions etc. Its because of an app that I bought my Denot AVR-2113 Surround-Sound receiver, the App had a “Demo” mode so I was able to see an example of how the receiver might function through the App. > On 20 May 2015, at 9:47 pm, Clifford Blackwell <ceblackwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I bout a Phorus ps1 because it was only $50 US. I wanted to try it out > before making a more serious commitment to play-fi. The Phorus also support > blue tooth and Air Play. I'm not hooked into the IOS ecology, buy the rest > of my family is. It's a little smaller than I thought, but is supposed to > lay loud and clear. > > I haven't had the time to do more than download the play-fi program to the > computer. It's then when I think I discovered that I need a dlna media > server to push the music to the speaker. It will be the weekend before I get > to play much more with it. I'll report on my discoveries. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 1:07 AM > Subject: play-Fi Speakers > > >> Okay, just changing the subject here <smile> >> >> You mentioned that you had some Play-Fi Speakers, what type did you get? >> >> >> >> On 19/05/2015 9:26 PM, Clifford Blackwell wrote: >>> I'll give that one a try. I have a Play-fi speaker that will need a media >>> server to send music to it. >>> >>> Thanks for your help. >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" >>> <grtd...@internode.on.net> >>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 10:56 PM >>> Subject: Re: dlna for windows pcs >>> >>> >>>> Have you tried Jamcast? Its not fully accessible yet but is getting there, >>>> $14 for a lifetime of upgrades and updates, 14 day free trial. >>>> >>>> The software is acce3ssible enough right now to get good use out of it, >>>> even more so if you have a Smart Phone or another device with DLNA >>>> software to control it. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 19/05/2015 1:02 PM, Clifford Blackwell wrote: >>>>> Anyone got a dlna media server recommendation for accessibility? I'm >>>>> sort of looking at Plex or Pwonkey or serviio. >>>>> >>>>> Any input will be appreciated. I use JAWS for my screen reader. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ********** >>>> Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> ********** >> Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves >> > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
