Creation 5 app with Playmaker

Hi all,

I have the following set-up:

Wired Playmaker connected to a pair of BL9.

iPad with Creation 5 app.

All music files are on iPad, and also a copy of the music files is on the Synology NAS.

Now the problem is that if I in C5 select

- Type is Music

- Source is NAS

- Room is Playmaker

Then I can select a music track and play, but the play/pause in C5 does not work. In other words, I cannot stop or pause the track. Also switching to another track does not work correctly.

I thought that the C5 app was made specifically to work with BM5 or with Playmaker.

Are these familiar problems? Is there somewhere a problem list for C5 app in combination with Playmaker?

Is this a Playmaker problem?

Regards,

-F

Hi Flere,

I've tested it for you, but I don't have any problems with this app.

Did you made a Playlist in the app? You can add any song or album to a playlist. If so, select the playlist you have made. Then you will see in the above screen Play All. Tap on this one. Then press Play next to the ring.

Skipping backward and forward with pause etc. works also, then enjoy your selected music ;-)

It's the same as the BS5, you will have to make a Playlist for your albums. That will do the trick.

Edit: did you test with iPad as source? Both music from Nas and iPad works for me.

Hi -F,

if all your music is on the iPad as well you could use the AirPlay function of the Creation 5 app.

Choose your iPad as source, hit the AirPlay button and select the PM as target.

Should be more stable than the DLNA/NAS way.

Greetings Millemissen

P.S. sure the Creation 5 is 'meant for' BM5/Playmaker - but it is technically just a DLNA app like the PlugPlayer og the 8Player.

Hi Millemissen

Yes, indeed, using the iPad local music library as a source and using airplay to stream to the PM works ok.

I am experimenting with the DLNA/NAS approach to see if the sound quality would be improved when streaming from the NAS directly to the PM.

Greetings,

Flere

Hi BeoHut,

No , I did not yet experiment with the Creation 5 specific playlists.

I will do this and see whether this does not have the same problems as when selecting directly an album from the NAS via the Creation 5 app.

Greetings,

Flere