Apple Music to DAC over Ethernet?

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@shankha

Given that, maybe I can do this: Apple Music on Mac —USB—> HQP on Linux —Ethernet—> DAC?

I have a thread about this - feeding any source into HQPlayer.

I feed Apple Music on iPad into HQPlayer because it supports auto sample rate switching.

On Mac you need to manually switch sample rates.

See #3:

Using any audio source with HQPlayer - Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, Soundcloud [2021-2022]

I can do it 3 ways. A Bluesound Node 2i (Airplay 2 input) feeding HQPlayer Embedded on Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS. Deezer and Spotify (even their upcoming HiFi) is limited to 44.1kHz sample rates, so Airplay 2 is fine here. No sample rate conversions. Can even use the Node 2i’s Spotify Connect input. Could use a Cambridge Audio CXV V2 or Chromecast Audio for Chromecast input. Anything with a TOSlink output really. PC/Macbook directly USB connected to HQPlayer OS running on UpBoard Gateway. …