Just noticed this. With Spotify the Music Cast app points you to opening the Spotify app but Amazon Music you get this proprietary user interface crap.

@@bradavon that's coz spotify has spotify connect an amazon doesn't. now tidal is tidal connect to. They have APIs that let 3rd part systems control their music, so we can use their apps to control other devices. That said, Yamaha (and Japanese companies in general) is also at fault for creating such a mediocre interface.

Ah ha! Thank you for finding that. And that confirms what my ears were telling me, it’s still not playing full quality like the Amazon app does, making it even more useless lol

Playing this song now thru my Yamaha RX-V685 and it's playing FLAC 192 kHz

@@COGuyStuff Exactly where is the sound setting menu I can not get the audio format to display and am unable to find the setting to toggle the audio information on.

​@@leeharris4015 it's the button bottom right corner whilst you're playing a song. The same menu you can change the recievers sound modes. It's a long menu so easy to miss further down is a toggle for Audio Information On or Off.

Nope. Total gimmick and only on a couple Amazon speakers for the foreseeable future.

@@COGuyStuff thanks! That is really disappointing...

Never understood the point in Atmos on a single speaker. Atmos is object based sound. Most Samsung phones have it. Just a gimmick too. Good luck getting object based sound from phone speakers 😂

It does

Yeah. For me Lossless CD Quality is a gimmick. The standard Lossy music is already 16-Bit / 44.1Khz. It's the Lossless High Resolution that makes a difference or what Amazon confusingly call Ultra HD.

De rien

It’s up to Yamaha to include services like tidal connect. I have it in my processor. Yamaha just hasn’t added it. Yeah the app sucks.

@@COGuyStuff I'm hoping against hope that they fix this in an upcoming update?Including bass management on sources like my CD player.🙆‍♂️ Got bass from subwoofer when watching movies and streaming music, but none whatsoever when playing CD's. I'd have to go to LEVELS and bump the bass up to +8dB to enjoy CD music. The sad part is that change is global. And I'd have to go to settings to dial it down every time I change sources.😏

Or just get a better processor

what model?

@@COGuyStuff R-N303

Only sources that make a direct connection can be used with that. Amazon doesn’t do that, so you have to use airplay or Bluetooth.

@@COGuyStuff thank you! I was going down the rabbit hole. You've made a fan!

Should be the same. He said Bluetooth not Chromecast. Chromecast is also directly accessing your account like Music Cast. Assuming Chromecast supports the stream. It doesn't for Amazon Music HD, haven't looked for Tidal.

Make sure the app and os and Yamaha firmware are updated

instablaster.

No

I'm having the same issue did you find a solution?

They replaced the receiver twice. The third receivers problem has a different issue as when it looses the WiFi connection when it is off, when I-put it back on it regains the connection quickly. It should always stay connected according to Yamaha, just plain weird but I still think it’s not perfected. Some times it stays connected for days and sometimes everyday it looses it. Guess I will have to live with it till I replace and it will not be a Yamaha… Hope this helps Dave

Does it support Qobuz? Thanks.

@@berj79 Yes, it supports Qobuz, Tidal and Spotify.

You can't. Both apple and Amazon are very protective of their services and want you to use their services directly from them. I've been trying to research this issue for a long time. If you subscribe to Apple music, you can "cast" your audio over to a Google Cast device but unfortunately, musiccast devices don't support Google Chromecast or Google Cast. You would have to purchase something like a Chromecast audio but unfortunately, they don't make them anymore and they are going for ridiculous prices on eBay. There is one other option to cast your Apple Music using DLNA or Airplay BUT you have to have an Android device, and you have to root your phone.... It's Called AirMusic. It's basically a bunch of effort because these companies don't want to be semi-open source.

​@@CeeStyleDj a regular Chromecast can also be used as a Chromecast Audio. I didn't have a spare optical port for my Chromecast Audio so now use my Chromecast for audio. The device needs HDMI of course. I've still got my Chromecast Audio. Like you say it sucks they stopped making them. They were unique devices.

@@bradavon I know man I already considered that. But I have a Roku for that purpose. I like the Chromecast audio because it has the composite mini jack audio and optical output and I could plug it into my DAC or Line Input on my stereo amplifier. As you said with the regular Chromecast, the device needs to have an HDMI input which not all stereo receivers or integrated amplifiers have. And if you don't have that, then you have to get the stupid converter box. I read somewhere online to someone noticed that a patent was taken out from Google and the device suspiciously looks like a new version of the Chromecast audio so it may be coming back. But I've heard that they still support the old Chromecast audio contrary to what the internet says.

No way

Yes you can, this guy doesnt know what he is doing

@@seanvan6377 how?

my bad technically no the Yamaha Music Cast App doesnt have an actual search option, i was thinking of another app , i use HifiCast alot & it has a search option. However i do think finding a specific track is pretty quick in Music cast, you can very quickly go to an Artist, Album or Song since everything is alphabetical & scrolling is fast.

@@seanvan6377 Where is available the HIFIcast? I have also the Synology DS audio but the app don't support airplay 2 :(

I don't know, I never tried without

No.

This was before