Amazon Music/Apple Music

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Iceman White
Brand new foray into streaming. Set up a brand new Node via WiFi and analog connection into my Anthem MRX 740. I was able to access the BluOS preset services (Radio Paradise and TuneIn) right away. I tried to access my Apple Music library but, while the AirPlay recognized the Node, it would not link it. I rebooted to router and the Node and now it links. I can play Apple Music off my IPhone now but I don’t see Apple Music show up as an option on the Node Home Screen. Am I missing something? By far the majority of my music is on Apple Music but I also have some on Amazon Music just because it came free with Amazon Prime. I can see the artists on Amazon through the Bluesound app but when I try to play one of them, the app combines all the Amazon music and plays it in a random order. I tried making a single Amazon playlist but again it just plays songs in a random order and it doesn’t allow me to pick a specific song. Ideas? I’m sure this has probably been discussed here before but like I said, I’m brand new to this and I’m trying to learn as I go. Any help is appreciated.
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    Brian
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    Streaming music services that integrate with BluOS are displayed under the Music Services option.

    At the moment Apple Music is unsupported other than local CD rips and purchased files that are DRM free. This is Apple's current policy. Any files stored on a networked computer or NAS can be made available to BluOS as a network share.

    https://support.bluos.net/hc/en-us/articles/360000469948--How-do-I-connect-music-on-my-NAS-PC-or-iTunes-Shared-Music-to-BluOS-

  • Iceman White

    How about the Amazon Music issue?

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  • Brian
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    I'm just a Bluesound user. I don't normally use Amazon Music even though I have Prime and it's 'free' to some extent. The Amazon UI in BluOS is clumsy, a result I'm told of Amazon restricting use of the service by not sharing some parts of the API.

    I'm as frustrated as you using it. I've just tried to select an artist and play a track and it plays something else entirely. The play queue is not populated with anything. It seems to operate like a Radio Station rather than a streaming service.

    I've got nearly 40k local tracks and a subscription to Qobuz which for the moment satisfies my streaming needs without struggling through Amazon Music's odd behaviour. I've read that playlists made in the Amazon Music App can be shared with BluOS. Perhaps someone else with more experience can respond.

     

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  • Iceman White

    Very frustrating so far. Thanks for the reply.

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  • Rays Jazz
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    Amazon is by far the worst of the main streaming sites. I advise you to try others, such Tidal, Qobuz and Deezer, all do free trials. I'm on Amazon free trial at the moment. Amazon Prime is limited.
    The Amazon UI on BluOs is poor as well.

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  • Brian
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    Qobuz works very well with BluOS. I subscribed to Tidal for 7 years and that too was well integrated though I understand that with the advent of Tidal HiRes streaming there are some bumps in the road.

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  • Rays Jazz

    The search on Amazon would not work, most of the time, on 4 interface, so I went back to 3, works fine. Not sure if it will fix your problems but worth trying.

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  • Invenio

    I think people have missed the critical issue here.  OP has Amazon Prime Music, not Amazon Music Unlimited.  Not only is the sound quality inferior with Prime Music vs Amazon Unlimited, you can't directly chose the tracks.  They are two different music service tiers.

    OP, if you want Amazon music to sound as good as Apple (ie, HD and UltraHD quality) and have the ability to choose which track to play you have to upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited.  Otherwise you can't make a fair comparison to Apple Music.

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  • Rays Jazz
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    I know Amazon Prime is different, low quality and reduced catalogue. I have never used it, despite having Prime free for 1 month. But surely you can choose what music to play? What is the point if you can't.

    I use Amazon HD but not for much longer, only got because Amazon offered me a free 3 months trial. If it far inferior to the others I have used, although I  did not get on with Spotify sound quality.

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  • Invenio

    No you can't choose the specific song.  You can choose a song and it will play "similar music" and then ultimately get to the song you chose but it's not song specific selection.

     

    If you have any remote interest in music, you will want to subscribe to the Unlimited plan.

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  • Rays Jazz

    Weird. I play albums not songs.

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  • Invenio

    And it plays the entire album (and nothing else)?  With a Prime music only subscription (not Amazon Unlimited).

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  • Rays Jazz

    I don't use or have Prime.

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  • Invenio

    Ok, got it.  Then you should have full and immediate access to any tracks/albums in their entire catalog.

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  • Rays Jazz

    I do but I'm not the OP. Also,I don't if I use BluOs 4 interface, the search does not work, I went back to 3 which works just fine.

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