Manually Add a Player IP or Domain

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Matthew

• May 25, 2020 18:56

Hello, I had requested a similar feature a while back, but thought I'd pose again as it's come up a few more times with recent installations. Please consider adding support for manually adding a player by its IP address or domain. The reason is this would allow for the device(s) running the BluOS app to be on a different VLAN from the player. Right now the device with the BluOS app has to be on the same VLAN which is generally not considered a best practice for premium installations and this would be solved with the ability to manually add the player within the app.

 

Thank you for considering.

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• Official comment

  

  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • May 25, 2020 19:10

  Hi Matthew

  Thanks for the feedback - unfortunately this isn't a Bluesound issue as much as it is an IoT issue. Many multicast-based Smart products rely on mDNS or Zero Configuration, which do not route beyond current sub-nets thus do not play well in VLAN situations.

   
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  Han

  • February 24, 2021 13:56

  Do the professional players also use multicast?

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  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • February 24, 2021 14:22

  All BluOS Players regardless of brand require multicast traffic to communicate with The BluOS App

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