When playing from a UPnP source, the artwork must be embedded.However, and naturally, there are requirements imposed to make sure that the players can locate the artwork for display. Unlike some systems there are no restrictions on artwork resolution imposed by the hardware itself, for example. Either the music is streamed from a separate UPnP server, or it is stored in some sort of portable storage and connected via USB to the network player.įortunately, Cambridge Audio have worked to minimise the requirements on the artwork. When working with the Cambridge Audio network players, the important factor is the music source. We all know by now that album art is essential to the digital music experience, so we want to make sure that the album art is displayed when we browse the music in our music library. These devices offer the ability to display album art, both on the device itself and also via the app used to control the players. The network players currently sold in the Cambridge Audio hi-fi range are the 851N and the CXN. As ever, it's the computer audio components we are interested in, specifically the Cambridge Audio network players. In each series there are multiple products amplifiers, CD players, DACs and more.
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This week we look at the Cambridge Audio 851N and CXN network players' album art requirements (spoiler: there aren't many!) and how to configure bliss to ensure those storage requirements are met.Ĭambridge Audio manufacture several different series of hi-fi products. Given album art is an important part of the digital music experience, it's important to ensure album art is present and correct, regardless of whether we are using software or hardware based music players. Cambridge Audio 851N and CXN album art - finding and fixing