No, the X-App does not support the BLC it is annouced for future releases.

Yes you can connect the beolabs via Powerlink to the BLC and yes you will need an ir eye.

Damn.

So i would have to use say a Chromecast Audio connected to the AUX on the BLC and then multiroom-connect the linkroom speakers if i want music in the whole house including the speakers connected to the BLC.

 

How do i connect to NL sources on old ML products? Lets say an A9 is playing Deezer and i have a Beolink Active connected to the BLC via Masterlink?

It depends on what you currently have in your ML network.  Remember, the BLC has to play in ML according to ML rules that were written long ago.  The BLC can mimic an a.master, a v.master, an av.master or a BS5.  Supposing you only have a BeoVision and link rooms in your ML, you can configure the Deezer from the A9 as "Radio" on the ML side of the world.  Press "Radio" on your remote in the link room, and this will tell the BLC to send the Deezer audio to ML as a "radio" audio source.  The BeoActive thinks it is getting "radio" from a BeoSound, when it is actually getting Deezer from the A9 via the BLC - assuming there are no licensing restrictions the prohibit Deezer from being broadcast multi-room - Spotify does not allow this.  Spotify audio can only be shared with other devices that support Spotify, and means no ML devices.  If you had speakers connected to the BLC, you could also listen to this from the BLC (again, assuming no licensing restrictions).

If you connect a Chromecast audio to the BLC AUX port, there will be a delay when distributing this audio the NL because it must be converted from analog to digital.  I think you can, however, set the AUX port to play only locally with no delay (although I could have this confused with the Essence), and use Chromecast to provide the "whole house" effect - that is, you can put your BLC chromecast and A9 in a "group" and send your audio to the "group" and there will be no delay because NL is not being used.

Stan

 

The only Masterlink product i have is a 1611 connected to a Beomaster 7000.

The rest is NL link room speakers.

I aquired the BLC to distribute Beogram sound through my Beosystem 7000  to the NL link speakers.

I wonder if i should connect the Beolabs, now connected to the Beosystem,  to the BLC instead.

If i understand correctly that would work with BLC as videomaster and the 1611 as audiomaster in collaboration with the Beosystem 7000.

Watch out for the update (yesterday) of the X app.

Streaming to devices on the converter is now supported.

MM

Please keep me posts if this works for me. i'm trying to accomplish the same, but not working yet with the latest app.

Yes you can ... at least to the ML out

I don't have speakers on my BLC

/forum/general-discussion-and-questions/beomusic-app-is-merging-with-bang-amp-olufsen-app#post-2085346

Chuffed !

I down loaded the latest beta ... and managed to remotely activate the Essence in another part of the house (not a real biggie) and THEN connected via the BLC NL/ML to the Essence's group to get ❤️ music.

Not sure if it is the new Beta or just me finally working out the right sequence (except I think the source panel is new)

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i believe that's the old work-around, which used to work with the beomusic app.

let me recap whether i understand you correctly. you basically play deezer on the essence. then you "join" with the ml/nl, which plays the music through your bv8.

so, you cannot play "only" to your bv8?

steve1977 wrote:

i believe that's the old work-around, which used to work with the beomusic app.

let me recap whether i understand you correctly. you basically play deezer on the essence. then you "join" with the ml/nl, which plays the music through your bv8.

so, you cannot play "only" to your bv8?

Someone has to be the source !

The BV8 is too old to have its own innate Deezer.

It would be nice if the BLC had been designed to be a source for the internet - but it wasn't.

Yes it's mildly annoying that waking up the Essence activates its attached speakers - but that's what it's designed to do.

Are you asking for a standalone source (sans speakers) that is the gateway for streaming sources on the Internet ?