The Davaar firmware, in my experience, is much more stable than the control software, in part of course because it is not dependent on local WiFi conditions. I have been on the Davaar beta channel for several years, and I have never had a significant software glitch with my DSMs. Occasionally new stuff has not worked as described in the release notes, but the core functionality has always remained stable. Linn firmware is built on the OpenHome stack, which originated in the very earliest days of the DS, and is pretty solid by now. By contrast, Kazoo and I think the Linn App as well, are built in Microsoft's cross platform Xamarin development environment.Hi @DavidHB, yes, I'm Davaar 4.79.383 on my Linn DS and DS-I. I only upgraded to this to take advantage of Space Optimisation v2. The thought of letting beta software (from Linn) run amok gives me cold sweats. I'm already struggling with Linn's control apps as it is, which seem to be in perpetual beta. The Linn helpdesk didn't mention anything about upcoming support for other media servers in future versions of Davaar and I'm not all that keen on signing up to an annual licence for MinimServer 2, especially if I'm not sure it'll have the outcome I want.
As you are using Android, Have you tried the BubbleDS control point?. It has IMO a far more consistent and intuitive UI than Kazoo, provides lots of useful user options, and also has a proper Exit button so that you can force a restart and a network rescan if and when the WiFi loses touch with your system. There is a licence cost, but it is tiny.
As regards MinimServer, it may well be that version 0.85 works with Kazoo beta Pins; I just can't test that combination. And I don't regard the MinimServer 2 cost (£28 up front for up to three instances, plus £10 p.a. thereafter to receive updates and continue using MinimStreamer) as unreasonable, given that the author, Simon Nash, has to maintain a lot of platforms on which to test development builds ahd installations.
David