Stream FLAC to PS3 with LMS?

[agent_kith]

I may be being a bit thick here?  How does (can it) minimserver play through USB to the DAC? 

It can't. Setting Minimserver in the Snakeoil WebApp will turn your machine into a DLNA server only. If you have a DAC connected to the Snakeoil PC, then you can't use that.

It is still possible to run both LMS and minimserver together. But you have to do this manually via some SSH commands. When your play music directly on the Snakeoil PC, it'd go out via LMS, and when you play music via PS3, it will be served via minimserver.

Let me know if that's what you want and I'd try and see if I can work out some quick instructions to do so.

A better approach IMO is to place all your music files on a NAS, and then install a DLNA server (e.g. Plex) on that. Mount your music files as a share in your Snakeoil computer. That increases the box count but in my opinion is more flexible.