Queue Ball Direct Mode
By default, Queue Ball plays music through the Alexa device that responds to your request. Queue Ball supports two playback destinations: Alexa Mode, also called Echo Mode, which plays audio through Alexa, and Direct Mode, which still uses Alexa for voice control but plays the music through your connected media server's playback system instead.
Direct Mode can also be referred to as Stereo Mode, Desk Mode, Theater Mode, PC Mode, or Local Mode. These are alternate names for the same playback destination, so you can use whichever one feels most natural.
Switching Playback Modes
You can switch between Alexa Mode and Direct Mode at any time. Queue Ball remembers the mode you choose and keeps using it until you change it again.
You can also ask Queue Ball which playback mode is currently active.
Using Direct Mode
Once Direct Mode is active, you continue using Queue Ball the same way you normally would. There is no separate set of music commands for Direct Mode.
You can ask Queue Ball to play an artist, album, song, playlist, genre, decade, or any other supported request. The only difference is where the music plays.
In Alexa Mode, those requests play through Alexa. In Direct Mode, they play through your connected media server's playback system.
Normal playback controls continue to work as well, including pause, resume, next, previous, shuffle, volume, mute, and other supported Queue Ball commands.
For the complete command list, visit the Queue Ball Commands page.
Switching Back to Alexa
When you want music to play through Alexa again, just switch back to Echo Mode:
Queue Ball will continue using Echo Mode until you choose Direct Mode again.
For more help, visit Setup & Help or the Commands page. JRiver users can also see the JRiver Zones guide.