Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] What should be included in 7.9 ?

2014-04-24 Thread HumanMedia
As many old SACD titles are becoming available as DSD downloads (Acoustic Sounds, Pentatone, eOnkyo, Channel Classics etc etc) and every second DAC now supports native DSD playback, its a natural for LMS 7.9 to support this properly. I previously had my 100 SACD converted to 24bit 88k, but after

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] What should be included in 7.9 ?

2014-06-10 Thread HumanMedia
Are there any advantages of including the newer version of SOX with 7.9? Avoid bugs? More efficient or faster transcoding? HumanMedia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44865 View this thread: http:/

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-06-16 Thread HumanMedia
Plugin installed into latest OSX 7.9 build with AudioScan 0.94. Plugin listed in active plugins after restart. Player is a Squeezebox Touch with EDO, which plays manually converted DoP files through to my DSD DAC via USB. In the Server > Player > PlayDSD menu, the player is listed as "PlayDSD doe

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-06-17 Thread HumanMedia
I updated to latest LMS 7.9.0 on OSX, PlayDSD v0.5 is installed and listed as active. Still getting the message "PlayDSD does not currently include a version of dsdplay which supports your server. DSD playback has been disabled for this player." Does this mean that OSX code is not yet included in

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-06-19 Thread HumanMedia
Caad wrote: > Hi > I got "dsdplay" located but it's not possible to run / find "ldd" on my > MAC!! MAc is close to Linux but is not Linux :-/ > Br > Caad You can instead try otool -L which gives you a subset of ldd or run the executable directly from the command line. Tell me if you have an

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-06-20 Thread HumanMedia
Triode wrote: > Sorry there was a problem with a dsdplay in the wrong place on the Mac > version. Could you uninstall the plugin and then reinstall it. I hope > it will find dsdplay with the updated version. Done and now all controls appear as expected. Set my player to DoP, selected my .dff a

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-06-21 Thread HumanMedia
DST compressed .dff files don't appear to scan. Even with a .cue sheet nothing is listed. Are DST compressed .dff files supported by LMS? HumanMedia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44865 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-06-21 Thread HumanMedia
Triode wrote: > Sorry - no DST compressed .dff support at present in the server, dsdplay > or squeezelite. Maybe some of the problem files that wouldn't scan on the previous page contained DST compressed data? The app I use to create .dff defaults to retaining the DST compression, so I had a few

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-06-30 Thread HumanMedia
Triode wrote: > This is without DoP set on the server? If so the server is supposed to > resample to the highest rate supported by the player. In the case of > EDO this would be 192k or 176k. Can the LMS machine handle the > resampling ok - is there enough cpu power and is the network capable

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-07-01 Thread HumanMedia
Mnyb wrote: > If you don't install EDO on that player it will report itself to LMS as > 96kHz capable you also loses the DoP option but I *think* DoP is only > possible with very high rates anyway ? And won't fly in a 24/96 > container anyway ? Yes DoP is for my main system SBT to a DSD DAC, no

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-07-04 Thread HumanMedia
Anyone successfully running DSDPlay on a Windows LMS install yet? Is the plugin installing to the correct directory on Windows? Any feedback? HumanMedia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44865 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-07-27 Thread HumanMedia
OSX 10.9.4, LMS r1406285120 Uninstalled PlayDSD, Applied Changes, Restarted Server, Selected DSD Player plugin, Applied Changes, Restarted Server DSDPlayer no longer appears anywhere on plug-ins page, and DSD playback functionality is gone. Any clues? -

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-07-28 Thread HumanMedia
Triode wrote: > Sorry there was a fault with the mac version - could you try it now? Retried opening the Plugins page, immediately prompts for a Server restart. Select restart and it restarts but no sign of DSD Player anywhere on the page. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.9 Problems/Bugs

2014-07-31 Thread HumanMedia
OSX 10.9.4, LMS 7.9 r1406724195 Just noticed this last night - I am getting some false years listed in the Years listing like 106, 788, 911, 1021, 1178 etc Just one or two titles in each Year entry. Thought it must be bad metadata, but opening the files tags the years are all correct. 'Clear Lib

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.9 Problems/Bugs

2014-08-01 Thread HumanMedia
HumanMedia wrote: > OSX 10.9.4, LMS 7.9 r1406724195 > > Just noticed this last night - I am getting some false years listed in > the Years listing like 106, 788, 911, 1021, 1178 etc > Just one or two titles in each Year entry. Thought it must be bad > metadata, but opening

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.9 Problems/Bugs

2014-08-03 Thread HumanMedia
Mnyb wrote: > My quick look this morning revealed that the tag view showed [2008, > 2008] and that showed as year 488 :) > A thing to look at is if you can have both Year and Date tag ? > And which tag versions are right for a specific file format? Some editors add incorrect tag formats to flac

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.9 Problems/Bugs

2014-08-03 Thread HumanMedia
Mnyb wrote: > There must be something more to it in one faulty album with double date > tags only one of the files shows up under a wrong year ? Sorry not one of the files but the whole album shows up under the wrong year. Further thoughts re two tags - shouldn't the scanner just pick up the fi

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-08-04 Thread HumanMedia
Just chiming in that I also have my own different requirements for setting the maximum DSD Player sampling rate. As mentioned a couple of pages back, my work DAC doesn't support 176k, but does support 192k. I also have quite a bit of 192k PCM which I would like LMS to send to the device. But for D

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-08-04 Thread HumanMedia
BTW is anyone still having issues with DSDPlayer on Windows LMS servers? (TheHague?) I am about to install one for my father, but will postpone if there are still known issues. HumanMedia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-08-07 Thread HumanMedia
808htfan wrote: > Hello- > > Just saw this thread, such a great addition to LMS. > > I was wondering what the best method is for converting SACD iso's to > dsf/dff? Which is preferred dsf or dff? > > Thanks! .dsf is the best as it can be tagged with metadata, but some devices don't support i

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.9 Problems/Bugs

2014-08-07 Thread HumanMedia
Just added this to the bug report: Ok Ive done a little digging on this. Multiple tags of the same type is not a user error as it was common practice for various tag editors, especially for ARTIST (as opposed to a delimitered list in a single tag). I can see how some tag editors might have (perha

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.9 Problems/Bugs

2014-08-07 Thread HumanMedia
I wonder if multiple Genre tags are listed correctly? This is probably another area various tag editors added multiple tags. Will check... HumanMedia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44865 View thi

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-08-11 Thread HumanMedia
808htfan wrote: > And if anyone comes across a utility to convert dff->dsf please let me > know. I am on OSX not Windows and use this free drag and drop utility - "dff2dsf" http://2manyrobots.com/plaster/ (at the bottom of the page)

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2014-08-13 Thread HumanMedia
808htfan wrote: > > I tried making .dsf with ISO2DSD, they seem to play OK. What should the > bug cause to happen? The bug is there. It chops off the end of tracks. If there is silence at the end of the track you may not hear it. Otherwise there will be a click. http://www.computeraudiophile.c

[SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 (latest) not working with OS X 10.10.1 update?

2014-11-17 Thread HumanMedia
Not sure if its just my configuration (I have my user directory on a separate hard disk to the system and had all sorts of mount-point-being-renamed problems) but for me LMS has also stopped working after upgrading to OS X 10.10.1 today. Since the version of Perl has been updated also, maybe its

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 (latest) not working with OS X 10.10.1 update?

2014-11-18 Thread HumanMedia
On starting server: defaults: The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleLocale) does not exist system_profiler: platformPluginDictionary: Can't get X86PlatformPlugin, return value 0 Strangely if I reinstall I don't have to go through the Security & Privacy pane anymore, it ju

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS 7.9 and DSD

2015-03-03 Thread HumanMedia
Friedl58 wrote: > Would this be a way to get DSD Files ? > Has anyone yet tried ? Yes. Yes, lot of people have and it works perfectly! HumanMedia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44865 View this