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Post by sondale on Aug 20, 2018 19:03:50 GMT
Well I downloaded MyVolumio, loaded etc, entered my QOBUZ credentials and it all works (musically) very well.
Interface looks like it was designed on the back of a much used fag packet on a Friday afternoon - I thought they were supposed to be integrating QOBUZ in which case I would have expected a close approximation to the desktop gui. There is no way I can live with that on a day to day basis. It does not even have the initial QOBUZ New Releases menu. Hopefully those who are allowed to send feedback might comment on this I am surprised that QOBUZ let it out as it is.
I spent months trying to get Amarra 4 working - wonderful sound but you never knew whether it would load your library on next startup - I ditched that despite the sound. One good thing did come from that - I bought SQ+ which is basically the A4 music player - again good sound but it only runs on the mac and mine is now at its End of Life so no upgrades.
Back to Volumio - Buddy Guy - The Blues are Alive and Well - mmmmn - thats nice.
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Post by Slinger on Aug 20, 2018 19:14:38 GMT
Does it need enabling? I'll do that in a while. It does if you want to use anything like WinSCP to rewrite your config.txt |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 20, 2018 19:26:08 GMT
Oh, I thought you meant to get Qobuz working. It still doesn't. Says it's playing back the song then errors.
I'm too tired to fight with it tonight. Will attack again tomorrow.
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Post by sondale on Aug 20, 2018 19:33:40 GMT
I have to say ( just checked it ) that piCorePlayer is roughly the same format for QOBUZ - but it does have a New Releases button.
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Post by Slinger on Aug 20, 2018 19:34:20 GMT
Mine's up and running perfectly (free version only) complete with my supercharged config.txt
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Post by MartinT on Aug 20, 2018 20:37:35 GMT
According to the forums, it could be a DNS issue (I'm on BT 4G). I'll try using Google DNS servers tomorrow.
Meant to say: Spotify Connect and files sound superb even without any config.txt optimisations. Methinks Michelangelo has been working further under the hood.
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Post by sondale on Aug 21, 2018 7:52:25 GMT
Oddly enough I can get QOBUZ working but I get a DNS error on Spotify Connect!! I tried setting to Virginmedia DNS servers, this locked up the Pi and a hard reboot was needed.
I also tried the Google DNS servers with the same result - so I will burn a new card and retry.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 21, 2018 8:06:39 GMT
Hah - the opposite of my problem!
I can't say I'm overly impressed with either the user interface of the Qobuz application or their catalogue compared with Spotify.
Still, I hope to start some proper sound quality comparisons this evening.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 21, 2018 15:50:44 GMT
It was BT's poxy 4G DNS routers! Qobuz now working perfectly now that I've reconfigured the router to Google DNS.
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Post by Slinger on Aug 21, 2018 17:08:37 GMT
I've been using the Google DNS servers for IPv4 and IPv6 for some time now. It's only milliseconds on the tests, but they are faster than the native servers on BT Infinity.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 21, 2018 17:58:15 GMT
I wish I could set Google DNS in our Home Hub 5, but you can't change it from the default BT DNS. I can do each device separately, but life is too short.
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Post by Slinger on Aug 21, 2018 18:13:07 GMT
My 'downstairs PC' is the only one that I use enough to worry about getting the "little bit extra" that Google DNS brings.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 22, 2018 5:05:13 GMT
Google DNS is noticeably faster than BT 4G DNS on browsing and fixes Qobuz, so I don't know what BT are playing at but I'd say their DNS needs some work.
Have you played with remote access to MyVolumio yet? I can see my GUI at home, access my NAS library etc. However, I don't see the point as playing any song probably does... at home!
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 22, 2018 9:03:42 GMT
Could scare the crap out of anyone there  Would also be a great burglar deterrent. Loud enough it could scare them to death |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 22, 2018 9:28:30 GMT
I already did that once with Spotify, accidentally playing to the Pioneer unit in the kitchen from work. Ruth wondered what was going on!
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Post by Slinger on Aug 22, 2018 12:47:29 GMT
Have you played with remote access to MyVolumio yet? I can see my GUI at home, access my NAS library etc. However, I don't see the point as playing any song probably does... at home! As I live alone that might be a bit daft of me.  |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 27, 2018 13:48:03 GMT
I'm running MyVolumio v1.022 now. It could be my imagination but it sounds better than ever. I've now added the usual optimisations and I can start to detect differences between Qobuz HiFi and Spotify HQ more easily. It's still tiny and both impress with their fluid delivery and expansive soundstage. I could live with either on sound quality.
There are still bugs with Qobuz as I can search for an album and select a track to play but it will always play track 1 regardless. Qobuz Connect from their awful interface doesn't yet work for me. That aside, I recognise that MyVolumio is still in beta and they are fixing bugs fast.
This is a platform I can live with. I may end up keeping both Spotify and Qobuz but I'm still very much trialling.
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Post by Slinger on Aug 27, 2018 14:34:01 GMT
I'm just moving to 1.025, Martin.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 27, 2018 14:39:21 GMT
Damn, it's hard to keep up! Ok, I'll blast it onto my 2nd SD card now turn on test mode and update now.
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Post by Slinger on Aug 27, 2018 14:57:47 GMT
I saw your post and thought I'd better check to see if I was on 1.022 already and found it had jumped to 1.025. I've got a feeling we're going to experience a lot of these small incremental steps in the near future.
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1.025 up and running fine with the supercharged config.txt
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