CDLehner wrote: > Gary, mostly it was with the SB app, on my iPad Mini last night. MOG was > very flaky; like half the time, when I'd pick a song to play...I'd > simply get track info, with no way to play. I also noticed...even on my > own library, and then like half the time with MOG when it wasn't acting > up; it looks like 7.8 has a new feature. That by design, when you pick a > new track to play...rather than just playing the track, you need to pick > whether you want to "play track", "play all tracks", "play now"..."add > to playlist", etc. > > I can see where that's a nice feature...but I'm not sure I dig it. I > really only went to 7.8, because I thought it might allow me to play my > DSD files natively. Here is the quote: > > -The 7.8 beta version of LMS supports DSD over PCM (DoP) over Ethernet > (or at least appears to as I don't have a DAC to test it) so the manual > conversion step is no longer required.- > > I'm not really versed on the whole DoP, PCM thing; I was just looking > for a way...to play straight .dsf files, without having to "wrap" them > in FLAC. If that's not possible...what does 7.8 really offer me; and how > do I eliminate some of these "quirks"? > > Thanks
I've noticed the "play track, play all, play now, etc" options in some cases now as well, but not in all cases. Frankly, I haven't played with it enough to figure out why I sometimes see that. I don't think 7.8 is what's causing your app to be slow....likely something else happening (maybe using the app after installing 7.8 is slow because 7.8 is rereading your LMS library or caching artwork, etc. Something that is temporarily slowing everything down). 7.8 is certainly not necessary. Some benefits off the top of my head: 1. works with SMART MIX plugin 2. has rewritten tunein plugin to do radio search/listing without the need for mysqueezebox.com 3. rewritten to use podcast plugin to be independent of mysqueezebox.com 4. allows a setting to change the volume of radio/mog/spotify, etc. streams that don't otherwise have replaygain values (a real benefit if doing SMARTMIX and mixing tracks from your own library with those from an online source (like MOG or Spotify) Being independent of mysb.com at the moment provides no benefit. But if/when they shutdown mysqueezebox.com those changes will be valuable as one continues to use LMS and squeezeboxes. *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.2) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.2) > LMS 7.7.2 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > SqueezePlay *Spares:* VBA 4TB, SB3, Touch (3), Radio (3), CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone4S (iPeng), iPad2 (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Tagging - mp3tag, Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99571 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
