oldmako wrote: > My old PC shat the bed, so I bought a new one expressly for music as I > had over a TB of music stored on my old machine and external drive. > > Now, I have multiple failures. > > 1. Dupes. I have 2-3-4 and sometimes more copies of a whole mess of > my library. Some are due to tracks being contained on different > albums, and different versions, but most are just dupes on one CD. > > 2. "Unable to find" message on my Touch when I selecet a song and hit > play. > > 3. More than one copy of a CD. I suspect that this has something to do > with item 1, above. > > 4. When I try to manipulate anything on LMS software, I get the red > message "You are not authorized to make changes. When I follow the > steps to sign in, I get the same crap over and over again. It's > maddening. > > 5. Partial CDs. I look up Jimi Hendrix and there might only be 2 or 3 > songs displayed for any one CD. > > > I have tried wiping the machine with the reset button. This did not > help. > > This USED to be the best piece of audio gear that I own due to its > simplicity. My stereo is in one room, my thousand plus CD's another. > This made it SO easy. Now, its all crap and the machine is only useful > to listen to Pandora or Amazon, not my music collection. > > Any suggestions??? > > > I am planning on buying a used Apple MacBook and setting it up near my > stereo. I will also plug a TB or 2 storage device into the Mac. But, > will I have to reburn ALL of my music to get it back to "normal"? I > used this thing for years with zero issues. Now, its largely worthless. > I am verklempt beyond description. > > Throw me a bone please, or suggest a replacement that won't break the > bank. > > Thanks.
Firstly LMS is still the best piece of audio gear. Second if all your music files still exist then all is not lost but make sure you have a full backup before you go much further. You haven't told us what OS your new PC has nor which version of LMS you have installed. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - Pi2+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - SB Touch ->Sherwood AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s Everything controlled by iPeng ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109126 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
