04-May-2015, 01:55
(03-May-2015, 21:13)amabrok Wrote: [ -> ]The idea of a windows tablet with windows 8 and soon to be windows 10 is really growing on me
Yeah, I eagerly awaits Win10, too.
(03-May-2015, 21:13)amabrok Wrote: [ -> ]The idea of a windows tablet with windows 8 and soon to be windows 10 is really growing on me
(04-May-2015, 04:34)completeluxury Wrote: [ -> ]hk if you want only one computer check out a different streaming software -
A program called bughead emporer is getting ridiculously good reviews. you can find a link on the jplay forums
(04-May-2015, 01:53)hk6230 Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:I guess JPlay in hibernate mode has shut down most non-audio processes in your dual PC setup. I tried installing JPlay on trial, and it didn't do much to my setup, too. (This is in opposite setup sequence to yours; 1st with Fidelizer then JPlay)
Maybe both software do almost the same thing. Honestly, having to turn on two PCs, Devialet, and running a music player (JRiver, HQ player, etc.) is a bit too troublesome for me. I'm getting lazier by the day. I just hope to have one appliance, turn it on, select music, and enjoy.
(04-May-2015, 07:59)Sylvain27 Wrote: [ -> ](04-May-2015, 01:53)hk6230 Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:I guess JPlay in hibernate mode has shut down most non-audio processes in your dual PC setup. I tried installing JPlay on trial, and it didn't do much to my setup, too. (This is in opposite setup sequence to yours; 1st with Fidelizer then JPlay)
Maybe both software do almost the same thing. Honestly, having to turn on two PCs, Devialet, and running a music player (JRiver, HQ player, etc.) is a bit too troublesome for me. I'm getting lazier by the day. I just hope to have one appliance, turn it on, select music, and enjoy.
I think there is a big difference between a "normal" PC with all Windows services on and an audio PC with a minimal Windows installation. In hibernate mode, screen shuts down and the PC only wakes up when music is finished, but I don't think it is the most important improvement. An audio PC is "concentraded" on only one task : "feeding" Devialet with a correct stream of bits and my opinion is that a well designed audio PC does it very well!
(04-May-2015, 04:44)completeluxury Wrote: [ -> ]btw heres the link
http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/1...th-trying/
(04-May-2015, 08:34)hk6230 Wrote: [ -> ]If you want some informations about dual PC systems, you can also read "Antoine's system" (in "Your systems" thread, page 2 now).(04-May-2015, 07:59)Sylvain27 Wrote: [ -> ](04-May-2015, 01:53)hk6230 Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:I guess JPlay in hibernate mode has shut down most non-audio processes in your dual PC setup. I tried installing JPlay on trial, and it didn't do much to my setup, too. (This is in opposite setup sequence to yours; 1st with Fidelizer then JPlay)
Maybe both software do almost the same thing. Honestly, having to turn on two PCs, Devialet, and running a music player (JRiver, HQ player, etc.) is a bit too troublesome for me. I'm getting lazier by the day. I just hope to have one appliance, turn it on, select music, and enjoy.
I think there is a big difference between a "normal" PC with all Windows services on and an audio PC with a minimal Windows installation. In hibernate mode, screen shuts down and the PC only wakes up when music is finished, but I don't think it is the most important improvement. An audio PC is "concentraded" on only one task : "feeding" Devialet with a correct stream of bits and my opinion is that a well designed audio PC does it very well!
Tee-hee-hee. What you had described to me makes sense, but I believe it is slightly beyond my current understanding and capability in setting up such setup. I will have to brush up on this. In the meantime, I will just enjoy my music as I progressing along. If you have any write-up on how to setup a 2pc, dedicated audio pc, please share it with us. I'm very keen to learn and setup such system.
Thanks, Sylvain.
(04-May-2015, 10:47)Sylvain27 Wrote: [ -> ](04-May-2015, 08:34)hk6230 Wrote: [ -> ]If you want some informations about dual PC systems, you can also read "Antoine's system" (in "Your systems" thread, page 2 now).(04-May-2015, 07:59)Sylvain27 Wrote: [ -> ](04-May-2015, 01:53)hk6230 Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:I guess JPlay in hibernate mode has shut down most non-audio processes in your dual PC setup. I tried installing JPlay on trial, and it didn't do much to my setup, too. (This is in opposite setup sequence to yours; 1st with Fidelizer then JPlay)
Maybe both software do almost the same thing. Honestly, having to turn on two PCs, Devialet, and running a music player (JRiver, HQ player, etc.) is a bit too troublesome for me. I'm getting lazier by the day. I just hope to have one appliance, turn it on, select music, and enjoy.
I think there is a big difference between a "normal" PC with all Windows services on and an audio PC with a minimal Windows installation. In hibernate mode, screen shuts down and the PC only wakes up when music is finished, but I don't think it is the most important improvement. An audio PC is "concentraded" on only one task : "feeding" Devialet with a correct stream of bits and my opinion is that a well designed audio PC does it very well!
Tee-hee-hee. What you had described to me makes sense, but I believe it is slightly beyond my current understanding and capability in setting up such setup. I will have to brush up on this. In the meantime, I will just enjoy my music as I progressing along. If you have any write-up on how to setup a 2pc, dedicated audio pc, please share it with us. I'm very keen to learn and setup such system.
Thanks, Sylvain.
I first tried a dual PC setup with Jplay, using 2 "normal" PCs. I realized that a direct ethernet connection between 2 PC was MUCH faster than with a network using a router. Transfering files was as fast as a transfer with 2 hard disks on the same machine!
I tried a direct ethernet connection between a PC and my Devialet, but I discovered the famous "White noise problem"! I was furious because Devialet company did not warn their customers, this problem was well known, many pages had already been written in this forum. I did not go further with Air, and today the white noise problem is not solved!
In november 2014, I build an entirely new PC (it was not the first time, but things change quickly with computers). I choose an intel i5-4690S 3,2 GHz quadcore because of its low power consumption. I discovered I did not need a video card with this processor (it was new for me ). Motherboard is an Asus H97M-E, Corsair SSD hard drive 60 Go, DVD drive (to install Windows, now it's disconnected). The power supply was a Zen 400 fanless, recently I replaced it with a HDPLEX fanless linear power supply.
I installed Windows 8.1 64 bit with minimal options. msconfig is useful to boot the audio PC with minimum services (less than 20). For Microsoft, msconfig is only a diagnostic tool to find the origin of problems, because they only consider the use of a "normal" PC.
tusbaudiocpl.exe (Control Panel tool) and tusbaudiospy.exe (monitoring tool) are useful (see "Antoine's system" page 4)
Jplay 6 was a big improvement (compared with version 5).
If you have questions, don't hesitate, I will try to answer them!
Sylvain