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AIR and the Melco - Womaz - 21-Oct-2016
Yesterday I decided to experiment as I am missing a decent app to use with my Melco.
I decided to use JRiver and AIR again and to my surprise it worked flawlessly for over 3 hours.
I will assess the SQ later if I get time or feel the inclination. So good to have a decent app again. but my question is this. What am i losing by using the Melco in this way? I used the Wifi input but guessing I could just put the Ethernet cable back into my Devialet and use Ethernet?
The only thing that has changed is i have upgraded to Windows 10. Air is an older version and so is the firmware.
RE: AIR and the Melco - Rufus McDufus - 21-Oct-2016
Are you using the Melco just to serve the files off to the computer running JRiver? The benefit of Melco with AIR is a bit minimal but probably the best benefit from it can be gained by using the Melco as a network bridge - connect the Devialet via Ethernet to the Melco Player Ethernet port and connect the Melco LAN port to the rest of the network (including the computer running JRiver/AIR).
I also use a wifi dongle in the LAN port of the Melco rather than Ethernet to the LAN as that extra isolation seems to make a bit of a difference. Possibly an optical bridge or similar could be even better.
I so wish AIR could be ported to run on the Melco... I don't think it's going to happen though.
RE: AIR and the Melco - Womaz - 21-Oct-2016
Thanks for the reply Rufus. I think I understand what you mean. Guess I have to decide if its worth it just to get a better app. Also after my AIR issues I may be reluctant to go back. Just noticed too that my music files are a little messy now with JRiver, my recent purchases all duplicated.