BDP-2 Digital Player

Servingthemusic.com · « **Reply #1180 on:** 10 Sep 2015, 09:05 pm »

I do have one quick question..have been up and running connecting via AES/EBU..

I have not been able to get the BDP-2 to push sound out via USB..with two separate USB DACs..

Am I missing something?

EDIT: I can output USB with directly connected storage. I cannot output USB when using the BDP as a DLNA renderer.

James Tanner · « **Reply #1181 on:** 10 Sep 2015, 09:09 pm »

HI

Have you selected the USB DAC under Audio Devices in the Manic Moose setup page?

Also you have to reboot the BDP-2 once the USB DAC is attached for it to see it.

james

gdayton · « **Reply #1182 on:** 10 Sep 2015, 09:16 pm »

You may simply need to go to audio devices, then click "enable" beside the USB DAC.

Servingthemusic.com · « **Reply #1183 on:** 10 Sep 2015, 09:27 pm »

Hi Gary and James:

Yes, I had each DAC selected as audio devices.

I connected a thumb drive and was able to output via USB.

I could not previously when using the BDP-2 as a renderer. I will go back and try again-

EDIT: tried again..I lose USB output when streaming file via ethernet, when set to DLNA Renderer Mode.

(MiniMServer/BDP-2/iFI Micro iDSD DAC (USB) and Simaudio Neo 380D DAC (AES/EBU & USB)

P.S. This is a system changing, mind blowing upgrade. No other digital
source component has been this transformative.

unincognito · « **Reply #1184 on:** 10 Sep 2015, 10:59 pm »

Quote from: Samurai7595 on 10 Sep 2015, 05:42 pm

Can someone point me to the user manual for the Bryston Media Player app that comes with the BDP-2 digital player?

http://www.bryston.com/PDF/Manuals/BDP-2_MM_Manual.pdf

unincognito · « **Reply #1185 on:** 10 Sep 2015, 11:00 pm »

Quote from: Servingthemusic.com on 10 Sep 2015, 09:05 pm

I do have one quick question..have been up and running connecting via AES/EBU..

I have not been able to get the BDP-2 to push sound out via USB..with two separate USB DACs..

Am I missing something?

EDIT: I can output USB with directly connected storage. I cannot output USB when using the BDP as a DLNA renderer.

Audio Devices page only applies to MPD, the BDP will only output to a USB DAC by way of dlna, squeezebox or airplay if the USB dac is plugged into the BDP before the BDP is powered on.

http://www.bryston.com/PDF/Manuals/BDP-2_MM_Manual.pdf

Servingthemusic.com · « **Reply #1186 on:** 10 Sep 2015, 11:55 pm »

Quote from: unincognito on 10 Sep 2015, 11:00 pm

Audio Devices page only applies to MPD, the BDP will only output to a USB DAC by way of dlna, squeezebox or airplay if the USB dac is plugged into the BDP before the BDP is powered on.

http://www.bryston.com/PDF/Manuals/BDP-2_MM_Manual.pdf

Ok, great, one thing cleared up..the Audio Devices tab pertains only to MPD.

Ok, I shut down all devices,then started up the (connected) DACs, then the BDP-2. Pulled up tracks from via network and still no USB output.

What step am I missing?

James Tanner · « **Reply #1187 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 01:35 am »

Quote from: Servingthemusic.com on 10 Sep 2015, 11:55 pm

Ok, great, one thing cleared up..the Audio Devices tab pertains only to MPD.

Ok, I shut down all devices,then started up the (connected) DACs, then the BDP-2. Pulled up tracks from via network and still no USB output.

What step am I missing?

Hi Andre

Will get Chris to contact you and help out.

james

Servingthemusic.com · « **Reply #1188 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 01:50 am »

Quote from: James Tanner on 11 Sep 2015, 01:35 am

Hi Andre

Will get Chris to contact you and help out.

james

Thank you sir!

unincognito · « **Reply #1189 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 01:51 am »

Quote from: Servingthemusic.com on 10 Sep 2015, 11:55 pm

Ok, great, one thing cleared up..the Audio Devices tab pertains only to MPD.

Ok, I shut down all devices,then started up the (connected) DACs, then the BDP-2. Pulled up tracks from via network and still no USB output.

What step am I missing?

In detail you should take these steps

Turn the BDP off
plug the USB dac into the BDP
Power the USB dac on (if not already on)
Select the USB input on the USB dac
Power on the BDP
Wait until the BDP displays the message "MPD Ready"
Turn on the dlna renderer on, restart if already on

If it's still not working which USB dac are you using?

Servingthemusic.com · « **Reply #1190 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 02:14 am »

Quote from: unincognito on 11 Sep 2015, 01:51 am

In detail you should take these steps

Turn the BDP off
plug the USB dac into the BDP
Power the USB dac on (if not already on)
Select the USB input on the USB dac
Power on the BDP
Wait until the BDP displays the message "MPD Ready"
Turn on the dlna renderer on, restart if already on

If it's still not working which USB dac are you using?

Hi Chris:

Followed the process above to the letter.

Still no USB output.

The DACs are a Simaudio Neo380D, and an iFi Micro iDSD.

unincognito · « **Reply #1191 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 02:20 am »

Please place the BDP into service mode and email me the service id.

Servingthemusic.com · « **Reply #1192 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 02:29 am »

Quote from: unincognito on 11 Sep 2015, 02:20 am

Please place the BDP into service mode and email me the service id.

Sure thing. just in case it was missed, I did get USB output via local playback.

Grit · « **Reply #1193 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 03:08 pm »

Question for Chirs:

What type of card is the BDP booted from? Is it a SD flash card, and what size?
I was curious about replacing the card with a high speed card. Is there any easy way for me to copy the exiting card to a new one at home (some sort of disk cloning software I can use)?

- Garrett

MoPac · « **Reply #1194 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 09:35 pm »

Chris:
Just had one of those really short, less than a second, power outages. The BDP-2 went silent and had to be rebooted.
I have a really unrealistic but cool idea:
How about putting a battery in the BDP that would keep the power on long enough to properly execute a shutdown in the event there was a power outage of a ( to be determined ) certain amount of time. If the outage was shorter than that time the battery would relinquish power back to AC.
Probably not enough room inside there to do this + cost would probably be too much. Just a thought.
Rich

Rod_S · « **Reply #1195 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 11:04 pm »

Quote from: MoPac on 11 Sep 2015, 09:35 pm

Chris:
Just had one of those really short, less than a second, power outages. The BDP-2 went silent and had to be rebooted.
I have a really unrealistic but cool idea:
How about putting a battery in the BDP that would keep the power on long enough to properly execute a shutdown in the event there was a power outage of a ( to be determined ) certain amount of time. If the outage was shorter than that time the battery would relinquish power back to AC.
Probably not enough room inside there to do this + cost would probably be too much. Just a thought.
Rich

or...Bryston could add a UPC unit to their BIT lineup. Seems like a perfect product.

unincognito · « **Reply #1196 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 11:09 pm »

Quote from: Grit on 11 Sep 2015, 03:08 pm

Question for Chirs:

What type of card is the BDP booted from? Is it a SD flash card, and what size?
I was curious about replacing the card with a high speed card. Is there any easy way for me to copy the exiting card to a new one at home (some sort of disk cloning software I can use)?

- Garrett

Currently we use 133x 8GB cf card, this card replaced a 133x 4GB cf card as the price difference was a few pennies and figured why the hell not. The cf cards are connected to the system by way of a PATA bus which happens to have the same base speed of cf cards, meaning the cf cards are already as fast as the interface will allow. This was confirmed years ago benchmarking a cf card rated 266x and 600x, boot up time was identical to the stock 133x cards.

unincognito · « **Reply #1197 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 11:12 pm »

Quote from: MoPac on 11 Sep 2015, 09:35 pm

Chris:
Just had one of those really short, less than a second, power outages. The BDP-2 went silent and had to be rebooted.
I have a really unrealistic but cool idea:
How about putting a battery in the BDP that would keep the power on long enough to properly execute a shutdown in the event there was a power outage of a ( to be determined ) certain amount of time. If the outage was shorter than that time the battery would relinquish power back to AC.
Probably not enough room inside there to do this + cost would probably be too much. Just a thought.
Rich

Not as dumb as you might think and pretty realistic, not to mention it could be a selling feature to some hard core audiophiles. I'm going to start pricing out some lithium ion batteries

unincognito · « **Reply #1198 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 11:14 pm »

Quote from: Servingthemusic.com on 11 Sep 2015, 02:29 am

Sure thing. just in case it was missed, I did get USB output via local playback.

There appears to be a problem with BDP-2's that use the new BUC board audio device, this should be resolved in the new testing build.

Instructions on how to install the testing builds
http://support.bryston.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=134

Also you can use the the NAS setup feature to play audio back from a NAS using the tradion playback controls

Servingthemusic.com · « **Reply #1199 on:** 11 Sep 2015, 11:50 pm »

Quote from: unincognito on 11 Sep 2015, 11:14 pm

There appears to be a problem with BDP-2's that use the new BUC board audio device, this should be resolved in the new testing build.

Instructions on how to install the testing builds
http://support.bryston.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=134

Also you can use the the NAS setup feature to play audio back from a NAS using the tradion playback controls

Well well..you are a Friday miracle worker. I've got USB output with the BDP-2 as renderer.

Thank you!