[Christo22]

How do you get the album art to show on the display when using Tidal?

[Rocket]

Hi Guys,

I know this is an old thread but I thought I'd ask some questions about the Bryston BDP-PI.  I currently use a Bryston BDP 1 but it just seems so slow loading my albums and I can't get Roon to work reliably now.

I have the opportunity to buy a good condition secondhand BDP-PI and I'd like to know whether it is Roon compatible or as alternative will it work with Tidal?  Tidal is the streaming platform that I use and I was only using Roon with my BDP1 as it worked  reliably with it.

Thanks for any information you can give me.

Cheers Rod

[Calypte]

I don't know if this answers any of your concerns.  I've owned a BDP-pi since Jan 2018.  My ripped music collection is mostly classical music.  I've also bought a lot of downloads, mostly from Presto Classical UK.  There are 56,000+ files ("songs" in pop/rock parlance) and cover art JPEGs.  These files are on a Western Digital Passport hard-disk drive.  I have no complaints about the speed of loading these files.  Complete symphonies & operas -- they load within a second, essentially instantly.  I also use QOBUZ.  Files load quickly.  I know nothing about TIDAL.  I did have a problem a couple of years ago with Manic Moose (the software application), but that turned out to be due to a faulty microSD card.  Chris was able to contact my BDP-pi through the internet to diagnose the problem.  My only complaint about that episode is that I had to buy my own replacement microSD card.  Bryston was either unwilling or unable to provide a replacement, which I thought they might be willing to do under the BDP-pi's warranty.  This was near the beginning of the pandemic chaos.  Sound quality is essentially perfect in my opinion.  I've never needed or wanted to play DSD files, which the BDP-pi can't play.

[jobiwon]

I been running a Pi and Bot (BOT does not work now) for several years streaming Qobuz.  I only have a few hundred files on attached storage and it loads them fine. The Pi primary duties now are an end point for ROON which it does reliably.   As a matter of fact IMO it makes a great endpoint.

The major disappointment is the vaunted Bryston support which , for me, is now not existent.

[Rocket]

Hi,

I'll give it a go just agreed to pay the price as its only $700 Australian. Its 1/3 of the price and its a bargain.

Cheers Rod

[Rocket]

Hi Guys,

I received the Bryston BDP Pi and it works great It had the latest software upgrade so its all good. Currently, using it as a Roon endpoint with tidal and it is so much quicker than my older Bryston BDP1.

I'm using a coaxial digital cable at the moment but I'm wondering whether a usb cable makes any difference at all?

Thanks for your help.

Regards Rod

[Rocket]

Hi,

Well it was short lived as the Bryston BDP PI stopped working after a day or so and its been inactive for over a year. I've had a few suggestions on how to remedy the streamer but in the end I took it to a local dealer. The dealer put in a new SD card and flashed the zip file and they got it Bryston BDP PI working for me. I then had a problem with connecting it to my Wyred 4 Sound dac as it didn't work with the usb cable. I'm not sure if it is the Bryston or Dac.  In any case its now working using a digital cable and sounds fabulous.  I had it on for 20 minutes or so and a neighbour complained to me how loud the music was lol.

I'd definitely buy a Byrston Dac in the future.

Cheers Rod

[jobiwon]

long live Pi

[J2Ordan]

Hello Rod-

I am not sure if this will solve your USB issue but...

I remember  7 / 8 or so years ago a Wired 4 Sound product was having a USB problem. It turned out to be the audiophile cable as it was not USB 2 standard compliant.
Giving  a generic USB 2.0 (printer etc) a try might be worth a try.

John

[Rocket]

Hi John,

I'll try it thanks for the advice and I'll try swapping the usb cable with a generic one. I'm just glad I got the Bryston BDP PI working as it does sound very nice in my system. It just gives me another option to listen to a wider range of music.

Cheers Rod

[fbny71]

I’m hoping to confirm that the newer BR-4 remote will control the BDP-Pi…

Can anyone confirm?

[Rocket]

Hi Guys,

I realised I never updated anyone about the Bryston BDP1 and the issues I was having. I returned it to a dealer and they reflashed the flashcard and it works perfectly. Problem solved.

Cheers Rod

[cmccaul]

I'm playing around a bit with my BDP-Pi that has been replaced by my BDP-3.  If I write the manicmoose_S244_arm_pi23.img file to a new micro SD card using etcher.io, the pi will boot and Manic Moose will run fine, but I don't see any disk information.  That info is completely blank:



Is there something else that needs to be done to create the disk partitions?

Thanks for your help!
Chris

[cmccaul]

My BDP-Pi has been replaced by a BDP-3.  But I have a question about the Pi.  If I was using the Pi with squeezelite and LMS and using a USB output, is there really any difference in audio quality over a plain Raspberry Pi4?  I'm not using any of the HiFiBerry outputs and only use Manic Moose to manage the services and firmware updates.  Other than a power switch and a display, it seems like everything would just run off of the internal Raspberry Pi2B and the old Wheezy O/S.  Any ideas?

Thanks,
Chris