For almost 4 years I have been happily enjoying my original version of Audirvana+ until last week when I inadvertently updated to iTunes 12.4.
After this, Audirvana would keep crashing after playing the first track.
I contacted Damien and he said that this confirms you’re facing the iTunes 12.4 regression that makes Audirvana Plus 1.5 crash.
He suggested updating my OS to El Capitian, not Sierra as Sierra...
" Apple has made another regression in Sierra, removing a feature needed by Direct Mode to work. So if you update to Sierra you’ll have to live without Direct Mode unless you patch it, replacing the faulty kernel extension.
So I advise you to upgrade to El Capitan, but not Sierra."
"This is fixed with the version 2.5 though I encourage you with the version 2 to try the Library mode with the full featured library manager and its streaming (TIDAL, Qobuz) integration."
I have done as per Damien and I agree with the monitor view, I preferred the "look" of the original interface in conjunction with the iTunes library.
But after purchasing the Remote+ app, I like the operation better on my iPhone and iPad better than the Apple Remote app.
My only major complaint is that at least half of my Album cover art is missing which seems to be primarily from my original CDs (approx. 1400) that I ripped into iTunes library via iTunes,
so there is no actual cover image inside the album folder.
Looks like a lot of work ahead of myself to either drop images into the the album folders, or drop them into the cover window in Audirvana+.
I will read up on "Doug's script" to see if I can automate this cover art issue.
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/index.phpI will also look a little close at the streaming features, although with now approx. 2,600 albums in my library I can't see the real need.
I do like to play my favorite internet radio station, "Radio Paridise" will this play via iTunes through the new Audirvana+, it would not on my original version?