[jrebman]

Folks,

I believe this is my first post in this circle.  Until recently the last time I used a mac was in the early 80s -- a Mac 512k that I ran MacProject on.  In 1990 I lost my eyesight and Apple has been extremely slow todevelop a functional screen reader for their OSs over the years, and even the earlier versionf of VoiceOver were pretty dismal, but with Snow Leopard, VoiceOver has beccome quite usable and even does a few things the far more mature Windows products can't do.  Bravo, Apple -- it was worth the wait.  Then they took the concept further and ported the same basic technology to their touchscreen devices -- iPod Shuffle, Nano, Touch, iPhone, and iPad, which really raised the bar for the industry, and to top it all off, all of this is built-in to the OSs and not an additional cost item.  There's lots more I could say about this, but suuffice it to say that I am now running a Mach2 modified 2010 mini inmy reference system, have a new 4G iPod Touch which will serve as a remote for the mini, as well as my first mass-market PDA ever, and I have a 2010 iMac in transit from Apple as I write this.  Never in a million years did I think I'd see this day.

Anyway, there is a learnin curve, that I'm still on, as getting used to a new OS, screen reader, and so on is a somewhat daunting task, but I've at least got to the point where I can get around and get most things accomplished.

So, the one problem I'm having with PM is this, and it just started the other day and I'm not sure what I did to cause it to happen, but I'm sure it's something I did by mistake.  After playing a song all the way through, there is a slight pause and play resumes with the same song, but at some random place into the song.  Then it constantly plays a 2 to 3 second chunk of the song... over and over and over and over... and won't get out of the loop until I skip forward to the next song, and then the pattern repeats.  Not a lot of fun.  I'm running in hybrid mem play mode, but not HOG mode as it seems like I'll need some assistance to get that going as it so far seems pretty much impossible to setup correctly when VoiceOver is attempting to speak through the on-board sound output.

P.S. - Yes, I still have my Windows box as I need that for my work, but I will be migrating most of my day-to-day stuff over to the iMac when I get it.

Thanks,

Jim

[Crimson]

That's a new one, for sure. I've been reading, of late, of odd ball quirks that tend to be unique to the user i.e. I've never seen (read about) the same issue with an additional user. The only advice I can offer is to remove the program and then re-install it (I know, sounds like a typical Windows help line). One thing I can say is that I've not read of any issues with Pure Vinyl. Yet.

PS: Just to maintain proper record-keeping, this is the 4th thread you've started in this Circle, and roughly the 20th post. 

[wilsynet]

There is some known bug in PureMusic which sounds like it could be this.

Try turning the sleep / power saving function in the Mac to never sleep.  This may fix it for you.

[jrebman]

Crimson,

You wrote:

PS: Just to maintain proper record-keeping, this is the 4th thread you've started
in this Circle, and roughly the 20th post.


Ok, I stand corrected -- though I bet they were nowhere near as complimentary of Apple .  Yes, I did, for about 3 days, have an earlier mini a couple years back, but that was Tiger and VO was still very much a work in progress as far as I'm concerned.

Wilson,

Now that you mention it, my mini has been found sleeping when I thought it was supposed to be playing all night, so I'll check the power saving options again, though I thought I had turned them all off.

Thanks,

Jim

[Audioclyde]

Jim,

I've experienced similar issues since I went to the Tranq Sig dac-- it only occurs for me when a high res track plays. No problems when I have all 44.1 tracks in a playlist.

After corresponding with Rob at Channel D and trying various fixes, Rob indicated they concluded a bug exists re changing res and that it would be addressed in an update.

Randy

[jrebman]

Thanks, Randy.

Quite the DAC, eh?

Well, as I was just playing random tracks in a large list of compilation albums, it is quite possible that this is the problem.

I'm just working with a sample music database right now and will be moving all my files over shortly -- those I know which ones are redbook and which ones are not.

Still somewhat fumbling around with iTunes, but understanding more and more every day.  At first I thought I was going to throw it through a window, but then when I got it working with PM, it seemed worth the extra effort to learn how to do things correctly and smoothly.  Still wish PM had a library that was as easy to use as foobar's, and would retain the Touch remote control option.

-- Jim

[Audioclyde]

Yep, so far Im really happy with the dac, even on my high res files.  I was a pretty big skeptic, but I am fast becoming a dbaudio believer  !

I also have the Prontotunes software for my remote from the guy that also did Prontosqueeze; it works pretty good with PM if you happen to have that brand of remote (I'm out of town and drawing a complete blank at the moment).

Duh, that would be Philips Pronto remotes .

[jrebman]

Randy,

Now send that mini to Mach2 Music and let Darrell and Kevin take care of you.  Then add the Pi Audio power cable for the mini, and you'll be doubly shocked.

I'll look into the remote too.

Thanks,

Jim

[Audioclyde]

Already have Dave's (PI) pwr cords on both the mini and the dac  !

Traded a couple of messages with Darrell, but haven't pulled the trigger yet on sending my mini off for their magic.

Best,

Randy