[James Tanner]

Hi Folks

Chris will post the final BETA software for the BDP-1 and BDP-2 that he has been working on the last few months.

Feel free to try it out and we will impliment into production next week if all goes well.

james

[Wim J]

James,

And, where can we find this beta-software,.... ?

[wilsonij]

And are there Release Notes - ie. features added and bugs fixed ?

[James Tanner]

Yes I assumed it was going to happen ASAP - will see what's up???

james

[James Tanner]

Save the link to your desktop.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/86196657/firmware/20130130/firmware20130130.bin

[ttsto]

I was expecting to see last.fm scrobbling but is not there yet 
I see there is option to choose between different versions of MPD, so let's test if it makes audible differences 

[unincognito]

S1.65 2013-01-30
*Fixed bug preventing MPD from starting (can't play music/connect to BDP from mpd clients)

S1.65 2013-01-27
*MPD:
 *Outputs via both Juli@ card and USB (tested with BDA-2)

S1.65 2013-01-27
*Settings:
 *Added a new section entitled "MPD"
  *Allows users to configure there BDP to:
   *Change the version of MPD
   *Initiate update at startup
   *Enable MPD Watch (detects lock ups)
   *set a maximum number of songs
 *Removed Browser Variables section


S1.64 2013-01-15
*The about portion of the home page and settings page reflects the version of mpd installed
*Service Mode: establishes a point to point connection between the BDP and a Bryston Server.  Useful in the event your having a problem with your BDP, when enabled it allows us to fix it remotely.
*Fixed missing playlists
*fixed a bug involving WD hard drives that included a backup feature, the result was the front of the BDP would show "Push > to play cd".

S1.63 2013-01-04
*Users can choose which version of MPD they'd like to use from the settings page under the system menu
 *0.15.12
 *0.16.8
 *0.17.2

*Issues regarding random disconnects and lock ups should now be fixed
*Added GPL license and list of installed packages (settings page)

[unincognito]

I was expecting to see last.fm scrobbling but is not there yet 
I see there is option to choose between different versions of MPD, so let's test if it makes audible differences 

Scrobbling will come shortly i felt it prudent to fix a number issues with the firmware first, issues effecting the BDP's stability and tag data of wav files.

Cheers,
Chris

[Marius]

S1.65 2013-01-27
*MPD:
 *Outputs via both Juli@ card and USB (tested with BDA-2)

Hi Chris,

Would this be possible with the BDp1/BDA1 too? Ive got 2 spare usb port available..... And for the time being wouldn't mind the limitations of the BDA1 usb port.

Thanks,
Marius

[unincognito]

Hi Marius,

I have yet to try BDA-1 due to the USB limitation, with that said you can't break anything if you try.

Cheers,
Chris

[Marius]

Great,

How would i be able to? Any settings to set in the firmware? Would have to configure a usb port on the bdp1 to go 'out' and not use the sound card.

Cheers,
Marius

Hi Marius,

I have yet to try BDA-1 due to the USB limitation, with that said you can't break anything if you try.

Cheers,
Chris

[unincognito]

Great,

How would i be able to? Any settings to set in the firmware? Would have to configure a usb port on the bdp1 to go 'out' and not use the sound card.

Cheers,
Marius

Just plug in a USB cable

Cheers,
Chris

[Napalm]

You're doing it all wrong. I suggest doing it enterprise style - something like Java application server for the front end, commercial DB for the track database and throw in some middleware too. In 2-3 years you'll have it nearly working with just a half-rack of servers.
And BTW check that your team is using a good coding guide http://thc.org/root/phun/unmaintain.html you don't want your competition to be able to reverse engineer.

 

[Marius]

Hi Chris,

please explain what youre saying? You mean from a usb-port on the bdp1 to the usb-in on the bda1? don't we have to configure those usb ports on the bdp1 as an 'out' ? Thought they were inputs.... What am I not getting here?

any idea what this means, in mpd log, it's filled with it:

Feb 02 15:01 : client: [6] output buffer size (8390656) is larger than the max (8388608)
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1401:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
Feb 02 15:24 : output: Failed to open "USB Audio Class 2" [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA device "plughw:1,0": No such file or directory

Sorry,
Marius

Just plug in a USB cable

Cheers,
Chris

[unincognito]

Hi Chris,

please explain what youre saying? You mean from a usb-port on the bdp1 to the usb-in on the bda1? don't we have to configure those usb ports on the bdp1 as an 'out' ? Thought they were inputs.... What am I not getting here?

any idea what this means, in mpd log, it's filled with it:

Feb 02 15:01 : client: [6] output buffer size (8390656) is larger than the max (8388608)
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1401:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
Feb 02 15:24 : output: Failed to open "USB Audio Class 2" [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA device "plughw:1,0": No such file or directory

Sorry,
Marius

Hi Marius,

Everything has been configured to work with a BDA-2, the BDA-1 may require a different configuration.  I'll plug in a bDA-1 via USB tomorrow and see what's going on.  USB port are bidirectional.

Cheers,
Chris

[Marius]

 
please let us know your findings.

Thank you sir!
Marius

Hi Marius,

Everything has been configured to work with a BDA-2, the BDA-1 may require a different configuration.  I'll plug in a bDA-1 via USB tomorrow and see what's going on.  USB port are bidirectional.

Cheers,
Chris

[Marius]

Hi Chris,

On Mpod I just noticed this:



Apparently the Mpod software sees the BPp1 as a USB class2 source. Hadn't noticed that before, but is that downward compatible with the usb class 1 of the BDA1?  Hope you can make it work... (although this does not give me much hope:  "output: Failed to open "USB Audio Class 2" [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA device "plughw:1,0": No such file or directory")
Why is the Julie card not available anymore?

Thanks,Marius

[Napalm]

Cache! Database! SPDIF! USB! Refresh!

What a wonderful advancement digital is!

Puts to shame any archaic Play-Stop-FF-RW thing... I wonder how we ever managed to live with that primitive interface.... neanderthals were us.....

[unincognito]

Hi Chris,

On Mpod I just noticed this:



Apparently the Mpod software sees the BPp1 as a USB class2 source. Hadn't noticed that before, but is that downward compatible with the usb class 1 of the BDA1?  Hope you can make it work... (although this does not give me much hope:  "output: Failed to open "USB Audio Class 2" [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA device "plughw:1,0": No such file or directory")
Why is the Julie card not available anymore?

Thanks,Marius

Hi Marius,

Sorry I ran out of time working on a few other things, but I am determined to Check this out.  What you see in mPod are just static labels we have created, you could pull out the sound card (not that I am recemending any one do this) and it would still list the Bryston digital spdif.

Cheers,
Chris

[James Tanner]

Hi Chris,

On Mpod I just noticed this:



Apparently the Mpod software sees the BPp1 as a USB class2 source. Hadn't noticed that before, but is that downward compatible with the usb class 1 of the BDA1?  Hope you can make it work... (although this does not give me much hope:  "output: Failed to open "USB Audio Class 2" [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA device "plughw:1,0": No such file or directory")
Why is the Julie card not available anymore?

Thanks,Marius

Hi Marius

I do not want to list the Juli card anymore as we make modifications to it currently and are moving more and more to other options.

James