sedest Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 New Daphile version is now available! Holy yes, it is getting better every time! Link to comment
sedest Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Only have good words about new version. I am unable to tell a diference regarding sound quality. Daphile was pretty good with RT patch, and now, with plain vanilla kernel, still sounds equally gorgeous on my system. I am using Matrix X-Sabre DAC + Jeff Rowland Concentra + Monitor Audio Studio 10. Link to comment
sedest Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Hi Kimmo, Thank you so much for another great version. Daphile is now a definitive part of my system, side by side with Matrix X-Sabre DAC, Jeff Rowland Concentra and Monitor Audio Studio 10. Link to comment
sedest Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Daphile new version available a few hours ago. Will test ASAP! Link to comment
sedest Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 New Daphile version added options for Squeezelite "stream" and "output" buffers. Pretty interesting stuff... Link to comment
sedest Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 This is what Adrian (aka Triode - Squeezelite creator) said at Slimdevices forum: "There are two buffers - the first one stores the raw stream (compressed) audio, the second the decode audio. PCM is a special case as the process of decoding is just unpacking samples into the second buffer so they are in 32bit format which is used in the output thread, but this is only a special case of decoding. The decode process thread runs whenever there is enough data in the first buffer and enough free space in the second one. So if you want to stream the whole file at the start then probably make the first one big and keep the second one smaller (defaults at 10 seconds). If you want to stream and decode the whole file at the start then make the second one big. The second buffer is really only needed to allow crossfade to happen and to separate the high priority output thread from the rest of the processing. Note that it uses 8 bytes per sample (2x32bits) whereas the first buffer uses the native sample rate and so will use less memory for the same amount of audio." Link to comment
sedest Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Daphile currently does not support disks larger than 2TB. Please check "TODO" list at Daphile download/changelog page. Link to comment
sedest Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 New Daphile version available right now. Link to comment
sedest Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 And here we go with a fresh Daphile version ready to run: amazing stuff as usual. Thank you so much Kimmo and a Happy New Year! Link to comment
sedest Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Normal behavior here. So far so good. Link to comment
sedest Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 New version 15.01 out today.Kernel upgrade to the latest stable version 3.18.2 Thanks for the heads up. Upgrade is on the way! Link to comment
sedest Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 You should try to create the USB bootable media using Rufus. It worked for me when the others failed. Link to comment
sedest Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Please check Daphile Wiki: You should perform a power on/off cycle for USB2 operation with Mytek. Supported Audio Devices - Daphile Wiki Sorry... I just noticed you already tried this... I suggest you contact Kimmo directly via Daphile web site. He is very responsive developer. Link to comment
sedest Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Hi Kipeta, is it possible to have Daphile on a bootable USB stick which can be automatically updated if a new version of Daphile comes out? I do not like reinstalling it everytime a new version occurs ;-) Sure. Just use a second USB stick as an installation target and make sure to wipe any previous partition from it. Boot from your original Daphile USB stick and select your new installation target; if it is a totally clean volume, Daphile will be able to fit nicely. Link to comment
sedest Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 The initial live USB behaves differently... With the new installed USB, you will be able to auto-update Daphile, from now on. Link to comment
sedest Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 That's nice. So glad to be of help! Link to comment
sedest Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 On my system, I use Daphile as a slave player only. All files are kept and indexed by a dedicate LMS 7.9 running 24x7. This is the very nature of Squeezebox architecture. Works just great! Link to comment
sedest Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Yes. You have to do an installation to another USB or hard disk (totally clean with no partitions) to perform future self upgrades. Link to comment
sedest Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 USB stick installation is supposed to support initial evaluation stages, while preserving your current PC status intact. You will also experience optimal library indexing performance when running Daphile from internal SSD. Link to comment
sedest Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Kimmo (Daphile developer) told me he is running Daphile boot and library from 1TB internal SDD. This is probably the optimal approach, and I adopted something like this for a few weeks. Anyway, due to storage limitations, I moved my library to an external LMS server (running on a 24x7 regime) and told Daphile to use this remote LMS library. This is also very nice approach, since the library is always available and Daphile is now dedicated to player tasks only. I have been using this topology for about one year now, with no single issue. Link to comment
sedest Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yes, this is classic Squeezebox ecosystem topology: remote LMS server and distributed players (Logitech Squeezebox, Transporter, SqueezePlay or SqueezeLite). My system is based on two computers: remote LMS on Windows and local fanless case with Intel motherboard running Daphile. Regarding Daphile configuration for external LMS server: please check Daphile Settings >> General >> Media Server >> External >> Server address. If you need support to DSF files, the only option is LMS version 7.9 Beta; otherwhise, you probably should stick to current LMS version 7.7.5. http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/index.php?ver=7.9 http://www.mysqueezebox.com/download Link to comment
sedest Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Here goes my actual experiences and configuration, regarding Daphile and UPnP. After extensive investigations, I ended up with two distributed hardware components and absolutely no loss of sound quality. (HW 1) - Daphile running as stand alone renderer (client of an external LMS). (HW 2) - External Media server running Windows on another room, far away of listening environment. (HW 2) - Minimserver running under Windows/Java, indexing all of my music stored on same hardware server mentioned above (almost 2TB collection of fully tagged FLAC with DoP and PCM stuff). (HW 2) - Official Logitech Media Server (v7.7.5) connected to Daphile. No library is indexed here, it is just a gateway for the Squeezebox ecosystem. (HW 2) - Whitebear Media Server - This LMS component is essential to enable UPnP on the network. It acts as a local proxy mapping the Squeezebox players as UPnP devices on the network. (HW 2) - BubbleUPnP Server - This service creates a second layer for UPnP, mapping any existing UPnP renderer as OpenHome devices. Unfortunately, the Media Server platform is limited to Windows environments (Whitebear is ported to Windows only). Another limitation is the necessary sequence of services startup. No big issue, since this Media Server is always up and running (surveillance PC with many other duties). At the moment, I am able to control Daphile with various UPnP/OpenHome control points (Android and iOS). Gapless playback is fully functional and "on device playlist" is also available. Link to comment
sedest Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Good to hear it worked for you. So glad to be of help! Link to comment
sedest Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Latest version with RT kernel is doing just great over here. I simply love Daphile. Link to comment
sedest Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Recently posted @ Facebook: ---------------------- Dear Daphile users, It seems I need to clarify my previous post where I stated: ”...unfortunately for the time being I won't have enough time to respond, support or further develop Daphile". This does not mean the end of Daphile – no way. It just means that there won't be any new exciting features in the near future nor will I have time to respond the numerous support or feature requests. However I will continue to build and release maintenance updates (incl. kernel, LMS, etc... updates) every now and then. The intermediate and more frequent beta releases will be available at http://www.daphile.com/firmware/private-beta/ and they will have the ssh access enabled (the public releases haven't had it ever). You'll be able to get the updates from there by changing the “Firmware stage” setting from “testing” to “build” at http://daphile/cgi-bin/Devel. The release policy will be such that after I have made a new public release I'll delete all the previous private-beta versions from the hosting server. The old public releases will be stored at http://www.daphile.com/firmware/testing/old/. Kind regards Kimmo Link to comment
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