Allan F Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I am assisting a friend set up his Sony HAP-S1. His flac files are organized as follows: a master 'Music' directory containing folders for each artist. Each artist folder, in turn, contains the album folder(s) for that artist. His library consists of over 8000 tracks and approx. 875 folders with the structure described. I have tried transferring his files using Windows Explorer on his computer as his Sony player is on the same network. I basically copied and pasted the 'Music' folder to the Internal HDD drive of the Sony. Overnight, it appeared to complete the transfer. However, when viewed on the Sony's screen, a significant number of the listings come up indecipherably garbled under any category, i.e. Artist, Album, etc. When I view the files on the Sony's Internal HDD in Windows Explorer on his computer, everything appears to be normal. I decided to delete everything and try again. I haven't used the HAP Transfer Program because it has a limit of a maximum of 100 folders in a batch and I would much prefer to do one transfer of the entire library. I don't know how the Sony's software deals with folders and metadata or what may be causing the problem. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to avoid the problem and best transfer his music library to the Sony. "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
avta Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 My guess is that the Transfer Program encodes the music in a proprietary manner used by its hard drive so you may have to go that route in stages. I would recommend you use a wired connection as described in the guide. Did you mean HAPZ 1 ES? Link to comment
Audio_ELF Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Have you see http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f10-music-servers/sony-hap-z1es-has-arrived-19079/ Eloise --- ...in my opinion / experience... While I agree "Everything may matter" working out what actually affects the sound is a trickier thing. And I agree "Trust your ears" but equally don't allow them to fool you - trust them with a bit of skepticism. keep your mind open... But mind your brain doesn't fall out. Link to comment
Allan F Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 My guess is that the Transfer Program encodes the music in a proprietary manner used by its hard drive so you may have to go that route in stages. I would recommend you use a wired connection as described in the guide. Did you mean HAPZ 1 ES? Thanks for the reply. Everything that I have read states that files can be transferred using the HAP Transfer Program or directly over the network via Explorer. And yes, I mean the HAP-S1, the little brother of the HAP-Z1ES. "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
Allan F Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Have you see http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f10-music-servers/sony-hap-z1es-has-arrived-19079/ Thanks, Eloise. I looked there but couldn't find anything in the thread that directly addresses my problem. "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
Regnad Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Does each track have correct data embedded? "The main problem with communication is the illusion that it has been achieved" Auralic Aries & Vega / Pass Labs XP-30 / DSPeaker 2.0 / Pass Labs XA160.5 / mbl 101E mk2 Link to comment
Allan F Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Does each track have correct data embedded? As far as I know. There is no garbled information in the metadata when viewed in Explorer. "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
Regnad Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Any chance of confirming the tags with another program besides Explorer? Try moving a few albums over and see if you can edit the tags with the Sony app? Also, after transferring, the Sony takes a looong time to digest so move a few albums and wait for the double-arrow logo to stop then check. Good luck, it is a great player when all is set up. "The main problem with communication is the illusion that it has been achieved" Auralic Aries & Vega / Pass Labs XP-30 / DSPeaker 2.0 / Pass Labs XA160.5 / mbl 101E mk2 Link to comment
Allan F Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Any chance of confirming the tags with another program besides Explorer? Try moving a few albums over and see if you can edit the tags with the Sony app? Also, after transferring, the Sony takes a looong time to digest so move a few albums and wait for the double-arrow logo to stop then check. Good luck, it is a great player when all is set up. Actually, I viewed all of the metadata in a program called Jaikoz that I used to recover the metadata that had been lost when the library was in wav format. After converting the library to flac, Jaikoz retrieved all of the metadata from the MusicBrainz database. It took many hours, but all files appear to be properly tagged. What I don't know is whether there are any conflicts between the tagged output of Jaikoz and the Sony software. I know that the Sony takes a very long time to transfer and organize files. As you suggest, I was thinking of transferring a sample batch and monitoring the results. However, what caused the corruption viewed on the Sony's screen remains a complete mystery. "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
Allan F Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 I would recommend you use a wired connection as described in the guide. Thank you, but I am aware of the benefits of using ethernet as opposed to wifi for file transfer. That's not the issue that I am concerned with at this time. "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
Allan F Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 Try moving a few albums over and see if you can edit the tags with the Sony app? Thanks. Will probably do so eventually, if necessary. But, first I want to try moving batches of 100 folders or less and see if that works. There are a number of reports of problems when moving large libraries. It's too bad that Sony has apparently produced a great piece of hardware, but its software leaves a lot to be desired. "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now