Blawre Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Hi Phil, Just to let you know Build 1067 includes good old "Candy Crush Soda" which you removed from the earlier build. B Link to comment
Blawre Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Hi Did you use the strip down feature again after upgrading to anniversary update? Good point, I don't think I did. (Its an age thing you know) Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Hi Phil, Is it possible or indeed desirable to apply MS updates to WS2016 Core ? They can be downloaded from the Update catalogue as stand alone installation packages. Regards Link to comment
Blawre Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 1 hour ago, AudioPhil said: We are currently investigating what the august windows updates broke. So for the moment, just do not update anymore untill AO 2.20 Beta 6 is released. Thanks for the advice. How often should I run Windows Updates. I only updated when I installed - sme 6 months ago. B Link to comment
Blawre Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I hope the beta 6 works with ASAPI in core mode. The sound is really spectacular. Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 After reading johsgjerde's comments on the JPlay forum, I tried WASAPI in 2016 core. The results are stunning. Although you can only use "Classic" mode in the JPlay settings, I think the results are superior to anything else that I have tried. I use Hysolid as the player. As you say Phil is owed a very bug thakyou. Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 10 hours ago, thuandb said: Hi, As a HySolid user I am disappointed not able to run WASAPI. Could you please share your settings required to do so? Right now I'm on KS, UltraStream, 1Hz, 10s. Only Jplay driver appears on my iPad HySolid. Hi, Pleased to let you have my stable settings. I, too had JPlay KS and setting 1Hz 10s. However I found that Nontallion 8.88 would not run with these settings so I had former for Hysolid and 20 Hz 1s for Nontallion. When I injected WASAPI I found that 1Hz 10sec did not run and after experimentation I have settled on 20Hz 2s, which, incidentally is OK with Nontallion too. I feel that the JPlay settings are probably determined by the DAC and computer HW so its a case of experimenting. I run WS2016 in core mode on single INTEL i5 computer with 8Gb RAM. My DAC is an M1 Mus Fid preceded with a MS 192 VLink. Usually when I run Hysolid I run from the lock screen (i.e. before sign in.) Control is from an Android tablet or phone. Regards Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 27 minutes ago, thuandb said: Hi, I need to experiment more. Mine is a dualPC setup, with B.M.C DAC. Does your 20Hz 2s setting work with DSD too? Many thanks for your kind response. For a long time I haven't had Bug Head on my PC, just using HySolid exclusively. JplayMini gets use sometimes for testing mainly. Foorbar2k will be next on my list. Beside using optimization software, how do you tweak your PC hardware? Happy listening! Hi, My DAC doesn't support DSD. BTW having a low time on JPlay Buffers has the added benefits that Hysolid is virtually gapless. The only HW tweaks I have is a dedicated USB card which is battery powered. My OS SSD drive is also battery powered. I have tried dedicated linear power but much prefer LI batteries. Foobar doesn't seem too picky at all. Cheers Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 6 hours ago, thuandb said: There're optimized settings on network card, USB hubs, and DAC driver you might want to look at. What OS are you running? Hi, As I said earlier I use WS2016 in Core mode Thanks for any info you can give Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 10 hours ago, thuandb said: Sorry I missed the WS2016 Core part. Basically, I turn off power management of USB hubs and Ethernet card, set DAC, NIC, USB parameters to lowest latency. Hope you've done most if not more of them already. Thanks , done all those, but your advice should be interesting to others. Link to comment
Blawre Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, AudioPhil said: ATTENTION: Windows 10 Redstone 4 (Spring update) has not yet been tested with AO. I recommend to not yet install the latest Windows 10 updates. if you still want to, feel free to try out and report any issues should they arise. But don‘t expect an immediate fix for possible upcoming issues, rather have an image backup ready to roll back if needed. Best, AudioPhil Thanks Phil, Does this also apply to Server 2016 updates? B Link to comment
Blawre Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, AudioPhil said: Just updated Windows Server 2016 to 1803 updates and so far no issues. will test windows 10 RS4 as soon as possible. Thanks Link to comment
Blawre Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 3 hours ago, AudioPhil said: Version 3.00 Beta 31 =========================================================================================== AudiophileOptimizer 3.00- Parameter "filter" lets you directly select Sound Signatures/Digital-Filters (ao -filter) - Added support for JPLAY FEMTO - Now also removes pagefiles other then C:\ drive- Enables WDM Drivers in Windows Server 2016/2019 Core Mode - Enables Kernel-Streaming in Windows Server 2016/2019 Core Mode- Enables WASAPI in Windows Server 2016/2019 Core Mode 😛 - Enables Device Manager in Windows Server 2012 R2/2016/2019 Core Mode (en-US only)- Enables RoonServer & RoonBridge in Windows Server 2016/2019 Core Mode - AO disables automatic maintenance (Win10/Server 2016/Server 2019) - Update of "Prepare Essentials Edition" feature for Windows Server 2019 - Ability to remove Windows Defender (Windows Server 2016/Windows Server 2019) - Updated MediaPlayer support for Windows Server 2016/2019 Core Mode - Support for Windows Server 2019 RTM (Standard, Datacenter & Essentials) - Support for Windows Server 2019 Evaluation (Standard, Datacenter & Essentials) - Removed Support for Windows Server 2012 (Standard, Datacenter & Essentials) - LockScreen disabled for Windows Server 2016/2019 - ActionCenter disabled for Windows Server 2016/2019 - Enables TIDAL Windows Player in Core Mode - Minor changes and updates ServiceTool 3.00 - Focusrite RedNet Control 2 shell replacement - Custom shell as shell replacement - Support for Windows Server 2019 RTM & Evaluation (Standard, Datacenter & Essentials) - Removed Support for Windows Server 2012 (Standard, Datacenter & Essentials) - Shell replacement for coming JRiver Media Center 25 & 26 (x86 & x64) - Minor changes and updates AudiophileShell 3.00 - Initial version of AudiophileShell AudiophileUninstaller 3.00 - Initial version of AudiophileUninstaller - Reverse all changes and optimizations - Remove all files, folders, tools, shortcuts, etc. Setup 3.00 - Bugfix - 2012 R2 start menu unusable after using setup.exe - Bugfix - All Essentials versions - updated copy of windows source media - High-DPI Mode for high-resolution displays (4K etc.) - Enables Device Manager in Windows Server 2012 R2/2016/2019 Core Mode (en-US only) - Support for Windows Server 2019 RTM & Evaluation (Standard, Datacenter & Essentials) - Removed Support for Windows Server 2012 (Standard, Datacenter & Essentials) - Adds link to Control Panel on desktop - Minor changes and updates - Update of the PDF Guide Link to comment
Blawre Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Can I install beta 3.30 31 over my exsisting beta 3.30 30 ?? Cheers Link to comment
Blawre Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Hi, testers. Has anyone any feedback on the sound quality of AO beta3.30 32 with WASAPI? It is certainly different but has it any imprivement over KS Streaming? Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, AudioPhil said: So far I am a happy man indeed. who did try WASAPI and can report success or failure? WASAPI works well and sounds splendid. However, using JPLAY Femto files that are above 96Hz will not play unless DAC link is set to 1Hz. Oh, and of course only the Classic engine can be used. B Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 21 minutes ago, AudioPhil said: This is exactly the right question. Personaly i don‘t, i have sent this browser to hell years ago. microsoft itself recently published a blog in which they warn about the usage of IE and tell you to either use chrome or firefox. i don‘t care at IE at all, but i want to know if that issue with it is caused through AO or not. As it seems its not. Agreed AudioPhil 1 Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Beta 33 installed fine as an update to 32. On using beta 33 as fresh install had all sorts of issues. Beta 34 cured all probs and now next job is to listen. AudioPhil 1 Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Peter Avgeris said: Someone here reported to use the latest WS2019 distribution from Microsoft. I visited Microsoft and indeed, they had a new release up for downloading. Of course, after a hard hit and the lesson I had received some time ago, I never delete old distributions unless the new ones are downloaded, installed and found perfect under normal working environment. The transformation from Evaluation license to Standard license involves the well known dism command: > dism /online /set-edition:ServerStandardCor /productkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /accepteula For a reason that I do not know, this command has generated errors in both 3 PCs while the older standard version downloaded a month ago had produced zero errors! Just FYI! Is there any reason why applying all updates doesn't get you the latest version? Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Of server 2019 that is already installed Link to comment
Blawre Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 3 hours ago, AudioPhil said: Can everybody please give a short feedback about the DAC driver they are using and what OS (Server 2012 R2 Core, 2016 Core or 2019 Core)? Please also report if you need to press F8 during boot to disable driver signature enforcement and if KS works as well as if WASAPI works and what player you are using. Please use the example report below. Copy/paste/edit and then post your infos in the thread. Example report OS: DAC/DDC: Driver/Version: Need to press F8: Player: KS working: WASAPI working: Needed HD Audio Driver: Thanks a lot, AudioPhil OS: WS2019 DAC/DDC: MF Vlink 192 Driver/Version: 1.62 Need to press F8: No Player: JPlay Femto KS working: Yes WASAPI working: Yes Needed HD Audio Driver: No AudioPhil 1 Link to comment
Blawre Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 4 hours ago, AudioPhil said: i might start with another question first What is your (i mean all beta testers) opinion about AO 3.00 in its current form (beta 36)? How do you like the new features? What about sound quality? speed and stability? Please all beta tester answer this question for me, this will help me get a sense of it all. Thanks, Phil In my simple system I think it is wonderful. The largest improvement has been that my electrostatic speakers have literally come alive! Transparency has reached a whole new level. Thanks for you efforts. AudioPhil 1 Link to comment
Blawre Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 7 hours ago, Gato said: AO 3.00 beta 36 is OK: Sound quality is very very good and bring my system to life. The system has not encountered any stability problems. New features are very helpful. If speed can be improved, it will be a good point. PS: Suggestion: Detail "To increase Simplicity": When AO ask for a binary choice, harmonise the questions so the answers can always be (Y)es or (N)o (no more E , D or ... at keyboard). To be honest these questions don't bother me unduly. In some ways I think it helps concentrate on the job before I select. motberg 1 Link to comment
Blawre Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 2 hours ago, motberg said: I just tried this in a new 2019 core installation (without FoD) and sconfig was not found... (AO was installed OK and using the AudiophileShell) With my installation sconfig does not work after applying AO Link to comment
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