Audirvana Plus 3.5

[AudioDoctor]

Qobuz was down for a brief time last evening, was your problem during that period of time? Zulu -6?

[AudioDoctor]

Sorry I can not be of help then.

 

 

[AudioDoctor]

@JML are you sure you have given Audirvana access in Settings > Security & Privacy > Accessibility?

 

If you haven't, Audirvana will not be able to access the media keys. I also have a Logitech keyboard, a K811 and this works perfectly.

 

edit: I don't know why but this has to be done.

[AudioDoctor]

5 hours ago, JML said:

Audirvana has access.  I had a Logitech solar keyboard before, which worked fine.  This new one doesn't!

 

Then I am out of ideas, sorry.

[AudioDoctor]

Bandcamp is great, I have a friend who releases his bands CDs there as well as many other bigger artists.

[AudioDoctor]

As I suspected, it requires the secure boot function to be off all the time...

[AudioDoctor]

1 hour ago, Jud said:

Ah, not just at time of installation.

 

Unless I read the text file incorrectly, thats not the case.

[AudioDoctor]

AudioDoctor recently discovered he’s an idiot. @Jud I see what you meant now. 

 

Yes that IS the case. 

 

I also have fat fingers on this phone. 

[AudioDoctor]

Audirvana 3.5 has recently begun doubling each and every song in my local library...

 

Has this been encountered before and is there a fix?

[AudioDoctor]

1 hour ago, RunHomeSlow said:

 

Sometime ago i had that thing happening when looking in the info panel of Audirvana some of my files had the same path, but don’t know why a double was created that will not play… it just had a / before the name…

 

The only way i found a cure, was to delete my database here (you will lose all Playlists):
Go to User… Home Folder… Library… Applications Support… Audirvana Folder…
Trash All the files in that folder (that is your database of music, back it up! or not).

Restart mac, then Audirvana, then let it load your music folder, but i had to reload all my playlists

(that are saved elsewhere on my mac).

 

While writting, i think i have not done that, but just replace my database with an older one that i always keep as backup… that way, i didn’t lose my playlists… just lose the count play of files i did play between the 2 versions…

 

Thank you, I did that. I will see if it fixes the problem. SO far it appears so, but it didn't develop immediately last time either.

[AudioDoctor]

This is just a suggestion for Damian about UI continuity. It would be nice if all of the columns were either, left or right justified, not a mix of both. It makes it look chaotic and unfinished.  Sound is still great though.

 

 

[AudioDoctor]

Audirvana 3.5.30 on Mac OS Mojave, playing Qobuz or the local library. Occasionally Audirvana becomes unresponsive, as in once an album ends and I try to play another, nothing but quitting the program and restarting will allow me to get another album to play. I am not using the remote, and I am playing independently of iTunes.

 

Other than this, it still sounds great!

[AudioDoctor]

I have a question...

 

Normally when I use Audirvana and am streaming Qobuz I search for the artist I want to listen to rather than scroll through my favorite albums due to the fact that there is no order to them other than time of "favoriting" which leaves a giant mess to rummage through.

 

However, last night I scrolled through and noticed something. I don't think Audirvana is showing me ALL my the albums I have favorited in Qobuz.

 

Is that in fact the case?

[AudioDoctor]

If I am not mistaken, the manual comes with the download of the program. You may have deleted it accidentally.

 

edit: just checked, never mind it does not. I think it did at one time.

[AudioDoctor]

@bobbmd I never use the sys optimizer because I found it didn't really do much of anything. I did however upgrade without any problems other than it disabled my upsampling. I just reset that to 2x and it's working just fine.

[AudioDoctor]

11 hours ago, kurb1980 said:

Do any of these settings matter if your using a streamer? Direct Mode, Exclusive Access, and or Integer Mode have any baring on streaming?  

 

no, those are for direct connected DACs.

[AudioDoctor]

I don't know about the iOS app, but on Mac you can adjust the width of the columns by dragging them with the mouse from the edges. Move the mouse around near the title of the column and you'll see it change, click and drag until its the size you want.

 

For example.

[AudioDoctor]

My guess is because its the space for the title, not all the album info...

[AudioDoctor]

1 hour ago, bnbayer said:

 

Mostly I use the iOS app (and my example was albums, not tracks), but even on the computer this isn't a solution. The larger you make any one field, the less info fits in other fields. In classical music both the album and the artist info can be quite lengthy.

 

There IS an easy answer, of course: wrapping text. Unfortunately, Audirvana hasn't chosen to allow that option.

 

You could get a bigger screen with more resolution...

 

I have never once had this become such an issue.

[AudioDoctor]

5 hours ago, Screwdriver said:

I pay for Qobuz but just started a 30 day free with Tidal. If I search in Audirvana for a band, I only get Qobuz results…So, with both accounts active I am unable to search for music within Tidal, which makes Tidal absolutely useless.

 

Or am I doing something wrong?

 

When you search, Audirvana searches your local library, and all services you're connected to. You pick the one you want to look at by clicking the buttons outlined in red here:

 

 

[AudioDoctor]

@Jud I have been very impressed with both the upsampling and volume control in HQPlayer. I have only guesses as to why it is so good, one of them is likely mathematically perfect channel matching which not all analog volume controls are capable of. Maybe none are as capable as HQPlayer's volume control.

[AudioDoctor]

17 hours ago, CheapSplurge said:

Is hqplayer easy to run with audirvana as it is with roon? 

I used to have an audirvana trial but I was so busy I barely used it. 

Now it won't let me retry it, that I have time. To see how it behaves with the hqplayer? 

Please guide me

 

Audirvana and HQPlayer do not and can not run together as far as I know.

[AudioDoctor]

8 hours ago, Jud said:

I'm thinking that HQP and Audirvana can work together, but I would have to research the forums...

 

What magic have you found?

[AudioDoctor]

Ok, but why would you?

 

If you want to use HQPlayer there are much better ways than hassling with the terrible UI of Audirvana while giving up it's one advantage and that's a fantastic sound when directly connected, IMO of course.

[AudioDoctor]

@jamesg11 said

"“better ways” ... riff on this please!"

 

Roon. the UI is so much better it's as if aliens came from the future and handed it to us. And, you can use HQPlayer all you want easily.