Error Installing MinimStreamer

[simoncn]

(09-03-2015 16:31)MichaelHiFi Wrote:  or go to internet options/advanced and enable view hidden files and folders

Thanks for the reply. I had to leave this nightmare yesterday. My son and wife were missing me...

I know where these files are, I'm X IT (a long time ago) That is part of what frustrates me. I was counting on this being easy but knowing that every persons computer and setup is different. Knowing this, I was willing to put some time in getting this up and running but I didn't count on this being so difficult where most folks seem to having an easy time of it.
When I found the issue within Windows Network streaming pane, I was up and running and proclaimed "fixed". Then when I went to play DSD, it wouldn't, and 96/24 stuttered. My buddy who turned me on to Lumin told me I needed to add some file types to the program, but I could not find the location. I thought it was natively supported? Out of sheer frustration I found and loaded Minim streamer, a package I really don't know much about. I better read up on that
As I recall, it didn't load either - some error message.

When I tried to play music from my IPAD, there was bad behavior, some weird looping as if I was tabbing through the interface and a spinning wheel within the program and of course nothing would play.
So tonight, I'll bring home a laptop, my third computer in this exercise, load up the program(s), and see what happens.

As an FYI, I tried using the library from both my DLink DNS343 4 drive storage mapped to a drive letter and an external USB hard drive. Both methods worked as the library loaded. So at least I have a library

Is there a preferred method?

Again, thanks for your help. I'll send the log file when I get home.

I am very surprised that you are having so many problems. For most users, MinimServer "just works" and I don't (yet) know why this is happening to you.

I will do my best to help you solve all these problems. I think the best approach is to work on one problem at a time and solve it before tackling the next problem. It's also helpful to make one change a time and observe the effect.

To play DSD to most streamers, you need to install MinimStreamer and set the stream.transcode property to

dsf:dopwav, dff:dopwav

A few streamers (including the LUMIN) can handle DSD without this setting but most streamers can't.

If you have a problem and see an error message (e.g., when installing MinimStreamer), it is very important to make a note of the exact error message. This information is necessary for me to be able to help you solve the problem.

It would also be very helpful if you could say which other components you are using as the streamer (player) and the control point. Some combinations have issues and I know (mostly) what these issues are and can give you advice on how to solve them.

When you were trying to play music from your iPad, which control point app were you using on the iPad? This is very important information for diagnosing the problem and helping you solve it. Also, were you trying to play the music on the iPad itself or on some other streamer (player)? Again, this is very important information.

Loading MinimServer on different computers is unlikely to solve these problems. It would be better to focus on the setup you have and debug it to make it work properly.

It is better to load the library from a USB-attached disk than from a network share on a NAS. You will get much better performance when scanning your library if you are using a USB connection.

if 24/96 music is stuttering, this isn't a problem in MinimServer. It's caused by some component in your network being unable to handle the higher streaming bandwidth that this requires. If you can describe your complete network setup, I will try to make some suggestions for which component(s) might be causing the problem.