MinimServer with Arcam Songbook

[macrotech]

(07-04-2014 21:43)simoncn Wrote:  

(07-04-2014 17:54)macrotech Wrote:  OK, the app no longer hangs when selecting a track or album to play using my iPhone 4s with up to date OS. It still hangs on an iPad 1 running iOS 5.1.1

I'm not sure how much of this is due to the appalling Arcam app though, which obviously hasn't been through the most basic testing.

On the iPhone, I can play a single song, or a whole album from Minim Server. If I go back to Minim Server to add more tracks and select some, the app generally hangs when trying to add them to the queue.

Once I've gone to add more tracks, there is no way to get back to the "Playing" screen, even if I don't add anything. I can go through playlists to find the current playlist but if I click on anything in that, the app hangs, and eventually exits. Bit of a theme here.

I have the airDac on loan but I won't be buying it, precisely because I don't have any software to control it properly.

(Of course everything continues to work superbly in my Linn system)

This is somewhat disappointing. Have you reported these problems to Arcam? If so, what was their reaction?

I have reported the problems, and waiting to see if I get a reply.

The loan AirDac is going back today. It was meant to replace a QED UPlay Stream (whose software does play ball with MinimServer). The AirDac sounds better and QED have also not impressed me with their software. They still haven't fixed a bug introduced in OS 7.1 where lists above a certain, not very big, length immediately crash their app. Nearly a month and still waiting, though their support reply quickly to e-mails and have promised an update in the next couple of days.

I'm beginning to wonder if there's any reasonably cheap UPnP streamer that works properly! I have been impressed with the Cambridge Audio app for a Minx Xi (which also works happily with MinimServer), so I suppose I could pick up an old NP30 to slot into the system.