Glad the idea has been helpful

I've been using 0.9z-2, but only because it was still sitting on my harddrive. That version has the issue of not having the progress bar working though, which comes in handy when adding more that a few albums at a time. I may get around to going further back in versions for the interim, but hopefully Peter can sort things out a little better soon.

Cheers,

Russ 

Hi Eric,

I understand the changes to the gallery creation methodology came about when Peter introduced the album renaming function. A most valuable feature that is also.

I also have been having difficulties coming to terms with the new "rules" for gallery creation, and as a result have fired up an earlier version of XXHE when time comes to add new albums. Over time I will work my way through my albums and try and put things into the "official" naming convention, but it's a daunting task for me, so I've put it in the "too hard" basket for the moment. I would rather spend the time listening to music that re-arranging/re-naming folder structures.

Most, if not all, the issues I have arise when albums contain more than one disc and characters are added after the usual CD01, CD02 etc. Boxsets in particular are problematic, and I haven't figured out a foolproof method of describing each album in full, and still allow conformity. Invariably I end up with the rogue "various" folder being created.

Having the option to choose the old or new method of gallery creation (via a tick box) would be very beneficial at the moment for me also.

I have been meaning to bring these issues up myself but never quite got around to it. I can imagine the task of trying to code all the different variants to be a hair pulling experience, so I thought it best to avoid premature baldness for Peter

Peter, perhaps if you could lay out the "rules" the folder naming needs to adhere to it in your coding it might help in our understanding. As I said before, single albums are generally not an issue, it's the multi volume albums where things sometimes go awry.

Cheers,

Russ

For a number of years now I have been using a product called VistaBootPro to manage my dual boot machines. It works extremely well, allowing easy manipulation of the BCD file.

http://www.softpedia.com/developer/PROnetworks-35744.html

edit: here's an alternate link ...

http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-126-vista-boot-pro

There is also another ongoing "product" which is invaluable to those dabbling with building PC's called Hirens Boot CD. It is a collection of various tools all combined on a single bootable CD with a menu structure.

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

Caution is advised when using some of the system/disk tools though. If you are unsure of the ramifications in choosing some of the options available in particular tools it is best to avoid them. All in all though, it's a great collection of "geek" tools

Cheers,

Russ

They are indeed.

8kbps @ 11.025KHz is well under the range I expect that XXHE has been designed to handle. Very early on in the development, XXHE wouldn't play anything under 128kbps MP3's and Peter adjusted that down a little to acommodate, but I think your samples are well outside that range. They are in mono also which has been known to trip up XXHE

I can't imagine any real benefit from having test signals at those sample rates. Revert to 128kbps or higher and you'll be OK I reckon.

Cheers,

Russ

FYI ... all working as intended under 0.9z-5 here 

Thanks Peter.

Cheers,

Russ

 
Indeed !!

Some excellent racing .. and all that with NO rain .

Cheers,

Russ

ah .. umm .. oops !

I name all my albums with the recording date at the end and never gave it a second thought. I'm sure with this new piece of "evidence" you can figure it out now:)

 
re. the F1 coverage, you could always try listening, or even watching, the english commentary via the BBC's web streaming facility. You would probably need to fudge your IP address to appear as being in the UK but I'm sure you know how that's done

BTW .. i've been using the Android timing app from softpauer.com on my phone to get live sector times etc, and it works brilliantly!
 
Enjoy the race,

Russ

Just checked ... unfortunately YES.

Same conditions as I outlined above.

Would a log file assist ?

Cheers,

Russ

edit: attached logs anyway to save a bit of time in case you do want them.

Well Pete, 11 extra minutes a day equates to almost 66 hours over a year. Imagine what you could do in 66 hours. Why, you could probably watch 2 full seasons of F1 championships and still have time left for a MotoGP championship as well

The point I was making is that SSD's are a real tangible benefit from a speed perspective, and I daresay if I was running one of the newer i series CPU's and latest chipset motherboards like a lot of you are, the reboot times would reduce significantly compared to the 'ol clunker I'm happily using still.

FYI, I rarely need to reboot to recover contiguous memory if all i do is play music, album after album. It's when I stop playback for a short while to browse through my music catalogue (Excel spreadsheet based ) or perform other tasks that the memory gets fragmented and necessitates a reboot. I suppose I could reduce the size parameter some more, but I'm happy to endure an occassional reboot.

Cheers,

Russ (the one with alternative viewpoints from the crowd )

Well, I for one don't agree with your assertion.

I have not noticed any significant degradation in perceived sound quality using a SSD drive for the O/S.

In fact there is a significant ergonomic benefit from using a SSD now following the release of the new memory management versions. On the occassions where a quick reboot is needed to recover the straight contiguous memory value available following a clean boot, I can achieve that in 51 seconds!

In other words, from the moment I click on the "Restart" boot option, to the moment when XXHE has fired up again ready for further action, be it a press of the PLAY button or queuing up of another album, 51 seconds has elapsed.

Try that with your spinning discs !

Cheers,

Russ

I had my first occurence, that I can recall, of a very brief pause last night ( maybe 1/4 second if that ), while listening to ( I think ) track 4 of Grover Washington Jr's "Winelight" in 24/192 format. I did have my SFS at 500, which I have had set like that for a week or more now, but I've dropped it back to 480 to be a little more conservative. Not sure whether that might have been the cause but I'll continue to monitor.

Rest of parameters as per signature below.

Cheers,

Russ

This should help Johan ...

http://www.phasure.com/index.php?topic=1150.msg10110#msg10110

Regs,

Russ

Bonjour Pierre,

Well, Yes, I could do that, but I was interpreting your notes ...


... as being the preferred way to start playback with the new memory management. I shall try going back to previous way of letting things start automatically, and see if I can detect any meaningful differences between the procedures.

Ta

Russ

FYI ... it's hard for me at the moment to comment on improvements with this version. Reason being is that last week the chap who built my speakers visited and we decided to remove the integration of my subs when playing 2 channel, and discontinue the use of the parametric equalizer in the pre-processor. Net result is a completely difference sound reference and I'm slowly learning to come to terms with what I'm now hearing. Suffice to say it all sounds very much improved, and of immediate note is the tight controlled bass registers. More feedback to come as I appreciate the changes made. 

Hi Peter,

in the release notes for 0.9z-4-1 you wrote:


Can you think of any reason why you couldn't append a PLAY function to the code that controls when the message box disappears? It would save the user from having to issue the Alt-P themselves. You could perhaps alter the wording to something like "Services are being shut down, and play will commence when message box disappears. DO NOT attempt manual PLAY before then"

Cheers,

Russ ( still fiddling with parameters ! )   

Now Playing: Herb Ellis - Ellis In Wonderland

hey guys, Peter had an epiphany and has figured out what the system is doing in the background. The clue is in the song title(s) in the screenshots !

Or I could be wrong and need to ease off on those cryptic crossword puzzles .. haha

Cheers,

Russ (perhaps with one too many tea bags in his morning cuppa )