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by james
Thu Sep 26, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: "SMART" TV's and ads ..
Replies: 0
Views: 550

"SMART" TV's and ads ..

Interesting article. LG is now showing ads on their TV's when in screen saver mode .. I have a Philips SMART TV and have never connected it to the internet. Fortunately it gave up after a while telling me I needed to "complete setup by connecting to wifi" (On a different topic the TV is a ...
by james
Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Yamaha RX-V781 AV Receiver
Replies: 1
Views: 756

Re: Yamaha RX-V781 AV Receiver

I have no idea what the stuff is worth.
But try to buy similar on eBay and get an idea of value.
Also try hifishark.com
This will give you an idea of value
by james
Tue Sep 17, 2024 12:35 am
Forum: Computer Audio
Topic: Have messed up asset upnp -- help please
Replies: 4
Views: 2117

Re: Have messed up asset upnp -- help please

I have actually finally figured out the problem. Apart from forgetting the path name when I figured it out nothing worked. Asset would start to catalogue stuff and then stop and set the number of tracks back to zero (and also set the path name to blank) I had my music in (originally) /share/../Multi...
by james
Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: Computer Audio
Topic: Have messed up asset upnp -- help please
Replies: 4
Views: 2117

Re: Have messed up asset upnp -- help please

I sorted it out by logging into the qnap and searching for a music file I knew existed

find . -name Stravinsky -print

I logged in with ssh but I think putty on windows also works.

When I found the file I had the pathname.
by james
Sat Sep 14, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: Computer Audio
Topic: Have messed up asset upnp -- help please
Replies: 4
Views: 2117

Re: Have messed up asset upnp -- help please

I sorted it out ...

/share/MD0_DATA/Multimedia/
by james
Sat Sep 14, 2024 12:21 am
Forum: Computer Audio
Topic: Have messed up asset upnp -- help please
Replies: 4
Views: 2117

Have messed up asset upnp -- help please

I have been running asset (dbpoweramp) for ages but decided to change some settings and now it does not work .. Unfortunately I can't remember the old settings .. I am running on a qnap4 and I have tried to tell asset the location of my files .. /Multimedia /share/Multimedia None of it seems to work...
by james
Sat Sep 07, 2024 8:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Record player suggestions
Replies: 12
Views: 8814

Re: Record player suggestions

If you have a sprung wooden floor you will probably need a wall shelf. Otherwise when you walk across the floor the needle will tend to skip.
by james
Sat Aug 31, 2024 9:42 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Sold : Discrete R-2R DAC HAT with Raspberry Pi & power supply Roon Ready
Replies: 8
Views: 11842

Re: Sold : Discrete R-2R DAC HAT with Raspberry Pi & power supply Roon Ready

Many thanks to woodlands. Bought it and really impressed. Have the streamer working and searching for a cable (have one somewhere) and will then actually hear it. (Need phono to din). Volumio is a Linux distribution designed for audio. I was surprised how easy it was to setup. (It was already instal...
by james
Fri Aug 23, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Sold : Discrete R-2R DAC HAT with Raspberry Pi & power supply Roon Ready
Replies: 8
Views: 11842

Re: Discrete R-2R DAC HAT with Raspberry Pi & power supply Roon Ready

I will buy it (hopefully still available). We can either meet up or use postage. Will send PM. Maybe I post you a cheque and you post me the item. We can discuss I understand that I just connect an ethernet cable and then I can switch to WiFi After that I can login from a Linux box (I am running roc...
by james
Thu Aug 22, 2024 11:46 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Sold : Discrete R-2R DAC HAT with Raspberry Pi & power supply Roon Ready
Replies: 8
Views: 11842

Re: Discrete R-2R DAC HAT with Raspberry Pi & power supply Roon Ready

Thanks .. I have started to read about it and will get back to you.