CLI?

Struts, ya gots to be kiddin'?

Let us know when they get a GUI, or have I missed it?

Thanks Struts.

Asset Control does indeed look promising and if it delivers the instant response Spoon promises it might be a killer app.

Looks like it may have a few icons you have to hover over which could put some off.

I see it's not yet fully developed but have you time to play with it any?

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Spoon's been at it again. Clicky here (http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?p=80815#post80815) for details...

Thanks for the link, Struts.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

With apologies, but I think Music Player Daemon (MPD) has gotten it beat by more than a few years. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Player_Daemon

struts,

Sorry for the late reply. I did not get an email that you had replied to one of my posts.

As for XXHighEnd, my household is strictly Linux, so i can't comment on any of the wares available for Windows or Mac.

Personally, I'm using Voyage Linux (based on Debian Linux) on a small single board computer that runs MPD (Music Player Daemon). Feeds a USB DAC. It's about as minimalist as you can get without going to an ARM architecture and using something like this: www.picotux.com/pt200/picotux200.pdf

Hardware Links:
http://www.pcengines.ch/alix3d2.htm
http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d2.htm

Boards have no extraneous peripherals, i.e., no VGA, PS/2, parallel ports, etc. No need for an ATX supply either. Runs off any 7v to 20v supply. One can use a custom linear or batteries. I once powered the thing, playing FLAC, for over 8 hours using 8 AA Lithium cells. My Kill-A-Watt meter reads 3 watts when decoding FLAC.

Software Links:

MPD: http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Music_Player_Daemon_Wiki
Voyage Linux: http://linux.voyage.hk/

MPD is unique among the audio players because it uses the client/server model. That is, my mpd server daemon runs on the headless Alix board, and I control it from another device on the network. Thus, I can have a minimal amount of services running on the Alix and let my Nokia N800 tablet or Thinkpad worry about drawing a GUI and fetching album art. There are clients for Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, Android phones, Bluetooth, iPhone/iTouch ( http://www.katoemba.net/makesnosenseatall/mpod/), etc.

Voyage Linux was developed for small boards like the Alix. The entire OS loads from a 256Mb compact flash and runs entirely in RAM. My FLAC files are stored on my bedroom computer (Debian Linux), which acts as a simple NFS server. Voyage also keeps Debian apt package management system; no need to compile software. Just use the apt command to install your software.

I brainstormed this idea a few years back after Pascal Dornier (designer of the PC Engines boards) started releasing boards with USB functionality. I had already been using his Wrap network boards as a custom router/firewall. To me, the boards are a perfect fit for computer audio: dead silent; headless; runs the entire OS in RAM; low power/efficient; probably a lot less EMI/RFI compared to standard desktop boards/switcing supplies.

It's not terribly difficult to get all of this running. Nor is it expensive. This guy was a total newbie, and I got him up and running in a few hours: http://cheap-silent-usb-linux-music-serv...p;max-results=4

The future of computer audio is Linux. In one form or another.

Cheers,

Nick

P.S. I just picked up a new QB-9 from my local dealer. The one with the USB Audio Class v2.0 board installed. MPD, with a recent Alsa snapshot, plays 176/192khz flawlessly and beautifully. On the fly sample rate conversion from 44khz to 192khz.