So do I. With my Alix 1, SOTM USB card and two linear power supplies I still think it is among the best quality music server out there. And I listened to many others including some that are sold for big bucks ... Anyone out there who knows how to compile an upgraded version with latest alsa and mpd ...

It would be sad, if this was a dead pup ... it has a lot going for it.

Dynobot,
what is your suggested alternative for the last 20% of sq on an alix board? Back to voyage mpd where I came from?

It would be sad, if this was a dead pup ... it has a lot going for it.

Dynobot,
what is your suggested alternative for the last 20% of sq on an alix board? Back to voyage mpd where I came from?

Hi all,
it appears that there are now newer versions of MPD around (0.18.5) than the one used in the mpdpup version (0.17).
- Are these significantly better?
- Is it possible to upgrade/change without much hacking?

or

... is there a new mpdpup version around the corner ...

Dynobot,

sounds quite interesting what you are trying here.
I would like to try schedtool. How to install schedtool in mpdpup? I saw that there is also a nice parameter in schedtool, do you think this will make a difference to change that?

Thanks,
lugili

Dynobot, wlowes
I both made the change to nice and tried your suggested ulimit settings. Wow, I think that quite some edginess has gone. The change of the -l setting made a quite audible difference.
Thnks, great stuff!

Would be great to know how to make this permanent.

On a sidenote, do any of the Alix and/or usb-powered Dac users use optimized power-supplies replacing wall-wart/usb-power (regulated or battery power)? regards, Finn I have upgraded the power supply for the alix board to a linear supply. I did build my own (http://www.amb.org/audio/sigma11/) and th...

Hi all, I ran into a weird problem. When I put new music on my music server and update the mpd database I can see and play the new files in all the clients I use. Great. But when I shut down the music server and start it up the next time, I cannot see the new files anymore. Meaning, although all fil...

I tried to change the MPD version and I was actually able to do it in the mpdwizard - that was easy. Adding dsd_usb "yes" to the mpd.conf file made it all work. I can listen to DSD now! Great. Although I am having dropouts playing high resultion files now. Anyone having experience in optim...

Hi all, I received new firmware from DCS to be able to listen to DSD files over USB. But with my mpd 0.16.8 installation of mpdpup it does not seem to work at the moment, mpd does not recognize DSD files. Question to people who have expercience with mpdpup and DSD files: - Is there an easy way to ch...

Oooh, this is great news. Cannot wait to try all these features out. Need to get a case with LCD/remote first though ....
thanks for your help

Idolse,
Interesting cases you got there. I am not familiar on what you can do with a remote attached to an mpdpup server. What are the functions in MPD that you operate with the remote? Skip tracks, play, stop, etc.?

Glad you were both able to get your Synology connected and have got music now! I think you'll find it easier to administer if you stick with their Web UI - all the required configuration can be done from there. SSH is more for hacking on the system. Fully agree with you there, but I was not able to...

Another question regarding the setup: the path on my nas to the musicfolders are /volume1/musicserver/mpd_music. What do I need to enter as share? I think I was able to do it. Plays music now ... sounds better than my voyage mpd setup that I used so far. Atom D510 board with SOTM usb card and linea...

Hi Lugili, the problem is Synology never meant for you to use the root user for file sharing. You need to go into the Synology Web UI, clck 'Control panel', then click 'User'. Create a new User, and when you go through the prompts make sure they have access to the share with the music library. Then...

Hi all, I have been roaming around a lot here but had no time to try mpdpup until now. Great job! Although I do run into a problem. My Synology NAS can only easily be accessed with SSH (I found this http://www.druhosting.com/content/synology-ssh-setup-non-root-users) if you login as root. When I try...