xxHE with xxPC and Wyred 4 Sound DAC2 DSDse

[PeterSt]

Hey Charlie,

When you run into that problem, did you just select the tracks for a first time, or was it a left over of a previous attempt (or playback which you stopped for other reasons) ?
I ask, because I feel this can make a difference.

What I now of myself is that I seldomly work with a selection of a previous playback because, well, I got fed up with it (but say that I did not stop playback without reason). So what I almost exclusively do is something you may not even be aware of :

Click the [ P ] from Playback Area (selection), which clears the selection completely.
BUT and ALSO :
I recall that you don't use a Tablet etc. for control. This will mean that you are the by now more rare occasion of NOT using the "Touch Facilities" (see Services and OSD section in Settings). And *now* suddenly we might have a good reason of
a. me never seeing this behavior;
b. it possibly being wrongly working just because of the normal mouse operation.

Ad b.
The "Touch Facilities" were developed maybe 3-4 years ago while one year ago the track selection received a complete overhaul. OK, this development was not done under the condition of "Touch Facilities", but as you can imagine, real life operation implies a h*ll of a lot more than stupid developer testing.
So what if you could try to work with the Touch Facilities to see whether that helps ? If so, I at least know where to start looking. Notice that this takes a bit of getting used to, like not using Ctrl-Click etc. because all adds autmatically to the selection (everywhere) and you thus now need the means to Unselect (like mentioned [ P ] button).
If you don't like to do this, then OK. But it could be helpful.

Thanks again,
Peter

[charliemb]

Hi Peter

Thanks.

And status:  last night's session had zero problems.  No changes whatsoever from the night before, which after about two hours I used that to start playing with different filters.  Still no problems as I said.  I'll try to run as I'm running until problems show up again, and then make changes at that point, well at least that's the plan if I can stick to it.

When you run into that problem, did you just select the tracks for a first time, or was it a left over of a previous attempt (or playback which you stopped for other reasons) ?
I ask, because I feel this can make a difference.

Always a fresh selection.   I agree that previous selections are not totally reliable.  

Click the [ P ] from Playback Area (selection), which clears the selection completely.
BUT and ALSO :
I recall that you don't use a Tablet etc. for control. This will mean that you are the by now more rare occasion of NOT using the "Touch Facilities" (see Services and OSD section in Settings). And *now* suddenly we might have a good reason of
a. me never seeing this behavior;
b. it possibly being wrongly working just because of the normal mouse operation.
Ad b.
The "Touch Facilities"  ...

Hey Peter you are right, I don't use Tablet control.  I'm under the presumption that I need a network to use a tablet for control.  No?   Remember, on purpose, I try to avoid the LAN or the Wifi  to quiet the system and avoid Windows OS updates and virus scans, mostly the OS related issues.  It is a true joy to not hassle with PC stuff; it just works like a toaster oven.

a. and b. above are very pragmatic.  Although it is hard to believe that all of your active users have gone to tablets for control.

Thanks,

Charlie

[Edit: Also, I have no means of running a LAN cable to my xxPC without creating a trip hazard via a very long LAN cable.]

[charliemb]

Another hint:  The last two nights there were no problems.  What do the two night sessions have in common?  Answer: the xxPC was on all day playing Christmas music.

[PeterSt]

Hmm ... I am always glad when our second day of Christmas is over, so I can finally stop playing the Jingle Bells.

But what do Christmas songs have in common, generally ? they are short.

Peter

[charliemb]

Hi Peter

All of the Christmas music was JRiver,  if that matters.   ...And without an xxHE invocation first.

Other updates:
1)  Starting with less than good news, even though Stop WASAPI was checked, I got the dreaded "This should not happen just restart xx" message.  So that negates a previous report that stopping wasapi solves this one.

2). Continuing with good news,  a third night without playback stopping after first track, or other stoppage in odd situations.   This is enough confidence now that I started playing with settings to improve SQ.   Now at 20,1,1,1, 3-5, system max for clock, e.g.

The only down side now besides the "should not happen , restart" message and hassle, is that I can't run WASAPI on my system.  Hopefully I can run it if I reboot.  

I can run like this if you want,  or I can try to continue to help for others.  

Thanks,

Charlie

[PeterSt]

Hi Charlie,

That dreaded message is already out (for 2.10). So no worries about that.

I can't run WASAPI on my system.  Hopefully I can run it if I reboot.

You'd have to go to Normal OS, set it active in there and reboot to MinOS. Then it will work again.

Good that there's progress !
Peter

[charliemb]

Thanks Peter.  

Also, ASIO appears to work with WASAPI turned off.  That helps me and this info could help others.

Charlie

P.S. Can you believe that I never turned off LAN?  I did that now after creating a new restore point and, wow , there's a big improvement for me.

[PeterSt]

Also, ASIO appears to work with WASAPI turned off.

Yes, it is unlrelated. Say similar to Kernel Streaming.

Peter