Daphile - Audiophile Music Server & Player OS

[Julf]

Those are small improvements, but in a revealing system it certainly makes a difference.
To make things worse....., I have my music stored in WAV because it sounds a little bit better than FLAC. WAV is uncompressed and requires less processing.

How have you established, verified and validated those differences?

 

[Julf]

Thats a bit worrying as I have all my music flacs on ext usb hdd. Should I be playing from from internal music folder for best results.
Has anyone else had this problem with ext hdd quality.

On a machine with a PC architecture it really doesn't matter. On a machine such as a Raspberry Pi with a more limited I/O architecture it can make a difference (but usually doesn't).

 

[thyristor44]

I am using Daphile on thin client with Intel Atom E3825 (Dual Core)
1.33GHz and 4gb ram. Do you think I can relax and play from usb hdd, usb3, or try and fit internal hdd.
Thanks

 

[Tromperie]

Playing from a USB HDD will be fine, though it will need to be self-powered if a 3.5 inch drive but a laptop drive (2.5 inch) can run from an USB port.

 

[Julf]

I am using Daphile on thin client with Intel Atom E3825 (Dual Core)
1.33GHz and 4gb ram. Do you think I can relax and play from usb hdd, usb3, or try and fit internal hdd.
Thanks

Yes.

 

[thyristor44]

Thanks Julf.

 

[devgcl]

Hi,

Anyone used the BruteFIR and EQ available at Audio Devices settings.
I wanted to manually add an Equalizer file. Can someoner share their files used for the left and right channels.
Thank you

 

[thyristor44]

Playing from a USB HDD will be fine, though it will need to be self-powered if a 3.5 inch drive but a laptop drive (2.5 inch) can run from an USB port.

Yes its self powered 2.5 inch.

 

[Tromperie]

Yes its self powered 2.5 inch.

Is all your music on one drive? Hmmmm, recipe for tears sooner or later. Do you have a NAS?

 

[MSHAVS]

Is all your music on one drive? Hmmmm, recipe for tears sooner or later. Do you have a NAS?

Your harddrive *will* fail – it’s just a question of when

 

[Julf]

Your harddrive *will* fail – it’s just a question of when

Usually just before you finally get around to doing that backup...

 

[thyristor44]

I will do a new backup.
How do NASs store your files, are they a hdd too.

 

[Julf]

I will do a new backup.
How do NASs store your files, are they a hdd too.

Mine are multiple redundant disks, but I always keep the stuff on two separate servers, and do monthly off-site backups.

 

[Tromperie]

My NAS has ZFS mirrors and monthly scrubs to test for file integrity.

 

[Julf]

My NAS has ZFS mirrors and monthly scrubs to test for file integrity.

Likewise, but that still doesn't replace backups. I also run FLAC file integrity check scans occasionally.

 

[suennio]

Hard disk USB

Hi,i have a question.i run daphile on a mini PC with the files stored on a usb hard disk connected directly to daphile
It's possible to upload files to the usb hard disk remotely? from a smartphone or another PC?
Thanks
Regards
Paolo

 

[Tromperie]

Paolo,
If the drive is checked as Read/Write and is visible on your network, then yes. Make sure all of the metadata is present and correct because that is what Daphile reads.

 

[wineds]

Is there any documentation on how to set the BruteFir settings to avoid clipping? The two options are match filter gain and bypass filter gain.

 

[CallMeMike]

I will do a new backup.
How do NASs store your files, are they a hdd too.

Network-attached storage - Wikipedia

 

[Tromperie]

Network-attached storage - Wikipedia

at the bottom of that page are NAS operating systems that are open source and free. I use FreeNAS but others like OpenMediaVault are also used by many.