Sonos for Christmas party or NDX update

Posted by: Dingding on 12 October 2011

Any idea regarding software updates for NDX and N-steam as all my music is in Flac and I'm getting a tad cheesed off with the fact my NDX sometimes plays faultlessy and sometimes point blank rufuses to play files or simply drops off the network. Its completely Random and is very frustrating.

With Christmas around the corner should I just get sonos to be on the safe side?

And have I spend £3000 on a door stop?.
Posted on: 12 October 2011 by sktn77a

Are you sure it's not a network problem?

Posted on: 12 October 2011 by Dingding
Very sure it's not a network problem. All files are ripped correctly etc. One min it will play and the next they won't. Also app closes randomly on I pad throwing me out and back to the home screen.

I'm not bashing Naim because I love my system and what they do, but any chance of a date or month that we can expect the update. I'm clearly not the only one on here that is having problems with Flac.

I would rather smaller updates every few weeks that would sort the bugs one at a time than wait months and months having a system that simply does not work.
Posted on: 13 October 2011 by Frank Abela

DD, what you describe sounds more like a network dropout than a problem with the files themselves. It sounds to me more like a problem with the stream delivery - and that's a network issue.

 

Regards,
Frank.
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Posted on: 13 October 2011 by james n

Are you wired or wireless ?

 

James

Posted on: 13 October 2011 by Nagoya

There a few recent threads that say the problem with non-playing FLACs on the NDX is down to the embedded art tagged on to the music files. If the images are too big, they sporadically don't play. I think S-in-Suffolk has posted about this a few times.Thanks!

Posted on: 13 October 2011 by Dingding
Thanks Nagoya sounds more like my problem.

Everything is wired in cat6 James no wireless connections.
Posted on: 13 October 2011 by Frank Abela

Wow, ok, that doesn't sound like a network issue then...

 

Regards,
Frank.
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Posted on: 24 October 2011 by andrew mcmullins

Hiya

 

I have removed all the artwork from my FLAC files - including the folder.jpg.

 

I can not prove it but it appears to me that if I am simply streaming - it is now quite stable - if I switch from internet radio to streaming then often I have to reboot the NDX to get it to work.

 

Just a warning - I am still using wireless until I can cable the house up which I intend to do in January - I just dont fancy ripping all the walls apart and redcorating 1/3 of the house in the run up to Christmas!

 

Andrew

Posted on: 24 October 2011 by Guido Fawkes

I haven't removed any artwork from mine and my Sonos is perfectly stable

 

You shouldn't have to do that. 

Posted on: 24 October 2011 by Hook
Dingding -

Did today's release of version 2.2 address your N-Stream stability issues?

Hook
Posted on: 24 October 2011 by andrew mcmullins

Guido

 

You are right - you shouldn't - and being honest if it was anything other than Naim they would have had it back as not working properly. 

 

I'll get to play with the app when I get back to the UK at the weekend.

 

Andrew