New Unitiqute user advice?

The app will work fine with older firmware, so you don't need the latest. You won't get Spotify until you've done the firmware upgrade, but UPNP, iRadio, etc should all be fine via the app. When you do the upgrade make sure you follow the instructions closely - most problems seem to occur when people don't.

In terms of UPNP software, Asset seems to work very well on a Mac, so you might have a look at that, although I'm sure Eyeconnect is fine too - I haven't used it.

The UQ and the app see what the UPNP server presents to them - they won't follow the folder/file structure unless you're using Folder view. In general, the UPNP software will use the 'metatags' contained within the ALAC files themselves to resolve the album/artist/etc. In theory, you could store all your music in a single folder and as long as the metatags were correct it would present ok - but I wouldn't advise it :-) All this means that different UPNP software will present slightly different views and hierarchies, though generally they're fairly sensible/obvious and you get used to the one you use. Again, Asset is very good.

The UQ is a wonderful little machine, so enjoy your new purchase and welcome to the forum!

Hello Johnny

The standard reply to these sorts of questions is that the Naim app will show what the uPnP server software presents to it.  So provided the server software (EyeConnect) in your case can handle the folder structure you have and find the artwork then you should be fine.

I got started with streaming using EyeConnect on a Mac and I found it very frustrating - not stable, frequent drop outs, frequent need to restart the app, etc etc.

Its OK as a starting place, but if your experience is like mine you will fairly quickly find it too frustrating to tolerate.  When you get to that point I strongly recommend you get a NAS with uPnP server (plenty of recommendations in the threads on here - QNAP and Synology seem to be the most popular NAS vendors). 

No need to update firmware incrementally. Just update to the latest straight away.

Welcome to the wonderful Qute club. Don't listen to the bigger boys who will tell you to get more and bigger boxes....

This wasn't the one on the that big auction site for $700 perhaps? Oh what a deal. I almost pushed click myself as my version 1 doesn't have the upgraded hardware. Not that I even have any hi-res tracks....

App works great on my original Qute 24/96 woohoo!

just make sure your album art is called folder.jpg for some reason it needs to be this to be picked up.

definitely get a NAS as it would save you having to run a mac/laptop, just use the app on a controller. sit back and enjoy

The album artwork and info you're looking at is from the Rovi database that the app uses, so in this case, it is coming from the internet rather than your server. That explains why you sometimes see different artwork there, although it doesn't explain why you got 'Annie Get Your Gun!'

Johnny ,

Having just bought an ex demo Qute 2 , I have been on a steep learning curve but have finally sorted it out and got the unit and my library just as I like it .

I invested in a copy of Metadatics , which is really easy to use and it sorted out my missing album art issues along with correcting tagging issues which were messing up the way albums were displayed .

A program such as Bliss is good too. It will automatically put your music in the correct file path etc. The cost of software to make those tasks easier is minimal compared to the cost of the hardware - and to the cost of pulling your hair out. 

Hi Johnny,

Welcome. The firmware update is quite easy to do; I did mine from a MacBook Air; it seems to do the firmware updates sequentially, though you may need to 'make it go' each time. But it worked as advertised. There are plenty of UPnP gremlins, but on balance, the latest Naim app seems pretty stable and reliable. It still sometimes can't find the streamer, or just locks up and I need to quit the iPhone or iPad app, and that resets things. 

I do wish Naim had a guide for the settings, such as 'stay connected' and 'UPnP Compatibility Mode'. It is not an intuitive relationship between name and function. 

Album artwork is another wild variable, but the UQ is an excellent piece of equipment. 

I've tried renaming the Album Artwork folder in the iTunes area as Album Artwork.jpg, but no joy yet!

Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately  its only for Intel based macs, and I don't have one to spare as a server just now!

Just call it folder. You don't need to add the .jpg.

IF you're the kind of guy who loves solving puzzles & doing jig-saw's you should use fixed IPs.

or

If you prefer a quiet life where stuff just works without you fiddling with it, use DHCP.

OR

if you live anywhere near Chester, are £loaded and will happily call out an IT support guy* to fix your problems, use fixed IP addresses.

(IT support guy* = me )

I hope I have provided sufficient guidance for you to make an informed choice, Johnny.

Best,

Roger

Are you using a browser to access the settings on your ISP supplied router? If so, there should be a section for LAN settings where you can allocate fixed IP addresses to any device on your network. I thought they all had this functionality, but I could be wrong...