HDX-SSD reverts to Music Location to CD Collection

I'm not quite sure how you have things set up.  What folders are on what devices?

"All Music" is generally what you want to use.  It aggregates what's on the cd rip "Store" and on your various "Shares" into one big collection to browse and play from.

I originally had mine set up like that but it was showing duplicate albums - as some albums I had on iTunes as MP3 rips as well as full resolution HDX rips on the HDX.
Naturally when listening on my main system, I didn't want to hear the MP3 version, rather the full WAV or FLAC version ripped by the HDX.

I therefore removed the iTunes share.

For those odd tracks I only had on iTunes, I simply copied them into the "Downloads" folder on the HDX.

Hi blythe, You make an interesting point in that it's not easy to identify the sample rate of 'Network' music. Neither the desktop client or web interface provide this detail.

For rips (CDs) it's known but I download a lot of hi-def music which is often at different sample rates. I find it useful to know this detail, especially when doing comparisons etc.

Does anyone have any advice?

Is this a worthwhile feature request?

I will follow your advice regarding the iTunes folder although lately it's been behaving!

Rob, many of us have addressed this by modifying the album name to include a 'hi res' designation.  If one is interested in hosting on one's server a variety of different versions of the same album, something to differentiate them is always going to be needed.  I have 3 different versions of Yes - Close to the Edge, for example.  (Some will say, "Why only 3?"  Others will say, "Why do you want more than 1?")

So I routinely edit the album name to add identifying info, e.g. "Workingman's Dead [HDTracks 24-96]" or "Close to the Edge [Hoffman Remaster]" or "Who's Next [SHM-SACD]"

As to adding a feature to the Naim App, I am not sure that the app / player / server would 'know' the resolution until it actually starts to play it.  But this is just a guess or question on my part. 

Another solution, if you use a UPnP control point and server that allow it, is to put your hi res music in a separate folder and use folder browsing to find it.

Hope this helps,

Bart

Hi Bart, Good suggestion regarding editing the album names accordingly.

Windows will show the bit rate for a file but this requires a spot of arithmetic to unpick the sampling frequency and bitdepth, not ideal

It's a pity the HDX doesn't display the bit rate when looking at albums, before you actually play the music.

If I remember correctly, the HDX does display this info once actually playing.

Hi Blythe, dBpoweramp shows sample rate, sample size & bit rate so it would appear that such detail is in the metadata and therefore possible for the HDX to display (a feature request for Naim?).

I've not been able to find this detail anywhere on the HDX either before or during play.

For now editing the album names does the trick for me (using dBpoweramp).

I don't think it actually displays on the HDX but if you touch the "playing" button then "i" button on the iPhone N-Serve app, it does show what file type is playing, along with format and bit rate.
The data is definitely there, as ripped (in my case) to FLAC using the HDX.