Naim App and Rovi

Posted by: Kacper on 01 September 2016

since yesterday something strange happened with my naim app; every time when I'm trying to check the info about some albums - not all (metadata via Rovi) the app shuts down.

Is any one here who has this kind of experiance?

(Ipad mini 1st generation)

regards,

Kacper

Posted on: 01 September 2016 by MarkMcK79

Have you done a complete restart of the iPad and does the problem still occur?  Have you recently updated the iPad's FW?

Posted on: 01 September 2016 by Kacper

Just found out that new version of iOS is available 9.3.5, :-/ will install and check if this will help.

I'm gonna let you know if this will help. Thanks!

 

Posted on: 01 September 2016 by MarkMcK79

I would try the simple restart first, though I haven't had any issues with the Naim app after installing the new FW on any of my devices.

Posted on: 01 September 2016 by Kacper

updating unfortunately didn't solve the issue. With the app in my iPhone no problems at all, only this old iPad :-/

Posted on: 01 September 2016 by MarkMcK79

The next thing I would try is deleting the app from your device and reinstalling. 

Posted on: 01 September 2016 by Kacper

I have tried and also didn't help :-/

Posted on: 01 September 2016 by Kacper

But it's strange - some albums doesn't make any troubles, works fine .

Posted on: 01 September 2016 by dave marshall

I don't have an answer for the shutting down of the app, but once you get it sorted, download and install the Naim n-Serve app to your iPad, which will allow you to edit the missing metadata, including cover art.

Posted on: 01 September 2016 by ChrisSU
dave marshall posted:

I don't have an answer for the shutting down of the app, but once you get it sorted, download and install the Naim n-Serve app to your iPad, which will allow you to edit the missing metadata, including cover art.

On a Synology NAS??

Posted on: 02 September 2016 by Kacper

"Hi,

Is it always the same albums that cause the same issue or does it vary with sometimes the same album looking up and sometimes crashing the app out?

We know that Rovi have been having some service issues recently and so we hope to release an updated app which will handle corrupted or partial Rovi responses but it's not clear whether that is the actual issue that you are having..." 

this is the answer from Naim, so let's see if an updated app will fix the issue.

Posted on: 02 September 2016 by audio1946

IF you had android tab it doesnt even offer it,

Posted on: 02 September 2016 by Kacper

That's true - I do have also samsung mobile with naim app

Posted on: 02 September 2016 by R.K

Same behaviour noted here. Fine til yesterday. 

Posted on: 02 September 2016 by Kacper

have made short video - how this looks in my case

Posted on: 02 September 2016 by Bart

Related to https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...ook-up-rovi-bulletin  ??

Posted on: 02 September 2016 by Kacper
Bart posted:

I don't think this is the reason, in this article they say " 7% of the total number of music records in our catalog". In my case is at least 50/50.

Posted on: 09 September 2016 by sjbabbey

I'm also having the same issue. Sometimes a booklet will appear for a second or two but the app will close by itself or as I tap on the booklet to open it. Other times the app closes immediately after I've tapped on the Rovi booklet icon in the now playing screen.

Basically Rovi has been unusable for the last couple of days now.

Am using version 4.8 of the naim app on my iPad 2.

Posted on: 09 September 2016 by Mike-B
sjbabbey posted:

Basically Rovi has been unusable for the last couple of days now.

A couple of days !!!   Its been a bit useless for a long while,  I just don't bother any more.  Its a shame & even more so as its not really a Naim problem but they are getting some of the mud splash.

Posted on: 09 September 2016 by ChrisSU

I haven't noticed any issues with Rovi over the last few days. Admittedly, the quality and availability if information on Rovi is pretty hit and miss, especially on less mainstream albums, but on balance, I quite like having it despite this.

Posted on: 10 September 2016 by Kacper

Naim is busy with the update, hope will be released soon

Posted on: 10 September 2016 by Clive B

I too have just encountered the same problem. I don't normally use it, but just wanted to research the artist and after about 3 seconds the app closed. Fortunately music replay wasn't affected.

Let's hope this can be resolved with the next update, although it wouldn't really seem a Naim issue as it used to work just fine. 

Posted on: 12 September 2016 by murray harden

It's happening to me as well from a week ago. Prior to that no problems and I had been using rovi regularly. Nothing in my set up has changed. Odd

Posted on: 12 September 2016 by Eloise

Wish there was some way to incorporate pdf scans of the original booklets within the Naim app...

Posted on: 12 September 2016 by Mike-B
Eloise posted:

Wish there was some way to incorporate pdf scans of the original booklets within the Naim app...

+1 on that,  if only.  .pdf's do hold a lot more detail, although I'm not that keen on the lyrics as I don't do sing-along,  they do tend to have more of the kind of info I'm more interested in,  e.g. who's the bass on track 3,   (etc)          Rovi has all the artists & contributors,  but mostly all mixed up.   Also the "review" of the album might be interesting,  but I've bought the album & someone's opinion of how good it is after the event is irrelevant.  

Posted on: 12 September 2016 by murray harden

Boy you guys are tough. I would be happy if what we do have worked