Re: [gmediaserver-devel] Compatibiltiy Report

[Arthur Taylor]

Hi Wayne,

Gmediaserver is one of the UPnP servers we test against. There is a 
mostly-complete list of Reciva devices currently on the shelves here:
http://logikir100.tripod.com/recivamodels.htm
but there are easily 20 models sitting on the desks in our office and 
many more on the project plan.

It's not quite safe to say that Reciva powered devices are Gmediaserver 
compatible though. Bugs aside (I think we've fixed a fair few issues 
since the version of firmware that's currently on the Logik), our 
customers (the brands - Magicbox, Logik, Acoustic Energy) have the 
option of disabling whatever features they like. That said, of the 65 
hardware configurations we currently support / have in development / did 
develop but have since been canned, only one (the Bush TR2015WIFI) has 
the feature switched off. We don't publish a feature-by-feature 
comparison of the units because that tends only to look favourable for 
brands that are using the latest firmware.

We're going to continue to test against Gmediaserver and continue to 
recommend to brands that they activate the UPnP feature, precisely for 
the reasons you identify with the limitations on CIFS sharing.

The Twonky thing we know about. I think after about version 4.1of 
TwonkyMedia it works fine - can't remember exactly what the issue was 
with that, but since at time of development we could no longer download 
versions pre 4.1, it didn't seem that we could reasonably fix-up support 
for those versions.

If you (or anyone else) would like to check out our latest release for 
compatibility purposes please let me know your radio's serial number, 
current service pack and hardware config (all available from the 
'Configure', 'Version' menu), and that you're happy to kiss your 
manufacturer's warranty goodbye (we don't have an agreement with the 
brands that allows us to push upgrades to the units), and we can sort 
that out for you. Otherwise, our QA will be doing their utmost to make 
sure that we remain compatible.

Hope you're enjoying your radio and thanks to everyone here for their 
continued work on gmediaserver - all our developer machines run Linux 
and debugging 'what went wrong' is so much more straightforward with 
gmediaserver than Windows Media Connect :)

Regards,

Arthur

Wayne Stallwood wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have found gmediaserver 0.12.0 to be 90% compatible with the Logik
> IR100 (only available in the UK) but from this it is probably safe to
> infer that all Reciva Radio based devices www.reciva.com (they make the
> embedded linux wireless radio module that other manufacturers install in
> their devices) will also work.
>
> So although I have only tested the IR100 you could probably list at
> least the following units as unconfirmed.
>
> Revo Pico http://www.revo.co.uk/store/pico-wifi-radio.php
> Acoustic Energy http://www.revo.co.uk/store/pico-wifi-radio.php
> BT Internet Radio
> https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139
> Tangent Quattro http://www.tangent-audio.com/00003/00011/00050/
> Roberts WM-201
> https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=147
>
> (there are others there is an intempo unit and a bush unit that also use
> the same reciva radio module)
>
> and the Logik (Dixions) IR100
> https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=136
> can be listed as working confirmed with the following caveat
>
> On all firmware versions, when selecting a top level folder the Radio
> will reboot sometimes, it is a rather strange bug because the the first
> folder in my collection never causes this, and once playing the reboots
> seem less frequent. So I generally just add one of the tracks from the
> first folder and then whilst that is playing go and select the tracks I
> really want to play.
>
> Also note that technically the Reciva radios should not need a upnp
> server as they can also pick up tracks from a SMB/CIFS share however on
> the Logik unit at least there is a firmware bug/memory limitation that
> restricts you to circa 5000 tracks, any more will cause the initial scan
> to fail, using Gmediaserver you do not have this limitation.
>
> PS None of the above currently work with twonkyvision as far as I can
> tell (at least not with the last version of twonkyvision I paid for
> (v3.1)) so at this point gmediaserver is about the only option for
> supporting these radios beyond 5000 tracks on Linux
>
>
>
>
>
>
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