Hi JetAir,
I read about your 1000 albums ad wondering how long it takes to update the Rune audio library.
And here is the question if there is any difference between update and rebuild. How you deal with this?
I believe that the difference between 'Update' and 'Rebuild' is that Rebuild effectively
replaces the existing MPD database with a brand new one and builds the entire library from scratch, whereas Update only looks for
differences (e.g. new tracks) between the information it already holds and whatever the library-source contains. I'm happy to be corrected if any other forum members have more information about this.
And one more thought just to share > previously I had media player Pioneer N-30 and it works with completely another logic - like DLNA client, I assume. So it was not reading the full library and indexing it, but just browsing the folders. Was connected to my Synology as well and worked very fast (stopped to work after ~50h of work .... still can't find who will make it alive).
So the question is why Rune use another logic with building own library. Any ideas?
There are several different architectures for network music systems out there. The differences and advantages / disadvantages are explained nicely here:
https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/pages/homenet-audio.htmlIn summary, with DLNA (and uPnP) there's a big architectural separation between the
Media Server (e.g. the DLNA "Media Server" app running on your Synology NAS), the
Media Renderer (the device that actually plays the music - e.g. your Pioneer player), and the
Control Point (the device you use to select tracks and tell the Renderer to play them). MPD is a combined tags manager (i.e. partly similar to a DLNA Media Server) and audio-only Media Renderer, and RuneAudio's user interface (either the web-based RuneUI or the Android app) acts as the Control Point. MPD's big advantages are that it can be made to handle the audio in a Bit-Perfect way end-to-end, and that it's extremely lightweight, so runs on just about anything (e.g. Raspberry Pi).
Don't forget that MPD / RuneAudio can also act as a "dumb" DLNA Media Renderer (i.e. using other devices as the Media Server and Control Point) - in this scenario you can use something like Synology Audio Station as the Control Point, and tell it to use your RuneAudio device as the Renderer.
Off-Topic: it's good to hear that you like the SL6s - for me, their exceptionally smooth high-frequency performance is outstanding even now (FYI I've had moderate tinnitus and hyperacusis since childhood, and I'm particularly sensitive to "ragged" rendering of high frequencies).
I hope this helps,
Peace and friendship,
englishtim