John Knoepfle

Chris, I enjoyed your thoughts here and don't see it as a rant at all. I was at Axpona on Friday and Saturday, too bad I didn't bump into you! I especially agree with your thoughts about the value of extremely expensive systems. I listened to some and enjoyed them but was much happier listening to some of the nice sounding systems with at least some components that I could actually afford--it keeps my hopes up that I can continuously improve my system.

Glad I wasn't the only one that missed it I totally agree, it is painless and I'm looking forward to finally being able to add my SACDs to my music server! Now that I have the ripping working, I will re-read this thread to look for best practices and tips on tagging, organizing, and playback. Thanks again.

@HiRezGuy and @pl_svn Thank you both for pointing me in the right direction. The SACD-extract-BDP160.zip did the trick. As soon as I switched to those files everything worked beautifully. I just ripped my first SACD and played it successfully--sounds terrific. I thought I had covered everything going through the messages in this thread but somehow I missed the fact that I needed the BDP160 files for the bdp-80fd. As so many folks have said before me, what a great forum. Thanks again for taking the time to share your knowledge.

@HiRezGuy Check on all those items: Auto play and Auto Resume are disabled Dynamic IP addresses are disabled and IP address is fixed to 192.168.1.130 PC sees the Pioneer in Network Neighborhood and I can ping it. All other USB devices are disconnected from the bdp-80fd. Firewall settings have been checked and I've tried with the firewall disabled. In addition, I just formatted a new USB FAT32 and tried that. Still no joy. The AutoScript folder I'm using has these MD5 Sums, 85fcb3f87931eac271aefcfa58ab5c7d *AutoScript 85fcb3f87931eac271aefcfa58ab5c7d *AutoScript.TSS 14b531b622c92dfe159cf36cff954e5a *sacd_extract You mentioned making sure I have the right autoscript for the bdp80fd. Is there a different one for it? I'm using the one frequently referenced in this topic with the above checksums.

I don't see a similar setting on the Pioneer. I did try disabling DLNA but it didn't make any difference. It sounds like you did have a similar situation where the tray was opening but you couldn't connect, correct?

Yes, correct, it is the Pioneer elite bdp80-fd. I have confirmed that the Pioneer shows up as a device in network neighborhood and the IP Address is correct.

Yes, that is exactly what I bought too, also from Amazon.

I recently bought a Pioneer Elite BDP-80FD and have been trying to rip my first SACD but can't get it to work. I've gone through all of the pages on this topic and have a few questions. I believe I'm half way there because when I plug in my USB stick the Pioneer's drawer does open as expected. I put in the SACD and close the tray. Note that I have disabled auto-play and memory play on the Pioneer as required. Once the tray is closed the Pioneer displays "SACD". I have verified that the files on the USB are in the correct AutoScript folder and the checksums are also correct. When I try to run sacd_extract on my PC it fails. I've also tried the Sonore iso2dsd gui and I get the well known error "Failed to connect libsacdread: Can't open 192.168.1.130:2002 for reading". I've set that IP address as the fixed address for the Pioneer and have verified that I can ping it. I've also verified that via my router admin console and the Pioneer's MAC address is at IP address 192.168.1.130. So I'm confident that the IP address is correct for the player. I've noticed that when I run sacd_extract on the IP address of my Pioneer, it fails instantly--within a second or two so I'm assuming it sees the Pioneer and tries to connect but it fails for some reason. Just in playing around and trying to debug, I've tried sacd_extract and iso2dsd pointed to a bogus IP address and in that case, the failure takes at least 30-45 seconds to fail--I'm guessing its a time-out failure since nothing is listening at that bogus address. So that tells me the failure is different when I point sacd_extract at my Pioneer. So basically, it seems to me like my USB is ok since the tray opens as expected and sacd_extract sees the Pioneer (i.e. its not the wrong IP address). I've checked my anti-virus and firewall settings to make sure port 2002 and sacd_extract are not blocked. I've also tried disabling my firewall for a few minutes just to be sure and that didn't make a difference. I've run tracert and that seems fine with less than 1ms response times which I expect since the Pioneer and PC are both on the same router. I've tried telneting to the Pioneer on port 23 but that fails. I also tried telneting to port 2002 and that fails too. I know firmware versions shouldn't make a difference but just to be safe I verified that my player has the same firmware version as a friend of mine does who has this working on the Pioneer. So firmware version definitely should be fine. I've also tried having the Pioneer play the SACD just to make sure its not a case where it is having trouble reading the disc. So, finally, here are my questions: Has anyone had this scenario where the tray opens as expected, IP address is correct, Pioneer options are set correctly, but sacd_extract still fails to start ripping? I can try another USB but since the tray is opening I'm guessing the USB is ok, anyone disagree with that? In other words, have there been any reported cases where the tray opens correctly but the USB is still causing problems? Any ideas on other things to debug that maybe I missed in reading this long thread? Thanks for any new ideas!

Chris, Thanks for all the great product evaluations and reviews. I'm considering the new DS1813+. I do have a general question on putting my media library on a NAS. It seems most people are opting for RAID 5 or 6 or Hybrid RAID. I've read horror stories however, where something goes wrong rebuilding a RAID volume when a drive fails and then you lose everything. I'm interested in thoughts about this. When you mention having the 1812+ backing up to a 4TB USB 3.0 drive, are you backing up your library for such an event or taking that drive off-site for an off-site backup? What happens when the library size exceeds 4TB?

Chris, Based on your review and all the glowing comments I recently purchased JRemote. It does seem to have a lot of potential but apparently the latest release is extremely buggy and unstable. Recent reviews on the App Store are mostly only 1 or 2 stars because of all the problems. It appears that it has been in this state since the beginning of December. My experience with it is that it crashes very frequently and the screen to change the play more (e.g. shuffle, unshuffled, play next, etc.) is a black hole. Once you're on that screen, you can't leave and you have to kill the app. I was wondering if you've tried the most recent version and if you are seeing these same problems. I'm running it on an iPhone5. I'm hoping Banjo fixes it soon, because it certainly has some great features and I'd love to use it. Thanks, John