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Post by motogp34 on Jan 14, 2020 17:37:03 GMT -5
From Dirac: "Flavio Fellah updated a comment: Hello, the XMC-2 is intended to use the same Dirac Live 2.x calibration software of other manufacturers: live.dirac.com/download/for updates about its integration with the XMC-2 please contact Emotiva itself from here: emotiva.com/pages/supportThanks and best regards"
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Post by Lsc on Jan 14, 2020 23:00:44 GMT -5
From Dirac: "Flavio Fellah updated a comment: Hello, the XMC-2 is intended to use the same Dirac Live 2.x calibration software of other manufacturers: live.dirac.com/download/for updates about its integration with the XMC-2 please contact Emotiva itself from here: emotiva.com/pages/supportThanks and best regards" Thanks. I would expect this to be the case. Did they say whether they delivered their API to Emotiva or do they just want us to interact with Emotiva since they are essentially a subcontractor.
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Post by motogp34 on Jan 14, 2020 23:03:15 GMT -5
From Dirac: "Flavio Fellah updated a comment: Hello, the XMC-2 is intended to use the same Dirac Live 2.x calibration software of other manufacturers: live.dirac.com/download/for updates about its integration with the XMC-2 please contact Emotiva itself from here: emotiva.com/pages/supportThanks and best regards" Thanks. I would expect this to be the case. Did they say whether they delivered their API to Emotiva or do they just want us to interact with Emotiva since they are essentially a subcontractor. Just passing the buck I guess, ?!?
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Post by JNieves on Jan 14, 2020 23:20:37 GMT -5
Curious, I downloaded the Dirac software. Installer won't even open on Mac OS X Catallina. Dialog says: “DiracLive v2.3.0 Setup Darwin” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.
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Post by enricoclaudio on Jan 15, 2020 0:22:02 GMT -5
Curious, I downloaded the Dirac software. Installer won't even open on Mac OS X Catallina. Dialog says: “DiracLive v2.3.0 Setup Darwin” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software. It does work on macOS Catalina. You have to open the installer as an administrator. Right click the installation file (DiracLive v2.3.0 Setup Darwin) then press OPEN. You will see a dialog box asking for your permission to open the file. Then the software will install itself.
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Post by JNieves on Jan 15, 2020 15:53:40 GMT -5
I will try that when I get home.
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Post by enricoclaudio on Jan 15, 2020 16:49:16 GMT -5
I will try that when I get home. Here is what you will see: Right Click on the installation file and Open: Click Open: Installation will beging:
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Post by JNieves on Jan 15, 2020 17:15:46 GMT -5
Cool, I saw the same dialog but without the buttons...
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Post by almor54 on Jan 16, 2020 13:20:15 GMT -5
Respectfully, because some don't choose to change inputs often is not really a solution (rationalization?) for XMC-2's lag and freeze issues. My usual practice was cable box in the morning for news, music (fire cube or cd) during the day, and video at night (cable and fire cube). ( Fire cube is a good solution for me as my 5-year old Samsung TV still has good enough picture for me but can't stream today's audio bit rates without dialogue drop outs, etc. For like $139 you change fire cubes as new tech is added, like you change your windshield wiper blades. ) Also, as was mentioned, a cable box with dvr often provided many opportunities for issues eve without XMC-2 input changes. My own experience has improved a good bit since my initial posts. After 3 or 4 attempts 1.7 firmware seems to have installed correctly reducing f*ups (freeze ups I mean), etc. After a conversation with my exceptional cable/internet provider EPBfi, I was introduced to cable content via streaming. So no more cable box required and one major source of issues no longer connected to the XMC-2. Now I primarily switch between fire cube for video content and a Denon streaming music player. There is some lag still, but not like before with the cable box on line. CD and BluRay are still connected but rarely used as they, for me anyway, have become less convenient legacy mediums with at best, equal and often lesser quality than streamed content. While streamed content made purists cringe, and rightfully so: band width, streaming rates and content tech quality are are going to quickly put my CD and DVD player where I put my 8 track and cassette players (the trash). I am not an expert, purist or audiophile, just like quality, convenience and access to a variety of content. YMMV Yes and no.
Switching between input devices requires "a major renegotiation" - which may require negotiating different video resolutions. Since you are switching between different hardware devices this is always going to be the case. In theory, as long as the same input remains selected, a new HDMI negotiation should not be required, simply because the source is sending a new picture down the same connection.
(If the audio mode changes, then the new audio mode will have to be detected, but that doesn't require a full HDMI negotiation.)
When you have the same physical source connected, merely changing channels, or skipping around on your DVD, does not require "new hardware negotiations". In that situation, it's up to your cable box or DVR to do a good job of handling the output video stream without unnecessary glitches and complications.
At home, right now, I have an RMC-1, and an XFinity X1 cable box.... with the DVR function (which is now cloud based). I watch a lot of network shows, including new ones, medium old ones like Law and Order, and even real oldies, in B&W, like The Three Stooges. And, since I HATE commercials, I always skip them on the DVR. Yet I virtually never lose synch, or sound, when I jump around between FF/STOP/PLAY/REW. I lose sound, and have to press Stop, and then Play, again, maybe once a week, if even that often.... and I can't remember the last time the picture dropped.
(Apparently the XFinity cable box manages to send out a very clean data stream... without too much glitching when you switch modes or jump between Play and Stop.)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't necessarily have to switch inputs for the locking headaches. Those who watch via a cable box, every time they either switch channels, switch between a channel and recorded shows, or when a channel switches to a commercial - all of these require resyncing. Let me know if I'm wrong on this but that's how the MC-700 works. I don't watch TV on my XMC-1 setup so I'm not sure about that platform or the new platform, though. For that setup, I switch inputs as infrequently as you 2.
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Post by almor54 on Jan 27, 2020 6:51:49 GMT -5
Where’s the Dirac? Crickets from Emotiva
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Post by collector on Jan 27, 2020 9:06:15 GMT -5
Well.... I have to say that I still have to get up and power mine off occasionally. (Running latest firmware btw). While that is not happening a lot, I still feel it is well, unacceptable.
LOL - everything else is great and obalance I love the unit.
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Post by Lsc on Jan 27, 2020 17:07:27 GMT -5
Well.... I have to say that I still have to get up and power mine off occasionally. (Running latest firmware btw). While that is not happening a lot, I still feel it is well, unacceptable. LOL - everything else is great and obalance I love the unit. If you are doing that. It is unacceptable. My Sony x-800 or whatever the model number is does something similar. I have to unplug it every now and then at random times and it’s very annoying.
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Post by klinemj on Jan 27, 2020 17:25:58 GMT -5
Where’s the Dirac? Crickets from Emotiva I saw something in another thread saying there's something on YouTube about it saying they are now testing and that it's very close. If I had the link, I'd share it but I don't. Call them and ask the status. Mark
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Post by consul on Feb 16, 2020 16:47:33 GMT -5
Meanwhile, the New ARCAMs got Dirac enabled this morning with v1.04 firmware...
Alexander
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Post by cygnusx on May 6, 2021 19:14:22 GMT -5
this is going to be my first post but i gotta say my XMC2 gives me very mixed feelings
the good.: sounds great in direct mode XLR is awesome DAC mode via USB display is cool, but i wish it was customiseable, i would like to see what listening mode its in, in a bigger font
the BAD !
*i hate the remote, too big and not tactile enough, and has to be pointed accurately, weird battery it reminds me of onkyo remote circa 1998, although that one used regular AAA's got a lg oled at the same time as my XMC2 and the LG remote is light, small, and can be pointed to just about anywhere. it took all about setup to learn the buttons in the dark
*when i open the box i expect everything to work, but dirac takes days to register...before i can run a calibration *once up and running, i can do dirac calibration (17 points) and then pc looses connection to amp and everything has to be restarted *the dirac calibration, has so far not produced a result, that sound ok. oldschool db meter and measuring tape has so far produced far better results...but i got it for Dirac, i feel like i shouldnt have to dig around these forums for days on end to find solutions and workarounds.
*i use the xmc2 with an nvidia shield and LG oled tv, an a PC for music....when ever format is changed, be it bitrate, sample rate, surround codec theres a horrible crackle/static discharge sounds .... well im wondering if its bad for my speakers (me previous amps dont crackle ever) it makes the whole thing seem cheap
*sometimes it switches listening mode from direct or stereo to surround, even though its the same 2ch pcm signal 16b44khz, dont understand that
*and lastly my old amps didnt have an issue with ARC, but often i get no sound from the shield and have to go to hdmi arc and back to hdmi2 to get it going
*super slow menu system
i cant help but wonder if i would have been happier and had less issues with a big store amp instead.
xm2-xpa11-basx5-nvidia shield-lg cx oled-aperion verus III 7.1.6, psa2112
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Post by markc on May 7, 2021 1:02:58 GMT -5
Welcome to the Forum.
You resurrected an old thread from Feb 2020, but that doesn't matter too much.
Most users here are still suffering the same kind of problems you describe with the XMC-2 and RMC that we had even further back in Feb 2019.
I swear mine has got worse recently. It doesn't even shut itself down properly when set to low power standby.
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Post by cygnusx on May 7, 2021 10:37:01 GMT -5
i feel the static pops got much worse with 2.2, i had a incline to go with a run of the mill big store amp and decided to try something a little different. and while i can sort of just deal with some of the issues, the kids and wife is a different matter, when they just wanna pop in there and listen to music or watch something only to run into an issue and be scared of trying stuff because they are afraid of messing something up.
because everything has to be turned on in exact order, and the tv boots so much faster than the xmc2, then the tv does not detect the xmc right and switches to internal speaker instead...then the kids watched me switch it back, and they found out its just easier to use the tv's internal speakers instead, they dont care that simpsons comes out of the crappy tv speakers, they just want it to work
but with all that said and done, i completely revamped my HT room, and its the new expensive electric hometheater couch thats the biggest drawback, wont say hate, but im very disappointed
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