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[tyler69]

Hi all,

my following question was part of this thread:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=86088.msg588699#msg588699

But since you helped me out with the other points, I thought opening up a dedicated thread to this single issue might be a good thing.

Since my last post in my initial thread, exaSound have released a plugin for JRiver, with which one can synchronize the volume adjustments in JRiver with the exaSound DAC (when system volume or application volume is set in the options). A drawback is, that this method does not work when bitstreaming DSD files. In this situation I still have to use the exaSound Dashboard in the tray for controling the volume.

Is there a possibility of implementing a functionality into JRiver, which allows the exaSound Plugin to also control the Volume of bitstreamed DSD files?

Thank you in advance.

[mojave]

Great idea!

Just to be clear to the developers, the plugin requires JRiver to be set to use system or application volume control. Adjusting the volume in JRiver does nothing to the bitstream, but allows the DAC to control volume after decoding.

[tyler69]

Hi mojave,

yes, that's exactly how I understand it. exaSound have announced this Plugin at computeraudiophile.com (Hope it's ok to copy this):

During the past few months exaSound received numerous requests to integrate the exaSound hardware volume control with JRemote. JRemote volume control is synchronized with J River and can be used to control the Windows system volume. The exaSound hardware volume control is independent from the Windows sound system. Until now JRemote users had to use an infrared remote for volume control.

To address this issue we developed a JRiver plug-in that provides three-way synchronization between the JRiver / JRemote user interface, the exaSound Dashboard application and our DACs. When volume is changed by the IR remote or from the DAC front panel, the volume sliders on the screen are synchronized. When the volume is changed by JRiver or JRemote, the DAC display shows the volume change.

The exaSound plug-in for J River can be downloaded from our website. When you install it you will see exaSound listed in J River under Services & Plug-ins. Select it and use the checkbox to enable or disable volume synchronization. You will also need to upgrade the exaSound Dashboard to the current version 3.5.27. Finally please make sure that JRiver volume mode is set to Application Volume or System Volume.

Let us know about your experience.

[dean70]

Maybe it could be a new feature - a volume control type plugin that could interface with the DACs hardware volume, which is selectable as a separate volume type under options (eg: internal, system or plugin)? 
 

[tyler69]

Bump..

..Is there any news to this / any intention of providing this feature?