Hi there.
Ive been running JRiver 19+20 since october on an Samsung I3 laptop with Windows 7. Music is stored on a Buffalo Linkstation 6tb. The only problems have been occasional buffering when playing hi res files.
About five weeks ago I got a new media computer, a ASUS Vivo I5 8gb RAM 128gb SSD with Windows 8. Music has been running smooth until about 2 1/2 weeks ago when it suddenly got quiet. A message saying " Playback could not be started on the output :ASIO using the format 44,1khz 2ch." also something about using hardware supporting said output format. I have a Primare DAC 30. The DAC was sent to Primare for a checkup and got back two days ago.Meanwhile I reinstalled Windows 8, JRiver 20and Drivers for the DAC. After about 30 minutes of playing music it suddenly got quiet again with the same message. If I turn the DAC off and then on Im able to play for a short while before something goes wrong with playback. However, playing from the old Samsung laptop works without a hitch.
I should also mention that JRiver on the new computer is kind of slow and sluggish. For example: when turning the program off it doesnt shut down for a while and if you click again, windows says the program isnt answering. This is both before and after reinstallation.
Whats wrong?
/Jonas