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N1/EX, N10, N100 SERIES
RELEASE NOTE
●FW Ver 4.04Beta [14th September, 2020]
[USB-DAC Local Player]
- Roon Ready Mode added.
*MELCO won’t be "Roon core" or "Roon server" because Roon requires specific processor chipset for core.
- While MELCO is working as Roon Ready USB transport, MELCO won’t accept any playback requests from UPnP AV/OpenHome Controller App.
- To turn off Media Server is recommended when Roon Ready Mode. Roon Core manages all metadata.
- MELCO’s internal storage can be used as a source. All tracks will be sent to Roon Core once for processing and be sent back to MELCO to play.
- TIDAL/qobuz can be managed by Roon and play on MELCO.
- Customer can utilize the high quality volume control of Roon core by setting DSD playback mode as PCM.
●FW Ver 4.02 [28th May, 2020]
[Media Server]
- 'MinimServer''SongKong' Installer stability update
- Status Menu now supports new status property of 'MinimServer'
[Import from CD]
- Bugfix regarding specific character of metadata stops importing as error
[USB-DAC Local Player]
- Devices added for MELCO marker-less DSD
McIntosh C2700
Soulnote S-3
Esoteric N-01XD K-01XD K-03XD
LUXMAN D-10x D-03x
etc.
- Bugfix for specific file can be played only from front-panel, cannot from App.
[Web Remote]
- Now the setting is persistent after power off or reboot.
[Downloader]
- [OTOTOY] Retry within the session added when bought files are not ready on site.
- [mora] Support for requirement update.
●Ver. 4.01 [16th December, 2019]
MELCO Music Library System Software Ver 4.01 for N1EX/N10/N100
[Changes from N10/N100 1.03]
- Supports N1 EX Series Hardware
Home Screen for N1 EX
2-Drives RAID supoort
Power LED Brightness/RJ45 LED Control
Dedicated Expansion/Backup/USB-DAC ports
[New Support features]
- Web Remote .. Control MELCO from any web browsers
- Internal Drive Check .. Same capability as N1 3.91
[New Server features]
- Media Server Selection .. Twonky Server/Minim Server/Off are available
- Song Kong Installer/Controller
Minim Server is a popular UPnP/Open Home Media Server which supports various tags.
Song Kong for MELCO Lite is a tool to obtain various tags available online.
With them, you can utilize extended tags for rich browsing experience. MELCO provides navigation tree indexes for Classical/Jazz/Rock and Pops.
*Minim Server and Song Kong can be updated separately from MELCO System Update.
*When Minim Server is available, Twonky Server is disabled and some features depend on Twonky Server also be disabled.
(ex. Playback using buttons on N1/N10/N100)
*Song Kong/Minim Server takes more time to startup than Twonky Server. You can use them after 2 minutes from boot up or enable.
*After Minim Server/Song Kong are activated, new share folder named Log will be appeared for trouble investigation.
*Please contact Song Kong and Minim Server directly if any questions.
Song Kong: http://www.jthink.net/songkong/
Minim Server: https://minimserver.com/
Media Server Off is useful for non-UPnP environment or non-server use.
[New USB-DAC local player features]
- Song Title/Artist Name for MELCO Localplay front panel playback
- Marker-less DSD support : Mark Levinson No5805/Ayre QB-9 twenty/PRIMARE i15
- vTuner internet radio browser can be used on MELCO Music HD app
[New CD import features]
- Song titles can be seen before importing
- Support Drive Tray Control with DOWN button
[Improvements]
- New Song Title Font supports Chinese and Korean Characters
- USB-DAC local player: over 2GB WAV file can be played again
- New Time zone Option for China Standard and Taipei
- Behavior of OTOTOY downloader
- More stability for various environment
- Notice when backup without date/time settings.
N1, N1/2 series FIRMWARE
RELEASE NOTE
●FW Ver 3.92 [13th May, 2020]
[Media Server]
- Fully renewed for 'MinimServer''SongKong'
- New Menu 'Media Server App'
'TwonkyServer' 'MinimServer' 'Off' are available.
* As [MELCO Localplay] front panel USB-DAC playback depends on TwonkyServer, it will be disabled when set to other than TwonkyServer.
'MinimServer' requires internet connection for initial installation. MinimServer version installed is MinimServer 2 Starter Edition
(free version with limited functionality, paid upgrade available).
For details, see the
minimserver.com/minimserver2/melco
page.
'Rescan Songs and Playlists' also works for MinimServer
'Configure MinimServer' menu presents URL for Web Configuration.
'Version Check' menu helps updating MinimServer independently from MELCO System Software.
- New Menu 'SongKong'
'SongKong' requires internet connection for initial installation (as Lite version)
'SongKong Service' disables/enables resident SongKong service.
'Configure SongKong' menu presents URL for controlling SongKong via a web browser.
This includes upgrade path to full version.
'Version Check' menu helps update SongKong independently from MELCO System Software.
* What is 'MinimServer'
Alternative UPnP AV Media Server Software dedicated to serve music (not for Movies/Photos)
Now MinimServer is 'recommended server' to use with various players such as dCS, Esoteric.
* What is 'SongKong'
It gathers/maintains detailed metadata for tracks including artwork inside MELCO using online databases.
Unlike Gracenote, SongKong works for all files installed.
SongKong Lite creates a preview detailed report showing the metadata that can be added, to save the changes requires a full Melco license.
SongKong Lite also provide the capability to manually edit track metadata on the web browser.
[Status]
- 'Music Database' shows MinimServer status when 'MinimServer' selected.
- 'Media Server' shows MinimServer version when 'MinimServer' selected.
[Import from CD]
- Bugfix regarding specific character of metadata stops importing as error
[USB-DAC Local Player]
- Support for 2GB-4GB WAV files again
* FW 3.90-3.91 treats WAV files 2GB-4GB as 'suspicious'.
because most of old WAV files indicates 2GB-4GB are actually broken. But now there is a demand to play large WAV files on MELCO
so we remove this limit again.
- Devices added for MELCO marker-less DSD
Mark Levinson No508x
PRIMARE I15
Ayre QB-9 twenty etc.
[Downloader]
- [OTOTOY] Retry within the session added when bought files are not ready on site.
- [mora] Support for requirement update.
●FW Ver 3.91 [6th June, 2019]
[New menu item]
'PC-incompatible characters' menu item was added.
[Dark Mode]
- Behavior of stopping dark mode was improved.
[USB-DAC Local Player]
- Devices added for MELCO marker-less DSD
NAGRA TUBE DAC etc.
- Some bugs fixed regarding playback source icon.
[Import from CD]
- Bugfix regarding specific character of metadata stops importing as error
- Replace PC incompatible character after the CD import. (Replace more character than 3.90)
* NOTE *
Files and Folders already imported on 3.90 and uses PC incompatible character will not fixed on the firmware update.
'Support'>'PC-incompatible characters'
will check and fix the characters.
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