One dead PC...
Today, I am testing my backup strategy.
My morning routine is to wake up with a cup of coffee and a read of the news on my PC. This morning, however, I was the only one that woke up - my PC (a Macbook Pro) failed to join me. This wasn't what I wanted before my coffee had kicked in! It has remained stubbornly unresponsive all day, so I've concluded it is time to replace it. I've had it a few years, and it has travelled well, so I'm not overly disappointed.
I'm confident in my backups (Famous last words perhaps, but I've been through a corrupt hard disk recently that tested them), so I hope the only issue is that sourcing and setting up the replacement I'd like is going to take a few days.
While I can do day-to-day things like email & support on an old PC I have lying around, I can't run the software I need to develop Catwalk Radio. Apologies in advance if you want to get in touch about a bug, and I need to delay a fix until I've got my new computer bought and set up.
Beta 2 now tested with more devices
A short note to announce that Catwalk Radio Beta2 is now at build 10, and has had numerous minor bugs fixed.
The most prominent was a crash on startup caused by a bug in our code in response to some uPnP commands.
Download it from the beta page, or here:
CatwalkRadio_1Beta2_10_Setup.exe (31.4 Mb)
Beta 2 updated
I've updated the Beta 2 release of Catwalk Radio. A customer discovered it didn't work on non-English installs of Windows.
That's a bit embarrassing - whilst it is only available in English right now, it should run on any language variant of Windows. Hopefully it now does!
The updated file is available on the beta page.
Beta 2 - multi-room Catwalk for any music
As I mentioned before, we've been working on broadening Catwalk's multi-room ability to your general music collection.
I'm pleased to announce the release of Beta 2, which allows the playback of any CD quality wav file you have on your network to any (or all) of your network hi-fi.
We'll lift the wav file restrictions in the future, but I want to get this technology into the hands of customers early. I hope to build confidence in the multi-room capability as we broaden the range of input options.
This is a beta. As before, active participants in the beta programme will be able to claim a discount on the final price when the software is released.
If you have some networked hi-fi, why not try it now?
Catwalk Radio - connecting your PC's audio input to your digital hifi
Over the weekend I announced our latest product on the Linn support forums. Catwalk Radio (a working name) is our next product, and whilst it was announced on the Linn forums, it is the first that will interoperate with any standards based digital hifi.
Out of the box it takes the input from your PC's line-in/mic jack and sends it to your digital hifi. Morgan is using it now to bring a radio stream onto the same hifi speakers as the rest of his music.
It has another key feature - the ability to send the stream it creates to multiple hifi simultaneously. This gives you the ability to have digital hifis in separate rooms listening to the same audio feed. Today it only works with the line-in feed, but we're now working on expanding the function to any of the music you want to listen to on your home setup.
The beta release is available for download now from its homepage. Active participants in the beta program will be entitled to a discount on the final purchase price.
