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Topic: DM8 Plus Software Download
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Leo Enticknap
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From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 02-13-2018 07:56 AM
quote: Steve Guttag
The only thing that becomes unsafe is my personal property. Even if it connects to the web.
Not necessarily, if your computer involuntarily (on the part of its owner) becomes part of a malicious botnet. If it hasn't happened already, I suspect that it's only a matter of time before the victim of a malicious botnet who suffered a significant loss (e.g. an entire office building is affected by ransomware), is able to identify the source of the infection and tries a lawsuit. If that infection were made possible by an unpatched operating system, the producer of that OS could be named as a co-defendant, especially if an argument could be made that they could have done more to ensure that their software was kept up to date. My guess is that by making it impossible to prevent updating altogether unless you keep your computer disconnected from the Internet or "go under the hood" to disable that functionality, Microsoft are covering their corporate ass against that possibility.
quote: Steve Guttag
While they may have a TOS clause, I doubt it gives them the option of suspending the use of one's computer due to lack of updates/patches. That is what they would have to seek in order to force updates, which is tantamount to stealing hardware (rendering it useless) because you disallowed updates.
It's not tantamount to stealing hardware, because you only own the hardware free and clear, not the software that runs on it. If you're sad and geeky enough to read the small print that 99.99% of the population click OK to during the Windows installation process after barely a glance, you'll see that you are in fact buying an in perpetuity license to use Windows, not outright ownership of your copy. Microsoft asserts the right to revoke that license at any time and for any reason, limited only by the laws of the jurisdiction in force. If you don't like that business model, you are free to install a Linux distro, Hackintosh or whatever else you like on your computer.
The lawsuit a couple of years ago in Oregon in which a small business owner sued Microsoft because the update from 7 to 10 buggered her PC was based on a different premise: she accepted Microsoft's assurance that the update process would not affect the functionality of the computer or any of the applications software or drivers running on it (the "upgrade assistant" had told her that it had checked her W7 installation and that the update would be OK), and therefore consented to the changes. In fact, they made her computer unusable, and the judge decided, quite rightly, that Microsoft was responsible for the losses resulting from that.
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Carsten Kurz
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From: Cologne, NRW, Germany
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posted 11-06-2018 04:41 PM
My first guess would be a short in that snake between L and SL. That would mean, not only is SL on L, but L on SL on their respective XLRs. Do you have a channel test DCP, or a multimeter to check the wiring? If there is no short between either XLR, THEN I would suspect a software issue. However, to my knowledge, there is no setup option on the gear involved to mix two channels into one. However, yes, you should be able to deactivate SL both in the server and the DMA8 as a quick fix.
- Carsten
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Leo Enticknap
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From: Loma Linda, CA
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posted 11-07-2018 08:43 AM
Abandoning Windows altogether is like cable TV and cord cutting - many of us can do without it 90% of the time, but not 100%. At home, we continue to bend over and take it up the tailpipe from the cable monster, because I don't want to lose Fox News and my wife doesn't want to lose HGTV. We probably watch them for 2-3 hours a week at most, but still can't bring ourselves to cut the cord. If those two channels were available as standalone subscriptions for delivery via Roku or any other IPTV solution, we'd go for that like a shot, because we never watch about 148 of the 150 or so channels in our cable package. But until then...
All three of the PCs I use regularly (main home PC, laptop, and DCP render machine) are dual boot Windows 10/Ubuntu. I probably use Ubuntu about 50-60% of the time. But there are things I just can't do with it, that I need to do. Libre Office doesn't handle tables containing form fields in Word documents properly, and I use documents like this a lot. Adobe stuff is not available for Linux/Debian, and I use Premiere, Audition and Acrobat Pro heavily.
As for Dolby stuff, most of their control apps will work under WINE in Ubuntu for IP access to the device, but obviously, the USB drivers won't. I haven't tried the JNIOR support tool under WINE, but will try to do so when I get a chance.
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Colin Brant
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From: Oakland, CA, USA
Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 11-09-2018 04:14 PM
Thank you Carsten for the response and info. I wanted to follow up and update just a few details:
1) In my original post, I stated that the L and Ls channels were cross-talking into the L speaker at full intensity. BUT, what is actually happening is the L and Ls channels are cross-talking at equal intensities, but falling about 10db lower than C and R screen channel speakers. In addition to this, there is a noticeably higher noise floor through the L speaker, which is, of course, made worse when we pad the C and R channels to compensate for this problem.
2) I talked to Dolby support and they also hypothesize that this is a cable problem. But still havent been able to get a new snake.
3) On day #1 we were getting Ls in the L speaker, but now it is Rs getting in. This made me/us think it might be a Software-based issue.
4) We swapped units and got same results, so back to thinking it's a cable problem. I'll try to find an opening in the schedule today to put my multimeter on the cable and see what's going on there. Is the destructive act of snipping say Pin 4 & 15 a reasonable course of action? Again, this theater only has L, R and Subwoofer speakers.
A quick question about the DMA8Plus: Can I disable a particular audio channel or group? I don't see any reference to this in the manual or software.
Thank you!
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