Presto have just put out a summary email of all sorts of things relevant to their streaming service and streamer. They have fixed a few bugs and there is a new version of the phone app.
I won’t provide a link as Richard would probably object. And the content of the email is not on their website as far as I could see. So without a link, here is the substance of the update email.
Presto Music Streaming Update - August 2024
Welcome to the start of a new regular update on all things Presto streaming. Whether you are an existing streaming subscriber, or someone curious about what we are working on, we hope you’ll find this useful.
General updates and fixes
Series links from Album ‘explore’ section:
We have fixed the series link, so now when you are browsing albums within a series (such as the wonderful Romantic Piano Concerto series on Hyperion), you can use the link in the ‘explore’ tab to view all the other albums in the same series.
Desktop App
Support for Dragonfly DACs
The desktop app now supports Dragonfly DACs in exclusive mode, allowing bit-perfect streams up to 96kHz (the maximum supported by Dragonfly). We suspect some other DACs which may have not previously worked will be resolved by this fix also.
Support for PreSonos DACs on Macs
The Mac desktop apps now supports PreSonus DACs in exclusive mode.
Presto Hi-Res Streamer
Thanks for all the lovely comments we’ve been receiving about the streamer, especially those commending the awesome sound quality, which is something we’re particularly pleased to hear.
We’ve been working on a few bug fixes recently which have just been deployed in-app version 2.18.2
Issues resolved
Fix for playing ‘Coming soon’ albums
Thanks to the customers who flagged this one. There was a nasty bug where if you played a coming soon album to the end (ie. all the available tracks), in some situations the streamer would enter an error state which could only be resolved by a hard reset (holding the button on the back down for 5+ seconds and then setting up afresh on your wifi network). This has now been resolved in release 2.18.2. The Mac desktop apps now supports PreSonus DACs in exclusive mode.
Support of multiple streamers
The app now switches happily between multiple streamers, both on the same wi-fi network (such as in different rooms) and streamers on different networks (such as one at home and one in the office).
Issues ongoing
For customers who use the streamer with a separate DAC, we have discovered that some DACs are limited at 96kHz through the optical input. Our streamer delivers the highest quality available, so if we have a 192kHz master then this won’t play through DACs with a 96kHz optical limit. We don’t currently have a nice solution for this as the streamer doesn’t currently have any ability to resample down. Our suggestion for now is to use the analogue output on the streamer directly to your amplifier when playing 192kHz files, which at least will allow you to listen to these albums (using the streamer’s onboard DAC rather than your separate dedicated one).
Coming Soon
There are always a number of tweaks, improvements and bug fixes being rolled out, but these are a couple of the bigger features currently occupying our team:
User-generated playlists:
We began offering our Presto curated playlists earlier this year, and the natural progression is to allow users to create their own. We’re starting work on this imminently and hope to release this feature later this year. This has been a much-requested feature, so we are excited about getting to work on it!
More Hi-fi integrations
Building on the success of the BluOS integration and also our own streamer, we’re actively pursuing further Hi-Fi integrations. Discussions are already underway with a number of major and specialist Hi-Fi brands, and we anticipate having more news to share over the coming months. We welcome your suggestions on which brands to integrate with. Additionally, it would greatly assist us if you could reach out to manufacturers directly, requesting Presto Music integration.
Any Questions?
We love to hear from you, so if you have any questions, suggestions or requests please contact us at any time through [streaming@prestomusic.com]
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