Many thanks Anders for the work and the post.

I will download and use it once the sun has risen!

many thanks anders! it´s working perfect!

I'm pretty sure perfect is a bit too good of a review, beta testers have reported that the application still locks up every now and then, but at least it works to some extent :)

Hi Anders,

is the firmware in the package necessary to make the BeoPort work with this update ?

Ed~2

It shouldn't be, it's the same firmware that's been on the disk image for the last couple of releases

/A

Great - thank you !

I just did not want to unnecessarily "disturb" my set-up.

Tesing of BM-Link:

1. installation was easy, just double click the "cardboard box" icon and click your way through the steps
2. start BM-Link through system preferences icon, invoke BM-Link and check its preferences (nice touch was not having to restart system preferences to go back to the 32 bit addressing)
3. first start received a USB error, so I disconnected the BeoPort's USB from a powered Targus USB 2.0 hub and cabled the BeoPort directly (will retest this later)
4. second start resulted on spinning rainbow wheel on the BM-Link icon in the Apple's menu bar, waited several minutes but no time out, so I powered off the BeoPort which terminated BM-Link
5. reconnected the power and started BM-Link for a 3rd time which worked
6. Net-Music works fine through my BV8+BL3 speakers (no speakers on BeoPort, and "start speakers" set to manual)
7. Net-Music works fine through BeoLink Wireless 1 to BL4s
8. check BeoSound 4 .. it is displaying 4 lines:
   "TRACK 29"
   "ARTIST 892"
   "NONE"
   "ARTIST" 
9. start Net-Music on BeoSound 4 and plays OK, but still showing Track 29 and Artist 892, and when the next track starts the numbers don't change
10. write up this report, and then recheck BeoSound 4 display and it is now showing correctly for the latest tracks the track title, artist's name, and album name (but without scrolling)
11. wait for a "Final Fantasy" track to start. artist shows as "ARTIST 1794" (LinkPlayer 0.7 displays their name ("植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu)") in Katakana which is how it is stored in iTunes, I know this may have changed with LP 0.8 but I have not tested that yet) 
12. test track changes ("^" key on the Beo4 and that works)
13. return to the original two tracks to see if they now display names or numbers ... and they display numbers, the tracks are:
    'Il trovatore,' Act III - Di quella pira　Giuseppe Verdi
    Jussi Björling
    and the numbers dont change on the next 2 tracks also contain special characters ("'", and "[")
    
14. try changing source and back again to Net-Music to see if this changes the BeoSound 4's display behaviour, and now it only displays "NET-MUSIC"
15. try using the ^ and v keys on the Beo4 to effect a track change to get the display updated, but the track change requests are ignored
16. update this report, and return to the BS4 and try some more track change requests, they now work and cause the display to return to showing the track and artist in text form
17. return to test track 30 to see if it is only track 29 that causes the number/text issue ... and track 30 with the "'" displays correctly, track 31 with "[" and "]" displays correctly
18. use Beo4 v key to return to track 29, it continues to display numbers not text, and when track 30 starts this time it is *NOT* "corrupted"

elephant wrote:

I have not tested any special keys (other than ^ and v) on the Beo4.

I forgot, there are no special keys to test :(

I ran the new BM-Link for 8 hours without any issues or problems.

I also used its Net-Radio function.

Today I will experiment some more with the Net-Radio, and also try out the FrontRow option.

As promised, I tested Net-Radio and it worked fine once I actually connected the internet (*doh*)

The BeoSound 4 displayed the details of each of the stations I "tuned" into

I also tested FrontRow, smoothly invoked, and operated.

My conclusion would be that if all you wanted was music stored in iTunes, then BM-Link is once again a contender; however is you want diversity of video materials then LinkPlayer is the contender.

However I do say I would do some comparisons with the latest beta of LinkPlayer and this is what I can report:

• yes, I have lost Katakana characters, LinkPlayer now replaces them with ????
• LinkPlayer only displays on the BeoSound 4 the track names IF the BeoSound 4 is switched on in Net-Music mode, otherwise it just "warns" you that the link is busy with Net-Music transmissions
• LinkPlayer also struggled to display the Jussi Bjorling track information - maybe this is not a BeoPort side issue, but rather a BeoSound 4 problem ....