Yes it does seem to be more stable. However I am having another problem which I have been spending most of my time on.  For some reason the volume is very low in one link room while it works fine in the other link room. I have checked all connections and everything works fine, except the lower volume. As for setting preferences to 32 bit mode, there are two options. 1. When opening the preferences for BM-Link and it says it needs to restart in 32 bit mode, click on the question mark in the window and instructions will appear. 2. Open Finder, in left column click on applications. The icons will appear for various applications. Click once on System Preferences which will highlight it.  Go to main Finder tool bar at top of screen. Click on File and in the menu that appears click on Get Info. There will be a box to check to set to open always in 32 bit.

I mentioned this in another thread about Masterlink but thought I would put it here also. Hope nobody minds. Has anybody else tried different settings in the Audio Midi Setup?  It allows various settings for the Hz and the bit rate. For some reason changing these settings affects the output in different rooms differently. For example, for awhile I had normal volume in the room with Beoport and one link room, but very minimal volume in another link room. After changing some settings I now have normal volume in the two link rooms but low volume in the speakers connected directly to the Beoport box.

I have also tried to set System Preferences in 32-bit mode. I agree that its a bit more stable. BM-link starts - but sometimes it just shuts down when operating the BEO4.

All in all I consider BM-link to be broken by Snow Leopard.

While I can get BM-Link working reasonably well, I have noticed another problem. At certain frequencies there is now a bit of static. I have listened to the same pieces of music via Apple TV and the static is absent. HAs anybody else noticed this?  I have just about decided to do a backup and reinstall the older operating system.

Turning off the iTunes equalizer solved the static problem. All does seem to be working well now with Snow Leopard.

Hi Razlaw,

I'm glad to hear you've got SL working well with BM-link and solved your room level problems.

I've still got the same problem as Amunk, BM-link simply stops randomly when using the Beo4 and ocassionally on its own! I've now, sadly, restored Leopard and all is stable again. Has anyone else found SL stable?

Regarding changing midi settings on Mac, yes, I have done this so get the best from the DACmagic. I changed to output to 24bit and 96KHz so the fibre optic link from Mac to DACmagic runs at best definitions. No problems with levels in link rooms nor the speakers attached to the BeoPort experienced.

Best

Rob

All still seems to be working. I did have it stop once when I was using the Beo 4 to skip through albums very rapidly.

An answer from B&O:

"Dear Mr. ,

We re pleased to see that you are the owner of BeoPort.
As mentioned on our web site this software is not developed by Bang & Olufsen. When Beoport was produced it was not intended to support MAC OS. 
But a kind customer in Sweden wrote the BM-link software, so this could be possible. The software was not ordered by Bang & Olufsen, and therefore also not supported by us.

However, we are pleased to say that we are looking into a solution to this, and as soon as information is available we shall inform about this on our web site. 

Kind regards,
Bang & Olufsen a/s

Helle Pramanik"

How long should we wait for?

But a kind customer in Sweden wrote the BM-link software, so this could be possible. The software was not ordered by Bang & Olufsen, and therefore also not supported by us.

This statement above is not accurate. Bang & Olufsen are still advertising on their website that Beoport is supported with MAC:

http://www.bang-olufsen.com/beoport/software-downloads-mac

I'm becoming very annoyed at the constant 'we do not support MAC'. Why did no one tell me this when I was prepared to spend one thousand dollars, plus cost of cables for this product. My local store has kindly offered to refund my purchase and I appreciate that. When the product works however it is great and I'd like it to work, as B&O still advertise it does!

Yours in frustration

David Coyne

I concur.  Furthermore, I add that it is unethical for a company to state or imply one thing in one forum (their official website) and another in correspondence to its clients.

But what is really sad is that B&O seems to be unaware a significant portion of its customers use Apple products and this trend will only grow.  B&O's blindness in this regard is to its detriment.