BeoSound 5 Forum

Re: wishing i had MOTS

Puncher — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:18:05 GMT

Joking aside, I would like to play with MOTS to understand and appreciate it's capabilities although I agree with an earlier poster, it may be nice to have but I don't think it is a deal clincher.

It would be good if you could use it's abilities to do different things as I'm not sure I want to listen to a whole list of tracks that are very similar all in a row, in some respects the accuracy of MOTS could become wearisome.

For instance it would be interesting to pick a starting track and move to something similar but then on to something similar to the second track rather than the first. In this way you could have a smooth journey through your catalogue without any inappropriate hiccups but moving away slowly from the initial theme. The rate of "drift" could of course be selectable. I think this would be far more interesting and possibly more usable after the initial novelty of the MOTS feature has worn off.

What about picking some "waypoint" tracks that MOTS has to pass through over the course of it's run - e.g. a track to start the evening, one or two during dinner etc. and a down tempo end track before you chuck everyone out?

Does anyone else have any ideas on how to expand the MOTS concept to give more options/possibilities?

ps. B&O - please send sample device to Puncher@Durham for evaluation and I will post even more suggestions

edit: Blast - it turns out the technology on which MOTS is based already does what I suggested. There's always next time

Which begs the question - are these features already buried in the BS5 or have B&O chosen not to implement the more extensive use of the MOTS algorithms?

Re: wishing i had MOTS

soundproof — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:13:24 GMT

He-he. I don't like the name - should be More of This?; more of the Same makes me sound boring, eh?

Re: wishing i had MOTS

Puncher — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:53:51 GMT

Jandyt:

I have Beolink PC2, and get More Of The Same by selecting 'Genre' and clicking 'Random'
Works for me and saves me rakes of dosh too!

Andy T.

Ah but, it's not the same "same" as you get for your 6K spondoolicks - this is reportedly much samier!

Re: wishing i had MOTS

Jandyt — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:35:44 GMT

I have Beolink PC2, and get More Of The Same by selecting 'Genre' and clicking 'Random'
Works for me and saves me rakes of dosh too!

Andy T.

Re: wishing i had MOTS

meandmyshadow — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:55:36 GMT

IngvarW:

One remark is that if the samt tune exist in two different folders because they resided on two different CDs when you made the ripping the MOTS function gladly will play the same tune two times. I don´t know if thats an bug or you just have to delete the duplicate first.

Brgds ingvar

That's a bug that is being resolved at the moment.

Re: wishing i had MOTS

IngvarW — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:30:36 GMT

Now I have used the MOTS function for a while and like it. As someone wrote here it will find tunes that you have forgotten, and I can really say that many of my CDs are "reborn". It´s also fun to test it a little to see what kind of music it present depending on what tune i start with. You can also "fast forward" in the MOTS list for taking the next and so on.

One remark is that if the samt tune exist in two different folders because they resided on two different CDs when you made the ripping the MOTS function gladly will play the same tune two times. I don´t know if thats an bug or you just have to delete the duplicate first.

Brgds ingvar

Re: wishing i had MOTS

Puncher — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:13:51 GMT

Seanie:

thats a nasty little sales trick then. oh well now i wont buy one i will go to another supplier. shame

I'm not saying that is defintitely the case - I don't know. I was merely specualting that it would seem very strange indeed to stream all of the music, via usb, to a peripheral to be analysed for the MOTS feature when the data is held locally in the BM5 and there's a perfectly respectable processor sitting there idle.

I could however be wrong.

Re: wishing i had MOTS

Seanie_230 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:50:53 GMT

thats a nasty little sales trick then. oh well now i wont buy one i will go to another supplier. shame

Re: wishing i had MOTS

Puncher — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:26:38 GMT

Regardless of where the MOTS software resides, they can choose to only allow its use if the BS5 is connected if they wish (an "incentive" if you like).

Re: wishing i had MOTS

meandmyshadow — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:05:15 GMT

Seanie:

i thought the bs5 was just a fancy display and the software is on bm5 so really MOTS would be on bm5 wouldn't it

No!

Re: wishing i had MOTS

Seanie_230 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:17:26 GMT

i thought the bs5 was just a fancy display and the software is on bm5 so really MOTS would be on bm5 wouldn't it

Re: wishing i had MOTS

meandmyshadow — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:25:21 GMT

Mr10Percent:

KibitoCH:
But you won't have mots (only supported together with a Beosound 5)

I am not confident that this statement is correct. Although I'm not going to re-wire my BS/BM5 to test but the Beo5 can engage MOT's via remote.

It would stand to reason it could do this with or without the BS5.

10%

KibitoCH is quite correct, MOTS is only available when BM5 & BS5 are used together.

Re: wishing i had MOTS

Mr10Percent — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:41:57 GMT

KibitoCH:
But you won't have mots (only supported together with a Beosound 5)

I am not confident that this statement is correct. Although I'm not going to re-wire my BS/BM5 to test but the Beo5 can engage MOT's via remote.

It would stand to reason it could do this with or without the BS5.

10%

Re: wishing i had MOTS

KibitoCH — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:31:12 GMT

Seanie:

If you use BM5 without BS5 you will have the folders, and albums will be grouped under artist and etc.

But you won't have mots (only supported together with a Beosound 5)

Re: wishing i had MOTS

Lorup — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:51:16 GMT

Seanie:

i have been thinking about a BM5 for some time until i found out the tv interface is not the same as beomedia at present and i cannot use folder view and etc etc

If you use BM5 without BS5 you will have the folders, and albums will be grouped under artist and etc.