Question Bluesound Node 2i minor issue

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I’ve got two Bluesound Node 2i’s. Both have the same quirk.

I use Tidal, and every time I turn them on, they are logged into Tidal, but can’t seem to find any music.

If I log out of Tidal, and back in, works perfectly. Am I missing something stupidly obvious?

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I’ve got two Bluesound Node 2i’s. Both have the same quirk.

I use Tidal, and every time I turn them on, they are logged into Tidal, but can’t seem to find any music.

If I log out of Tidal, and back in, works perfectly. Am I missing something stupidly obvious?

Cheers

Marlin

I don't stream music on my Vault 2 so I can't really advise on that specific topic, but I can say that there are lots of Bluesound quirks that people have encountered and I could spout for hours on that broader topic.

Also, most these quirks will have been reported on the Bluesound website and moaned about on various forums.

So, initially, Google might be your best friend.
 

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I used to have a Tidal and Qubuz account, streamed via my 2i , and never had that issue.
Just Qb now and no issues , but I never turn mine off.
As I have a 2Tb external hard drive connected to the USB, it rebuilds the index each time i turn it on, takes over an hour , so it's always on here.
Might be the solution?
 
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I used to have a Tidal and Qubuz account, streamed via my 2i , and never had that issue.
Just Qb now and no issues , but I never turn mine off.
As I have a 2Tb external hard drive connected to the USB, it rebuilds the index each time i turn it on, takes over an hour , so it's always on here.
Might be the solution?
My Vault 2 is always left on unless it gets so muddled that a power cycle is required.

The only things in my set-up that are turned off after use are my Croft preamp and power amp because they contain valves. Everything else is left on and ready to go, including the Vault 2.

Since a lot of internet stuff is based around messaging, and since a lot of internet issues arise from messages that are either sent but never received, or are received but never acknowledged, it might be that, although your Nodes think that you're logged into Tidal and tell you so, in fact they aren't because you've powered off your Nodes and severed the connection to Tidal without logging off.

In such an instance, the Node would probably see a locally stored (stored on the Node) "logged in" status (as it never actually witnessed you logging off) whereas the Tidal server itself will have seen no activity or responses from your Nodes for an extended period of time and will have logged them both off at its end.

(Since almost forever, most log-in sessions on computers get terminated after an extended period of inactivity. This is referred to being 'timed out'.)

If this is the case then it would explain what you're experiencing.

Just a little theorising before a Sunday dinner of roast pork and loads of veg plus some stuffing (noun not verb). :)
 
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I had it sometimes on Tidal on my Node, no need to sign out, I just changed something on the Tidal settings, explicit to no explicit and then back and then it would see music and be back to normal.
 
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I read somewhere (possibly on the massive node 2 thread) that it is recommended that you leave the unit powered on when not in use. That's what I do and it mostly behaves.
 

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My Node 2 is powered on and off on my main kit by a smart plug, and i have no issues with my main library or Tidal. My Powernode 2i on my 2nd system is left on and goes to standby when not in use.
 

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I switch mine off when not using because I need PSU ans switch on as well, which use a fair amount of electric. Don't have any issues apart from the Tidal glitch.
 

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Are you using Tidal via the blusound app or directly through the Tidal app?

If via the Blusound app I found this happened to me. Once I switched to using Tidal app or Spotify directly it was fine.
 

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