Is Dirac Live Standalone possible or impossible on Linux (Mint)

[Drvrage]

I have a Linux Mint box as my HTPC after de-microsofting my lifestyle. It was surprisingly easy with enough googling. I managed to get Plex running natively and roon running with the help of bottles. (bottles is like Wine, a windows emulator). It works amazingly well. The last thing I need is to get my Dirac Live multichannel standalone processor to work on linux, plugged into a Denon 3600. I am amazed at how little I can find on the web when it comes to Dirac and Linux. Dirac is essential to my enjoyment of my home theater system.

I managed to get the Standalone processor running with a standard bottles configuration. However there are no config files to load and see if it works. When I try to run the Dirac Live Calibrator in Wine I get nothing. No error message, no nothing. Has anyone ever gotten it to work?

I will try to find the calibration files from my windows box and load them in the Linux standalone processor and see what happens. I'll update this post with results, but I'd appreciate any help from the community.

 

[dasdoing]

I doubt you can make it work, but first thing would be to look at the output when you run the software out of terminal.
easiest thing would be to run the filters in a Linux convolver.

 

[Drvrage]

I doubt you can make it work, but first thing would be to look at the output when you run the software out of terminal.
easiest thing would be to run the filters in a Linux convolver.

Using the convolver in roon is my backup plan. Not quite as good as Dirac Live, but I've had some good luck with REW on other systems.

Now I have a Dirac license going to waste.

 

[staticV3]

Using the convolver in roon is my backup plan. Not quite as good as Dirac Live, but I've had some good luck with REW on other systems.

Now I have a Dirac license going to waste.

You could temporarily run Dirac on a Mac, PC, or DDRC-24, capture the filter response using REW, then load it into Roon's convolver or Camilladsp and sell the license and hardware

 

[kyuu]

Have you contacted Dirac support? The requirements do explicitly say it requires Windows or Mac, but it can't hurt to see if they have any suggestions for making it work on Linux via Wine or some other hack before giving up on using your license.

 

[dasdoing]

it's been a while since I left Linux, but the main issues with running win software are missing DLLs. And than you can and will have a hundred other issues you can't solve.
again, running the software out of the terminal gives you an output which can be helpful sometimes. there was a time I couldn't make a software run, I actually payed for....and the solution was to install the pirated version lol.

 

[OCA]

I have a Linux Mint box as my HTPC after de-microsofting my lifestyle. It was surprisingly easy with enough googling. I managed to get Plex running natively and roon running with the help of bottles. (bottles is like Wine, a windows emulator). It works amazingly well. The last thing I need is to get my Dirac Live multichannel standalone processor to work on linux, plugged into a Denon 3600. I am amazed at how little I can find on the web when it comes to Dirac and Linux. Dirac is essential to my enjoyment of my home theater system.

I managed to get the Standalone processor running with a standard bottles configuration. However there are no config files to load and see if it works. When I try to run the Dirac Live Calibrator in Wine I get nothing. No error message, no nothing. Has anyone ever gotten it to work?

I will try to find the calibration files from my windows box and load them in the Linux standalone processor and see what happens. I'll update this post with results, but I'd appreciate any help from the community.

You can calibrate your 3600 with A1 Evo Acoustica. It's free, works on Windows/Mac/Linux and faster and better than D.

 

[somebodyelse]

it's been a while since I left Linux, but the main issues with running win software are missing DLLs.

Missing DLLs are usually an easy fix as they're by definition widely available - if they weren't then they would be in the package you're trying to install. The real problems are with things wine can't run, like device drivers. That's where I end up resorting to a virtual machine with passthrough for the hardware device - the MS time-limited virtual machine images are good for this if you only need it occasionally.