[SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch couldn't play tracks with a bitrate higher than 5440 kbit/s
Hello, There is an album - Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil [FLAC@192kHz/24bit] from HDTracks.com. Tracklist 1 Witch Hunt 8:11 [5609 kbit/s] 2 Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum 5:53 [5180 kbit/s] 3 Dance Cadaverous 6:45 [5518 kbit/s] 4 Speak No Evil 8:23 [5600 kbit/s] 5 Infant Eyes 6:54 [5444 kbit/s] 6 Wild Flower 6:07 [5409 kbit/s] and my touch could play only tracks 2 and 6 with a bitrate lower than 5440 kbit/s only. I double checked all other tracks from my 192kHz/24bit albums and they all are lower than 5440 kbit/s as well. I tried foobar2000 and it managed to play tracks 1, 3, 4 and 5 with no problem. So, could anybody confirmed whether they faced the same issues please! Regards, Mike mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97830 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch couldn't play tracks with a bitrate higher than 5440 kbit/s
ok thanks. I'll try. mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97830 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch couldn't play tracks with a bitrate higher than 5440 kbit/s
my fault, haven't edited my signature at the right time. I run LMS 7.7.2 on Win8 PC. foobar couldn't convert FLAC itself, it needs external command-line encoder and as I'd already found out flac_X.exe doesn't work under Windows 8 will look for win-xp pc then. mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97830 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch couldn't play tracks with a bitrate higher than 5440 kbit/s
Garym, Mnyb thanks for your help. I've sorted it out with foobar and external flac encoder and managed to convert it flac to flac. Quite happy now ))) Cheers! Mike mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97830 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch couldn't play tracks with a bitrate higher than 5440 kbit/s
JohnB wrote: How is your Touch connected to your router? If you are using WiFi it be that your problem is due to poor signal strength at the Touch. You could check this by connecting the Touch to your router with cable to see whether the offending tracks play. John, my Touch 100M wired to the router. So, it was something inside these tracks that Touch didn't understand... mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97830 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clock running to fast
JohnSwenson;643059 Wrote: The clock in the Touch is set when it connects to an SBS server, either on a computer on your network, or mysb.com. If you have a local server than it should be syncing to the time on that server if you are playing music from the server. John S. Well, I have SBS server on sheevaplug and my touch doesn't syncing with it at all. It's about an hour and a half between them now though I set touch's time just yesterday using date -s JohnSwenson;643059 Wrote: If the server and mysb.com have different times, then you probably need to setup the server computer to sync itself to a time server (NTP) on the net (which mysb.com already does) and then you should have the same time on everything to within a fraction of a second. John S. Does anybody managed to sync SBS to a time server on Ubuntu unix please? If so what server to be set and how? Regards, Mike. -- mdm Touch (SheevaPlug) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88975 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch
Never was happy with SQ streaming music from my laptop via USB interface of my DAC. It was one of the main reason to buy the Touch with its S/Pdif. Mike. -- mdm Touch (SheevaPlug) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82110 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stutter at startup on 24/96 FLAC
Hello, I've got the same issue with PCM playback... every first track has a short pause in the beginning. I looked through squeezebox.pm and saw that $outputThreshold set to 0, so providing I would change it should I somehow force the Touch to accept this new value - reboot or something? Regards, Mike. -- mdm Touch (SheevaPlug) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82459 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Touch is loosing time
JohnSwenson;557253 Wrote: Under linux there are two clocks, the system clock and the RTC, they are separate clocks. In many systems the system clock just runs off the main processor interrupt oscillator which is usually not a highly accurate clock. In order to deal with this linux can apply an adjustment from the system clock. It computes and updates this adjustment by getting periodic updates from an external time server. If setup properly this can give very accurate time, all the time. Currently this system is not being used on the Touch. John S. My SBS server (Debian linux 6.0) has wrong system time. date -u returnes the time which is an hour and a half ahead of the REAL UTC time. How can that be? NTPD is configured and running. /etc/ntp.conf populated with an appropriate pool.ntp.org servers, at the same time hardware time is absolutely correct. Can I synced system time with hardware time somehow? Mike. -- mdm Touch (SheevaPlug) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79894 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch firmware update bricked unit?
After firmware upgrade my Touch doesn't see SBS and vice versa. I can connect only to MySBS. What might be checked/done please. Mike. -- mdm Touch (SheevaPlug) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81836 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch firmware update bricked unit?
toby10;575987 Wrote: Try rebooting Touch and SBS. If you mean power cycle I have already done that a few times. -- mdm Touch (SheevaPlug) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81836 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch firmware update bricked unit?
garym;575992 Wrote: I'd try the usual problem solver: turn off modem, router, computer running SbS, and unplug touch. Then start everything in reverse order, letting each item fully start before moving to the next item in the list. Thank you very much Gary, I turned off Touch then reboot SBS and turn on Touch back. It helps. It is working now but the whole setup looks for me quite unreliable. I feel like I might be betraied any minute. Though it's SQ is OK. -- mdm Touch (SheevaPlug) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81836 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS on SheevaPlug... running or not?
juzi;575180 Wrote: Ah, yes I remember the 'setup' script also didn't work for me. I just installed the debian package manually (dpkg -i squeezeboxserver_7.5.1_all.deb) and the it worked... Yep, Just did the same. Looks ok so far, at least I can see squeezeboxserver process is running. Will try to connect USB HD tonight. Cheers, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/TinySBS/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81809 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] SBS on SheevaPlug... running or not?
Hello, I couldn't install Sheevaplug for a week already :( The box itself looks ok, I setup it using SqueezePlugV2 (beta) methode. My router leased it an IP address and I can ping it from the network but I can't connect to SBS on IP address:9000. Does anybody know how to check whether Sheevaplug is running SBS or not? I boot from NAND not from SD. Regards, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/TinySBS/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81809 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS on SheevaPlug... running or not?
juzi;575012 Wrote: Hi Mike, Once you are on the plug, you can e.g. run Code: top to see what's running (are there perl processes?) or do a Code: /etc/init.d/squeezeboxserver restart You can look at the server log with Code: cat /var/log/squeezeboxserver/server.log to see what's happening. Hope that helps. Hi juzi, thanks for reply. It looks like there is no SBS on my squeezeplug at all. I tried what you said and here you are what I got: Code: r...@squeezeplug:~# cat /var/log/squeezeboxserver/server.log cat: /var/log/squeezeboxserver/server.log: No such file or directory r...@squeezeplug:~# r...@squeezeplug:~# r...@squeezeplug:~# r...@squeezeplug:~# r...@squeezeplug:~# /etc/init.d/squeezeboxserver restart -bash: /etc/init.d/squeezeboxserver: No such file or directory r...@squeezeplug:~# that is strange because I ran setup script, configured SBS, installed it... it took a while and I was told that everything is ok and I can logon to SBS on IP-address:9000 Will try to install SBS manualy. Cheers, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/TinySBS/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81809 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] WiFiRemote possible with Touch+USBdisk
toby10;571412 Wrote: May or may not apply to your setup... Have you tried an all wired connection to rule out WiFi issues? Touch, music source, computer all wired? No, I haven't tried wired connections cause in my case it kills the idea of remote control as I have squeezplay installed on a laptop and I don't think that anyone wired his iPod to use iPeng. Anyway I'm not too far from my Touch, so I can control it directly. Thanks to all of you. Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] WiFiRemote possible with Touch+USBdisk
lrossouw;571618 Wrote: I think he meant wiring the touch not the laptop :D What the use to wire Touch if it has USB HDD as a source? -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Review in upcoming Stereophile issue
pfarrell;571580 Wrote: I'm amazed that the Transporter ever got reviewed. http://www.pfarrell.com/ It costs enough to deserve review. Add zero to Touch's price and its review would be breathtaking. Mnyb;571587 Wrote: The future of audio is in streamed PC audio and Networked music players. Combined with active speakers with digital crossovers and digital inputs. I'm still buying ~5 vinyl LPs per month... yes I know they have no tugs, no embedded images, no remotes, etc... I just love listen to them. :) Cheers, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/TinySBS/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] WiFiRemote possible with Touch+USBdisk
Konzales;571640 Wrote: It is just for finding the problem regarding your sync issue. It is not meant to be forever. If all is connected via LAN you avoid WLAN problems Yes, I understood, but even if with wired setup everything will be fine I won't use it. So now I'm looking for my Sheevaplug comming from eBay following by the move to full SBS. Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/TinySBS/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] WiFiRemote possible with Touch+USBdisk
toby10;571696 Wrote: Temporarily wiring players and/or server is only to see if WiFi is causing the issue so you don't end up chasing the wrong problem. Ex: if you were having problems with your home phone the problem could be - phone itself - wiring inside the home - wiring outside the home - phone company issues The easiest way to determine where the problem is (and who's responsibility it is to fix) I would suggest taking a wired phone and connect it to your outside phone utility box and make a call. If the problem goes away then you know the issue is inside the house (your problem). If the problem persists then the issue is likely outside the home (phone company problem). Point being, I'm not suggesting you now make all calls standing outside your home at the utility box. I'm only suggesting you do so temporarily to help diagnose the problem and hopefully eliminate several potential trouble spots. :) Don't get me wrong. I'm not against wires. I would say I love them, especially interconnects and acoustic ones ;) To be serious I thought that squeezplay is a sort of remote control which sends just control signals to the Touch, so in terms of bandwidth it consumes almost nothing. I have no problems with internet radio, my Touch and laptop report an ecxelent level of wifi signal and and I don't suspect my wireless. Of cause I can find a hank of CAT 6 UTP and, and you know I'm already close to idia to install additional 1Gb switch in my hi-fi rack, as all new BD players want to be wired as well. :) -- mdm Touch(wireless/TinySBS/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] WiFiRemote possible with Touch+USBdisk
garym;571222 Wrote: yes. I'm doing it right now! download SqueezePlay from site below (scroll to bottom of page). they are all beta by the way, but work fine. Once installed, use menu of SqueezePlay to select the TOUCH as the player. Once done, you can browse, select, change volume, etc. for the TOUCH. In essence, the squeezeplay is like having a controller for the TOUCH but it is running on your computer. Of course, the computer running it needs to be on the same LAN as your TOUCH. http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.5 I've just tried it - installed and set sync with my Touch running tinysbs... and there is nothing but constant rebufering...? what might be wrong. Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] WiFiRemote possible with Touch+USBdisk
garym;571356 Wrote: Yep, do NOT choose synch players. Simply use menu item Choose Player to select the TOUCH as the player you are controlling. You're trying to use Squeezeplay as the CONTROLLER, not as another player. p.s. If choose player is not on the main menu, you can use settings in Squeezeplay to add this to the main menu. Well, I did as you said and it's much better now but rebufferings still occurs in the beginning of each track. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] WiFiRemote possible with Touch+USBdisk
garym;571385 Wrote: What type of files are you playing (FLAC?). Use of SP as controller shouldn't have anything to do with causing buffering of playback. Seems odd. And you are saying that if you simply use the TOUCH screen to start playback, you do NOT get buffering? and again, you're sure you are not still synching. I play WAV files. When I use Touch screen to start playback buffering occurs just once, on the first track of each album but all the rest is playing smothly. Synching is off. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS stops from time to time
albertbope;566803 Wrote: I did some cleaning to my music library, I found some crap like .cue files, some bmp images that weight 10 MB each which were embedde to mp3 files and stuff like that. I know that maybe is a supeficial cleaning but again I did wipe and rescan and it crashed at 99% with just 1 second left to complete, that means there are problems yet? 99% with just 1 second left to complete - is a tinySBS nightmare. As I found out the absolutely necessary steps are the following: - detach USB HD; - connect HD to PC and delete [.squeezbox] folder; - powerdown Touch; - connect HD back to Touch; - turn on Touch; - turn on HD if selfpowered; - start tinySBS. When I did these steps without turning off the Touch it went out of its memory every time and crashed at 99%. Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80790 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working
pablomontanero;570221 Wrote: I will now start experimenting with Artwork. I read, that also might take a few days or weeks to understand the right setup with the picture sizes and locations. You know experimenting with anything on the Touch could make you mad :) so just put cover.jpg not larger then 500x500 pix in each album's folder and keep clear of any embedded images. Cheers, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81102 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Potential Newbie Sheevaplug Touch questions
woodnut;570233 Wrote: I realise that my windows XP based computer won't be able to format my HDD in ext3 format. Can anybody tell me how I can format my USB external 1TB HDD in ext3 format and then transfer my music back onto it? Is this possible and is it difficult? Many thanks!! Very likely that the next generation of Logitechs MUSIC PLAYERS will require the special knowledge not only in internetworking, programming and Unix computing but in microbiology, nuclear physics and genetic engineering as well. Sad news. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81245 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working
pablomontanero;568804 Wrote: When I connect my harddrive to the SBT and start the server, I only receive the message discovering files: complete and no sound files can be detected, even if I leave it on for several hours and with very few files on the drive. I now tried a very old USB stick and there it shows all three scanning messages. What is the problem? My harddrive has an external power source and is a WD Essential 1TB which should work according to this forum. over here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80516highlight=bummer starting from the second page there are some talks about WD HDD's and virtual CD. Thunderlips said that he disabled and hide that partition on his WD Passport and it works ok with touch. I tried WD Elements and wasn't happy. Not sure whether WD Essential has virtual cd but it looks like it does so find WD utility which can configure it properly. Cheers, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81102 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch feels sluggish at times
elektronaut;568487 Wrote: Yes, it depends on the model you are using. I was using a QNAP TS-209 (some Marvell-Arm processor) before. The players reacted quite well most of the time, but the web interface was very sluggish. Also transcoding was merely not possible. I changed to a Qnap TS-439 II recently, mainly for performance reasons and because i want to use MusicIP. This device has an Intel Atom N270 Processor and 1Gb of RAM which is enough to run SBS without any flaws. Volker Thank you Volker but that's not exactly what I've meant. Providing I run SBS on some diskless PC should I use USB HDD or may play from NAS? Will it be a problem for SBS to manage NAS located library? Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81089 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch feels sluggish at times
garym;568505 Wrote: You should have no problem with running SbS on a computer and having your data stored on the NAS. As long as your computer can talk to the NAS to see the file locations, SbS doesn't really care and will use those files just as easy as if they were on an attached USB drive, etc. I'm assuming that both the NAS and the computer are connected to your local network via eithernet. If WIFI, this might add too many WIFI hops That's good, but does SBS scan the whole disk as TinySBS or may work with specified folder(s)? My NAS has quite a lot of non music stuff. Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81089 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch feels sluggish at times
garym;568513 Wrote: you can tell SbS the exact folder you want to scan and it will do that only. So you can have G:\mymusic\artist\album, and set g:\mymusic as your sbS music library location and it will only scan there and any folders under that directory. it is only tinySbS on the touch that scans the entire drive. Thanks a lot. Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81089 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch feels sluggish at times
iPhone;568314 Wrote: Because the third-party people are doing a great job. Check the SheevaPlug, SlimNAS, and Vortexbox posts. And with all the micro, pico, and nano PCs around using less then 30 Watts, just about anybody can buy one and have it run SBS being a dedicated Music Server for less the $25 a year in power (in most places and even where it isn't, its way cheaper then running a desktop). In three, four years tops, the dedicated under 30 watt Music Server will pay for itself over running a main PC 24/7 and one gets all the advantages of having a dedicated Music Server running 24/7/365! But that's just my opinion and probably a little more then my two cents worth. YMMV. Well, my problem is that all this micro-pico boxes are not selling in my place and online shops don't deliver it here either. The only place I found where I can buy Sheeva is eBay... no warranty of cause that it would be delivered neither return options, service support, etc. :( Though I've already ordered it. Thanks, Mike -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81089 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch feels sluggish at times
iPhone;568191 Wrote: Again my opinion, but its time for the OP to have a dedicated Music Server that is NOT an NAS. I wonder why Logitech doesn't bother to produce a dedicated music server? A Shiva like squeez-something just to complete their family. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81089 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Detailed Touch specs?
firedog;567773 Wrote: Can't find them anywhere, forum search or web search or Logitech site. I'm usually pretty good at tracking info like this down. Anyone have a link to a detailed spec sheet? Sorry if I missed the obvious. Thanks http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/speakers-audio/wireless-music-systems/devices/5745#section=specs -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81040 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wrong time
d60pdp;56 Wrote: I woke up this morning and saw the clock on my Touch was at 3:20 AM when it should be 6:00 AM. Power off/on; unplug/plug; server shutdown/restart did not solve the problem. What should be done now other than a factory reset (which I don't want to do)? Thanks for any help. it was discussed here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79894 -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CANS, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580/RS-180, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81041 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Here's what I did in order to scan my USB HDD with MP3's
dg1sek;567478 Wrote: Several Tips for those who always end up with failures or empty libraries for their external USB drives: ... 2) I needed to remove all .WAV files from my library. Hope this is helpful for others as well. I've got more then 11.000 wav tracks and zero issues. Cheers, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81013 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Analogue vs. digital outs
Gazjam;567122 Wrote: The Touch soundstage via analogue sounds flat compared to the sound from the Dac. My DAC does the same trick not only with the Touch but with my CDP as well. It dramatically extends soundstage but flops a bit with dynamics. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80814 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] ipod touch
pippin;566883 Wrote: Yes. Have a look at iPeng. Have skimmed over penguinlovesmusic.com and didn't find how it works. I mean how iPeng connects to the Touch? -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80958 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] ipod touch
JohnSwenson;567162 Wrote: It doesn't need the internet per se. It does need a wireless access point... Thanks a lot John. That's exactly what I'd like to know. Cheers,Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80958 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off
Mchl;567183 Wrote: Actually, my wife has stopped using the Touch because of this :-( I believe wives don't really like OUR music, so more likely it was just an excuse. :-) -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80447 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off
m1abrams;567199 Wrote: Things like mircowaves, ovens, etc usually become a big issue to switch since most have their power either hard wired or in a difficult location to switch. Also these devices have clocks that would annoy me to have to set every day. Things like mircowaves, ovens, etc eventually self-organized into SkyNet and a Judgement Day will come! -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80447 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off
Mchl;567202 Wrote: But it's true; we try to be very aware of power consumption here. It's like Green European championship - Who Save More :) -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80447 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server
carib;566575 Wrote: I use the Touch with attached HDD mostly on weekends and holidays so I eject the HDD but leave the Touch running on mysqueezebox.com to listen to internet radio. Yeah, I do the same, use the Touch as a radio most of the time and sometimes play from HD. Thanks. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80902 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS stops from time to time
albertbope;566255 Wrote: I got about 3.000 albums and resizing images and again embedding cover to mp3 files is a hell of a job, Ive been working on this library about 2 years and this would mean one year more at least. Look, you don't realy need to embed images back to your mp3's. Just put cover.jpg in each album folder, then using mp3tag editor delete all embedded images from your library. I've never use mp3tag but sure it can do that job for you. I did about the same. My cover.jpg's were 1500x1500 so I manualy resized them and it took not more than a few days. I've got aprox 700GB of musuic, never counted the number of albums though, but think that quite a lot. Cheers, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80790 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS stops from time to time
albertbope;566279 Wrote: Thanks Mike but I would like to keep embedded images in my mp3 files cause I like to have album art in my ipod or whatever. ok, but if you fail to find a bypass 1TB HDD is about $100. You can maintain Touch adopted version of your library... you need a backup anyway. I have 2TB mirrored NAS for backup and 1Tb HDD carefully setup to run my Touch without all those issues. Cheers, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80790 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS stops from time to time
albertbope;565562 Wrote: I dischard the mdm option because I could take me months, we are talking about 3000 albums I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you :) Well, for me collecting things... books, CD's, LP's, coins... is just a hobby. I like it and I spend lot of my time building up collections. It takes not months but years and I never hurry up while having pleasure. Cheers now, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80790 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS stops from time to time
albertbope;565067 Wrote: Is there a way to prevent squeezebox server stops? Yes, there is, but not an easy one. It looks like one/some of the images are to big for Touch to handle them, so you have to find and resize them. If I were you I would do it this way: 1. make a full backup; 2. add album by album to an empty HD checking at least one track in each album (image size should not be larger than 500x500 pix) 3. do rescan every (up to you) 20 albums; 4. check that everything ok with playback. 5. keep going... It takes time but finaly it will be sorted out. Start with you favourites and get rid of all that crap you are still keeping. Cheers now, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80790 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Best external hard drive configuration for squeezebox touch with 20k+ flacs
thunderlips;564901 Wrote: I would have thought you'd be able to do that with the Elements. You might have had to download the software from WD though. I bought a WD Passport and the software was included on the drive. I've set mine to 15 minutes. Passport supports s/w config. but Elements doesn't. Unfortunately I found it out too late. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80516 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
Dave (Northumberland) Wrote: I just want to know if it is posible to use this one with Squeezeserver? I guess that nobody tried this one. There are some talks about SBS running on NAS here: http://www.avforums.com/forums/streamers-network-music-players/ Cheers, Mike. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Best external hard drive configuration for squeezebox touch with 20k+ flacs
I bought bus powered 1Tb WD Elements SE first. It turned out to be a horrible thing. It span down in 30 seconds of not being accessed and took 5 seconds to spin up again, so I sent it back to seller and replaced it with 1Tb self powered LaCie HDD Design by Neil Poulton. It looks fantastic, fast (7200 rpm) but quiet. So if you are not looking for a portable solution (LaCie is 3.5) and not going to keep it powered 24x7 (I turned it off when go to sleep) LaCie is a good choice for me. http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=11016 -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80516 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch + NAS advantages?
Well, I know you are right about dedicated PC and Vortex but believe you or not I just have no room for them :( , so SheevaPlug is the only server I can afford so far. Cheers now. Mike. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80430 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Best external hard drive configuration for squeezebox touch with 20k+ flacs
Yes, I've just followed this simple instructions provided by John and never faced any issues. I have 420M, more than 10.000 files, which have been indexed in less than an hour. Mike. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80516 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Best external hard drive configuration for squeezebox touch with 20k+ flacs
tusken;562641 Wrote: that lacie drive looks great, so i think i'll pick one of those up! If you will, pls be aware that out of the box it is unformated. You should run an utility from the drive to format it. There are two options of how to do this: create one partition (Windows) or two partitions (Windows/UNIX). Choose Windows only. In a minute you'll have HDD formated but it will be so called GPT format (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table). It supported by Win 7, Vista, XP64 but not supported by Touch. Run disk management tool and convert GPT to NTFS (quick format). Another 30 seconds and the HDD is ready to use with Touch. May sounds a bit complicated but not a big problem indeed. Cheers now. Mike. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80516 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch + NAS advantages?
JohnSwenson;562215 Wrote: I'm saying the internal server sounds very good, but an external server streaming PCM sounds REALLY good! John S. John, Thanks a lot. Quite enough for me to consider sheevaplug as a next move. Frankly speaking I'm a bit disappointed whit Touch SQ. Though it sounds much better than PC streaming PCM to USB DAC, but still not exceeds my 13 years old Musical Fidelity A2CD, not mentioning the sound prodused by Rega P3 turntable. So if there is a chance to improve Touch's SQ I'm going to try. Cheers now. Mike. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80430 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch + NAS advantages?
JohnSwenson;561764 Wrote: A sheevaplug will be a big step up from running the internal server... My recommendation: if you can possibly swing it an external server is a good thing, for many reasons... You DO have to be willing to do some simple linux command line stuff to get it up and running. Its not hard and there are detailed instructions on how to do it. John S. Hi John, could you tell me where can I found instructions and what a big step up from running the internal server is? What benefits gives me a SheevaPlug against TinyServer? I use wav not flac format so the place of decoding is not vital. Tnks in advance. Mike. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80430 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why does (digital out) sound quality differ between Touch and Duet?
Gruff;553496 Wrote: I'm struggling to believe that such a marked gain might be heard when outputting the signal digitally... Absolutely! I think that DacMagic produce exactly the same sound from either Duet or Touch. Unforunately its USB input is realy far from satisfying level, so that is why I can't put up with playing music directly from a PC via this DAC. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79500 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why does (digital out) sound quality differ between Touch and Duet?
Gruff;553499 Wrote: Although the DacMagic does accept toslink optical in, which is a reasonably common digital output for pc soundcards. yeah, but the laptop I use is a business-model Lenovo T-something which has no s/pdif outs. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79500 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why does (digital out) sound quality differ between Touch and Duet?
Gruff;553490 Wrote: The digital stream enters the Duet from the pc and exits optically via TOSLINK unaltered. Is this wrong? ...In this kind of set up the Duet or Touch are acting solely as a user interface, allowing me to browse my library, start and stop tracks etc, all of the business of actually processing the sound is done by other components in my hifi system... My set up: PC with lossless flac library, running Squeeze Server (ethernet cable to) -- Duet (TOSLINK optical out to) -- CA DACmagic DAC (Balanced XLR cables to) -- Primare I30 amplifier -- Monitor Audio Speakers To be exact the FLAC is not a bitstream. It is a container, like APE or WMA etc, which contains: header, metadata (tags) and compressed audio frames. Any Squeez decodes this containers - uncompressed audio frames into the bitstream and: - sends bitstream via S/PDIF (coaxial or TOSLINK) outs. in this case the bitstream processed by external DAC (your setup). - processed the bitstream by its internal DAC and send analog signal out to the Amps. So I believe that when talking about better sound of Touch they are meaning the quality of its internal DAC. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79500 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox touch DLNA UPNP?
alfista;553220 Wrote: The preferred setup IMHO is having the disk(s) containing the music directly connected to the hardware that runs the Squeezebox server... agree, but I have no other computers just my laptop... that is why I choosed Touch not Duet or any. Touch is an elegant solution, so I'll give it a try before considering a datacentre setup around my place... :) thks for reply. garym;553221 Wrote: I recently setup a system with TOUCH attached to USB harddrive (with its own power) containing about 54,000 mp3/aac files. Running tinySC and works smoothly. Edit: and the Touch is connected via WIFI for purposes of streaming internet radio, pandora, etc. with about a 65% wifi signal. that's good. you calm me down. thks. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79319 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox touch DLNA UPNP?
Muele;552060 Wrote: Short answer: No, The touch is not a upnp/dnla client. So you will have to look for another solution. I recommend setting up a server of some kind that can serve both pop and touch. It could be an old scap-laptop running the software from vortexbox.com. Or just a netbook I'm sorry but what is the software from vortexbox.com for? I've got almost the same setup - WD NAS connected to the router (this noisy pair are living in the far corner) and a notebook connected to them by air. So when I'm going to listen to my digital music I have to connect my laptop to the Amp via an external DAC = crapy sound and busy laptop. :( well I've thought the Touch with attached HDD solve this problem, but it looks like it won't due TinySC constraints. So will it be ok to install full SBS on my laptop and manage NAS located library and playback streaming to Touch via single wifi-g connection? Will it cope with the traffic? rgds, Mike. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79319 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] .wav playback
andyg;552698 Wrote: Note that WAV files can include ID3v2 tags. Some other media playback apps may not like this but we handle it properly. ok, and what is the best way to add ID3v2 tags to my files. What can you suggest? Thks, Mike. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79394 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
