Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch or NAS

2010-01-31 Thread JJZolx
Justme;512116 Wrote: So, I presume then that the mp3tunes locker is simply an App. It's both an app and a pluggin. If the player is connected to MySqueezebox.com then you use the app. If the player is connected to a local SbS server then to use Mp3tunes Music Locker, it requires the plugin

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch or NAS

2010-01-31 Thread andynormancx
Justme;512135 Wrote: I wish CD's came with pre-ripped mp3's. Everyone rips them once they are bought... oh well... Even if they did, the meta data would still need to be edited, not everyones idea of genre for example is the same. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch or NAS

2010-01-31 Thread JJZolx
Justme;512135 Wrote: So, when I stop playing music from mp3tunes, it will revert straight back to normal tinySBS mode and continue functioning as normal. No. I don't believe it ever switches servers by itself. You have to first do something that requires the local TinySbS server, like going

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-01-31 Thread Mnyb
Why ? the server can transcode to 24/96 with SOX there is so little source material in that format, so it's a very marginal customer base, sure it can be developed who will pay whats the cost ? If the hardware was developed for this, the cost will be shared by all buyers and 99.999873% off them

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-01-31 Thread Aurumer
Bandwidth, Cost, Sense? -- Aurumer Aurumer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31601 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] amazon cancelled today

2010-01-31 Thread thewebgal
well, I saw a Duet system at a friend's house last weekend and it seemed like a very friendly way to manage the music library (30k song, 270gig on my mac mini up in my office) from the TV/Stereo room. The Duet system was neat, but had was hard wired with an ethernet cable to his mini in the next

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch shows Album Cover on Screen when playing on internet radio?

2010-01-31 Thread Rikk
last.fm doesn't work in Italy -- Rikk Rikk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25652 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74550

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-01-31 Thread temerini
Mnyb;512161 Wrote: Why ? the server can transcode to 24/96 with SOX there is so little source material in that format, so it's a very marginal customer base, sure it can be developed who will pay whats the cost ? If the hardware was developed for this, the cost will be shared by all buyers

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-01-31 Thread Mnyb
temerini;512307 Wrote: Mnyb;512161 Wrote: Why ? the server can transcode to 24/96 with SOX there is so little source material in that format, so it's a very marginal customer base, sure it can be developed who will pay whats the cost ? If the hardware was developed for this, the cost

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Query regarding settings functionality

2010-01-31 Thread usch
JJZolx;511373 Wrote: Yes, they're always on screen. During the beta, hiding them was attempted when using the remote within the range of the proximity sensor (the two skins were at one time referred to as '3 ft' and '10 ft'), but I think it got too complicated. It led to things like the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Query regarding settings functionality

2010-01-31 Thread toby10
usch;512349 Wrote: ... While I am experimenting with SqueezePlay there is one thing that drives me mad. Normally, clicking on a menu item opens the next menu level, like pressing the right arrow on the remote. The only execption is when I browse into an album to the track level, where

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Doesn't make sense to me...

2010-01-31 Thread JohnSwenson
Of course both the player and the Touch remote then need a processor, memory etc. The remote Touch screen IS the whole Touch minus one DAC chip and a couple crystals. For some reason there seems to be the feeling that you can just take the screen off the Touch and put it in a separate box and

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-01-31 Thread JohnSwenson
Yes, the hardware can support 24/192. The DAC can do it and the oscillators are of sufficient frequency to support it from the processor. The one issue is optical out. The TOSLINK modules being sold today do not have a high enough bandwidth to reliably handle 192. (Toshiba used to make a high

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Query regarding settings functionality

2010-01-31 Thread usch
*sigh* Who designs these user interfaces? Even if you intended to click+hold, you might slip and release the button/screen too early, accidentally wiping your playlist. That SqueezePlay stuff may be the latest technology, but it still has to go a long way in terms of usability. Data loss with a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-01-31 Thread MadMan
24/192 is all 'more is better' marketing hype especially when it comes to stereo playback so no one should be bothered that a device like a Squeezebox doesn't support it. -- MadMan MadMan's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a Server

2010-01-31 Thread Michael Herger
Yeah, good clarifications. Thanks. Please create a wiki article with these. This could be the base for some more information about tinySBS. -- Michael ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com