Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread rbz5416
I installed 7.5.1-30822 yesterday in the hope it may improve re-bufferring - it didn't. It did however then tell me that my USB HDD was formatted in an unsupported format. ( then converted from FAT32 to NTFS to no avail. I've had to do a factory restore another rescan will see if it's

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Touch bitperfect at less than 100% volume on 16/44.1?

2010-05-27 Thread pippin
miab;550841 Wrote: I thought I remembered John Swenson mentioning that at 16/44.1 digital output you could decrease the volume and still have bit-perfect output up to a point. Something to do with the extra bits and the 24 bit capacity.? Bitperfect means the same information. Different

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread rotho
rbz5416;550850 Wrote: I installed 7.5.1-30822 yesterday in the hope it may improve re-bufferring - it didn't. For me too it did not work: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=550660postcount=172 -- rotho

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread rbz5416
It seems that even something as basic as the factory restore doesn't work properly as the device still has 7.5.1 firmware on it! -- rbz5416 rbz5416's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12089 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch remote

2010-05-27 Thread Sakkerju
I just could not resist...I got me a Squeezebox controller to use as remote to control my main Touch. Reading the Touch's screen from a 5 meter distance just was too uncomfortable. -- Sakkerju Squeezebox Server-7.5.0 SSODS *** Squeezebox Radio - Touch - Controller *** WD TV Live Media Player

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] firmware 8804

2010-05-27 Thread xander
Thanks Jim. The left-right swipe worked a treat and last night's firmware worked too. -- xander xander's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38373 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread albertbope
I'm reading a lot of posts from this forum and I found several times that there are people using a kind of a server called Tiny SBS and I don't know where I could get this, I don't know whether is a plugin or an applet? Thank you very much -- albertbope

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread andynormancx
Tiny SBS is the cut down version of Squeezebox Server that runs on the Touch. If you have a Touch you already have TinySBS. If you are using the Touch as a server by plugging an SD card or USB storage device into it then you are are using TinySBS. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread albertbope
Thank you. -- albertbope albertbope's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38268 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79173 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch remote

2010-05-27 Thread Ikabob
Sakkerju;550871 Wrote: I just could not resist...I got me a Squeezebox controller to use as remote to control my main Touch. Reading the Touch's screen from a 5 meter distance just was too uncomfortable. Why did you choose the controller over the app ipeng using an itouch? What are the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread local.bin
I also noted that once I'd updated by installing server on my mac, the touch then started to find updates itself beyond my first update. So perhaps the initial update is only needed for the first update. -- local.bin

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread toby10
local.bin;550892 Wrote: I also noted that once I'd updated by installing server on my mac, the touch then started to find updates itself beyond my first update. So perhaps the initial update is only needed for the first update. Absent a local SBS server the Touch will only get

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread local.bin
Ok thanks, so I have updated my touch with a 7.5.1 nightly and use it with the TinySC on the touch and a local disk. Should the touch now update using the nightly updates on a daily 'ish basis? As that is what I want .. -- local.bin

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch remote

2010-05-27 Thread Sakkerju
Ikabob;550890 Wrote: Why did you choose the controller over the ipeng app using an itouch? What are the advantages of the controller over ipeng? Thanks. I considdered the iPeng app, but the prices for a compatible iPhone (even an iTouch) were barely equal or higher. Also, I am fairly

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/96 Perfromance Issue ( Solution!)

2010-05-27 Thread themrock
I have the same problem. The Touch is not able to play in USB-Mode HR-Flacs. Music starts after soms seconds rebuffering and so on. Attached is a WD 2,5 HD with 16474 Files in 1197 Albums. 3 Albums in HR-Flacs rest in normal Flacs and 256 VBR mpr Playing normal Flacs and 256 VBR mpr no

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch remote

2010-05-27 Thread m1abrams
Sakkerju;550905 Wrote: I considdered the iPeng app, but the prices for a compatible iPhone (even an iTouch) were barely equal or higher. Also, I am fairly 'skilled' with the squeezebox environment and software...I didn't want to 'train' myself to become an Apple iPhone / iPeng insider.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread Tony T
JohnSwenson;550584 Wrote: First use a browser to go to: http://update.mysqueezebox.com/update/firmware/7.5.1 Download the file fab4.bin Put this file on a USB stick or SD card. Boot the Touch, without the USB/SD inserted. Insert the SD/USB. If it automatically starts TinySBS,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread MCG555
Question: should we upgrade to 7.5.1? Is that an official version? (not a beta)? -- MCG555 MCG555's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37801 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread aubuti
It's still a beta, but a lot of users report it to be better than 7.5.0 because it fixes many of the bugs in 7.5.1. I suggest deciding for yourself based on (1) are you having problems with bugs in 7.5.0, and (2) are they fixed in 7.5.1 beta. -- aubuti

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to reset Track gain (Volumecontrol) and Crossfade

2010-05-27 Thread aubuti
Not seeing the problem here. Is it possible that the SB is sync'd to another SB on which the crossfade is switched on? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Touch bitperfect at less than 100% volume on 16/44.1?

2010-05-27 Thread KMorgan
pippin;550852 Wrote: Bitperfect means the same information. Different volume means different information, how could a different volume contain the same information, after all, ALL audio information is only volume information (at different frequencies). Well.. If the 16 bit sample is bumped

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Touch bitperfect at less than 100% volume on 16/44.1?

2010-05-27 Thread pippin
Not losing resolution isn't the same as bit perfect reproduction. Dts information for example will get lost -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread yahmmu
aubuti;550911 Wrote: It's still a beta, but a lot of users report it to be better than 7.5.0 because it fixes many of the bugs in 7.5.1. I suggest deciding for yourself based on (1) are you having problems with bugs in 7.5.0, and (2) are they fixed in 7.5.1 beta. But where is the diff list

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread jo-wie
yahmmu;550931 Wrote: But where is the diff list of 7.5.0 vs 7.5.1? http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/slim/7.5/trunk/server/Changelog7.html -- jo-wie 2 * Classic, 1 * Boom, SC 7.5.1 auf GigaByte STA/C mit VIA C7 1GHz, 1GB RAM, 250 GB 2,5 HD, Ubuntu Desktop 8.04 LTS, CD - FLAC = dbpoweramp,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch + USB without library would solve many pains (!)

2010-05-27 Thread Tony T
Gidu;550293 Wrote: But you can write also directly from your mac if the SBT USB drive is shared (goto connect to server and type in : smb://192.168.0.7 and select sda1). Gidu Thanks. I should have realized that. I've been connecting to the drive via Share, but forgot that OS X can write

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to reset Track gain (Volumecontrol) and Crossfade

2010-05-27 Thread MCG555
No, just the Touch attached to SBS. I do not understand it... -- MCG555 MCG555's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37801 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79126

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread JohnSwenson
Lets see if I can clear some things up here a little bit. The server the SB is connected to determines whether it will get new firmware or not. If the SB is connected to a released server it will very rarely update firmware. If the SB is connected to a beta server release (which currently is

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread Mnyb
I doubt that the changelogs are complete, everything does not get a bug number. And the are doing changes all the time I usually satisfies my curiosity with these links: http://svn.slimdevices.com/ http://svn.slimdevices.com/jive/ http://svn.slimdevices.com/slim/ it's slooow (understandably)

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread JohnSwenson
rbz5416;550869 Wrote: It seems that even something as basic as the factory restore doesn't work properly as the device still has 7.5.1 firmware on it! I guess some info on what factory reset does is in order. It does NOT change the firmware to the version that was on the box at the time it

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread rbz5416
Thanks John. -- rbz5416 rbz5416's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12089 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79123 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch remote

2010-05-27 Thread Sakkerju
Time will tell...at least there will be something left do be desired :-) In the end, it was not too expensive and I 'just' wanted an visual remote to use in the lazy chair. -- Sakkerju Squeezebox Server-7.5.0 SSODS *** Squeezebox Radio - Touch - Controller *** WD TV Live Media Player Synology

[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and Vortexbox: no artist/album listing

2010-05-27 Thread dusty
Taking the advice of many on this list, I set up a Vortexbox on an old computer. On my Touch, though, none of that material is listed under Albums or Artists, though I can browse to the File Folder flacs on the Vortexbox from the Touch. Does anyone using both a Vortexbox and a Touch have any idea

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is Server 7.5.1 available for the Touch?

2010-05-27 Thread local.bin
JohnSwenson;550955 Wrote: Lets see if I can clear some things up here a little bit. The server the SB is connected to determines whether it will get new firmware or not. If the SB is connected to a released server it will very rarely update firmware. If the SB is connected to a beta server

[SlimDevices: Touch] Delete Albums from the new music menue?

2010-05-27 Thread MCG555
Is it possible to delete content from the new music menue? There is menue choice with a delete symbol (in SBS) - however, it does not work for me... Thoughts? -- MCG555 MCG555's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Touch] Question on non-music files on Touch HDD

2010-05-27 Thread danull
Hello, I am planning on setting up a Touch Server in the next week or two. I don't have the HDD yet so can't test it myself. I have been reviewing the following wiki article: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Setting_Up_Squeezebox_Touch_Server But it doesn't appear to have the answer I

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Question on non-music files on Touch HDD

2010-05-27 Thread JJZolx
danull;550995 Wrote: Will I run into trouble if I have jpgs AVIs MPGs on the same HDD I plug into my touch or must it only contain folders + music? Theoretically, if they're not recognized as audio files then there should be no problem. In practice, though, I'm not sure it's a good idea.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Question on non-music files on Touch HDD

2010-05-27 Thread JohnSwenson
As long as they are not extensions that the scanner thinks of as audio files there is not a problem. It CAN slow the scanning process down though. The initial phase of the scan checks every single file on the disk so it can take some extra time if you have a lot orf them. I have a very extreme

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Delete Albums from the new music menue?

2010-05-27 Thread JJZolx
MCG555;550988 Wrote: Is it possible to delete content from the new music menue? There is menue choice with a delete symbol (in SBS) - however, it does not work for me... There's often confusion over the X icons in the web interface. These remove the song, album, artist, etc. from the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and Vortexbox: no artist/album listing

2010-05-27 Thread iPhone
dusty;550976 Wrote: Taking the advice of many on this list, I set up a Vortexbox on an old computer. On my Touch, though, none of that material is listed under Albums or Artists, though I can browse to the File Folder flacs on the Vortexbox from the Touch. Does anyone using both a Vortexbox

[SlimDevices: Touch] Wipe Rescan (7.5.1)

2010-05-27 Thread Tony T
Can't Wipe and Rescan with 7.5.1 (worked fine with 7.5) Can I get the same result by just deleting the .squeezebox directory on the USB drive? -- Tony T Tony #63743; SBTouch #9834; SBRadio #9836; Tony T's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wipe Rescan (7.5.1)

2010-05-27 Thread iPhone
Tony T;551025 Wrote: Can't Wipe and Rescan with 7.5.1 (worked fine with 7.5) Can I get the same result by just deleting the .squeezebox directory on the USB drive? If you delete the .sb directory and restart the Touch it will rescan the USB drive. I have always done this by ejecting the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and Vortexbox: no artist/album listing

2010-05-27 Thread dusty
I did do the Clear and Rescan after putting the files on the Vortexbox, but my file architecture is this: files\music\flac\artist\album Is this the problem? Thanks, Dusty -- dusty dusty's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Touch] USB playback comlaints unfair

2010-05-27 Thread jcowling
I have followed some of the threads complaining about limitations with using the Touch with larger music collections on USB drives. I strikes me that some users may be expecting too much from a $300 device with pristine audio output, a touch screen, a remote control, easy access to internet

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and Vortexbox: no artist/album listing

2010-05-27 Thread pski
dusty;550976 Wrote: Taking the advice of many on this list, I set up a Vortexbox on an old computer. On my Touch, though, none of that material is listed under Albums or Artists, though I can browse to the File Folder flacs on the Vortexbox from the Touch. Does anyone using both a Vortexbox

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread pski
What would you consider the major differences between TinySBS (TSBS) and the full-fledged SBS? It would seem somewhere at logitech a feature list would be available. P Please do not include the ability to run on small hardware. -- pski real stereo doesn't wake neighbors (it enrages them) .

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread kdf
TinySBS is the same thing as squeezeboxserver, except that it it run with different command line switches. /usr/bin/perl /usr/squeezecenter/slimserver.pl --charset utf8 --noweb --notranscoding --nosb1slimp3sync --nostatistics --noinfolog --nodebuglog --logfile syslog So, the main 'feature'

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread iPhone
Also only the default plugins that come with TinySC, a drastically reduced list. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and Vortexbox: no artist/album listing

2010-05-27 Thread iPhone
PSKI has made me think of a question to ask that I should have asked earlier. When you go to My Music on the Touch, does it ask you to select a Library? Also if you goto My Music and select Artists does it display anything? If it does display, it should have the Library Source name centered at

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread pski
kdf;551038 Wrote: TinySBS is the same thing as squeezeboxserver, except that it it run with different command line switches. /usr/bin/perl /usr/squeezecenter/slimserver.pl --charset utf8 --noweb --notranscoding --nosb1slimp3sync --nostatistics --noinfolog --nodebuglog --logfile syslog

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread JJZolx
pski;551041 Wrote: So you cannot control a touch via the webUI? Disappointment does not begin to describe the feeling. No transcoding? From the webpage WMA Lossless, APE, MPC and WavPack supported through transcoding The limitations are only with the internal server with an attached

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread Pat Farrell
pski wrote: D A N G ! ! ! So you cannot control a touch via the webUI? Disappointment does not begin to describe the feeling. There is no webUI on the Touch's TinySBS. If you use the Touch as a player, its trivial to control it with the Web UI of your server, or iPeng, etc. Its Tiny SBS.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread danull
I've seen no web interface mentioned a few times - how about SqueezePlay??? (the jive thing). -Dan -- danull danull's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5998 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread Mnyb
pski;551041 Wrote: D A N G ! ! ! So you cannot control a touch via the webUI? Disappointment does not begin to describe the feeling. No transcoding? From the webpage WMA Lossless, APE, MPC and WavPack supported through transcoding So statistics calculations like the old server

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB playback comlaints unfair

2010-05-27 Thread iPhone
I have to kind of agree. The built-in server TinySC is a 'feature' of the Touch and as such is going to have limitations. The Touch is a Network Media Player and it preforms its primary function very well IMO. More over it would be impossible for Logitech to make the Touch with TinySC compatible

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread pski
JJZolx;551043 Wrote: The limitations are only with the internal server with an attached USB drive or SD card. It's not a limitation of the Touch when used as a player with 'BigSC' running on a computer on your network. I can't tell whether or not you realize that. Hey Jim. Thanks for the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is Tiny SBS

2010-05-27 Thread pski
pfarrell;551044 Wrote: pski wrote: D A N G ! ! ! So you cannot control a touch via the webUI? Disappointment does not begin to describe the feeling. There is no webUI on the Touch's TinySBS. If you use the Touch as a player, its trivial to control it with the Web UI of your server,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Brightness Logic

2010-05-27 Thread fred7
Wizzu;550788 Wrote: I'm seeing this kind of issues too with my Squeezebox Touch. When I turn off the lights in the room, sometimes the display dims but then lights up again. Sometimes it just lights up immediately. The most interesting effect has been after turning of the lights and

[SlimDevices: Touch] Incorrect album artwork displayed

2010-05-27 Thread turkeypie
I have 2 different mp3s in 2 different directories that happen to have the same album name. Each folder has its own Folder.jpg, and each mp3 has its own embedded artwork. However, the Touch will consistently display one file's artwork regardless of which file's playing. Meanwhile, both the