Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to lock audio output at 100% (I think)

2010-06-01 Thread soundcheck
erland;552144 Wrote: > Isn't that what the already supported replay gain tags are for ? on mp3s. on flacs. Ever tried that on .wav? ;) And: Replay gain refers to normally 89db (83db you'll find in the specification) as reference. Everything will be adjusted accordingly. But that's not at a

[SlimDevices: Touch] Scrambled Track Order in Playlists

2010-06-01 Thread Subarctic Audiophile
Lately, my SB Touch has been exhibiting an odd problem relating to how both albums and tracks are added to the current playlist. Adding an album in SB Server 7.5 results in a scrambled track order, and single tracks added to an existing playlist are added randomly, not at the end of the playlist.

[SlimDevices: Touch] Screen Burn In?

2010-06-01 Thread drewe181
Is there any possibility of screen burn in with the touch? I've been running my touch constantly for around 3-6 hours a day some days and it has just occurred to me that this might be an issue. I don't particularly want the function controls burnt into the screen, nor the date when using a date/ti

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What's Wrong With Apple TV?

2010-06-01 Thread iwannatouch
No I hadn't, given the price difference: $189 v. $499 for comparable refurbished units. What would be the advantage given my setup and needs? -- iwannatouch iwannatouch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I keep getting an error

2010-06-01 Thread Tony T
millerlitescott;552236 Wrote: > > Is there a PC version of this script? > Scott A quick google will find some. -- Tony T Tony  SBTouch ♪ SBRadio ♬ Tony T's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=345

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What's Wrong With Apple TV?

2010-06-01 Thread Tony T
iwannatouch;552244 Wrote: > Have you considered a Mac Mini instead of TV? -- Tony T Tony  SBTouch ♪ SBRadio ♬ Tony T's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34544 View this thread: http://forums.s

[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Not Discontinued

2010-06-01 Thread Tony T
In Stock. I guess they realized their mistake. http://www.crutchfield.com/p_596SQTCH/Logitech-Squeezebox-Touch.html?search=squeezebox&ssi=0 ★ Review! ;) -- Tony T Tony  SBTouch ♪ SBRadio ♬ Tony T's Profile: http:/

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I keep getting an error

2010-06-01 Thread mdaudioguy
millerlitescott;552236 Wrote: > Tony I am a PC at this point. > > Is there a PC version of this script? > > Ed in case you did not know I am Scott from the Polk Forum. > > Scott Yeah, I figured it was you. Album art is a pet peeve of mine... Drives me nuts sometimes. Different sizes, resolutio

[SlimDevices: Touch] What's Wrong With Apple TV?

2010-06-01 Thread iwannatouch
I own an iMac connected to an Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station, as well as two external hard drives in my home network. I also have a new iPod Touch with iPeng (haven't used the app yet, though). Some online investigating reveal a simple and reliable hack that makes it possible to connect a hard

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread mdaudioguy
Crutchfield must have labeled it incorrectly. I got the email too. I'll be ordering it in a few days. Hopefully their inventory will hold out. :) Yeah, asking them might have been a good idea, but then again I was just posting a fact. It seems to have been an anomaly. -- mdaudioguy

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I keep getting an error

2010-06-01 Thread millerlitescott
Tony I am a PC at this point. Is there a PC version of this script? Ed in case you did not know I am Scott from the Polk Forum. Scott -- millerlitescott millerlitescott's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.ph

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I keep getting an error

2010-06-01 Thread Tony T
millerlitescott;552225 Wrote: > I cannot get my album artwork to show up. I am using iTunes as my > library but all I get is the little round record. Some show up but I > think they are the ones purchased from iTunes (I think). > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Scott You need to embed th

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread alfista
Kuja;552195 Wrote: > > I had problems with 7.5 > It would freeze on scanning music files, so I had to downgrade to older > version. If your present server couldn't scan your files with 7.5 there's not much chance that the server in the Touch would work. Before even considering using the Touch s

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I keep getting an error

2010-06-01 Thread mdaudioguy
Hi Scott! Welcome to the Squeezebox forum! I've run into this too. It seems (at least to me) that iTunes artwork isn't compatible with anything else, but... iTunes. I could be wrong, though. I usually end up using a program like mp3tag, along with wikipedia searches, to add album artwork, so that

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I keep getting an error

2010-06-01 Thread millerlitescott
I cannot get my album artwork to show up. I am using iTunes as my library but all I get is the little round record. Some show up but I think they are the ones purchased from iTunes (I think). Any help will be appreciated. Scott -- millerlitescott

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] TinySC Logs

2010-06-01 Thread Teus de Jong
See posts 10 and 12 in this thread. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79292 Teus -- Teus de Jong Teus de Jong's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15415 View this thread: http://forums.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox touch DLNA & UPNP?

2010-06-01 Thread scrutinity
thanks Muele & John S. I've decided as suggested to buy a NAS where i can put the SBS and feed both the pop & touch, hope installing the free nas software on the NAS wont be a pain, by the way i found the forum by going to logitech website and posting under wireless devices i found a sticky that

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I keep getting an error

2010-06-01 Thread millerlitescott
Thank you garym. -- millerlitescott millerlitescott's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37778 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79303 _

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I keep getting an error

2010-06-01 Thread garym
millerlitescott;552206 Wrote: > Thanks Phil. > > What is the difference between > > Windows executable installer > windows home server installer > > and which one should I use? > > I think my artwork is separate from the music. > > Thanks > > Scott appears you have a laptop running wind

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I keep getting an error

2010-06-01 Thread millerlitescott
Thanks Phil. What is the difference between Windows executable installer windows home server installer and which one should I use? I think my artwork is separate from the music. Thanks Scott -- millerlitescott mil

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread JohnSwenson
Kuja;552191 Wrote: > I don't see why... besides browsing by genre, year, etc, it can simply > browse the music folders. > > May some hack/patch/code could be made by someone? > > Something like this patch for fixing the volume at 100%: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77837 Its

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread aubuti
I agree with John's statement about your current mini-itx having a lot more processing power than the Touch. Re SBS versions, you need SBS 7.5.0 or higher for the Touch. And it's written in Perl, just like 7.3.3. -- aubuti

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread JohnSwenson
Kuja;552190 Wrote: > Maybe some 60,000 tracks. :( > > Also my 24/7 SqueezeCenter dedicated PC is a small mini ITX board > thingy (1.2GHz VIA C7 platform) with all passive cooling, 1GB RAM, so > there is not a big processing power in it. > > With new SB Touch, I was hoping to maybe even get get

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Decrease Minimal Brightness of Touch

2010-06-01 Thread JohnSwenson
massman;552179 Wrote: > Hi there, > > Was just thinking: is there any way to overwrite minimal brightness > value using ssh and command line??? > Any help will be helpfull on that case :) > > Thanks by advance > > -- > Massman I was just looking at the code and it looks like the minimum val

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Kuja
...And... Can I use my old SqueezeCenter 7.3.3 with Touch? I had problems with 7.5 It would freeze on scanning music files, so I had to downgrade to older version. I think there is also a difference in programing language between those two versions. -- Kuja -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread johsti
iwannatouch;552189 Wrote: > No need to. I just received an email from them saying it is in stock! Go > figure. I just received the same email even though I already bought one from them. Glad to hear it isn't discontinued. -- johsti -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread iwannatouch
Buy a Touch and type in coupon code 3A865 to get a $25 gift certificate for a future Crutchfield purchase. -- iwannatouch iwannatouch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36407 View this thread: http:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Kuja
JJZolx;552185 Wrote: > Server simply cannot work without scanning the library prior to playing > songs. I don't see why... besides browsing by genre, year, etc, it can simply browse the music folders. May some hack/patch/code could be made by someone? Something like this patch for fixing the v

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Kuja
Tony T;552186 Wrote: > How large is your collection? I can scan 8,000 tracks in 20-30 minutes > without a problem. Maybe some 60,000 tracks. :( Also my 24/7 SqueezeCenter dedicated PC is a small mini ITX board thingy (VIA C7 platform) with all passive cooling, 1GB RAM, so there is not a big pr

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread iwannatouch
No need to. I just received an email from them saying it is in stock! Go figure. -- iwannatouch iwannatouch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36407 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/s

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread Tony T
Has anyone actually 'asked' Crutchfield why? -- Tony T Tony  SBTouch ♪ SBRadio ♬ Tony T's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34544 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=7

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Tony T
Kuja;552148 Wrote: > I got scared reading about problems with external USB drives and large > music collections. How large is your collection? I can scan 8,000 tracks in 20-30 minutes without a problem. -- Tony T Tony  SBTouch ♪ SBRadio ♬ --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread JJZolx
Kuja;552148 Wrote: > Can I completely disable all scanning? Simple folder browsing is all > that I need. No, you cannot. Squeezebox users have been asking this question for years, but the Touch has brought the issue to a head. Squeezebox Server simply cannot work without scanning the library p

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread carib
Kuja;552171 Wrote: > I would like to be able to use my external USB drive, as it is > advertised in Logitech promo materials, without problems and > restrictios that were not mentioned in their promos. This would make me > think twice before ordering it. > > And yes, I would like to have on my U

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem with random play

2010-06-01 Thread sberger
Figured it out. I had the setting for "Now Playing" to show 1000 songs. Evidently that was too much for the server. When I reduced it to 100 it worked fine. Hopefully this will help anyone who might run into a problem. -- sberger ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Decrease Minimal Brightness of Touch

2010-06-01 Thread massman
Hi there, Was just thinking: is there any way to overwrite minimal brightness value using ssh and command line??? Any help will be helpfull on that case :) Thanks by advance -- Massman -- massman massman's Profile: ht

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Kuja
Thanks for the fast answer! I'm a long time SB3 user - I have the original Slimdevices version, not Logitech. I believe that I don't have to experience the SB experience first. :) Main selling point for me was support for external USB drives, so that PC is not needed anymore for simple FLAC pla

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread johsti
iwannatouch;552116 Wrote: > such as? :Purely Speculation: Low profit margins, parts availability or a manufacturing location closes causing production problems could all be reasons to discontinue a product. I'm sure you can add more possibilities to the list. I mentioned this in another threa

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Pushing power button does not start OFF screensaver

2010-06-01 Thread H�agen-Dazs
My Touch is connected to a WD USB-drive. The drive goes to sleep after some minutes, but this doesn't seem to kill tinySBS. Still, it cannot any longer display the OFF screensaver. -- Häagen-Dazs Häagen-Dazs's Profile: h

[SlimDevices: Touch] TinySC Logs

2010-06-01 Thread badboygolf16v
My Squeezebox Touch is refusing to scan an attached USB HDD, failing at the album art stage. Does anyone know where the logs are so I can see where it's failing? Cheers -- badboygolf16v badboygolf16v's Profile: http://fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] cant seem to make changes to shared usb

2010-06-01 Thread Tony T
gellie;552115 Wrote: > I have the shared enabled on the touch. I can see the shared usb on my > Mac. However when i make changes on the Mac it wont change on the > touch? I have tried to reset the touch with no help. Thx Did you ⌘K, select media-sda, and then make the change in the Finder window

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How large a music collection is "too large" for TinySC?

2010-06-01 Thread Phil Leigh
floater;552157 Wrote: > If you'd been paying attention you'd know I don't own an iPod - was just > comparing performance at that trivial task of playing music without > crashing ;-). I can't believe people are arguing over this, but that's > an internet forum I suppose. And for some reason you s

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How large a music collection is "too large" for TinySC?

2010-06-01 Thread floater
ntom;552103 Wrote: > > > The poster who complains the SBTouch doesn't compare to an ipod > well just plug some cheap active speakers into your ipod & be done? If you'd been paying attention you'd know I don't own an iPod - was just comparing performance at that trivial task of playing musi

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch Review

2010-06-01 Thread Teus de Jong
Thanks John, I'll see what I can do. Teus -- Teus de Jong Teus de Jong's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15415 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79292 _

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch Review

2010-06-01 Thread Phil Leigh
Sakkerju;552089 Wrote: > Maybe the Touch should have been more like som kind of blind reciever > with high quality DAC's and a neat touchscreen remote Yes yes yes yes... did I say yes? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread carib
I'd recommend you start off with some of your music on a USB stick or an SD card before jumping into the attached hard drive. My reasons are purely functional. Get the feel of how the Touch works and especially how it sounds. You can always move on to the HDD later. Setup is easy and you wont

[SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Kuja
Hi everybody, I will get my SB Touch later today. I got scared reading about problems with external USB drives and large music collections. Many people reported problems with long scans that never finish because of server running out of memory, crashing/ending with some cryptic messages. I hav

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to lock audio output at 100% (I think)

2010-06-01 Thread erland
soundcheck;552127 Wrote: > > On my own player I use a "best-volume" variable per album. On .wav and > .flac. The value is stored in a file of the directory of each album. > This way I don't have to do any volume control on the fly during > listening sessions. The player starts. If the file is t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Brightness Logic

2010-06-01 Thread Wizzu
After learning about the Factory Test -> Ambient Light Sensor, I've taken a look there, but for me I've seen the values stay at 0 when it's dark in the room. No high numbers. However the problem seems to have also disappeared. Only once now (in fact the first time) did it happen so that I turned

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread toby10
iwannatouch;552132 Wrote: > I don't think so, since the Duet is currently listed as "out of stock." > > > That still begs the question, "why?" > I'm also interested in the reasoning behind Logitech's decision to > limit the Touch's availability to such a small number of U.S. > retailers. And t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch Review

2010-06-01 Thread JohnSwenson
Its most likely was resizing a very large image file, this can take a large amount of memory. To see more detail for a specific task you go to: settings->advanced->logging This is a list of all the different tasks. For each you can choose a level of logging that goes into the file. By default the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread iwannatouch
toby10;552126 Wrote: > It could also be a simple wrong label on the Crutchfield site. Maybe > they meant out of stock? I don't think so, since the Duet is currently listed as "out of stock." toby10;552126 Wrote: > Or, maybe they are no longer going to carry the Touch and don't have a > "we no

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread maggior
toby10;552126 Wrote: > It could also be a simple wrong label on the Crutchfield site. Maybe > they meant out of stock? > Or, maybe they are no longer going to carry the Touch and don't have a > "we no longer carry this item" option? > IOW: Maybe Crutchfield has "discontinued" to buy/stock the T

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] can not connect to mysueezbox.com from Iran

2010-06-01 Thread farzad
toby10;552125 Wrote: > My only guess is that the Iranian govt has blocked MySB. > You might try emailing Logitech support, this may be a known issue. I know that logitech web site blocked iran IP, because wen I want to open www.logitech.com I receive this massage: Authorization Required This s

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to lock audio output at 100% (I think)

2010-06-01 Thread soundcheck
JohnSwenson;551727 Wrote: > Volume control IS one of the things that is handled in both the player > and the server. > > Whether volume is always max or not could be done just locally or it > could be done using the complex local/server approach that volume > control is dealt with. I'm leaning

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread toby10
It could also be a simple wrong label on the Crutchfield site. Maybe they meant out of stock? Or, maybe they are no longer going to carry the Touch and don't have a "we no longer carry this item" option? IOW: Maybe Crutchfield has "discontinued" to buy/stock the Touch. Dunno, just a guess. -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] can not connect to mysueezbox.com from Iran

2010-06-01 Thread toby10
farzad;552119 Wrote: > no, I can not log into MySB.com with Iran IP. > yes, I can play itunes internet radio and also oder internet radio > player in my macbook pro My only guess is that the Iranian govt has blocked MySB. You might try emailing Logitech support, this may be a known issue. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] can not connect to mysueezbox.com from Iran

2010-06-01 Thread farzad
toby10;551930 Wrote: > Can you log into the MySB.com web site from your computer? > Can you play internet radio on your computer from WMP? iTunes? > WinAmp? no, I can not log into MySB.com with Iran IP. yes, I can play itunes internet radio and also oder internet radio player in my macbook pro

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Assigning Favorites to number buttons.

2010-06-01 Thread harmony895
Ralf i meant it for the Touch. The manual is for the Radio. But i figured it out. Not as easy, but you have to do it trough the Beta features - Shortcuts. I now also have Favorite icons(with logo)on my Logitech Harmony Remote. But Thanks anyway. -- harmony895 Greetings Henk: Webmaster from

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread iwannatouch
johsti;552065 Wrote: > There are many possible reasons to discontinue a product. such as? -- iwannatouch iwannatouch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36407 View this thread: http://forums.slimde

[SlimDevices: Touch] cant seem to make changes to shared usb

2010-06-01 Thread gellie
I have the shared enabled on the touch. I can see the shared usb on my Mac. However when i make changes on the Mac it wont change on the touch? I have tried to reset the touch with no help. Thx -- gellie gellie's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Assigning Favorites to number buttons.

2010-06-01 Thread ralfbutler
Hi harmony895, Go to 'Now playing' and press any of those present buttons for more than one second. Check the manual: http://www.logitech.com/repository/3257/pdf/24378.1.0.pdf Ralf -- ralfbutler ralfbutler's Profile: h

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??

2010-06-01 Thread maggior
With the amount of R&D that went into the Touch and the fact that it has only been shipping for a short amount of time, I can't believe they are discontinuing it already. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 4 Booms, 1 Duet, 1 Receiver, 1 Touch. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeBoxServer 7

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How large a music collection is "too large" for TinySC?

2010-06-01 Thread ntom
This really is an apples / oranges comparison, but one which logitech have brought upon the product. I use an ipod & hate itunes. It's a portable device. My Squeexbox Players are intended for quality, no high quality home listening as priority one, then remaining players for convenience sharing

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch Review

2010-06-01 Thread Teus de Jong
JohnSwenson;551991 Wrote: > ... > Down at the bottom should be information about what was happening most > recently. > Thank you John, sorry for responding so late, I had a lot to do... I had ssh'd into the Touch, but due to my lack of knowledge of Linux, I couldn't find the logs (I now found

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How do I add album covers to my shared USB?

2010-06-01 Thread funkstar
If you don't have albums in their own folders, you will need to get hold of a tagging app and embed the artwork in the files directly. I don't know what is available for a Mac. -- funkstar '[project log] funkstars digital lifestyle' (http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-lifestyle/179882-project-log-f

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch Review

2010-06-01 Thread Sakkerju
Nice review...and I agree with the 'conclusion': The Touch has good sound quality, but in concept the Duet-Controller setup is the way to go. The Touch might have been a blind reciever with high quality DAC's and a neat touchscreen remote -- Sakkerju Squeezebox Server-7.5.0 SSODS *** Sque

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is it safe to try out 7.6?

2010-06-01 Thread HeadBanger
yahmmu;552069 Wrote: > 7.5.1 is working fine except that the connection is lost to the server > after minute or two in the beginning of almost every listening session. > After a minute the connection comes back and it plays ok after that. I’ve been getting this too with last few builds of 7.5.1.