Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] A DAC for the SB

2010-12-26 Thread Mnyb
dsdreamer;597215 Wrote: I used to have a Benchmark DAC1 in my system in my SB3 days, but after purchasing a Touch and doing some careful listening with the Touch direct and through the Benchmark, I found that if anything the DAC1 sounded a little forward and slightly grainy in the treble

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Turn off Screensaver?

2010-12-26 Thread kidstypike
souwalker;597198 Wrote: Hi Merry Christmas. I've just set up my 2nd Touch. When I turn the Touch off, the day/time/month clock appears. I was given instructions many months ago on how to turn this off but I forgot. Any kind soul will guide me? Thanks Pat HiPat On the Touch

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] disconnect from radiotime

2010-12-26 Thread the cosmic gate
the cosmic gate;597056 Wrote: is there maybe someone who can tell me what's the latest version of the stable firmware for the touch. Now using 7.5.1 r9218 but i think this is a beta Okay i found the way to install the latest firmware, but the disconnect problem is stil here ?The only

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch

2010-12-26 Thread marea
Installation of voyge ftp is not easy for newbee, there is no graphic desktop . Read the wiki, the readme in the dist and don't try to install wifi, it's look complicate if you have no dhcp at home change : vi /etc/network/interfaces auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address ip ad netmask

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] disconnect from radiotime

2010-12-26 Thread toby10
My Touch is on 7.5.2 and streams RadioTime stations just fine, even streamed non stop over night connected to MySB.com. Can you stream non RadioTime stations without issue? -- toby10 toby10's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch

2010-12-26 Thread OGS
JohnSwenson;596755 Wrote: Hi Joel, at this point I'm stumped. There are some more things you can look at. SSH into the touch as before, do a asound -l John S. Hi John, I hotplugged a Streamer II+ on my Touch. Here is some of the proc info I get. Let me know if need output from

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] digital silence between tracks?

2010-12-26 Thread Phil Leigh
Mnyb;597095 Wrote: It should be gone ? http://svn.slimdevices.com/jive?view=revisionrevision=9061 But there is one occasion that cant be fixed it is when the Touch actually is going to change samplerate going to and from different rates and some DAC's react to that with a pop. But it

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread garym
just to confirm, can you, for example, copy one of the music files to your desktop on your laptop? Right click one of the vba files and check properties. does it show as write protected or anything? Also, are you looking at the files within the files/music subdirectory? Music files on the VBA

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread tmauceri
garym;597279 Wrote: just to confirm, can you, for example, copy one of the music files to your desktop on your laptop? Right click one of the vba files and check properties. does it show as write protected or anything? Also, are you looking at the files within the files/music subdirectory?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread garym
tmauceri;597288 Wrote: I read about the files folder in the VBA FAQ this morning and I was able to edit the Beatles Help Album and save the changes. When I went to the SBTouch nothing had changed. I think I read when you rip a new CD the it will update. So I just started to rip another. So

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread tmauceri
Success, The SB/VBA updated my edits and got the cover art. Thanks to everyone who has helped me with this endeavor, I will be back with more questions I'm sure. -- tmauceri tmauceri's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread tmauceri
garym;597290 Wrote: So you solved your initial problem of not being able to save files? after you edited the files and saved the changes, did you go into SbS webGUI Settings and then do a rescan (either look for new and changed or clear and rescan)? You have to do this step before the SB

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread tmauceri
Im back already. A few days ago I asked about FLAC and sampling rates and the general opinion was to rip in 44.1. My AVR tells me the FLAC files are in 44.1, so all is good. If I wanted to rip in say 88.2 can the VBA do this? If so, how do I change the defaults? Also can I change the compression?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread garym
tmauceri;597306 Wrote: Im back already. A few days ago I asked about FLAC and sampling rates and the general opinion was to rip in 44.1. My AVR tells me the FLAC files are in 44.1, so all is good. If I wanted to rip in say 88.2 can the VBA do this? If so, how do I change the defaults? Also

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread tmauceri
garym;597309 Wrote: you can cahnge from 44.1 to 88.2, but this is generally a bad idea at best and can screw things up at worst. If the CD is 44.1, ripping it at 88.2 doesn't somehow add something that wasn't there. Regarding compression, this just has to do with size of the FLAC file.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread Mnyb
tmauceri;597306 Wrote: Im back already. A few days ago I asked about FLAC and sampling rates and the general opinion was to rip in 44.1. My AVR tells me the FLAC files are in 44.1, so all is good. If I wanted to rip in say 88.2 can the VBA do this? If so, how do I change the defaults? Also

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread garym
tmauceri;597313 Wrote: Thanks Gary. I was looking at the music folders on the VBA and noticed in each CD folder there are the FLAC, M3U, Cover and Folder files. Cover and Folder have the album art. What is the difference? What is the M3U file? And the last Question, why would there be art in

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread tmauceri
Mnyb;597315 Wrote: Ther is absolutelyno point in ripping CD as 88.2 won't do anything that the DAC is not alredy doing for you , the DAC chip is most certainly oversampling and a squeezebox also pads 16 bit to 24 bit . Do you want use the digital output to something that does not

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread tmauceri
garym;597316 Wrote: m3u is a playlist file. Album artwork is typically stored as a .jpg file within each album subdirectory and named either cover.jpg or folder.jpg. I'm surprised this gives you both files. Seems like you should have one or the other. Regarding showing up in SbS, have you

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread tmauceri
garym;597316 Wrote: m3u is a playlist file. Album artwork is typically stored as a .jpg file within each album subdirectory and named either cover.jpg or folder.jpg. I'm surprised this gives you both files. Seems like you should have one or the other. Regarding showing up in SbS, have you

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread garym
Great. Enjoy. Lots of little things to learn about all this, but sounds like you're on your way. Main thing is to have good tags on your files. This forum is helpful, and don't forget about the search function. When you get to issues like how does SbS deal with compilation CDs the search function

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread tmauceri
garym;597333 Wrote: Great. Enjoy. Lots of little things to learn about all this, but sounds like you're on your way. Main thing is to have good tags on your files. This forum is helpful, and don't forget about the search function. When you get to issues like how does SbS deal with

[SlimDevices: Touch] Will only play selected iTunes songs

2010-12-26 Thread Tknapp
If I highlight a song in iTunes Squeeze will play it. But if not it won't. It shows all the artists but I choose the artist and it shows it as empty. Any ideas? Thanks! -- Tknapp Tknapp's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2010-12-26 Thread garym
tmauceri;597336 Wrote: I've delt with compilations on iTunes, so I know what to expect. If I want to delete, say all the soundtrack filler from Yellow Submarine, can I go to the VBA files folder delete them and then edit the track numbers with mp3tag. I was thinking more in terms of how

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] A DAC for the SB

2010-12-26 Thread dsdreamer
Mnyb;597221 Wrote: The trick is to the record the stuff at 24/192 or higher and digitally re-sample to a consumer format , theese filter does way more damage at ADC end than the DAC end. And as most DAC's oversample 128 times and use a very benign filter in the ultrasonic region. So this is

[SlimDevices: Touch] artwork for Internet radio?

2010-12-26 Thread tmm99
Hi all, I'm about to buy a Squeezebox Touch. Before I do so, I was wondering if it also displays album artwork when listening to Internet radio stations? If not, what does it show when an Internet station is selected? Thanks! -Tobias -- tmm99

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch

2010-12-26 Thread joelha
Hi John, I believe (without checking line-by-line) that the logs which OGS posted are the same for me. Thoughts or ideas? Thanks, Joel -- joelha joelha's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41756

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch DAC vs EMU 0404

2010-12-26 Thread lpr
Thanks for the replies, I'll try it as soon as I receive the unit :) -- lpr lpr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42162 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84157

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Turn off Screensaver?

2010-12-26 Thread souwalker
kidstypike;597241 Wrote: HiPat On the Touch Settings Screen Screensavers When off Screen off. Ahh...Thanks. Rgds -- souwalker souwalker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37673 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 2 SB Touch and NAS

2010-12-26 Thread souwalker
Mnyb;597214 Wrote: In the web-UI settings at player settings basic settings The last lines on that page is it's ip number on the network and the players mac-address . The mac number is printed on the sticker at the bottom off the player. I would also consider using different

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] artwork for Internet radio?

2010-12-26 Thread aubuti
It depends on whether the station sends the artwork in properly encoded metadata. Some stations do, some don't. Then it also seems to depend sometimes on how you are using your Squeezebox. For example, there was a time (may still be occurring, I don't know) when Radio Paradise's 192k stream

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch

2010-12-26 Thread JohnSwenson
Try looking at that stream0 file while its actually playing, that will give hints as to if its really working in an async manor. If it really running async you will see something about the actual rate that will be slightly different than the logical rate (say something like 44101 or 44098 or

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch

2010-12-26 Thread joelha
Hi John, Here's what I'm showing (below). Anything to be learned from this? Thanks very much. Joel www.hirestech.com 2009 REV 1.3 Music Streamer II+ at usb-fsl-ehci.0-1, full spe : USB Audio Playback: Status: Running Interface = 1 Altset = 1 URBs = 2 [ 8 4 ] Packet Size = 642 Momentary