Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wrong time showing on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread Skinny
empire_builder;607845 Wrote: > Okay, obviously this is not a time zone problem since it is off by 7 > MINUTES. Since there is no way to directly set the time on the touch, > how do I get the touch to sync with an NTP server? This is very > frustrating, and seems to me to be an example of trying

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wrong time showing on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread Phil Leigh
empire_builder;607845 Wrote: > Okay, obviously this is not a time zone problem since it is off by 7 > MINUTES. Since there is no way to directly set the time on the touch, > how do I get the touch to sync with an NTP server? This is very > frustrating, and seems to me to be an example of trying

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wrong time showing on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread empire_builder
Okay, obviously this is not a time zone problem since it is off by 7 MINUTES. Since there is no way to directly set the time on the touch, how do I get the touch to sync with an NTP server? This is very frustrating, and seems to me to be an example of trying to make an interface just a little *t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Unusual dropouts streaming radio via my squeezebox.com

2011-02-02 Thread aubuti
Fwiw, tonight I experienced dropouts and stuttering for the first time ever on Radio Paradise's 192kbps stream. I'm connected via mysb.com with the SB on an ethernet connection to the router. I forget how to check which mysb server I'm on, but I'm in the US (east coast) and assume I'm on a US mysb

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread tonyptony
I may have missed this, but has anyone else found the digital volume of the Touch locked at 50% after applying the 2.0 mods? I did a full hard button reset, then install of 2.0. It went fine. I did all of the recommended Soundcheck tweaks, but I did leave all outputs active. I'm using v7.5.1 of SS

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Unusual dropouts streaming radio via my squeezebox.com

2011-02-02 Thread dicy
I'm in the uk, so i guess i must be on the eu servers? -- dicy dicy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85340 _

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread ftlight
magiccarpetride;607823 Wrote: > In my case, I'm relying on my dog to let me know if the upgrade was > worthwhile. Every now and then, when I apply the latest Touch mod, my > dog gets startled from his everyday haze, lying down on the floor by my > feet, perks his ears, lifts his head, and looks i

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread magiccarpetride
garym;607816 Wrote: > +1 ...and if we've even heard of COBOL, we're too old to have much > hearing left.. I lost most of mine on the front row of a few Who > concerts (Who's Next & Quadrophenia tours). All my search for better > sounding stuff is mostly just theoretical! In my case, I'm rely

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Unusual dropouts streaming radio via my squeezebox.com

2011-02-02 Thread toby10
Are you on the EU MySB servers? My Touch and other players are streaming fine from MySB on the US server. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.sl

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread garym
magiccarpetride;607814 Wrote: > COBOL carries so much processing overhead it's not even funny. It > muddies the sound so much, that I don't know if it's opera that's > playing or Justin Bieber. +1 ...and if we've even heard of COBOL, we're too old to have much hearing left.. I lost most of m

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread magiccarpetride
garym;607809 Wrote: > I find my punch cards using COBOL language are even better than the > cards with FORTRAN. ;-) Haha! COBOL? Dilettante! I urge you to switch to RPG II. You won't believe your ears -- the sound is much punchier (pun intended), especially if you keep your RPG indicators in t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread garym
magiccarpetride;607803 Wrote: > Please don't shoot the messenger, but I'm getting absolutely superior > digital streaming sound quality ever since I've switched to the system > operating on a batch of punched cards. Try it, you'll never look back! > A match made in heaven -- it's where the analog

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread magiccarpetride
ftlight;607796 Wrote: > I'm now working on running Squeezebox Server under Windows 3.1 - with > the much lower operating system overhead, I'm expecting far superior > results. And once I get that set up, DOS and CP/M will be next. Please don't shoot the messenger, but I'm getting absolutely sup

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread ftlight
Kuja;607622 Wrote: > What about Win XP? > > I'm running SBS on XP SP1. I'm now working on running Squeezebox Server under Windows 3.1 - with the much lower operating system overhead, I'm expecting far superior results. And once I get that set up, DOS and CP/M will be next. -- ftlight --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] wrong album art for some albums

2011-02-02 Thread cliver
Glad you've craked it. Enjoy :-) -- cliver cliver's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85257 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wrong time showing on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread scooot
hi, good news your sorted. scott -- scooot scooot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40654 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85339 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] wrong album art for some albums

2011-02-02 Thread SlimPvC
Upon checking the album art in detail I noticed that in some part in my collection (somewhere in the A-I folders) there were some anomalies in the album art: the embedded files were OK, but the folder.jpg's were sometimes mixed up, wrong files from different albums. Looks like some copy or disk er

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

2011-02-02 Thread tmauceri
I've been using DVD Audio Extractor to rip flac files in there native resolution from DVD-A discs I own, in stereo of course. I read in one of the forums, this one or AVS, That the SBT will play back DD or DTS files in 5.1 as long as they are decoded and ripped to flac. These files would be 24/48

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Album Art went poof!

2011-02-02 Thread justpete
I re-applied the firmware in the actual Touch, and that did the trick. It's under Advanced, Software update, I believe. I don't think you have to downgrade, it gives you the option to re-apply the current firmware. -- justpete --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wrong time showing on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread Phil Leigh
justpete;607773 Wrote: > I got it. The settings are on the device itself. It seems whereas > before, you change the settings on the server, with the Touch (for > now), you change them on the device. yep - the Touch is a "fat" device :-) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wrong time showing on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread justpete
I got it. The settings are on the device itself. It seems whereas before, you change the settings on the server, with the Touch (for now), you change them on the device. -- justpete justpete's Profile: http://forums.slim

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Album Art went poof!

2011-02-02 Thread mraliman
Themouse: yes, I've tried: - wipe and rescan - restore to factory settings - removing the .squeezebox folder from the USB drive I even tried all three of them together! And still no luck... I'm going to give 7.5.1 a go (thanks for instructions Dieter) and see what happens! -- mraliman ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] new touch, very happy

2011-02-02 Thread Rick58
Skinny;607286 Wrote: > Please specify model number of AV receiver, surely someone will find the > specs for you then. I bet the receiver has a toslink or RCA digital input ... > might sound better than the internal DAC on the Touch? in any case. -- Rick58 -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wrong time showing on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread justpete
I'm running on Ubuntu 10.10 - which has the correct time, and time zone. -- justpete justpete's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Need Touch Remote

2011-02-02 Thread bonze
Logitech have quite a few :) Listed under 'Parts Store' > 'Speakers' (obviously!) -- bonze TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3 - SqueezeCenter Version: 7.6.0 3 x wireless SB3, and 2x Touch bonze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wrong time showing on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread scooot
hi, what are you running sbs on.i had this problem also.i use a qnap and had to go into the time settings on it.altered on the qnap and all was ok.regards scott -- scooot scooot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

[SlimDevices: Touch] Unusual dropouts streaming radio via my squeezebox.com

2011-02-02 Thread dicy
Hi all I have been experiencing very odd dropouts whilst streaming radio paradise through the squeezebox touch (via my squeezebox.com). I am getting very regular dropouts but they take the form of stuttering, sometimes literally stuttering and sometimes with gaps of a few seconds. It almost soun

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch As Pre-amp

2011-02-02 Thread mraub1
The office was closed today because of the midwest blizzard which gave me some time to play. I decided to haul up a couple of Polk LSi 9's from the basement HT to see how the Touch would work as a preamp directly into an Emotiva XPA-2. It worked very well. The Polks are rated at 88db sensitivity a

[SlimDevices: Touch] Wrong time showing on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread justpete
Pretty annoying! I checked mysqueezebox.com, and the time settings are correct... the time on the server is correct as well. My Squeezebox classic shows the correct time. How can I fix this? I suppose I could lie about the time zone... I guess that would fix it for now. Is this a bug or somet

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] downsampling 24/96 to 16/44 or 16/48 on squeezeserver

2011-02-02 Thread Phil Leigh
miab;607689 Wrote: > I use a 16/44.1 dac that I am very fond of and have no plans to change. > I have collected some 24/96 files that I use to play analogue out from > the Touch but since I am now spdif to a dac I want to be able to play > those. What would the procedure be to do this? I have loo

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Album Art went poof!

2011-02-02 Thread Dieter6581
Hi mraliman, one option is to download "SqueezeboxServer-7.5.1.exe" and install it to your (Windows-) PC as a server. If your touch connects to the PC it tells you, that there is an update (7.5.1) available. Another way (and easier) is to download the file "fab4_7.5.1_r9218.bin" from http://update

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Album Art went poof!

2011-02-02 Thread themouse
mraliman : Have you tried deleting your database and rescanning completely your USB hard drive after downgrading to the previous firmware? This is needed to rebuild a clean library from scratch. (Go to Settings->Advanced->Squeezebox Server and choose the Wipe and Rescan option) -- themouse ---

[SlimDevices: Touch] Need Touch Remote

2011-02-02 Thread Nick77
Looking for a Touch remote if any one has a spare. thanks -- Nick77 Nick77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9105 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85337 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can anyone play 88.2K WMA lossless on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread Mnyb
Bug here: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16877 Vote -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Album Art went poof!

2011-02-02 Thread mraliman
How do I got about installing 7.5.1 software that Dieter6581 mentions? Do I copy all of the files onto a USB or SD card, then insert into the Touch? -- mraliman mraliman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Album Art went poof!

2011-02-02 Thread mraliman
I've had the same problem since the upgrade to 9283. I thought it was because I'd removed the USB disk to update the files, so relieved (sort of) that others have had a similar problem! But 'downgrading' the firmware hasn't brought my artwork back. I followed Themouse's instructions and I've go

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] downsampling 24/96 to 16/44 or 16/48 on squeezeserver

2011-02-02 Thread Mnyb
Theoretically Downsampling require dithering for best possible quality. If the DAC gets wordlegth >18 it's going to truncate that is not as "nice" as dithering. But you have to try to see if you can hear any difference. Try with some suitable software and make such files. Btw if you are going

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can anyone play 88.2K WMA lossless on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread Mnyb
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[SlimDevices: Touch] downsampling 24/96 to 16/44 or 16/48 on squeezeserver

2011-02-02 Thread miab
I use a 16/44.1 dac that I am very fond of and have no plans to change. I have collected some 24/96 files that I use to play analogue out from the Touch but since I am now spdif to a dac I want to be able to play those. What would the procedure be to do this? I have looked under settings in Squeez

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can anyone play 88.2K WMA lossless on Touch?

2011-02-02 Thread Mnyb
Guess what I've fond some Linn files on my crashed windows partition :) The Dunedin Consort . They Played just fine in 24/88.2 kHz On my Touch, until i tried to skip to next track then it ceased to play just silence with a progressing bar. Or tried to search in a track, then it wnet inot an even

[SlimDevices: Touch] Horizontal Line appearing on TOUCH screen

2011-02-02 Thread garym
All of a sudden, I have a white horizontal line appearing the entire width of my Touch screen about 1/4 inch from bottom. It appears at all times on all screens starting with the unit's boot screen. Factory reset, removing power, etc. doesn't change. Has anyone seen this and/or have a solution?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch not finding some flac files during scan?

2011-02-02 Thread garym
Charles_Damar;607678 Wrote: > Thanks garym! That was it. I needed to clear and rescan instead of > search for new music. Is that a bug in the Squeezebox server? And yes I > am able to play the flac files in foobar2000. > > New issue related to this though --- the live show tagger that I used > t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch not finding some flac files during scan?

2011-02-02 Thread Charles_Damar
Thanks garym! That was it. I needed to clear and rescan instead of search for new music. Is that a bug in the Squeezebox server? And yes I am able to play the flac files in foobar2000. New issue related to this though --- the live show tagger that I used tagged the files so that the live concert

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] RSS news feeds as screensaver

2011-02-02 Thread Bradley
Here's an example of a configuration I'm trying to get to work. However, the second RSS feed never displays -- the first one just repeats! What am I doing wrong? See below: Code: {"models":["radio"],"name":"BMF Test2","clockposy":"","background":"","clockposx":"","ba

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread soundcheck
chill;607649 Wrote: > Ah, OK. > > Have you been able to check the characteristics of the network traffic > under Windows and/or Linux? Are they anything like the numbers I > observed on the Mac? The friend of mine has done it. He measured higher throughput on his Windows machine. I havn't done

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] RSS news feeds as screensaver

2011-02-02 Thread Bradley
erland;605455 Wrote: > > If you can accept to configure them both in the RSS News Ticker and > Custom Clock Helper, you can setup multiple "rsstext" item and put them > in different "visibilitygroup" values, this will ensure that the first > one is shown until it has gone through its RSS feed an

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread chill
Ah, OK. Have you been able to check the characteristics of the network traffic under Windows and/or Linux? Are they anything like the numbers I observed on the Mac? -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread soundcheck
chill;607642 Wrote: > I forgot to mention that my figures are for an unmodified Touch, so the > size of the internal buffer is as Logitech intended. Am I > understanding correctly the effect of the buffer reduction mod in > believing that the Touch will be able to store less audio as a result >

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread chill
chill;607593 Wrote: > So all that this shows is that, for the Mac at least, the period between > -40s and -10s should be virtually free of network traffic, and should > sound better than the rest of the track if there's anything to this > theory. soundcheck;607596 Wrote: > And just to mention i

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread Phil Leigh
Kuja;607622 Wrote: > What about Win XP? > > I'm running SBS on XP SP1. SP1 ! wow. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread Kuja
soundcheck;607292 Wrote: > Confirmed! For W7 and Vista What about Win XP? I'm running SBS on XP SP1. -- Kuja Kuja's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Album Art went poof!

2011-02-02 Thread Dieter6581
Hello, i recognize the same problem after updating my touch to version 7.5.3. So, i download the previous version (http://downloads.slimdevices.com/SqueezeboxServer_v7.5.1/), install this one again and it works. My touch is working with a USB disk (WD)too. Dieter -- Dieter6581 ---

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

2011-02-02 Thread JohnSwenson
Hi Everybody trying to get async USB DACs working with the Touch, this seems to have become a very big deal in the last week. I have been receiving tons of off list communications on this. I have received a loaner HRT music streamer II to try and work out the issues and am starting testing on this

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread soundcheck
chill;607593 Wrote: > Update: > > Disregard those figures. I found a way to isolate the Perl module in > the activity monitor, and I queued up a FLAC album (previous figures > were based on an old OGG album). The Perl process seems to maintain a > continuous level of network traffic at around

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0

2011-02-02 Thread chill
Update: Disregard those figures. I found a way to isolate the Perl module in the activity monitor, and I queued up a FLAC album (previous figures were based on an old OGG album). The Perl process seems to maintain a continuous level of network traffic at around 110-140KB/sec, until about 40 sec