Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2015-01-18 Thread tane0019
tane0019 wrote: > Hi, any guys tried using digital USB out to AR DAC with USB 2.0 HS (ie > DAC8) ? Hi all, Tried, it does not work (ie DAC8 don't even indicate that there is a USB connected at all) ... Is there any where to go around (using a USB 2.0 hub ?) --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Some iPlayer content not working.

2015-01-18 Thread majones
anotherbob wrote: > Is this the revenge of the SNP? Scottish access to Radio 2 Listen Again WMA streams is very important to the SNP. majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this threa

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Decoding flac on server side

2015-01-18 Thread pippin
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Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Decoding flac on server side

2015-01-18 Thread bchab
> *normal human bias , try this stuff in a somewhat proper blind test . No problem !! Processor activity on squeezebox has a strong effect on sound quality (specialy for digital ouputs). Change kernel priority for optical or usb output, you will see what i mean. On the fly decoding (for a flac s

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Decoding flac on server side

2015-01-18 Thread Mnyb
Did you unistall inguz it has its own custom-convert.conf file with its own SoX parameters ? It needs it to perform its EQ and DRC stuff is this still left in the system ? But I would not know exactly how , you probably know more as you set it up , never used inguz myself . Have you returned the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Decoding flac on server side

2015-01-18 Thread bchab
> No problem resultat should be exactly the same either way for flac . > > There are a LOT of claims that serverside flac recording should be > better , problem is that these are just anecdotes any real testing like > measurements ( player do output the exact same thing either way ) or a > proper

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Some iPlayer content not working.

2015-01-18 Thread anotherbob
majones wrote: > It plays OK for me so the link does work, but unfortunately not for you. > I'm puzzled. You are in Aberdeen, still part of the UK (controversially), and the URL works for you. I'm in the NW of England and it doesn't for me. Is this the revenge of the SNP?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Some iPlayer content not working.

2015-01-18 Thread majones
anotherbob wrote: > I get the error Windows Media Player cannot play the file because a > network error occurred. It plays OK for me so the link does work, but unfortunately not for you. It looks like you're at the receiving end of a phase-out rather than a switch-off of the BBC's WMA streams

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Some iPlayer content not working.

2015-01-18 Thread anotherbob
majones wrote: > The "WMA" and "UK" links are working for me. I just picked this... http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/asx/b04xgcpp at random and pasted into my browser address line. Windows Media Player opened but nothing played. -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Some iPlayer content not working.

2015-01-18 Thread majones
anotherbob wrote: > The following message appears on the ipayerconverter page just now. > NB. The BBC feeds are playing up at the moment. If the 'WMA' link > doesn't work try the 'UK' or 'Intl' links instead, depending on whether > you are listening from within the UK or not. The "WMA" and "UK" l

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Decoding flac on server side

2015-01-18 Thread Mnyb
.. Unless you did use some novel settings in SoX to handle the Flac pcm decoding . SoX has a lot of options . Others migth advice here I'm not good at it never had the need for special upsampling or filter use in SoX . .. Or some novel mods on the Touch besides EDO a ? Otherwise my 0.02$ is to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Decoding flac on server side

2015-01-18 Thread Mnyb
bchab wrote: > Hello > > I use a squeezebox touch and LMS 7.9.0 on mac > I have a 100mB ethernet connection between the mac and squeezebox, that > is connected to a Audio GD NFB 11 DAC with USB EDO triode applet. > > I set up the AAC streams to be decoded on server side. Sound is much > better

[SlimDevices: Touch] Decoding flac on server side

2015-01-18 Thread bchab
Hello I use a squeezebox touch and LMS 7.9.0 on mac I have a 100mB ethernet connection between the mac and squeezebox, that is connected to a Audio GD NFB 11 DAC with USB EDO triode applet. I set up the AAC streams to be decoded on server side. Sound is much better that native decoding on squeez

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Some iPlayer content not working.

2015-01-18 Thread anotherbob
majones wrote: > Understood. It would help to know whether the BBC's WMA Listen Again > streams are generally unavailable to you. If you cut and paste a URL for > a WMA stream from > http://www.iplayerconverter.co.uk/r/2/aod/default.aspx? into a media > player (such as Windows Media Player), does

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Some iPlayer content not working.

2015-01-18 Thread majones
PaulinPosset wrote: > The Live streams through the applet and also through Triode's iPlayer > plugin all work. It's just some of the Listen Again streams that don't. Understood. It would help to know whether the BBC's WMA Listen Again streams are generally unavailable to you. If you cut and paste

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2015-01-18 Thread ghostdot
Man in a van wrote: > This +1. > > then whilst using this setup, research the usb chip used by the Yamaha, > this is the important bit. > > > do a bit of research!! thank you, I'll look for yammy's usb chip! I am currently using coax in but I'd love to try usb just to fiddle with lms 7.9 and