funkstar;470838 Wrote: > I'm not sure what the final intention is, but right now the db is stored > on the touch. I think it is in flash memory rather than RAM. > > There was talk of the DB and cache stored on the appropriate source. So > you would have the DB and cache for a particular USB disk on that > device. Same for SD cards. Connect the disk and you have a DB with the > scanner checking it in the background. > > How it works on release may not be how it ends up working long term, > this will be an area where I think we will see a lot of development work > over the course of next year.
For the moment I have no SB Device, and I was contemplating the Transporter, but I am now considering the Touch because I absolutely HATE the idea of having my computer (which is located near my Hi-Fi system, and which is sometimes quity noisy) ON when listening to music. So, I am currently in the process of ripping all my CD collection (around 2000 albums) in FLAC format. I plan to purchase an external hard drive of 1.5 Tb (two hard drives, actually, for backup purpose) and then eventually use it with the SB Touch in "standalone" mode. I understand that such a storage capacity is not necessary for my collection (around 600 Gb should be enough), but my collection will certainly continue to grow, and with the Touch 24/96 capability, I will certainly download high resolution files which are bigger than CD quality files. Now, I have a question about the db generated by the Touch : if it is stored in the Touch memory, is there a size limit ? I suppose there is, of course, but will it be too small for my collection of 2000 CDs ? Or can the db be written on the external hard drive itself ? And has the Touch been tested in "standalone" mode connected to a large capacity hard drive, with a huge collection of music ? Are there performance issues to be concerned with ? -- rotho ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rotho's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33493 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69041 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
