rotho;551884 Wrote: > It would be very interesting to investigate the different parameters > which influence the CPU usage on the Touch with Tiny SC (when handling > a "large" collection of files), in order to understand why certain > users do not have any problem and others have constant re-buffering > problems. > > Phil, could you please share the following information regarding your > standalone setup : > - The size, brand and model of your HDD > - The file format of your HDD (FAT32, NTFS, ...) > - The size of your music collection (in Gb) > - Do you use the Controller to operate the Touch ? > - Whatever other parameter you think could influence the CPU usage on > the Touch... > > Here are the info about my own setup : > - 1.5 Tb d2 quadra LaCie HDD (with its own power supply), FAT32 > formatted with Disk Utility on an iMac > - approximately 20,000 FLAC files (400 Gb used), including around 100 > hi-res files > > Here are my own findings, when using TinySC : > - Little re-buffering problem at the beginning of first tracks of > 16/44.1 albums > - Slow update of the Touch display when going from one track to the > next > - Very very slow update of the Touch (and Controller) display and more > re-buffering problems when operating the Touch from the Controller > - Constant re-buffering problems when reading certain 24/96 files (I > tried those without the Controller of course !). > > On the other hand, I have no problem when reading those 24/96 files on > the same HDD when it contains only a couple of albums. > > (And I have none of the above problems when running SBS of my Mac > instead of using Tiny SC...)
Rotho, the three powered - as in they have their own PSU - USB drives I have are: 1) Buffalo JustStore 1Tb (FAT32) 2) Samsung 103UJ 1TB (NTFS) which is an SATA drive I mounted in a box with a USB/Sata adaptor 3) Lacie 1Tb - this is a Seagate drive - not sure of the exact model (NTFS) All my file are FLAC at -5 compression (well there are a very small number of 320 kbs MP3's too). The total file size is 932Gb. None of my filenames has any "special characters" in them and all tags are immaculate (FLAC tags only, RG + MusicIP). All artwork is in cover.jpg files. I have no playlists. Phil -- 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 full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79212 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
