DaveKen;611408 Wrote: > Hi Gary, > I am a total numptie at the modern audio game so what I am about to say > may impress you only on my numptieness :). I'm 70 years old and came to > PC based audio only about 2 years ago - electrics was never a strong > subject of mine, either. > Yes I am running SQBX Server on my PC, that's where I get the "Scan > stopped prematurely" error message. > My set up is Vaio MM PC, free standing USB hard drive and LGTech Touch > (with a Beresford Caimanised 7520 DAC on the sidelines, connected > directly to the PC but not the Touch). Output from the Touch is to > Cyrus pre-amp via phono cables. I have a direct USB connection between > Touch and USB drive, there is also another firewire direct connection > between PC and the 1TB USB hard drive, the Touch is patch cable > connected to network ethernet switch and also wirelessly to the same > network, the co-ax phono and optical inputs on the Touch are from the > PC (connected because the connections are available rather than because > they are needed. Hopefully you will be able to follow this mesh of > connections. > My antivirus programme is Norton. > I use the Touch mainly (but not solely) for playing FLAC files and for > listening to internet radio. > Any pointers, advice or guidance would be much appreciated. > Dave.
Ok Dave. I think I see the issue. And I was just as "numptie" as you on this stuff just a couple of years ago, so no apologies necessary. What's happening here is that you're doing a few different things that are "overlapping" each other. First, I'm going to give you the "simple" version of how this stuff works. Then I'll give you some suggestions to get you going. Actually, you're almost there believe it or not! The (not so) Simple Explanation of How it Works: 1. Each SP Player (Touch, Boom, Radio, etc.) is a stand alone player. They are not connected physically to your computer. Only the BOOM and RADIO have built in speakers/amp. The TOUCH or RECEIVER(Duet) must be connected to an amp/speakers (think of these like a CD player). Any of these players must be connected to a music server (and you have 3 options). This connection from SP player to server is via your home network, and can be either WIFI or ethernet. You have a TOUCH. Since you have a way of connecting it via ethernet back to your router via a switch, I think you should do this. The TOUCH will connect either via ethernet or WIFI (but not both). So you may need to do a factory reset and then choose only the ethernet connection at that point. So at this point you'd have the TOUCH talking to your local area network (LAN), i.e, talking back to your router. Next you need a Server to provide the music to your TOUCH. 2. Music Server. Three options. a. server in the "cloud" - this is connecting to "mysqueezebox.com". You don't need your own local computer running. However, you can't generally play your own music collection (there are some options to upload your mp3 files to a database in the cloud, but I'll ignore that for now). Instead you can play internet radio, pandora, etc. You'll likely NOT want just this, as you have your own music. So move on to option b. below. b. your own computer running SqueezeboxServer (SbS). Here you have a computer on that runs this software. SbS points to a library of your own music. So with this option you can play your own music AND get internet radio, pandora, etc. I suspect this is what you want to use. So make sure your PC is connected to your LAN (preferably back to your router (via a switch is OK) with ETHERNET. Then you will install SqueezeBoxServer (SbS) software on your PC. I think you've done this. Next, you should have your USB drive containing your music connected to your PC. Do NOT also connect the USB drive to your TOUCH. With the USB drive connected to your PC, you'll open SbS, go to SeTTINGS, Basic Settings tab and tell it where your music library is located. For example, on your USB drive, the top music directory might be: e:\music\ (and under this is e:\music\artist\album\tracks.... So you'd put: e:\music in the "music library" section of the settings. c. In the case of the TOUCH, there is a "tinySbS" built into the touch. You can connect a USB drive to the Touch containing your music, and the TOUCH will scan this and create a music library. You can also connect to internet radio, pandora, etc. This can work just fine, but it is not a "full service" SbS. Since you have the PC connected, etc. I'd NOT use this option. In the case of running your own computer with SbS (option B and the best in my opinion), you can put the computer anywhere you want (basement, back closet, etc.). The key is that you are best if you can connect this computer to your router with ethernet, which I think you've done. 3. I terms of controlling the players you can control with: a. the web GUI (you can access this from any computer on your network with a network browser). On your computer running SbS, you can simply enter this address in your network browser (internet explorer, firefox, etc.): http://localhost:9000/ b. the logitech CONTROLLER that comes with the duet or you can buy separately (works via WIFI) c. iPeng app running on iphone, itouch, or ipad d. other apps for android phones e. squeezepad running on iPad f. Running the software "SqueezePlay" on any computer on your network g. Of course you can use the provided remote, but this is a infrared, line of sight device....all the other options work anywhere in your local network. h. The TOUCH you can control from the unit itself (touching the screen and using its menu) 4. You can have many players and each player can play different things at the same time or you can synch one or more players together to play the exact same things. The sync works OK with mysqueezebox.com, but is rock solid if using your own computer running SbS. ================= OK. To summarize, you're setup should look like this. 1. computer connected to router/switch with ethernet 2. computer runs a copy of SbS 3. USB drive connected to your computer Once the SbS scans your music directory, you'll be able to browse all your music in the web browser pointed to: http://localhost:9000/ (by the way, in your SbS > Settings > Mysqueezebox.com tab, you need to enter your mysqueezebox.com credentials. If you don't have these, you need to go to MySqueezebox.com to create a free account. You'll need this even if you are not actually using mysqueezebox.com.) Next, separately from your computer at all, you should have your TOUCH (without the USB drive connected...that is not needed as the touch will get all its music from your computer running SbS). It will be connected to the router/switch with ethernet. And then to get music out of the touch you need to connect it to your preamp/amp/speakers. You can connect the RCA cables for analog out into your preamp. Or you can connect the S/PDIF digital out from the TOUCH to your DAC input, or you can connect OPTICAL cable out from your TOUCH to your DAC optical input. If you leave your computer on 24/7, you'll have access to your music on the touch. If you want to turn your computer off, you'll need to switch the touch music source to mysqueezebox.com. But until we get it all working, let's just leave your computer on for now. we can deal with other options later. Now the problem you're having with the scan failing on your computer is the antivirus norton software. Somewhere in Norton you should be able to tell it to NOT scan certain file types. You'll want to add these file types (extensions) to this list: MY* MYI MYD If that doesn't work, try turning off the virus scanner (just for the time you are scanning your music library...you can turn it back on afterwards). This is a lot of info and I've probably left things out. But try to go through this carefully then let us know what issues you run into and other questions. Bottom line, Currently you are connecting too many things to each other and that's not the correct setup. But there are lots of folks to help around here! -- garym ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
