stirliz;658733 Wrote: > Hi there > > If my post is in the wrong section, please feel free to move it! > > I recently bought a Touch and updated it to the newest available > Version 7.6.1. > Now I have a series of issues with the device, making it very hard to > use: > > First of all - the playback of Music through USB devices - I was > shocked when the SBT did not recognize and 16Gb A-Data USB3 Flash > stick, I thought it might be the file system, so I have reformatted it > to NTFS (with Windows 7) - same result. It does not see it. > > Then - I have attached a 1Gb USB 3.0 WB Passport - it recognized it, > but never managed to scan the music to the end - it took ages and out > of 3-4 time i tried it it never was able to finish the scan due to some > "unexpected" error, > > Really? How come that a primitive Samsung BD player manages to find all > the music within SECONDS whereas a dedicated Music player takes ages to > scan, and it even cannot finish it. Why not to add kust a mode that > attaches en external drive without scanning, and than give a > possibility to browse the directories and play from there - it is not > very elegant, but it you are not able to fast scan the drive, than it > is an only option for people that want to use Touch as a stand alone > device. > > Another bug that goes on my nerves - many times when I shutdown the > touch a Screensaver will not be displayed - just a black screen. I have > to either restart or reinstall the firmware to be able to see it, and > than it disappears again. > > Then comes the Android software complain - why can't I playback some > media that is stored on my Android on the touch? And why it does not > play CUE files that are in the same folder as the FLAC? > > All in one, the only thing that works well is the Internet Radio - I > find it very pity that such a good concept is being trashed by a sloppy > software architecture. > > It's 7.6 version of the software, and I assume that when you buy a > device that is 2 years on the Market, it should be at least polished to > do what it is supposed to do in the first place - namely, play music > from various sources, and not only from a PC installed server! > > Now my question - am I missing something? Might be I do something > wrong?
The "tinySbS" in the TOUCH is really not particularly useful. You'll be much happier running full squeezeboxserver (SbS) on a PC, powerful NAS, sheevaplug, vortexbox, etc. There are enhancement requests in place to skip the scanning when using the TOUCH and simply allow folder browsing. Search this forum for info on this. Also, the TOUCH seems to be very picky about what sort of USB drive works. Some work well, some not at all. And you must insure that there is not any sort of extra partition. Many newer USB drives come with a built in 2nd partition that performs as some sort of virtual drive. This is a problem for the TOUCH. But again, I recommend NOT using the built SbS with the TOUCH. Too limited and as you can see, problematic unless everything is just perfect. Search this forum on "Touch USB" and you'll see lots of discussion and suggestions. The Touch is a very nice piece of equipment, but the "tinySbS" is really not ready for prime time for most users.... -- garym System 1: Vortexbox Appliance (1.10) > SbS 7.6.1 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) System 2: Win7(64) laptop > SbS 7.6.1 > Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio and laptop) Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver Controlled at both locations with: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.6 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90469 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
