Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] New User With BIG Problem
bpa, Thank you for the reply. I am siting tight until I talk to tech support. Brian -- Astroimage Astroimage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38571 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79451 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Favourites - how do they work?
Another newbie-question: What is the purpose of MySB.com? I use tinySB for playing my music off my USB-HDD plus streaming internet-radio. Do I need MySB.com? -- Häagen-Dazs Häagen-Dazs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38394 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79412 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stuck with HelloWorld plugin to Touch
bandi;553225 Wrote: Hi, Thanks for the quick response. What I'd like to do is a simple tool that tells me when the next train comes (yes, I often miss the train). I was thinking about a screensaver or something I can start from the Extras menu. Based on your description I guess I'm after an applet and not a plugin, right? Depends, if you plan to get the train times from some web site, it sounds kind of similar to the CTABusTracker plugin which hooks into the SuperDateTime plugin and is displayed on the Touch through Custom Clock plugin. http://gregbrown.net/squeeze/CTABusTracker/CTABusTracker1-0-0.zip However, using that approach would mean that you have to rely on other plugins, of course with the advantage that you need to write less code yourself. If you won't want to use the above mentioned approach, I would probably implement it as an applet. Also, note that if you don't have a Squeezebox Server on a separate computer, just must implement it as an applet. The above mentioned approach only works if you have a separate server. bandi;553225 Wrote: I guess I would need to read thru the SqueezeCenter or SqueezePlay development guides http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Category:Development, or would you recommend something else..? Unfortunately, the documentation isn't that good at the moment, so if you reed the above pages, keep that in mind. My recommendations are: If you like to implement it as a plugin, take a look at: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeCenter_7_Plugins And look at the CTABusTracker source I linked above. The code is in the *.par file in the lib directory, just unzip it with a zip tool. The following API description for the API of SuperDateTime which you would hook into, is probably also useful: http://gregbrown.net/squeeze/sdt-api.htm If you like to implement it as an applet, I would take a look at the applet samples I posted in the previous post plus the following wiki page which describes one of them: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezePlay_Applet_Guide If you have development related questions, it's better to ask them in the Developers section of the forum since that's where all the third party developers and Logitech developers listens. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79436 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Favourites - how do they work?
Häagen-Dazs;553231 Wrote: Another newbie-question: What is the purpose of MySB.com? I use tinySB for playing my music off my USB-HDD plus streaming internet-radio. Do I need MySB.com? short answer is no. mysb.com is when you want to listen to internet radio, pandora, etc. WITHOUT running your own SbS or the tinySB (which is your own SbS just running on the touch itself). You still had to tell tinySB your mysb.com credentials at some point. But again, if you are running your own SbS or tinySB, you don't need to connect to mysb.com directly. -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79412 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox touch DLNA UPNP?
alfista;553220 Wrote: The preferred setup IMHO is having the disk(s) containing the music directly connected to the hardware that runs the Squeezebox server... agree, but I have no other computers just my laptop... that is why I choosed Touch not Duet or any. Touch is an elegant solution, so I'll give it a try before considering a datacentre setup around my place... :) thks for reply. garym;553221 Wrote: I recently setup a system with TOUCH attached to USB harddrive (with its own power) containing about 54,000 mp3/aac files. Running tinySC and works smoothly. Edit: and the Touch is connected via WIFI for purposes of streaming internet radio, pandora, etc. with about a 65% wifi signal. that's good. you calm me down. thks. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79319 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and Spotify.. killer combo
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79360 Question: I like spotify on the touch - yes.. please - no thanks, other solution - maybe, not sure - There are alternative ways to play that many files i know.. look at the included links.. but alas, there's no solution so far.. -- seth_space seth_space's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37717 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79360 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??
erland;553178 Wrote: Maybe someone should give Logitech a call and ask them instead of spreading rumors based on guesses and third party sources ? Or maybe someone from Logitech reading this thread could just deny or confirm it ? Sure, Logitech might discontinue their top of the line consumer music player 2 months after it has been released when many reviewers gives it high ratings, but do you guys really think this is the case ? Of course, nothing really surprises me anymore but why would they do this ? Because a few users have problems with it ? No product have 100% satisfied users. A more probable reason for this is probably that the factory isn't able to keep up with the demand so they are just temporary out of stock. Due to this they might have to focus on fewer retailers. I'm just guessing, but it feels like discontinue the Touch would be somewhere at the end of the list, there can be a lot of other reasons why Crutchfield don't have them in stock. Say what you will, but I'm not spreading rumors. I've only reported what I've seen on Crutchfield's website, and what one of their agents chatted to me. How is that third party? I'd say that would be second party at worst. Admittedly, a possibly misinformed second party in the case of the Crutchfield agent. Anyhow, this thread is not so concerned about the discontinuance of the Touch from Logitech, as it's availability from Crutchfield. As far as being temporarily out of stock goes, Crutchfield usually indicates such on their site. Of course, this could be due to somebody miscoding something in their inventory/webpage. Again, just reporting the facts as I see 'em. -- mdaudioguy mdaudioguy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25699 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79288 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??
maggior;553322 Wrote: Consitent messages haven't come forth from Logitech employees, so what makes anybody think correct information would come from a reseller? Read the threads about the Reciever and about the Touch's availabity from resellers after it was released - there was miscomunication galore within Logitech. I'm with Erland on this one - I don't think it's been discontinued, I think Logitech has discontinued providing units to Crutchfield to sell, I don't think the product itself is discontinued. Maybe Logitech is getting ready to release a new Touch with a faster processor for TinySC. For example, Apple is not shipping Mini Mac's, but the speculation is not that the Mini Mac is discontinued, but that a new model will be released this week. (as I fan the flames of idle speculation.) -- Tony T Tony #63743; SBTouch #9834; SBRadio #9836; Tony T's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34544 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79288 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??
audio53;553325 Wrote: Best Buy has it in this week's flyer for $149. Before anyone gets too excited, that's the Radio ($50 off), not the Touch! -- krochat -- iZotope SRC (96kHz offline upsampler) - Touch - TacT RCS 2.2X - Convolver PC (w/Acourate filter)- Apogee Big Ben - (TacT S2150 - Vandersteen 3a Signature + TacT S2150 - TacT W210) krochat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79288 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??
maggior;553332 Wrote: Perhaps...but if that's the case, there will be a lot of very pissed off Touch owners that are struggling with TinySC. What they could do is sell the current one as the Touch, drop $100 from the price and market it as a player only. The could call the new one Touch2 or Touch+. The Touch+ would have a souped-up CPU that can run TinySC and charge the full $300. Idle speculation is always fun :-). I was joking :) -- Tony T Tony #63743; SBTouch #9834; SBRadio #9836; Tony T's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34544 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79288 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??
Tony T;553323 Wrote: Maybe Logitech is getting ready to release a new Touch with a faster processor for TinySC. For example, Apple is not shipping Mini Mac's, but the speculation is not that the Mini Mac is discontinued, but that a new model will be released this week. (as I fan the flames of idle speculation.) Perhaps...but if that's the case, there will be a lot of very pissed off Touch owners that are struggling with TinySC. What they could do is sell the current one as the Touch, drop $100 from the price and market it as a player only. The could call the new one Touch2 or Touch+. The Touch+ would have a souped-up CPU that can run TinySC and charge the full $300. Idle speculation is always fun :-). -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 4 Booms, 1 Duet, 1 Receiver, 1 Touch. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeBoxServer 7.5.0, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 33,060 songs, 2,656 albums, 484 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79288 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Point at folder on usb disk.
You can't do that with a connected USB drive. The tinySBS (bultin server) ALWAYS sets the root of the disk as the point it starts looking for files. There is no easy way to change this, its built into the code. Its theoretically possible to rewrite the code and maybe write a patch that could be installed with the Patch Installer, but nobody has done that yet. Another possibility is to reformat the disk under linux as an EXT3 partition and use a symbolic link to put the root of the music at the root of the disk, but it sounds like you probably don't want to do that. John S. -- JohnSwenson JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79469 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??
The most obvious upgrade is an increase in memory. Doubling the memory size would be a very simple design change and could probably be done on the fly without changing anything else or any software. New ones after a certain date could just have twice the memory. Upping the processor speed is not so easy. There is no pin compatible processor with a faster speed so it would take significant redesign of the board. Freescale does have the iMX51 series which goes up to 800MHz which has almost the same capabilities as the existing iMX35 processor, but not exactly the same. This would definitely be a significant board redesign and probably some small software changes. That would certainly have to be a new model. At this point there has been no hint that Logiteh is even thinking about new hardware. We do know that many of the Touch developers have been reassigned to different tasks within Logitech which makes new hardware versions somewhat less likely. My impression is that Logitech wants to milk as much as they possibly can from the existing Touch before even thinking about any new hardware. John S. -- JohnSwenson JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79288 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Need to eject before reset power?
Pushing the button does NOT do a proper software shutdown, so yes you should always do an eject before pushing the button. John S. -- JohnSwenson JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79471 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch at Crutchfield - Discontinued??
On 06/07/2010 12:03 AM, JohnSwenson wrote: The most obvious upgrade is an increase in memory. Doubling the memory size would be a very simple design change and could probably be done on the fly without changing anything else or any software. New ones after a certain date could just have twice the memory. Which would be good but it would not stop all the whining about TinySC, it would still be tiny, just maybe a bit bigger. There would still be practical limits on the size of libraries, plug-in support, etc. At this point there has been no hint that Logitech is even thinking about new hardware. The product has been on the market for a few months. I can't think of any reason that management, at Logitech or anyplace else, would pour a bunch of money to developing a replacement for a new product with zero guarantee that the improvements would result in the massive sales growth to pay for the engineering. I find speculation of a replacement ungrounded. Replacing the Boom with a Touch-based heart, may make sense. I'm not holding my breath. Whether Crutchfield carries the Touch or not is a silly topic, there have been only a tiny few facts and a ton of speculation onto the cause, meaning and implications of something that may or may not have happened. This thread is not worth the electrons spent spreading its content. IMHO. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Big problem + Choosing usb hd for Touch...
jwo;553185 Wrote: I'm now a happy guy. I got mine working too with a Hitachi SDMINI 350GB HDD. I had to add a USB Power Hub for it to work properly but it works just fine. Only music files and one cover.jpg in each artist folder but everything worked as expected with a little over 60,000 tracks of mixed MP3's and FLAC files. Thanks all for the valuable advice and personal experiences given here. I'm happy I had the patience to eventually get it to work ... it really wasn't that hard after all. -- carib carib's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34240 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79083 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
