Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
garym;566440 Wrote: > agree. I would not want my players to automatically switch to mysb.com > if playing internet radio. In my opinion, the best approach is to have > a computer on 24/7 (even a tiny computer like a sheevaplug) and ALWAYS > use SbS. You can do anything you can do from mysb.com if you simply > stay on SbS at all times. Yes sbs is better at webradio than mysb.com You gets things like transcoding ! playing an AAC stream on your SB3 or BOOM anyone ? And if you sync all players sbs pulls *one* stream and proxy it around to all players . Conecting to mysb.com will bug your alarm settings... And ofcourse have the better web-UI of sbs, plugins etc. And as sbs is doing the heavy lifting only using mysb.com in the backround for some necesseties it actually works ! mysb.com can be slow and have latencies . Note that older kind's of players like SB3 and BOOM is completely driven by their server (local or mysb.com), they are slim devices even the menu's and scrolling etc is done by the server + all now playing screens, ir commands just pass trough the device and then the server acts upon them. -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE for the rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off
Thats what EXT3 is all about. It takes care of the case of a shutdown in the middle of something going on, it works. I have a headless system with an EXT3 formatted drive that gets turned off by flipping the switch on a power strip. It has been turned off many hundreds of times without a single corruption. If its writing a file when the plug is pulled it may not have proper "end of file" records or whatever in place, but the file system will not be corrupted. For example if you put a EXT3 disk on the Touch, and pull the plug in the middle of a scan, the scan will not be complete, but the file system will be fine. But if you manually stop the server in the middle of a scan you also have an incomplete scan. John S. -- JohnSwenson JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80447 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
aubuti;566381 Wrote: > One reason for not doing that automatically is that some users like to > retain the use of plugins (note plugins, not applets), which are only > available with a local SBS, not with mysb.com. There are probably other > reasons, but that's the first one that comes to mind at present. agree. I would not want my players to automatically switch to mysb.com if playing internet radio. In my opinion, the best approach is to have a computer on 24/7 (even a tiny computer like a sheevaplug) and ALWAYS use SbS. You can do anything you can do from mysb.com if you simply stay on SbS at all times. -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:49 PM, snarlydwarf < snarlydwarf.4f4yxb1280868...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > Siegfried Löffler;566396 Wrote: > Linux has nothing to do with it. > > Yanking power from ANY drive that is potentially being written to is > bad. > That's true - but as in general I do know when I would write, I could live with that. Shutting down an ext2 fs without doing shutdown would not be good at all. Yes you are in theory right and even for a VFAT filesystem you'd better shut down - however, FAT file systems are less fragile, in the old DOS days there was no shutdown... So yes, Linux HAS something to do with that. Or better: Any multitasking OS ... Not that I would now say we should build a touch version on MS-DOS... but still it's an unsolved issue. ( A potential solution could be to mount all FS in Read Only and only have a /tmp in read write that is reformatted at every boot.) Anyhow: The point is, there is no good solution so far for powering the stuff fully down. The power cord for 5$ certainly is not a good solution. So I will probably just leave it switched on. And I can live with that if I can manage to make the USB drive on the Touch work. However, getting it to work is a nightmare with all these bugs in the scanner, memory limitations, drives getting mounted read-only. I already spent several evenings, and for the time being the only working solution I have is to have my PC running as server. And that's really really frustrating.-- Siegfried Löffler * http://dg1sek.home.pages.de * Tel1 +33 95173 4711 * Tel2: +49 7145 969098 * Fax +33 95673 4711 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off
Siegfried Löffler;566396 Wrote: > > Yeah - but then you radically would switch off a Linux system without > properly shutting down the file systems etc. - it would only be a > question > of time and you would end up with corrupted file systems. That's > exactly > what I mean: No easy solution with Linux based architecture to > shutdown > completely. > > Don't get me wrong - I still like the Linux based architecture very > much. I > just don't think that in terms of "green" it is the best solution > mankind > will ever find... Linux has nothing to do with it. Yanking power from ANY drive that is potentially being written to is bad. What happens when you're mid-write and the drive loses power for any reason? Do you think the drive has some reserve power backup to ensure the write is completed before spinning down? What happens when the drive is only able to write half a sector before the power is gone? This has nothing to do with the OS: it is the nature of mechanical media (especially, though an SSD would have a similar problem if power is removed at the wrong time -- it just has a smaller window since it is faster writing). -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80447 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:44 PM, snarlydwarf < snarlydwarf.4f4fan1280843...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > A power strip costs $5 and gives you a switch. > > There you go, your problem is solved. > > Yeah - but then you radically would switch off a Linux system without properly shutting down the file systems etc. - it would only be a question of time and you would end up with corrupted file systems. That's exactly what I mean: No easy solution with Linux based architecture to shutdown completely. Don't get me wrong - I still like the Linux based architecture very much. I just don't think that in terms of "green" it is the best solution mankind will ever find... ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
On Touch add "switch to MySB" to the home menu, then you can quickly and easily switch to MySB before starting a radio session. To get back to your local music just go to My Music and your local server will be offered (assuming it is running). I cannot say if the Controller has a "switch to MySB" option. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
Mars Warrior;566374 Wrote: > Leaves me to one question: why doesn't the Touch (and/or Controller) > switch to MySB while playing internetradio so that the server can go > hibernate? One reason for not doing that automatically is that some users like to retain the use of plugins (note plugins, not applets), which are only available with a local SBS, not with mysb.com. There are probably other reasons, but that's the first one that comes to mind at present. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
Mars Warrior;566374 Wrote: > Right ;) > Why the Controller keeps waking-up my server in some situations is > still not clear to me, but I guess once I can reproduce the problem, > the solution is around the corner... > One possibility is time. Squeezeplay devices (the SBC is one) try and sync their internal clock to the server clock every hour. John S. -- JohnSwenson JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
Right ;) Since I learned some new features, I had to test them: - I manually connected the Controller to MySB, and WOW, I can add favourites which do show up on MySB (checked using web browser on PC) - While the Controller is connected to MySB, I can control the Touch (stations, volume etc.) - While the server is turned off, I can now select (the previously stored) favourites. But I'm also understanding (bit-by-bit) more why I was confused why I would need the server for just the above things: If I connect to my music library on the server, I can do exactly the same things, but everything is running 'through' the server of which I wasn't aware off: I thought it would directly connect to the internet. On top of that, the Controller remembers that it was connected to the music library on the server, and tries to reconnect, even for playing internet radio or accessing favourites on MySB. The iPhone isn't in at the moment, but I assume that one works the same once connected to MySB instead of my music library on the server. Why the Controller keeps waking-up my server in some situations is still not clear to me, but I guess once I can reproduce the problem, the solution is around the corner... Leaves me to one question: why doesn't the Touch (and/or Controller) switch to MySB while playing internetradio so that the server can go hibernate? -- Mars Warrior Mars Warrior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS stops from time to time
albertbope;566279 Wrote: > Thanks Mike but I would like to keep embedded images in my mp3 files > cause I like to have album art in my ipod or whatever. ok, but if you fail to find a bypass 1TB HDD is about $100. You can maintain Touch adopted version of your library... you need a backup anyway. I have 2TB mirrored NAS for backup and 1Tb HDD carefully setup to run my Touch without all those issues. Cheers, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV & Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80790 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS stops from time to time
albertbope;566279 Wrote: > Thanks Mike but I would like to keep embedded images in my mp3 files > cause I like to have album art in my ipod or whatever. To create my mp3 > tags I use Tag&rename, and I can't do what you say in Mp3tag, which I > guess is not a free program. I don t want to be stubborn but I don't > know why I think there must be a way to solve this issue > Thanks mp3tag is free. The good one anyway. http://mp3tag.de/en/index.html It's donationware. Donate 'something' via paypal if you want to buy the author a beer. There is another program with the same name, but it isn't the one you want. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80790 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
Mars Warrior;566315 Wrote: > > What I see on the Controller, is that the Controller still thinks that > the Touch is playing some radio station, although I just turned off the > Touch... > I hope Wireshark will show me what the Controller is doing in that > case... Was Touch playing from the local server, then the controller gets it's info from that server too (not directly from the Touch), so when it sleeps or get turned of naturally controller wont get any status update regarding what the Touch is doing . In generall any device ir-remote controller webpage iPhone ,what not . controlls any player (all of them since slimp3 including softplayers on your computers) via the server . -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE for the rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
One other thing to try. If you have enabled audio playback on the SBC itself, try disabling it. Even if it is enabled it should not wake up the server, but maybe it is. It is normal for it to look for a server after you power yours down, but shouldn't be so agressive as to send WOL packets. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Long Interconnect cables
Blazer;565218 Wrote: > iPhone... I see that you are using Vandersteen 3A Sigs. I have an older > pair of 3As that I will soon ship to Vandersteen for upgrading. I am > currently using a Manley Jumbo Shrimp pre-amp, Ayre V-3 power-amp and a > Pioneer PD65 CD player. I also have a vinyl rig. I am considering adding > the Touch to stream FLAK files from my PC. Thanks for your input. You will really enjoy the difference when you get the Sigs back. Also, if you can add at least one 2Wq to your system you will be further amazed. While adding two 2Wq's to a pair of Vandersteen 3A Signatures makes a poor man's Quatro. I also like driving Ayre gear with tubes (that best of both worlds deal). My vinyl setup is a VPI Scoutmaster. And the Manley is a great tube pre-amp in a minimalist setup. But alas, I am running Balanced all the way: Transporter to VTL to Ayre MX-R. Of course Manley and VTL all start from the same point, David Manley. The Touch playing FLAC over your system should sound great. I can almost guarantee that you will stop using your CDP once all your CDs are ripped to FLAC. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80799 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
aubuti;566310 Wrote: > Sorry, I thought you were trying to stop your server from waking up. If > you really want to tackle it at the source, you can take a look at the > traffic with Wireshark (or similar tool) to see what the cause is for > the SBC to be sending magic packets. > Yes, I'm trying to stop my server from waking up, and I know for sure it's the Controller because if I shutdown the Controller, the server keeps sleeping/hibernating. Once I switch the Touch on again, the server is woken again (WOL works perfectly with the Touch!). I will however follow your advice and check the magic packets send to the server... > > To be honest, I haven't been following the ups and downs of WOL on the > SBC since 7.3.3. There was a time when you couldn't get the SBC to send > a WOL packet, and now you're having the opposite problem. Fyi, one > typical reason to wake the server (but not constantly) when there is no > player active is in advance of triggering an alarm. AFAIK I have no alarms set, but will check that once again. What I see on the Controller, is that the Controller still thinks that the Touch is playing some radio station, although I just turned off the Touch... I hope Wireshark will show me what the Controller is doing in that case... -- Mars Warrior Mars Warrior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Long Interconnect cables
Waldo Pepper;566304 Wrote: > Long runs of speaker cables are a different matter completely, but is > still very subjective to the listener. Really? I'd rather use a 20' run of speaker cable than a 20' run of unbalanced RCA/phono screened cable anyday. -- mooblie Martin at *_'HeadSpin_HD' (http://www.headspin.plus.com)_* now on -*Blu-ray-* mooblie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15378 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80799 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
Mars Warrior;566306 Wrote: > That might be the case, but I can shutdown the Touch also from other > places (iPeng, PC and the Touch itself), so I find it to be an annoying > bug in the Controller which I want to get rid off... > > Wouldn't it be weird if you push the off button on your TV, Stereo or > VCR and that some remote turns it on again, because you didn't turn > your TV/Stereo/VCR off using that specific remote? > > Remember that I turned the Touch off, so even if the Controller got > confused by that simple action, it should see that there are NO players > active, or at least not the player it was previously connected to. > > So what would be the reasoning behind waking-up the server constantly > while no player is active? Sorry, I thought you were trying to stop your server from waking up. If you really want to tackle it at the source, you can take a look at the traffic with Wireshark (or similar tool) to see what the cause is for the SBC to be sending magic packets. To be honest, I haven't been following the ups and downs of WOL on the SBC since 7.3.3. There was a time when you couldn't get the SBC to send a WOL packet, and now you're having the opposite problem. Fyi, one typical reason to wake the server (but not constantly) when there is no player active is in advance of triggering an alarm. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off
Mchl;566061 Wrote: > I apologize for having been offensive. Here's a list of Average power > per capita, though: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_consumption Hmm. First you say "-Man, americans!-", and then you post a link showing higher per capita electricity consumption in Iceland, Norway, Finland, Canada, Qatar, Sweden, Luxembourg, and Kuwait. I'm confused. (Not really -- I know yanks consume too much energy. I just don't see why you dragged out evidence _against_ the point you were trying to make.) -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80447 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
aubuti;566295 Wrote: > If you connect the SBC to mysb.com before shutting down the server I > would expect that problem to go away as well. That might be the case, but I can shutdown the Touch also from other places (iPeng, PC and the Touch itself), so I find it to be an annoying bug in the Controller which I want to get rid off... Wouldn't it be weird if you push the off button on your TV, Stereo or VCR and that some remote turns it on again, because you didn't turn your TV/Stereo/VCR off using that specific remote? Remember that I turned the Touch off, so even if the Controller got confused by that simple action, it should see that there are NO players active, or at least not the player it was previously connected to. So what would be the reasoning behind waking-up the server constantly while no player is active? -- Mars Warrior Mars Warrior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Long Interconnect cables
I have used long interconnects over the years for many setups and had no problems whatsoever. I do not see any reason whatsoever why the ability of a Touch to drive a signal down 20ft of cable should be any different to other devices as long as the cable is screened and of reasonable quality. i.e. Not Bell Wire. Don't bother with any of that oxygen free rubbish as that's just a sales pitch by those who do not understand. Long runs of speaker cables are a different matter completely, but is still very subjective to the listener. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80799 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off
Siegfried Löffler;566244 Wrote: > > No. It has nothing at all to do with Linux. > > > > 1) If you turn off a device with a remote, and it is -really- off: > how > > will you turn it back on? It's off: it has no IR sensor waiting for > > > > By pressing a physical button. Not with a remote control. Honestly, I > could > live with that. And I would prefer it. > A power strip costs $5 and gives you a switch. There you go, your problem is solved. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80447 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server
1. Yes, using either MySB.com or Touch's built in server 2. Yes, just point the Radio to the Touch from Radio > My Music > Touch -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80902 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server
I am currently loathed to have a PC running 24/7 (at the moment) to be used as a server, however... I am about to purchase a Squeezebox Radio and have a few questions. I have a Touch and it uses a USB disk with all my music on it. I use it for streaming Internet radio to my HiFi too. 1) Am I correct in assuming a SB radio can use the Internet to stream possibly different radio stations to those my Touch maybe using in another room via my router at the same time? 2) Is there anyway to get the touch to act as a music server for itself and the SB radio. TIA -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80902 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
Mars Warrior;566242 Wrote: > Leaves me with the Controller waking-up the server problem while the > Touch is shutdown, ie no player active... If you connect the SBC to mysb.com before shutting down the server I would expect that problem to go away as well. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS stops from time to time
Thanks Mike but I would like to keep embedded images in my mp3 files cause I like to have album art in my ipod or whatever. To create my mp3 tags I use Tag&rename, and I can't do what you say in Mp3tag, which I guess is not a free program. I don t want to be stubborn but I don't know why I think there must be a way to solve this issue Thanks -- albertbope albertbope's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38268 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80790 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch: flickering screen.
I am gonna get a warranty replacement. Thanks. -- qball qball's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32031 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80833 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music Folder "empty" problem
I have the same problem with music by folder. My music is on a Seagate Freeagent Desktop 640GB External Hard. Althouth i clean and rescan the cache the music by folder doesnt follow it. The music by artist, album,genre etc are ok. Any suggestions? -- elgian8 elgian8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80127 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS stops from time to time
albertbope;566255 Wrote: > > I got about 3.000 albums and resizing images and again embedding cover > to mp3 files is a hell of a job, Ive been working on this library about > 2 years and this would mean one year more at least. > Look, you don't realy need to embed images back to your mp3's. Just put cover.jpg in each album folder, then using mp3tag editor delete all embedded images from your library. I've never use mp3tag but sure it can do that job for you. I did about the same. My cover.jpg's were 1500x1500 so I manualy resized them and it took not more than a few days. I've got aprox 700GB of musuic, never counted the number of albums though, but think that quite a lot. Cheers, Mike. -- mdm Touch(wireless/Tiny/1Tb LaCie) - CA DacMagic - MF A220 - Kelly Transducers KT3, MF A2CD, MF X-CAN, MF X-LPS, Rega P3(Shure V15VxMR), Sennheiser HD-580, Vampire Wire SC/IV & Accuphase Interconnect cables, Chord Prodac (coaxial), Acrotec 6N-S1200(bi-wire) mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80790 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBS stops from time to time
As I see there is no other way than to reduce sizes from cover files to less than 120 kb. Knowing that I probably used image files larger than 500 kb, thah those were gif, jpg and even BMP, that in some album folders I saved pdf of lyrics and stuff...I reconsidering what to do, I got about 3.000 albums and resizing images and again embedding cover to mp3 files is a hell of a job, Ive been working on this library about 2 years and this would mean one year more at least. It's ridiculous that an ipod library can manage all that stuff with no problem and a device like Squeezebox which looks more powerful got so many problems. Is there a way to insert tha itunes library to squeezebox? or anybody has a better idea? thanks -- albertbope albertbope's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38268 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80790 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch: Playing silence and then scrolling...
aha, thank you! some of my files are indeed protected aac's from the itunes music store. And yesterday when it stopepd again I think it was in fact one of the drm tracks from the itunes store... If that is the reason, I accept the Touch would not play them. But how to make it just skip them and play the next one, instead of going silent for an hour and scrolling??? Is there a way to avoid this? If drm is not the reason, what else could it be? -- AlmaataKZ System evolving... http://community.whathifi.com/forums/t/392544.aspx AlmaataKZ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39623 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80877 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] How to turn on a swapfile?
My SB Touch consistently crashes with "out of memory" errors when I try to scan my whole library of MP3s on an external USB drive. I noted that it is configured without a swapfile. But I can't find the "makeswap" "swapon" etc commands - anybody has found a solution? -- dg1sek dg1sek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39558 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80891 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off
> No. It has nothing at all to do with Linux. > > 1) If you turn off a device with a remote, and it is -really- off: how > will you turn it back on? It's off: it has no IR sensor waiting for > By pressing a physical button. Not with a remote control. Honestly, I could live with that. And I would prefer it. > 2) A SB Touch can serve multiple players: if you turn 'off' the Touch > in the living room, you won't be able to play music it was serving to > the Radio in the Kitchen. It's off. It doesn't do anything when off. > People would be very annoyed. > It could, but that very function is so buggy that it takes days to get it working. And it would be a lame excuse. One could still make that a choice that the end user makes. I would even be willing to physically press the button in the living room on the (few) days where I want the Touch to serve another SB in the kitchen... And yes, maybe you won't believe it, but I do physically switch of my TV set. For the same reason. I rarely watch TV anyhow and I would be pissed off with the device being responsible for pollution... ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?
Weird. I'm almost certain that I did try that, connecting the controllers/iPeng to MySB! I have to try that again. Storing favorites on MySB is an unknown feature to me, but would indeed solve the problems for me. Must try that also. Leaves me with the Controller waking-up the server problem while the Touch is shutdown, ie no player active... Thanx for all the answers! -- Mars Warrior Mars Warrior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80884 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
