[SlimDevices: Touch] Password problems - From a newbie
I've just bought a Touch but I have not connected it to my broadband yet due to password trouble/ misunderstandings(?) The touch discovers my network connection but it is asking for a password (WEP 64-bits encryption - 10 digit password) or (WEP 128-bits encryption - 26 digit password). The password I have is unfortunately 13 digits (all numbers). How can I fix this problem? Do I need the password for the router? -- kjetilfa kjetilfa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40815 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82435 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Password problems - From a newbie
My guess is that your password is in ASCII format and the Touch asks for it in Hexadecimal format. Luckily, you don't need to be bothered with the details. 1. Just go to www.mikezilla.com/exp0012.html 2. Enter your key in the ASCII Text field and click. The HEX value appears in the below field. 3. Enter this into your Touch, ignoring the percent % signs. -Skinny -- Skinny This sentence says less than a list of audio equipment. Skinny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21538 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82435 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music Folder empty problem
I just updated from Server 6.x to 7.51 and now I'm seeing the same here. No problems with 6.x ... did anybody find a solution for that? Stefan -- shen shen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5787 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] Touch Review in upcoming Stereophile issue
RGibran;580673 Wrote: Kal stated the analog outputs were comparable to the same on the Oppo BDP-83, which is rated class B. If ratings are based on a piece of equipments stand alone performance something would seem amiss. This is what JA has to say about the rating: The rating I decide on for a product when I receive feedback from the review team is based on its unmodified performance in its fundamental role. Then this reader can only conclude the disparity between ratings is that the Oppos performance in its fundamental role is not based on its analog outs, or the rest of the review team disagree with Kal as to the analog out performance of both units being comparable. RG -- RGibran RGibran's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10220 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] sample rate issues
Mnyb;580742 Wrote: But thats not the issue as CD is 16/44.1 Unless, of course, someone has 'helped' and told flac to encode at some other bit rate... flac will happily convert 16/44.1 to 24/96... which will do two things: create larger files and corrupt fidelity (ie, it won't sound better, even though 96 is better than 44.1, the extra bits are made up from thin air), neither of which is considered beneficial. If your source is CD, the sample rate should always be 16/44.1. It is not disappointing, it is reality. If you want a higher sample rate, you'll need to source something other than CD's on any player. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82418 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
Greetings from a new Squeezebox touch owner. My question is about music file formats. I have been using mp3's and aac's for years. Just fine for portable units and car audio. I am planing to use my new Touch in an audiophile grade stereo system. I haven't started the task of copying my complete CD collection in full quality to a hard drive. I have started using a ripping program called EAC (exact audio copy). I can write the files as flac, or wav. with the price of storage nowadays, I'm leaning toward .wav files. Is there any advantages, or disadvantages to either? will the Touch or the SBS program recognize flac tags, and/or wav tags? (Is there such a thing as .wav tags?) Thanks, Mike Northern California -- Bigboris Bigboris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40822 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
Welcome to Squeezebox world! I'd vote for FLAC. It is still lossless and offers far better tag support. As your collection grows, that becomes a bigger and bigger issue. I've done back-to-back comparisons of WAV vs FLAC as well as CD to FLAC and I find no difference in sound quality. Of course, that's one of those subjects where there is no shortage of opinions. In that light, perhaps it is worth it for you to spend some time running a few experiments and then do what makes the most sense to you. -- mlsstl mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
FLAC ! Tagging is crucial to a good squeezebox experience and lossles is lossles . btw sbs transcodes wav to flac anyway to save bandwith on your local network. This can of course be disabled but a lot of work for nothing . And FLAC could be sent as wav to player to with some fiddling, but that is also unnecessary . Btw FLAC also supports embedded artwork. Level -5 is good enough compression. Also make a folder structure like artist/album/track put a folder.jpg or cover.jpg with the artwork in the folder. People hear way to much stuff comparing digital audio. FLAC is very well tried and tested. If you encode with -V (verify) parameter you test the file while you are encoding it. -- 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=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] sample rate issues
Hi Gents thanks for your feedback but the mystery continues. I do not seek a higher sample rate than what is native to the CD, the Flac encoder is the standard WINAMP version and as far as I can see you cannot vary the rate, even if there is some way of doing this I am not, therefore all my tracks should be the same rate, so In theory I should either be able to play none, or all .. -- Toad Toad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40807 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82418 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] sample rate issues
Depending on your version of winamp the standard WINAMP version may not be up to FLAC standards. See this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45998. Your specific symptoms are different, but given that Winamp has been known to use non-standard FLAC it's at least worth checking out. I suggest re-ripping with another program and see if the problem disappears. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82418 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Screen Responsiveness
Hi- I don't find it too responsive. Rather I find it too small for its intended use. On the more crowded screens (such as an album song list or playlist) it is easy to accidentally press the wrong line, as they are close together. Also the buttons like next and repeat on the Now Playing screen are too close together, and the wrong one is also often accidentally pressed. In addition, I think to really be useful from across a room (even about 3m), the screen needs to be significantly larger. All that said, since I sit close to the Touch at my listening position. I liked it enough that I sold my Duet controller, as it became clear to me that it had become just a paper weight. -- firedog Tranquil PC fanless WHS server running SqueezeServer; SB Touch slaved to Empirical Audio Pace Car; KRK Ergo, MF V DAC3, MF X-150 amp, Devore Gibbon Super 8 Speakers; Mirage MS-12 sub; Dual 506 + Ortofon 20 (occasional use); sometimes use PC with M-Audio 192 as digital source. SB Boom in second room. Arcam CD82 which I don't use anymore, even though it's a very good player. firedog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82411 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
F l a c -- 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), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Stop update notifications om 7.6
I`m currently running 7.6 version of the tinyserver on my touch. It runs fine, and artwork handling is much better than 7.5. However, the daily update notifications is a bit irritating and sometimes a new update crashes the whole thing and I have to reinstall all. Is there a way to stop these notifications? -- Adoto Adoto's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37794 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82450 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
Thanks, All Flac it is. At the risk of sounding inexperienced at this, (well actually I am) how do I find and embed album art into a flac file? Is this a subject for another thread? Thanks -- Bigboris Bigboris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40822 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
I am new at this as well. What I have found works for me is to keep the artwork as an individual file in the album folder. It is critical that it be tagged identical to the FLAC file in order for it to appear when looking for a particular album. -- dasmueller dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
Bigboris;580970 Wrote: Thanks, All Flac it is. At the risk of sounding inexperienced at this, (well actually I am) how do I find and embed album art into a flac file? Is this a subject for another thread? Thanks mp3tag is useful for embedding art in a file (flac, mp3, etc.). It's very useful tag manager/editor for other reasons too. -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
Bigboris;580970 Wrote: Thanks, All Flac it is. At the risk of sounding inexperienced at this, (well actually I am) how do I find and embed album art into a flac file? Is this a subject for another thread? Thanks You can generally FIND album art on amazon.com. You CAN embed it within FLAC files using MP3Tag... or you can just save it as cover.jpg in the music tracks folder if you are doing whole albums. -- 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), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
Thanks, Again I will give it a try. You are all a wealth of information -- Bigboris Bigboris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40822 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
Bigboris;580999 Wrote: Thanks, Again I will give it a try. You are all a wealth of information when you are in mp3tag, right click on all the tracks of an album, then select tag sources in the menu bar, then cover art, then amazon.com, and the program will find matches for the album art automatically. -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] sample rate issues
WinAmp is a great program for many things, but ripping is not one of it's strong points. If you want to get serious about your lossless music then you need a serious ripper with great error correction and standardized formats. Two examples of well known and well thought of ripping programs: EAC - great, free, not very intutive. dbPowerAmp - great, very intuitive, but not free. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82418 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
My 2 cents worth. I got the Touch in July. I am still in the process of ripping all my 850 CDs to FLAC. I am up to 350 CDS and still counting. My FLACS are in a QNAP NAS streaming to my HiFi. I have the Touch connected via L/R RCA Analogue to my pre-amp. Sounds fantastic. I use dbPoweramp to rip the CDs to FLAC at default settings which I think is -5 compression. I can find the album art via google images. Keep them no more then 500x500 but I use 300x300. Rgds -- souwalker souwalker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37673 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
souwalker;581047 Wrote: My 2 cents worth. I got the Touch in July. I am still in the process of ripping all my 850 CDs to FLAC. I am up to 350 CDS and still counting. My FLACS are in a QNAP NAS streaming to my HiFi. I have the Touch connected via L/R RCA Analogue to my pre-amp. Sounds fantastic. I use dbPoweramp to rip the CDs to FLAC at default settings which I think is -5 compression. I can find the album art via google images. Keep them no more then 500x500 but I use 300x300. Rgds Whenever I rip a CD I always do a fresh scan of the cover art. I like to have fairly large (around 940X940 but always less than 1MB file size) cover art since I use Moose (http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/) running on my desktop and laptop computers as a front end since Moose offers super quick access to my music library. With Moose you can display the cover art quite large (about a 1/2 of the screen) so large looks great. The larger cover art also looks quite nice on the Touch as well. BTW, I also use dbpoweramp for all my CD ripping and other codec related tasks, such as converting from one format to another. And I use mp3tag as well. However you can set all the various tagging and file naming options from within dbpoweramp so that all you have to do, aside from the occasional tidying up, is add cover art and you ready to go. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Snatch - The Transporter - Transporter 2 (oops) - Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stop update notifications om 7.6
-- turkeypie turkeypie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38334 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82450 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stop update notifications om 7.6
-1 Sorry but 7.6 is a beta intended for testing. It needs to do that to make people provide feedback. If you don't want to test, run a stable version of the server. Providing the test platform is THE SOLE REASON why 7.6 is publicly available. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82450 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Review in upcoming Stereophile issue
The comparisons with the Oppo BDP-83 suggested a little experiment. First, I listened to two recordings, one a physical 24/96 DVD-Audio issued by HDTapeTransfers and one a 24/192 download burned to DVD-Audio, using the Oppo as a transport with its digital output connected to the DAC in my Cambridge Azur CD player. Then I listened to the straight downloads of the same recordings, this time using the SBTouch as a transport feeding the Cambridge Azur DAC through its digital output. I also altered the order of these comparisons. To my ears, the sound quality was noticeably better with the Touch, more lifelike, with more air, more musical. If the Oppo is in Stereophile Class B (albeit presumably on the basis of analog outputs that were deemed to be mediocre enough to justify an improved SE version), where might this little experiment suggest the Touch should be classified? Guido F. -- guidof *Front End*: Marantz TT 15S1 Turntable, Virtuoso Wood Cartridge; Cambridge Azur 840C CD Player; Oppo BDP--83 Universal Player; Squeezebox Touch Music File Player (digital out to Cambridge Azur 840C DAC) *Preamps*: Conrad Johnson Motif (Phono); Adcom GFP-750 (Line) *Amps*: Music Reference RM-200 Mk II (Main); Little Tube Mk III (Phones) *Subwoofer Equalizer*: DSpeaker Antimode 8033 *Speakers*: Martin Logan SL3s; REL T1 Subwoofer *Headphones*: AKG K701 guidof's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40448 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Stutter at startup on 24/96 FLAC
Hi. New guy here with a small issue with my Touch. I searched a bit, and I see some discussions on this, but no resolution other than maybe it should be gone in 7.5.1 (it isn't). When I first start playing a song in an album that is in flac format at 24/96 (level 5 encoding), the song starts playing for a couple of seconds, then stops, displays re-buffering and then starts back up after a couple of seconds. After that, the rest of the album plays fine. This only happens with 24/96 flac, not 16/44 flac. It doesn't always happen. Maybe 50% of the time. I can't seem to pin down why it happens some times but not others. I think I am doing everything the same. My system: Touch running 7.5.1 r9009 Squeezebox server running Version: 7.5.1 - r30836 The server is installed on a QNAP NAS (TS-110)using SSOTS release 4.8 . The Touch uses a wireless (Wi-Fi) link to my router. The NAS is wired (ethernet) to the router. I tried changing the settings on the Advanced - File types page from the default: File format FLAC Stream Format Decoder FLAC Native MP3 flac/lame PCM flac To Stream Format Decoder FLAC Disabled MP3 flac/lame PCM flac and to Stream Format Decoder FLAC Native MP3 flac/lame PCM Disabled but neither setting helped. If anything, it was worse with FLAC Disabled. Is there anything else I should try? Thanks, Terry -- TerryS TerryS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40835 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82459 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music File Formats (from a new user)
ralphpnj;581053 Wrote: Whenever I rip a CD I always do a fresh scan of the cover art. I like to have fairly large (around 940X940 but always less than 1MB file size) cover art since I use Moose (http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/) running on my desktop and laptop computers as a front end since Moose offers super quick access to my music library. With Moose you can display the cover art quite large (about a 1/2 of the screen) so large looks great. The larger cover art also looks quite nice on the Touch as well. I understand from this forum that we should keep album art max 500x500pix for the SB Touch. Never tried any larger so unsure how the Touch will display. If I can't find the CD cover online, I scan myself. -- souwalker souwalker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37673 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82444 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] A couple of problems
Phileas;537094 Wrote: There seems to be something amiss with the Touch Now Playing screen. I'm playing music using the Custom Browse plugin. If I change to a different album, the Now Playing screen and playlist don't seem to update to the new album. I see the same issue, but it looks to me as Custom Browse's limitation. Same behavior on old Id3k devices (SB3/Transporter). -- unclemat unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77559 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stutter at startup on 24/96 FLAC
Try this 1, wire the touch to the router (for test only, listen trough headphones for example, if you dont happpen to have a long cat5 cable around). 2, Try with the server installed on a computer. 3, Wired touch and server running on a computer. You should not disable flac with such tiny cpu 800mHz marvel and 256Mb of ram ? The music then has to be transcoded to PCM/WAV and that uses up a lot of cpu -- 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=82459 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
