Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] US Touch single or dual voltage?
The power plates are the same as BlackBerry ones, or Phihong RP series if that helps. -- paulster paulster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23073 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85689 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Another tidbit if the music reside on an external drive don't remove it while squeezeboxserver is running it will get cranky and loose the database it just scanned for you. If sbs is starting when you booting your PC the external drive should be conected then to -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch cannot connect due to invalid mysqueezebox user name/password?!?
FIRST, the SB Touch kept starting to play, then powering off. NEXT, it kept trying to connect to mysqueezebox.com, but could not. NOW, it tells me it cannot connect because my mysqueezebox.com user name and password are not correct!!! SB Server is up and running on my PC. So what's going on?? How do I fix it??? -- Ocean56 Ocean56's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85701 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything
souwalker;611430 Wrote: > I can use dba to change the ID tags. > > So, if I go through all my compilations with 2 disk sets, I should > change those CDs by removing CD 1 and CD 2. By doing this how would > those CDs be displayed in SBS? What do you mean by 'will never look the > same'? Simply that albums with different names will always be treated like separate albums. Doesn't matter that you know they're discs from the same set. To Squeezebox Server Best of 70's CD 1 and Best of 70's CD 2 are as different as Best of 70's CD 1 and Abbey Road > Will the 2 CDs, after I remove CD 1 & CD 2, will simply put all files > into the one album name folder? What I do with multi-disc sets is place the two CDs into subfolders under a folder with the album name: /Various Artists ../Best of 70's ../../Disc 1 ../../Disc 2 -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85685 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything
JJZolx;611420 Wrote: > > But the very first requirement for a multi-disc album to appear as one > album is that the ALBUM name for each track must be identical. So > something where you have '... CD 1' and '... CD 2' as the album name > will never look like the same album to Squeezebox Server. Start by > fixing that, do a full clear & rescan and see where you are. I can use dba to change the ID tags. So, if I go through all my compilations with 2 disk sets, I should change those CDs by removing CD 1 and CD 2. By doing this how would those CDs be displayed in SBS? What do you mean by 'will never look the same'? Will the 2 CDs, after I remove CD 1 & CD 2, will simply put all files into the one album name folder? Rgds -- souwalker souwalker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37673 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85685 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
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
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything
I'm not familiar with dbpa, or what software you're using to make tagging changes after you've ripped an album. But the very first requirement for a multi-disc album to appear as one album is that the ALBUM name for each track must be identical. So something where you have '... CD 1' and '... CD 2' as the album name will never look like the same album to Squeezebox Server. Start by fixing that, do a full clear & rescan and see where you are. -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85685 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
DaveKen;611408 Wrote: > > Yes I am running SQBX Server on my PC, that's where I get the "Scan > stopped prematurely" error message. > > 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. > Any pointers, advice or guidance would be much appreciated. > Dave. Wow!! Just because there are all kinds of connections doesn't mean you have to plug them all in!! :) First If you're running the Server on the Computer, which you said you are, then you DON'T want to also connect the Xternal Hard Drive to the Touch at the same time! That's probably gonna cause some kind of conflict! Just do One or The Other, not both. Then unless you are listening to the Touch thru the computer speakers there is absolutely no need to have it hooked up with the optical or coax. That just seems to complicate things a bit. Generally you would use one or the other to plug into a DAC which is then plugged into the stereo. I know everyone use things a little differently, and whatever works for you is fine as far as hooking the audio outs, but usually the simplest works the best. There are others that are better with the whole anti-virus stopping the scan error, but you need to make sure that ALL Squeezebox entries has permissions set to on with the Norton. Hopefully someone with a little more programming chops can explain that to you a little better. But having both the computer hooked up to a firewire jack on the hard drive and the Touch hooked up to the usb jack on the SAME hard drive is just asking for troubles! So that's the first thing I'd do. Choose one, with the hard drive hooked to computer alone as the best option. Hope that I have helped at least a little. -- rayman1701 rayman1701's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41326 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything
JJZolx;611214 Wrote: > > To summarize: Add a COMPILATION=1 tag to all compilation albums and do > not include an ALBUMARTIST tag. Where do I do this and how will this affect my already ripped FLAC files in the Various Artists folder? I would still like all compilations in the own album name in the Various Artists folder. Rgds -- souwalker souwalker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37673 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85685 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything
JJZolx;611214 Wrote: > One thing to know: To get multi-disc compilation albums to group > together (assuming you're using the Group Discs setting of 'Group > multi-disc sets as a single album') you _must_ add a COMPILATION=1 tag. > It's a bug in the server, although it may not be related to your > problem. For simplicity I just add a COMPILATION=1 tag to all > compilations, regardless of the number of discs. > > I'm betting the albums are there, you just can't find them. Try doing > searches for the album titles. > > Are you setting ALBUMARTIST to 'Various Artists'? If so, and there's > no COMPILATION=1 field, the album will be classified as a > non-compilation and will be found under an artist called 'Various > Artists', sorted under 'V'. This isn't quite the same as the 'Various > Artists' pseudo-artist that you find at the beginning of your artist > list. Generally speaking, you shouldn't set an ALBUMARTIST on > compilation albums. > > To summarize: Add a COMPILATION=1 tag to all compilation albums and do > not include an ALBUMARTIST tag. Thanks. You lost me there. I am still new to all of this and I am struggling to understand the tags. I rip using dbpowerAmp and with compilations (2 Disc sets), I type in the 'Artist' field the text 'Various Artists'. In the 'Album' field, I type in the album name, for example 'Best of 70's CD 1' for the first disc, and then when I rip the second CD, in the Album field, I type in 'Best of 70's CD 2'. In the Artist field on the right side, I type in Various Artists as well. By doing this, all of my compilations will be auto saved in a Various Artists folder in my NAS, so in my Various Artists folder, all my compilation CDs are in there. Funny this only happens to 2 of my compilations. I've got a few more, some with 3 CD sets and I have no issues. I do not touch any of the tags details in SB Server software. Rgds Pat -- souwalker souwalker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37673 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85685 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;611374 Wrote: > are you running SqueezeBoxServer on your computer? I thought you were > connecting the USB drive to the touch and using the "tiny SBS" within > the touch. but it sounds like you are running SbS on your PC. That's > fine, but if so, you'd be connecting the USB drive to your PC right??? > If the error is on SbS on your PC, it sounds like the typical error one > gets when there is some sort of virus scanner problem. What virus > program are you running? 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. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Haven't had this much fun since . . .
magiccarpetride;611290 Wrote: > I disagree. Amazon is a big business, and they can't afford to be lax > with losing client's data. Read their S3 service level agreement -- it > is rock solid. Am I reading this properly. 1TB of data would cost me $140 per month? http://aws.amazon.com/s3/#pricing -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85651 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
DaveKen;611371 Wrote: > Thanks Gary, that's helped a bit (but I also had to shutdown and restart > the PC to get it to action). I've now got the Touch and the USB drive > talking to each other (and FWIW the ethernet and wireless network > seemed to connect much easier) but on both attempts to rescan the > library I get an error message "Scan terminated prematurely(or similar) > - merge various artists" . So it gives me no track or album numbers - > any ideas how to overcoime that one? > I love the Touch, the SQ and diversity it provides but, for me at > least, it seems a little flakey and unstable sometimes. > Thanks again, > Dave. are you running SqueezeBoxServer on your computer? I thought you were connecting the USB drive to the touch and using the "tiny SBS" within the touch. but it sounds like you are running SbS on your PC. That's fine, but if so, you'd be connecting the USB drive to your PC right??? If the error is on SbS on your PC, it sounds like the typical error one gets when there is some sort of virus scanner problem. What virus program are you running? -- 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 Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
garym;611347 Wrote: > I'd start with doing a factory reset on the TOUCH. (there's a button > just above the power cord on the back). And then once I connected the > USB drive again, I'd let it fully scan the library before I tried to > browse, play, etc. Thanks Gary, that's helped a bit (but I also had to shutdown and restart the PC to get it to action). I've now got the Touch and the USB drive talking to each other (and FWIW the ethernet and wireless network seemed to connect much easier) but on both attempts to rescan the library I get an error message "Scan terminated prematurely(or similar) - merge various artists" . So it gives me no track or album numbers - any ideas how to overcoime that one? I love the Touch, the SQ and diversity it provides but, for me at least, it seems a little flakey and unstable sometimes. Thanks again, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts
tmauceri;611360 Wrote: > The Unknown Hinton cd was back on my VBA after I deleated it on Saturday > night. I don't know if I'm picking this up using freeDB on mp3tag or if > it's from where ever the VBA pulls CD data. is there any sort of recycle bin on a VBA? Not sure, but I recall that in a windows machine stuff in your Recycle Bin could get pulled in on a clear and rescan depending on the how the music directory is defined. p.s. still a very odd issue!! I use mp3tag and have never had this issue. -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83244 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts
The Unknown Hinton cd was back on my VBA after I deleated it on Saturday night. I don't know if I'm picking this up using freeDB on mp3tag or if it's from where ever the VBA pulls CD data. -- tmauceri tmauceri's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41450 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83244 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts
aubuti;611234 Wrote: > EAC might do it. EAC is primarily a ripping tool, ripping CDs to wav, > and then using flac.exe to transcode wav to flac. I'm not sure how you > would set up EAC to start from wav files, but since you have to use the > exact same flac.exe package to do the transcoding I personally don't > really see the benefit of bringing EAC into the equation. Downloaded flac frontend, works great. Ripped a disk in wave and converted to flac without any problems. -- tmauceri tmauceri's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41450 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83244 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
I'd start with doing a factory reset on the TOUCH. (there's a button just above the power cord on the back). And then once I connected the USB drive again, I'd let it fully scan the library before I tried to browse, play, etc. -- 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 Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
I've had more than a little trouble setting up my Touch and getting it to recognise the fact that there is a 1TB USB drive attached. When I first got it it seemed to do this OK but for various reasons I had to keep shutting the Touch and the USB drive down and I admit that, after a while, I began to ignore the screen message about ejecting the USB drive before disconnecting it. I suspect that I may now be paying the price for this idleness. Although all other programmes on my PC auot recognise the USB drive when connected or powered up my Touch now refuses to see it and tells me that there is no USB device attached. Is there anyway to restore the Touch's ability to recognise and co-operate with the USB drive? FWIW all resets have no impact on this problem. Any response would be appreciated. TIA, Dave. -- DaveKen DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] US Touch single or dual voltage?
Thanks aubuti - Chile has its own plugs, 3 in-line round pins, but adaptors are easy to find. I'll cancel my UK order and try Amazon -- gjglenn gjglenn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42562 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85689 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Haven't had this much fun since . . .
jean2;611283 Wrote: > I never lost data on my set of HDD, but I'm careful (RAID + rsync). On > the other hand, "the cloud" (a very popular photo sharing site) has > already lost some of my data, and calling them was totally useless (we > will check the backup), fortunately it was still on my HDD. > > There are also stories of people loosing e-mail. I believe those > incidents are under-reported, because most people don't even have the > tools to realise data loss unless it's totally catastrophic. If one of > your unpopular album would be missing from your collection, I bet most > people would not notice or would assume it was never there. > > If you check, you will realise that "the cloud" makes absolutely no > promises about the safety and reliability of the storage of your data. > It's all about convenience. > > Jean I disagree. Amazon is a big business, and they can't afford to be lax with losing client's data. Read their S3 service level agreement -- it is rock solid. -- magiccarpetride magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85651 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch with USB drive : mastering TinySB
pwengland;610925 Wrote: > I am the owner of 2 older Squeezebox's and am thinking of buying 1 new > SB touch very much for the same reasons as Jean, I.e. Not wanting to > leave PCs or NAS running in the house. > I now have two SB, the Touch with HDD and the Radio. When only the Radio is playing, it's great. If both are playing, you feel things becoming more slugish. And I've never managed to make them sync without drop-out. The hard drive is not very fast, and having to feed multiple SB force it to seek in various places constantly, which reduce performance. Don't expect miracles with multiple SB streaming from the Touch. pwengland;610925 Wrote: > The only thing I was wondering is whether a powered USB enclosure maybe > a better call in the long term. > > I appreciate it means one more adaptor in the wall, and maybe a touch > more power use, but I have been through 2 standard power adaptors on my > old SB's and just wonder whether SB Touch adaptor and circuitry is up to > powering a USB drive in the longer term. > > Any views ? My setup has gone over 10 months without any issues. I personally would think that the most damaging to the power supply would be surge and spikes on the mains, rather than the relatively minor load of the drive. The problem you had with your power adaptors was clearly not related to any HDD. A separate enclosure would enable you to put a higher performance drive (7200 rpm), but I'm not sure if that would make a difference. Jean -- jean2 jean2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33946 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82070 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Haven't had this much fun since . . .
magiccarpetride;611108 Wrote: > If the latter, the question becomes: am I going to keep that digitized > music on my crash-prone HD, or in the cloud? I never lost data on my set of HDD, but I'm careful (RAID + rsync). On the other hand, "the cloud" (a very popular photo sharing site) has already lost some of my data, and calling them was totally useless (we will check the backup), fortunately it was still on my HDD. There are also stories of people loosing e-mail. I believe those incidents are under-reported, because most people don't even have the tools to realise data loss unless it's totally catastrophic. If one of your unpopular album would be missing from your collection, I bet most people would blame themselves. If you check, you will realise that the "cloud" makes absolutely no promises about the safety and reliability of the storage of your data. It's all about convenience. Jean -- jean2 jean2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33946 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85651 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Haven't had this much fun since . . .
guidof;611278 Wrote: > Hi Rick: > > Thanks for the additional information. > > The evidence seems to be that this is just, as you put it, a "cosmetic" > issue. > > On 24/96 material, the Touch's digital output sounds better than > anything I heard on my system. Even on 16/44.1, it tends to improve > over the sound of CDs played on the CA 840C. > > Guido F.I was amazed how things sounded the other night, I agree, best I have heard. I was going to do a comparison with the CD, but then said the heck with it and continued to enjoy ... -- Rick58 Bits: Azur 840C, Oppo 980H, SB Touch; Squiggles: Thorens TD-145 + Denon DL160; Pre-Heater: McIntosh C220; Heaters: Bottlehead Paramount 300B; Wavemakers: Triangle Titus, NHT SubOne Rick58's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42940 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85651 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Haven't had this much fun since . . .
Rick58;611192 Wrote:
> Guido, thanks for the reply. Good to know things are 'as they should (or
> in this case not) be'. The Oppo will put out various bit depth/sample
> rates depending on the disc. Some have copy protection (I think most
> commercial DVDs and DVD-As) where it is limited. The one case where I
> saw 24/96 was with one I got from a friend of his own recordings,
> burned to disc himself. These were DVD-V files, I think ... (??? all
> this is confusing to me).
>
> I have seen everything from ("<=" sometimes) 20/96, 24/48, 16/96, and
> even 16/192 out of the Oppo on various discs.
>
> Anyway, http://support.cambridgeaudio.com/faqs_view.php?FAQID=163
> discusses the 840C (which supposedly only displays what the device
> 'reports') and
> http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16641 is about the Touch
> 'bug'.
>
> Doesn't sound like Logitech is going to put any effort into fixing it,
> since it's "only cosmetic". Oh well.
>
> I think we can be assured that the Touch is actually putting out 24/96
> (or whatever is being streamed, if less). Stereophile and Computer
> Audiophile have both published measurements verifying the 24 bit output
> on the SPDIF optical/RCA connections.
>
> Check out
> http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Logitech-Squeezebox-Touch-Review
> (scroll down into the comments section for someone posting
> measurements).
Hi Rick:
Thanks for the additional information.
The evidence seems to be that this is just, as you put it, a "cosmetic"
issue.
On 24/96 material, the Touch's digital output sounds better than
anything I heard on my system. Even on 16/44.1, it tends to improve
over the sound of CDs played on the CA 840C.
Guido F.
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guidof
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Squeezebox Touch Music File Player (digital out to Cambridge Azur 840C
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*Preamps*: Conrad Johnson Motif (Phono); Adcom GFP-750 (Line)
*Amps*: Music Reference RM-200 Mk II (Main); Little Tube Mk III
(Phones)
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Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] dbPowerAmp/Classical Music & SB Touch
You might also want to check out a program called Muso (available here http://klarita.net/muso.html) which is essentially a replacement for the Web Interface. This has a special mode for dealing with Classical music and allows for exploring your library by tags such as Composer, Performer, etc. -- slackhead slackhead's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85659 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch
indypants;611213 Wrote: > This is exactly what I get each and every time I use the new asound.conf > file. I get about 30 seconds where SSH is still working, and I have to > get in quick and restore the original file to get it to boot properly. Same for me, have to be quick to restore asound.conf :) -- cocamegadose cocamegadose's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40903 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82110 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch with USB drive : mastering TinySB
FYI: Be sure to read the post on how to organize your music folders and album art so as to not overload TinySB. BTW - welcome to the squeezebox family. -- carib carib's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34240 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82070 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] US Touch single or dual voltage?
The Touch's power supply is universal voltage, 110-240 volts. What does differ is the interchangeable "plug plates" that they ship. For shipments in the US they include the US-style plug with two flat prongs. If Chile has different outlets you will need a simple plug adapter, but the voltage will be fine. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85689 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] US Touch single or dual voltage?
Does anyone know if the Touch version sold by Amazon.com is 120V and 240V? I have had a Touch on order from the UK for 2 months but AdvanceMP3 still haven't shipped. As I live in Chile (nominally 240V)finding anyone prepared to ship internationally is a problem. I see Amazon.com have them in stock but don't want to end up with a 120V version. Many thanks in advance Graham -- gjglenn gjglenn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42562 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85689 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very confused about mysqueezebox.com/libraries
I've discovered the problem with missing libraries and it seems IMO to be a bug, or at least a significant feature deficiency! If you are connected to mysqueezebox and go to my music it will tell you that you have to change servers and that will stop the current music playing, but it only offers you one library to choose from - the library you were last connected to. It does not offer you the full list of available servers and there is no way from that screen to access the "Switch Library" option. However, if you add "Switch library" to your home screen that will show you ALL available libraries. So really I'd say the screen displayed when attempting to access My Music after connecting to mysqueezebox should rediscover all libraries and not offer you only the one last connected to. Or, at least, there should be another option to "Choose a different library". Also, I feel that switch to mysqueezebox should be on the switch library screen and not buried in "settings/advanced/network". If you do not add it to the home screen it is a pain to get to. If you do, you need to add two items to your home screen - "Switch Library" (because of the first issue) and "Switch to mysqueezebox.com". Although I realise that, strictly, mysqueezebox may not be a library I do think the "Switch Library" area is the logical place to go for it. -- Davidg1 Davidg1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35004 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85687 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very confused about mysqueezebox.com/libraries
Thanks for trying to help. First, all does work sometimes. I think if I reboot the SBs they will correctly discover all the libraries. The problem seems to be if a PC is turned off and turned on again the SB will remember it, if it was the one it was previously connected to, but will not rediscover others, if that makes sense. - All devices are on the same subnet - One PC is wired into by router - The 2 SBs are wirelessly connected to the same router - One PC is wired to an "Ethernet Converter" - a 4 port wired hub that brides wirelessly to the main router. This PC has an IP on the same subnet as all the others. - All Ports appear to report as "OK" -- Davidg1 Davidg1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35004 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85687 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] dbPowerAmp/Classical Music & SB Touch
souwalker;611146 Wrote: > I use dbpoweramp to rip my CDs. There is an Artist field then an album > field righ underneath. There is also another Artist field on the far > right on the top. What do I do using dbpoweramp? The Artist field above the Album title is for the track artist. The field to the far right is labeled "Album Artist" and is used for the Album Artist. What you do with those fields depends a lot on how you want your classical tracks to look in SBS -- there is no categorical right or wrong answer. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85659 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts
EAC might do it. EAC is primarily a ripping tool, ripping CDs to wav, and then using flac.exe to transcode wav to flac. I'm not sure how you would set up EAC to start from wav files, but since you have to use the exact same flac.exe package to do the transcoding I personally don't really see the benefit of bringing EAC into the equation. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83244 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very confused about mysqueezebox.com/libraries
Hmm is port 3483 tcp and udp open in both machines that have a server installed ? it's the "server discovery" function that needs that port. Also I think thing should be on the same network and subnet for server discovery to work properly ? Can you describe your network in greater detail it might be easier to understand your problem then . 2 pc and 2 squeezeboxes are they wired or wireless? what routers and switches are involved ? You can see thier ip addresses and info about open ports somewhere in the advanced settings of the touch or radio, sorry cant be specific right now I'm at work. -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85687 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Very confused about mysqueezebox.com/libraries
A while a go we had only a Squeezebox Radio and one Squeezebox server running on a PC. We also use napster. All seemed to work well in the main - if the PC was turned on then "My Music" would play the music on the PC and whether the PC was turned on or not Napster would play. It seemed to automatically fall back to mysqueezebox.com when the local Squeezebox server that it had previously been connected to was unavailable. Just got a Squeezebox Touch and also installed another Squeezebox server on another PC, we have also been playing with sync'ing devices and I seem to have all sorts of problems (regardless of whether they are sync'd or not): - The Touch does not seem to fall back to mysqueezebox.com if the PC it was previously connected to is unavailable so we have to keep manually switching to it (adding it to the main menu) in order to use Napster. Is this right? - The Squeezeboxes seem to not be discovering the network correctly. Sometimes the library listed under switch libraries is one that is not turned on (probably the one previously used) but the PC that is turned on is not shown and we need to manually connect to it using "Remote libraries" Is this just the way it is, or are we not doing something right here?! The way the Radio used to work seemed mostly to work very well - easy to switch to local library, via My Music, but Napster would always play automatically, via mysqueezebox.com if necessary. Now it all seems hard and difficult, especially for the non-techy parts of the family! Putting in IP addresses to find libraries is a nightmare, not least because currently one of those PCs has a dynamic IP that changes frequently! Any thoughts why this is happening and hopefully tips on what we are doing wrong is much appreciated. -- Davidg1 Davidg1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35004 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85687 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch often goes silent when sync'd
Yes, as a long term Radio user who has just bought a Touch I have had a lot of trouble with just this problem. Hopefully it will get fixed. -- Davidg1 Davidg1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35004 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83327 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything
One thing to know: To get multi-disc compilation albums to group together (assuming you're using the Group Discs setting of 'Group multi-disc sets as a single album') you _must_ add a COMPILATION=1 tag. It's a bug in the server, although it may not be related to your problem. For simplicity I just add a COMPILATION=1 tag to all compilations, regardless of the number of discs. I'm betting the albums are there, but you just can't find them. Try doing searches for the album titles. Are you setting ALBUMARTIST to 'Various Artists'? If so, and there's no COMPILATION=1 field, the album will be classified as a non-compilation and will be found under an artist called 'Various Artists', sorted under 'V'. This isn't quite the same as the 'Various Artists' pseudo-artist that you find at the beginning of your artist list. Generally speaking, you shouldn't set an ALBUMARTIST on compilation albums. To summarize: Add a COMPILATION=1 tag to all compilation albums and do not include an ALBUMARTIST tag. -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85685 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch
SHR;611149 Wrote: > At one point it even "looped", booted then re-booted and kept on going > until I cut the power. This is exactly what I get whan I use the new asound.conf file. I get about 30 seconds where SSH is still working, and I have to get in quick and restore the original file to get it to boot properly. -- indypants indypants's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11608 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82110 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
