Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC and 1TB
My FLAC collection consists of: 9817 tracks 777 albums 1064 artists 30 genres total playing time of 18,075 hours This music currently uses only 214 GB on my hard drive. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81590 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Genre then album
I forgot about that at the bottom of the list. Thanks! -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88804 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Genre then album
Can I set the Touch to display albums after I select a Genre. It currently goes to artists after I select a genre. Thanks -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88804 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Random (shuffle) Genre play
Great help... thanks guys! -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88344 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Random (shuffle) Genre play
I had not yet discovered "random mix" on the Touch. Thanks for the suggestion. That's pretty easy to select a single genre (or more) and then back up one screen and press "song mix" to start playing. But what are the other 4 choices on that page? For instance, does "album mix" play all tracks of one album and then randomly select another album from the selected genre list? Same for random artist and year? Is "random mix" easier on system resources or give better performance that using "shuffle" on a genre with a thousand or more tracks? Thanks again... -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88344 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Random (shuffle) Genre play
I found in Settings... Advanced... Performance... where you can set this playlist size limit. I stream my music from my PC to my Touch and have 16 GB of memory in my PC. So if I increase the playlist size to 1,000 or 2,000, or even "no limit" will my 16GB of PC memory be enough to prevent any problems? Thanks -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88344 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Random (shuffle) Genre play
When I want to randomly play tracks from a Genre, I get a message that the playlist is maxed out at 500. The next time I do that in the same genre, will the Squeezebox randomly give me a different list of 500 tracks than it did the first time? -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88344 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Custom Browse plugin
I installed the Custom Browse plugin so that I could browse my classical music by composer. Custom Browse is now on my main menu. However, when I click on custom browse, I do not see composer listed as a choice. Is there something else I need to do? -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86978 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Replacment OEM power supply
southern Louisiana -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86403 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Replacment OEM power supply
Where can I order an OEM power supply for the SB Touch? I need an additional one. Thanks -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86403 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No track name, no album art
I posted these problems a few months ago. I have this problem with mine and believe it is related to my backup software. When that backup software (CrashPlan) scans my PC to see if something needs backing up, my Touch keeps playing but looses the display data. I ussually get it corre ted by stopping the Touch, then stopping and restarting the server software on my PC. Like you, cometimes I have to restart the Touch by hitting the reset button or just unplugging it. Also, to prevent this from happening, I sometimes will pause (or put to sleep) my backup software for a while before listening to my Touch. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85818 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch Screen Display - larger fonts?
I have resolved this issue by using a 15 foot pair of RCA interconnect cables between the Touch and my Preamp. This allows me to use the Touch (as a touch screen device) at my listening position. I can also use my Blackberry to access the Squeezebox server wirelessly, but I prefer using the Touch directly. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81777 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Poll - Do you actually use the touch screen?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85129 Question: How Much do you use the touch screen? - Never - IR, Android/I-device or Web Gui. - I only use Touch Screen - Occasionally. - Half the time I use the touch screen. - More touch screen than anything else? I use my Touch as an "in house" portable music device. I stream music to it from my desktop PC via the Squeezebox server application. I may have the Touch setting right beside that desktop PC using some Grado headphones, or on the front/back porch. When I want to listen to my music in my "2 channel" sound room, I keep a pair of 15 foot interconnect cables connected to a pre-amp input. I just use those cables and keep the Touch beside me at my listening position. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85129 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Blackberry and Touch
I have my Blackberry 9800 working with my Touch. Now I can use my blackberry to control my touch over my home network. I just use the Blackberry web browser and web site http://[myserverip]:9000/handheld The text is a little small but I can zoom in on my blackberry so it's pretty good. Questions... 1) Where exactly is this web page? 2) Is it part of the Squeezebox Server application loaded on my desktop PC? 3) I can change the "interface" setting, (using the Blackberry or desktop PC) but when I do, the new interface is displayed on my desktop PC, but I always get the same "interface" (or skin) on my Blackberry. Is that because of the "/handheld" part of the above web URL? 4) If I remove the "/handheld" will I then get the different "interfaces" (skins) on my blackberry? 5) When using the Blackberry and playing intenet radio, the screen refreshes every few seconds. This does not happen when palying my music. What could be causing this constant refreshing? Thanks... -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84725 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Help with 'now playing' screen locking up please!
I have a similar problem with my Touch. My "now playing" screen not only locks up, but it stops displaying the song info, but the music keeps playing. It only happens periodically. I can sometimes fix it by hitting the reset button on the back. But sometimes, I have to stop/start the Squeezebox server on my PC to get the Touch working correctly again. I think I have narrowed my problem down to my backup software. It seems to happen when that software scans my hard drive for changes. If I disable my backup software (CrashPlan) while listening to the Touch, I do not have that problem. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84630 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] controlling a Touch with a wireless laptop...
I use my Touch to stream FLAC files from my PC to my stereo system, which is running the Squeezebox server application. The PC is in another room. Can I leave those FLAC files on the PC (in the another room) but use a laptop in my stereo room to control the stream to my Touch? If so, do I: 1) need to install the server software on the laptop? 2) or just use a certain web site? Any tips for this? -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84555 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie file questions...
Thanks for the correction. I did not know about the lack of a standard for tagging WAV or PCM files. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84308 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie file questions...
Since you are in the "Dark Ages"... 1) You do not have to convert (rip) your CDs to FLAC. We do that so the the music takes up less space on our hard drives. (about 40% less space) You could simply copy them in their native WAV file format and stream them to your Touch. They will simply take up more room on your hard drive. 2) FLAC is just one of several "lossless" compression formats. (codecs) Lossless means that no music is actually lost in the conversion. Others are Apple's ALAC, and Window's WMAL. 3)You could simply use iTunes and rip CDs to ALAC files for your Touch or use Windows Media Player and rip your CDs to WMAL files for your Touch. To use rip to FLAC, you need a different application (many free ones) like dbpoweramp to accomplish this. 4) There is no difference in sound quality between these lossless types. 5) FLAC is preferred by many because it is not proprietary. What if you end up with 3000 CDs converted to Apple's ALAC files and a few years from now, Apple decides that you have to pay them for that??? 6) As stated above, you could also just use Windows Media Player (or other software) and convert CDs to a "lossy" codec like MP3s. Lossy codecs take up even less space but actually loose some of the music data, so they may not sound as good. This lossy format has several different compression options like 64, 128, 256 or 320 kbs. If you Rip to the higher ones like 256 or 320, you may not notice a great deal of difference (or any) between those and a lossless codec like FLAC. This depends on your ears, the engineering of the music, and the resolving power of your stereo system. 7) You could do some experimenting... If you have a PC, simply use Windows Media Player and rip a couple of CDs to MP3s at 320kb/s and also to lossless WMAL. Then you can stream them to your Touch/stereo and see if you can tell a difference. Or if you have a MAC, just use iTunes and rip to MP3s and ALAC. Good luck... -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84308 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch... reboot loop!
I'm not sure what yo mean. I was using the Touch (wireless) trough the server software running on my desktop PC. Does that mean I was using My Squeezebox? -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83645 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch... reboot loop!
Last night while jumping around some internet radio stations... My Touch suddenly rebooted but would not come up. I would get the black screen with the Logitech Logo, then the blue screen with the "discover your music" then back to the logo screen, and so on... I pulled the power for a minute and when plugged back in, it did it again. So then I held in the reset button to get back to factory defauts. It then displayed a screen about rebooting and asking if I wanted to send error info to Logitech. I sleected yes and then all was well. SCARY! Anyone else ever get stuck in this reboot loop? -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83645 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] A touch remote?
I have a pair of 15 foot RCA interconnect cables using Mogami Quad Mic cable. When I want to use the Touch in my sound room, I just connect it (from my listening position) to my preamp with these cables. I have the Touch AC plugged into an outlet beside me, and the long interconnects running accross the floor to my preamp. This gives me all of the convenience of the touch screen and it sounds great! When done listening, I simply unplug the RCA interconnects from the Touch and leave the Touch on the table beside my listening position. The long interconnects are looped and hang on the side of my stereo cabinet when not in use. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83583 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] metadata editor recommendation
I am running Windows 7. Thanks to this info, I will be using iPhone's advice and the "edit ID Tag" function from within Windows Explorer. That's pretty slick and should meet my needs for now. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83175 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] metadata editor recommendation
I'm only 10 days into using my Touch. I have converted my small CD collection (arround 300) to FLAC using dbpoweramp's ripper. During the process (prior to each rip) I did some editing of the metadata that dbpoweramp found. However, I would like to do some post ripping tag editing. I see no way to do this with the dbpoweramp applications. (that I paid $38 for) What are some good FLAC tag editing programs for me to consider? Thanks... -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83175 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] new touch owner - one problem
I sure did't think of that. Every music player I've used started the shuffle on the chosen song. But that was it... As far as selecting a song but getting another. Now if my original problem does not come back, I'll be in great shape. That's where the "now playing" screen diplays no song info but keeps playing. Thanks... -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83069 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] new touch owner - one problem
I'm still not sure what is causing the problem. In addition to my original posted problem, sometimes it plays the wrong ttack from an album. I select one but it plays another. When any of these problems happen, stopping and restarting the Squeezebox server software on my PC gets the SQueeze box working correctly again. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83069 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] new touch owner - one problem
Windows 7 64bit PC with AMD dual core 2.4GHtz CPU, 4 GB ram and 750 GB HD. My "CrashPlan" backup software has been running constantly as I am ripping a lot of CDS and they are backing up to my son's PC on the other side of town. I wonder if the problem might be related to "playing" the Touch at the same time that my backup software is baking up the Squeezebox files. Thanks for the replies. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83069 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] new touch owner - one problem
I've had a Touch for a week, streaming FLAC files from my PC to my audio system. I have encountered one problem. four times now, the Touch continued playing but dropped all song data on the "now playing" screens. On any of the 5 "now playing" screens, it would not display the song title or album art. while playing, I could back up a see the tracks listed for that album, but when I return to the "now playing" screen there is no data. A re-boot is required to get that working again. Is this a common problem? Thanks -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83069 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Long Interconnect cables
Thanks for the input guys. I have a pair of 30 foot ICs made from Mogami quad microphone cable. I'm going to order a Touch and cut those cables down to about 15 feet and give them a try. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 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] Long Interconnect cables
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. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 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
[SlimDevices: Touch] Long Interconnect cables
Has anyone tried using the Touch (analog outs) at your listening position for convenience, but with it connected to your pre-amp using long interconnect cables? In my case, I would need approx 12 to 15 foot interconnect cables to accomplish this. -- Blazer Blazer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39545 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
