Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Toslink's optical vs rca digital cable
Have recent direct hopefully helpful experience with this, albeit I own a Transporter not a Touch. Had read that BNC was the best digital connection with the Transporter, so i decided to go with that. Also read that digital is digital, so go with a decent "non nonsense" cable - went with Bluejeans BNC cable. Then... A friend of mine brought over a Lifatec Silflex optical cable and it sounded BETTER than the Bluejeans BNC cable. *Conclusion: *Digital is NOT just 1's and 0's and all cables are not the same. Then... I bought a Black Cat Silverstar 75! cable as still had it in the back of my mind that Sean Adams had said BNC is best. *Result: *Subjectively, the Black Cat cable BLEW AWAY both the Bluejeans BNC and the Lifatec glass optical. Much better sounding, particularly in the top end where everything had rock solid focus and the sense of timing (read musicality...) was noticeably better. A far better sense of musicians playing off one another, instruments sounded more how they should, as well as much improved timbre and sense of the room acoustic. Seriously, its a much better cable and made my Transporter sound better than ever. In fact I didn't know it could do quite what it could...its awesome. Hopefully some helpful first hand experience. :) Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
guidof wrote: Yes, it can, provided you insert a high speed USB hub between SBT and VLink. Guido F. Thanks Guido. Will I be able toplay 24/96 via USB/EDO this way? I cannot connecting Vlink directly to the Touch. thanks. Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Fantastic work Triode. Good man! I have a Vlink usb/spdif adapter. i tried plugging Touch usb into that, then into my Dac via coax but the Touch said Cannot connect Dac or something... Can the Vlink be used in this way with EDO Touch usb mod? thanks. Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
I had thought maybe using SOX to automatically downsample 24/96 to 16/44 might do the trick, no no luck. I'm, guessing the EDO process happens and is output via USB to the DAc before SOX has a chance to downsample. Would this seem right? Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
My Dac only does 16/44 over USB. Was trying to get the Touch to downsample my hires stuff to 16/44 so the tracks can be played over usb/edo mod. Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
thanks for butting in lol :) Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get 24/96 files to play with EDO mod into dac....Unsupported Sample rate
thanks for the reply. I'm using the latest software (7.2.2 is it?) and I've set Flac to be decoded on the server rather than native on the Touch. I have another dac I can hook my Touch up to and try that to compare. I've asked too elsewhere if the Dac usb does do 24/96. thanks. Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96363 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
I could make downsampled copies of the files I suppose using Jriver or foobar or whatever, but kinda takes the fun out of it damn, I have a lot of hires stuff and it would sound great through usb. Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get 24/96 files to play with EDO mod into dac....Unsupported Sample rate
Found this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?95605-How-to-downsample-hi-res-digital-audiohighlight=custom-convert.config think its what I'm looking for. Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96363 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Soundcheck Mods 3.0 - Stand alone mode
Whats TT3 stand alone mode? sorry! -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91546 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Jerome linear power supply
looks good! -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90868 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
interesting... keep us posted. :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
I see its now available? http://www.mains-cables-r-us.co.uk/power-supplies/346-mains-cables-r-us-dc-power-supply.html For the cynics out there, this ain't shilling. :) I've no connection to the manufacturer, I'm just genuinely taken aback by what its done in my system. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
Mnyb;661821 Wrote: Interesting idea with the regulator closer, that got me thinking. This problem is solved in another way elsewhere, in industrial aplications. 5v supply for ttl encoders here we are talking maybe 30-100 meters of cable and no desire to put the regulator closer. Here we use a four wire system +,- and sense+,sense- the voltage drop is measured at the piont of consumption but regulated back at the supply. Yeah, that would work too. 30-100m of cable in a domestic situation would be madness though! :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
RadioClash;661883 Wrote: Any idea if there will be a US supplier of this product? Don't think so, as the power supply is a custom job, built in house? I think though they deliver to the States? http://www.mains-cables-r-us.co.uk/content/1-delivery -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
regalma1;661894 Wrote: Before everyone goes off spending their money I would like to point out there is nothing in this thread showing that this works. It is all theoretical. Maybe it is better, maybe it does nothing at all, maybe it is even worse. After thirty some years in the RF and microwave business I've come to not accept anything till it can be shown to work. The output of a power supply should be very easy to measure. I do have to be skeptical about the benefits of a power supply. I work on instruments that have dynamic ranges far beyond that of the human ear. They are packed full of oscillators, clocks and numerous switching power supplies. We also use external switching power supplies to run them. But I'm open to the idea. My one experiment with a linear supply on SB yielded nothing more than a lot of wasted electricity and money. My two cents worth. Fair point well made, its good to be sceptical. In general principle your experience has taught you to be sceptical and thats good, me too. Specifically though - and not trying to be funny - but how does the instruments you work on (that are outside the range of human hearing)have any bearing on audio equipment? :) The forum here has been round this roundabout a million times though, and I don't want to go down this argument - rather get on with my life. Going by who designed it, trust me, I'm sure this supply measures fantastic. I've done more than one experiment with linear supplies actually and had good and bad results. The point is they CAN MAKE WHAT THEY ARE CONNECTED TO SOUND DIFFERENT. A cheapie I tried (Strontionics I think?) buzzed like a bee, heated the room up and sounded worse than the stock supply. ..and that was on my SB3. SO not all linear supplies (like switchers) are not equal. I'm a skeptic on a tight budget so colour me sceptical about such things. Thing is, this supply HAS been shown to work...it made my digital source sound a helluva lot more involving, musical and enjoyable than before. How do you measure that? ;) I don't know what a power supply sounds like and I dont care to honestly. :) Its the final result that comes out my speakers and hits my ears that matters and this made that experience a whole lot better. I mentioned that it made my hifi addictive again... its about musical enjoyment and its better becasue of this psu. In my book thats it being shown to work. As I said, I'm not trying to justify anything or get drawn into debate, just passing on my experience. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
Mnyb;661903 Wrote: That is actually what I think too an Audiodiffmaker test would be a good thing to do, iPhone did extensive test on the SB3 and could measure that the outputs was always the same regardless of power-supply used . Or a dbt. I have no detailed info on the Touchs design re internal suplies but if it is similar to SB3 the incomming 5v gets transformed to different other voltages by internal switch-mode supplies anyway. There is a quite real possibility that the switch-mode wallvart can disturb other components, an indirect influence . Many audiophiles own very strange equipment it sensitivity to such things can vary greatly. Then this switch vs linear thing is bogus anyway. there are good and bad powersupplies of both kinds . The original slimdevices SB3 220v Eu supply was very shoddy it even have a burning smell around it ;) and was very feeble and cheap ? Linn and Meridian uses switch-mode supply and are not regarded as shoddy designs So their we have the weakness of our discussions OP may have had (or not) some sucess with his PS he thinks so , he shares his experience. We can read and take notes if we ourselfs should want to get another supply. But from this none can really conclude if it works or not it is especially impossible to tranfer to our own situations . I use an CIA 5v supply I used with my SB3 I let it be in the hifi rack when i got my Touch (my SB3 uses the Touch PS ) Can I recommend it ? I don't know, it is not bad that's what I can be certain of and it does transfer to you, it would be not bad for you too. Technically it looks solid. I could not tell you if you get blacker blacks or better midrange separation in your hifi with such supply ? Good post. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
Not saying its not relevant, I'm just trying to suggest that its not all about measurements... the ear/brain/enjoyment thing is harder to quantify. Was just passing on my experience which was NOT a subtle improvement...something or a combination of somethings are improving the overall final sound quality. The stock Touch supply is not supposed to inject a lot of noise into the mains so I'm not sure its just a case of removing the last of the switchers from my system... As someone said, try or don't try, whatever works. There are of course other psu's out there for the Touch,some cheaper some WAY more expensive. To me £150 GBP is about my limit of diminishing returns. I try to buy sensible, not the cheapest but dont throw money at something just because its high end and SUPPOSED to be better. If I hear it for myself and its value for money - its a bargain. That, for me...works. Other folk may want to spend less, more or nothing at all. All I'm saying is that this wasn't a subtle improvement over the Stock supply and musical enjoyment is a lot better. Enough free advertising, its good, end of. :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
regalma1;661960 Wrote: After reading your last post I reread your original one. I had somehow missed that you had actually heard a Touch with this new power supply. You state that in your first sentence. That pretty much negates what I have written. My comments were based on the understanding that were responding to what the designer had written, not your own experience. Sorry. I'm still skeptical though. There must be so much electronic noise generated inside the touch it would seem that a little bit carried in over the external power supply would hardly matter. But, that is just educated conjecture on my part. Heck, I use to think that speaker cables couldn't make much difference. Maybe someday I'll get motivated to look into this more. I have a couple of ideas to reduce the variables involved. Not a problem, none needed :) The big long wordy review bit at the start was all my own subjective findings about how it improved my system. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
John Swenson measured differences on a scope with some of Klaus' mods applied. Speak to Klaus... No agenda here Phil. :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
really? I didn't know that. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch + CISCO Power supply?
Keeps your eyes peeled in this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 more to come. :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90698 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
More info here: http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?p=256313#post256313 -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
Been listening to something over the last couple of days, knew the SB3 supply could be improved on, but the stock Touch switcher? Naa. uhm..yes it can. Clean linear power supply can do it. Dont groan.. :) I wouldn't put pen to paper if it wasn't something special. What I'm using is a two box, linear psu custom designed by someone who knows his onions... A word from the designer... Why a two box solution? Well, the idea came from the fact that its a bit silly having a regulator thats several foot from the load its supplying. Just looking at the voltage across the load you can see the regulator its trying to control it at the end of a long stick. So the idea was to try and get the regulator as close as possible to the load. And after that thought, given that I have more control over both sides of the regulator, I thought something a bit more interesting than a stock three pin reg would be called for. The regulator in the little box isn't discrete as such because it uses a low noise op amp as a error amp and a descret mosfet to control the output. I can also pack some paralleled caps in there to try and get closert to a fast responding small regulator. First stage regulator and transformer out the way, final high speed low noise regulator close to the load. Just looking how the load voltage varies shows that you get at least a order of magnitude closer regulator than using a three pin regulator on the end of a wire. Common sense electrical engineering? I'm sure it measures well too... (I have no commercial affiliation with the product or its designer, just had a chance to hear an early example of it. I'm happy to recommend it. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU compatible with older SB3 (Slim Devices branding)
My SB3 is the original Slim Devices one, so will have the original noisy power supply. My thinking is that a better supply will be a good thing. Its a bedroom system so not MAJORLY critical, but will be good to make the best of what I have. I've been recommended one of THESE http://www.maplin.co.uk/ac-dc-multi-voltage-4a-switched-mode-power-supply-48517?C=54264U=skim2113X565594X9b644fa4f4b59500b43482f31478bca4 as a good replacement for stock SB3 supply, know much about this one? Another option is just to buy a Touch PSU, can they be easily sourced in the UK? ta. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90524 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch PSU compatible with older SB3 (Slim Devices branding)
Might be good to upgrade the SB3 power supply with a less noisy one from the Touch.. possible? thanks. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90524 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please
Hi Dave I've been offline for a while too...know how real life gets in the way :) Had an idea, not sure if you've tried it already... Reinstall the firmware. It sounds like your Touch is acting out of character and to me needs its brain wiped and started again. Just a thought..its what I'd do. Gaz. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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] Network probs on Touch (UK based)
Im running wired: Superhub cat5 router as access point for Ipeng in the listening room Yeah, upgrading to 30mb with virgin media's been a bit of a headache bacause of the Superhub. Thanks for the suggestions, I'll power off and leave it for 10 mins or so. (give me an excuse to get the sunday dishes done!) Thanks! -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87240 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Network probs on Touch (UK based)
amcluesent;627233 Wrote: Are you on wi-fi? Could be the new router has defaulted to a channel in collision with a neighbour? on ethernet...yet STILL getting rebuffering problems? It was becasue of this I did the Network Health test and found there was problems with my network. Assuming they are related, Ive done Soundchecks audio mods on my Touch, which include reducing the Buffer, but not had this problem before the superhub was installed. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87240 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Network probs on Touch (UK based)
Stratmangler;627269 Wrote: How do things run with your original router in place ? - obviously you can't connect it to your new broadband connection. Chris :) Hey Chris :) I had thought about that, but the old Router wont work as my connection has been upgraded to Docsis 3 (whatever that is ;)) which wont talk to the old router. no going back baby! *PROBLEM SOLVED* I powered down everything then rebooted. Noticed I had been updated to teh new Superhub firmware? Did a factory reset on that. Did a clean reinastall of squeezecentre and a factory reset on the Touch. Sorted - getting Network OK green light. Have to say, not had many probs with the networking side of things, but the answer is uually RESET RESET RESET :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87240 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Network probs on Touch (UK based)
After upgrading my BB connection to 30mb with Virgin media, I have been having Rebuffering problems playing Flac files, both 16/44 and 24/96. I run the Touch wired to a fast Server (quad core 12mb ram) so server performance not the issue. I use the combined VM Superhub cable modem/router, which is where the problem could lie. Any other Virgin Media squeezebox owners out there who had similar problems? Some Info: Im Running latest 7.6 nightly SBS and Touch firmware. (Problem still there reverting back to 7.4 so it's not that) On going into advanced settings/Network Health my Touch fails the test, Not OK General performance is a bit laggy, the Touch seeming slow reading from the server and back. I've rebooted everything hoping to clear any network problems - no dice. Squeezebox Troubleshooter utility reports no problems and the Control Panel diagnostics show everything ok, yet on the Touch Network Health shows a problem??? Any ideas? Thanks! :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87240 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Installed Shoutcast on my Touch: nothing found?
As above; when I launch the app and hit any of the options I get EMPTY displayed... May be linked to my Network Health problem (ping issue possibly?), or it may be something else.. Any ideas? Just getting into exploring the food radio stations out there and Shoutcast seems the best way to browse them...if it works that is!! Thanks. :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87241 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Installed Shoutcast on my Touch: nothing found?
Yeah, no problem playing other streams. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87241 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts
Can this VHQ linear for SOX be set in the custom.convert.conf for squeezecentre do you know? thanks. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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
Agreed. Dave, sort out your tags old chum! MP3Tag is the best way to do it. Good tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za5Nz0NOVJofeature=related -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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
Hi Dave :) Having problems taking dumps? Easiest solution is the best. Top row of your keyboard theres a prt sc key? You may have to press shift to access it. Press it...theres now a picture of your screen stored. Running windows 7? Press the windows logokey to the left of the spacebar, then type Paint in the box and hit enter. MS Paint will open up. On your keyboard, hold down Control(CTRL) and v at the same time. using computer voodoo magic the picture of your screen will magically appear. Save the image from MS Paint onto your desktop or whatever and then you can post it in here to help fix the problem. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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
Does the info vanish from your Touch screen after a while? Could it be a screen off screensaver kicking in after a certain length of time? If the problems deeper than that, I'd suggest switching everything off at teh plug, then reboot in this sequence. Modem / Router / PC Should take care of any network gremlins hopefully? Then a Clear and Rescan of your music library from the Settings Page -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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
Try these in this order dave... Switch everything off at the plug. Wait 15 secs or so. Switch back on in this order. Modem. wait 10 secs Router wait 10 secs then finally your Sony. (this should properly assign IP addresses to all your kit..(just in case) wait till its all up and running, then; Clear and rescan Music Library. Fixed/not fixed? Factory Reset (press little button behind Touch on LHS for 5 secs) Fixed/not fixed? Thats what I'd try first Dave. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
Good Post Alex. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
soundcheck;605482 Wrote: What you're saying is you confirm 100% compatibility of TT2.0 on Touch Firmware 7.5.3. ? Cheers EXACTLY RIGHT! :) TTstat shows everything enabled. ttvol100 works fine too. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
Hi Magiccarpetride... a couple of points if I may? You said: magiccarpetride;605405 Wrote: But isn't 'listener own brain' part of what you've labeled here 'objective reality'? Listener own brain surely is different for everyone...? We each hear differently and surely we cant tell someone else what they are hearing? magiccarpetride;605405 Wrote: Where in the heck did you get that approach from? 'Nullify the human factor'? What could be gained by doing that? We're not robots, and it's basically all precisely about the human factor. What other factor is there, anyway? I agree somewhat here. We dont hear the same because of various human factors, expectation bias, placebo efffect yada yada. These effects (from the mind) CAN have physical effects on the body - including the ears! So subjective listening with all its filters and human factors absolutely shape how we hear music... But measurement has its uses too, as it bypasses these human factors surely? Both are useful, don't you think? magiccarpetride;605405 Wrote: People are trying to pretend that their own subjective yardsticks don't matter, but it's just a product of the foolish attempts by those who would love to control others to subvert their self esteem. If someones subjective yardstick is different from another's...surely thats ok? To tell someone else they are wrong because their subjective view differs from yours could be taken, ironically enough, as the kind of control and manipulating behaviour that you mention and that NO-ONE likes... can you see what I mean? magiccarpetride;605405 Wrote: Anything else, and you're just fallen prey of the bullies who are trying to manipulate and control you. Who are these bullies? Authorities..? I frequent a fair few Forums and I can assure you, THIS one is one of the most helpful ones out there. Theres no cliques, no animosity to new members...none of that crap. Theres NO agenda here (c'mon..your being a bit silly with that ;)), just a bunch of folk with a shared hobby who are willing to take the time to help. Just like Soundcheck does. Its great that new folk are joining the Squeezebox party and its natural that new folk ask questions and raise points that others have discovered for themselves previously. If you hang around long enough you accrue some wisdom on the subject, some highly technical in nature. So its all good :) magiccarpetride;605405 Wrote: Trust your gut! Distrust Authorities and Establishment! I prefer not to distrust anyone if I can help it, makes for a more pleasant life, but Trust your gut? ABSOLUTELY :) You have to maybe let others be allowed trust theirs too? ;) Its ok to agree to disagree and healthy debate is what forums are all about. But no-one likes being told what they are hearing is wrong and they are foolish, controlling and manipulative...you know? Chill Bro.. Peace. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
soundcheck;605472 Wrote: For now I'd say concentrate on the HW. You can expect similar jumps on that side. Key areas are the network and the SPDIF link. And not to forget the power supply of course. I heard my Touch set up with a good linear supply and to my ears there was a worthwhile improvement. Works for me! -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
praganj;605505 Wrote: You should not write that with a better power supply Touch sounds better :) They are some people here, which never heard any difference with a better ps, SW mods, no wlan etc, etc, and this is all your imagination :) Are you trying to pick a fight? Keep it light fella...;) :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
Definately WASN'T my imagination -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
cool level headed reply. Kudos. Lets agree thats its ok to agree to disagree and move on. :) Oh, regarding sexual relations...? ask any woman, she'll be quick to do some measurements! (not mine though...ahem):) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
soundcheck;605158 Wrote: The patch has been download a couple of hundred times. It should work. You can run e.g.: which ttvol100 to see if the file is there. In one case it happened that tar archives got corrupted. In such a case you just download and reinstall it again. Make sure you're at / directory when unpacking. Thanks Klaus. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
Phil Leigh;605177 Wrote: well, it all depends. I've been running it for many months now without any serious or persistent issues. But... I have a vanilla setup with few plugins, XP (SP3) flac+mp3 only. 7.6 certainly performs faster for me on scans and in general browsing (I use the web ui a lot). 7.6 works very well with SQLIte and not so well with MYSql. MYSql support will be deprecated or stabilised eventually anyway according to the Devs. I've made that leap already. Thanks Phil, I tried 7.6 in its early stages had a problem with a plugin or two...more up to date version of it now. I'll go with SQLite see how that goes... Can always uninstall if it breaks summit! thanks. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
Just updated to 7.5.3 with the firmware change.. can confirm the Buffer mod no longer works, as well as the Jive2 setting remains disabled. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
soundcheck;605316 Wrote: BTW: Did you do factory reset before you upgraded? I think I mentioned it on the blog. You need to get a clean base first to avoid inconsistencies. You'll always have to do a fresh installation of my Toolbox on a factory reseted system. I won't support on-the-fly upgrades neither today nor in the future. There was another question earlier today regarding 7.5.3 support: For now I'll stretch my legs. (At least in this area) My own box sounds better then ever before and everything works just fine. Every follow-up on every mini-update take numerous hours of testing and preparation and documentation and support. I'm not making money with it. All this means serious overtime on my side of the balance sheet. Beside that I havn't seen any serious changes popping up in 7.5.3. BTW my instructions say: Turn off automatic upgrades Enjoy. Cheers Thanks for that Klaus... ANOTHER case of RTFM..I didn;t do a factory reset first. Sorry! (I'll sanity check things before I post eh?) :) Thanks. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
Ali Tait;605363 Wrote: Oi you, haven't you got something to write up somewhere else? Busted! :) Yup, tomorrow over on AOS... -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
Currently running Klaus's 2.0 mods and I tried to run ttvol 100 and hit a problem. I unpacked the tar file in the proper place, but I'm getting an error 126:Permission denied error? Any ideas? Thanks. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
Gazjam;605012 Wrote: Currently running Klaus's 2.0 mods and I tried to run ttvol 100 and hit a problem. I unpacked the tar file in the proper place, but I'm getting an error 126:Permission denied error? Any ideas? Thanks. Uhm... I'll just run Erlands patch. ta. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
+1 krzys;603324 Wrote: guys chill down. Soundcheck have done a lot of work to compile some tweaks for the touch. A lot of you guys insist in a rather aggressive way that he proves the sound improvement. Why should he ? He is not selling anything. He just shares his findings. Can you not judge by yourself, do you need others opinion? Try his tweaks and take them or not it is so simple. And ask yourself a question: We the community are better with or without peoples like soundcheck and their work to find tweaks or write applets? This tread should be devoted only to the support of the toolbox. Chris ps soundcheck please continue the support and leave others opinions aside -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why do flacs sound so nasty on touch?
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Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available
See that now, thanks. Is there any change to the downloaded file toolbox 2.0 now that your out of beta Klaus? Would we have to rerun the process in other words? Many thanks. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84061 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available
firedog;600773 Wrote: Klaus- Thanks - I tried again and it works. Cool program, especially the new features that let us check to see changes are working and to store the setup. As soon as I see everything works as it should, I'll make a contribution. +1 Fantastic improvement to the Touch's overall sound. One thing though, after installing all the mods and checking with ttstat, I see the following entry? Unknown HZ value! (90) Assume 100 What does this mean Klaus, and is it a problem? Thanks very much...I'll be letting other forum folks know all about these fantastic mods. You deserve reward for your work. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84061 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Experts - comments on these Touch mods
Soundchecks Mods V2.0 now up, albeit in Beta stage. Well worth it, even the Display Off mod, which I thought I would never do. Sound quality improvement is worth it...IF you use your Touch solely as a digital transport and have either a Controller, Ipeng or an Android controller for Squeezecentre. ...utterly fantastic and selfless work on his part, this guy is open source at its best. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79857 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
Phil Leigh;584386 Wrote: 1) the -v0.9 reduces the volume by 10% 2) You can't selectively resample for the Touch below 96k without code changes to the server. No amount of fiddling with convert.conf will change that. 3) SOX only runs on the server NOT on the Touch itself. 4) you are currently downsampling 24/192 to 24/88.2 - why would you do that? 5) Leave the file type settings alone! Thanks Phil. 1) Thanks, job done. 2) So the Touch cant output 88.2? Is there any links ono the Wiki about this? 3) Good,that means leaving settings at Sox/Flac and forgetting about it! (you'll be pleased to know ;)) 4) How am I doing that? I dont have any 24/192 material anyway...just curious? Is it something in the syntax of my custom-convert.conf? 5) See point 3! ta. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
Thanks Phil, nice one.
very clear explaination, you done this before? ;)
Phil Leigh;584445 Wrote:
Gaz,
The Touch CAN output 88.2 in the following circumstances:
1) you are playing a 176.4 file - it will be downsampled by SOX to 88.2
assuming you haven't fiddled with the FLAC Transcode entry in
convert.conf
2) You have set convert.conf to force EVERYTHING to 88.2
3) You are playing an 88.2 file and have not altered your convert.conf
settings
Upsampling on the Touch is a waste of time with MOST Dacs IME. Many
recent dacs upsample internally anyway via ASRC these days - even if
you feed them high sample rates... There are only a handful of DACs
that would theoretically benefit - ones with no internal upsampling.
The way that the SBS code works is that it gives you two choices:
1) the basic convert.conf entry which is the FLC FLC * entry. This does
nothing to any files that are 96k or less for the Touch.
I HAVE AMANDED MY CUSTOM-CONVERT.CONF AND DELETED THE TRANSCODE ENTRY
AND HAVE AMENDED THE FLAC FLAC ENTRY TO :
FLC FLC * *
# FT:{START=--SKIP=%T}U:{END=--UNTIL=%V}
[FLAC] -DC --TOTALLY-SILENT $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [SOX] -V0.9 -D
-Q -T WAV - -T FLAC -C0 -B24 - RATE -V -S -M -A 96000
WOULD I BE RIGHT THEN IN THINKING THAT ALL FLACS ARE BEING UPSAMPLED TO
96K NOW?
2) the FLC FLC Transcode entry - this uses SOX to downsample 192 to 96
and 176.4 to 88.2
Beyond those default settings, all you can do is force one or both of
these choices to a fixed rate (e.g. in your case 88.2).
I'VE AMENDED THIS NOW TO 96K. I THINK I READ INTERNET FORUMS TOO MUCH
AND ENJOY THE PLACEBO EFFECT. NO DIFFERENCE WITH 88.2 AND 96 WORTH
BOTHERING ABOUT ON RE-EXAMINATION. :)
What you can't do without real code changes to the server software is
to be selective - you can't say (for example) On a Touch, leave 88.2
and 96 files alone but upsample 44.1 or 48 to 88.2
GOTCHA - CHEERS
At the moment you are forcing 96k to 88.2. I really REALLY wouldn't do
this. You are losing information for no good reason. There is no DAC on
the market (that I know of) that can do 88.2 but not 96...
MY DAC DOPES 96K - I'LL LEAVE WELL ALONE
If you really feel that 44.1 upsampled to 88.2 is a clear audible
improvement, I would take a long hard look at your DAC choice.
TAKE YOUR POINT - PLACEBO EFFECT METHINKS...
THANKS PHIL, MUCH OBLIGED.
TEH BEE INN MY BONNET HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF!
REGARDS
GARY.
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Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
Phil Leigh;583971 Wrote: Bump @ Gazjam! Also - leave your file types settings alone. The defaults are the best setting! Thanks Phil! Using your settings works..but theres summit else going on which is caused by the upsampling? Each song only plays for a few seconds then goes on to the next one? I remove custom.convert, restart SC and everythings fine again. Any idea? thanks, Gaz. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
bpa;584248 Wrote: What does the log show ? Premature stopping is usually logged as an error. THE LOG SHOWS: SLIM::UTILS::MISC::MSG (1165) WARNING: [18:11:38.9501] DBIX::CLASS::RESULTSET::SINGLE(): QUERY RETURNED MORE THAN ONE ROW. SQL THAT RETURNS MULTIPLE ROWS IS DEPRECATED FOR -FIND AND -SINGLE AT /C:\PROGRA~2\SQUEEZEBOX\SERVER\SQUEEZESVR.EXESLIM/SCHEMA/TRACK.PM LINE 248 Could your processor not be powerful enough to do realtime upsampling and recompressioninto Flac? stream ? ITS A QUAD CORE CPU, SO SHOULD BE OK Have you tested network throughput - could you have some network problems with increased load due to 24/96 ? NO NETWORK PROBLEMS, MY SYSTEM IS ETHERNET NOT WIRELESS, AND THE TOUCH CAN PLAY 24/96 NATIVE FILES WITHOUT ANY STUTTER ETC. thanks for this.. :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
Sorted.
I used this (from Soundcheck's post elsewhere) which got SoX up and
running and upsampling my Flacs to 88.2.
flc flc * *
# FT:{START=--skip=%t}U:{END=--until=%v}
[flac] -dc --totally-silent $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [sox] -v0.9 -D
-q -t wav - -t flac -C0 -b24 - rate -v -s -M -a 88200
flc flc transcode *
# FT:{START=--skip=%t}U:{END=--until=%v}
[flac] -dc --totally-silent $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [sox] -v0.9 -D
-q -t wav - -t flac -C0 -b24 - rate -v -s -M -a 88200
ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THIS CONFIG? ANYTHING OBVIOUS THAT COULD BE
TWEAKED?
I'M LOOKING FOR MAXIMUM SOUND QUALITY - AREN'T WE ALL THOUGH? :)
There are other optimisations in the custom-convert file which are
good.Dont understand them all fully, but not sure I have to..
I'm happy to trust someone more knowledgable who's looked into it in
detail!
I've used Soundcheck's Touch software mods to good efect, which turn
off wifi, unneccessary startup services etc.
This approach seems reasonable given the Touches limited horsepower and
I'm happy to go with this upsampling config, as it seems to do what I'm
looking for.
I can always tweak it as time goes on, as and when I learn more about
Sox implementation..:)
One question though, in Advanced/File Format settings, under Flac I now
have Sox/Flac and Disabled as my two options.
If I set to disabled, with the Sox upsampling be done on my server
and not the Touch itself?
and is it a case of that to set Flac to Sox/Flac means the conversion
is done on the Touch itself?
Which option is preferrable you think?
I'm asking from the view that the less the Touch has to do (i.e.
transfer as much number crunching to the server pc as possible)is
better - and ties in with the Software mods reducing the load on the
Touch CPU and memory as possible.
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Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
bpa;583859 Wrote: It is a user choice - user normally have file name extensions of 3 letters and Flac files are usually .flc - you seem to prefer to use .flac. This is part of understanding the basics. OK, THANKS. :) YOU CANNOT HAVE A FILE NAME CONTAINING SPACES ON COMMAND LINES WITHOUT USING QUOTATION MARKS - OTHERWISE IT WILL BE TREATED 2 OR MORE FILES - SO YOU SHOULD TRY FLAC -DC \C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\SQUEEZEBOX\SERVER\BIN\MSWIN32-X86-MULTI-THREAD\FLAC.FLAC\ FLAC.WAV [B]THIS WORKED, THANK YOU. [b] I tried running the SoX command but came up with this error? sox FAIL sox: Channels value '-c0' is not a positive integer. Feel as though I'm getting there, any ideas on this error? I used this command: sox -v0.95 --buffer 32768 -q -t wav flac.wav -t flac -ac -C0 -3 -c2 -r96000 - polyphase -cutoff 0.99 flac.flc A question as well? I take it SoX conversion does NOT create a permenant copy of my Flac file in Wav on the hard drive? It gets deleted after its done? Also, in the squeezebox filetypes in advanced Settings... I have Flac set to disabled to do the encoding on my server, -but is there any changes I should make to the WAV/PCM file settings?- at the moment I have this: WAV - Flac: Sox MP3: Disabled (greyed out) PCM : Native thanks again. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
Uhm, kinda off track here... :) remember I was asking for a numpties huide to getting SoX to upsample my Flacs as it wasn;t working :) I dont REALLY want (or are able to) write my own plugin lol ok I'll rephrase. After having added teh custom.convert fileI was checking more info on my Touch to check the Flac info to see if had been converted at file level as I would have expected. According to the Touch it was teh same 16/44 flac file - no evidence of upsampling haveing too place. (My dac has no visual indicator of the file it is playing) So... how do I double check if the file has been upsampled on the Touch/server please? I posted this in the beginners forum at first, but there was no response there, thats why I moved it here. Thanks fpor any suggestions. :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
thanks BPA, I'll give that a go. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
thanks for this...
my custom-convert.conf is:
# FLAC output starts here
flc flc * *
# FT:{START=--skip=%t}U:{END=--until=%v}D:{RESAMPLE=-r %d}
[flac] -dcs $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [sox] -v0.95 --buffer 32768 -q
-t wav - -t flac -C0 -3 -c2 -r96000 - polyphase -cutoff 1.0
flc flc transcode *
# FT:{START=--skip=%t}U:{END=--until=%v}D:{RESAMPLE=-r %d}
[flac] -dcs $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [sox] -v0.95 --buffer 32768 -q
-t wav - -t flac -C0 -3 -c2 -r96000 - polyphase -cutoff 1.0
I pasted this from a post on the forums here.
I am using Windows 7 x64 with SB Server Version: 7.5.1 - r30844
I notice that Sox.exe is not even present in Task Manager in Wiondows
when playing Flac...
I'm really stumped here!
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Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
bpa;583228 Wrote: Don't rely on this. [b]Look at the command line being run (i.e. the tokenized command line logged using logging player.source set to DEBUG)[/b[ I don't believe SBS will display the 24/96 unless you have told it the new data stream characteristic usually through a plugin. I think just changing the convert.conf file will not provide SBS with the required info. What am I looking for here? After setting logging to DEBUG as you said, my Scanner.log has no mention of Sox or anything? [10-10-18 14:08:45.7493] main::init (323) Starting Squeezebox Server (v7.5.1, r30844, Sat Jun 5 02:09:15 PDT 2010) perl 5.01 [10-10-18 14:08:49.6275] Plugins::LazySearch2::Plugin::initPlugin (631) Initialising v3.5.6 (trunk-7.x) [10-10-18 14:09:14.9535] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1165) Warning: [14:09:14.9532] DBIx::Class::ResultSet::single(): Query returned more than one row. SQL that returns multiple rows is DEPRECATED for -find and -single at /C:\PROGRA~2\Squeezebox\server\SqueezeSvr.exeSlim/Schema/Track.pm line 248 [10-10-18 14:09:18.7812] Plugins::LazySearch2::Plugin::scanDoneCallback (2066) Lazifying database items not already done [10-10-18 14:09:19.9862] Plugins::LazySearch2::Plugin::lazifyDatabase (2123) No database items require lazification I have No idea what this means? :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
bpa;583678 Wrote: Look in server.log - scanner.log is only used when scanning files. edit: I just tried your conf line as a standalone command and it had a lot of command line option errors. You should ensure the command line works standalone from a command prompt before testing it within SBS. Sorry, that was my typo. It WAS from my server.log. How would I test from teh command line...you mean DOS? Sorry, I'm just trying SoX for the first time, its confusing me! Hence asking for a numpties guide!:) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
hmnn...still having problems... sorry! (and thanks for yourt patience :)) bpa;583680 Wrote: Then no file was even attempted to play or you didn't enable logging properly. Did you click the apply button after changing the logging level ?. YES Yes - you are running command line programs. A bit like asking about heart surgery for beginners - you need to get to know the basics before trying the more complicated tasks. YOUR RIGHT... :), BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM THIS COMPLICATED FROM DIGGING UP OTHER POSTS I FOUND. ALSO, THERE WASN'T A WIKI POST ON IT UNFORTUNATELY. THATS WHY I ASKED IN THE \BEGINNERS\ FORUM FIRST... Open a command prompt window. Change directory to Bin/MSWinXXx directory which has the sox.exe Try the following command - replacing testtrack with the full path to one of your flac files (use a copy in case you destroy it by accident): flac -dc testtrack.*flc* testtrack.wav *shouldn't this be *.flac rather than *.flc?* (I couldn't get flac.exe in DOS to run otherwise...) When that works then try FELL AT THE FIRST HURDLE. I COPIED A FLAC TO THE DIRECTORY CONTAINING MY SOX.EXE (FOR CONVENIENCE) AND CAME UP WITH THE FOLLOWING ERROR: PROGRAM: ERROR WHILE DECODING METADATA STATE =FLAC_STREAM_DECODER_END_OF_STREAM FILES: ERROR INITIALISING DECODER INIT STATUS = FLAC_STREAM_DECODER_INIT_STATUS_ERROR_OPENING_FILE THE FLAC FILE IS OK... sox -v0.95 --buffer 32768 -q -t wav testrack.wav -t flac -C0 -3 -c2 -r96000 - polyphase -cutoff 0.99 testtrack2496.flc Play around with options following sox documentation until the output files have the spec you like. Then copy the command line options in the custom-convert.conf file. Don't forget you have to restart SBS each time you change a conf file. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
bpa;583228 Wrote: Don't rely on this. Look at the command line being run (i.e. the tokenized command line logged using logging player.source set to DEBUG) I don't believe SBS will display the 24/96 *unless you have told it the new data stream characteristic usually through a plugin*. I think just changing the convert.conf file will not provide SBS with the required info. thanks, would you know what plugin this would be? -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
HI, thanks for the reply. couple of points if I may? Mnyb;583003 Wrote: Should you not up sample CD to 88.2 (2*44.1) not 96 ? you will degrade the signal a tiny bit if it's not a multiple of original sample rate ? SHOULD I? I HAVE HEARD THIS CAN BE A BETTER WAY TO DO IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE. ANY THOUGHTS? _And_Touch_already_put_out_16_bit_as_24_bit._ DOES IT? DO YOU MEAN THE TOUCH WILL AUTOMATICALLY OUTPUT MY 16/44 FLACS AS 24 BIT TO MY DAC THROUGH ITS DIGITAL OUT? And if the external DAC has up sampling then your good to go no real need to do it at the file level . IT DOESN'T Supose SOX has a lot of dither and filter options that can be used ? to tweak the result a bit ? the dithering options is said to sound different ? are the resulting foobar2000 files of the same level so not the 24b one done by foobar is louder ? The foobar upsampåler does it come with lot of options that potentially could change the sound ? (AS FAR AS I KNOW IT DOESN;T. I ONLY USE THE SOX RESAMPLER TO UPSAMPLE TO 24/96) _You_can_not_really_get_more_info_out_of_16/44.1_by_uppsampling._ YEAH, I KNOW YOU DONT GET MORE INFORMATION AS SUCH, BUT THERE ARE ADVANTAGES IN MY OPINION, IN THAT THE \BRICK WALL\ FILTER FREQUENCIES ARE MOVED HIGHER UP OUTWITH THE HEARING RANGE WHICH MAYBE ACCOUNTS FOR THE BETTER SOUND I'M HEARING AFTER UPSAMPLING? THERE IS DEFINATELY AN IMPROVEMENT TO MY EARS. So thanks for the reply, I had another go at making SoX work within Squeezecentre...still no dice. Still looking for a helping hand, thanks! :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?
I run my SB Touch into an external DAC and are very impressed with the audio capabilities of the Touch into my dac using coax spdif. I have TRIED to get upsampling using SoX working, but just cant get it going. I have created the modified config file and put it in the right place..all the things im supposed to be doing? I get the feeling I'm missing something fundamental. When I was TRYING to get SoX working, I noticed that when I go into More Info my Flac files read as 16/44 and not 24/96 which I would have expected if the files were upsdampled using SoX. Troubleshooting this, I notice that sox.exe isn't even kicking in on my server. Would I assume that a good way to check it is working is that once SoX upsamples theFlac files they will read as 24/96 rather than 16/44 on the Touch More Info screen? For Info: I run Windows 7 x64 and have set Squeezecentre to decode Flac not on the Touch but on the server itself. I have upsampled a couple of albums in FLAC using Foobar to 24/96 and I can appreciate and prefer the difference over 16/44 versions of the same music, so to save me having to use Foobar to upsample ALL my favourite albums(!), it would be great if I could get Squeezecentre to upsample them before being sent to the Touch. Again, should it be a case of once SoX upsamples theFlac files they will read as 24/96 rather than 16/44 on the Touch More Info screen? Thanks for any help! :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Review in upcoming Stereophile issue
-take to heart as well this advice: Get a Squeezebox Touch right now. You'll never look back.- Quite the glowing review I'd say... Reading it had really made me think about asyncronous USB. I actually suspect that the Reviewers opinion that the Touch sounded SO over and above the norm with USB indicates the Touch's even greater potential as a Transport, NOT JUST how good the Ayre Dac is... Theres a lot of interesting movement with asyncronous Dacs just round the corner, and I get the feeling that the Touch output via USB into, say, the new John Westlake Audiolab Dac (My next upgrade) will take the Touch into that other place that the review speaks of. Maybe over time Logitech's reasons for discontinuing the Transporter will reveal themselves? Dunno...just thinking out loud. :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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] Positive Touch Review at TAS
Best, most comprehensive review I've read. (Not having read THE review unfortunately... :)) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82527 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Review in upcoming Stereophile issue
Does the Touch do asyncronous USB, as demo'ed in the Review issue? (Not got or read it yet) With the recent spate of affordable Dacs that do asyncronousperhaps the Touch will get more creedance as a high end digital transport? -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch
Thanks very much John, I'll stick with Spdif - sounds fantastic to me, I was just curious about usb. G. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch
Thanks Phil. Spot in, just what I was looking for. SPDIF it is then :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch
a bit contentious (probably :)), but a genuine question. Any improvements over SPDIF usng USB into a suitable Dac? Not so much for my Caiman dac, the usb max's at 16/44, but maybe for others? -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch
thanks John, good info as always. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 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 Output? Anybody do it yet?
This trick might work with the new Arcam RDac. Also has asyncronous USB. Any thoughts? Just a thought as its a helluva lot cheaper than the Ayre! -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82040 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Analogue vs. digital outs
dogsnadgers;567080 Wrote: It would have to be a good DAC, I compared mine with digital out into a Beresford TC-7510 and the analogue outs and couldn't tell the difference. Modding the software to switch off the digital outs etc. as described on the link improved sound quality through analogue out beyond the digi/Beresford. though no doubt this would work for digi out as well if you switch off the analogue. http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com/p/squeezebox-touch-great-base-for-network.html It did give me an excuse to sell the Beresford and justify the extra expense to my wife (one less box on the rack!) I would like to trial a good DAC such as Weiss or Naim, but don't want to spend the extra money and have the extra box again! I would only really have the Touch to feed into it anyway and perhaps my blu ray player for music DVD's, seems a bit of a waste somehow as I am very happy with the sound, a big improvement over the Duet IMO. Dave Hi, I run my Touch (with software mods) into my modded Beresford Caiman Dac, and there is a significant jump in quality between analogue out compared to the Dac. The Touch soundstage via analogue sounds flat compared to the sound from the Dac. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80814 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Ipod problem
all I can do is charge my Ipod Touch via usb..not play music from it? Get a message like incompatable device or something.. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80572 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Audiophile Touch mods - take two
WKB;558471 Wrote: Hit the nail on the head as usual Mr.Swenson. In my case, wired from NAS then analogue out to ATC amps/speakers the differences after implementing the SW changes are incontrovertible and all involve upside, no downside. Playing music fiddling with my hi-fi is pretty much all I do in my spare time I know most of the records I play extremely well. For records I have a lot of emotional investment in I find that even the most marginal increase in fidelity gives me a payback which more than compensates for all the time, effort general faffing about involved. I am very grateful to John. S Soundcheck for their efforts am tantalised at the screen removal without reaching for a screwdriver option John mentioned. +1 Thanks John, sure we all appreciate it. And speaking for myself if you get the software screen off to work..magic. I use Ipeng so already have probably the best touch screen interface already! -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80013 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Experts - comments on these Touch mods
In the SettingsAdvancedFiletypes of the Web UI change the FLAC settings to this: FLAC: Disabled MP3: Disabled PCM: FLAC Disabling FLAC in the top entry tells the Touch NOT to decode Flac onboard, but instead on the external server. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79857 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Experts - comments on these Touch mods
Yeah, I'd restart the server just to reset everything. Gaz. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79857 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Brand New Touch Does Not Seem To Work
Sounds like he's been given the ringer...Am I wrong? :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79826 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Experts - comments on these Touch mods
Good stuff Phil, Yours and Johns opinions are among the ones that matter I'd say. I certainly hear a good improvement..music flows better, better sense of musicians playing together rather than seperate sounds clashing. Timbre and tonal quality improved noticably too. Better clarity too, these improvements to me makes it more foot-tapping and involving. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79857 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Brand New Touch Does Not Seem To Work
I got that :) I was playing along? -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79826 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch remote has stopped working: replacement?
Thanks guys. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79647 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch remote has stopped working: replacement?
Came in last night and fancied some tunes before bedtime. Remote wasn't switching the Touch on.what?? Changed the batteries to a new set...still nothing. Not so good, think it's knackered. How would I go about getting it replaced? My Touch was shipped direct from Logitech on pre-order. Thanks. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79647 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch remote control lettered jumps diff to SB3
Yeah..I noticed similar with my Touch too Peter. Was a handy feature on the SB3 for sure. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79045 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Spelled Date and Time Screensaver..
Good job Erland, installed it tonight very happy with it. Thanks. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77795 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Browsing albums sorted by artists
Hmnn. This is a strange one. Found the settin Artist,Album setting rescanned library restarted squeezecentre and there it was...in album view all albums sorted properly. Nice. But wierdly enough on the Touch...on Browse Album through the home screen the album view hasn't changed! I did a factory reset all the usual stuff...still came back the same. I had thought the Touch like the Sb3 took it's settings directly from squeezecentre software on the server why are they different? I'm using 7.5 and there's nothing plugged in the USB. Thanks. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78537 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch + Caiman
I use a modded caiman with the Touch, changed the regualtors and output caps. I found it to be a lot better than the Touch itself actually...it sounds a lot better than the SB3 I had previously, but the Beresford takes it to a higher level IMHO. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78534 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Analogue/digital VU
Cool, thanks Erland. So even an Imageshack Account (which I have) would do...all I need to do is get the URL for the full size image? Great, sounds easy enough. I guess the Touch VU's can be ANYTHING that graphically shows signal level... Wow, just think of all the cool graphics effects and recreations of classic meters from stereo equipment. the mind bogglesbut not for a couple of weeks for me! Watch this space chaps.. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77117 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Analogue/digital VU
Great Job, thanks! Have them as a screensaver just now..looks great. Will devote more time to creating custom styles from scratch after next week. I take it the VUs work by being instructed to show a certain part of whatever the VU PNG image is..according to signal level? The PNG image seems to be broke up into 25 individual images showing the incremental signal levels If thats the case it opens up a whole area of graphic design ideas for the meters. Some pretty whacky concepts in my sketchbook! (think fake 3d, led meter clones...) I want to set up a testing repository of my own for testing my own designs before putting them into the ether.. problme is I havent the first clue how to! Is it just an online file storage situation or...? Thanks. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77117 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Adjusting text size
erland;544792 Wrote: Just to be sure, you are using the IR remote when navigating into the playlist view ? I get a 3 line display when navigating into it with IR remote, but it is a little bit different than the 3 line display of tracks in the Albums or Favorites menu because the playlist view also contains album art and artist/album information. Are you saying that you would be satisfied if the playlist view looked the same as the list of tracks in the Albums menu ? Is this the problem everyone else also have ? Hi, thanks for the reply. Difference between Favourites view and Playlist view seems to be that the text automatically scales itself to fit everyting in view in Playlist mode, in Favourites it doesn't. This can make longer songnames very small and hard to read from even ten feet distance. I'm suggesting that this automatic scaling does NOT jappen (or at least have the option to switch it off in the settings?) so that the text is maximum size...even in playlist view. Is it a case of switching a parameter off in the code to achieve this, or would it be more difficult? Thanks. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78217 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch + Caiman
Yer right but hey...I drive a Focus, what do I know! ..and its Cayman actually... (not that we Scots are as pedantic as y'all) ;) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78534 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch + Caiman
Thats been known to be the case in other people s systems...its not the Dac itself exactly. as those guys got around the problem by swapping out the opamps. My experience its way beyond the SB3 and easily better than the Touch, but remember my Dac has been modded so is above the standard spec. Before mods though it was DEFINATELY better to my ears (as in couldnt go back to the anaolgue outs) that the SB3. Guess system interaction comes into play and Stan Beresford himself acknowledges this himself. Fair play :) -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78534 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] All albums and songs listed twice
before you do that, try getting teh software to ignore *.cue files... -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78586 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
