Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch - 30% Discount
For anyone interested, I put my Touch on eBay. Shameless self-promotion, yes, but maybe someone'll get it for $99, no? :-) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=180535745767ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_8963wt_1139 -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80505 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch - 30% Discount
I was about to put mine on eBay - too many SB's, an don't want to wait for the NPR bug to get fixed. PM me if interested. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80505 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch - 30% Discount
tv69;562809 Wrote: Sorry I missed this but what is the NPR bug? I did a quick search and found mention of National Public Radio but people were saying it worked great.? Thanks, TV Esoteric bug - with 7.5, and fixed in the 7.6 nightlies (though might have introduced syncing problems, not sure if related). With SOME NPR streams, the header (thank you for supporting OPB...) is malformed or something, and messes up the streaming on the Touch ( Radio, I believe). AND it only happens if you're in sync with another player (my case, a SB2 in the kitchen). 7.6 fixes it, but not completely, so after the header, the 2 streams are about 100ms apart. This is hackable, by delaying the SB2 by 100ms, but then ALL music is 100ms delayed. Ugh. As much as I love the touch, and put like 30 hours into helping get SuperDateTime working on it with CustomClock, I also have a 5 month old that limits my hacking time. :-) Anyway, the bug is here: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16233 Thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78826 Like I said, esoteric, but I am the king of esoteric. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80505 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch - Sync issues
See Here: It's working in 7.6 nightlies, but the sync is still 100ms off for some streams. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16233 It's worth installing 7.6 if this issue is driving you nuts, and append to the bug report if it's still out of sync for you, too. :-) Your configuration isn't supported in any way at all, so might not get much sympathy from the devs, but it's worth a shot. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80092 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Proximity Sensor
erland;549621 Wrote: I wonder if it would be possible to make some cool screensaver using it ? Does any one have a cool idea ? That Microsoft paper clip animations that tries to interact with you in their Office products comes to mind. I wonder if it would be possible to do something similar... Something as simple as changing the display - or a proof-of-concept to cycle through available screensavers for now. Doing guestures that way would rock, though - wave your hand instead of a swipe across the screen... cool. Wave your hand for next track, etc. I ran through the tests - I must be cold, as I'm never detected. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77356 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Protecting Your Touch Screen
I've had a BestSkinsEver on my iPhone for a year (2G) and 6+ months on my 3GS, without issue (glue, yellowing, etc). With a scissor and a straightedge, I just took an envelope-sized sheet and put it on my touch - looks great. I'll take a photo soon. See here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78043 Best $9 I spent this week. :-) (No affiliation, just a happy camper) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78301 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Hmnnn..any reason why my box might have been resealed at the factory??
After spending 10 years in high-tech manufacturing, there's a whole host of reasons to either singly or mass-open boxes of new stuff. Don't sweat it - a factory seal is a factory seal. Sending it back just puts you in the pool of open-box disappointments - 1% DOA, .5% scratched, (whatever), etc.. MY guess was for firmware update prior to shipment. The Touch was really delayed, due to software. There were probably a bunch that were made risk-shippable to keep the factory running, and someone determined the risk was too great, so a pallet or 2 needed to be reflashed. Put it this way - your unit's been through extra QA! :-) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78198 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to capture screen shots on Touch?
Awesome! Now where's that USB keyboard to hook up to my Touch ... screenshot screencapture screencap For searching, later, after I forget. :-) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77904 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Screen showing scratch marks
Gomez;541376 Wrote: Although being extra careful the screen on the touch is already showing light scratch marks. Would it be safe to use a specialist caravan window scratch removal polish on it ? Not sure about the polish, but I'm thinking about getting an iTouch-type skin for mine. With a 3-year-old, I'm sure it'd be scuffed in no-time. One I have on my iPhone is at www.bestskinever.com A 4.3 screen skin would work to cover the screen, this is probably closest - http://www.bestskinsever.com/creative-zen-vision-w-screen-skin I'm thinking about getting as much coverage as possible and getting a generic one and see what to do with the leftovers: http://www.bestskinsever.com/diy-skins -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78043 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SSH into my Touch, any nice things to explore?
Gazjam;541677 Wrote: thaks. could you explain the syntax of how to use that pleaseI want to copy files to, say, my C drive on my PC. Again, no clue about linux...an old DOS-er though...so failiar wiht commmand line. If I need to go read up I will, no problemo :) I use the free WinSCP here: Pretty easy to set up - gives me some error about not being about to find Groups, but I'm cool with that. http://winscp.net/eng/download.php -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77491 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch UI Questions (fixes?)
mherger;541223 Wrote: Dan - please do as Jim suggested: file a bug report and attach your patch. We should fix this in the main code. Thanks! Whoops! Wasn't subscribed to this thread. Will do. Thanks! -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77679 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FatFinger Skin for Touch
erland;539201 Wrote: It's now available through Patch Installer, I adjusted the patch a bit and removed the conflicting issues and it can now be used on both 7.5.0 and all 7.5.1 releases so far. Looks like everything is in there. I suspect the main difference is that I started out using the actual Squeezeplay file, and then SCP'd it to my Touch. In hindsight, I suppose I should have more-or-less done the reverse, and brought the files over first, edited, tested, and sent them back. Live and learn... Thanks for hosting - still getting used to this whole patch routine. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77767 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FatFinger Skin for Touch
fphredd;539270 Wrote: What is the resolution? The Touch resolution is 480x272 - approximately 16x9. Erland - checked my patches today, and both installed after today's software update. V. cool. I think I might try and tackle an alternative NowPlaying view, instead of a modifying the existing one, or create a totally new skin. I noticed that Pandora appropriates the Shuffle and Repeat buttons for use in Thumbs Up/Down actions, and I'd hate to force people (myself included) to lose those. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77767 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch UI Questions (fixes?)
erland;538708 Wrote: Let me know if you want me to host it in my Google Code project and I'll add it as soon as I've got the patch file from you. Can you host it until I can get a handle on hosting it myself? I don't envision changing this patch very often at this point, and just want to get it running. It's a good test, too. Patch attached - works on 7.5.1 nightlies (7.5+?) on Touch (Fab4?) Thanks! -Dan +---+ |Filename: VolumeSpeed-1.0.zip | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9730| +---+ -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77679 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch UI Questions (fixes?)
erland;539029 Wrote: It should now be available through Patch Installer, I had to adjust spaces/tabs to make it possible to apply but besides that it's your changes. I should probably change the Patch Installer applet so it applies the patch with the -l flag which ignore differences in white spaces. That's probably because I copy/pasted it on my Mac or PC (forget which), and I'm sure it bunged up the spacing. Thanks for that! I've been playing around with the UI a bit today, and have a FatFingerSkin that I'm going to post. What would be the best way to distribute something that? It's a LUA file and 2 modified PNG's (weird background image bug - you can't resize them, apparently) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77679 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] FatFinger Skin for Touch
I played a bit with my Touch today to modify the NowPlaying screen to better suit my fat fingers - I made the buttons the same size as the Home button, and got rid of the Shuffle and Repeat buttons. Attached is a Zip file with the patch necessary (or just the changed LUA file), as well as 2 modified PNG files for the skin. Enjoy! -Dan +---+ |Filename: FatFingerSkin.zip| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9736| +---+ -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77767 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FatFinger Skin for Touch
Just checked. I am using the touch skin full-time, as I like it better. But this is the Touch skin (WQVGASmall, to be exact), so it doesn't touch the IR skin at all. The different skins are completely hard coded for the most part, so it's a lot of trial-and-error changing values, etc. PS: Erland tells me this patch might be 7.5.1+ only, as it failed on his 7.5 machine. Buyer beware, you get what you pay for, etc. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77767 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch UI Questions (fixes?)
Got my touch last week, and been playing with it - overall, very nice, though some things are a bit odd. 1. Is there a reason that volume control should be slower than on a Classic? It just seems like it takes forever to go from full - half volume, say. Like when the keyboard repeat rate is too slow. Any fix? I'm running the 7.5.1 nightly, so that could be part of it, though it's not happening on the Classics I have, and the Touch is literally a matter of a few feet from the server. 2. Is there a way to disable Repeat on the UI? I seem to fat-finger the next song button and keep hitting the Repeat button. Any guidance on where/how to change that on the skin? I'm tossing the idea around of getting an skin like I have on my iPhone (www.bestskinsever.com), but I'll probably get one that covers the whole front of the device. I've got a 3-year-old who loves to tap-tap-tap on my gizmos... ! -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77679 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch UI Questions (fixes?)
JJZolx;538337 Wrote: I never use the volume control on the Touch, instead preferring to use my preamp's volume control. It's very fast using the Touch interface, but I see what you mean if you're using the IR interface. It's unusually slow. Bummer. I was hoping I was doing something wrong. Volume really is something best controlled either locally or physically - I hate my Ergonomics education! Anyway, mayhaps something can fix it. JJZolx;538337 Wrote: I don't think there's any way. I'd often wondered whether anyone would have problems with the small buttons in the button bar and with hitting the wrong one. Fat Fingers Freddy, that is I. I *THINK* I can use the Custom Clock plugin to create a custom now-playing screen and take care of it, but now that I re-think about it, I think that screen is SANS buttons - it's the equivalent of a screensaver. HmHmHmHm. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77679 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Customizable 'Now Playing' screen?
erland;536878 Wrote: Touching the title Now Playing 1 of 12 will show you the context menu where one item is the year. I don't think it's possible to show it directly on the standard Now Playing screen. With the third party Custom Clock applet you can design your own Now Playing screen that contains year, but be prepared that the Custom Clock applet could be pretty advanced to setup. Can the custom Now Playing screen include buttons? For starters, I want to get rid of the repeat button, and maybe make some of the other buttons bigger. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=538339#post538339 Thanks! Love the plugins, by the way! -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77504 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch UI Questions (fixes?)
JJZolx;538378 Wrote: I'm seeing it with the remote. I wouldn't call it a delay, really, as the response is instantaneous, but it takes a long time to accelerate. As near as I can time it, it takes a full seven seconds to go from 100% to 50% using the remote. I'm getting about the same - when I saw 7 seconds, I was like, No way, can't be that long, but yep. Timed it on the ol' iPhone - 7 seconds from 100% - 50%, but 8.2 to go from 50% to 0%. Acceleration really kicks in. Subjectively, it's about 1/2 the rate of the SB3's I have. -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77679 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch UI Questions (fixes?)
I'll post my experience here just in case others are curious and don't
want to experience my pain. :-) I'm sure there's an easier way.
The files you want to modify are on the Touch itself, not the server.
This is new for a SB3 hacker like myself. You need to enable
SSH/Remote login from the UI.
From there, I've found the Touch applets are located in:
/usr/share/jive/applets/
I've modified the
/usr/share/jive/applets/NowPlaying/NowPlayingApplet.lua with this:
local repeatModes = {
mode0 = 'repeatOff',
-- mode1 = 'repeatSong',
-- mode2 = 'repeatPlaylist',
}
This changes the UI - the button won't respond to a touch graphically,
but it still changes the repeat mode itself.
What you need to do is comment out the push action (-- is a comment
mark in Lua - egad, not ANOTHER language to learn! :-()
self.repeatButton = Button(Icon('repeatMode'),
function()
--Framework: pushAction(repeat_toggle)
return EVENT_CONSUME
end
)
This disables the button on the GUI, but keeps it working on the
remote. 1. Small. Victory. :-)
You also need to reboot between changes as far as I can tell. This
will make hacking rather tedious - any way to re-launch an Applet
without rebooting? I ended up hacking away on Squeezeplay since it's
almost instant reboot on my PC.
-Dan
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Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch UI Questions (fixes?)
With local pushes, it goes from the screen, and Lua interprets it locally, sending the result to the server for processing. With the remote, the hardware takes in the IR code, sends it to the server for processing, which sends the result back to the Touch for display updates? Essentially a 2nd wireless hop back to the touch before the display gets updated? OK, I'll take it to the SqueezeOS area now.. :-) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77679 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch hits Slickdeals - 225$ from Logitech if honored
eedork;536031 Wrote: Mine arrived yesterday. What a deal! $225 with overnight shipping is amazing. I was originally going to wait a few weeks to buy one, but that price was hard to pass up. I'm sure that was the whole reason for the sale - to drum up early adopters who'd rave about it on Amazon, forums, etc. Cheap marketing. Worked on me - mine arrives today. :-) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77298 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch hits Slickdeals - 225$ from Logitech if honored
I had a touch in my cart musta been 4 times yesterday... still showing today after being declared dead. If only it ran SuperDateTime mostly serious! :-) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77298 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
