Re: [slim] Transporter or Touch?

2014-01-09 Thread lordgibbness
I'd almost certainly go with a good async USB DAC as jitter is essentially removed from the equation. So a Touch with the EDO extension installed would be my preferred choice. Although I do quite like those tube displays... Listening Room: Squeezebox Touch (EDO) USB Hub USB Isolator

Re: [slim] Setting up my system (2 x Touch Mac Mini)

2014-01-08 Thread lordgibbness
You can get the file locations from the main webpage http://name:9000/settings/server/status.html Scroll to the bottom, where it displays the Cache Folder. Listening Room: Squeezebox Touch (EDO) USB Hub USB Isolator Audiolab M-DAC Cyrus 6a KEF R100 Lounge: Squeezebox Classic Coax

Re: [slim] Debain package repository for LMS 7.8 and Squeezebox firmware

2014-01-05 Thread lordgibbness
Ah thanks - that was the cause of my issue it appears. I had the software updates option disabled in the LMS settings. After enabling that I have now updated the Touch firmware. It seems that all other firmwares (e.g. Radio, Boom, Classic) remain on the existing versions. thanks for your

Re: [slim] Debain package repository for LMS 7.8 and Squeezebox firmware

2014-01-05 Thread lordgibbness
By the way - do you know where the changelog for the firmware is, as I didn't see anything under the main changelog for LMS 7.8? cheers Rob. Listening Room: Squeezebox Touch (EDO) USB Hub USB Isolator Audiolab M-DAC Cyrus 6a KEF R100 Lounge: Squeezebox Classic Coax Arcam rDAC Marantz

Re: [slim] Debain package repository for LMS 7.8 and Squeezebox firmware

2014-01-04 Thread lordgibbness
Hi that's what I had done earlier - copied all the files (bin, version, sha) to the update cache, and restarted the Touch and the LMS, but it still doesn't seem to find the new firmware . Listening Room: Squeezebox Touch (EDO) USB Hub USB Isolator Audiolab M-DAC Cyrus 6a KEF R100 Lounge:

Re: [slim] Debain package repository for LMS 7.8 and Squeezebox firmware

2014-01-04 Thread lordgibbness
Yeah it was originally empty before I copied the firmware updates into the directory? Also, I have now removed the firmware files from the two directories mentioned above, after I couldn't get it to work. Has anyone managed to update the Touch/Radio to firmware 7.8 and has a way to do this?

[slim] Debain package repository for LMS 7.8 and Squeezebox firmware

2014-01-03 Thread lordgibbness
Hi all I am running LMS 7.8 on my Ubuntu server with my sources.list setup to install the nightly version whenever I run an upgrade the OS. Details of this are described here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Debian_Package Basically, I have added deb http://debian.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Debain package repository for LMS 7.8 and Squeezebox firmware

2014-01-03 Thread lordgibbness
Do you know if there is any way of forcing the player to find a new firmware? I have tried placing the files from here: http://update.slimdevices.com/update/firmware/7.8.0/ in the following locations without any luck: /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/updates /usr/share/squeezeboxserver/Firmware

Re: [slim] Various Artists

2010-11-13 Thread lordgibbness
(and Artist Compilation) and it finds all those albums OK. But through the Boom/Classic interface they are only listed under Various Artists. I suppose if I used TPE2 or ALBUMARTIST instead it would be better? -- lordgibbness

Re: [slim] Various Artists

2010-11-12 Thread lordgibbness
This looks like a complete guide to compilation albums in SBS. I'll have to have a good read... http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Compilations -- lordgibbness lordgibbness's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Various Artists

2010-11-12 Thread lordgibbness
for 'Various Artists' fields. http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Encouraged_Tag_Standards -- lordgibbness lordgibbness's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33390 View this thread

Re: [slim] Various Artists

2010-11-12 Thread lordgibbness
Artists. If the artist was called Various Artists that would go in the 'ARTIST' tag. -- lordgibbness lordgibbness's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33390 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Various Artists

2010-11-12 Thread lordgibbness
artists. This is exactly how SBS does NOT work though. I have 'ALBUM ARTIST' set to something (most ppl set it to VA - I set it to Compilation) but SBS requires the COMPILATION tag to be set, I believe. -- lordgibbness

Re: [slim] Various Artists

2010-11-12 Thread lordgibbness
of albums and (don't have that tag set at all for normal albums)... and it works really well. I can scroll though the artists sub-menu and find compilations and soundtracks now where as before I could only find the albums under specific artists... Thanks for your help. Rob. -- lordgibbness

[slim] Various Artists

2010-11-11 Thread lordgibbness
and screenshots if necessary. Thanks, Rob. P.S. I found this small wiki article - is this up to date? http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/VariousArtistsLogic -- lordgibbness lordgibbness's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Various Artists

2010-11-11 Thread lordgibbness
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Re: [slim] Various Artists

2010-11-11 Thread lordgibbness
everything is tagged correctly. -- lordgibbness lordgibbness's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33390 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83232