Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-08 Thread atrocity
bonze wrote: > Is there currently any other solution besides a 'tablet' for use as a > display? I have a monitor hooked up to a Wandboard. atrocity's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16009 View thi

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-08 Thread StridingEdge
stvjfp1 wrote: > High price, but looks good: > > http://www.bladelius.com/products/bladelius/mimer/Strewth - high price is > right! StridingEdge's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57498 View this

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread GeeJay
)p( wrote: > They sell a device they call the id. Its basically an intel nuc with > their Linux version of jrmc preinstalled and setup so it works out of > the box. > > See: > http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=89084.0 You can't sync multiple devices, last I read on one of the JRiv

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread stvjfp1
StridingEdge wrote: > Possibly interesting but doesn't look like anything near the finished > article and not what I'm looking for. > > I suppose what I really want is something very similar to the Touch but > with a screen twice the size and a remote you don't need a teenager with > a magnifyi

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread Man in a van
StridingEdge wrote: > Possibly interesting but doesn't look like anything near the finished > article and not what I'm looking for. > > I suppose what I really want is something very similar to the Touch but > with a screen twice the size and a remote you don't need a teenager with > a magnifyi

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread StridingEdge
OK - got that. I have just configured both TVs to access the Media Server. So, that's some progress with my setup. At least I can see what's playing, instead of having to stand up and walk over to the screen every time a track comes on that I don't recognise. I don't know why it didn't occur to me

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread riffer
Any computer on the network can access LMS through a web browser, so any old computer/laptop etc can be used to control the touch. riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: ht

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread StridingEdge
I've tried the smartphone route but it's just too small again. Is there a way of using a SmartTV? StridingEdge's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread bonze
Mnyb wrote: > Probably among some of the DIY users here , seen treads about hooking up > something to some of the DIY players pi or wand board or whatnot ? OK, I haven't been following any of the threads for a while. When I did they assumed that everyone was going to be using a smartphone as a co

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread Mnyb
bonze wrote: > Is there currently any other solution besides a 'tablet' for use as a > display? Probably among some of the DIY users here , seen treads about hooking up something to some of the DIY players pi or wand board or whatnot ? I actually think there is an interface that could go out on

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread castalla
bonze wrote: > Is there currently any other solution besides a 'tablet' for use as a > display? If you use Windows, install Squeezeplay - use it as a controller Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio Logitech UE Smart Radio Raspberry Pi + Squeezeplug LM

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread Julf
bonze wrote: > Is there currently any other solution besides a 'tablet' for use as a > display? Pretty much anything that runs java (and thus jivelite). "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gil

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread bonze
Mnyb wrote: > Or a tablet , I'm happy with the tablet solution as it also solve the > display issue :) Is there currently any other solution besides a 'tablet' for use as a display? LMS Version: 7.9 TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3 - WHS 2011 2x Touch, 3x SB3 -

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread get.amped
StridingEdge wrote: > > ... > 1. Large screen that displays album artwork > 2. Large remote with well laid out buttons. The Touch fails miserably on > all counts - the buttons are not laid out well, they are too small and > the writing can only be seen with assistance - all presumably because >

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread Mnyb
castalla wrote: > Why not just use a larger programmable remote ? Or a tablet , I'm happy with the tablet solution as it also solve the display issue :) I also run iRule on to have remotes for other stuff ,Meridian system TV and TV box and blueray player . ---

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread castalla
StridingEdge wrote: > Possibly interesting but doesn't look like anything near the finished > article and not what I'm looking for. > > I suppose what I really want is something very similar to the Touch but > with a screen twice the size and a remote you don't need a teenager with > a magnifyi

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread StridingEdge
Possibly interesting but doesn't look like anything near the finished article and not what I'm looking for. I suppose what I really want is something very similar to the Touch but with a screen twice the size and a remote you don't need a teenager with a magnifying glass to use (to see the tiny

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-07 Thread dafiend
LOL @ the passive-aggressive OP. dafiend's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=60637 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102086

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-06 Thread StridingEdge
jmschnur wrote: > You might look at JRiver software and their new hardware. I just looked at their site - nothing mentions any hardware options StridingEdge's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57498

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-06 Thread jmschnur
You might look at JRiver software and their new hardware. Joel jmschnur's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102086 _

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-06 Thread garym
get.amped wrote: > I don't think ditching their proprietary wireless mesh changes the basic > limitation of how much music the system can handle. My understanding is > that you will still need a separate DLNA server if you want to have more > than the internal limit and that introduces other issu

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-06 Thread get.amped
StridingEdge wrote: > ^ I read somewhere, only in the last couple of days, that Sonos are > changing from that limitation. I'll try and find the link... > > Here we are > > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/03/sonos-drops-price-music-systems-high-resolution-wireless-mp3 > > and...

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-06 Thread StridingEdge
^ I read somewhere, only in the last couple of days, that Sonos are changing from that limitation. I'll try and find the link... StridingEdge's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57498 View this thread

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-06 Thread get.amped
StridingEdge wrote: > Thanks - that's interesting. I will continue to look at solutions and > see what is best. I might, I confess, go down the Sonos route but it is > an expensive one. > > Re Tags - I see more problems on home audio forums relating to poor > tagging than just about anything els

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-06 Thread StridingEdge
Thanks - that's interesting. I will continue to look at solutions and see what is best. I might, I confess, go down the Sonos route but it is an expensive one. Re Tags - I see more problems on home audio forums relating to poor tagging than just about anything else. I was lucky to have spent some

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-06 Thread yeomanspc
So to get back to your original question re the touch replacement, a lot of us bought a spare (or more) player. With Michael doing some excellent work on 7.9, and having looked round at a lot of players, I conclude that there is nothing around today to replace all that the Squeezebox environment

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread StridingEdge
It would make more sense to clear cache as part of the process wouldn't it? What would it matter if it was an automated and combined process? Are there any downsides to that? I might, as new practice clear it every time I do a complete scan from now on. The disappointment was the final straw at t

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread JJZolx
StridingEdge wrote: > Well I didn't know that was the cause - had I known what the reason was > I wouldn't have asked about it on here would I? Which is what I would do as well. This is a good place to ask such questions. I was commenting on your "sheer disappointment". > Besides, I was under t

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread atrocity
StridingEdge wrote: > Thanks for that. All my Flac files are stereo (I assume when you said > "multichannel you were referring to 5.1?) and that's all I want from > that side of things. Do the Oppos handle that OK? The Oppos will play 2.0 just fine. But if your taste runs to opera or prog rock

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread StridingEdge
JJZolx wrote: > "Sheer disappointment" in software that is unable to read a bad file? > :confused: > > Anyway... > > Are you unaware of the many different approaches to creating a > Squeezebox equivalent from a small, inexpensive computer? It's discussed > in many, many threads in these forums.

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread JJZolx
StridingEdge wrote: > Yes, bad file it turns out. It wasn't a rant at all, just sheer > disappointment. "Sheer disappointment" in software that is unable to read a bad file? :confused: Anyway... Are you unaware of the many different approaches to creating a Squeezebox equivalent from a small,

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread StridingEdge
atrocity wrote: > You might want to look at the Oppo players. They play all the disc > formats you mentioned and do some streaming. As far as I know, > streaming from your own library still involves DLNA/UPNP with no gapless > playback, though you'd be able to stream multichannel FLAC. > > The

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread atrocity
StridingEdge wrote: > One particular question is - are there any GOOD devices, that people > know of, that stream (both from internet and PC) and that combine a > player that can handle CD, SACD, DVD-A, CD-R etc etc You might want to look at the Oppo players. They play all the disc formats you

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-04 Thread StridingEdge
Yes, bad file it turns out. It wasn't a rant at all but more one of sheer disappointment. But, as with many others I have seen on here over the last year or so, I can see a finite lifetime for the Touch, as everything has of course but I know if it has any sort of actual fault it's not going to g

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-04 Thread yeomanspc
StridingEdge wrote: > Hey all > > My Touch was working perfectly until the scan started terminating after > a minute or so. well, what changed? In my experience, scans usually fail because you have a bad file - either bad tags, or a playlist that refers to deleted or moved music. Did you look

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-04 Thread get.amped
Hmmm... Coming to the SB enthusiast forum looking for alternatives to the SB environment... After a little rant... Sarcasm aside, I have yet to find anything that works as well. The LMS server platform is continuing to be developed outside of the official Logitech release and a number of player o

[slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-04 Thread StridingEdge
Hey all My Touch was working perfectly until the scan started terminating after a minute or so. I have decided that I can no longer run with a device that is unsupported and cannot waste any more time trying to fix a problem for which there seems to be no company support and with an issue that it