[SlimDevices: Touch] CI Audio VDCSB

2010-04-22 Thread luny
Hello, Currently I have an SB3 with a CI Audio VDC•SB. The CI Audio VDC•SB supplies 5V DC @ 2.2 Amps. Can I also use the VDC•SB for the Touch? Can somebody confirm this will work? Thx in advance -- luny SqueezeBox 3 Squeezebox Controller Synology DS107+, CIaudio VDA#8226;2 DAC

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] And Now The Touch?

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
Notec, Can I helpfully suggest you go get attention from somewhere better...this is an Internet forum, not real life. Perhaps, say, from a member of the opposite sex? What age are you by the way bro? :) -- Gazjam

[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
Getting mine today to replace an SB3, looking forward to improved digital out into my Beresford Dac. Most new bits of kit I've had needed some time from new to bed in soundwise. Now the Touch has been out for a while, can any experienced users comment on if this is the case with the Touch? Ta.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/96 Perfromance Issue ( Solution!)

2010-04-22 Thread Rangdo
JohnSwenson;538756 Wrote: I tested it quite a bit and never had a problem with an external server. The only time I ever had any problem with with the builtin server and that wasn't very often. Given the lack of problems that I've had I'm wondering what I'm doing differently. The only

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to check the progress of a scan of the USB drive?

2010-04-22 Thread RichardLittlewood
I removed about 5 GByte of non-music files from the USB (~220G in a 320G drive used now). I then did another factory reset because the player had lost mysqueezebox.com password and there appears to be no way of entering it except after a factory reset. After doing the welcome wizard I mounted the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/96 Perfromance Issue ( Solution!)

2010-04-22 Thread JohnSwenson
Tonight I tried and tried to get it to stutter or do anything wrong and nothing worked, it played flawlessly no matter what. 24/96 -8 flac, over WiFi to the server with spectrum analyzer or VU meters, long name so text scrolling in the now playing screen. I tried slideshow over WiFi as well. It

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] CI Audio VDCSB

2010-04-22 Thread JohnSwenson
It will work fine as long as you don't plug in a bus powered USB drive. Its kind of on the edge for a bus powered drive. John S. -- JohnSwenson JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/96 Perfromance Issue ( Solution!)

2010-04-22 Thread ncpl
Hi John, dumb question but you are definitely streaming as flac not wav ? cheers -- ncpl ncpl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6305 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Touch] The Ing is coming

2010-04-22 Thread Quad
My Touch has been running perfectly well for the last two days. The quick and hasslefree setup with the touch screen is a joy. The things I like the most over the Duet are: - touch screen - native support for HE-AAC (mysqueezebox.com is now sufficient for my favorite radio stations) -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to check the progress of a scan of the USB drive?

2010-04-22 Thread lrossouw
RichardLittlewood;538769 Wrote: However, now everything is working well. I have my 3k file library all available with albumart and I am logged into mysqueezebox. Lets see how long it lasts. 3k = 30,000,000 is a lot of music :) Just kidding but 30k is also a lot of music. I'd

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to check the progress of a scan of the USB drive?

2010-04-22 Thread DigitalMitch
RichardLittlewood;538769 Wrote: I then did another factory reset because the player had lost mysqueezebox.com password and there appears to be no way of entering it except after a factory reset. Ricard, I don't believe that Touch loses the password, there is some other connection

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-04-22 Thread firedog
R Johnson;538597 Wrote: I have now have a Touch, the CSO Resound recording of the Bruckner 7th Symphony (conducted by Haitink) as a 16/44.1 CD and as a 24/88.2 download from HDtracks. I guess it's time to learn what difference(s) I can discern. My understanding is that the Touch

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread shevans
I was surprised no one else has yet commented on the initial sound from the Touch. Mine was very bright and the bass very undefined (muddled). A six hours later most of this had disappeared but its taken a week of playing to sound right. Even with its initial sound it was better than the SB3 I

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-04-22 Thread MrRalph
firedog;538785 Wrote: My understanding is that the Touch doesn't have a native setup for 24/88 files, so it will have to resample the file in SBS/sox (or have it done by SBS/sox on an external server) in order to play it. If I'm wrong about this, Phil or someone else chime in. If I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread shevans
Interestingly I also have had two B'DACs with my SB3, a 7510 and a Caiman+ (both current models), neither of them gelled with my system and the Caiman+ produced distortion on female vocals. -- shevans SB Touch, TeddySB3 (PSU), QED Digit Positron PSU, NVA P90sa passive pre-amp, NVA A40

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-04-22 Thread Quad
firedog;538785 Wrote: My understanding is that the Touch doesn't have a native setup for 24/88 files, so it will have to resample the file in SBS/sox (or have it done by SBS/sox on an external server) in order to play it. If I'm wrong about this, Phil or someone else chime in. If I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Quad
0/10 -- Quad Quad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77727 ___ Touch mailing list

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to check the progress of a scan of the USB drive?

2010-04-22 Thread DigitalMitch
John, thanks for such a comprehensive reply. I'll drve the My Apps and last.fm scrobbling elsewhere as they are minor compared to unlistenable music! JohnSwenson;538624 Wrote: Figuring out what is going on with the stuttering is ongoing. Is it happening with FLAC files? yes - I'm 95% FLAC

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch hard drive on net?

2010-04-22 Thread DigitalMitch
be aware though that sharing uses some load on the Touch, so if you are stretching it (large library, browsing pictures, etc) and experience problems, then it may be best to turn off sharing. -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio and 1 * Touch controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
Thanks for the relpies Shevans, that's the first comments I've heard on the Touch on it's I itial sound. I had an sb3 before into my modded caiman, very smooth open sound..that said, the high frequency stuff WAS a bit splashy sometimes before I upgraded the regulators and output caps..but even at

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Playlists when using USB drive

2010-04-22 Thread pippin
Perl IS just a scripting language for web pages :evil: -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread shevans
Hi Gazjam, Currently switching between analogue and digital (coaxial), via a QED Digit/Positron DAC, trying to tell which is best. Analogue more enjoyable, via the DAC more information! The analogue outputs are very good, there is always room for improvement but will I be able to hear it? I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] HDD for touch

2010-04-22 Thread mikkeldaase
krochat;538162 Wrote: My experience was 2 minutes to rescan a drive with 3400 files, 90 minutes to rescan a drive with 38000 files. It's obviously not linear with the number of files. While you can play music during the rescan, the UI is pretty sluggish. Kim Ok, but would you have to do

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] HDD for touch

2010-04-22 Thread Gomez
Currently using a Samsung s2 500gb 2.5 external bus powered off the touch, with 400gb of flacs, working great at the moment goes to sleep after 5 mins idle very quiet. (that's probably jinxed it) -- Gomez Gomez's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
hiya, yeah, I hear good things about the analogue outs, especially when compared to the SB3. Your real world take on the improvements (will I actually HEAR it??), ring true with mine, which makes your comments on burn in for the Touch even more relevent. :) Another question? The Touch

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread shevans
The screen need to be 7 in size to be comparable to the SB3. The viewing angle, when viewing from below is awful and really needs an adjustable stand. Its too small as a photo viewer but Ok for its intended purpose as long as you are not too far away. Only problem is our Toddler has worked out

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] HDD for touch

2010-04-22 Thread mikkeldaase
Gomez;538809 Wrote: Currently using a Samsung s2 500gb 2.5 external bus powered off the touch, with 400gb of flacs, working great at the moment goes to sleep after 5 mins idle very quiet. (that's probably jinxed it) That's interesting, and very promising:) -- mikkeldaase

[SlimDevices: Touch] Performance comparison between my old Server and Touch internal one?

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
Have always used a server (of course!) to run my SB3, but with the Touch on its way I'm curious about the idea of using its own server rather than having to have the PC on? Some info: My server is an old Dell GX260SFF P4 2Ghz with 1B ram running windows XP. I use an external WD 1TB USB hardrive

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
Thanks for that, just wondering... do you have an old fireguard to put round it? ;) Its just arrived, so going to set it up..will get back with how I find it. Cheers, Gaz. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Analog Output Stage

2010-04-22 Thread struts
JohnSwenson;538679 Wrote: Its very simple. The DAC has a voltage out, so no I/V stage is needed. The output goes to a series resistor after which is a cap to ground (low pass filter) then a series cap (SMD electrolytic, not sure of the model) and on to the RCA jack. The only thing that

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Performance comparison between my old Server and Touch internal one?

2010-04-22 Thread marlo
I'm running sbs (7.5) on an single core Atom Whs (1,6Ghz, 2GB RAM). And I also like the idea of using the touch's internal server. At it's current state, its performance and stability is miles away from the atom and that stopped me from following that idea very soon. Besides, I don't want to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Covenant
I think Gaz has a good point here. Most components need a period of burning in to achieve their optimum sound. Personally I am not going to comment on sound quality until I have used mine for a week or so. -- Covenant

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/96 Perfromance Issue ( Solution!)

2010-04-22 Thread ziggyb63
JohnSwenson;538770 Wrote: The worst average CPU was about 50% which was when using VU meters. It's weird that things are so different in my environment!! During the stuttering on my Touch, looks like the CPU is maxed out.. 72% /usr/bin/jive 10% jive_alsa -d default -c default -b 200 8%

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Performance comparison between my old Server and Touch internal one?

2010-04-22 Thread slate
Are you using the mysql that comes with SBS? In that case you might be able to gain a little by doing this http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=401530postcount=18 However I do not think that is your problem. Are there anything unusual in the server or scanner logfiles? errors? constant

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/96 Perfromance Issue ( Solution!)

2010-04-22 Thread pounce
JohnSwenson;538756 Wrote: Given the lack of problems that I've had I'm wondering what I'm doing differently. What firmware version are you running? I think you mentioned you were a beta customer. Do you know if the hardware you have is production spec? Out of curiosity, what 24/96

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Performance comparison between my old Server and Touch internal one?

2010-04-22 Thread pounce
Gazjam;538820 Wrote: Have always used a server (of course!) to run my SB3, but with the Touch on its way I'm curious about the idea of using its own server rather than having to have the PC on? Some info: My server is an old Dell GX260SFF P4 2Ghz with 1B ram running windows XP. I use an

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Ali Tait
I've had mine since the 12th.I can't compare it to the SB3 as I didn't have one,and indeed this is the first streamer of any kind I've had.I can say the Touch is better feeding my Audio Note dac than either my Arcam or Marantz CD94 MK II,so I'd say that's a pretty good recommendation.I downloaded

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread garym
The needed burn-in, with modern solid state components, is between the ears. New stuff can sound different and different (whether better or not) makes our brain work harder. But we adjust (while components stay the same!) -- garym

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Ali Tait
I've had mine since the 12th.I can't compare it to the SB3 as I didn't have one,and indeed this is the first streamer of any kind I've had.I can say the Touch is better feeding my Audio Note dac than either my Arcam or Marantz CD94 MK II,so I'd say that's a pretty good recommendation.I downloaded

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] The Ing is coming

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
Hi from Scotland UK. So you like it then? See, it IS better than a Duet ;) I got mine earlier today, setup in minutes playing from external server. Love everthing about it honestly, sound into my Dac is sublime. Did a comparison with analogue outs, which while better than my old SB3 ain't a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Analog Output Stage

2010-04-22 Thread m1abrams
struts;538826 Wrote: Interesting, thanks John. Presumably the series cap is there to remove DC offset, however according to the spec sheet of the AK4420 this should be less than 60mV. Can you see the value? It is possible that the caps are there to protect something from excessive reactive

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
Wellit's here. :) seup and running in minutes after upgrading it's software. What a cracking little bit of kit! I had concerns (from seeing videos online) about the screen text size but you know what? It's spot on. Bright, very clear and sharp. There's several now playing views and once you

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Analog Output Stage

2010-04-22 Thread tonyptony
JohnSwenson;538755 Wrote: Yes is can be bypassed. The operation itself is easy, the hard part is getting the Touch apart. Actually its easy to get apart, the hard part is to get it back together so it still works. :-) Once the exoskeleton is breached its rather fragile. John S.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] And Now The Touch?

2010-04-22 Thread maggior
notec;538741 Wrote: you have to ask? cant figure that out on your own, eh? OK, I'll bite. Can you tell us why? Though I don't agree with much of what you say, you actually make some valid points - yes, the duet had other issues than WiFi and yes, the product is developed by the same team on

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] And Now The Touch?

2010-04-22 Thread maggior
Daverz;538666 Wrote: Yes, but I want the improved transport electronics of the Touch as well. I could always buy another Touch to use as a controller, but this is starting to get expensive! At the current price of the Touch, yes, it would be expensive to buy one just to use it as a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Performance comparison between my old Server and Touch internal one?

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
Hi, thanks for the replies. I DO own a Touch yeah..I was relaying my experiences with the SB3. Actually, when I posted the Touch was in transit with the Courier and I hadn't received it yet. Been playing my LastFM for the last couple of hours..REALLY I pressed with the sound quality into my

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SuperDateTime on Touch

2010-04-22 Thread madpatrick
On my touch i still have SDT working from my earlier installed SB3. Not as a screensaver, but as an option in the menu. The icons are small, but it works... -- madpatrick madpatrick's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] And Now The Touch?

2010-04-22 Thread iPhone
notec;538730 Wrote: The only successful org to ever tame the open source arena was/is Mozilla.org. Logitech sold vaporware with the Duet. It's that simple. Folks that claim they've never had issues with the duet either: 1) rarely use it 2) have it setup right next to their router 3)

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Analog Output Stage

2010-04-22 Thread struts
m1abrams;538883 Wrote: It is possible that the caps are there to protect something from excessive reactive loads that might be get connected to the output (i.e. headphones). But this is decoupling the RCA outs, right? Does the headphone jack branch before or after this cap? Sure would be

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Covenant
garym;538878 Wrote: The needed burn-in, with modern solid state components, is between the ears. New stuff can sound different and different (whether better or not) makes our brain work harder. But we adjust (while components stay the same!) You are dead wrong-components, mainly capacitors,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any fix out there for missing album artwork?

2010-04-22 Thread gellie
garym;538532 Wrote: on one of the missing album art songs, go into itunes, right click on track, go to properties, album art tab, and you'll likely see your itunes art there. Right click on the art, then immediately paste into the same box. Now the artwork is embedded in the tag. You can do

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
wot he said. +1 -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77727 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Performance comparison between my old Server and Touch internal one?

2010-04-22 Thread Mnyb
92% cpu ! maybe you do a clean reinstall of the whole machine, if it's only used for music. I gets high during start for 10 sec or so Unless when you are scanning then 90% is the norm, it scans as fast as it can using the resources available. Or do you need to transcode, then it could be high.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Performance comparison between my old Server and Touch internal one?

2010-04-22 Thread erland
Gazjam;538820 Wrote: I noticed it particularly with SS 7.5...the MYSQL was running 92% CPU on XP, which caused slowdown. As already mentioned, something has to be wrong if it's continuously using 92% CPU. If it's only now and then it could be normal, especially if you are measuring while

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Performance comparison between my old Server and Touch internal one?

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
server PC now reinstalled with 7.5 rather than 7.4. You know what? 7.5 seems to run a LOT sweeter than 7.4 did. Currently scanning my library, mysqld at 14 percent CPU load, scanner.exe at 73 percent. More efficient coding maybe? A bugfix? I DO transcode Flac files on the server rather than on

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] The Ing is coming

2010-04-22 Thread erland
Quad;538776 Wrote: There is literally ONE thing – read my lips – ONE thing that I'm missing. (I'm not Bill Clinton, you can trust me.) There should be a more customizable browsing menu in 'SqueezeOS'. The only reason why I have to run an external server and can't use the embedded one is

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Analogue/digital VU

2010-04-22 Thread danull
erland;536614 Wrote: Yes, just select the Analog VU Meter style in Custom Clock, activate the screen saver and go to Custom Clock Helper plugin in SBS and change the url parameter to point to the png files created by jstraw. I'm not sure if he has published the png files on his server yet

[SlimDevices: Touch] TouchServer Synchronisation

2010-04-22 Thread DigitalMitch
Does anyone please have any success or tips for getting the TouchServer/tinySC to stream synchronously to itself and a couple of other players (specifically Receiver and Radio). It will sometime work for moderate periods and at other times won't last a few seconds without rebuffering/stuttering

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Analogue/digital VU

2010-04-22 Thread erland
danull;538959 Wrote: Afraid to try this until I see somebody confirm those png files are up... You can use the Analog VU Meter style without jstraw's images, it will use the standard Logitech VU Meter graphics by default. The images hasn't been published as separate files yet on jstraw's

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Phil Leigh
I don't want to up[set anybody (honestly) but: 1) burn-in testing as described in the links posted earlier is about stress testing (often to destruction) to determine mortality rates etc, especially in high voltage, high risk components. The sort of components found in audio gear are rather

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread shevans
The changes I heard were within the first week, most noticeably the first 6 hours or so. -- shevans SB Touch, TeddySB3 (PSU), QED Digit Positron PSU, NVA P90sa passive pre-amp, NVA A40 monoblock's, Fostex FE206E based big purple people eaters! The Caiman+ went back...

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Analog Output Stage

2010-04-22 Thread JohnSwenson
struts;538920 Wrote: But this is decoupling the RCA outs, right? Does the headphone jack branch before or after this cap? Sure would be interesting to know the value.. The cap is 10uf. I did measure the voltage before the cap and it was less than 20mV. I don't remember where the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Analog Output Stage

2010-04-22 Thread JohnSwenson
tonyptony;538892 Wrote: Interesting. So how does it sound once done? (I'd be surprised if you hadn't tried this yet!) I actually haven't done it yet. I'm trying to keep a completely stock unit so I can make comparisons and evaluations that will match what others will be hearing. When I get

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Pat Farrell
Phil Leigh wrote: 2) The mere fact that (audio) equipment ALWAYS sounds better after being burned-in really should give you pause for thought. Why would this be? Its clearly the mind resolving the standard buyer's remorse. Nothing more. 4) Human audio memory is rubbish. +1 -- Pat

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is the hardware version of your Touch?

2010-04-22 Thread ziggyb63
5 -- ziggyb63 ziggyb63's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11682 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77754 ___ Touch mailing

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread maggior
Phil Leigh;538976 Wrote: I don't want to upset anybody (honestly) but: 1) burn-in testing as described in the links posted earlier is about stress testing (often to destruction) to determine mortality rates etc, especially in high voltage, high risk components. The sort of components

[SlimDevices: Touch] Looking for good backup program

2010-04-22 Thread gellie
to use on my external HD. am using a Mac w/ a Toshiba HD. Looking for something seemless so when i hook it up to my mac it will reconize the new music i downloaded or changes i made. Thx -- gellie gellie's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread m1abrams
Phil - some people believe cables burn-in :) Maybe if you apply upwards of 10kV and several 100s of amps you might see a change to a cable. So trying to straighten someone out of the thought that burn-in of a digital device like the Touch is a myth is a long road if they think their copper

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Static IP

2010-04-22 Thread oofda
JohnSwenson;538759 Wrote: Thats why I said to plug it into a laptap rather than a router or switch on the LAN. Most people are not running a software DHCP server on their laptop so connecting direct to a laptop will make a connection without servicing the DHCP request. John S. That's what

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread garym
I'm so far from dead wrong based on science and electronics that I don't know where to begin. But instead I'll just say, +1 to what Phil said. And I also truly believe if it makes one feel better to think that burn-in has made their components sound better, then more power to you. After all,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread shevans
garym;538993 Wrote: p.s. Received my TOUCH today and will play with it this weekend. I guess I shouldn't compare it to my Transporter until after the burn-in. ;-) But do tell us if it sounds great the first 1/2 hr... -- shevans SB Touch, TeddySB3 (PSU), QED Digit Positron PSU, NVA

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any fix out there for missing album artwork?

2010-04-22 Thread garym
gellie;538928 Wrote: I already see the artwork when i open the album art tab. Am i suppose to past it somewhere else? Yep, you see it. So now right click on the art and select COPY. Then within the same place (where the art already is), right click and select PASTE. I know this sounds crazy

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is the hardware version of your Touch?

2010-04-22 Thread MrC
5 -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77754 ___ Touch mailing list

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch UI Questions (fixes?)

2010-04-22 Thread plympton
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is the hardware version of your Touch?

2010-04-22 Thread SteveEast
5 Steve. -- SteveEast Home: 3*SB3, 1*Boom, 4*Radio running 7.4.1 on Acer Aspire easyStore H340 WHS. Cabin: 1*Touch running 7.5.0 on itself. SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is the hardware version of your Touch?

2010-04-22 Thread maggior
Is there a reason you are asking? -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 4 Booms, 1 Duet, 1 Receiver, 1 Touch. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeBoxServer 7.5.0, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 33,060 songs, 2,656 albums, 484 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/96 Perfromance Issue ( Solution!)

2010-04-22 Thread pounce
JohnSwenson;539000 Wrote: I'm running the official firmware that everybody else should be using. What version are you running? -- pounce pounce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12645 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is the hardware version of your Touch?

2010-04-22 Thread JJZolx
maggior;539013 Wrote: Is there a reason you are asking? I figured it should be version 5, but was wondering if perhaps it had been updated yet and whether anyone had a later version. Beta testers last year were asked to exchange their earlier beta versions of the Touch and were sent devices

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is the hardware version of your Touch?

2010-04-22 Thread iPhone
JJZolx;538984 Wrote: Find the hardware version at: Settings Advanced Diagnostics My second Beta unit is a 5. Turned the first beta in when return requested (old/first CPU model) so I don't know what it was. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] The Ing is coming

2010-04-22 Thread Quad
erland;538945 Wrote: What browsing functionality are you missing ? Logitech will never do something as flexible as Custom Browse but if you can describe exactly which menus/hierarchies that would be needed for you to accept the built-in server there might be a way to accomplish something.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch UI Questions (fixes?)

2010-04-22 Thread erland
plympton;539006 Wrote: 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. It should now be available through Patch Installer, I had to adjust spaces/tabs to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] The Ing is coming

2010-04-22 Thread erland
Quad;539022 Wrote: Hi Erland I don't use all the functionalities of CustomBrowse regularly. But my browsing structure looks like this thanks to your plugin: -My Music ---Audiophile -Album ---Classical -Composer ---Album ---Jazz --Artist Album

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Ali Tait
I've certainly heard changes in things like new coupling caps in my valve amps,and no I didn't imagine it,because they can sound bass heavy one day,and very toppy the next while they break in.I can't say I noticed any change in the Touch though.Sounded great straight out of the box.Wonder how

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Gazjam
pfarrell;538983 Wrote: Phil Leigh wrote: 2) The mere fact that (audio) equipment ALWAYS sounds better after being burned-in really should give you pause for thought. Why would this be? Its clearly the mind resolving the standard buyer's remorse. Nothing more. 4) Human audio

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch UI Questions (fixes?)

2010-04-22 Thread plympton
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Daverz
Phil Leigh;538976 Wrote: 2) The mere fact that (audio) equipment ALWAYS sounds better after being burned-in This is the well-known '-practice effect-' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Practice_Effect). -- Daverz

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What is the hardware version of your Touch?

2010-04-22 Thread ralphpnj
25 No, only kidding. It's version 5 -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Snatch - The Transporter - Transporter 2 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ralphpnj's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread maggior
Daverz;539083 Wrote: This is the well-known '-practice effect-' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Practice_Effect). LOL, a David Brin reference! How appropriate on '-Earth-' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_(novel)) Day I've read Earth and the 1st and 2nd Uplift series of books numerous

[SlimDevices: Touch] FatFinger Skin for Touch

2010-04-22 Thread plympton
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

[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch: losseless wma support missing?

2010-04-22 Thread seth_space
I have about 800GB of lossless WMA files that play great under windows media player but not with the Touch. Any ideas or suggestions.. to convert them would be a hell of a job..brr. running server 7.5.1 -- seth_space

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Looking for good backup program

2010-04-22 Thread MrC
I tried this software back in March, and decided to remove it. Unfortunately, the version I'd installed (up to date at the time) did not uninstall well. It left a task around, but the task description was non-existent, causing launchd to crash / restart constantly. I discovered this only after

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] TouchServer Synchronisation

2010-04-22 Thread maggior
The screensavers take up significant CPU as I understand it, especially the analog VU meter one. Perhaps the CPU is getting maxed out. To avoid the issue, perhaps you could try not using the screensaver and just leave the now playing screen up. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 4

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch: losseless wma support missing?

2010-04-22 Thread Mnyb
Welcome to the forum :) The Touch can not play WMA lossles by itself. But if you run the server on a Windows machine it should transcode to flac on the fly. Do you have flac.exe installed ? In the web-UI for squeezeboxserver settings advanced file types If you scroll down a bit to: Code:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] TouchServer Synchronisation

2010-04-22 Thread Mnyb
Are the Touch wireless ? A wireless server is not such a good idea ? Especially not with such a ligthweigth hardware Touch wifi can use some cpu especially if it's going to sync (I think) -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS

[SlimDevices: Touch] balance?

2010-04-22 Thread ratso
any way to adjust the balance (aka pan L or R)? -- ratso Emerald Physics CS2.3's - Odyssey Stratos/Khartago amps (coming soon) - Supratek Chardonnay Preamp - Slim Devices Touch - Panamax M4300PM power conditioner - KRK Ergo room correction - Cables by Me!

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] TouchServer Synchronisation

2010-04-22 Thread DigitalMitch
generally I leave now playing up - occasionally I hit the main area rather than 'back' to get to the menus, then I need to cycle through all options to get back to now playing - thats when I noticed that despite the stream stuttering/rebuffering - the high load displays still worked! Touch is

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] balance?

2010-04-22 Thread aubuti
no, probably because that's usually a function of the preamp or receiver, not the source. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FatFinger Skin for Touch

2010-04-22 Thread iPhone
Nice. Is the screen dump a Touch mode pic (assuming)? Or is it an IR mode pic and if not what happens when I use the Touch in IR mode? Does it get to big and mess up the graphics? -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread m1abrams
Gazjam;539118 Wrote: Just a thought... We used to believe the earth was flat, science at the time could even prove it... The physics behind this tech is well defined and tested. The earth being flat was not well defined or tested. Course your statement does support my The SB Touch is

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and burn in

2010-04-22 Thread Pat Farrell
Gazjam wrote: We used to believe the earth was flat, science at the time could even prove it... The ancient Greeks not only knew that the earth was a sphere, they calculated the diameter and were amazingly accurate. The story of Columbus is a myth, a lot of like burn in for electronics. --

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