[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch won't play since server reinstall

2010-07-16 Thread Davey-boy
Hi guys, From day 1 I managed to get my 2 squeezebox touches working straight after unboxing them. I installed the server onto my laptop where my music is stored and it worked really well. Last night I had to rebuild my laptop and reinstall the server. Now, the touches say they can see my

[SlimDevices: Touch] Tracks finishing early and skipping to next song

2010-07-16 Thread matengawhat
Hi hope someone can help tried to key word search but can't find an answer I have my touch connected to a usb hard drive and plays fine most of the time but on a regular basis it just skips to the next track - if i go back to the track it then plays fine - it is as though someone has pressed

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch in a car

2010-07-16 Thread Howard Passman
toby10;560708 Wrote: As iPhone suggests, just make sure a USB HD is designed for such use. I've had an Iomega eGo USB HD under my dash for several years, never skipped a beat (pun intended). ;) The prices for SSD's are coming down and some models have a USB port on them. No worries about

[SlimDevices: Touch] Why a microphone in the touch?

2010-07-16 Thread seth_space
In a test on tweakers.net (dutch site, sorry) they noticed there's a Microphone build on the board on the lower left corner of the touch. Any thoughts why? pictures back http://ic.tweakimg.net/ext/i/imagelarge/1279183500.jpeg Front: http://ic.tweakimg.net/ext/i/imagelarge/1279183501.jpeg the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch in a car

2010-07-16 Thread toby10
Howard Passman;562098 Wrote: The prices for SSD's are coming down and some models have a USB port on them. No worries about bumps even if you drive off road. Howard Absolutely, and looking forward to it. But until SSD's are more price competitive with USB drives it's not a viable option

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch + NAS advantages?

2010-07-16 Thread mdm
JohnSwenson;561764 Wrote: A sheevaplug will be a big step up from running the internal server... My recommendation: if you can possibly swing it an external server is a good thing, for many reasons... You DO have to be willing to do some simple linux command line stuff to get it up

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch + NAS advantages?

2010-07-16 Thread woodnut
mdm;562116 Wrote: Hi John, could you tell me where can I found instructions and what a big step up from running the internal server is? What benefits gives me a SheevaPlug against TinyServer? I use wav not flac format so the place of decoding is not vital. Tnks in advance. Mike. I am

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch in a car

2010-07-16 Thread Howard Passman
toby10;562110 Wrote: Absolutely, and looking forward to it. But until SSD's are more price competitive with USB drives it's not a viable option for many. 320 gb Iomega eGo USB = $80 32 gb SSD = $180 For many users SSD's don't have the capacity (at any price) for ones music collection.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch in a car

2010-07-16 Thread Howard Passman
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227517 1TB PCI-e with 1.4GBs read and write speeds. Sell the car! Howard -- Howard Passman Can I go home now? Howard Passman's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch won't play since server reinstall

2010-07-16 Thread Davey-boy
Ok, so I've had a bit of time to mess around with this. I have answered my own question about browsing the genres. You can browse by album if you scroll right to the bottom to select albums I can play music from my library but when I do a long touch on the album to bring up the menu the only

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why a microphone in the touch?

2010-07-16 Thread Amauta
Can't find that microfone. Can you be more specific where to find it on the board? -- Amauta SqueezeboxServer 7.5.1 on Qnap TS-119. 3x Squeezebox2, 1 Squeezebox Classic, 2x BOOM - excellent sound!, One little RED Radio 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/Squeezebox_II/)

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Tracks finishing early and skipping to next song

2010-07-16 Thread sberger
matengawhat;562088 Wrote: Hi hope someone can help tried to key word search but can't find an answer I have my touch connected to a usb hard drive and plays fine most of the time but on a regular basis it just skips to the next track - if i go back to the track it then plays fine - it is

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why a microphone in the touch?

2010-07-16 Thread Chunkywizard
official link for the processor is: http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX353 Future is a distributor of Freescale. CW -- Chunkywizard *Squeezebox:* Boom x2 (Lounge and Office), Radio (with battery) *Server:* 7.5.0 for Windows Home Server (HP EX-490 MediaSmart

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why a microphone in the touch?

2010-07-16 Thread -Stef-
Big brother is hearing you! -- -Stef- Yamaha - Chario - MJ Acoustics - Squeezebox - Beresford -Stef-'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10282 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Touch] 7.6 testing - Native WMA Pro and Lossless

2010-07-16 Thread andyg
I've spent the last few days getting native WMA Pro and Lossless support working on Touch (and Radio). If you have any WMA Pro/Lossless files please give 7.6 a try. You will need SBS 7.6 r31054 or later from http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.6 -- andyg

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch + NAS advantages?

2010-07-16 Thread JohnSwenson
From my listening experience running the internal server playing WAV files offers about the same SQ as external server streaming flac (flac decoding on Touch). Thus external server streaming PCM (from whatever source) sounds better than playing WAVs on internal server. Other people will disagree