Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-07-22 Thread mortslim
Bruce needs to take The Watergate Quiz -- What Do You Know (And When Did You Know It)? He just discovered now? How? If he had the capability to figure it out now, why didn’t he figure it out before? Why wasn’t it discovered before? Was it just because those pesky consumers started askin

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-07-22 Thread mortslim
Here is an interesting recent comment on another website: "I bought it from HD Tracks, not Verve or BIS. It is up to HD Tracks to make it right. They know they have a problem yet they remain silent. I sent an email asking for a refund, no response. Their website is still up selling files they

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-07-22 Thread mortslim
Here is a comment on another website's forum on the same issue: "Your BIS HDracks hirez 4/88.2 stuff was found to be NOT; i.e it was simply upsampled from 24/44.1 and HDTracks pulled it from their catalog. Same with quite a few other faux hirez selections (some Verve, etc). Bruce Brown, Puget Sou

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-07-22 Thread mortslim
Here is what the poster “firedog” who has done a lot of criticizing of my consumer protection efforts here on the slim forums had to say on a different website’s forum: "So HDTracks got duped. Doesn't really bother me, except that I think they should notify everyone who downloaded the tracks in q

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-07-22 Thread mortslim
Well, well, well, this is getting more interesting by the minute ! Take a gander at this thread over at Computer Audio Asylum: “Poking around over SA-CD.net it appears HDtracks was aware of this problem a year ago” “It looks like HDtracks knew a year ago they had been selling upsampled files wh

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini

2010-07-22 Thread Northumberland
toby10;563616 Wrote: > I'd suggest you post the specs & OS you plan on running on it to get > more feedback. I have no idea, I have been using an SD card since giving up trying to use a USB drive (work sometimes, but far too annoying when the balls up). This is my first move into a NAS drive, I

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

2010-07-22 Thread JohnSwenson
metalbob;563604 Wrote: > I've had this issue as well. I've found it somewhat discouraging to be > honest. I've been using my Touch mostly with Rhapsody and internet > radio. I didn't seem to have a problem when running SBS off my MacBook > Pro, just directly USB connection to the Touch. Peopl

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off

2010-07-22 Thread JohnSwenson
seaco;563477 Wrote: > Thank you very much, John. > I follow your instruction and power-off function is OK. And I set > screen off now. > Would you give me another instruction: If I didn't appendix or remove > any music files from my USB HD and I power on my Touch. Is there any > way to make my To

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Ipod problem

2010-07-22 Thread xplore73
Oh indeed, now I see... once the 10 songs have been played more are added. Sorry for this fals alarm. Seems to be working fine!! Thanks for your support!!! I realy appreciate it. ... and by the way... GREAT DEVICE THIS TOUCH. I LOVE IT ;-) -- xplore73

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini

2010-07-22 Thread eLR!C
I've had a really bad experience with one ethernet 1 Tb big disk, so I can't advise on reliability (lost all the data on it ... but I do have useful backup scripts) Plus ... it was (at that time) really difficult to get SSH access to it (you had to unmount it and do some special tricks on the dis

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Remote w/ Touch?

2010-07-22 Thread aubuti
ChrisL01;563590 Wrote: > If you know of a location that has the Duet Package in stock that ships > in the US I'd love to know (or even the Receiver standalone). In stock at amazon.com (ships from and sold by "Triplenet Pricing"). Price $365. -- aubuti --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini

2010-07-22 Thread toby10
I'd suggest you post the specs & OS you plan on running on it to get more feedback. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthre

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini

2010-07-22 Thread Northumberland
Anyone have any advice on this? -- Dave (Northumberland) Dave (Northumberland)'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 _

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Remote w/ Touch?

2010-07-22 Thread snarlydwarf
ChrisL01;563590 Wrote: > Nearly all locations on the web shipping to the US show the Duet package > out of stock. No stores in the Houston area have it in stock (even > electronic distributors). If you know of a location that has the Duet > Package in stock that ships in the US I'd love to kno

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-07-22 Thread mortslim
Here's Bruce's quote from the other forum: "I'm finding more and more labels that take the RBCD layer and just upsample it to DSD and call it an SACD. I've checked almost a hundred today for HDtracks and over half are upsampled. Go figure Regards, Bruce A. Brown Puget Sound Studios Seattle,

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

2010-07-22 Thread metalbob
tony.s;563478 Wrote: > For what it’s worth, without quantitative evidence we’ll never know just > how wide spread, or not, this problem really is. I reported it back in > April and someone else was kind enough to log it as a bug. That was 3 > months ago… http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-07-22 Thread mortslim
RGibran;563574 Wrote: > Pugent Sound and HDTracks never had a clue Love the sarcasm !!! And congratulations on the great discovery -- mortslim mortslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11

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

2010-07-22 Thread Phil Leigh
Anyone still having this problem should install the latest 7.5.2 nightly release from here: http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.5 and retest playback of their Apple Lossy/Lossless files -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Remote w/ Touch?

2010-07-22 Thread ChrisL01
Nearly all locations on the web shipping to the US show the Duet package out of stock. No stores in the Houston area have it in stock (even electronic distributors). If you know of a location that has the Duet Package in stock that ships in the US I'd love to know (or even the Receiver standalo

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch - 30% Discount

2010-07-22 Thread plympton
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?ViewItem&item=180535745767&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_8963wt_1139 -Dan -- plympton ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-07-22 Thread Phil Leigh
RGibran;563574 Wrote: > Here's an interesting development. It seems it was all the fault of the > record labels, and Pugent Sound and HDTracks never had a clue till those > dang pesky consumers started 'bitchin'! > > http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?1037-Upsampled-SACD-s&p=10655 I

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Remote w/ Touch?

2010-07-22 Thread aubuti
I just saw your other post in the Dev forum. Where are you that the Duet is not available? Although the standalone SB Duet _Receiver_ is out of stock most places, I haven't heard reports of supply issues with the Duet package. -- aubuti --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Remote w/ Touch?

2010-07-22 Thread aubuti
The CLI is a function of the server, not the player. If you mean is the CLI the same for the regular Squeezebox Server and the Touch's built-in server (TinySBS), then I am pretty sure the answer is yes. -- aubuti aubuti's

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-07-22 Thread RGibran
Here's an interesting development. It seems it was all the fault of the record labels, and Pugent Sound and HDTracks never had a clue till those dang pesky consumers started 'bitchin'! http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?1037-Upsampled-SACD-s&p=10655 -- RGibran --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Remote w/ Touch?

2010-07-22 Thread ChrisL01
Thanks for the reply. I posted this in the Dev forum, but do you happen to know if the Touch supports the same command line interface as the Duet? -- ChrisL01 ChrisL01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Remote w/ Touch?

2010-07-22 Thread aubuti
Yes, the SB Duet Controller can control any Squeezebox, including the Touch. I don't know where you're located, but in the US the standalone SB Controller is available from the usual online places, including logitech.com and amazon.com. In fact Amazon is showing it for US$215 right now. -- aubu

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB drive + SB Touch, any chance of luck?

2010-07-22 Thread kidstypike
Shahab;563554 Wrote: > The Western Digital normal hard drive is about a hundred or so dollars > less than the networked one. I saw a list of compatible hard drives on > a site somewhere and I can't find it now. Anybody got a link? Here you are ... http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Squeezebo

[SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Remote w/ Touch?

2010-07-22 Thread ChrisL01
Does the Squeezebox Touch support being controlled with the Squeezebox Remote (from the Duet). Are there any good sources for buying the Remote standalone online? -- ChrisL01 ChrisL01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB drive + SB Touch, any chance of luck?

2010-07-22 Thread Shahab
The Western Digital normal hard drive is about a hundred or so dollars less than the networked one. I saw a list of compatible hard drives on a site somewhere and I can't find it now. Anybody got a link? -- Shahab Shahab's

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music Folder "empty" problem

2010-07-22 Thread Caad
Hi I have seen the same issue when controlling the Squeeze box touch via the remote or touch screen. It is possible to se the files in the folder and play them if I use the web interface. My setup: Wireless lan connected: Mac mini 2.53GHz, runs OSX10.6 with latest updated. SBS used are the offic

[SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini

2010-07-22 Thread Northumberland
Will this run squeezeserver? I have tried looking at the compatability tables but they are a bit clutterred and I cant figure it out. They are £47.49 at Play.com (UK) at the moment, is that a good price? -- Dave (Northumberland) -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB drive + SB Touch, any chance of luck?

2010-07-22 Thread garym
Shahab;563511 Wrote: > Sorry! > > If I buy a Western Digital External Hard Drive that has it's own power > supply, do I really need one with an Ethernet port or a regular one > with USB would do? > > Thanks! USB drive is what you need for attaching to TOUCH. -- garym ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB drive + SB Touch, any chance of luck?

2010-07-22 Thread Shahab
Sorry! If I buy a Western Digital External Hard Drive that has it's own power supply, do I really need one with an Ethernet port or a regular one with USB would do? Thanks! -- Shahab Shahab's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB drive + SB Touch, any chance of luck?

2010-07-22 Thread Shahab
Hi John, Thanks a lot! Now if only I can find the Squeezebox Touch somewhere in Pakistan. Thanks again for the tips! Shahab. -- Shahab Shahab's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39240 View this th

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

2010-07-22 Thread herrner
I have the problem, too, but with MP3-files. I have a library of just below 20K-MP3-files on an external USB-HDD (bus-powered, but it is a 1,8" pulling _very_ little energy) with enough spare space for the library. I haven't managed to get a full scan yet (always cancels with a non-verbose error

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch won't connect

2010-07-22 Thread Michael Herger
> Can't really put it into words how strongly I feel about this subject. > It has killed two of the Commercial applications I had worked on for > months when I first found out about the Touch. Granted its only for > 1000 to 3000 Touch units which volume wise means nothing to Logitech > but would ha

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch won't connect

2010-07-22 Thread jhd
iPhone: You mention that "it looks like we would never have been able to get our hands on 3000 Touch units anyway". Could you elaborate? Are there yield or other production volume limitations of some sort on the touch? -- jhd --