Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?

2010-08-04 Thread Mnyb
Speaking off :confused: I had to turn of my server 10 times tonight due to excessive WOL from something . Main suspect keeping the controller controling my Touch sitting on NP screen with pause. Wonder if get the music to stop instead of pause and controller out in the home menu is better --

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

2010-08-04 Thread toby10
tony.s;50 Wrote: > .. > So in desperation I shut down the Touch, the cable modum and the > wireless router... upon pluging in everything I found that the wireless > won't reconnect to the internet. So I did a hard reset of the wireless > and now I have to reconfigure my home netw

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-08-04 Thread mortslim
More inconsistent statements from Bruce (the owner of the studio that HDTracks uses to prepare its downloadable music files): "We are extracting the direct DSD data stream. It does not enter the analog domain." http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/SACD-sound-quality-vs-computer-audio-sound-q

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?

2010-08-04 Thread aubuti
Mars Warrior;54 Wrote: > I'm using WHS as the OS and LightsOut to control suspending the server, > so I can't use the nice switching functionality of SrvrPowerCtrl I > guess... I've seen where at least one user uses LightsOut to control SBS in conjunction with SrvrPowerCtrl. If you're interes

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?

2010-08-04 Thread Mars Warrior
aubuti;53 Wrote: > Glad to hear things are running better now. One thing, note that SomaFM, > Last.fm, etc are "apps" not applets. "Apps" are really services, and > even though the interface talks about "installing" them, they really > aren't installing anything. Applets, on the other hand, a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?

2010-08-04 Thread aubuti
Glad to hear things are running better now. One thing, note that SomaFM, Last.fm, etc are "apps" not applets. "Apps" are really services, and even though the interface talks about "installing" them, they really aren't installing anything. Applets, on the other hand, are things that you actually in

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

2010-08-04 Thread tony.s
toby10;564373 Wrote: > Connect Touch to full SBS on your computer, go to Settings > Advanced > > Software Update I've spent countless hours tring to get this to work with no luck at all. After resetting the Touch software to version 7.5.1 and loading 7.5.2 on my PC, the PC no longer connects to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch needs server for various things?

2010-08-04 Thread Mars Warrior
Ok. Small update. Everything seems to work since I switched explicitly to MySB. I do understand that there might be some issues using MySB, but in my situation, using a Touch only, it seems to work very good in combination with the applets running on the Touch (Soma FM, Last.fm, etc.). Running a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server

2010-08-04 Thread mdm
carib;566575 Wrote: > I use the Touch with attached HDD mostly on weekends and holidays so I > eject the HDD but leave the Touch running on mysqueezebox.com to listen > to internet radio. Yeah, I do the same, use the Touch as a radio most of the time and sometimes play from HD. Thanks. -- md

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server

2010-08-04 Thread carib
I use the Touch with attached HDD mostly on weekends and holidays so I eject the HDD but leave the Touch running on mysqueezebox.com to listen to internet radio. Once its attached I usually leave it connected for a few days. To re-attach the drive I first start TinySC and when it asks for a USB

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server

2010-08-04 Thread iPhone
mdm;566568 Wrote: > Well, I use Touch to stream from HD about twice a week, so I shutdown > tinySC, eject HD and power it off every time. What's wrong with that? > > Mike. Wasn't that my suggestion if one doesn't want to use the less then 9 Watts by leaving it running, "one might as well Eject

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server

2010-08-04 Thread mdm
iPhone;566564 Wrote: > No Music unless you switch to MySB.com for an Internet Stream. If one is > running TinySC and the HD is off there is no access to local > files/music. > > I don't like the current behavior of when a HD goes to sleep or is > powered down with TinySC still running. And since

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server

2010-08-04 Thread iPhone
mark25;566561 Wrote: > Also a few question about Touch an HD: > > Is it necessary to let the power on for the harddisk? > Or can you switch it off every evening. > What happens when you want to play your music on the touch and you > are forgotten to switch the harddisk on? No Music unless you

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server

2010-08-04 Thread mark25
Also a few question about Touch an HD: Is it necessary to let the power on for the harddisk? Or can you switch it off every evening. What happens when you want to play your music on the touch and you are forgotten to switch the harddisk on? -- mark25 --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server

2010-08-04 Thread carib
I agree, the Squeezebox Radio and the Touch complement each other perfectly. I have this exact setup and I'm thrilled when I can run same or different streams of music around the house at the same time. -- carib carib's P

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server

2010-08-04 Thread Waldo Pepper
toby10;566300 Wrote: > 1. Yes, using either MySB.com or Touch's built in server > 2. Yes, just point the Radio to the Touch from Radio > My Music > > Touch Thanks for that. I thought I was asking too much for 2), but it arrived this morning and worked just like (I didn't) expect it to but as y

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Long Interconnect cables

2010-08-04 Thread Waldo Pepper
mooblie;566312 Wrote: > Really? I'd rather use a 20' run of speaker cable than a 20' run of > unbalanced RCA/phono screened cable anyday. Well if you make sure your kit doesn't have multiple earths you avoid ground loops. As for 20' of speaker cable - depending on the speaker cable you can run