Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Setup Advice

2010-08-27 Thread morthan
JohnSwenson;572424 Wrote: Yes, you can use a VortexBox as a general purpose network storage device, you can mount it on a Windows computer and it will work just like any other drive. John S. Not sure what you mean by 'you can mount it on a Windows computer'. Do you mean physically or via

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Setup Advice

2010-08-27 Thread Mnyb
morthan;572427 Wrote: Not sure what you mean by 'you can mount it on a Windows computer'. Do you mean physically or via the router? Can you still run it as a linux SBS if you also use it to back up to? As a samba file share via the router ,thats the idea so it will appear as any other drive

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Basics for IPod Touch use

2010-08-27 Thread liffy99
No getting away from ITunes then ! So is all of the screen info on the Touch replicated on the ITouch ? I want to be able to see the titles / album art etc. without having to squint at a screen metres away. Cheers -- liffy99

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Basics for IPod Touch use

2010-08-27 Thread lrossouw
Look here for screenshots and info: http://penguinlovesmusic.de/ -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Touch] Cannot play Apple Lossless

2010-08-27 Thread pawpet
I just bought a Logitech Touch, and using my QNAP as a server. It plays MP3 very well but for Apple Lossless, it indicates that it is playing but no music is heard. Instead it produces Noisy sounds -- pawpet pawpet's

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cannot play Apple Lossless

2010-08-27 Thread Mnyb
Try version 7.5.2 of the server and Touch fw instead, it has bugfixes for alac playback.(7.5.1 plays alac but some bug makes it fail in some cases). Or transcode the lossles files to FLAC -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-08-27 Thread nicolas75
JackOfAll;572348 Wrote: If you've thrown away information above fs/2 when you downsampled it, you cant get it back by upsampling. So the binary file would never be identical in that case. What I mean is that if the file is binary identical, it means that my original high resolution file

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-08-27 Thread nicolas75
Phil Leigh;572355 Wrote: Nope. It's really easy to test if the information is noise or not. You just need to know how to use DSP tools to pitch-shift stuff without time-shifting it... Anyone who has actually worked in modern recording studios knows how to do this. :-) Not sure about that.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cannot play Apple Lossless

2010-08-27 Thread pawpet
Sorry I am very new to this. How do I update FW in touch and also the server version to 7.5.2 -- pawpet pawpet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40130 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Setup Advice

2010-08-27 Thread morthan
Mnyb;572428 Wrote: As a samba file share via the router ,thats the idea so it will appear as any other drive in my computer yes it will still be an SBS server. This will be how you would send new music to it just drag and drop. sorry for being a complete ignoramus but what is a 'samba file

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cannot play Apple Lossless

2010-08-27 Thread Mnyb
Ok you have a QNAP that would make it bit special . Also try the third3 party hardware forum on this site a lot of NAS discussions there . Also QNAP's own info http://forum.qnap.com/ http://www.qnap.com/pro_application.asp?ap_id=71 I have no clue on how to upgrade a qnap ? So you have to ask

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cannot play Apple Lossless

2010-08-27 Thread Mnyb
here is the NAS and other stuff forum http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18 -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch still not available in Canada?

2010-08-27 Thread mbg
Mnyb;570550 Wrote: They are freshly out ? the link points to a notify me form... Sorry for all Canadian squeezebox fans, logitech ca seems to lost their marbles in more than one occasion... On the positive side, they have a notify me form maybe they plan to get more of them :) But in

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch still not available in Canada?

2010-08-27 Thread mbg
Lugie;570803 Wrote: They are available at solutionsav.ca, a custom a/v installer and dealer. I got mine there. They will ship it to you anywhere in Canada. Thanks. I did find this site but I didn't see anywhere to order. Maybe I need to call them. I used to get my Squeezeboxes from

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cannot play Apple Lossless

2010-08-27 Thread pawpet
The version 7.5.2 cannot work.Am not able to start server. Anyone help How can I play apple losseless?? -- pawpet pawpet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40130 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Touch] Recommend a NAS device for Squeezebox Touch

2010-08-27 Thread Tubebox
I would ask if anybody can recommend an easy to use, minimal step setup NAS, for use with SB Touch. I would be a beginner in NAS area, so if there is such, I would appeciate to recommend it. It should be up to 2TB storage space and should be somehow reachable and configurable with iMac. BTW,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommend a NAS device for Squeezebox Touch

2010-08-27 Thread johnas
Tubebox;572504 Wrote: I would ask if anybody can recommend an easy to use, minimal step setup NAS, for use with SB Touch. I would be a beginner in NAS area, so if there is such, I would appeciate to recommend it. It should be up to 2TB storage space and should be somehow reachable and

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-08-27 Thread Phil Leigh
nicolas75;572442 Wrote: Not sure about that. If I want to generate a high resolution file from a low one, and don't want people to know that, I will obviously not use standard audio software with standard tools well known by sound engineers. I will write my own software to mix may be some

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Setup Advice

2010-08-27 Thread JohnSwenson
morthan;572451 Wrote: sorry for being a complete ignoramus but what is a 'samba file share'? Samba is a program that runs on linux computers (such as the Touch or VortexBox), which makes its drives visible on other computers over a network. On windows (at least XP, I don't has vista or Win7)

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-08-27 Thread nicolas75
Phil Leigh;572549 Wrote: Nope. Isn't going to happen. You just can't cheat that way. It's got nothing to do with signal theory. It's s easy to detect what's going on. You can't just take any old hi-rez music and mix it in with a std-rez file. It would take me 5 minutes to isolate

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommend a NAS device for Squeezebox Touch

2010-08-27 Thread Siegfried Löffler
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:03 PM, johnas johnas.4gd1on1282925...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Tubebox;572504 Wrote: I would ask if anybody can recommend an easy to use, minimal step setup NAS, for use with SB Touch. I would be a beginner in NAS area, so if there is such, I would

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommend a NAS device for Squeezebox Touch

2010-08-27 Thread Tubebox
Siegfried Löffler;572580 Wrote: On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:03 PM, johnas johnas.4gd1on1282925043 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Tubebox;572504 Wrote: I would ask if anybody can recommend an easy to use, minimal step setup NAS, for use with SB Touch. I would be

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Album Art Queries

2010-08-27 Thread souwalker
RussellMrgn;565006 Wrote: The program that i use to create my flac files is dBpoweramp. With this program it embeds the cover art of your choice into the file, and creates a folder cover image file for you at the same time. Russ I am using dBpoweramp too to create my FLAC files but I've

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Best Volume Setting

2010-08-27 Thread souwalker
So the best output value for the Touch would be 80%? My pre-amp to control the volume. Rgds -- souwalker souwalker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37673 View this thread: