Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2010-10-18 Thread bpa
Gazjam;583830 Wrote: > shouldn't this be *.flac rather than *.flc? > (I couldn't get flac.exe in DOS to run otherwise...) > When that works then try > It is a user choice - user normally have file name extensions of 3 letters and Flac files are usually .flc - you seem to prefer to use .flac.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Hiss when NAS added

2010-10-18 Thread docmark
Ah - very good question. I won't be checking tonite - too late, but certainly will tomorrow. -- docmark docmark's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Hiss when NAS added

2010-10-18 Thread Phil Leigh
docmark;583843 Wrote: > I finally managed to scan my NAS (Iomega home media drive) by > activating, I think, the UPnP option in "Settings", then "Advanced," > then choose "Network" from the drop-down menu. I also entered the > drive in the playlist box. For the most part, it seems to have worke

[SlimDevices: Touch] Hiss when NAS added

2010-10-18 Thread docmark
I finally managed to scan my NAS (Iomega home media drive) by activating, I think, the UPnP option in "Settings", then "Advanced," then choose "Network" from the drop-down menu. I also entered the drive in the playlist box. For the most part, it seems to have worked. I can see the contents of th

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2010-10-18 Thread Gazjam
hmnn...still having problems... sorry! (and thanks for yourt patience :)) bpa;583680 Wrote: > Then no file was even attempted to play or you didn't enable logging > properly. > > Did you click the "apply" button after changing the logging level ?. > YES > Yes - you are running command line progr

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommended USD Drives For Squeezebox Touch

2010-10-18 Thread JJZolx
moriarty;583808 Wrote: > I recently purchased a Squeezebox Touch to stream FLAC files from my > MacBook Pro to my Linn Majik system. > > Everything is working fine and sounding great. > > However I've been busily ripping my CD collection and my Mac's > harddrive is starting to fill up ... I nee

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] balance?

2010-10-18 Thread guidof
JohnSwenson;583790 Wrote: > I haven't touched it in several months. The balance part is working > fine, the problem is getting the graphical elements to display properly > in the window. > > I can probably throw together something quickly that just has a number > readout and right and left butt

[SlimDevices: Touch] Recommended USD Drives For Squeezebox Touch

2010-10-18 Thread moriarty
I recently purchased a Squeezebox Touch to stream FLAC files from my MacBook Pro to my Linn Majik system. Everything is working fine and sounding great. However I've been busily ripping my CD collection and my Mac's harddrive is starting to fill up ... I need some external storage! So, can anyo

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stutter at startup on 24/96 FLAC

2010-10-18 Thread TerryS
JohnSwenson;583803 Wrote: > It PROBABLY has nothing to do with YOUR signal strength but everything > to do with the signal strength of an interfering signal. By changing > the antenna configuration you are decreasing interference from some > other source. And its not just at the Touch. The router

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stutter at startup on 24/96 FLAC

2010-10-18 Thread JohnSwenson
TerryS;583727 Wrote: > I was amazed at how much difference it made in the stutter problem, even > though it shows no change in the signal strength or network test > results. It is possible that my stutter problem has been completely > eliminated. Time will tell. > > Terry It PROBABLY has noth

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] balance?

2010-10-18 Thread JohnSwenson
guidof;583603 Wrote: > John: > > I for one would be very grateful for balance control, no matter how > quick and dirty the implementation. > > Guido F. I haven't touched it in several months. The balance part is working fine, the problem is getting the graphical elements to display properly in

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch

2010-10-18 Thread JohnSwenson
MEdeVries;583532 Wrote: > Hi, > > I have one remaining question: The Touch only plays songs (at all) > after rebooting. When I turn it off with the screen/remote and then > turn it on again, it still refuses to play anything until reboot. > > Is that normal/part of the effects of this mod? Or i

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Title formatting in Touch (squeezeplay)

2010-10-18 Thread JohnSwenson
You can create a custom now playing screen saver using the custom clock applet (see the third party/ plugins forum for details), but this sounds like you want to customize something else. When you say "list" which list are you refering to? From the home menu what have you done to get to the list y

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and AIFF playback

2010-10-18 Thread magiccarpetride
andyg;583755 Wrote: > AIFF is the same thing as WAV, it just has the bits flipped. They are > the same and both are supported. Thanks Andy, that's a big relief for me. For a while there I was thinking "oh no, what if I have to re-rip my entire collection to WAV?!?" -- magiccarpetride ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and the volume control

2010-10-18 Thread Phil Leigh
magiccarpetride;583750 Wrote: > Certainly. The Beatles 24-bit FLACs sound amazingly better if you > disable FLAC on mysqueezebox server (http://localhost:9000) and force > the server itself to do the conversion to PCM using the computer's CPU. > The tradeoff is higher bandwidth requirement (the r

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and AIFF playback

2010-10-18 Thread andyg
AIFF is the same thing as WAV, it just has the bits flipped. They are the same and both are supported. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdev

[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and AIFF playback

2010-10-18 Thread magiccarpetride
I have applied one of Soundcheck's tweaks to my Touch (I've disabled FLAC on the Touch and forced mysqueezebox server on the computer to convert FLAC to PCM). I am very pleased with the results (especially when playing hi-def 24-bit/94 KHz FLAC, or even 24-bit/44.1 KHz, as in the Beatles remasters

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and the volume control

2010-10-18 Thread magiccarpetride
Phil Leigh;583742 Wrote: > Have you actually audiodiffed these tweaks? ... I have. Certainly. The Beatles 24-bit FLACs sound amazingly better if you disable FLAC on mysqueezebox server (http://localhost:9000) and force the server itself to do the conversion to PCM using the computer's CPU. The t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and the volume control

2010-10-18 Thread Phil Leigh
magiccarpetride;583739 Wrote: > I know that there are absolutely no differences between setting the > volume to the max and disabling the volume adjustment. Still, there is > a difference between having your player just output the stream of bits > vs having the player be constantly on the call an

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and the volume control

2010-10-18 Thread magiccarpetride
andynormancx;583724 Wrote: > Shame, because apparently the same setting on the Duet makes the sound > "much clearer and firmer". Those ones and zeros must be better formed > then the player knows it can never be turned down from 100% volume. I know that there are absolutely no differences betwee

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and the volume control

2010-10-18 Thread andynormancx
In case it wasn't obvious, I was being sarcastic ;) -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?us

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and the volume control

2010-10-18 Thread Mnyb
andynormancx;583724 Wrote: > Shame, because apparently the same setting on the Duet makes the sound > "much clearer and firmer". Those ones and zeros must be better formed > then the player knows it can never be turned down from 100% volume. It's a bug it's fixed in 7.6 comming soon . fyi in th

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stutter at startup on 24/96 FLAC

2010-10-18 Thread TerryS
guidof;583712 Wrote: > Terry: > > As mentioned in a prior post, re-orienting my router's antenna did cure > the stutter on my SBTouch. You may have a similar problem, in spite of > what the signal strength says. I would further experiment with fine > tuning the WI-Fi before looking for other pos

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch back at Amazon?

2010-10-18 Thread rgro
tcutting;583703 Wrote: > I was browsing Amazon this morning, and was surprised to see the Touch > listed! Looking at the Logitech site, the Touch is still shown there > as a "Logitech Exclusive". The Amazon site shows "in stock", but at > full retail price. Hopefully this means Logitech is try

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and the volume control

2010-10-18 Thread andynormancx
Phil Leigh;583721 Wrote: > That setting is not available on the Touch. Just set volume to max. > There is NO difference between max and disabled, sound wise. Shame, because apparently the same setting on the Duet makes the sound "much clearer and firmer". Those ones and zeros must be better form

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and the volume control

2010-10-18 Thread aubuti
This thread may be helpful for you: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77837 -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/show

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and the volume control

2010-10-18 Thread Phil Leigh
magiccarpetride;583709 Wrote: > My Touch finally arrived last Friday! Immediately, I've noticed an > incredible improvement in the sound quality over my Squeezebox Duet. I > am driving both Duet and Touch into my Beresford Caiman DAC, and the > digital source coming out of Touch is so superior to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2010-10-18 Thread Phil Leigh
Gazjam, I've come to this a bit late. A few points: 1) "More info" only shows what SBS thinks the bit rate will be based on the file on disk - not what it is transcoded to. You can ignore it. 2) flc flc transcode * This entry is only used when the sample rate is greater than the capability of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stutter at startup on 24/96 FLAC

2010-10-18 Thread guidof
TerryS;583696 Wrote: > One other experiment I tried: > > I played around with the orientation of the Wi-Fi antennas on my > wireless router. This seemed to have a very large impact on the > start-up stutter. > Terry Terry: As mentioned in a prior post, re-orienting my router's antenna did

[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch and the volume control

2010-10-18 Thread magiccarpetride
My Touch finally arrived last Friday! Immediately, I've noticed an incredible improvement in the sound quality over my Squeezebox Duet. I am driving both Duet and Touch into my Beresford Caiman DAC, and the digital source coming out of Touch is so superior to the signal out of Duet, it's simply un

[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch back at Amazon?

2010-10-18 Thread tcutting
I was browsing Amazon this morning, and was surprised to see the Touch listed! Looking at the Logitech site, the Touch is still shown there as a "Logitech Exclusive". The Amazon site shows "in stock", but at full retail price. Hopefully this means Logitech is trying to open up distribution on t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stutter at startup on 24/96 FLAC

2010-10-18 Thread TerryS
One other experiment I tried: I played around with the orientation of the Wi-Fi antennas on my wireless router. This seemed to have a very large impact on the start-up stutter. If I placed the antennas horizontal (facing away from each other) the stutter was much worse, happening close to 50%

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2010-10-18 Thread bpa
Gazjam;583679 Wrote: > Sorry, that was my typo. > It WAS from my server.log. > Then no file was even attempted to play or you didn't enable logging properly. Did you click the "apply" button after changing the logging level ?. > > How would I test from the command line...you mean DOS? > Yes -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2010-10-18 Thread Gazjam
bpa;583678 Wrote: > Look in server.log - scanner.log is only used when scanning files. > > edit: > > I just tried your conf line as a standalone command and it had a lot of > command line option errors. You should ensure the command line works > standalone from a command prompt before testing

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2010-10-18 Thread bpa
Look in server.log - scanner.log is only used when scanning files. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2010-10-18 Thread Gazjam
bpa;583228 Wrote: > Don't rely on this. [b]Look at the command line being run (i.e. the > tokenized command line logged using logging player.source set to > DEBUG)[/b[ > > I don't believe SBS will display the 24/96 unless you have told it the > new data stream characteristic usually through a pl

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2010-10-18 Thread Gazjam
thanks for this... my custom-convert.conf is: # FLAC output starts here flc flc * * # FT:{START=--skip=%t}U:{END=--until=%v}D:{RESAMPLE=-r %d} [flac] -dcs $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [sox] -v0.95 --buffer 32768 -q -t wav - -t flac -C0 -3 -c2 -r96000 - polyphase -cutoff 1.0 flc f

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2010-10-18 Thread bpa
Just as an added check - what did you add to custom-convert.conf to invoke sox ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2010-10-18 Thread Gazjam
thanks BPA, I'll give that a go. -- Gazjam Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82672 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2010-10-18 Thread bpa
Gazjam;583612 Wrote: > So... > how do I double check if the file has been upsampled on the > Touch/server please? As I said in my earlier post > Look at the command line being run (i.e. the tokenized command line > logged using logging player.source set to DEBUG) Enable player.source logging to