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

2011-02-15 Thread indypants
SHR;611149 Wrote: > At one point it even "looped", booted then re-booted and kept on going > until I cut the power. This is exactly what I get whan I use the new asound.conf file. I get about 30 seconds where SSH is still working, and I have to get in quick and restore the original file to get i

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything

2011-02-15 Thread JJZolx
One thing to know: To get multi-disc compilation albums to group together (assuming you're using the Group Discs setting of 'Group multi-disc sets as a single album') you _must_ add a COMPILATION=1 tag. It's a bug in the server, although it may not be related to your problem. For simplicity I jus

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch often goes silent when sync'd

2011-02-15 Thread Davidg1
Yes, as a long term Radio user who has just bought a Touch I have had a lot of trouble with just this problem. Hopefully it will get fixed. -- Davidg1 Davidg1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3500

[SlimDevices: Touch] Very confused about mysqueezebox.com/libraries

2011-02-15 Thread Davidg1
A while a go we had only a Squeezebox Radio and one Squeezebox server running on a PC. We also use napster. All seemed to work well in the main - if the PC was turned on then "My Music" would play the music on the PC and whether the PC was turned on or not Napster would play. It seemed to automat

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very confused about mysqueezebox.com/libraries

2011-02-15 Thread Mnyb
Hmm is port 3483 tcp and udp open in both machines that have a server installed ? it's the "server discovery" function that needs that port. Also I think thing should be on the same network and subnet for server discovery to work properly ? Can you describe your network in greater detail it migh

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2011-02-15 Thread aubuti
EAC might do it. EAC is primarily a ripping tool, ripping CDs to wav, and then using flac.exe to transcode wav to flac. I'm not sure how you would set up EAC to start from wav files, but since you have to use the exact same flac.exe package to do the transcoding I personally don't really see the b

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] dbPowerAmp/Classical Music & SB Touch

2011-02-15 Thread aubuti
souwalker;611146 Wrote: > I use dbpoweramp to rip my CDs. There is an Artist field then an album > field righ underneath. There is also another Artist field on the far > right on the top. What do I do using dbpoweramp? The Artist field above the Album title is for the track artist. The field to t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very confused about mysqueezebox.com/libraries

2011-02-15 Thread Davidg1
Thanks for trying to help. First, all does work sometimes. I think if I reboot the SBs they will correctly discover all the libraries. The problem seems to be if a PC is turned off and turned on again the SB will remember it, if it was the one it was previously connected to, but will not rediscove

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very confused about mysqueezebox.com/libraries

2011-02-15 Thread Davidg1
I've discovered the problem with missing libraries and it seems IMO to be a bug, or at least a significant feature deficiency! If you are connected to mysqueezebox and go to my music it will tell you that you have to change servers and that will stop the current music playing, but it only offers

[SlimDevices: Touch] US Touch single or dual voltage?

2011-02-15 Thread gjglenn
Does anyone know if the Touch version sold by Amazon.com is 120V and 240V? I have had a Touch on order from the UK for 2 months but AdvanceMP3 still haven't shipped. As I live in Chile (nominally 240V)finding anyone prepared to ship internationally is a problem. I see Amazon.com have them in stoc

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] US Touch single or dual voltage?

2011-02-15 Thread aubuti
The Touch's power supply is universal voltage, 110-240 volts. What does differ is the interchangeable "plug plates" that they ship. For shipments in the US they include the US-style plug with two flat prongs. If Chile has different outlets you will need a simple plug adapter, but the voltage will

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch with USB drive : mastering TinySB

2011-02-15 Thread carib
FYI: Be sure to read the post on how to organize your music folders and album art so as to not overload TinySB. BTW - welcome to the squeezebox family. -- carib carib's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?use

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

2011-02-15 Thread cocamegadose
indypants;611213 Wrote: > This is exactly what I get each and every time I use the new asound.conf > file. I get about 30 seconds where SSH is still working, and I have to > get in quick and restore the original file to get it to boot properly. Same for me, have to be quick to restore asound.con

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] dbPowerAmp/Classical Music & SB Touch

2011-02-15 Thread slackhead
You might also want to check out a program called Muso (available here http://klarita.net/muso.html) which is essentially a replacement for the Web Interface. This has a special mode for dealing with Classical music and allows for exploring your library by tags such as Composer, Performer, etc.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Haven't had this much fun since . . .

2011-02-15 Thread guidof
Rick58;611192 Wrote: > Guido, thanks for the reply. Good to know things are 'as they should (or > in this case not) be'. The Oppo will put out various bit depth/sample > rates depending on the disc. Some have copy protection (I think most > commercial DVDs and DVD-As) where it is limited. The on

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Haven't had this much fun since . . .

2011-02-15 Thread Rick58
guidof;611278 Wrote: > Hi Rick: > > Thanks for the additional information. > > The evidence seems to be that this is just, as you put it, a "cosmetic" > issue. > > On 24/96 material, the Touch's digital output sounds better than > anything I heard on my system. Even on 16/44.1, it tends to im

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Haven't had this much fun since . . .

2011-02-15 Thread jean2
magiccarpetride;611108 Wrote: > If the latter, the question becomes: am I going to keep that digitized > music on my crash-prone HD, or in the cloud? I never lost data on my set of HDD, but I'm careful (RAID + rsync). On the other hand, "the cloud" (a very popular photo sharing site) has already

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch with USB drive : mastering TinySB

2011-02-15 Thread jean2
pwengland;610925 Wrote: > I am the owner of 2 older Squeezebox's and am thinking of buying 1 new > SB touch very much for the same reasons as Jean, I.e. Not wanting to > leave PCs or NAS running in the house. > I now have two SB, the Touch with HDD and the Radio. When only the Radio is playing,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Haven't had this much fun since . . .

2011-02-15 Thread magiccarpetride
jean2;611283 Wrote: > I never lost data on my set of HDD, but I'm careful (RAID + rsync). On > the other hand, "the cloud" (a very popular photo sharing site) has > already lost some of my data, and calling them was totally useless (we > will check the backup), fortunately it was still on my HDD.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] US Touch single or dual voltage?

2011-02-15 Thread gjglenn
Thanks aubuti - Chile has its own plugs, 3 in-line round pins, but adaptors are easy to find. I'll cancel my UK order and try Amazon -- gjglenn gjglenn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42562 View

[SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please

2011-02-15 Thread DaveKen
I've had more than a little trouble setting up my Touch and getting it to recognise the fact that there is a 1TB USB drive attached. When I first got it it seemed to do this OK but for various reasons I had to keep shutting the Touch and the USB drive down and I admit that, after a while, I began

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please

2011-02-15 Thread garym
I'd start with doing a factory reset on the TOUCH. (there's a button just above the power cord on the back). And then once I connected the USB drive again, I'd let it fully scan the library before I tried to browse, play, etc. -- garym ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2011-02-15 Thread tmauceri
aubuti;611234 Wrote: > EAC might do it. EAC is primarily a ripping tool, ripping CDs to wav, > and then using flac.exe to transcode wav to flac. I'm not sure how you > would set up EAC to start from wav files, but since you have to use the > exact same flac.exe package to do the transcoding I per

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2011-02-15 Thread tmauceri
The Unknown Hinton cd was back on my VBA after I deleated it on Saturday night. I don't know if I'm picking this up using freeDB on mp3tag or if it's from where ever the VBA pulls CD data. -- tmauceri tmauceri's Profile: h

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2011-02-15 Thread garym
tmauceri;611360 Wrote: > The Unknown Hinton cd was back on my VBA after I deleated it on Saturday > night. I don't know if I'm picking this up using freeDB on mp3tag or if > it's from where ever the VBA pulls CD data. is there any sort of recycle bin on a VBA? Not sure, but I recall that in a wi

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please

2011-02-15 Thread DaveKen
garym;611347 Wrote: > I'd start with doing a factory reset on the TOUCH. (there's a button > just above the power cord on the back). And then once I connected the > USB drive again, I'd let it fully scan the library before I tried to > browse, play, etc. Thanks Gary, that's helped a bit (but I a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please

2011-02-15 Thread garym
DaveKen;611371 Wrote: > Thanks Gary, that's helped a bit (but I also had to shutdown and restart > the PC to get it to action). I've now got the Touch and the USB drive > talking to each other (and FWIW the ethernet and wireless network > seemed to connect much easier) but on both attempts to res

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Haven't had this much fun since . . .

2011-02-15 Thread garym
magiccarpetride;611290 Wrote: > I disagree. Amazon is a big business, and they can't afford to be lax > with losing client's data. Read their S3 service level agreement -- it > is rock solid. Am I reading this properly. 1TB of data would cost me $140 per month? http://aws.amazon.com/s3/#pricing

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please

2011-02-15 Thread DaveKen
garym;611374 Wrote: > are you running SqueezeBoxServer on your computer? I thought you were > connecting the USB drive to the touch and using the "tiny SBS" within > the touch. but it sounds like you are running SbS on your PC. That's > fine, but if so, you'd be connecting the USB drive to your P

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything

2011-02-15 Thread souwalker
JJZolx;611214 Wrote: > One thing to know: To get multi-disc compilation albums to group > together (assuming you're using the Group Discs setting of 'Group > multi-disc sets as a single album') you _must_ add a COMPILATION=1 tag. > It's a bug in the server, although it may not be related to your

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything

2011-02-15 Thread souwalker
JJZolx;611214 Wrote: > > To summarize: Add a COMPILATION=1 tag to all compilation albums and do > not include an ALBUMARTIST tag. Where do I do this and how will this affect my already ripped FLAC files in the Various Artists folder? I would still like all compilations in the own album name in

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please

2011-02-15 Thread rayman1701
DaveKen;611408 Wrote: > > Yes I am running SQBX Server on my PC, that's where I get the "Scan > stopped prematurely" error message. > > I have a direct USB connection between Touch and USB drive, there is > also another firewire direct connection between PC and the 1TB USB hard > drive, the Tou

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything

2011-02-15 Thread JJZolx
I'm not familiar with dbpa, or what software you're using to make tagging changes after you've ripped an album. But the very first requirement for a multi-disc album to appear as one album is that the ALBUM name for each track must be identical. So something where you have '... CD 1' and '... CD

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please

2011-02-15 Thread garym
DaveKen;611408 Wrote: > Hi Gary, > I am a total numptie at the modern audio game so what I am about to say > may impress you only on my numptieness :). I'm 70 years old and came to > PC based audio only about 2 years ago - electrics was never a strong > subject of mine, either. > Yes I am runni

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything

2011-02-15 Thread souwalker
JJZolx;611420 Wrote: > > But the very first requirement for a multi-disc album to appear as one > album is that the ALBUM name for each track must be identical. So > something where you have '... CD 1' and '... CD 2' as the album name > will never look like the same album to Squeezebox Server.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clear Library and REscan Everything

2011-02-15 Thread JJZolx
souwalker;611430 Wrote: > I can use dba to change the ID tags. > > So, if I go through all my compilations with 2 disk sets, I should > change those CDs by removing CD 1 and CD 2. By doing this how would > those CDs be displayed in SBS? What do you mean by 'will never look the > same'? Simply t

[SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch cannot connect due to invalid mysqueezebox user name/password?!?

2011-02-15 Thread Ocean56
FIRST, the SB Touch kept starting to play, then powering off. NEXT, it kept trying to connect to mysqueezebox.com, but could not. NOW, it tells me it cannot connect because my mysqueezebox.com user name and password are not correct!!! SB Server is up and running on my PC. So what's going on??

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please

2011-02-15 Thread Mnyb
Another tidbit if the music reside on an external drive don't remove it while squeezeboxserver is running it will get cranky and loose the database it just scanned for you. If sbs is starting when you booting your PC the external drive should be conected then to -- Mnyb --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] US Touch single or dual voltage?

2011-02-15 Thread paulster
The power plates are the same as BlackBerry ones, or Phihong RP series if that helps. -- paulster paulster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23073 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh