Question from Holland.
I'm running the Squeezebox Touch with an external harddisk, samsung
story 1tb. At the moment only 75 albums in flac with art (300x300).
I've created directories and subdirectories.
My question; when I turn on my harddisk, the Touch "connects to
USB-drive". This proces takes
Howard Turkster;611977 Wrote:
> Sorry to keep bumping this --
>
> but would a crossover cable or adapter solve my problems?
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimited-Cat6-Crossover-Adapter/dp/B00030BYJI
Quite possibly. A router or switch will automatically adjust for the
correct connection.
Sorry to keep bumping this --
but would a crossover cable or adapter solve my problems?
http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimited-Cat6-Crossover-Adapter/dp/B00030BYJI
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tmauceri;611841 Wrote:
> The SBT to my router, the VBA to my router, via eithernet cables. I am
> pretty sure the VBA has to be hardwired to the router to connect to the
> web for data retrieval and to access the web GUI.
OK, thanks. Prob I have is that the Hi Fi is downstairs, and the
router u
JohnSwenson;609446 Wrote:
> The Nuforce uDAC uses a 16 bit USB receiver, you will either have to use
> the plug interface (see the first post in the thread) or set samplebits
> to 16. I have no idea what is going to happen inside the Touch when you
> set it to 16, I've never tried.
>
> The whol
Cut-Throat;611967 Wrote:
> This is confusing to me. Why would that matter. It would seem that the
> touch would not care whether the format was FLAC or AIFF and would have
> the same features regardless.
If you transcode flac on the server to PCM you lose the ability to
scan. This is true for an
m1abrams;611966 Wrote:
> Yes, however if you do the conversion on the PC you will lose the
> ability to scan through a song.
>
This is confusing to me. Why would that matter. It would seem that the
touch would not care whether the format was FLAC or AIFF and would have
the same features regardl
Cut-Throat;611965 Wrote:
> This would assume that the conversion is done on the Touch rather than
> on the PC. Correct?
>
> Also, I have heard that doing the conversion on the PC rather than the
> Touch is the preferred method.
Yes, however if you do the conversion on the PC you will lose the
a
m1abrams;611964 Wrote:
> No you also have software compatibly concerns, this one I think favors
> FLAC but it really comes down to what software you use.
>
> If streaming flac you use about 1/2 the bandwidth which can help a good
> bit with wireless connections
This would assume that the conver
Cut-Throat;611962 Wrote:
> Thank you! - Is it fair to say that the only advantage that FLAC has
> over AIFF is it uses less disk space?
No you also have software compatibly concerns, this one I think favors
FLAC but it really comes down to what software you use.
If streaming flac you use about
JJZolx;611961 Wrote:
> I think it's fair to say that the consensus in this community is Flac.
>
> But you'll also find that very few people around here will claim they
> hear any difference between uncompressed file formats and lossless
> ones. And I'm certain that what you don't want to hear w
I think it's fair to say that the consensus in this community is Flac.
But you'll also find that very few people around here will claim they
hear any difference between uncompressed file formats and lossless
ones. And I'm certain that what you don't want to hear will be the
arguments you get tha
JJZolx;611958 Wrote:
> You can correctly tag a 64 kbps Mp3 file just as well as you can a
> lossless Flac file.
But my ears tell me that MP3 is inferior, so that won't work either.
Are you interested in answering my question or do you just want to win
an argument?
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Talked to Squeezebox support -- they said it is probably an issue with
the network card on the Shuttle.
They seemed a little miffed about my setup that didn't involve
connecting to either a modem or a router.
But when I told them that the netbook had no problem, they said it
sounded like a net
You can correctly tag a 64 kbps Mp3 file just as well as you can a
lossless Flac file.
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JJZolx;611955 Wrote:
> The consensus is use your ears.
The ears cannot detect correct tagging, so your suggestion won't work!
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The consensus is use your ears.
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There was a Seminar at the RMAF where an Audiophile was recommending
AIFF as the Format to Rip CDs to. He had spent a lot of time testing
various formats and did not like compressing formats as it gave the
computer another task to do. Simpler is better. Also AIFF was good at
tagging while WAV is n
tmauceri;611931 Wrote:
> I would like to understand this better. Is it that each song contains
> embedded data called a Tag which contains multiple fields. I thought
> that each field was a seperate tag and that they were associated with
> the CD as a whole.
That's correct, although a 'field' is
Each file (track) contains a space for metadata, which includes multiple
tags. ALBUM is a tag. ARTIST is a tag. TITLE is a tag. YEAR is a tag.
DISCNUMBER is a tag (useful for multi-disc sets). And so on. Different
types of files (eg, FLAC, MP3) have different standards for tagging. Or
you could th
garym;611687 Wrote:
> When you see the "blank" screen under now playing, what happens when you
> touch the screen of the TOUCH. Each time you touch the center of the
> screen, it should cycle through the various now playing screen options
> (that you selected in your screen saver options with tic
garym;611893 Wrote:
> no, the COMPILATION field is just that, another field within a TAG. The
> fields are things like ARTIST, ALBUM, GENRE, etc. The COMPILATION field
> is just a simple one that is a "flag". If it exists and has the value of
> 1, this just tells some player (itunes, SbS, etc.) t
The ticks here are happening when using the "plug" layer which is used
when the data coming in is a different format or sample rate than what
the hardware can handle. Switching to the direct hardware layer
prevents the ticks, but then if the format of the data doesn't match
what the hardware can s
I don't think that's the cause but either way it's still a bug :)
The server is always available when the Touch powers on. I'm often home
when it powers on at 4:30pm and there's no prompt to configure. It just
powers up and sits quietly either showing the clock or the home
screen.
I've also chec
I have just connected up my Touch with Cat6. Its a lot thicker than the
Cat5 so, I would think, is less prone to damage. The cost difference
was minimal.
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tmauceri;611884 Wrote:
> Thanks I'm going to try a test disk. Probably do it on Saturday when I
> have some time to play around.What does the value 1 do? Does it
> identify a new tag and associate it with the server or is it some type
> of priority.
You're right to do it with a single test album
tmauceri;611884 Wrote:
> Thanks I'm going to try a test disk. Probably do it on Saturday when I
> have some time to play around.What does the value 1 do? Does it
> identify a new tag and associate it with the server or is it some type
> of priority.
no, the COMPILATION field is just that, anothe
aubuti;611854 Wrote:
> 1) highlight the tracks you want to edit
> 2) press Alt-T to bring up the extended tags dialog
> 3) click on the "new tag" icon (I think it has a star or something like
> that. Just don't pick the "X" (delete) or the pencil (edit)).
> 4) in the top part, start typing "Compi
tmauceri;611850 Wrote:
> How do I add a compilation tag with MP3tag?
1) highlight the tracks you want to edit
2) press Alt-T to bring up the extended tags dialog
3) click on the "new tag" icon (I think it has a star or something like
that. Just don't pick the "X" (delete) or the pencil (edit)).
4
tmauceri;611850 Wrote:
> How do I add a compilation tag with MP3tag?
select the files that constitute the "album", right click, select
"extended tags", then click the little "star" icon at the top to the
right of the metadata box. This will bring you to the "edit tag info"
box. In the field box,
garym;611846 Wrote:
> this really isn't the way you need to do it (or even a good way as you
> are losing info from the ARTIST tag). You can easily have the ARTIST
> tag contain the actual track artist, then have ALBUM ARTIST tag contain
> "Various Artists" and have COMPILATION set as equal to "
tmauceri;611844 Wrote:
> This works if the individual artist is listed in the song title and the
> artist is listed as "Various Artist". If it isn't I edit it that way.
this really isn't the way you need to do it (or even a good way as you
are losing info from the ARTIST tag). You can easily ha
garym;611803 Wrote:
> I'm not sure what you're not understanding about compilation, so please
> expand your question. In my case, all my CDs that are compilations
> (each track is NOT the same artist) have a COMPILATION tag and the
> field value is "1" (without the quotes). You can add this with
tmauceri;611841 Wrote:
> The SBT to my router, the VBA to my router, via eithernet cables. I am
> pretty sure the VBA has to be hardwired to the router to connect to the
> web for data retrieval and to access the web GUI.
yes, VBA connected via ethernet to your router (or a switch that is
connec
acsgp;611748 Wrote:
> tmauceri - I just bought the SqeezeBox Touch and the VTB 1TB too. How
> did you hardwire your VTB to the SBT? Was is usb -> usb? Would prefer
> not to stream as the hi-fi is in a low reception area.
>
> Thanks The SBT to my router, the VBA to my router, via eithernet cabl
The only thing that comes to my mind is that we had to remove all
ALBUM_ARTIST tags from our "classical" FLAC files. Otherwise we had all
the artists in the SBTouch's menu below MyMusic->Genres->Classical which
was rather annoying because we just couldn't find anything anymore.
just my 2 cents.
DaveKen;611664 Wrote:
> I am told that the SQ it gives when fed by a 5v linear PSU lifts it
> considerably - I happen to have such a supply available but will not
> implement it until it operates across the board as it should.
>
Don't get too excited about the possibility of improving SQ with
rktdi;611764 Wrote:
> hello
>
> I have a stand-alone touch, and would like to have it updated.
> what is the "latest nightly build"? is it just squeezebox server,
> 'cause I have this running on my pc?
> how do I connect touch -> pc? and how does the update start??
If all you are trying to do
tmauceri;611740 Wrote:
> I don't understand the compilation=1.
I'm not sure what you're not understanding about compilation, so please
expand your question. In my case, all my CDs that are compilations (each
track is NOT the same artist) have a COMPILATION tag and the field value
is "1" (without
Thanks. Oh well maybe SSH it is then!
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I don't think so. Have a look at this discussion:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71609
Two of the defaults for grouping options were changed (I think this is
in 7.5 firmware) so that there would be less demand for exposing the
options in the interface.
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Thank you. yes, I thought the Wiki looked very old. I may try to SSH. I
understand what you say that all options might not work.
Still it would be good to know if there is a new version planned (in
7.6?) with more of the config options (particularly grouping) exposed
to the UI, as described in "v
erland;535618 Wrote:
> It's included in the firmware.
>
> You can force an upgrade to a nightly release by installing the latest
> nightly build of SBS on a computer and temporarily connect the Touch to
> it.
>
> QUOTE]
>
> hello
>
> I have a stand-alone touch, and would like to have it updat
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