Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Phil Leigh
edwinch;629061 Wrote: Hi again,yes these are dvd audio,but i thought DVD Audio Extractor was for dvd video and dvd audio?I could be wrong tho,Ed for DVD-A it is definitely DVD-Audio Explorer... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Mnyb
Situation can be a bit more confused depending on disc . If it is a pure DVDA disc with mlp tracks then it is DVD-A Explorer . But a lot of disc I have also have a 2ch 24bit PCM track in it's DVD-V content, this can sometimes be 96k too , then you can rip this with other software . -- Mnyb

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Network probs on Touch (UK based)

2011-05-04 Thread mn283
Stratmangler;627271 Wrote: Just had a quick shuftie around on the 'net and found this http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/20/virgin_media_apology_over_media_superhub_snafu/ Is there a link to firmware updates on the Virgin site ? Chris :) mmm my superhub has been upgraded to version

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Logitech's Own server is malfunctioning!

2011-05-04 Thread slimfast
aubuti;628858 Wrote: TinySBS is the nickname for the reduced-feature version of Squeezebox Server (SBS) that is built-in to the Touch. You can use it to play files connected directed to the Touch via USB hard drive or memory stick, or a SD memory card. Or, as nicolas75 uses it, to access

[SlimDevices: Touch] Digital or RCA

2011-05-04 Thread stuarta
Just curious, has anyone noticed any difference in sound quality between the Digital optical and the standard RCA? -- stuarta stuarta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46250 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Digital or RCA

2011-05-04 Thread Phil Leigh
stuarta;629172 Wrote: Just curious, has anyone noticed any difference in sound quality between the Digital optical and the standard RCA? It all depends on the DAC you connect to them... some will sound identical, some will be slightly different. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Logitech's Own server is malfunctioning!

2011-05-04 Thread aubuti
berkey;629096 Wrote: BTW, I posted the situation as a bug (17194) on Sunday but it seems to be going nowhere. fyi, mysb.com outages are usually not considered bugs as such. So that bug report will not go anywhere in the bugzilla system. If there is something wrong with the SBS running on

[SlimDevices: Touch] Duet Remote Volume not working on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread shacky
I have both Duet and Touch. I regularly use the Duet remote for both. Today my Touch downloaded an update. So did my remote. I did not upgrade SB server as I 've had problems so I'm still on 7.5.1 I think. Anyway the update seems to have stopped rebuffereing I was having lst couple of days

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Help with NAS + Touch + iPhone

2011-05-04 Thread aubuti
Zonker92;629077 Wrote: Cool; thanks again. I am thinking it's probably overkill to replace my NAS just to get this one issue ironed out; I should probably just convert my files to FLAC and be done with it. I just need to figure out where to put them; I have 47% of each of my RAID hard

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I hate SB Touch

2011-05-04 Thread thomaskristensen
When I get a message that an upgrade to my system is available, I assume the upgrade will improve my system, not break it. I think its fair to expect a company the size of Logitech is able to do some kind of testing before deploying upgrades to customers. Call me naive, but I expect any and all

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I hate SB Touch

2011-05-04 Thread aubuti
thomaskristensen;629193 Wrote: Call me naive, but I expect any and all software upgrades to be of high quality. Okay: you're naïve. :-) But seriously, companies much larger than Logitech (including one beginning with the letter M) have a long history of releasing software updates that create

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I hate SB Touch

2011-05-04 Thread magnumpat
some logs are reporting timeouts from fab4.squeezenetwork.com strangely, it's not only mysqeezebox.com malfunctioning, but this 'old' website also... weird. -- magnumpat magnumpat's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I hate SB Touch

2011-05-04 Thread garym
aubuti;629196 Wrote: Okay: you're naïve. :-) But seriously, companies much larger than Logitech (including one beginning with the letter M) have a long history of releasing software updates that create new problems. That doesn't make it right, but I would think it would influence your

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I hate SB Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Michael Herger
some logs are reporting timeouts from fab4.squeezenetwork.com strangely, it's not only mysqeezebox.com malfunctioning, but this 'old' website also... weird. it's just another name for the same server. -- Michael ___ Touch mailing list

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Duet Remote Volume not working on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread shacky
BTW volume control does work with Touch remote. -- shacky shacky's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31313 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87483

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Help with NAS + Touch + iPhone

2011-05-04 Thread Zonker92
Yes, I think that's a good way to go, and I've been mulling it over and playing with the trial version of dBpoweramp, trying to suss out its batch conversion process. I'd have to figure out how, of the 2,500 or so albums I have, to figure out which were ALACs and convert them while leaving alone

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Digital or RCA

2011-05-04 Thread tcutting
You should also consider what you are running through, and how you use it. What I mean is, most AV receivers do digital processing for many (most) of their opperating modes. Therefore if you send it an analog signal (via RCAs), when running in these modes it will digitize the signal, do its

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I hate SB Touch

2011-05-04 Thread aubuti
Okay, then amend my earlier statement to naïve with a good sense of self-deprecating humor and irony. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I hate SB Touch

2011-05-04 Thread slate
and the iFruit never makes mistakes?! well they do not want to admit to then -- slate Main: Receiver (Audiocom) - Beresford Caiman+ (Gatorized) - Carver A-500x - BW 704 Office: Receiver - Luxman L-210 - Stax SR84 Pro/Superlux HD668B Server: Zotac IONITX-A, 4 GB, 1 TB WD EADS, Win7 w. 7.6

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

2011-05-04 Thread valdemort
Hi, I have exactly the same problem: running tinySBS with an USB attached drive, sometimes songs skip to the next track 30-40 seconds before they ends. I noticed that when the problem arise it is costant: from that moment any songs skips! To solve the problem I disconnect the USB disk (using the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread edwinch
Thanks alot for the help. The discs i am trying to rip are DVD AUDIO discs,with MLP audio. It sounds like I was using the wrong software,I have just downloaded DVD AUDIO EXPLORER and i will try ripping with this tonight. I have downloaded the free version for now to try it out.Is this version

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I hate SB Touch

2011-05-04 Thread copperstate
erland;629279 Wrote: ... I don't expect everything to work on a computer but I do expect everything to work on a music streaming device like the Squeezebox, the Logitech quality assurance have a lot of improvement potential if they are just willing to spend the necessary resources on it.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I hate SB Touch

2011-05-04 Thread thomaskristensen
Of course Apple makes mistakes as does everybody. But after having migrated from Windows computers to Macs, my monthly computer maintenance time has dropped to nearly zero as opposed to the up to ten hours I could spend on that with Windows computers. I'm not saying Mac's are better, I'm just

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Phil Leigh
edwinch;629296 Wrote: Hi I have now installed DVD AUDIO EXPLORER and started setting up to rip a disc,so far it seems pretty straightforward but i have not continued to rip because when i checked all the disc info ,etc,i noticed that copying is restricted to 48/16 and not 96/24 that is on

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread edwinch
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours on DVD AUDIO 96/24 2channel part. -- edwinch edwinch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46311 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87464

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Phil Leigh
edwinch;629311 Wrote: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours on DVD AUDIO 96/24 2channel part. I have that disc...somewhere! It rips fine in DVD AE -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Phil Leigh
edwinch;629296 Wrote: Hi I have now installed DVD AUDIO EXPLORER and started setting up to rip a disc,so far it seems pretty straightforward but i have not continued to rip because when i checked all the disc info ,etc,i noticed that copying is restricted to 48/16 and not 96/24 that is on

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread edwinch
Ah right, sorry for the misunderstanding. In that case,any ideas why it displayed the disc as 96/24 but the copy was being restricted to 48/16? -- edwinch edwinch's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Phil Leigh
edwinch;629320 Wrote: Ah right, sorry for the misunderstanding. In that case,any ideas why it displayed the disc as 96/24 but the copy was being restricted to 48/16? When you say the copy was restricted... what exactly happened? Did you rip it? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread edwinch
DVD A E read the disc and showed titles and tracks on the left screen and on the right screen parameters and values. It shows sample rate as 96000 hz and bit resolution as 24 bit,but copy control info says copying;restricted,1 copy;audio quality;2ch/48khz/16bit. I chose not to rip yet as I want

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread edwinch
I have just read on DVD A E instructions that copy control - maximum digital output resolution and allowed number of digital copies is set by authors of disc. To me,this looks like the limit on this particular disc. -- edwinch

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Grahame
Have you tried the DVD-Audio Decoder and Watermark Detector plugin for Foobar 2000? http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdadecoder/ I have had success with this on a variety of DVD-A's You can convert to flac (rip) from within foobar. Foobar 2000 is available from http://www.foobar2000.org/ --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Phil Leigh
edwinch;629333 Wrote: DVD A E read the disc and showed titles and tracks on the left screen and on the right screen parameters and values. It shows sample rate as 96000 hz and bit resolution as 24 bit,but copy control info says copying;restricted,1 copy;audio quality;2ch/48khz/16bit. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Phil Leigh
edwinch;629334 Wrote: I have just read on DVD A E instructions that copy control - maximum digital output resolution and allowed number of digital copies is set by authors of disc. To me,this looks like the limit on this particular disc. This is all irrelevant - it doesn't impact the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread edwinch
Great news,I will give it a go..but I was going to rip to flac,should be the same I guess, cheers. -- edwinch edwinch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46311 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Phil Leigh
edwinch;629343 Wrote: Great news,I will give it a go..but I was going to rip to flac,should be the same I guess, cheers. You will need to rip to wav then convert to flac using one of the many available free tools such as this one: http://members.home.nl/w.speek/flac.htm -- Phil Leigh

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread edwinch
Right...I have ended up ripping one track in WAV as a test. It shows up on the sbs as a WAV 24/96 and it shows up on the dac as 96k so that side of things seem fine. But that beep/screech/interference type of noise can be heard at the start of the track,m,I'm lost! -- edwinch

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Stratmangler
Phil Leigh;629058 Wrote: Are these DVD-A discs? - shouldn't you be using DVD-Audio EXPLORER to rip those? -? DVD Audio Extractor is for DVD's not DVD-A's DVD Audio Extractor does DVD-Audio discs too, Phil. Chris :) -- Stratmangler There is no element of personal attack in my response.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Digital or RCA

2011-05-04 Thread JohnSwenson
stuarta;629172 Wrote: Just curious, has anyone noticed any difference in sound quality between the Digital optical and the standard RCA? Are you wanting to compare digital out on either opical or coax, or between digital out on optical and analog out on RCA? John S. -- JohnSwenson

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Digital or RCA

2011-05-04 Thread souwalker
I can't comment between RCA and Digital as I only use via RCA. My Touch is hooked up via RCA to my Luxman pre amp and my Rotel power amp combo and it sounds great. Rgds Pat -- souwalker souwalker's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem playing 24 bit flac on Touch

2011-05-04 Thread Phil Leigh
Stratmangler;629348 Wrote: DVD Audio Extractor does DVD-Audio discs too, Phil. Chris :) Does it? - I've never used it for that - I'll try it later... cheers -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP)