Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] New Owner

2011-05-08 Thread Phil Leigh
danman;629943 Wrote: > ... Just wish they would invent a way to store your SD cards in some > sort of index! They have, it's called a "hard disk" - it's what the rest of us use :-) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal

[SlimDevices: Touch] Rebuffering problem since recent update

2011-05-08 Thread Stefan Bellon
Hi all, I'm a happy owner of a Touch (and a Boom) since they came out and I have never in the past had any of the rebuffering issues people are reporting here from time to time, never! Since a recent upgrade of the Touch firmware (not sure which revision though, I'm now at 7.5.4-r9408, running 7.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] New Owner

2011-05-08 Thread toby10
danman, Some USB devices simply do not function with the Touch. As usual the finger pointing starts, Logitech blames the USB device, USB device blames Logitech. Who knows. Beyond the basic USB maintenance & setup listed above there is little one can do to force the Touch to use a USB device it j

[SlimDevices: Touch] Playlists

2011-05-08 Thread stuarta
New to the touch and struggling with playlists. My current setup is a Touch with a Synology DS211. Firstly, I've got several smart playlists setup in both the DS Audio Station and in iTunes. I've installed the iTunes plugin to Squeezebox server and pointed the Library.xml and and iTunes media f

[SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive

2011-05-08 Thread Gillinger
Bearing in mind that I'm in the UK (so some drives might not be available over here) does anyone have any recommendations for a USB drive? I'm looking at the Samsung S2 1TB, but being aware from other posts that the Touch is a bit "touchy" would there be any particular problems with this? -- G

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Rebuffering problem since recent update

2011-05-08 Thread bhaagensen
I probably wont be able to help, but I think people who can would appreciate some more details about what file-types/sources you are playing from. -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.ph

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Rebuffering problem since recent update

2011-05-08 Thread Stefan Bellon
On Sun, 08 May, bhaagensen wrote: > I probably wont be able to help, but I think people who can would > appreciate some more details about what file-types/sources you are > playing from. Of course the problem does not kick into effect when playing back MP3 or Ogg Vorbis because of the lower bandw

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Rebuffering problem since recent update

2011-05-08 Thread Mnyb
The usual apply test with ethernet cable first before exluding wifi as a problem source. You can not exlude wifi without trying without it. -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x Merid

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Rebuffering problem since recent update

2011-05-08 Thread bhaagensen
sbellon;630031 Wrote: > > Of course the problem does not kick into effect when playing back MP3 > or > Ogg Vorbis > "Of course" in the same sense as in, of course errors in the systems mp3/ogg pipeline can ever happen...:S -- bhaagensen -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Rebuffering problem since recent update

2011-05-08 Thread Stefan Bellon
On Sun, 08 May, Mnyb wrote: > The usual apply test with ethernet cable first before exluding wifi > as a problem source. > You can not exlude wifi without trying without it. I already added an Wifi access point directly next to the Touch just for testing, and then no rebuffering occurs. But that

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] External DAC Eastern Electric Minimax

2011-05-08 Thread SilverRS8
ajayrav;622290 Wrote: > I have both a CA DACmagic and a EE minimax DAC. Without question, the > digital out of the Touch into the EE DAC has the best sound in my > opinion...followed by the Touch through the CA DAC. I have since > modded my Touch (Bolder digital mods) which took performance up

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive

2011-05-08 Thread JJZolx
Many USB bus powered drives _do_ work with the Touch. Note that they're all 2.5" drives or smaller. Many people have had good luck with the Toshiba Canvio external drives. If the hard drive is powered, or if you run it from a powered USB hub, then just about any drive should work. I'm not sure ab

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive

2011-05-08 Thread sebp
The key point is that the connected drive, if not powered externally, must not draw more than 500 mA (or 2.5 W) when running (case included). -- sebp 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/sebp) sebp's Profile: http://forums.

[SlimDevices: Touch] NTP on the Touch

2011-05-08 Thread jean2
Hi, I'm using TinySB and I've been annoyed by the fact that it does not keep time properly, or even some time does not have the time at all : http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87505 Keeping a network device on time has been solved eons ago by the NTP protocol. For some reasons, the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Ideas to fix Touch clock drift problem?

2011-05-08 Thread jean2
Phil168;629409 Wrote: > Can anyone suggest an (automated) solution to this? There are various potential hacks, and then there is NTP, which is what anyone sensible use. To get NTP on your Touch, please follow my instructions : http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87588 Have fun... J