[SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch display kind of freezes with album art

2011-06-07 Thread jgoor
I got my brand-new SBT to work like a charm..well.. almost. I did an update of the firmware first. Then I got it to work with my Squeezeboxserver (running on Ubuntu linux server 11.04). Then, I started to add album art. I got several 600x600 jpg's an put them into the right album directory and na

[SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch without a network

2011-06-07 Thread nmurthyk
Hi All, I just got my new SB Touch. I do not have a network. Only a laptop. I have planed to use it with an external HDD with all the flac files on it. But when I start the SB it is asking net work details. Is a network is mandatory to setup SB Touch. Please let me know the steps to set it up wit

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT with USB Hard Drive

2011-06-07 Thread Mnyb
JJZolx;635335 Wrote: > It's not the bitrate of the decoded audio, but it's not an estimate > either. It's the _streaming_ bitrate of the file, which depends on the > amount of compression that the file has undergone. Since Flac files > compress to different degrees depending on the audio content,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT with USB Hard Drive

2011-06-07 Thread garym
JJZolx;635335 Wrote: > It's not the bitrate of the decoded audio, but it's not an estimate > either. It's the _streaming_ bitrate of the file, which depends on the > amount of compression that the file has undergone. Since Flac files > compress to different degrees depending on the audio content,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT with USB Hard Drive

2011-06-07 Thread JJZolx
garym;635326 Wrote: > and before anyone gets excited, the bit rate for FLAC files is > "estimated" from the software and is not the actual bit rate. It's not the bitrate of the decoded audio, but it's not an estimate either. It's the _streaming_ bitrate of the file, which depends on the amount o

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to rescan TinySBS library?

2011-06-07 Thread jean2
psch41;635324 Wrote: > My music library is on an USB memory stick and works fine. However, > after I made several changes to the library's content (via my PC), my > TinySBS continues to show info it collected way before - like genres > which now don't exist anymore. Obviously I need to rescan my

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] One BIG FLAC?

2011-06-07 Thread bitstopjoe
Yeah know that, but I didnt rip this and no cue file was given so the Touch doesn't see it I couldnt really find anything online other than flac spliters. Maybe they can generate a cue file.. -- bitstopjoe Joe Sica bi

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT with USB Hard Drive

2011-06-07 Thread garym
kidstypike;635277 Wrote: > On the Touch screen: Touch the "Now Playing" bar at the top > scroll > down to "More Info" > > Using the Touch Remote: Press the "+" button > scroll down to "More > Info" and before anyone gets excited, the bit rate for FLAC files is "estimated" from the software and

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to rescan TinySBS library?

2011-06-07 Thread JJZolx
psch41;635324 Wrote: > My music library is on an USB memory stick and works fine. However, > after I made several changes to the library's content (via my PC), my > TinySBS continues to show info it collected way before - like genres > which now don't exist anymore. Obviously I need to rescan my

[SlimDevices: Touch] How to rescan TinySBS library?

2011-06-07 Thread psch41
My music library is on an USB memory stick and works fine. However, after I made several changes to the library's content (via my PC), my TinySBS continues to show info it collected way before - like genres which now don't exist anymore. Obviously I need to rescan my music library from scratch. Bu

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] One BIG FLAC?

2011-06-07 Thread garym
bitstopjoe;635311 Wrote: > How does one create a CUE sheet for a BIG flac file??? typically created by the program you rip the CD with at the time you rip (EAC, foobar2000, and I think even dbpoweramp will rip to FLAC with cuesheets now (maybe its the beta). not sure how to create a CUE sheet a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] One BIG FLAC?

2011-06-07 Thread bitstopjoe
How does one create a CUE sheet for a BIG flac file??? -- bitstopjoe Joe Sica bitstopjoe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=45024 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Ipeng and Touch Clock

2011-06-07 Thread jean2
jarrod2750;635254 Wrote: > Also, my Touch tends to lose time. I was wondering if anyone else is > experiencing this. Thanks. It seems that loosing time is associated with using TinySB, are you using TinySB ? If you want your Touch to keep track of time better, please check this thread : http

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Ipeng and Touch Clock

2011-06-07 Thread rgro
If you go over to this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51929 you'll see some 3,000+ posts of folks using iPeng. A fair number (including me) are using it to control their Touch-based systems. It works great... Not sure about the time issuenot anything I've experi

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT with USB Hard Drive

2011-06-07 Thread kidstypike
Lynxo;635259 Wrote: > > > btw, is there any plugin or some way to tell what format is playing? > > FLAC,WAVE,MP3 and sampling rate? On the Touch screen: Touch the "Now Playing" bar at the top > scroll down to "More Info" Using the Touch Remote: Press the "+" button > scroll down to "More Inf

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT with USB Hard Drive

2011-06-07 Thread Lynxo
boy, what a mess. it should be really simple. I have my music folder structured like this, 2 main folders, FLAC and MP3: FLAC\ Classical\ 1. CD Title\songtracks 2. 3. Greatest Hits\ 1. 2. 3. MP3\ Singer or CD Album\title and so on. like previous posts mentioned, search by folders not tags. I

[SlimDevices: Touch] Ipeng and Touch Clock

2011-06-07 Thread jarrod2750
Has anyone tried using the Ipeng App to control their Squeezebox Touch. Also, my Touch tends to lose time. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. Thanks. -- jarrod2750 jarrod2750's Profile: http://forums.s

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Odd SBS question

2011-06-07 Thread toby10
Or, make one of the devices (PC or Touch) wireless, running ethernet to the device more easily accessible via ethernet. For dedicated wired PC to Touch you can use ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) which essentially turns your PC's network card into a router. -- toby10 -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch from Crutchfield for $255 + free shipping

2011-06-07 Thread grusch
Thanks, Tony. Yes, I have a dedicated 1 TB drive for my FLAC library and I have been backing it up periodically to a 2TB that I use as a catch-all for important files. -- grusch grusch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Odd SBS question

2011-06-07 Thread grusch
toby10;635184 Wrote: > The whole point of having a router/network is to simply and easily > interconnect such devices. > You would be greatly over complicating a simple setup by bypassing an > easy solution that already exists. Not necessarily. The PC in question is in a remote part of the basem

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Odd SBS question

2011-06-07 Thread grusch
I have an older PC that I purchased to use for multi-track audio production about 5-6 years ago. It's never been networked and I disabled as many unnecessary services on it as possible to make it run better while recording or playing back multiple large audio files and running multiple plug-ins, e

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Odd SBS question

2011-06-07 Thread toby10
grusch;635120 Wrote: > . > Will the Squeezebox Touch run if it's directly tethered to a PC via > ethernet without going through a router or being attached to my > network? The whole point of having a router/network is to simply and easily interconnect such devices. You would be greatly over

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 'connection refused' by squeeze server

2011-06-07 Thread jgoor
Problem Solved. It occured to be related to my Svaesoft Alchemy v1.0 router software on my Linksys WRT54Gv2. I first tried to do some extra portforwarding and hassling with iptables but nothing worked. Then I flashed the damn thing with Tomato v1.28 and the thing wasn't damned anymore! Thanx e

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT with USB Hard Drive

2011-06-07 Thread toby10
You could also try using FAT32 instead of NTFS, FAT seems to be more Touch friendly. Tags, file consistency, and file organization are important for any database program. The less capable/powerful the database (TinySBS) the more important these factors become. If you owned three different busine