[SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2012-04-06 Thread Triode
I've posted a new applet to the 3rd party apps list for Squeezebox Touch. This is designed to enhance the digital output capabilities of the device for use with external Dacs. It is based on the software which people have helped me test on the "Async USB Dac Experiments" thread but should now be

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Intact iTunes playlists show EMPTY on Touch

2012-04-06 Thread psp
I am STILL having this problem. SB Touch playlists begin to show "Empty" a day or two after the most recent SBS database scan. I have never found an Empty playlist immediately after a scan, but a day or two later more and more Empty playlists begin to appear (I have been using the "Clear Everyth

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-06 Thread bobertuk
Triode wrote: > I'm not sure that it is yet - its something for the tweakers to tweak... > It should be off by default, but you can enable it and let me know if > you notice any difference. Interesting... A few weeks ago I started using Inguz and for some reason have had a specific re-buffering

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Zyxel NSA310 Nas Drive and SB Touch

2012-04-06 Thread reg66
that's great news, thanks. i assumed that it was one or the other - a wired connection to NAS or wifi connection. didn't realize you could do both and use phone as remote still for hdd files. cheers indeed reg66's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-06 Thread bobertuk
Triode wrote: > I'm not sure that it is yet - its something for the tweakers to tweak... > It should be off by default, but you can enable it and let me know if > you notice any difference. Option enabled! I'll let you you know if I hear any difference. Bob ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-06 Thread Triode
bobertuk wrote: > > What is the 'Kernel Idle Option' meant to do? > I understand that it is intended to prevent the Touch CPU from idling > when playing music. But why is this advantageous? > I'm not sure that it is yet - its something for the tweakers to tweak... It should be off by default,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-06 Thread Triode
cfv wrote: > Hi Triode, > > I found an old powered hub in my electronics graveyard and now the CDQ > plays high bitrate files without pops, just to let you know. What I > would like to know is whether there are any advantages if I go with the > hub even though I only need 44.1/48 support. Would

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2012-04-06 Thread m1abrams
Not familiar with the psu you built however it could be a lot of things causing a change. If the new psu is unable to provide the current needed then it could be dropping out of regulation. This would cause pretty significant issues. Without testing the too supplies though it is anyone's guess.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-06 Thread cfv
Hi Triode, I found an old powered hub in my electronics graveyard and now the CDQ plays high bitrate files without pops, just to let you know. What I would like to know is whether there are any advantages if I go with the hub even though I only need 44.1/48 support. Would really appreciate your f

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2012-04-06 Thread beetof
No one with an idea what 's happening? beetof's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53809 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82648

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-06 Thread bobertuk
Hi Triode, What is the 'Kernel Idle Option' meant to do? I understand that it is intended to prevent the Touch CPU from idling when playing music. But why is this advantageous? Bub bobertuk's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-06 Thread PietB
Triode wrote: > I have added the new applet to the main 3rd party list so people should > see it without needing to add the special repositories defined on the > first post here. Once there are a few more positive install responses, > I'll start a new thread to discuss the new applet without the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 7.7.2 > 7.7.1 >7.7.2 and connectivity problems

2012-04-06 Thread lcrim
BMWCCA: The fact that you are using a Mac and not Windows is not significant. This is not to criticize but the address you wrote in your post 127.0.0.1, is known as the loop back address and is sometimes used as a tool to discover whether TCP/IP is loaded properly. It cannot be the address of yo

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-06 Thread cfv
Triode wrote: > Please try and report here that it installs ok for you... Hi Triode, it works flawlessly with my CDQ. I did a firmware update, installed it and tried it with both Coax and USB. Coax plays my 96kHz test files perfectly, USB works great with the no-hub workaround and Red Book FLA

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-06 Thread Triode
I have added the new applet to the main 3rd party list so people should see it without needing to add the special repositories defined on the first post here. Once there are a few more positive install responses, I'll start a new thread to discuss the new applet without the confusion of the test

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-06 Thread Triode
cfv wrote: > I bought my SBT a week ago and stumbled across it the same day. Since > then, I've been using Kernel #1 with my 8200CDQ for flawless Redbook > FLAC playback without a hub. If I install the new applet, will this > option still be available? So far I don't need higher bitrates and > th

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-06 Thread cfv
Triode wrote: > Thanks for testing. I've just added a new applet to my usbaudio > repository - Enhanced Digital Output. > > The aim of this applet is to provide a user friendly way of installing > the custom kernel and selecting the output device. I've posted here to > get a few people to test