Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to improve Touch sound?

2012-08-16 Thread mlsstl
Dazed and Confused wrote: Just set up Touch for the first time. FLAC files are being fed via a wired connection from a Synology DS212+ NAS, then into amp (analogue) using the supplied leads and thenspeakers. The sound is very digital, ie bright and and I want to know ways of making it less

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control

2012-08-16 Thread 505
As the author of the brightness patch, Madler asked on my weblog if it was possible to disable the brightness decrease when viewing photos. As noted here, that decrease is there to save the screen a bit. It only occurs when the brightness is set above 50%. It's not that difficult to add to my

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to improve Touch sound?

2012-08-16 Thread aubuti
Yes, the question bright compared to what? has been asked at least twice, but not answered yet. And good point re expectations, especially with the OP's equating of bright with digital (as if CDs were analog...). aubuti's

[SlimDevices: Touch] Selecting And Setting Up A USB Music Library Drive: Factors To Consider

2012-08-16 Thread jeromeharris
As part of my Touch-based system, I'm planning to buy a large-capacity USB hard drive to hold my entire digital music collection (currently about 2000 CDs, plus a small number of downloaded files; the number of both will slowly grow. I figure that at this point I have c. 1.5TB of data to store,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Selecting And Setting Up A USB Music Library Drive: Factors To Consider

2012-08-16 Thread pallfreeman
Since I'm a 99% UNIX guy and it's tough to argue with intuition, I'll keep my turd of wisdom focussed on hardware. Fit-PCs are good. But for something like a little LMS server a cheaper Zotac or DinoPC is good enough. Slightly larger, and slightly noisier. And much cheaper. If you're happy to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Selecting And Setting Up A USB Music Library Drive: Factors To Consider

2012-08-16 Thread rayman1701
jeromeharris wrote: As part of my Touch-based system, I'm planning to buy a large-capacity USB hard drive to hold my entire digital music collection (currently about 2000 CDs, plus a small number of downloaded files; the number of both will slowly grow. I figure that at this point I have c.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Selecting And Setting Up A USB Music Library Drive: Factors To Consider

2012-08-16 Thread aubuti
Here's my two cents. First, how do you figure you have 1.5 TB of data? If you rip to FLAC then I expect 2000 CDs would require 0.75-1 TB of disk space. Don't get me wrong -- futureproofing is a good idea and drive prices are ridiculously cheap. But the drives could very well die before you get

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch 404 NOT FOUND

2012-08-16 Thread ply3908
Can you post both the OPML and URL addresses so folks can tell you if they work from outside of China? ply3908's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38634 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Selecting And Setting Up A USB Music Library Drive: Factors To Consider

2012-08-16 Thread garym
aubuti wrote: Here's my two cents. First, how do you figure you have 1.5 TB of data? If you rip to FLAC then I expect 2000 CDs would require 0.75-1 TB of disk space. Don't get me wrong -- futureproofing is a good idea and drive prices are ridiculously cheap. But the drives could very well

[SlimDevices: Touch] Using password with Logitech Media Server

2012-08-16 Thread SaintGermain
Hello, I would like to user the Touch with a remote Logitech Media Server. However this LMS is username/password protected and I haven't found how to specify the username/password on the Touch ? Is is not possible ? Or is there a way to hack this by SSH-ing into the Touch ? Thanks,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Using password with Logitech Media Server

2012-08-16 Thread pippin
The touch should just ask you when you connect pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96073