Also, dust the screen off first or you'll risk scratching the surface.
Doesn't matter how soft the cloth is if you're dragging particles across
the screen. It's virtually impossible to avoid scratching over the long
run, but you can lessen it.
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The ports on the ethernet switch are all the same. Plug any device into
any port you like.
Yes, you should be able to keep the same settings on the PC and existing
Squeezebox.
I don't recall if the steps to configure the Transporter's network
configuration are the same, but it should be similar.
Fizbin wrote:
> Just thought I'd bring this old thread back for this question...
>
> I'm still using a crossover cable to connect my Touch with my PC. It's
> nice not having to bother with a router. Anyway, I was thinking about
> buying a Transporter as well. I happen to have a couple extra cros
To stream WAV/PCM, that's correct. With Monkey's Audio, which gets
transcoded to FLAC by default, disable the line with a stream format of
FLAC.
With Mp3 (if you really want to stream it as WAV) I believe you need to
create a custom-convert.conf file (in the server installation directory
that con
Same here. Squeeze Ctrl works well for me. Just as importantly, it's
still maintained by its author.
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jdt7385 wrote:
> Do you mean that I should not uninstall 7.7.3 but just install 7.7.5
> over it and Logitech will take care of everything?
There's usually no reason to uninstall an old version when upgrading.
Any new server options will be created with default values, and old
settings will be pr
It should be a menu item in My Music.
I always copy it to the Home Menu. (Do a long touch on the 'Switch
Library' menu item to bring up a menu with this option.) One of the
reasons is that I usually have several servers running, but IIRC there's
also an issue getting into My Music whenever the mo
JRiver and foobar? Those aren't streaming services. They're
applications/software.
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Cut-Throat wrote:
> I don't think that is the issue here. On my PC, when I plug in the
> Dragonfly Dac, the volume is set to about 30% or so of Max. You have to
> use Windows to set the Level of the Device up to 100. It's in the Manual
> for the Dragonfly. However when you plug it in the Squeezeb
doggod wrote:
> So have I just been lucky before or can this sort of thing happen on the
> LAN aswell?
I seem to recall people having the same problem on the LAN when they
clone one server to another.
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Do the two servers have unique UUID strings? If you happened to copy the
server.prefs file from one to the other, the UUID will be the same and
this will cause confusion. To see the UUID, examine each server's
server.prefs file in a text editor and look for the line beginning
with:
server_uuid:
How well does connecting to the remote LMS work when the local LMS is
shut down? Do you still get the menu flickering?
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Do you mean that instead of having the files on a hard drive in the NAS
you're trying to use a USB stick plugged into the NAS? Hard to imagine
the hard drive not being fast enough. Sounds more like the buffering may
be due to the NAS just being underpowered.
No idea about the USB/file problem.
garym wrote:
> So when you add the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th squeezeboxes, you'll need the
> router so all can talk to LMS on the single PC.
Actually, to network more devices all he would need is a network switch,
not a router. It would be easier with a router, though, as he could use
DHCP instead of ma
mysqueezebox.com is needed mostly for accessing music services. Since
you can't access them anyway without an internet connection, I'm not
sure you'd be missing anything else.
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Fizbin wrote:
> Thanks for all the help. My PC is 5 years old. If all else fails, I have
> another PC...Last years model. But I'd rather use the older one (Much
> quieter and I can leave it on).
>
> What sort of crossover cable would I need? The one I'm looking at is a
> CAT5E 350 MHZ.
You won
get.amped wrote:
> Depending on the age of the PC and (more importantly) it's network
> interface card, you may need a cross-over cable to directly connect the
> Touch to it. Most modern interfaces autodetect the type of connection
> and adjust accordingly but it's something to be aware of.
The
Last time I looked, the initial setup of the Touch can be a little
tricky without an internet connection. IIRC, when you get to the point
in the setup where it asks you to create a mysqueezebox.com account, you
can press and hold the left arrow in the upper left corner of the screen
and it will ta
silentcreek wrote:
> I do have another, more powerful server with several harddrives to take
> care of my backups (and I mean backups, not just mirroring). I know I
> could install LMS on that server, too (even though it's not running 24/7
> at the moment), but I like to keep things seperate for
What version of the server are you using?
I'm not one to usually suggest it, as files don't typically just become
corrupted or disappear for no reason, but you could always try
reinstalling the server.
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Sinjin wrote:
> Is there a size limit (i.e., maximum number of songs or total file size)
> to playlists on SB Touch? If so, is there a way to increase it?
There is a setting, although it's not particular to the Touch. In the
web interface, go to Settings > Advanced > Performance > Maximum
Playl
Try closing and reopening your browser and reopening the web interface.
If that doesn't work, try a different browser.
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No, this was never a feature. Many of the settings that affect either
the web interface or the interface on the older SB/2/3/Boom/Transporter
players have no effect on the Touch and Radio. The Now Playing screens
on the Touch and Radio are not customizable.
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Marc_S wrote:
> "No particular setting but the screensaver setting, this setting is per
> server ! Choose screen saver when connected to mysqueezebox.com . Yes
> there are player settings that are server specific ."
In theory, the settings should fall into sync and propagate to all
servers, base
But shouldn't it eventually connect to mysb.com when the router comes
back up, get the time from mysb.com, then kick in the clock screensaver?
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I just tried it with my Touch and it seems to correctly go into the
stopped screenserver when I unplug it and plug it back in. Are you
connected to mysb.com or your local server when this happens?
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I'm not sure. I haven't looked for it on the player itself.
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Yes. I'm using one now in that manner.
I don't currently have a place in my house for my Touch as a player. But
I have a Transporter in my living room, a Radio in my bathroom, and an
SB2 on top of the kitchen cabinets that I usually keep in sync. I have
the Touch sitting on the kitchen table, con
You should be able to use symlinks and LMS will follow them, but you
have two other options that may be easier.
Simplest is to just place everything within a single directory tree.
That tree can be organized anyway that you like. There's no requirement
that it be by performer, or by musical work,
Is there an answer for why the 'Defeat destructive touch to play'
setting isn't available for ip3k players? Is that a limitation of the
interface or just an oversight?
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On my server I see this setting for Touch and Radio, but why not
Transporter?
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toby10 wrote:
> Agree with JJZolx, clear the Cache for a fresh start.
> LMS > Control Panel > Advanced > Clean Cache (check box then hit Apply)
Ah, I forgot that was there. I never use the Control Panel.
J
LMS is running on a PC, correct? If so, this problem has nothing to do
with the Touch.
If LMS thinks that a scan is in progress, you may have to do a little
work to restart it. First, I would enable some debugging of the scan. In
the web interface, go to Settings > Advanced > Logging and change t
Ikabob wrote:
> Now that Logitech is seemingly supporting the future of mysqueezebox.com
> functionality
Where did you read that? I know of no plans to shut down
mysqueezebox.com, but I also don't know how anyone can guarantee that
Logitech will support it indefinitely in the future.
-
I think that should work, but why wouldn't you organize them in the more
conventional:
artist
../album1
../album2
../album3
Glen Gould
../Glen Gould Plays Bach
../Glen Gould Plays More Bach
?
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Agreed. Touch has much less customization. It works a bit differently,
so poke around in the Touch's settings interface and you'll find some
additional options that you won't find in the web interface. You won't a
lot for controlling the look of the display, though. You can set the
background, for
HeadBanger wrote:
> It works well! I would like to set the internet gain a little lower than
> it is currently - Napster still sounds louder for example but even as it
> is it achieves a much nicer transition between local and internet music
> though so thank you!
>
> Could there be a user varia
Should this
# only support track gain for remote streams
if ($track->remote) {
return preventClipping( $track->replay_gain() ||
$prefs->client($client)->get('remoteReplayGain'), $track->replay_peak()
);
}
be
if ($track->remote && client($client)->get('remoteReplayGain'))
To avoid the preventC
mherger wrote:
> > Ok. It appears to work well. Tested with both online radio and MOG.
>
> Cool! What value did you use?
-6. Not sure if that's settled, but it seems to be working well so far.
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mherger wrote:
> > My bad, I thought that was checked in to 7.8. At the moment I'm
> running
> > from nightlies.
>
> Ok, here's a build off of the internet-replaygain branch:
> http://www.herger.net/slim/LogitechMediaServer-7.8.0-1370948181.exe
>
> It's the same as the latest in public/7.8 plus
mherger wrote:
> > Michael, is your checkin for the remote ReplayGain option in the
> current
> > build, or do we need to wait until tomorrow? I'd like to try it and
> give
> > you some feedback.
>
> I haven't checked anything in yet, as I wanted someone to validate the
>
> approach first. I a
Michael, is your checkin for the remote ReplayGain option in the current
build, or do we need to wait until tomorrow? I'd like to try it and give
you some feedback.
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mherger wrote:
>
> > I use smart mix and no replay gain works very good, I ever felt the
> > need for replay gain in the direct place.
>
> Heh... I was wondering whether I was the last one not to use any gain
> correction.
>
> > similar music tend to have similar volume in my case ? must be
Yeah, I think I filed a request years ago that Squeezebox Server give us
a simple option to enter a constant volume adjustment for all streaming
content. It would at least get it to where both are in the same
ballpark.
JJZo
There are pros and cons to using ReplayGain.
First, to my ear it does a mediocre job of volume leveling. I still use
the volume control to adjust, far more than I would expect.
Another big disadvantage is that if you also listen to streaming radio
or services like MOG, then having ReplayGain ena
Firmware development is still being done in 7.8?
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jeromeharris wrote:
> So far, I've been using my Touch in one room of my apartment, connected
> to a pair of small powered speakers (and Ethernet-cabled to a small
> fanless PC running LMS; *a cheap wireless router is cabled between them,
> acting as a sort of "bridge" by supplying the necessary
jeromeharris wrote:
> -- If I had a second Touch, wouldn't it be possible to connect it via
> WiFi to my music system's wireless router (right now, since I've been
> using it only via Ethernet cables I have its WiFi function turned off,
> but that would be easy to switch back on), and have it pla
^
That's a very good point. Normal LMS settings will suppress artists in
the artist list if they only appear on a compilation. So if you have one
Bob Dylan album and it happens to have an incorrect COMPILATION=1 tag,
it will keep the artist from being displayed. Use the Extended Tags
dialog (
USB displays exist. Could software run on the Touch send video out of
the USB port?
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server.
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Mnyb wrote:
> But the wording "disappointed with sound quality" :-/
>
> Lack of EQ is not the same as lack of sound quality ? they are separate
> things .
Some people don't understand what they hear. They may -know- what they
hear, and what they -like-, but not why.
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If you're not an audiophile with experience discerning subtle
differences in sound quality, you're not going to hear a difference. If
you're diddling with EQ on some other player to shape the music to a
profile that appeals to you, then I would expect that to sound better to
you.
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arthurb wrote:
> JJZolx has said that SDXC (of 64GB+) cards can, although perhaps not
> always, be used in SDHC sockets, provided they are formatted as FAT32,
> and there is some stuff about this on Wiki. The big question is: has
> anyone here tried an SDXC card of >32GB on an S
arthurb wrote:
> I understand that SD cards are limited to 32GB, presumably because the
> Touch only has SDHC support (SDXC would be necessary for more).
Some portable players with microSDHC ports that supposedly only support
32GB have been shown to work fine with current generation 64GB microSD
This is more likely to be an issue with Logitech selling refurbished
products as new, rather than Amazon.
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garym wrote:
> I have 3 new in the box Touch players in my office at the moment. I'm
> about ready to take them home and set each of the 3 up (connect to
> ethernet, set a fixed IP, connect to mysb.com, update firmware, etc.).
> Then I'm putting back in the box (these are backup units). Before I
How well does the Touch work with Spotify using the local server and
plugin? If it works well, then the Touch isn't likely to be faulty, and
it may also be your best solution.
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ply3908 wrote:
> Factory reset will not change any firmware but will wipe out all the
> settings and add-ons. You have to go thru the same steps as initial
> setup.
The question was more to whether or not some data (could be a single bit
of data) is kept in non-volatile memory that would direct
Thanks, John. Did you say that the initial from-the-factory setup
differs from an after-factory-reset setup? (Maybe it was someone else.)
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JohnSwenson wrote:
> OK, I found out how to do the setup out of box or after a factory reset
> without mysqueezebox.com.
> ...
> The basic thing to know is that when you are in a screen that is not
> going anywhere or trying to connect to mysqueezebox.com or some other
> screen which wants you
Cut-Throat wrote:
> You need to spend a little time researching on how your recordings were
> made in the first place, not at how many bits that were stored and
> streamed to your stereo.
Why would anyone need to do that? They either sound good or they don't.
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Cut-Throat wrote:
> 320 kbps and sounds as good as my ripped CDs in lossless.
(The sound you hear is that of Cut-Throat's audiophile stripes being
ripped from his uniform.)
You hear no difference between high bitrate Mp3 and lossless, yet you
bother with software tweaks?
> My question is; Does
See if you can find some of the same covers that you've scanned on
http://www.albumartexchange.com. If there's a significant difference,
then you're obviously doing something wrong. If not, I'd chalk it up to
the cheap display on the Touch.
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JohnSwenson wrote:
> There are three components in a squeezebox system: player, server and
> controller. Each of these is connected via a network.
The 'controller' was only an integral part of the Duet system, not of
any other Squeezebox product. All other Squeezeboxes are controllable by
an IR
pingfloid wrote:
> I go to the menu Settings > Audio Settings > Sound Effects and nothing
> happens, except that it keeps beeping with every touch :-(
When you're on that screen, do you not have the option and ability to
select 'None'?
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Strange. I run a lot of different versions of SBS/LMS on my server, and
they all give the same counts and the exact same total playing time. LMS
7.8, LMS 7.7.3 (x 2), SBS 7.6.5 and SBS 7.5.6.
I'd be a little concerned that some files aren't being scanned properly,
but I have no idea what may be w
Did you also add ARTISTSORT tags to the tracks on the compilation
albums?
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I'd check the scanner.log file on the first computer and see whether or
not there are problems scanning some files. Enable scan.import debugging
in the settings. I wouldn't chalk it up to a bug quite yet.
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I can only really think of one thing (apart from the scan failing to
complete on one or both). Check the setting for grouping multi-disc
albums. If you have one server grouping multilple disc sets together as
a single album, and the other not doing so, the album counts will
differ. When LMS doesn'
Index? Are you talking about moving the location of LMS' library
database? That's fairly easy to do.
There are several command-line options that you can pass to LMS on
startup that let you relocate folders that can't be set from within the
LMS settings in the web interface.
--cachedir "D:\slim\c
Another possible solution that many of us have used is to connect your
Squeezebox to an LMS server run at your home. It's usually just a matter
of setting up port forwarding on your home router. Ideally, you would
also limit the IP address allowed to connect to the server by using a
firewall rule
The Touch can only be connected to either the wired or wireless network,
not both. So if you connect it to a NAS over wired ethernet, the
wireless won't be usable. But the underlying OS of the Touch is just
Linux, so if you knew enough about Linux networking you could probably
hack something toget
badhack wrote:
> Well, I bought it for work. Can't install servers/rogue networks. I'll
> need local storage.
Sounds like you've already violated that rule.
If you're connecting the Touch wirelessly to your work network and
running the internal LMS server then you're placing a Linux server on
y
badhack wrote:
> Well, the playlist is created before playback begins. The playlist is
> just a memory structure. It holds the path to the file and some meta
> info like Artist Name, Song name, file type, etc. Does it consume CPU
> time during playback? Doubt it.
A large amount of CPU and memory
badhack wrote:
> I am a bit shocked. If it can decode FLAC streams likely it can handle
> >100 playlist.
FLAC decoding requires very little processing power. Which is all that
the Touch has.
> I am more interested in knowing if local storage is a priority for
> Logitech.
No. The Touch is a don
Touch has better audio, but the user interface is a step backward in
many ways. The SB2/3 and Transporter had a mature interface, while
SqueezePlay on the Touch and Radio feels unfinished.
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Let's try this:
Using the remote, you have _exactly_ the same ability to turn off the
Touch off that you had with the SB2/3. It's immediate. The music stops.
You can set your off screensaver to display either a clock or completely
turn off the screen.
Consider the Touch interface to be a bonus.
I don't have an answer for a single one of your questions, but I'd try
powering off (by physically pulling out the power plug) for several
minutes, then powering back up. If that doesn't fix it, try doing a
factory reset by holding in the reset button on the back of the unit for
15 seconds or so,
TechHome wrote:
> Definitely helps, tho still not as fast as with a SB2/3
Using the remote, it's exactly the same. And given that with the SB2/3
the remote interface is all you have, I fail to understand your
reasoning. Expecting the touch interface to work exactly like the remove
interface make
SBGK wrote:
> if you have dbpoweramp you can convert the 192 flac to uncompressed flac
> ie PCM with a flac wrapper, this would take the native flac
> decompression factor out of the equation for you.
Uncompressed FLAC is _not_ PCM with a "flac wrapper". Just take a look
at the 'FLAC file spec'
sing any 3rd party plugins? If so, disable them, rescan, try
again.
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7;one browser' work done in 7.6, which was a conscious
effort to consolidate the code and make things consistent in all
interfaces.
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Try swiping left to right, which should take you to the Home menu and
show the power button.
I wouldn't think you'd want to disable all of the Now Playing screens
except the album art one, since that means you also lose the ability to
skip songs, pause, adjust volume, repeat, etc.
ukjeyaraj Wrote:
> These playlists are accessible from SBT through
> mymusic-->music folder-->songs-->playlists
Have you tried using
My Music > Playlists
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It's most likely a problem with syncing with mysqueezebox.com, which has
never worked anything close to reliably. Try disabling it and then see
if the volume starts behaving.
Go to Settings > mysqueezebox.com > mysqueezebox.com Integration and
set it to 'disable
rmats that are
supported natively will be decoded by the Touch to PCM. For example,
MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis. Additional non-native formats would be
transcoded at the server, streamed to the Touch (generally in FLAC
format) and then the stream decoded to PCM by the Touch
t the album name formatted slightly differently. If so, just
modify the last format string. This creates an additional field called
REMASTER. If you don't want this field you can add another action to
the group:
-Action type:-
can also get there by hitting the music note in
the upper right corner.
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'Switch Library' entry. Touch and hold it to bring
up the context menu and the option to add it to the Home menu.
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Ah, I see. Yes, mysqueezebox.com used to be squeezenetwork.com. I
thought they transferred the accounts when they made the change, but I
imagine many people just set up new ones.
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CardioFitness;694306 Wrote:
> Ok there's something missing here, each album has his folder. They just
> aren't organized inside other folders by artist or something else.
Ok, that shouldn't be a problem. So long as it's organized well enough
for you
ontend that you'll eventually run into problems unless each album has
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h it sorting out
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any 96 kHz files are downsampled. The LAME Mp3 encoder does
both automatically.
F:\Mp3other is Mp3 content from other sources such as downloads.
For Squeezebox Server I can point the library at E:\Flac and
F:\Mp3other. For portable players I load files from either Mp3 folder.
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to the Touch's
interface. It's always seemed unfinished to me, and now appears to be
nearly abandoned.
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n't running and who knows how many other
problems are created when the phone moves around the house or a call is
in progress. He should get an inexpensive router even if he doesn't have
internet access.
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Describe your existing network and how you're connecting wirelessly
right now (albeit with buffering issues).
Describe how you're physically trying to connect the Touch to the
laptop using wired ethernet.
s addresses, but they _will_ be on the same subnet of
169.254.0.0/16. It's designed to work like this and is called
'link-local addressing'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address). Just make sure that
neither one is configured with a static IP addr
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