Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-15 Thread agillis
AMP-adding-audio-output-and-speakers-SqueezeBox-Boom-for-40 rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Question from an old newbie

2012-12-05 Thread agillis
You might want to consider getting a high performance NAS like a VortexBox. We designed VortexBox to support very large music collections. Our 4TB VortexBox can easily handle 120,000 files with no problems. agillis's Profil

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch no longer listed on Logitech Web-Site

2012-08-29 Thread agillis
It's the end of SqueeseBox. I just bought a bunch of them on Amazon. Seems like it's time to stock up! agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Which QNAP NAS for my Touch?

2011-12-22 Thread agillis
ke a Touch for Video. It's menu's are beautiful and it has much better media support then many other video players. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Possible solution for stuttering FLAC 24/96

2011-12-14 Thread agillis
This is one of the many reasons it's a good idea to have LMS running on a dedicated machine. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer Vort

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2011-12-08 Thread agillis
to the SqueezeBox interface. It works really well. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2011-12-08 Thread agillis
hat gapless playback of hi-res FLAC is supported in this context. > > If you have a hi-res gapless FLAC album, try it yourself and see if it > works. Yes, you can play gapless right up to 24/384 resolution if you use MPoD or MPaD or any MPD user interface. -- agillis rip, tag, g

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2011-12-06 Thread agillis
; CD Yeah the only way to do it now is to use VortexBox Player instead of an SBT. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profi

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Starting from scratch: What path to take

2011-07-04 Thread agillis
ce. > > TIA > Patrick Seems like a VortexBox appliance would work well for you situation. It can rip DVDs and stream them to your WD Live as well as ripping music and sending music to your SqueezeBox. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] NAS + crossover UTP cable + SBT

2011-06-14 Thread agillis
. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Help! Too many options and not enough brain...

2011-05-30 Thread agillis
VortexBox runs Fedora Linux so it's supported by Logitech. It has a dual core Atom processor for transcoding and it plug-play. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer Vort

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24 bit and >96 kHz files

2011-05-17 Thread agillis
Phil Leigh;631875 Wrote: > or there is the ZERO-COST option of downsampling the files offline... Of course that's always an option but you lose fidelity. What's the point of getting 24/192 FLAC files if you don't actually want to listen to them at 24/192? -- agillis rip,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24 bit and >96 kHz files

2011-05-17 Thread agillis
lrossouw;631757 Wrote: > Why not just buy a pc or vortexbox or equivalent and put it in a > cupboard somewhere with the server on it and your problems will be > gone. :) Yes, VortexBox Player supports 24/192 and can play directly to your DAC. No hardware design required! -- agillis

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2011-02-18 Thread agillis
al in your listening area use HomePlug (Ethernet over Home wiring). -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts

2011-01-31 Thread agillis
usually have new versions of SsqueezeBox Server and other software in our repo a few days after they are released. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Dev

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch - An Australian review

2010-10-12 Thread agillis
up witha NAS running vortexbox. Any idea of > the difference in audio quality using digital v. analog output? The audio quality of the analog output is quite good. The audio quality of the digital output will be totally based on what DAC you connect to it. Nice to hear your using VortexBox :)

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox touch DLNA & UPNP?

2010-06-04 Thread agillis
> website and posting under wireless devices i found a sticky that > redirected me to this forum posted by Mike_M > > thanks. Your best bet is to buy a NAS with SBS already install like a VortexBox appliance. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] artwork problems

2010-05-12 Thread agillis
cover.jpg or they will get over written next time your rip a CD. Once you have all the art the way you want it do a "drop data and recan everything" in SqueezeBox Server. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Using touch with RipNas

2010-05-04 Thread agillis
hidden away next to the > router and the SB touch would connect to it wirelessly. Are there > issues of responsiveness if one does that? That's excavate how VortexBox is designed to work. As long as your wireless network is solid it should work perfectly. -- agillis rip, tag, get cov

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Using touch with RipNas

2010-05-04 Thread agillis
ur touch and play. (The vortexbox will appear on the server list) If you need to use your Touch without a network you would need to copy the music to a USB drive. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis L

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Help Buying 2.5" External Drive

2010-04-08 Thread agillis
> for use with the Touch. You can connect the drive to a windows box first and disable the CD area using software from WD. That's what everybody has been doing when they use these drives as backup on VortexBox. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vort

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why Purchase a Touch??

2010-04-07 Thread agillis
pping and tagging of CD's? > > Thanks, > Dino 1. SBS allows you to listen to you own music, playlists, and streaming music. I'm not sure Squeezebox has MOG integration but it might be a future feature. 2. It does provide music management but I'm not sure it's like jRiv

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why Purchase a Touch??

2010-04-07 Thread agillis
with the SB Touch 3. iPeng is the best iPhone app for controlling your VortexBox and SqueezeBox players 4. The VortexBox Appliance SqueezeBox server and everything you need pre-installed. You don't need to load and software. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the C

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why Purchase a Touch??

2010-04-07 Thread agillis
he tip! > > Chris Yup, all via iPeng! The only thing you need to control in each room is master volume and what player you are listening to. Once that is set you can control the volume with iPeng as well. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vor

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why Purchase a Touch??

2010-04-01 Thread agillis
eng. http://astore.amazon.com/vort-20/detail/B001EPGFA4 -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-03-05 Thread agillis
It looks like the modification is just to add 176 and 192 to the sample > rate table, I didn't see anything that would preclude that from > happening. > > So when agillis was running 192, he either modified the table or used a > flac stream. > > For those interested in this i

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-02-03 Thread agillis
hink of 24/192 yet ! Ken Poon http://www.referencerecordings.com/ Linn Records All sell music in 24/192. It sounds fantastic on the right system. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.or

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-02-01 Thread agillis
some extent. IF that > generic driver supports 192, then there might be a good possibility that > the driver in the Touch still supports it. > > agillis, did you have to add a new player type to SBS to support that > new player? My understanding is that SBS has a list player type

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192

2010-02-01 Thread agillis
handle 192, and does the > Touch ALSA driver support 192. > > So yes it IS just software, but there might be several pieces of > software that need to be updated to make it work. > > John S. SBS, slimproto, and ALSA all support 192/24. The new VortexBox player supports 19

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why no "touch lite"?

2010-01-19 Thread agillis
For the low price I have seen some people using the Touch as a controller. Not a player or a server. Just to control their other players. This is the advantage of mass produced commodity hardware. It can have a lot of features you don't use. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Potential Vortex Box + SB Touch Setups

2010-01-11 Thread agillis
my own as well, but everything I have to salvage > would be too noisy, I'm afraid (seems like all my old PCs have LOUD > fans). Homeplug is a quick solution and works very well but nothing can replace a good hard Ethernet line. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Potential Vortex Box + SB Touch Setups

2010-01-11 Thread agillis
ive. The > Vortexbox sounds like potentially a better arrangement - thoughts? Am I > on the right track? VortexBox is a self contained NAS system that connect to your Ethernet network. You don't need anything else on other then your router and player (SqueezeBox) A time capsule is go

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Accessing files from a NAS

2009-12-21 Thread agillis
VortexBox does support RAID1 inf you want to build your own box. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://f

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Accessing files from a NAS

2009-12-21 Thread agillis
You need a NAS that runs SqueezeBox Server like VortexBox. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I guess it is officially official now? ; )

2009-10-15 Thread agillis
Somebody should probable replace that image :) -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Power over ethernet

2009-09-23 Thread agillis
ption. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this th

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wall-Mount Bracket at $99.99 ?

2009-09-18 Thread agillis
It probable cost about 2 dollars to make but they need to offset the cost of stocking something that less then %1 of touch owners will buy. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox