thing is for you to decide how _you_ want
SBS to present classical works, and then be consistent.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
It will remain so. IR blasting RAW format on the Touch is clearly
labeled 'not possible'
(http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12997) (see Felix's
comment #7).
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
Go ahead and try it out, but recognize that the chain you describe is
the audio pathway in only the loosest sense of the term. Your
schematic omits the real audio pathway, which is what happens starting
from the Touch's outputs.
--
aubuti
At present I don't think so, but they're working on it (see
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12997).
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
to lcrim's advice about not keeping it in your listening
room.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85420
computer in the
room. I know I can detect the latter (if it has a mechanical hard disk).
Go figure.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
workaround is setting a reserved IP or static
DHCP via your router. That's not a true static IP, but good enough
most of the time. Or to get a true static IP you can ssh into the Touch
and edit the /etc/networking/interfaces file. But you may need to
re-edit the file after a firmware update.
--
aubuti
Interesting box. I don't understand why they call it barebones when it
includes RAM, HDD, and DVD drive, but whatever. I don't think you'll
regret having more RAM and HDD space than you think you need now.
Enjoy.
--
aubuti
yeah, that is probably why. Still, most other computers marketed as
barebone, including others in the Shuttle line, do not come with RAM or
HDD (and therefore no OS either).
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
?
--
aubuti
Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it, and it's '100% wind
powered' (http://www.cleancurrents.com/). MSI Wind nettop (Debian Lenny
5.0.6) feeding: Living room: SB Touch + SBC NAD C325 BEE Vandersteen
1; Kitchen/Dining: SB2 + SBC AudioSource Amp100 2 pair of Polk
RC60i; Basement: SB2
The Touch's built-in server doesn't support most (any?) SBS plugins.
Doesn't one of the plugins have to be installed for scrobbling? I am
not sure, but I thought the app only gets you last.fm playback, not
scrobbling.
--
aubuti
.
There is much discussion of this in other forum threads, and this is
the main one at present:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742
Finally, it's easy to try and decide for yourself.
--
aubuti
aubuti's
anyway, a better solution is to
use a NAS that can run SBS.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85472
again, they will re-appear.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82070
DAC to the Touch's DAC, but don't assume that
the Touch will sound the same as other SB models.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
infrared
remote.
5) finally, if the coax cable connecting the Touch to the DAC is long
enough, you could go back to holding the Touch on the couch. But I'm
not really recommending you do that! :-)
Enjoy.
--
aubuti
aubuti's
at peak times. What you get for internet radio with
SBT should be pretty much the same you get with any computer software
that plays internet radio (iTunes, Winamp, etc), so it's easy enough to
test.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile
of that. You have something that works now, so enjoy it.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85376
, but I've been surprised how many
easy routes I have found to add ethernet around the house without
opening up a wall. And of course when we did an addition the cat5e
cable went in while the walls were open.
--
aubuti
deal with the dry wall at the other end :-)
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85420
would need to choose the Touch as the player. Or if they would
never be playing different things you may as well sync them (Settings
Synchronize).
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid
.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85376
___
Touch mailing list
Touch
In his OP he said he was listening to music from the PC on the Touch
using the Touch's headphone out, so it sounds like SBS is running. But
you're right that it's good to make sure, because there definitely does
seem to be some confusion about how SB actually works.
--
aubuti
on the pc.
I don't mean to take away a Touch sale from Logitech, but I'm just
sayin'
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com
, than the touchscreen. And if the main
intent is to listen to radio stations from back home then the six
physical preset buttons are a _huge_ convenience.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php
believe/hear is
irrelevant to one's own musical experience -- so what would it matter
if someone else could or couldn't detect an audible difference?
Self-esteem a little low today? :-)
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
That's an interesting way to use a SB Touch. You could install
SqueezePlay on your pc and then control SqueezePlay using the Touch.
But why not use it the way it was intended, which is to connect the
Touch to your stereo using either the analog or digital outputs?
--
aubuti
mysb server. I switched to the RP 128kbps stream and
the dropouts stopped.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85340
, it is possible to crossfade for up to seconds).
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742
I don't think they're in the wiki, certainly not anything comprehensive.
To make things easier you may want to install SBS on a computer --
temporarily at least -- and play with the settings in the SBS gui and
then see which values change in server.prefs.
--
aubuti
You may prefer WinSCP (http://winscp.net/). It's a free graphical
interface that looks like a dual-pane Explorer window (or
Norton/Midnight Commander). One side is the pc, the other is the Touch.
--
aubuti
aubuti's
steve781;606549 Wrote:
I click ok twice and I'm connected. Is there any way to get rid of the
errors?
Not that I've found. It's just a standard part of the login process for
me now.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
Here's the latest status, and if you want it to get attention it can't
hurt to vote for 'Bug 12997'
(http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12997).
fyi, Fab4 is the Touch, and Baby is the Radio (Baby Boom)
--
aubuti
for an artist
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85146
___
Touch
devices are completely different --
it's like comparing apples and pomegranates.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php
?
Finally, to answer your question: the SB3 sounds excellent when
connected correctly to a stereo. The Touch sounds a little better.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View
Use mp3tag to get rid of all the ID3v1 tags. They only cause headaches.
--
aubuti
Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it, and it's '100% wind
powered' (http://www.cleancurrents.com/). MSI Wind nettop (Debian Lenny
5.0.6) feeding: Living room: SB Touch + SBC NAD C325 BEE Vandersteen
know if you saw 'his post over in the other thread'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=604918#post604918), but
he said he measured -some small - but real - effect on the analogue
outputs-. Details forthcoming.
--
aubuti
ahem, yes there is. Look in the nightly directory (it's beta, so it
updates every night).
Also, if you don't like the VU and spectrum you can eliminate them from
the cycle of Now Playing screens.
--
aubuti
aubuti's
glad to hear it
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84981
Note also that with the Touch you can do the upgrade with either a SD
card or a USB flash drive.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
straight. After that
SBS and iTunes should coexist happily.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84981
they are really
issues with your tags or configuration. A good idea is to isolate the
problem by looking very closely at one of the albums that is giving you
trouble, even posting the tag info here if that might help.
--
aubuti
aubuti's
it
in the correct place?
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742
___
Touch
album art.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84981
___
Touch mailing
of decoding FLAC
on the Touch) I would think that any RG adjustment would be applied at
the server, thus leaving the Touch's volume at whatever its nominal
setting is. But of course I could be wrong.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
. Thanks Mnyb and Phil.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742
You say that now, but I know how you're always rampaging about these
forums attacking people left and right, assailing people with all of
your elitist facts :-)
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
. This is now clear to me.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742
You'll find settings for SQLPlaylist under Extras on the SBS web ui. But
for RandomMix you have to look under My Music Random Mix. For
DynamicPlaylists you can find the settings under Settings Plugins.
--
aubuti
Where does it report it? In the Bitrate Limiting section of the SBS
Settings, or somewhere else?
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
#post602826)
about how turning of replaygain adjustment on an external server
streaming PCM affects the processor load or noise within the Touch.
It's not an attack -- it's something I would like to understand.
Happy listening!
--
aubuti
.
.
--
aubuti
Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it, and it's '100% wind
powered' (http://www.cleancurrents.com/). MSI Wind nettop (Debian Lenny
5.0.6) feeding: Living room: SB Touch + SBC NAD C325 BEE Vandersteen
1; Kitchen/Dining: SB2 + SBC AudioSource Amp100 2 pair of Polk
RC60i
give it that name, the
Touch assigned that path itself.
So the main thing is, are you _sure_ that the Touch sees your USB
library as /media/sda1? And if it does, are you sure the playlist
folder has adequate permissions for user 'squeezeboxserver' to read and
write to the folder?
--
aubuti
It's always the little things. Glad you got it worked out.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84763
to finish running some cat5e to my living room!
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742
.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84763
___
Touch mailing list
Touch
the hell out of the listening room). Indeed, soundcheck
explicitly advises against running server tasks on the Touch or
connecting a USB drive.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
surge doesn't care whether the equipment is on, in standby, or fully
off.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82070
(took a guess based on your username, although one doesn't
have to be in Belgium to like lambic).
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
Roger66;600694 Wrote:
Voting for the bug doesn't work, because my account is not accepted for
voting :-(.
The accounts for bugs.slimdevices.com are not the same as the accounts
for forums.slimdevices.com. Register on bugs.slimdevices.com and you
can vote.
--
aubuti
Bizarre. I have no idea what's wrong.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80427
) to ensure that the exact same bits are sent and
received, and reassembled in the correct order on the receiving end.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
make sense. But in most cases you're
better off with a remote that is portable.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php
without the subscription.
In other words, if you like SqueezePlay, you'll love a Squeezebox. And
if you have problems with SqueezePlay, post back here before drawing
too many conclusions.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
magiccarpetride;599842 Wrote:
So the server (the http://localhost:9000) is not keeping track of the
songs I'm playing? I'd assume that, by default, it is doing so.
No, it's not. I suggest installing peterw's PlayLog plugin.
--
aubuti
saying that the digital outputs of the Touch are better than those on
the SB3. These perceptions are also backed up by some credible
explanations about cleaner signal paths in the Touch.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84465
___
Touch mailing list
Touch
You can use SqueezePlay on your laptop to control a Touch running
TinySBS. You can download it from
http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid
. Things get a little pickier if you use TinySBS,
the limited-function server that is built-in to the Touch.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
artists, genres, moods, etc. For our own library the mixes
generated by MusicIP are really excellent.
Lately I've been listening a lot more to my own music (either albums or
great semi-random playlists generated by MusicIP) and using Napster to
check out music I don't have yet.
--
aubuti
, and press that (or select with IR
remote) to get a sub-menu that shows bitrate and codec.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com
tags.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84308
___
Touch mailing
of
the moon. If it doesn't show album art it usually shows a generic (and
slightly anachronistic) radio transmission tower.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
, transcoding,
etc).
If you have a Touch and a USB HDD and want to try it, go ahead and see
how it works.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
of the 3.5 inch
drives have their own power source. A search at newegg.com turned up
about 60 different external 3.5 USB drives with capacity of 2TB,
including this one:
TOSHIBA 2TB USB 2.0 / eSATA Black External Hard Drive PH3200U-1EXB
--
aubuti
reasons.
Search these forums and you will find at least one example of someone
who managed to mount an external drive on TinySBS via NFS. As I recall
it wasn't easy (your main question), and it wasn't clear that
performance was satisfactory.
--
aubuti
without them.
As for your original problem, that's an odd one. I expect it's
something wrong with the way you are ripping, but it's hard to say from
the info provided.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
Yes, this is part of the raison d'etre of the entire Squeezebox line.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83513
to connect to an external DAC, or a receiver/amp with digital
inputs.
And you can actually do both at the same time, which can be useful for
multi-room setups that only need a single source.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
.
Also, if your Touch is in a cabinet, how do you plan to control it?
There are good options that don't require physical access to the Touch
(eg, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android phones, SB Controller, another pc).
But just wanted to make sure you had thought of that.
--
aubuti
.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83261
___
Touch mailing list
Touch
rebooted. As
noted earlier in this thread, there is a difference between rebooting
via the button (give it a short press), versus using the button for a
factory reset (press and hold the button for ~15 seconds). The latter
_will_ clear network settings. The former will not.
--
aubuti
mocar;588669 Wrote:
Txs! But what is then the function of the selection possibility on the
SBT: 'My Music'-'Switch Libraries'?
To change the SBT's connection from one pc to the other, and therefore
from one library to the other.
--
aubuti
on your pc, even though that is what you hoped to avoid.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83209
that the Touch isn't connected to
mysqueezebox.com, when you're really trying to connect it to SBS on the
laptop?
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=573242#post573242
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83185
to the Touch. Do any of the elements of the albums path (eg,
artist name, album name, etc) start with a period or 'full stop'? If
so, take that out of the folder name and rescan.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
:9000/ should work.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82906
.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83039
___
Touch mailing list
Touch
. Or you could use Squeezeplay
on the pc, and set it up to control the Touch.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t
it in the Settings Advanced menu somewhere?
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82929
Hmmm. How about rebooting the router, and then factory resetting the
Touch again?
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com
collection of music.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82907
Press the small hardware reset button on the back. It's on the lower
left side as you face the front of the Touch. If you hold it for ~15
seconds it will do a factory reset of the Touch, and the screen will
confirm that it is doing a factory reset.
--
aubuti
does that, but I am 100%
sure that pulling the plug does not. But for all practical purposes
there ain't that much difference between pulling the plug and pressing
the reset button.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http
to
store SBS's database on a USB stick or SD card, and not on the NAS.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82827
format.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82825
___
Touch mailing list
it doesn't. would be kind of a waste of space to see the same album art
repeated for every track.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http
5.1 playback.
--
aubuti
aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82823
___
Touch
501 - 600 of 825 matches
Mail list logo
