Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Inguz with Triodes 'Enhanced Digital Output' plugin

2012-08-21 Thread bobertuk
Rosewind wrote: Hi Bob. Do you run LMS and Phil Leigh's modified version of Inguz on your NAS? Just curious as I would like to see if I could make the SB Touch feed my Metrum Octave DAC upsampled files. Best wishes, Peter Hi Peter, I tried over a long period of time to get Inguz

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Are there any cheap options for a Better Touch Power Supply?

2012-05-23 Thread bobertuk
Rosewind wrote: Beetof. So are you using the John Swenson design or the Logitech Wall Wart? Bob. I see some interesting DIY projects in your signature. A modded Nap 250 and a Starfish DIY pre. Hmmm. Are you on PFM? I am about ready to buy the ingredients, only I am

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Are there any cheap options for a Better Touch Power Supply?

2012-05-17 Thread bobertuk
beetof wrote: I build that PSU. Pictures attached. Temporaly you see two output cables with a different powerplug for testing. One for the Touch, one for my Lindemann DAC (I do not use them at the same time). The CR combination has been soldered directly on the transfo. Cables are tightly

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

2012-05-06 Thread bobertuk
Triode wrote: Yep server side transcode to flac would work too - so disable the aiff - native settings in Settings, Advanced, File Types from the LMS web interface. Use of flac playback on the player will not be a requirement when 7.8 is released, but with 7.7 the server only knows about

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

2012-04-17 Thread bobertuk
ozzymilton wrote: Well really, whinning ? It is great that someone placed the free App for the upgrade, but the OP was looking for opinions, at least intially. Is this upgrade designed only to enhance the USB ? If not then the OP might need the information that its not helping the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Inguz with Triodes 'Enhanced Digital Output' plugin

2012-04-13 Thread bobertuk
bobertuk wrote: Normally Inguz doesn't upsample or downsample as far as I'm aware - maybe Phil will be able to confirm this. Phils modified config file upsamples all 16/44.1k flacs to 24/96k - I guess the config file can be modified again to upsample to 24/192k. The DAC I use (Lavry

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Inguz with Triodes 'Enhanced Digital Output' plugin

2012-04-12 Thread bobertuk
JohnSwenson wrote: Hi Bob, I'm not a INGUZ user so I'm not going to be able to help with that. Triode's stuff handles 192 because the server code actually asks a squeezeplay player what its capabilities are. The way Triode has squeezeplay connecting to a device means that it can actually

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

2012-04-11 Thread bobertuk
To add to the list of fully functioning DACs using Triodes plugin... Lavry DA-10 coax optical up to 24/196 (has no USB to try) Bob bobertuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30376 View this

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:

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 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] Async USB Dac Experiments - testers wanted...

2012-04-05 Thread bobertuk
Triode wrote: Hey that's good... Yes this is added by the applet - it seemed to me to be where the output selections should be. Afraid not - that means audio needs to go through the software layer which replicates the streams, this causes quite a bit of additional processing. It

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

2012-04-05 Thread bobertuk
Triode wrote: The applet also supports 24/192k on the coax digital out. [It may work with the optical out, but optical interfaces are often not specd to run at 192k] Note that the internal analog output is disabled when using it as it does not support 192k. Wonderful :) I'll give it a

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

2012-04-05 Thread bobertuk
Hi Triode, I got hold of a 24/192 sample from LINN and it does play. I'm using a Lavry DA10 DAC connected via optical but have no way of telling if it's playing 24/192 or is being downsampled by sox. Is there any way of seeing what is beng played? Thanks Bob

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

2012-04-05 Thread bobertuk
Triode wrote: Look at the processes running on the server - for 192k playback normally you will see a sox process for resampling assuming you are playing a flac. OK :) Had to disable Inguz as sox is running all the time with that! At first play, the 192k sample did nothing. The DAC has a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] white screen

2011-10-09 Thread bobertuk
. What seemed to work for me was to unplug the power connector and leave un-powered for about half an hour them power back on - screen came back each time. It's worth a go and may work for you as well. What I did in the end though was to have it replaced by Logitech under warranty. Bob -- bobertuk

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Using a Mac

2011-07-04 Thread bobertuk
that everything which runs on native Win7 also works on MacBook Pro through Parallels (so far anyway!). Good luck... Bob -- bobertuk 1 x Touch - SC 7.6.0 - SSOTS v4.91 1 x Radio 1 x Boom Lavry DA-10 DAC QNAP TS-509 3.3.6 build 1110T Starfish Pre-amp : Based on NAIM Heavily modified NAIM NAP 250

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No Sound On Start Up (Squeezebox Touch)

2011-06-14 Thread bobertuk
one with this issue. Anyone else out there with this issue on Touch? Bob -- bobertuk 1 x Touch - SC 7.6.0 - SSOTS v4.91 1 x Radio 1 x Boom Lavry DA-10 DAC QNAP TS-509 3.3.6 build 1110T Starfish Pre-amp : Based on NAIM Heavily modified NAIM NAP 250 Power-amp Behringer DEQ2496 Linn Isobarik DMS

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No Sound On Start Up (Squeezebox Touch)

2011-06-11 Thread bobertuk
. Have you tried doing that? It may/may not be the same problem you have but it's worth a try. I'm using the current SbS 7.6 nightlies but have found the same issue with 7.5.x as well. Bob -- bobertuk 1 x Touch - SC 7.6.0 - SSOTS v4.91 1 x Radio 1 x Boom Lavry DA-10 DAC QNAP TS-509 3.3.6 build