Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Running Touch without PC being on

2011-08-03 Thread PaulEast
Thanks, Aubuti. I have taken your advice. Paul -- PaulEast PaulEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=47955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89286

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Running Touch without PC being on

2011-08-03 Thread aubuti
I ran my first Squeezebox server on a LinkStation NAS when I had very limited Linux experience. Most of the NAS installs I have seen are a bit complicated, but in my opinion they don't require advanced Linux experience _after_ someone else has already figured out how to do it. Installation can usu

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Running Touch without PC being on

2011-08-03 Thread PaulEast
Thank you Aubuti. I like your line in straight-faced humour - "It's not as straightforward as installing SBS on a regular pc". Yes, I think that's a fair comment on what appears in the link you included. As the UI menu says "only users with advanced Linux experience should enable SSH"! I'm pushing

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Running Touch without PC being on

2011-08-02 Thread aubuti
PaulEast;646276 Wrote: > Do you think there is anything unusual in what I am trying to do? I > would have thought there would have been hundreds (or even thousands) > of SB users trying to do exactly as I am. > > I quoted the make and model of the NAS because I was beginning to fear > that "all

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Running Touch without PC being on

2011-08-02 Thread PaulEast
Thanks Soulkeeper and Aubuti for those helpful comments. Do you think there is anything unusual in what I am trying to do? I would have thought there would have been hundreds (or even thousands) of SB users trying to do exactly as I am. I quoted the make and model of the NAS because I was beginn

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Running Touch without PC being on

2011-08-02 Thread aubuti
You can use the Touch's built-in server (known as TinySC or TinySBS, but listed on the Touch only as "Squeezebox Server") to play tracks from a USB hard drive, USB thumb drive, or SD card connected directly to the Touch. To access music on any other storage you need to run regular SBS _somewhere_.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Running Touch without PC being on

2011-08-02 Thread Soulkeeper
1) It should be. 2) I suspect that you have SBS (Squeezebox Server) installed on your PC. When you turn off your PC, SBS goes down, and then the Touch doesn't have anything to tell it what to do. Try enabling the Touch's own internal SBS after turning off your PC. It's called TinySC, and you shou

[SlimDevices: Touch] Running Touch without PC being on

2011-08-02 Thread PaulEast
I was running a Squeezebox Touch with music (FLAC files) stored first on a USB stick and then on a USB Buffalo external drive. I "upgraded" to storing the files on a (new) Western Digital My Book Live 1Tb drive and connected it to the Squeezebox Touch by ethernet cable via my Netgear Wireless-N Mo