Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Searching for advice of usb use

2011-02-07 Thread hpk
Just to add the experiences of the first days ... Once the database is built, it's not bad to work with, however, changing to the music from the NAS it is faster. And taking off the USB disc to add new musictitles is a nightmare. Everytimeit starts to rescan the music library again, and this take

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Searching for advice of usb use

2011-01-27 Thread hpk
Just got my Squeezebox Touch today, and connected a LaCie 640GB USB powered disc with 60'000 MP3 files. It took about 4h to read all in, but now it's als fluent as on the Squeezebox Receiver ... -- hpk hpk's Profile: http:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Searching for advice of usb use

2011-01-27 Thread iPhone
If one isn't expecting to much and realizes that TinySC is not SBS running on a PC, then TinySC can be a means to listen to local tunes. I use TinySC in my SUV and at the cabin every weekend. I have used both large drives (2TB) and small drives 320 to 500 GB with 99 percent being FLAC so we are t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Searching for advice of usb use

2011-01-27 Thread dasmueller
I am still in the process of ripping and converting to FLAC. I use a 1TB Toshiba Canvio. At the present I have 380 GB and 17500 files on the drive. I did a complete rescan yesterday as I added files. The complete rescan once I got it started took approx 1.5 hrs which is not a big deal because its

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Searching for advice of usb use

2011-01-27 Thread PatLogan
Hi tank, Thx for your contribution, I have much more but I'm not sure there would be some big difference from 86 to 220 go. Any other testimonies? Cheers -- PatLogan PatLogan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Searching for advice of usb use

2011-01-27 Thread tank121
Pat I've been running the Touch from release date with an Iomega 500gb 2.5" HD ( powered by USB) with 2,600 tracks (flac)(currently about 86gb) with no real issues. Occasionaly you may need to stop and start the inbuilt server software more than once when you've disconnected the drive. -- tan

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Searching for advice of usb use

2011-01-26 Thread PatLogan
Hi there, Thank you for your nice reply. In fact, I do not have a lot of details to provide, just the fact that I have read in some places that the sb touch can be quite slow when reading usb drives. So I'm a bit reluctant to buy one without gathering some advices from people who use it this way.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Searching for advice of usb use

2011-01-26 Thread dasmueller
I am but a novice at best in this field but have read these forums quite extensively absorbing what I was capable of. Those who have more experience than I feel that the best way to use the Touch is w a wireless network for increased functions, speed etc. There are many posts in these forums regar

[SlimDevices: Touch] Searching for advice of usb use

2011-01-24 Thread PatLogan
Hi there, I have a SB Duet but my PLC are broken and I do not want to use my PC anymore, hence the idea of a SB touch. I have about 200 Go of flac files on an external usb drive. I have read in some places that a SB Touch is very slow with the usb drive if the capacity is a bit large. Any advice w