Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-19 Thread garym
mdm;570223 Wrote: > You know experimenting with anything on the Touch could make you mad :) > so just put cover.jpg not larger then 500x500 pix in each album's > folder and keep clear of any embedded images. > > Cheers, > Mike. probably good advice. But I can report that my brother has a TOUCH

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-19 Thread mdm
pablomontanero;570221 Wrote: > > I will now start experimenting with Artwork. I read, that also might > take a few days or weeks to understand the right setup with the > picture sizes and locations. You know experimenting with anything on the Touch could make you mad :) so just put cover.jpg no

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-19 Thread pablomontanero
I finally found the problem. Many thanks for all the hints. I try to describe it a bit more in detail, maybe it helps someone. The solution was as mentioned above, formatting the HDD on windows. I did it on a mac via bootcamp on windows XP. But that was not all. I found out, that the disk utilit

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-17 Thread iPhone
pablomontanero;569854 Wrote: > This is so annoying. I just recieved the LaCie Design HDD 1TB, formatted > it on a Mac with disk utility to FAT format, copied 10 sound files in > mp3, flac and so on to it. It is not working even with this disk. The > scan only goes to the first message and not to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-17 Thread alfista
pablomontanero;569854 Wrote: > formatted it on a Mac with disk utility to FAT format This would be my main suspect at the moment. Try a different format, different utility or use a computer running a "proper" Microsoft OS for the formatting. -- alfista -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-17 Thread pablomontanero
This is so annoying. I just recieved the LaCie Design HDD 1TB, formatted it on a Mac with disk utility to FAT format, copied 10 sound files in mp3, flac and so on to it. It is not working even with this disk. The scan only goes to the first message and not to the third. What is wrong? -- pablom

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-14 Thread tusken
i can confirm after buying the lacie 1tb drive following advice in another thread, that it works fine, athough i havent put more than 100gb on it yet. still, it scans very efficiently and i report no issues http://www.amazon.co.uk/LaCie-Hard-Disk-design-Poulton/dp/B0012GTJXU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-14 Thread pablomontanero
Thank you for the helpful advice. I will send the WD elements HDD back and I ordered a LaCie 1TB Design HDD which is mentioned to work in this forum. I hope it will work. -- pablomontanero pablomontanero's Profile: http://

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-13 Thread mdm
pablomontanero;568804 Wrote: > When I connect my harddrive to the SBT and start the server, I only > receive the message "discovering files: complete" and no sound files > can be detected, even if I leave it on for several hours and with very > few files on the drive. > I now tried a very old USB

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-13 Thread garym
pablomontanero;568804 Wrote: > When I connect my harddrive to the SBT and start the server, I only > receive the message "discovering files: complete" and no sound files > can be detected, even if I leave it on for several hours and with very > few files on the drive. > I now tried a very old USB

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-13 Thread pablomontanero
When I connect my harddrive to the SBT and start the server, I only receive the message "discovering files: complete" and no sound files can be detected, even if I leave it on for several hours and with very few files on the drive. I now tried a very old USB stick and there it shows all three scan

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-12 Thread pablomontanero
Hi John Many thanks for your advice. I reformatted the harddrive and just put 3 sound files on it (aiff, m4v and mp3). I connected the drive, then started the server. When I go to the server status before accessing anything else, it shows "discovering files: complete" no more messages are coming u

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-12 Thread JohnSwenson
pablomontanero;568481 Wrote: > Hi > I copied 9 GB of soundfiles to the harddrive. When I connect the drive > to the SBT, the following happens: > Connecting USB, important message, start squeezebox server, starting > server, my music, connecting to USB (takes only one second), no sound > files fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-12 Thread Mnyb
file format ? -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE for the rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedro

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-12 Thread garym
pablomontanero;568481 Wrote: > Hi > I copied 9 GB of soundfiles to the harddrive. When I connect the drive > to the SBT, the following happens: > Connecting USB, important message, start squeezebox server, starting > server, my music, connecting to USB (takes only one second), no sound > files fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-12 Thread pablomontanero
Hi I copied 9 GB of soundfiles to the harddrive. When I connect the drive to the SBT, the following happens: Connecting USB, important message, start squeezebox server, starting server, my music, connecting to USB (takes only one second), no sound files found This process is quite fast, only star

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-11 Thread garym
pablomontanero;568267 Wrote: > My harddrive has only one partition and for test reasons, I tried with 5 > sound files only. I assume, the scan for files is starting automatically > when I start the server and try to choose the file? no. if you plug in the usb drive after the touch is up and runn

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-11 Thread pablomontanero
My harddrive has only one partition and for test reasons, I tried with 5 sound files only. I assume, the scan for files is starting automatically when I start the server and try to choose the file? -- pablomontanero pablom

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-11 Thread garym
pablomontanero;568237 Wrote: > I bought the SBT on amazon, tried 40gb, 250gb, and freecom 1TB and WD > elements 1TB with FAT formatting and flac, mp3, aac and apple lossless > files directly connected to the SBT. The drive can be connected, the > server is starting, but no music files are detecte

[SlimDevices: Touch] USB Harddrive not working

2010-08-11 Thread pablomontanero
I bought the SBT on amazon, tried 40gb, 250gb, and freecom 1TB and WD elements 1TB with FAT formatting and flac, mp3, aac and apple lossless files directly connected to the SBT. The drive can be connected, the server is starting, but no music files are detected. The drives all have external power