rotho;470972 Wrote: > So, I am currently in the process of ripping all my CD collection > (around 2000 albums) in FLAC format. I plan to purchase an external hard > drive of 1.5 Tb (two hard drives, actually, for backup purpose) and then > eventually use it with the SB Touch in "standalone" mode. I understand > that such a storage capacity is not necessary for my collection (around > 600 Gb should be enough), but my collection will certainly continue to > grow, and with the Touch 24/96 capability, I will certainly download > high resolution files which are bigger than CD quality files. I think you'll need more than 600GB, my 1,573 albums reaches about 680GB. There are quite a lot of multi disk sets in there though. Not that is matters if you are getting a 1.5TB disk though.
rotho;470972 Wrote: > Now, I have a question about the db generated by the Touch : if it is > stored in the Touch memory, is there a size limit ? I suppose there is, > of course, but will it be too small for my collection of 2000 CDs ? Or > can the db be written on the external hard drive itself ? > > And has the Touch been tested in "standalone" mode connected to a large > capacity hard drive, with a huge collection of music ? Are there > performance issues to be concerned with ? As I said before, the current implementation is still in Beta, so things will change over time. Large libraries will be handled, that is something the developers have always made a point of. How exactly this is done, I have no idea. There is still a couple of months of heavy development before the unit is actually released, and even then that will just be the first release. Things -will- change as the software matures. -- funkstar my collection: *1*x squeezebox radio *1*x squeezebox touch *1*x squeezebox boom *2*x controller, *1*x receiver *2*x sb3 (sliver/black), *1*x sb2 wired (silver) *1*x sb (black), *1*x slimp3 (with rear shield) interested in any others if you have them! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69041 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
