Phil Leigh;551638 Wrote: > > The Touch handles my 35,000 FLAC files (including 2000 hi-rez files) > fine from a standalone (self-powered) USB drive (I've tried 3 so far), > so there is no inherent generic problem.
It would be very interesting to investigate the different parameters which influence the CPU usage on the Touch with Tiny SC (when handling a "large" collection of files), in order to understand why certain users do not have any problem and others have constant re-buffering problems. Phil, could you please share the following information regarding your standalone setup : - The size, brand and model of your HDD - The file format of your HDD (FAT32, NTFS, ...) - The size of your music collection (in Gb) - Do you use the Controller to operate the Touch ? - Whatever other parameter you think could influence the CPU usage on the Touch... Here are the info about my own setup : - 1.5 Tb d2 quadra LaCie HDD (with its own power supply), FAT32 formatted with Disk Utility on an iMac - approximately 20,000 FLAC files (400 Gb used), including around 100 hi-res files Here are my own findings, when using TinySC : - Little re-buffering problem at the beginning of first tracks of 16/44.1 albums - Slow update of the Touch display when going from one track to the next - Very very slow update of the Touch (and Controller) display and more re-buffering problems when operating the Touch from the Controller - Constant re-buffering problems when reading certain 24/96 files (I tried those without the Controller of course !). On the other hand, I have no problem when reading those 24/96 files on the same HDD when it contains only a couple of albums. (And I have none of the above problems when running SBS of my Mac instead of using Tiny SC...) -- rotho ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rotho's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33493 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79212 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
