Squeezebox Touch

[Dreadhead]

As I tend to only add 1/2 albums at a time I just do it manually. I copy them to the directory then I go to a squeezbox and browse by folder and it adds the album. I have had to rescan a few times and it really does take a inordinate amount of time.

[Spychedelic Whale]

I'm adding in the Media Server control panel library. Mm if it's just the first time its ok but its still going to take about 9 hours to complete

Edited March 5, 2012 by Spychedelic Whale

[Dreadhead]

I'm adding in the Media Server control panel library. Mm if it's just the first time its ok but its still going to take about 9 hours to complete

? are you adding a directory at a time? Most people have everything in a parent directory and just put that in the control panel and let it sit there for a while but 9 hours seems like a lot. I guess if you have thousands of albums.

Edited March 5, 2012 by Dreadhead

[Spychedelic Whale]

? are you adding a directory at a time? Most people have everything in a parent directory and just put that in the control panel and let it sit there for a while but 9 hours seems like a lot. I guess it you have thousands of albums.

I have it in 3 different folders which I added at the same time but its aroung 7000 albums.

Edited March 5, 2012 by Spychedelic Whale

[blessingx]

I thought you had to have a single directory (unless you created alternative shortcuts to each file outside).

And I'm another who rescans fresh at each addition. So many issues with duplications, etc. otherwise.

[Spychedelic Whale]

Mmm this is odd, it seems it already scanned the entire library and so far all the music I searched he found. Is it possible to have search listen by folder name instead of artis,albums ?

I have different masterings, sacd and vinyl for the same albums and I can't tell which is which.

Edited March 5, 2012 by Spychedelic Whale

[deepak]

I have different masterings, sacd and vinyl for the same albums and I can't tell which is which.

They need to be part of the tags.

[Dreadhead]

You can view music by folder in my music on the Squeezebox it's one of the options when you go into My Music.

[Spychedelic Whale]

They need to be part of the tags.

Ouch that's an impossible job to do manually.

You can view music by folder in my music on the Squeezebox it's one of the options when you go into My Music.

Yeah I spotted that option but isn't searchable that way.

[deepak]

Ouch that's an impossible job to do manually.

Oh the woes of rampant piracy

Load up the album in Foobar2000, highlight all tracks, right click then properties. Add in parenthesis in the album name field the extra details.

[Spychedelic Whale]

Oh the woes of rampant piracy

Load up the album in Foobar2000, highlight all tracks, right click then properties. Add in parenthesis in the album name field the extra details.

I'm all legal shhh. Yeah I know how to edit one album by album but I need to find an away to autotag all the albums with the folder name, shouldn't be hard.

[deepak]

Looks like there is an app to make the Touch 192 KHz capable through its digital out for you sooper high res freaks

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94512-Announce-Enhanced-Digital-Output-app-USB-Dac-and-192k-Digital-Ouput

[Grahame]

Don't forget that the app allows you to use the USB port on your touch (possibly with the aid of a powered USB hub) to drive your über-trendy USB DAC, instead of you plain old traditional s/pdif / toslink based one.

The app should add support of the following to your Squeezebox Touch:

- External USB dacs using either USB audio class 1 or 2 protocols [uSB 1 dacs normally state they support up to 96k sample rates, USB 2 dacs normally state up to 192k]

- Support of 176 and 192k playback via the standard digital output

[Nebby]

That's fantastic! I was wondering if the usb dac process would be made easier, glad to see it's been simplified.

[Spychedelic Whale]

Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

I've posted a new applet to the 3rd party apps list for Squeezebox Touch. This is designed to enhance the digital output capabilities of the device for use with external Dacs. It is based on the software which people have helped me test on the "Async USB Dac Experiments" thread but should now be suitable for less experienced users to install.

The app should add support of the following to your Squeezebox Touch:

- External USB dacs using either USB audio class 1 or 2 protocols [uSB 1 dacs normally state they support up to 96k sample rates, USB 2 dacs normally state up to 192k]

- Support of 176 and 192k playback via the standard digital output

There are a number of limitations to be aware of:

1) USB 1 dacs which operate in asynchronous mode probably need an external high speed hub to work without "clicks" - this is due to what appears to be a limitation in the Touch hardware. It is completely resolved with a cheap (<$10) bus powered hub connected between the dac and squeezebox. There is a workaround option which works with some dacs if a hub is not used, but it limits playback to 44/48k sample rates. At present is has only been proved to work with Audiolab/Lakewest dacs.

2) USB support does not yet support hot plugging of usb dacs - please connect your dac and leave turned on at present [this is likely to improve in future]

3) 192k playback requires a dac which supports it and is only supported with flac files using native decoding at present. [in future 7.8 LMS and firmware should support 192k wav streaming] It will also require sufficient bandwidth on your network.

4) Only one output can be selected at once, this means when a USB dac or the Digital Output are selected there will be no sound on the analog outputs.

The app is called "Enhanced Digital Output" and is the main 3rd party apps list.

To install, please following the following steps:

1) Ensure your Squeezebox Touch is running 7.7.x or later firmware

2) Go to Apps Gallery -> 3rd Party Apps on the touch screen

3) Deselect the "recommended applets only" option, so that you see a longer list of apps

4) Select "Enhanced Digital Output" and select it for installation

5) Your touch should download the app, reboot, then download a new custom linux kernel and reboot again

6) You should now get a list of possible output devices - this should include "Digital Output" and your USB Dac if it is plugged in, select the appropriate output

7) Touch should reboot again and then be ready to start playing with the selected output

If you want to change the output go to Setting > Audio Settings > Digital Output; if you want to change some of the advanced options go to Settings > Advanced > Digital Output

Please note that if you perform a firmware update, then the app and kernel will need to be reinstalled, this should be automated just requiring you to install the app again or to have the "reinstall after update" option selected from the 3rd party apps list.

Please post your feedback on this thread - I would like to create a list of USB DACs which are known to work with it, we started that on the experiment thread, but I think it would be cleaner to maintain a list here.

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94512-Announce-Enhanced-Digital-Output-app-USB-Dac-and-192k-Digital-Ouput

[swt61]

That's fantastic! I was wondering if the usb dac process would be made easier, glad to see it's been simplified.

This might even leave you enough free time to upload an avatar here?

[Grahame]

Pics that illustrate the point quite nicely (can't embed)

http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13273&d=1334313213

http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13274&d=1334313213

from http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94512-Announce-Enhanced-Digital-Output-app-USB-Dac-and-192k-Digital-Ouput&p=700666&viewfull=1#post700666

[Dreadhead]

Very cool. If only my DEQ2496 worked at anything above 24/96.... well that and if I could hear that high

[Eric5676]

I keep seeing these sorts of developments and I keep inching a little bit closer to taking one of these for a test spin myself.

[CarlSeibert]

Yeah, I've got to get around to upgrading my SB-3s.

My friend Alan reports that this plugin works like a charm.

[deepak]

Looks like the Squeezebox line is getting phased out in favor of a Smart Radio

Hopefully mysqueezebox.com stays up since it's needed for initial setup on the Touch

[Spychedelic Whale]

I though it was a successful product. They allways get wiped from amazon.uk.

[n_maher]

Wow, that would suck. I can't believe that they wouldn't offer a single product with a true line-out or digital out option but I guess that's what happens when a mouse/keyboard company buys an audio company. I'll give my Touch a hug when I get home.

[Eric5676]

Very disappointed in this decision and the possible trend it could stand for.

[deepak]

Wow, that would suck. I can't believe that they wouldn't offer a single product with a true line-out or digital out option but I guess that's what happens when a mouse/keyboard company buys an audio company. I'll give my Touch a hug when I get home.

I know, and it made the cover of Stereophile and is an under $300 product. The analog outs even sound pretty damn good. I just hated the GUI lag with my huge library so I switched to a V-Link.