Touch

[Rare Bird]

you can use an iPhone with Sonus

[alfie2902]

thats a question i was going to ask about the iphone or touch being compatable, in that case i won't need a addtional controller? which are best part of £160, i have got to suss out a good uploading program to use then, i have tried Foobar but found it a bit frustrating and hard to fatherm but i'm a bit of a numpty, i have got a program called "Songbird" which seems to be ok, any ideas for a layman like me or is there bundled software with it, as i say it is still in it's box at the moment as the pub beckoned

iPeng app cost £5.99 but is great! My SB remote is still in the box unused, so if you have an iPod touch or iPhone that's the way to go IMO. iPeng can control multiple squeezebox players hard & soft.

If your files are on your external HDD the SBTouch will use its internal SBserver & just play the files once it has scanned the music folder on the HDD so no other software is needed. I already use Foobar on my PC so just pointed SBserver (that I downloaded on to my PC) to the files I already use.

[Jonboy]

i reallly want to start agian with my uploads to get them all in the best quility i can so what program do you suggest apart from foobar ,i have had trouble with a few cds that only seem to upload with very bad distortion Damien Rice "o" being one any ideas

[Ali Tait]

I use EAC- exact audio copy. Not the easiest to use but once it's set up you don't need to touch it again,and it's free. A few folk here use it,so plenty help available.

[Jonboy]

Thanks Ali i will give it a go, perhaps i will need some tutorials, my wife has told me i can't open my touch till Christmas or i'm not getting a present from her, bloody women we shall see

[Welder]

Jon.
Like Ali, I use EAC to rip.
Just about every other ripping program I’ve tried has given me problems of one sort or another.
http://blowfish.be/eac/index.html
and
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8238

[WAD62]

Hi Jon,

EAC is all well and good, but it's a bit of a slow process IMHO, and the tag information isn't the best.

I did my 2.5k using dBpoweramp, take some time to configure the secure ripping settings, it also has the advantage of providing batch conversion support, so you can rip your CD's to FLAC to use as your masters, and also convert the FLAc to VBR Mp3 for use on your mobile devices with a couple of clicks, and a bit of processing time.

FYI the touch is 'multi room' too, I noticed that you'd mentioned that was why you hadn't gone for Sonos.

Are you going to run SqueezeServer on a PC, or the embedded one in the touch?

I use WinAmp to calculate ReplayGain, as you can utilise this with the touch, 'Album' or 'Track' a feature that the more expensive Sonos does not support.

And finally, I use 'SqueezeCommander' on my android phone to control my 4 players, there must be an equivalent for Iphones.

Are you going to connect it to your network at home?

Oh and PS. Are you using a laptop? If you've got a lot to do it might be worth investing in an external CD ROM, I used Samsung Writemaster (about £30), or a plextor if you have the dosh, less ripping errors than an internal laptop drive, and much quicker.

[alfie2902]

i reallly want to start agian with my uploads to get them all in the best quility i can so what program do you suggest apart from foobar ,i have had trouble with a few cds that only seem to upload with very bad distortion Damien Rice "o" being one any ideas

Whoops I didn't understand what you meant by uploads Jon. I now take it you mean 'ripping'

As said before EAC or dBpoweramp are about the best as they use an online database called 'AccurateRip' to check your Rips against to confirm they are accurate.

EAC is free but does take a little understanding & setting up, but there's plenty of guides to set it up for the best Rips http://web.archive.org/web/200711051...ials/eac.shtml . There's an add-on called 'Flac Front end' which converts the WAV files to Flacs & can be set up to convert after each Rip. Mp3tag is a nice little program that can be used for editting tags & adding album artwork. EAC is slow but secure! http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

dBpoweramp does all the above in one package & is a little faster but comes at a cost of $38. There is a 21 day trial you can download, so you could try them both & choose if you think dBpoweramp is worth the cost over the free but slower programs. http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

It's worth taking your time & getting the Rips accurate & then BACK THEM UP! You will only need to rip once then there's plenty of guides but this is my favourite http://www.computeraudiophile.com/co...nd-Methodology long winded but worth the read.

You could have a nice libarary of well ripped Flac files by Christmas day Jon & your Touch will be plug n play on christmas day!

Hope this helps Cheers, alfie.

[Jonboy]

Thanks for all the info chaps lots to digest there, Plextor thats a blast from the past i used them in Scusi form many moons ago when i used to "Backup" play station games for the kids on a scusi only pc running windows 98, all chucked in a skip now i think, but i can see the logic in a stand alone ripper

Looks like i will probably use dBpoweramp, i like the look of the format, it will be connected to the home network so hopefully it will grap all my itunes stuff as well, this is already up and running between three computers sharing all libraries the main (my) library is on a seperate hard drive already.
I have a Blackberry and my wife has a iphone so these can be brought into play as controllers or just look for a cheap logitech controller not sure if i will need them yet anyway, lots to do and learn then.

Thanks again guys

[WAD62]

Jon,

If your CD's have any scratches, and you use a USB external drive, the re-ripping process requires that the drive should flush its buffers when it tries to re-read frames in dBpoweramp, and apparently plextors have the ability to use...oh its a TLA beginning with 'F'...FUB or FSB, anyway it's a bit quicker! I did mine happily with the samsung, it just takes a little longer for it to flush the buffers.

The squeezebox controller is ok if you aren't running lots of players, or if you don't use big playlists, mine's been unplugged for 6 months, the phone apps are usually more efficient.

Anyone want to buy a Squeezebox controller?...I'm a rubbish salesman