rfrost;548387 Wrote:
> I'm almost embarrassed to ask this question, as I've been an SB user for
> >3 years now, but here goes...
>
> I'm finding that on my SB3, when playing .flac and .m4a (Apple
> lossless?) files, I get stalling on the SB3, as it'll stall, and say,
> "RebufferingÂ… XX%" Where actually is the stall happening, on my slimbox
> or on the server? My server is a fairly robust Intel Pentium fellow
> ("Prescott" CPU) running a well-hacked and very stable version of OSX.
> I also have a SB Touch (and LOVE it!), but I've not noticed if that
> stalls as well.
>
> So where's the rub, and how might I remedy it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
Flac isn't transcoded normally (there are exceptions, like if you
deliberately force it to do so, or are using a SliMP3 or SB1 which
doesn't support FLAC natively).
It sounds more like your problem is between SBS (which doesn't do a
whole lot of work to send a FLAC, no more than it does for mp3), and
your SB: ie, your network.
Is this wireless? Is the server itself wireless, too? That will use
twice as much available bandwidth as just one wireless hop, and if your
usable bandwidth is low due to noise, a flac could push it over the
edge. (m4a's are transcoded on the server, and sent as flac, but since
flac itself is being jerky, I don't think your problem is transcoding,
but transmission.)
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