Nickolay V wrote: > I can not find any information on site and forums about computer > hardware requirements for great number simultaneously playing > squeezeboxes (8/10/20 or 32). I mean multizone audio multiroom mode. > Can anybody make all information table for users : > winwows PC / > Linux PC / > NAS
If you use wireless connections, I suspect the first limitation you'll run into is bandwidth, which you'll reach sooner or later depending on the bitrate of your streaming format. For example, with mp3 at an average of 192kbps, and assuming a 4Mbps maximum network throughput (that's a generous maximum for wifi) you're limited to 21 devices at best, and it's unlikely you'll reach that number on a single access point. Will flac at an average of 700kbps on the same network, you'll only manage 5 devices, and probably less than that. Of course, you'll have much more bandwidth on a wired 100Base-T network. I've not tried it, but I suspect that a fast, modern CPU, with plenty of RAM, and running some flavour of linux will not have much trouble servicing many clients, but I have no figures to back that up. R. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
