on 3/28/2000 12:19 PM, Ron Chmara at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> David Blache wrote:
>> The problem is, while playing MP3s from this
>> shared directory, my MP3 player will cut off intermittently. I'm not sure
>> what is the cause of this.
>
> MP3 streams can be fairly bandwidth intensive to a 386 or a fairly active
> lan.... normally, it wouldn't make much difference, but if your MP3 player
> has a small buffer (so it's not proloading enough data), and you're using
> ancient hardware, that just might be too slow to work... try increasing the
> incoming buffer on the player.
I think I should point out that I am not streaming them. I am simply
sharing the directory over atalk and playing them "locally" on my iMac. As
far as the mp3 player is concerned, it is playing a local mp3. There is no
way to set the buffer for local playing AFAIK.
>> My second question: A friend suggested that I install the latest rpm. I've
>> downloaded netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.3-7.i386.rpm. And I ran a rpm -i --test
>> on it. I got no errors. So then I did a rpm -i --replacefiles
>> --installdocs on it. I did the --replacefiles because I wanted it to
>> replace my old non-rpm installation of netatalk.
>> I get the distinct impression that --replacefiles was the wrong thing to do
>> :/
>>
>> Advice?
>
> rpm -U is what you generally want to use to Upgrade your existing
> installation... --replacefiles can blow away your config informarion.
Ok. Thanks.
