[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread bpa
The original Slimdevices SLiMP3 device used UDP and there are some software emulators for it on Linux (e.g. slimp3slave) but I've no idea whether the emulator still works nor the buffer size. There are still slimp3 users using current version of slimserver so if you still want an UDP stream it

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread Skunk
Does the winamp streaming method use the buffer in a different way? I thought there was a way to do real-time PC sounds through a squeezebox, but have never used it. Apologies if I'm way off base. -- Skunk Skunk's Profil

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread Triode
Buffer size is implemented in the player firmware and is not user adjustable I'm afraid. -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread sfraser
bpa;175886 Wrote: > I think a 50msec changeover is a bit irrelevant to a TCP connections as > long as the basic comms link stays up. If there is a glitch which > results in packet corruption/loss, TCP will arrange retransmissions as > long as the TCP connections is maintained. If the retransmiss

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread bpa
I think a 50msec changeover is a bit irrelevant to a TCP connections as long as the basic comms link stays up. If there is a glitch which results in packet corruption/loss, TCP will arrange retransmissions as long as the TCP connections is maintained. If the retransmission can occur such that the

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread sfraser
Triode;175857 Wrote: > I was trying to say its much more than 50ms - its of the order of 10secs > or more depending on the data rate you are streaming at. > > [but I liked to do demos which always worked] I like demos' that work too :) However it has to work for the right reasons ;-) --

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread Triode
I was trying to say its much more than 50ms - its of the order of 10secs or more depending on the data rate you are streaming at. [put I liked to do demos which always worked] -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread sfraser
Triode;175847 Wrote: > SB3 will be a good demo, but only because it has a reasonable amount of > buffering and hence you will get good performance.. Its designed to > cater for Wifi dropouts so a 50ms protection switch is nothing for it. > Data is transfered from the server to player using a tc

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread Triode
SB3 will be a good demo, but only because it has a reasonable amount of buffering and hence you will get good performance.. Its designed to cater for Wifi dropouts so a 50ms protection switch is nothing for it. Data is transfered from the server to player using a tcp connection and then dumped i

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread bpa
You could try the Network test plugin from the Sb which is used to measure sustained throughput from a source - AFAIK buffering is not an issue in this test. Some measure of SB buffering can be adjusted from 3 secs to 30 secs from the Slimserver menu. I think a significant issue for streaming r

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Buffering on the SB3

2007-01-30 Thread opaqueice
It's got 64Mb of RAM. If you switch off the network or the server it will continue to play for maybe 30 seconds, depending on how full the buffer was (the time might also depend on what file format you're streaming - possibly streaming mp3 it would last longer - but I haven't experimented). I do