Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-04 Thread exile
I too used to have drop out problems and I also have a mac g4 setup. I ended up wiring my squeezebox 2 and then i also upgraded my cpu power from 767mhz to 1.5ghz. since the upgrades I have virtually perfect squeezebox performance. -- exile -

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-04 Thread davep
gautscho;254119 Wrote: > Try Slimserver Version 6.5.0 with firmware 64! > I had the same Problem with dropouts (wireless or Wired). > Version 6.5.0 seems to be the most stable. > > www.slimdevices.com/downloads > > looks like a firmware bug in other versions. > > Cheers The latest firmware ver

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-04 Thread maggior
Based on what I'm reading here, it looks like the bitrate limiting test will be very telling. Something to keep in mind is the 30 day satisfaction guaranteed policy. If you order one and for some reason it doesn't solve your problem, send it back. Just make sure you'll be able to test it out pre

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-04 Thread gautscho
Try Slimserver Version 6.5.0 with firmware 64! I had the same Problem with dropouts (wireless or Wired). Version 6.5.0 seems to be the most stable. www.slimdevices.com/downloads looks like a firmware bug in other versions. Cheers -- gautscho --

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-04 Thread Robin Bowes
Mitch Harding wrote: > Since you still see your problem even with a wired network, then > bitrate limiting for the purpose of reducing network bandwidth > shouldn't matter, since the wired connection should have solved that. > However, I suppose it's possible that the higher quality mp3 files > we

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-03 Thread Mitch Harding
For what it's worth, I used to have dropouts on my SB1 (wired with FLAC), but I've never had them on my SB3 (wireless, also with FLAC). Now I don't have them on either. I made several changes to eliminate the dropouts, though. My SB1 was plugged into a gigabit switch when it was experiencing the

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-03 Thread healy
Michael Herger;253857 Wrote: > Some more data points might be needed: > > - try wiring your player - if the dropouts continue, then it's not a > WLAN problem. If they go away, it is. > > - when you encounter drop outs, is there some other background activity > going on on your server? > > - wh

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-03 Thread Michael Herger
> The newer boxes have an upsized buffer and, as I said, I can stream > full strength flac to them all with no dropouts, so a new SB3 would no Additionally the SB2+ can play FLAC natively. For SB1 it has to be transcoded to WAV which almost doubles the bandwidth and buffer size needed. Michael _

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-03 Thread davep
I have a SB1 also, as well as a couple of SB2's and a TP. Even though the SB1 is the only one of the 4 boxes which is actually wired to the router - the others are all wireless - it is the only one that has dropouts. I put this down to a combination of running an all-flac library and the small si

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-03 Thread Michael Herger
Some more data points might be needed: - try wiring your player - if the dropouts continue, then it's not a WLAN problem. If they go away, it is. - when you encounter drop outs, is there some other background activity going on on your server? - what's the machine's general memory and CPU load?

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-03 Thread healy
Anyone? Beuler? Beuler? Can anyone with a large library tell me if the dropout problem been fixed in new hardware revisions? -- healy healy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=112 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-02 Thread healy
Michael Herger;253428 Wrote: > > I'm looking for ideas here. > > What file formats are you using? > > Michael All are 320 vbr MP3's. -- healy healy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=112 View th

Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-02 Thread Michael Herger
> I'm looking for ideas here. What file formats are you using? Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?

2008-01-02 Thread healy
Hey All, It's been about 18 months since I've posted here... I'm getting audio dropouts that are driving me crazy. Sometimes I'll go weeks without an issue, and sometimes I'll get them constantly for days. It's gotten to the point that I'll reboot my computer server, blow away the mysql cache