Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-30 Thread SuperQ
bpa;246204 Wrote: > I thought about disk I/O but it is not clear if the OP means really > means simultaneous or synchronised. > > If it is 32 synchronised streams then disk I/O should not be an issue, > if they are 32 simultaneous different streams then disk I/O is an > issue. A modern 500G di

Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-30 Thread radish
Of course Sonos is still dependent on third party hardware for actually sourcing the data - I'd like to see them do 32 flac streams from a 486-based server with PIO disks :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimde

Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-30 Thread Robin Bowes
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

Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-30 Thread bpa
Sonos with their proprietary hardware and Wireless protocol may have to define a 32 Zone limit as it may run out of power / bandwidth beyond that limit. My guess is that Slimserver limits initially depends on how much money you want spend on hardware and the complexity of the network as bandwidth

Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-30 Thread Nickolay V
I prefer Slimserver(v7) + squeezebox3 system rather than such multiZone system SONOS. But Sonos directly announced in their specs. support not less than 32 simultaneous Zone. But neither Logitech nor SlimDevices do not provide such information about their product. Quantity simultaneous Strea

Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-30 Thread Mark Lanctot
No one really touched on this but in terms of CPU power SlimServer scales pretty well. Unless you'll be transcoding, you won't need anything special. However transcoding 32 streams simultaneously will require some serious CPU power! -- Mark Lanctot

Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-30 Thread Peter
bpa wrote: > I thought about disk I/O but it is not clear if the OP means really > means simultaneous or synchronised. > > If it is 32 synchronised streams then disk I/O should not be an issue, > if they are 32 simultaneous different streams then disk I/O is an > issue. > Using multiple wirele

Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-30 Thread bpa
I thought about disk I/O but it is not clear if the OP means really means simultaneous or synchronised. If it is 32 synchronised streams then disk I/O should not be an issue, if they are 32 simultaneous different streams then disk I/O is an issue. -- bpa --

Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-30 Thread radish
If you're talking about 32 flac streams then disk starts to become an issue as well. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread

Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-30 Thread Schindler
My Sister has an MSI AXIS 700 Lite, 1GB RAM and 4 Squeezeboxes running - never a problem. Server is not stressed at all. Maybe it would be else for something other than mp3 playback. maybe for 10 or more i would switch to a more powerfull machine. christian -- Schindler ---

Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-30 Thread Peter
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

[slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?

2007-11-29 Thread Nickolay V
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 -- Nickolay V -