[slim] Re: Curious-- SB3 wouldn't turn OFF

2006-09-22 Thread dgpretzel
How does the buffering actually work? I mean usually it takes only a few seconds for buffering to be completed. Then the music starts. Presumably, on average, the data rate in equals the data rate out. Thus, the amount of data buffered should be whatever was accumulated during the initial

Re: [slim] Re: Curious-- SB3 wouldn't turn OFF

2006-09-22 Thread kdf
Quoting dgpretzel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How does the buffering actually work? SB3 Buffer is, from the wiki, http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?HardwareComparison: 25Mb (approx. 200 seconds at 128Kbps) compresessed , plus 28Mb (10 seconds at 44.1 samples/sec) uncompressed In order to

[slim] Re: Curious-- SB3 wouldn't turn OFF

2006-09-22 Thread andyg
In 6.5 we use a different method for radio called direct streaming. The player actually makes the audio connection directly to the remote server (or via a proxy if you've set that option). So without an SS/SN connection it will continue to play as long as you still have a net connection. Upon

[slim] Re: Curious-- SB3 wouldn't turn OFF

2006-09-22 Thread dgpretzel
from the wiki Oops. Apologize for not doing my homework. In 6.5 we use a different method for radio called direct streaming. The player actually makes the audio connection directly to the remote server... Ahah! That explains it. The SB was playing (with no connection to SS or SN) for 3