[slim] Re: Which format puts heaviest demand on SB?

2006-02-06 Thread joek
Thanks for the replies and sorry for the confusion. I am currently running two wireless SB3#8217;s playing MP3#8217;s (VBR highest quality setting) and have not experienced any network drops or skips in the audio. I feel confident my network, server and SB can easily manage these MP3 streams. I

[slim] Re: Which format puts heaviest demand on SB?

2006-02-06 Thread funkstar
To place demand on the server you could set it up to transode from something like OGG (takes slightly more CPU to decode than MP3) and then send it out as MP3 with some insane quality presets. That should stretch your server. What is your server hardware? Are you using all this wired or wire

Re: [slim] Re: Which format puts heaviest demand on SB?

2006-02-06 Thread Mark Lanctot
If you can play WAV without issues, you can definitely play FLAC. WAV = 1440 kbps (off a CD), with overhead you'd need 2000 kbps of bandwidth at least. FLAC = 1000 kbps, 1500 kbps of bandwidth will do. There's no reason to stream WAV though. You won't gain any quality, it doesn't support