Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

2010-05-24 Thread rfrost
Seems that you (collectively) had it pretty much right all along. Turns out to have been a network switch. I replaced it and it now runs like a champ! Thanks to all. -- rfrost rfrost's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

2010-05-18 Thread snarlydwarf
Phil Leigh;548665 Wrote: > Whoah - rebuffering on a WIRED connection? - packet collision?... or > something else on the network eating the bandwidth? > > What version of SBS are you running? Or bad cabling job. In my former office, well, okay, so that was 12 years ago... the phone guy did the

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

2010-05-18 Thread Phil Leigh
rfrost;548423 Wrote: > Sorry, Phil, I should have specified. Whoah - rebuffering on a WIRED connection? - packet collision?... or something else on the network eating the bandwidth? What version of SBS are you running? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/v

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

2010-05-17 Thread Pat Farrell
JJZolx wrote: > That's why streaming MP3 instead of FLAC will often gain you continuous > playback - the same buffer that holds 30 seconds of FLAC audio might > hold 2 minutes of MP3 audio. This is 100% true. Back when the SB1 was current and it used 802.11b, you could often find that you could no

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

2010-05-17 Thread JJZolx
rfrost;548429 Wrote: > So the emerging consensus is that it's a network issue; I'll check that > thoroughly, as I've had problems on that leg of the network in the > past. It just seems odd that I'd get a slowing rather than an all/none > result, as is usual in the digital world. Yet more digging

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

2010-05-17 Thread rfrost
So the emerging consensus is that it's a network issue; I'll check that thoroughly, as I've had problems on that leg of the network in the past. It just seems odd that I'd get a slowing rather than an all/none result, as is usual in the digital world. Yet more digging in dusty areas to check the s

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

2010-05-17 Thread rfrost
Sorry, Phil, I should have specified. -- rfrost rfrost's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78905 ___

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

2010-05-17 Thread JJZolx
Transcoding happens on the server. FLAC, though, isn't transcoded unless you've changed some advanced settings - it's streamed as-is to both the SB3 and Touch. Sounds like your problems are most likely to be with your network. Are the players connected wirelessly? -- JJZolx Jim

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

2010-05-17 Thread snarlydwarf
rfrost;548387 Wrote: > I'm almost embarrassed to ask this question, as I've been an SB user for > >3 years now, but here goes... > > I'm finding that on my SB3, when playing .flac and .m4a (Apple > lossless?) files, I get stalling on the SB3, as it'll stall, and say, > "RebufferingÂ… XX%" Where a

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

2010-05-17 Thread Phil Leigh
rfrost;548387 Wrote: > I'm almost embarrassed to ask this question, as I've been an SB user for > >3 years now, but here goes... > > I'm finding that on my SB3, when playing .flac and .m4a (Apple > lossless?) files, I get stalling on the SB3, as it'll stall, and say, > "RebufferingÂ… XX%" Where a

[slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

2010-05-17 Thread rfrost
I'm almost embarrassed to ask this question, as I've been an SB user for >3 years now, but here goes... I'm finding that on my SB3, when playing .flac and .m4a (Apple lossless?) files, I get stalling on the SB3, as it'll stall, and say, "RebufferingÂ… XX%" Where actually is the stall happening, on