tcutting;475975 Wrote: > Since you will have some time before you actually get a player, you can > setup a "virtual" system to start to try things out. As part of getting > the Mac Mini up and running, you can go ahead and download the > Squeezebox Server software and get that setup. The is an application > called "SoftSqueeze" which is a software emulator of the Squeezebox > players. It used to be accessible right from the Squeezebox Server > (formerly known as SqueezeCenter), but now it's a separate item being > supported by the community. Before I got any Squeezebox Players, I had > Squeezecenter up and running, with SoftSqueeze running on my Desktop PC > which was hosting Squeezecenter, and also on a laptop which I would drag > to my living room when I wanted to stream music. The software players > are not perfect (also, in addition to SoftSqueeze, there is also > SqueezePlay which is basically the controller software which also > includes a player feature, but that function still seems to be very > hit-and-miss, and also squeezeslave, which is a GUI-less software player > - I still run squeezeslave on my desktop PC as a virtual Squeezebox > player). The software players seem to be much less robust then the > hardware players in terms of buffering, playing all types of streams, > but they allow you to try out the whole experience before your hardware > players arrive, and give you a chance to get the server up and running, > play with getting your music files setup and properly tagged, etc.
This was exactly my plan. I figure if I get everything else set up before adding the SB, I will be better off dealing with any issues that arise if I know things were solid before adding the SB. I am also interested in ripping our CDs into FLAC. I imagine this is a tedious process, especially trying to use the mac mini. Until I get the computer up here, I have no idea what it has for a HD, memory, and what OS version it has on it. I have a feeling it is not 10.4 so I think I will have to install that to run the server software. I don't know a ton about FLAC other than what I have read on various sites. I downloaded "Max" to try ripping a CD to FLAC. It appears to have worked. I also came across vortexbox mentioned in multiple posts. That seems like a great way to go. The problem is getting something to run it on. I saw that you can buy the box designed specifically to run vortexbox. That seems like a good option. Since I know little about vortexbox, I don't know if it is a good value. Thanks for the info! -- rrweather ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rrweather's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33706 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70113 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
