Dan, some answers to you questions ... -------Original Message------- > From: "Dan Sully" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [slim] Re: First Impressions 6.0B1-1 > Sent: 13 Mar 2005 17:51:19 > > * Richard shaped the electrons to say... > > >I made the move to 6.0 B1-1 last evening, with mixed results. Here are my > findings: > > Richard - thanks for the feedback. Most of these have been fixed in the > latest nightly builds, and will be in the next beta release. > > > 1) FLAC. I have been running 5.4 since it was releases with never a skip > > on FLAC files. Every FLAC file I play on 6.0 B1-1 results in playback > > skips. Any suggestions for improving throughput? I am using a wired > > Ethernet Network with 3 Wired Squeezeboxes. (I did reboot my server and the > > problem seems to have cleared up somewhat I still get drops when doing > > HTML web interface commands while music is playing) > > Has the server finished scanning all your files? Did you have a large > playlist loaded while viewing the web UI?
Yes, server completed scan. About 20 songs in playlist while browsing other selections (not searching). I think CPU on this box is an Intel 1.6Mhz, and 512MB RAM if my memory serves me right. > > > 2) The overall speed of the Web Interface is slower. Sometimes > > considerably slower. I have never had any sort of performance issues with > > the web interface under 5.4 and below, and have started experiencing some > > frustrating delays when using the server html. > > What browser are you using? Fishbone skin it looks like? Fishbone. > > Are there specific operations that you find are slower? No, browsinsg from Artist to Album, or Album to Song is enough. > > > 3) Searching. Simply put, a frustrating step backward. When using the > > Fishbone interface, I could search for an artist out of my 17,000 simply > > from the browse pages, now I have to go to advanced search. When I try the > > Search Music screen, all I get is the names of songs returned not artists. > > This is not at all accommodating for the way I look for music. > > This has been fixed - search now displays Artist, Album and Tracks. It sounds > like you hit the fallback search, instead of the "Live Search" > Great, can't wait. > > 4) The Advanced Search is a good step forward as a search improvement, NOT > a replacement. > > Agreed. > > > 5) I thought cataloging music into the DB would be faster based on claims. > > I found it to take about the same amount of time as 5.4. > > Things like MP3 scanning have been speed up, but we're also doing a lot more > at the database level. I've personally heard varying degrees of improvment, > but most have been improved. > > Know what type of system you're running, and specifics of your library would > help. Library: 1254 albums with 17179 songs by 1215 artists - mostly MP3 (192kb and higher) - some FLAC and OGG Running Redhat 9 > > > 6) Fishbone Skin does not always display correctly. My personal choice of > > skin ends up losing its navigation on the left frame after some actions (I > > think after being in Server Settings and hitting Home link). > > I'll let kdf answer this, as he maintains this skin. Great. > > > 7) Even after new install, had to select Wipe Cache to begin proper song > > cataloguing. Not obvious for the new user. > > Did you install any of the 6.0 alpha releases? No, cleaned out 5.4 and did RPM -i slim* > > > 8) Ogg files worked straight out of the box where I had to do some > tweaking under 5.4. > > Great. > > -D > -- > They're techno trousers, ex-NASA, fantastic for walkies! > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -------Original Message------- Thanks for the great product and looking into these issues. Richard at richardascott.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
