Hello. I've found that I need to use SlimServer's Bitrate Limiting feature at 256 kbps, or my music won't play smoothly. I'd prefer not to use this, since the audio is already compressed. Is my experience typical, or is there something I could do to improve things?
According to the control panel, my SlimServer is receiving a signal strength of around 62-70%. My music is in 160kbps AAC format, and I'm using an Apple AirPort card.
If it's AAC, it has to be transcoded. Without bitrate limiting, it will be transcoded (well, decoded) to PCM, which is pretty much guaranteed to get dropouts with a wireless SB1, regardless of the signal strength.
If you're concerned about quality loss due to transcoding from lossy AAC to lossy MP3, I'd recommend re-ripping to MP3 or FLAC.
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