My wireless SBG runs happily with 0.01 and 1 pixel. The display looks so much better now!
I have a dedicated B access point. Server is P4 2.8GHz. Signal strength 74%. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Triode Sent: 19 March 2005 16:27 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] squeezebox1G display improvements are great! John, Is should work over a wireless connection but you need to gauge the amount of bandwidth you have. The new scrolling stuff is mine, it gives lower cpu for scrolling and the ability to make scrolling far smoother. However as all the work is done on the server, this can lead to high network bandwidth and is server cpu dependant. So for the moment we did not change the default values, so users who don't touch get the cpu gain, but don't get the improved scrolling display. I would value feedback from a range of users on this. On a wired connection and a good wireless connection (short range), I can get to 0.01 and 1 pixel. This is 100 frames per second! However the downside of setting too fast is that you will block communication between the client and the server and so the user interface will lock up etc. Hence feedback of good settings for real world wireless connections would be good (and maybe we can then be more agressive on the defaults). I would advice testing it whilst streaming in pcm mode to see what the limit is for you. Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Gorst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [slim] squeezebox1G display improvements are great! > > Can someone check to see if this works over a wireless connection (when playing pcm). Preferably using a g wireless bridge as that > it what I am thinking of putting inbetween my sb and server. If it doesnt work then I would consider leaving my noisey server in > the lounge just for the improvement in the display! > > p.s. filed as bug 1126 > > John Gorst wrote: >> >> Just found the new scroll rate and scroll pixels settings in 'player setting' 'display' in the web interface. >> >> I have changed them to 0.04 & 0.04 and 2 & 2. My squeeze box now looks a thousand times better when scrolling and improves the >> readability when using the 'medium' fond from accross the room. >> >> On my server this adds the following load: >> 10 kb/sec on the wired connection (compared to 3 kb/sec) >> 5.5% processor useage when scrolling 'nowplaying' >> but paused (compared to 3%) >> >> This is on a wired squeezebox and a quite underpowered server (celeron 633, 512mb, mandrake 10). >> >> I would expect a more modern server to not even notice the difference in % cpu useage. >> >> The only problems I can see are: >> 1) ?over a wireless link - is sending loads of small packets healthy for a wireless link? >> 2) for remote softsqueeze connection 10kb/sec vs 3kb/sec is quite a hit on bandwidth >> >> I am moving my server soon so it uses a wireless bridge for conection to the wireless router that my sb is hard wired to - so I >> shall see what happens to that. >> >> Perhaps the default value for wired connections should be increased to similar values as above to show off the display >> capabilities to the new user who wouldnt usually fiddle with these values? >> >> Perhaps the deault could be different for wired and wireless clients? The softsqueeze issue probably doesnt matter any more ?as >> the scrolling is done on the client side? > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
