ds2021;401737 Wrote: > I can't help but feel that there is some outside variable that is > causing your problems.
It seems like this must be right, but I have tried it on other computers, too, with no better results. The one in question, in addition to the speed listed, has gigabit ethernet, sata raid, etc. Indeed, everything in it has been upgraded/replaced at some point except the mobo. Maybe that's the issue -- everything else seems to run OK, however. Also, it runs as a file server, but otherwise really is dedicated to squeezecenter. Well, it is connected to the TV and my wife watches 30 Rock with it occasionally, but never at the same time. ds2021;401737 Wrote: > I have never run into it, but antivirus is a common cause of problems > apparently. Don't run it on that computer. ds2021;401737 Wrote: > Elaborating on your network environment may help others troubleshoot > your problems. Basically a netgear router with everything connected to it. Laptop is wireless, everything else wired. I tried to use the SB as a wireless bridge, but it was too slow for connecting the laptop to the fileserver. I also used a hardware switch to see if the NG ports were just slow. ds2021;401737 Wrote: > As far as the web interface is concerned, this could be a debate that > lasts until the end of time. As I myself never control my music from > the computer which hosts SC, the web interface seems like the natural > choice and I have no complaints with it; use of a local application via > remote desktop would not make sense for me. I think it is the Winamp search and library that I like so much. It is one of those things that just works for me. And, I use this remotely with the files on the fileserver and don't suffer any slowdowns. This is why I'd like to tie it to the SB using SC as an output option and get rid of the web server and MySQL. My sense is that there must be a way to run SC-lite that does just this, and there must be API hooks to allow it to be a simply output driver. But, the fact that nobody seems to have done it suggests to me otherwise. It is funny, but the structire of the SB and SC feels liht eht e structure of X-windows. And, X windows is frankly the *nix Achilles heal. ds2021;401737 Wrote: > These units would not be nearly so popular if your experience is > representative of the average user. This seems right, which is why I am so frustrated. > What Internet Browser are you using? What Tagging software do you use? > What version of SC are you currently running? How do you think of your > music? SeaMonkey, but I've also tried IE and Mozilla with no better results. Tagging? whatever EAC does. SC -- most up to date. Music is organized artist/album/track, but really, this shouldn't matter. Search should sort through it. > It is my opinion that one should never ask iTunes to repair/fix/find > album art or tags. If iTunes would ask if this IS the correct album art > one wants to use, then maybe, but just like Windows, it does what it > wants and hoses ones whole library. I am no lover of apple or the do it for me nature of it. I have win32 at home, Ubuntu at the office, and FreeBSD on my webserver. As I say, I design and build my own 'audio gear' (http://www.ecp.cc/diy-audio.html), so I am pretty hands on. However, I do like it when things work :) I am actually thinking that an Airport Express may be the right solution for me as it seems it can be set to work as a simple external soundcard with spdif out, which is all I really want. I'd like it if the SB could do this and show some stuff in the display, but this does not seem to be in the cards. ds2021;401737 Wrote: > These units would not be nearly so popular if your experience is > representative of the average user. On the one hand, this seems right, which is why I am so frustrated. However, it might not be the right question. One could use an Airport Express with softsqueeze and AirFoil to basically have a SB for less money. The question is, does anyone do this? That is, if nobody does, it suggests to me that people might prefer the SB hardware, but the AE software. Anyway, I am not trying to talk anyone else out of the SB. And I would love to find something to make my experience better. I'll look into the Custom Browse plugin, and anything else like that I can find. But search and stats would be really nice. -- drs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ drs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3536 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60755 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
