I've had my Squeezebox 3 for a couple of years now and have really enjoyed the simplicity of listening to music without getting up from the couch every hour to put a new CD on.
During this time I've tried several different versions of the Slimserver/Squeezecenter software but I always end up returning to version 6.5.4 and I've finally come to the conclusion that I'll have to live with that version forever unless someone has some additional suggestions for me. Here's the problem: If I'm running version 6.5.4 of Slimserver, my Squeezebox works fine. I store music in flac and the signal is sent via wireless G to the Squeezebox a couple of rooms away with no data compression. I was using a Linksys WRT54G router and had no problems with 50-54% signal strength. I tested network throughput and got 100% success at 3000kb. I tried upgrading to version 7.0.1 a while back, and just recently tried upgrading to version 7.4.1 with the same results. The player would start playing and 25 seconds into a song it would stop playing. Signal loss? Maybe. So I decided to invest in a new router to see if that would make a difference. I picked up a Linksys WRT310N and once installed had signal strength of 54-58%. It wasn't a huge improvement, and it had absolutely no affect on the player running with version 7.4.1. It would still stop playing after 25 seconds. I tried reattaching my old router to the network as a router/extender in the next room from the player. I had a signal strength in that location from 90-95% and the player was passing all the network tests with 100% at 3000kb. No affect on the player, though, it still stopped playing after 25 seconds. So I reinstalled version 6.5.4, re-flashed the firmware on the Squeezebox to the older version, and reconnected to the new router (might as well use it since I spent the money on it ...). Everything is back to normal now and the player has no longer stops playing music. Do I have a recalcitrant Squeezebox or am I missing something fundamental in the configuration of version 7.x of the Squeezecenter software? Any suggestions/guidance would be appreciated. -- Bartok55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bartok55's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34697 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72156 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
