virgiliomi;599620 Wrote: > And it does all depend. > > It depends on what format your music is currently in, and what formats > your devices are capable of playing natively (as if the device doesn't > support the format natively, it will need to be transcoded in realtime > to another format). > > It depends on what, how many, and what models of playback devices you > have. > > It depends on how many of those devices will be playing simultaneously, > and what they will be playing (will they all be playing different music > that needs to be transcoded? Will one be playing an internet radio > stream, while another plays local music only?). > > There are tons of variables that need to be taken into account... some > have minor impacts, some have major ones.
Mnyb;599652 Wrote: > OS, sbs version , how many users shall use the web-Ui at the same time. > How many and wich plugins some are CPU intensive. I can quantify all of these points. Worst case, I figure 4 devices (SB3, Boom, 2 Touches), playing ALAC, potentially simultaneously and independently. I'll assume that all of these devices will require transcoding at the server. All will be connected via LAN. Desktop machine would be based on Windows XP, running latest generally available version of SB Server -- 7.5.2, IIRC. Desktop machine would be dedicated to media streaming only -- no other gaming, web surfing, etc. iTunes would also be on this box, as would virus scanning software. No plans for MS Office, etc. I use the podcast and pandora plugins. I'm intrigued by the DRC / Inguz plugins, but I'm not far enough on the learning curve for those, yet. Should work OK, right? Thanks! -- weinstro Regards, Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ weinstro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84305 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
