Yes, SlimServer would control both. foobar would not control the playback.
foobar can only play back SlimServer streams in MP3 format. I believe it's high bitrate though, 320 kbps, so there will be no appreciable sound quality decrease for playing back an MP3 file or, for that matter, an MP3 Internet radio stream as they're nearly all of lower bitrates than 320. If you had a FLAC file, there will be some potential quality loss, but most say that a 320 kbps LAME MP3 sounds as good as the CD itself on everything but the very best audio equipment with some serious golden ears. To play back anything other than MP3 via a remote stream from SlimServer, you have to install the LAME MP3 encoder. It's free. To set it up, all you need to do is start up SlimServer and start up foobar. Point foobar to the URL: http://<local IP address>:9000/stream.mp3. Press play. Nothing will happen, but suddenly SlimServer should show a new player. Put songs and playlists into that player's playlist and they'll play through foobar. foobar will show the song title in its title bar but its playlist will remain as http://<local IP address>:9000/stream.mp3. You can also rename the player to something more descriptive. Then start your SB3. Connect to SlimServer and scroll up in the menu. Select "Synchronize" and then "Synchronize with <whatever name you named foobar>". Instructions are contained in SlimServer's help section under Remote Streaming. --- Ben Sandee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/13/05, akwok > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Oh! Is there something I should keep in mind while > I'm setting it up? > > Are there instructions which explain how I should > do this? :-) > > > > Thanks for the reply Mark! > > > Mark's suggestion would result in your Foobar2000 > client acting like a > SqueezeBox -- but it wouldn't let you control what > is output to your > SqueezeBox from a Foobar2000 client. > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
