Do you see the words "The LAME encoder appears to be installed correctly on your system." in Player Settings - Audio? If you do, then you don't need to install anything else.
It's probably already installed. You may want to play with the other settings - try LAME quality level "9 Poor Quality, but fast". --- vacquah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yep - i just checked a couple of posts on Infrants > web site ... their > slimserver implementation precludes the installation > of any ad-ons. > also, i am currently using a rate of 192kbps in > slimserver player audio > settings. > > i know some folks who use a storage device have > slimserver on a > separate PC. How exactly is this implemented? i dont > mind getting a > dedicated PC to run slimserver and others. has > anyone got a setup like > that? does this slow things down since you have the > database on one pc > and the slimserver on another? > > V > > > > > fuzzyT Wrote: > > Mark Lanctot wrote: > > > > > It would be much cheaper to somehow put LAME on > > > your NAS box. It would be must easier than > > > installing SlimServer, but the NAS box's > processor > > > may not be up to the encoding task. > > > > have you confirmed that LAME is not installed on > the NAS? i believe > > the > > provider is doing at least some customizing and > packaging of the > > softward. it's possible they've already added > LAME. > > > > processor capability is something else entirely. > IIRC, there are some > > > > "fast encode" command line switches for LAME that > may help you minimize > > > > CPU consumption. > > > > you indicated that you've selected bitrate > limiting. what rate did you > > > > specify? have you tried tuning it downward? if > your player displays > > it, check the stream information. it should show > MP3, not FLAC, and a > > > > bitrate at or near the limit you specified. also, > stop and start the > > stream before checking; the bitrate limit doesn't > kick in until the > > next > > request comes in. > > > > --rt > > > -- > vacquah > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > vacquah's Profile: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2383 > View this thread: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18314 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
