I've tried both localhost and 127.0.0.1 in the SoftSqueeze prefs. gorstk Wrote: > wei wrote: > > It so happens I am setting up SoftSqueeze today as well. I am > running > > openSSH and SlimServer 6.2.1 on Ubuntu Linux 5.10 (compiled from > > source) at home, where the uplink is about 700Kbps. > > > > Then I set up a ssh tunnel using SSH Secure Shell to the slimserver > on > > the PC at work, and open the stream http://localhost:9000/stream.mp3 > in > > iTune. It plays beautifully for hours. The only downside is that I > > have to launch three applications on the PC in order to get the > audio: > > ssh client, web browser (for remote control), and iTune. > > > > So I installed Softsequeeze 2 > > .2 to consolidate three applications to > > one. I first configured the built-in SSH client in SoftSqueeze. > > Everything connects fine but the sound started cut and out after a > few > > seconds. At first, I thought it might have to do with the audio > buffer > > size, so I increased it to 4096000 instead of the default 128000. > But > > it does not have any noticable improvement. > > > > Then I turned off the built-in SSH client and started a separate SSH > > client with tunneling, as suggested by some posts in the forum. The > > choppy sound problem still persists. > > > > I don't think it's a network bandwidth problem, because I can stream > > the audio via SSH tunneling in iTune just fine. What could go wrong > > with the SoftSqueeze setup then? > > What music format are you trying to stream? > > Using localhost:9000/stream.mp3 converts everything to a 320kbps > > If you are streaming flac (which is what you would be doing if you are > > sending anything other than an mp3 file to softsqueeze/SB2) the > bandwidth required is 3x that (~900kbps) > > The way around it is to use the web interface --> player settings --> > audio --> bitrate limiting --> set to 320 (or lower if needed). > > The other thing is that sending the players user interface (i.e. the > scrolling menus etc) takes bandwidth so you may want to reduce the > quality of this. player settings --> display --> scroll rate and scroll > > pixels. I have mine set to 0.03, 0.03, 2 and 2 for my local LAN (makes > > for much better display of scrolling than the defaults) however this > uses a lot of bandwidth. I do not know what the default settings are at > > present as there was talk about increasing the quality of the defaul. > (I > do not know how applicable these settings are for softsqueeze/SB2). > > HTH
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