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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