snarlydwarf Wrote: > Windows Media Player (and Winamp and probably most other mp3 stream > players) buffer things. Ie, to make it more resiliant to network > hiccups, it will try to keep the next few seconds of the song: there is > a setting in Winamp to control this, I would assume WMP would have a > similar one. > > A much better solution is to use Softsqueeze: it's under 'Help' on the > Slimserver web page. This is a Java emulator of the Squeezebox. It > doesn't use the 'stream.mp3' method, but uses the same protocols that a > real squeezebox uses. > > It does buffer (it has to ... there's nothing wrong with buffering > since it does protect against short network problems), but it also > recognizes the SlimProto, "Hey, I changed tracks, throw away your > buffer and switch to this."
Oh I understand buffering, but it wouldn't switch songs at all, and it would finish the song, even though other players would switch. Thanks man :D -- Strange_Will ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Strange_Will's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20930 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
