I'd consider changing encoded formats that you stream to your box. From all I've read transcoding on the server side is a losing proposition. Aside from not being able to rewind and fast forward, you are pounding the snot out of your server.
I am streaming files to my SB3 with a kurobox, which is a 166 MHz processor with 64 meg of ram, nothing compared to your older iMAC. My SB3 plays flac files flawlessly and the server load is quite low. Same deal with MP3's. I have a squeezebox and an iPOD and for me the best solution is to rip all my CD's to FLAC (and put the CD's away in boxes), and then transcode from FLAC to MP3 as needed. I've got a directory of all my FLAC files which the slimserver uses, and then all those songs are duplicated as MP3's on my mac which iTunes manages. It's less than ideal, but I can use a small quiet server to store computer backups, and serve my music. Sheldon -- stokessd ------------------------------------------------------------------------ stokessd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3470 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20996 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
