I think at least part of the problem is that the formats you're using must be transcoded to straight PCM by your server and then sent over your wireless network at that (higher) bitrate. This is costing you both CPU and network capacity.
I'd be curious if you see these problems with MP3 files or even FLAC (which are decoded by the SB3 internally). My slimserver isn't even in my house. I have a modest server (2.4GHz P-4 w/512KB cache and 1.5GB RAM running a 2.4 Linux kernel) in a commercial co-location facility downtown (Los Angeles) that is linked to my home router (LinkSys WRT54GS) via 3Mb/256Kb cable modem service and VPN software. The music library on my slimserver is mostly FLAC and I can play music fine, with or without slimserver's "Bandwidth Limiting" feature (which consumes a non-trivial amount of CPU on the server). FLAC files tend to be about 800kbps and I have no problems, even using both of my Squeezeboxes simultaneously. So I really think that with some minor changes your performance troubles will disappear. If I get the performance I do from my configuration, I'm sure you can make your setup work fine, too. -- rudholm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rudholm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2980 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20996 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
