CardinalFang Wrote: > How about running the server on a PC or Mac, but keeping the files on a > NAS? What sort of data throughput do you need from the NAS to be able > to keep up with the streaming? I know that some of the cheaper units > run out of steam pretty quickly - is GigaBit ethernet a must for > streaming lossless? Local disk storage is faster, but upgrading PSUs > and adding fans to my existing PC is probably a non-starter. Can you > use a crossover network cable on a NAS and have it as dedicated > attached storage? Anyone tried that? So many questions...sorry! > Especially if this is all on the Wiki or in the FAQ! > > I eventually want to get a ReadyNAS or similar and carry on running the > server code on a MacG4 or a PC. I'm hoping that by having both wired on > a router and just the SB on wireless I won't end up with too much > wireless traffic. > > Paul
That's what I do now - I have all my music on the Buffalo Linkstation and a mini-itx box running slimserver. There's no problem playing music from the NAS through slimserver (then again I'm running a 100mb network). However (and I feel this is a big problem) - I've found various issues with the latest (6.2.1?) version of slimserver : 1. Some Albums when scanned are missing the first track of the album (always seems to be the first or 'last few' tracks that are missing) 2. Some Albums are missing cover art (or incorrectly tagged in the database at least) - I understand that the trackid of an album track should bring back the coverart / thumb.jpg using the web interface. But the entries in the database are wrong. Now, I'm not sure if these are problems with 6.2.1 slimserver **OR** running the slimserver against the NAS device (it does cause dropouts on random occasions which I can't seem to track down - i suppose it could be due to the disk powering down on the NAS at certain points - but I wouldn't expect that during a database rescan). I don't know if this could be causing the inconsistencies in the slimserver database (although it seems unlikely). Here's hoping 6.5 (or at least the next version will shed some light on these issues). -- catdna ------------------------------------------------------------------------ catdna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=377 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21082 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
