Sounds like a buffer underrun. As many have indicated, signal strength is not the whole picture.
You can enable the buffer fullness indicator by going to SlimServer Player Settings - Now Playing Information - Include buffer fullness in Playing Display Mode list: Enabled. Press NOW PLAYING on the remote until you get a percentage on the top line of the display. I bet it drops to 0 when the song stops. As for what's causing it, that's much more complicated. Since you have 97%-100% signal strength, you're probably close to your wireless router. However something is interrupting the data stream. You have SlimServer on a laptop - is the laptop connected wirelessly? This usually does not work well because your wireless data is going over 2 hops (laptop - router, router - SB). The router - SB connection appears fine, the laptop-router one may not be. Try the 'Network Test' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginDiagnostics) plugin. To play back FLAC, you should be getting at least 1500 kbps at 100%, although 2000 kbps would be better. Try Bitrate Limiting, Player Settings - Audio - Bitrate Limiting, to reduce the bandwidth required. However, bitrate limiting makes your FLAC rips rather pointless, so you should do some wireless network diagnostics. Look for interference sources - do you or your neighbors use 2.4 GHz cordless phones? Any microwaves in operation? Download 'NetStumbler' (http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/) and see how many competing wireless networks are operating in your area. Also graph your own wireless connection and check signal strength as you switch channels on the router. Try 1, 6 and 11 as the others will overlap with other channels. But most importantly, hardwire SlimServer to your router. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21241 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
