This is my first post here, but I have been very impressed as to how helpful everyone is.
I am expanding my SqueezeBox network, and I have run into two problems. I have one SqueezeBox 2 and two SqueezeBox 3s plus I am trying to run two instances of SoftSqueeze on different computers. All of my SqueezeBoxes/SoftSqueezes are run via wired Ethernet from my LinkSys four-port/wireless A/G router, to four switches in four locations in my home. I am running SlimServer 6.2.1-5194 on an Intel server (actual Intel server MB, case, etc) with dual 3.0 GHz Xeon processors, 4 GB of Ram and 2 TB (net) of internal Raid 5 storage. The server RARELY hits even 4% CPU usage and the vast majority of physical ram is free, even when streaming to all five SqueezeBoxes/SoftSqueezes so I know that isnt an issue. I ONLY use WAV files and they are set up in iTunes Playlists (and I do want to stick with iTunes for my playlists, both for the sake of my iPods and for the sake of sticking with a standard). I have SlimServer set up to use iTunes and have rescanned the library a number of times. Problem 1: I wanted to sync two SqueezeBoxes and one SoftSqueeze together and the other SqueezeBox and SoftSqueeze together. This worked fine, except for one little thing: Each SqueezeBox and SoftSqueeze would play only ONE (complete) song in an iTunes playlist. If you hit Play after a unit stopped, it would then play the next song on the playlist. Obviously, this was not a workable situation, and, after reading a bunch in the forums here, I solved the playing-only-one-song problem by un-syncing all the players. SO: has anybody come up with a cure for the synced-units-not-playing-through-playlists yet? The Sync feature is very important to me. Problem 2: After I had un-synced the SqueezeBoxes and SoftSqueezes, I found that the SoftSqueeze I was running on one of my downstairs computers STILL had the playing-only-one-song problem, and, in addition, the sound was now breaking up. More reading on the forums introduced me to the low buffer problem. And, after turning on the buffer percentage on the display, I saw that it jumped to 25% for less than a second as I began a song, and then went to 0% until it stopped playing at the end of the song and, of course, did not continue to play the next song on the playlist. I then installed SoftSqueeze on my other computer right next to the one having the problem, and it acted in the same way. I then installed SoftSqueeze on my wireless 811a (signal strength: Excellent) laptop, and it too acted in exactly the same way. I then moved one of my SqueezeBox 3s into this location, connected it to the Ethernet cable from the computer that was originally having the problem, and the SqueezeBox 3 had no problem, went immediately to 100% buffer reading, and had no break-ups in the sound. I put the Ethernet back on the computer, and the buffer and breakup and not playing the playlist were all back. Remember, I am also using SoftSqueeze with the same settings on a computer upstairs with no problems, and I pretty much eliminated the Ethernet connection downstairs as being the problem, when I tested the SqueezeBox 3 on that cable (and, besides, the network connections and speeds between the upstairs and downstairs machines, as well as to the internet, are all you could ask for). SO: why would three wired SqueezeBoxes and one wired SoftSqueeze have their buffers at 100% and play playlists with no problems and no drop-outs, while two wired computers in another location and a wireless computer all have 0% buffer, drop-outs, and playing only one song on the playlists before stopping (and not only did the SqueezeBox 3 work at 100% buffer at this location, this location is the one CLOSEST to the router). I will be one happy camper when I can get both this sync problem and buffer problem solved. Until then, not so much. I appreciate any help anyone can give me here. Thanks, Jim -- Jim Wald ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Wald's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4783 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22573 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
