I'm back, I follow your hints and install SlimServer 6.5 on a 4 years old Laptop (PIII,1GHz, 512MB, XPproSP2) it went nice ok it tooks me slightly more than 10min, but after one hour I was able to play music (MP3 192kB files) from the server Laptop on a 2nd Laptop using SoftSqueeze. I was proud of that, it works also while 2nd Laptop was connected by WiFi.
This motivate me for more, so I install and configure EAC + AccurateRip + FLAC.exe following the installation guide in the Wiki. I also manage this to work even it tooks me about 5 hours effort until I got my first ever .FLAC file. I was also able to stream those new files using SoftSqueeze, but obviously could not differentiate them from MP3 due to the bad Laptop embeded speakers sound quality. I had the oportunity to borrow a SqueezBox3 for this w-e and bring it to work user interface is straight forward. This evening I was listening FLAC on my HiFi system since about 3 hours, audio quality was really good (SB3 -> optical out > HT (preamp) ->Power amp). Now I could feel the power and superiority of FLAC against MP3 (same file back to back). I was very excited of all the tests and comparisons I plan to do this w-e until the music suddenly stop. The raison is the die of the server Laptop HDD, luckly I have a copy of all the music I've ripped, but this is the end of my SB3 test Now you maybe better understand why having a stand alone mode would have allow me to listen SB3 streamed music (direct out from my backup HDD) while I reinstall a new HDD + all the apps in my Laptop instead of that, my CD player will do the job. This first experience convince me on two things: - FLAC quality is really good and can/will replace all my CD - Slim products need a stand alone mode to become a real CD player alternative -- your momo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ your momo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8095 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30080 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
