i would guess you've read my posts and threads on this subject. here are my conclusions:
IF someone can stream a station via winamp with no problems, then their connection is GOOD ENOUGH TO DO SO! (sounds obvious, but sometimes around here it needs stressed). if winamp, (or whatever), has proven that the connection is indeed good enough, then imo, SD must also make their products, (whether it be software or hardware) able to play the streams equally as well. imo, the SB is simply NOT AS ROBUST as winamp for tuning in streaming stations. i btw have a cable modem connection, which is what most of consumer america uses for broadband. (it was adelphia, now its comcast). here's what i think happened, and this is based on my understanding of the facts, which could easily be wrong: SS 6.3.1 and earlier used to feed the stream to SS first, THEN to the SB. as of 6.5 and later, it now feeds the stream DIRECTLY to the SB. this is the better way to do it from a "usability" standpoint, IF it is in fact true that the hardware is as robust a methodology for tuning in, (as it is in winamp), or as it was in SS/SB in ver 6.3.1 or earlier. it is my belief however, that the hardware is in fact NOT AS ROBUST and therefore, IF your ISP is in ANY WAY flaky, the SB hardware will reveal the problems of your ISP, while winamp will not, (b/c winamp is more robust). an interesting test you could do, (which i haven't yet, b/c as of recently, my streaming is working again. as i said in other threads, its a here again, gone again issue), would be to totally uninstall whatever SS you have, delete all dirs, etc... and install 6.3.1 and see if it "fixes" your problem. if it does, (and if i'm correct that that ver is the last one that sent tuned in station to SS first b4 sending it on to the SB), then i think thats proof positive that the hardware is not robust enough. one caveat to all this... AndyG at one point had me tune in some "soma" stations and in the time i listened to them, though of equal kbps, my hardware did not stutter and stall, and stop. it could be i didn't listen long enough, or that they used something other than shoutcast to broadcast... but it was interesting that on those servers, my ISP and my SB seemed up to the task, while on my LION Radio servers, they were not. please let me know what you discover and what you think of my conclusions so far. i'd like to really get proof that the problem is the SS/SB solution, not my ISP (flaky or not), my wireless, my neighbors, lee harvey oswald, or aliens. thx, -mdw -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.1 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31359 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
