Slimserver 6.5.1 is installed on Ubuntu edgy LAMP server and the OSX is a brand new minimal install using only the first CD out of four in the full panther box with only US localization. The library is served up via NFS mount from a FreeNAS which also has Michael Herger's SlimNAS installed on it. I haven't tried to connect to that SlimNAS yet, though.
I had squeezeslave 0.6 running great for a little while on a little white g3 ibook 600 dual usb after some bad starts but now it won't play anymore. It was great while it lasted using very little cpu @ about 5-10% through several songs. I left and came back and it had lost the connection...then no more. It was an immense improvement over Softsqueeze as far as cpu usage. Softsqueeze quickly gobbles up any spare cpu cycles around the end of the first song and stays there until it finally freezes the whole machine. I'm wondering if trying to run Squeezeslave from my Ubuntu workstation at the same time fully screwed the whole thing up. I only did that after the Sslave wouldn't run on the iBook anymore. Eureka! I finally figured out how to get Softsqueeze to run headless. I found this to be the only way to run the latest versions on XP AND even Ubuntu since the full UI just doesn't work for me. For anyone else trying this the command that worked for me is: java -Dserver=<server ip> -Dskins=headless -jar /Applications/Softsqueeze.app/Contents/Resources/app/SoftSqueeze.jar But, alas, the cpu jumped back up to pegged at the end of the first song again. It did seem to last longer this time headless using less memory at least, though. And I could actually do some other things on the iBook while SS was running. Screenshoot attached. Java 1.4.2_12 is surely not ideal and isn't really even supported from what I see. But Softsqueeze 3.4 does work well while it works. I have a crazy mix of just about every type of encoded file there is but mostly mp3, flac, ogg, wav and even a few ape and mpc's. I can't play mpc yet since I haven't put the codec in the server. I'm not quite sure what to do with the patch. It would be a great way to waste some more time trying to fix this for Panther so I don't really expect much to come of this. Although it might give some clues and help others who may be in the same boat. I'll probably abandon OSX and try Xubuntu PPC(again), Fluxbuntu (when it comes out) or Yellow Dog. Panther is excruciatingly slow on this thing so I'm surely not going to waste any more time or money with Tiger or Leopard. I'm saving up for an iPhone (not). Leopard will be almost obsolete by the time I post this anyway. At least Apple is helping keep the landfill operators busy. I'm trying to recycle some of these iBooks to use in unfriendly environs and as demos for the Slimservers I'm giving out to friends hoping they'll see how great it is and spring for a Squeezebox or even Transporter. I'm loving the whacked out mixes from Slims random mix. curly +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: shdls.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2851| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- curly ------------------------------------------------------------------------ curly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5100 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35403 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
