jotap_66;204849 Wrote: 
> I have a SB3, in my home, using a Slimserver in my work...My problem is,
> that It does work bad (in the  day) but in the night (12am to 7am) works
> OK...I have a decent internet connection (4Mbit/300K)

Obviously, right off the bat, you won't be able to play files higher
than 300K, so no FLAC or high-bitrate MP3s.  Of course, you'll never
get what your ISP rates, count on 200K.  There's some overhead for the
SB3 graphics and commands, 50K-80K - so you should be playing 128K or
less.  It's amazing that MP3 at 192K works, you must be right at the
limit. 

> MP3 (192K) Works OK always...
> OGG (160K) I have several drops of sound
> FLAC (600-900K) Similar to OGG...

Interesting that ogg at a lower bitrate than MP3 doesn't work, but the
fact remains: you must transcode everything to MP3 with a connection
like that.

> I think that the problem is outside of my ISP.

What makes you think that?  It really looks like ISP congestion and/or
daytime throttling is at play here.

> Also if I use SoftSqueeze, I have similar problems...but these problems
> dissapear if using SoftSqueeze with a VPN connected to my work VPN

This could be because the VPN has its own buffer or VPN traffic is not
subject to your ISP's throttling/bandwidth shaping.

> 3) I am not sure, but I am thinking in a third solution...If I could
> increase the buffer of my SB3...but I don't know how to do this...

It's not possible.  The buffer is fixed.  Besides, even with a larger
buffer, it appears your ISP simply can't keep up.

Install LAME on the server.  Go to Player Settings - Audio - Bitrate
Limiting and set 192K to start because you indicate that works OK.  Now
go to Server Settings - File Types and uncheck Ogg Vorbis - Ogg Vorbis
(built-in) and FLAC - FLAC (built-in).  Check Ogg Vorbis - MP3
(sox/lame) and FLAC - MP3 (flac/lame).

BTW is there a reason you have your server at work?  It's really
complicating things and limiting your usability and sound quality.


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