JJD;324795 Wrote: > I have been trying to set up my squeezebox Duet for several days. > I keep losing the connection to my SB (Controller gives all the > messages you can read in this Thread. Sometimes I get a connection but > that lasts for a few minutes. If I try to play songs during that time I > get the blinking > for a longer period of time and then the connection > to my computer is lost (then I can play songs on the SB by using > Squeezecenter in my Browser). > If it doesn't lose connection inmediately it takes ages to select > songs. Getting a list with artists takes like 2 minutes (3800 songs on > a network disk). > Even SqueezeCenter in the browser is slow. I play songs via OTSJUke via > the same Network and everything works instantly (also with Windows Media > Player). The SC Cache directory is like 60+ Mbyte for just 3800 songs... > I rebuild it completely a few times to ensure nothing was wrong. If I > select another song it takes sometimes 30 seconds before it starts > playing. > THis improved a bit by giving the process Real Time Priority! MEmory is > enough (1.5 GB on a 3 GHz XP machine) > Does anybody see a solution for these issues or do have to send the > .... thing back to Logitech (after browsing through the 25 pages around > this issue I am a bit worried if the developpers can solve these > issues). > > My setup: > Hybrid > TCP address SB 172.16.134.2 > TCP controller 172.16.134.1 > Subnetmask 255.255.255.0 > Firmware SB 36 > Software controller7.1r2722 > Software SqueezeCenter-versie: 7.1 - 22170 @ Mon Jul 28 13:36:57 PDT > 2008 - Windows XP - NL - cp1252 > I got the DUet with the 7.01 software but after the first issues I > updated to 7.1 > > Switching of AVAST Virus scanner and my Firewall doesn't help > anything. > All my other equipment (6PC's, 3 Network drives, 2 Network Printers, 5 > Network Cameras work great on the network..... I switched of the > cameras during working with the Duet to ensure maximun Network > Bandwith. > Everything including the SB is wired. The Controller is connected via > the Squeezebox. I have tried it via my wireless router however this > didn't give any improvements either.
Same experience for me when I brought a trial Duet unit home for testing. All of the dropped connections, input response delays, and inconsistent reliability made its use too frustrating and therefore back it went. Defintiely not ready for prime time for me - still way too buggy. -- RoonieQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RoonieQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45031 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
