Dermaplex;344128 Wrote:
Hi there,
Please could you tell me if the Squeezebox can handle big libraries
(like 150G+ )?
Thanks!
Dplx
The limitation is the system where you run the SqueezeCenter server
software. If this is a reasonably modern (P4 and newer should have no
problem) system
Hi there,
Please could you tell me if the Squeezebox can handle big libraries
(like 150G+ )?
Thanks!
Dplx
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snarlydwarf;344132 Wrote:
The ability of the Squeezebox to handle large libraries depends on your
PC.
150G is probably around 20,000 tracks or so? SC shouldn't flinch at
that on any even semi-modern machine.
That is a bit less than what I have, and it's far less than what many
here
snarlydwarf;344132 Wrote:
The ability of the Squeezebox to handle large libraries depends on your
PC.
150G is probably around 20,000 tracks or so? SC shouldn't flinch at
that on any even semi-modern machine.
Hi Snarlydwarf,
Could you elaborate a little bit on the specs of semi-modern
volpone;344157 Wrote:
Hi Snarlydwarf,
Could you elaborate a little bit on the specs of semi-modern machine
(I'm Linux oriented).
Then your specs needed are going to be much lower than a Windows
machine. (Especially if you run headless... killing X off saves a ton
of RAM.)
My machine is a
snarlydwarf;344187 Wrote:
Conversion is very dependent on what you do... I convert to a 64k mp3
stream to listen to music at work, but don't do any other on the fly
conversion.
You say you have SC already... so don't you know how it performs with
your collection? Or are you talking
volpone wrote:
So, i'm thinking on the best hardware (small, silent, powerfull,
secure, and reliable) to use.
As Tim says on Tool Time, more power, must have more power.
Modern desktop PCs are near silent and far more powerful than needed for
any combination of SqueezeCenter. My library is
