Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

Seems that you (collectively) had it pretty much right all along. Turns out to have been a network switch. I replaced it and it now runs like a champ! Thanks to all. -- rfrost rfrost's Profile:

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

rfrost;548423 Wrote: Sorry, Phil, I should have specified. Whoah - rebuffering on a WIRED connection? - packet collision?... or something else on the network eating the bandwidth? What version of SBS are you running? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

Phil Leigh;548665 Wrote: Whoah - rebuffering on a WIRED connection? - packet collision?... or something else on the network eating the bandwidth? What version of SBS are you running? Or bad cabling job. In my former office, well, okay, so that was 12 years ago... the phone guy did the

[slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

I'm almost embarrassed to ask this question, as I've been an SB user for 3 years now, but here goes... I'm finding that on my SB3, when playing .flac and .m4a (Apple lossless?) files, I get stalling on the SB3, as it'll stall, and say, Rebuffering… XX% Where actually is the stall happening, on

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

rfrost;548387 Wrote: I'm almost embarrassed to ask this question, as I've been an SB user for 3 years now, but here goes... I'm finding that on my SB3, when playing .flac and .m4a (Apple lossless?) files, I get stalling on the SB3, as it'll stall, and say, Rebuffering… XX% Where actually

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

rfrost;548387 Wrote: I'm almost embarrassed to ask this question, as I've been an SB user for 3 years now, but here goes... I'm finding that on my SB3, when playing .flac and .m4a (Apple lossless?) files, I get stalling on the SB3, as it'll stall, and say, Rebuffering… XX% Where actually

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

Transcoding happens on the server. FLAC, though, isn't transcoded unless you've changed some advanced settings - it's streamed as-is to both the SB3 and Touch. Sounds like your problems are most likely to be with your network. Are the players connected wirelessly? -- JJZolx Jim

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

Sorry, Phil, I should have specified. -- rfrost rfrost's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78905

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

So the emerging consensus is that it's a network issue; I'll check that thoroughly, as I've had problems on that leg of the network in the past. It just seems odd that I'd get a slowing rather than an all/none result, as is usual in the digital world. Yet more digging in dusty areas to check the

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

rfrost;548429 Wrote: So the emerging consensus is that it's a network issue; I'll check that thoroughly, as I've had problems on that leg of the network in the past. It just seems odd that I'd get a slowing rather than an all/none result, as is usual in the digital world. Yet more digging in

Re: [slim] Where does the transcoding happen?

JJZolx wrote: That's why streaming MP3 instead of FLAC will often gain you continuous playback - the same buffer that holds 30 seconds of FLAC audio might hold 2 minutes of MP3 audio. This is 100% true. Back when the SB1 was current and it used 802.11b, you could often find that you could not