realcodeguy;625059 Wrote:
Thank you. I will download inSSIDer, I will let you know what it finds.
There are some wireless cards that are negatively affected by inSSIDer.
My netbook went flakey when I installed it and returned to normal once
it was removed.
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tedfroop
Good judgement is
tedfroop;625168 Wrote:
There are some wireless cards that are negatively affected by inSSIDer.
My netbook went flakey when I installed it and returned to normal once
it was removed.
one can also try vistumbler or netstumbler.
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garym
garym, a player in the master closet isn't a bad idea :-)
Since I've got all my players steaming FLAC's while all synch'd I've
been ripping my CD collection that was previously all MP3's to FLAC. I
got as far as The Best of the Counting Crows when I hit a 57mb FLAC and
the players started to
I am probably missing something here and it would not be the first time.
What is the reason for converting MP3 to FLAC ? Once a file has been
converted to a lossy format, converting it to a lossless format would
not improve sound quality and just increase file size.
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dasmueller;625045 Wrote:
I am probably missing something here and it would not be the first time.
What is the reason for converting MP3 to FLAC ? Once a file has been
converted to a lossy format, converting it to a lossless format would
not improve sound quality and just increase file size.
realcodeguy;625039 Wrote:
I got as far as The Best of the Counting Crows when I hit a 57mb FLAC
and the players started to hiccup again.
The size of the file should really have nothing to do with Squeezebox's
ability to stream it. You stream a little until the buffer fills
sufficiently, then
garym;625047 Wrote:
Unless I'm mistaken, he's re-ripping CDs to FLAC (instead of his
previous rips of CD to mp3). NOT converting from mp3 to FLAC.
You are correct.
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JJZolx;625048 Wrote:
The size of the file should really have nothing to do with Squeezebox's
ability to stream it. You stream a little until the buffer fills
sufficiently, then as the buffer runs out, you stream a little more,
play, stream, buffer. The size of the file is so much bigger than
realcodeguy;623801 Wrote:
So you guys are mind readers too :-)
I do have a couple rooms without players and the only reason I don't
get additional players now is I have a feeling there are some newer
model(s) coming out soon with the Boom apparently being EOL.
I do have a Duet that
realcodeguy;623588 Wrote:
Anyway, I wanted to let everyone know the recommended solution worked
like a charm and I'm happy as can be. Thanks for the help!
Done? I think not. Now that your nine players are working as you like
it is time to expand to 14 players.
C'mon, you love a
toby10;623639 Wrote:
Done? I think not. Now that your nine players are working as you like
it is time to expand to 14 players.
C'mon, you love a challenge, I can tell. ;)
+1. Enjoy!
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toby10;623639 Wrote:
Done? I think not. Now that your nine players are working as you like
it is time to expand to 14 players.
C'mon, you love a challenge, I can tell. ;)
So you guys are mind readers too :-)
I do have a couple rooms without players and the only reason I don't
get
toby10;623639 Wrote:
Done? I think not. Now that your nine players are working as you like
it is time to expand to 14 players.
C'mon, you love a challenge, I can tell. ;)
I'm covering 2600 sq. ft. with 5 players.
Anyone who says you don't need at least 500 wpc lies.
P
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real
The cheap $20 TP-Link access point arrived today.
I configured so it had an IP address of the very last IP in my main
routers DNS pool.
I disabled DNS on the new AP and set the default gateway and DNS
servers to the IP of the main router. The main AP is using channel 1
so I set the new AP
realcodeguy;623588 Wrote:
The cheap $20 TP-Link access point arrived today.
I configured so it had an IP address of the very last IP in my main
routers DNS pool.
I disabled DNS on the new AP and set the default gateway and DNS
servers to the IP of the main router. The main AP is
Yeah, nine players might be pushing it for WiFi, especially if bandwidth
is being utilized by any other devices.
Is there a magic number of players that does work, then adding one
additional player to that Sync group pushes it over the edge?
That would likely point to bandwidth issue.
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JJZolx;622837 Wrote:
Using the same SSID should give you the ability to roam. You can connect
your laptop, for instance, and walk from one end of the house to the
other and it should switch seamlessly from one access point to the
other. Or, you could move a Squeezebox Radio to another area
Thanks for all the replies on this. I have another wireless AP on the
way and will let everyone know how it works out when it gets here next
week and I've had a chance to run a cable and configure it.
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toby10;622866 Wrote:
Yeah, nine players might be pushing it for WiFi, especially if bandwidth
is being utilized by any other devices.
Is there a magic number of players that does work, then adding one
additional player to that Sync group pushes it over the edge?
That would likely point to
realcodeguy;622833 Wrote:
Yes, what you say makes a LOT of sense.
I think for a short term solution I'll install LAME and limit the
bitrate when I want all the players on, then look into running CAT5 to
a second AP on a different channel. I can see that being a decent long
term
pski;622947 Wrote:
In my experience, the hardware players will stubbornly connect to the
original instance even when there is an identically named AP 8 feet
from the receiver. They obviously remember it based on MAC address and
they are not smart about signal strength. The only way to force
garym;622964 Wrote:
good info! I haven't fully tested my setup in this regard (same SSID,
same PW, different channels). The only things I have that are WIFI are
the RADIOs, the CONTROLLER and my iphones and laptops. All other SB
players and server are ethernet. With the Radio, to get it to
When I play my music, I like having all my players in the various rooms
turned on. So as I'm cooking, cleaning, wandering through the house I
can hear my music wherever I go. Since I've recently increased the
number of players, when a large FLAC file tries to play the network is
just not able
There are a couple options. The most surefire solution is running
ethernet cable (cat5e or cat6) to all the places you need it.
Another possibility is to use bitrate limiting, which will transcode
your FLACs to MP3s at a quality you can specify. Obviously you will
have some degradation in sound
aubuti, the second solution you offered sounds like it will work for me.
Is this something I configure SBS to do dynamically as it's streaming?
How do I setup this up?
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I believe this is handled for each Player individually. Go into
Settings and select the Player tab on top. Then select Audio from the
second dropdown on this screen (next the the player selection
dropdown). Scroll down until you see the Bitrate limiting dropdown.
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ChrisNY
ChrisNY;622737 Wrote:
I believe this is handled for each Player individually. Go into
Settings and select the Player tab on top. Then select Audio from the
second dropdown on this screen (next the the player selection
dropdown). Scroll down until you see the Bitrate limiting dropdown.
If
aubuti;622685 Wrote:
There are a couple options. The most surefire solution is running
ethernet cable (cat5e or cat6) to all the places you need it.
Another possibility is to use bitrate limiting, which will transcode
your FLACs to MP3s at a quality you can specify. Obviously you will
You can also try homeplugs (ethernet over the power cables).
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Have you tried making sure your WiFi is tweaked for reliability and
stability?
I can Sync 4 SB players (3 on WiFi) playing full WAV files without a
hiccup on a Linksys WRT54G.
Some very basic WiFi tweaks (you will need admin access to your router
to try these simple changes):
1. use a unique
You gave us your server information, but you left out the most important
part. What is your wifi layout like? What router, channel? What kind
of house is this? (brick? plaster walls? metal studs?) What is the
router location compared to the players?
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The router is a Belkin N+ at one end of the house with a Hawking
wireless extender at the other end of the house. Both are using
channel 1, maybe I should try switching one of them to another channel?
The 5 radios are connected to the Hawking (because they don't like the
Belkin) 3 Booms are
realcodeguy;622805 Wrote:
The router is a Belkin N+ at one end of the house with a Hawking
wireless extender at the other end of the house. Both are using
channel 1, maybe I should try switching one of them to another channel?
The 5 radios are connected to the Hawking (because they don't
pski;622807 Wrote:
No two routers in the same area should use the same channel.
P
I've always used same SSID name and Wifi oassword, but DIFFERENT
channels with my second wifi AP.
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garym;622826 Wrote:
I've always used same SSID name and Wifi oassword, but DIFFERENT
channels with my second wifi AP.
From my experience, SB players will always connect to their previous AP
if the SSID is the same, even if the signal is stronger on the same
named AP and the channel is
realcodeguy;622805 Wrote:
The router is a Belkin N+ at one end of the house with a Hawking
wireless extender at the other end of the house. Both are using
channel 1, maybe I should try switching one of them to another channel?
An 'extender' operates as a wireless repeater, doesn't it? I'm
JJZolx;622831 Wrote:
An 'extender' operates as a wireless repeater, doesn't it? I'm not sure
you could operate it on a different channel. I also wouldn't be
surprised if it was a source of some of your problems, as you'll get
only half the potential wireless bandwidth for devices connecting
realcodeguy;622833 Wrote:
I guess my question would be, if both AP's are using the same SSID on
different channels, will only one be visible since they are using the
same name? And, how do you know which AP you're connecting to? There
seems to be one vote for the same name and one for using
Is the server on wifi ? it should not be in this case with so many
players, you use twice the bandwith. wire the server with ethernet.
Btw how could a wifi extender be cheaper than wiring ? all that takes
is cable rj45 conectors some cheap tools and nails ?
If they must be -inside- the wall i
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