JeepersCreepers;596115 Wrote: > really wanted to know to what extent streaming from a laptop HDD running > via Wi-FI will affect the general operation of other programs on the > laptop? I use the laptop for a number of other things most of the time, > and wondered if I needed the laptop to be dedicated to the SB Touch > whilst music was streaming? Or do I just have music in a dedicated > folder, and it plays regardless? > > Hope that makes sense! Many thanks. JC.
It depends on a number of things: 1) Does the laptop have a dual-core processor? If not, there might be problems. 2) Is your music MP3, CD-quality FLAC, or Hi-resolution FLAC? The bigger the music files, the more likelyhood of problems. If you're using MP3, things will more likely be fine, regardless of the speed of the hardware. If you're using CD-quality flac on a single-core processor, there's a possiblility of music interruptions when running CPU intensive applications. If you're using hi-res, you'll need at least a dual core. I use an old Dell desktop, 2.4GHz Pentium single-core with Windows XP, to feed 96/24kHz FLAC files to my Touch. I pretty much can't do anything else on the machine without interrupting the music. I also have a dual-core 2.1GHz Pentium desktop running Windows 7 that can serve CD-quality FLAC files. When running CPU intensive applications (like ripping to MP3 files on iTunes) I would get occasional interruptions in the music. On the other hand, if you have an old PC (or can get one for $5 at a garage sale like I did recently), and load VortexBox (a Linux-based Squeezebox server) on it, you'll be set for anything you want to play. Regards, Kim -- krochat ------ iZotope SRC (96kHz offline upsampler) -> Touch -> TacT RCS 2.2X -> Convolver PC (w/Acourate filter)-> Apogee Big Ben -> (TacT S2150 -> Vandersteen 3a Signature + TacT S2150 -> TacT W210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ krochat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84056 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
