P Nelson wrote:
> I should clarify that when the skipping problem occurred (as described
> above), I was only listening to music from the Touch (USB) and it was
> not steaming to the radios. (The radios were connected to
> mysqueezebox.com.) Does this imply the Touch does not have the
> processing power to convert local FLAC files without problems?
>
> Tonight I had various problems again both with the squeezeboxes and
> internet service. The wireless network was very slow. Even connecting
> the router was slow and connecting to webpages was slow. While playing
> music from the Touch (USB), suddenly the message connecting to Touch
> (USB) appeared; but is was already connected to the Touch(USB). I could
> not change to other albums. It took several attempts of shutting down
> TinyLMS and restarting it again to restore functionality. I should
> note, this time the 2 radios were connected to Touch (USB) but they were
> off; i.e. I was not streaming music to them. Disconnecting the radios
> from Touch (USB) seemed to restore the speed of my wireless network.
> The system work fine for the last 4 days, then suddenly problems again.
>
> I am a cautious about getting a NAS as I hear they can also be
> problematic. I see the vortexbox costs $400-500. I am not sure it is
> worth spending that much money on a product line that has been
> discontinued and future support is unknown. I might wait for these
> Olive One devices.
I feel your pain... I remember the earlier days of MSB and SB Radio
instability ("disco heart-attack" became a very regular alarm sound).
Even now I still find some things don't play and it's not obvious to me
why (not being an audio formats expert). My house has thick stone walls
so I haven't tried using wireless very much as I know it's a battle I
would use.
I agree that a NAS a more expensive approach (although probably not if
you compare to Sonos) but I think it does solve some of stability
problems. I, like probably most others, use my NAS for other things too
- backups, photo storage, media (I can stream music/photos to my TV via
DLNA though it's a bit clunky) etc, so don't need to justify its cost
just for Squeezebox. I did start with cheap ($150) single disk Buffalo
LinkStations which, with software called SSODS, will run LMS - however
it's not an officially supported configuration so expect to spend time
on the forums. Most recently, because I'm using my NAS for more things
these days, I upgraded to a Synology with 2*3TB disks (mirrored) -
Synology seems to be the Mercedes of home NAS. NETGEAR have some NAS
models too which have a LMS package pre-built by Logitech and are
probably somewhere between the LinkStation and the Synology in price
(generalisation - depends on model). Alternatively a good compromise
might be to buy a second-hand NAS for, say, $100 that with a bit of
effort would run LMS.
Coming back to your SB Touch - it probably depends on how much time you
want to spend on it. It sounds like it should work but looking at other
posts there are several factors that seem to stretch it such as types of
tags (not an area I really understand yet), artwork, library size,
connected devices and so on. Yesterday I read this post:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?82070-Touch-with-USB-drive-mastering-TinySB
which you've probably seen where Jean2 seems to have had good success
with it (though I noticed they don't have multiple players). I suspect
it will be a process of trial and error - e.g. I'd suggest trying a
different USB disk or maybe a newish SD card instead (in case it's
related to power supply issues). I don't know if it could be ISP related
too - I think my SBR became more reliable after I'd switched to a
different provider (though it could also have been improvements by
Logitech to MSB.com).
As to the future of Squeezebox - who knows. There is a strong community,
and SB are selling on Fleabay for very high prices at the moment, but
maybe in a year or two when some shiny new products are out Squeezebox
support will fade away. Personally I'm hoping for a few more years out
of my setup yet (I might even look at building a player from a Raspberry
Pi and DAC).
Good luck.
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