[SlimDevices: Beta] Re: going downhill quick

[Andy Grundman]

On Nov 17, 2006, at 2:59 AM, MrSinatra wrote:

> this design has many advantages i applaud, BUT it has the distinct
> disadvantage of not working IF the isp network isn't perfect.  ie. it
> isn't as robust or reliable a methodology as say streaming to winamp.
> why?  b/c the SB can't buffer as much.

I'm not sure the old way where SS proxied the stream would handle the  
situation any better.  Sooner or later on a bad network, things will  
start to fail.  Glad your ISP seems to have improved. :)

> i still have only seen percents, i have never seen seconds...  how  
> do i
> get it to show seconds??

It will only show seconds on streams where the bitrate is known.   
Bitrate detection works fine for me on your LION station and should  
on most any mp3 or wma station, but if for some reason it can't  
figure out the bitrate, it will use the old percentage display.  You  
can tell if it knows the bitrate of the stream by looking in the Now  
Playing menu.