[SlimDevices: Beta] Re: going downhill quick

[Mark Lanctot]

Dougal;155778 Wrote: 
> Mmm...The Slimserver stream buffering setting is a strange thing as you
> can shut down Slimserver and the stream can keep on playing on native
> formats! Maybe somebody can explain how it operates.

As of 6.5, when playing Internet content, the Squeezebox directly
connects to the Internet stream.  SS merely provides the screen and
responds to the IR commands.  As you state, you can shut if off - the
screen will go blank but the stream will keep playing.

Not sure where the buffer value comes into all this.

Regarding buffer size in comparison to the SB, foobar's default buffer
size is 256 KB.  The SB3 buffer is 25 Mb (mega BIT) = 3.125 MB, many
times larger than foobar's default setting.  How far it reads ahead
into the stream I don't know.  If it filled it up before playback you'd
be waiting several minutes until it started playing!


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