[SlimDevices: SqueezeNetwork] mp3tunes

[Andy Grundman]

On Aug 7, 2007, at 9:47 AM, James_B wrote:

>
> I have frequent errors listening to Mp3tunes. I get a message saying
> "rebuffering" and the sound drops out - sometimes for a split second,
> sometimes ten or more seconds, and sometimes it totally freezes. I  
> have
> also had to switch off my squeezebox on occasion (its an SD gen 3).
>
> Any ideas what is causing this? Could it possibly be because of my
> location (I dont know where MP3tunes servers are based but I am
> guessing US). Alot of my files are 320k and I stream with "Smart
> Stream" - i have some lower and I think the larger they are the more
> frequent the drops outs are.
>
> Any ideas greatly appreciated. Love the concept of mp3tunes but the
> drop outs are making it a pain.

Where are you located?  It's most likely a network issue.  The 'smart  
stream' preference is only for MP3tunes' flash player on their  
website; for mp3 files on the SB you always get the original file at  
whatever bitrate you uploaded.