I'm feeling a little tired so apologies, if this post is a little rushed, etc.
I've been ripping CD collection to .flac (via EAC and tagged with Mp3tag) and now have some 26GB+ so far, though some are .mp3, which were downloads and have to stay as .mp3 accordingly.
I've been trying "SqueezeCenter 7.2" with "SoftSqueeze 3.7" - the virtual SB player.
Neither are running properly. Although I've not tried a lot with them, I have scanned my music folder ok and did see glimpses of things working a few days ago.
What happens is, SqueezeCenter usually loads (not always) in Internet Explorer 7 but once 'in', I can't view any albums or any other options for viewing/playing my music anymore.
SoftSqueeze has dropped connection and doesn't play anything. A few days ago, SoftSqueeze worked in as far as it played a chosen track but then wouldn't allow searching fluidly after or during playback. It just lagged seriously and then froze. I had to resort to closing via Windows.
This is frustrating as I was eager to get a SB3 (SB Classic) but this performance is putting me off.
The test PC isn't cutting edge but should be plenty:- Win XP Home SP3, P4 @3Ghz + 512MB RAM and plenty of HDD unused.
Could anti-nasty software I have be blocking something? There are no obvious errors but SoftSqueeze 'log' does say something like 'lost connection'.
I'll give it a go over weekend as I remain hopefull and have not yet tinkered a great deal.
I would like to experience this software as it's meant to be (i.e. fluid and easy to use)
Ramble over. Any advice would be great, maybe some things I can check over that I've ommmited in my hasty testing?
PS: Cleaning CDs, ripping, tagging, adding album covers and organising into folders is quite time consuming. I reckon on about 30mins per album, all in and being quite methodical.
I've been ripping CD collection to .flac (via EAC and tagged with Mp3tag) and now have some 26GB+ so far, though some are .mp3, which were downloads and have to stay as .mp3 accordingly.
I've been trying "SqueezeCenter 7.2" with "SoftSqueeze 3.7" - the virtual SB player.
Neither are running properly. Although I've not tried a lot with them, I have scanned my music folder ok and did see glimpses of things working a few days ago.
What happens is, SqueezeCenter usually loads (not always) in Internet Explorer 7 but once 'in', I can't view any albums or any other options for viewing/playing my music anymore.
SoftSqueeze has dropped connection and doesn't play anything. A few days ago, SoftSqueeze worked in as far as it played a chosen track but then wouldn't allow searching fluidly after or during playback. It just lagged seriously and then froze. I had to resort to closing via Windows.
This is frustrating as I was eager to get a SB3 (SB Classic) but this performance is putting me off.
The test PC isn't cutting edge but should be plenty:- Win XP Home SP3, P4 @3Ghz + 512MB RAM and plenty of HDD unused.
Could anti-nasty software I have be blocking something? There are no obvious errors but SoftSqueeze 'log' does say something like 'lost connection'.
I'll give it a go over weekend as I remain hopefull and have not yet tinkered a great deal.
I would like to experience this software as it's meant to be (i.e. fluid and easy to use)
Ramble over. Any advice would be great, maybe some things I can check over that I've ommmited in my hasty testing?
PS: Cleaning CDs, ripping, tagging, adding album covers and organising into folders is quite time consuming. I reckon on about 30mins per album, all in and being quite methodical.