Re: SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player

[Robin Edwards <robin@xxxxxxx>]

Pretty big collections.  Mine is not that big, somewhere between 2 and
three thousand tracks.  No problem.  There have been various
discussions about turning off a scan feature to improve performance, but it
means you cant do searhes on ID3 tags.
The latest level of the server component allows multiple SliMP3s to be
synced together so as you walk from roo to room you hear the same track
without duplication or missing sections.  If I remember right then
playlists are limited to around 1000 tracks before they get too big, this
may no longer be a problem either as they tend to be very responsive with
problems.  The info on the player is at www.slimdevices.com. 
They are real helpful, before and after sales. The guy I dealt with is Sean
Adams.  For your info, I'm running the server on a K6-2 500 and when
both players are running the SliMP3 server uses about 12-14% cpu.  I
hear no apparent chopping in the music, and I've tried three PCs playing
MP3s, the two SliMPs and two of the PCs were surfing the web as well, all
via the server which only has a 10Mb NIC, and provides my shared access to
the web as well as serving my MP3s.

If you've got any questions feel free to ask.  I've got no links with
the company other than (As you might guess) I've very pleased with the
players.

regards, robin


On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 22:58:33 +0100
"Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Robin,
> 
> What kind of storage can this player handle?
> 
> Just thinking that the DDAR can't handle large amounts or large
> playlists and this *may* be a better bet than the Audiotron since
it
> appears to have limits on sizes as well.
> 
> I may be prepared to organise a buy on this if there is enough
intrest.
> 
> K.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robin Edwards [mailto:robin@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 05 June 2002 22:47
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player
> > 
> > Chris,
> >       I've got one too, well actually
after talking to SWMBO nicely I
> got
> > two too!  Wouldn't be without it.  Just one more chance
of sitting in
> > chair ... once CD is ripped and filed away never need to change
one
> again,
> > unless the server pops its clogs and I have to re-do
everything.
> > 
> >       robin
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 13:47:29 +0100
> > "Chris Bond" <chris@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > Well worth a look -
> > > http://www.tomshardware.com/newsletter/vol2/21/slimp3.html
> > >
> > > So who's gonna be the first to get one?
> > >
> > > Kind Regards,
> > > Chris Bond
> > >
> > >
> > >
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