I found a helpful message (see below) in the archives
regarding how to set up slimserver to deliver lower bandwidth
stream to remote WAN clients.
My first question is: what is the name of the file and where is
the file that needs to be edited? I am running OSX 10.3,
slimserver 5.0.1. Slim files on the computer seem
concentrated in a folder found here: bradmoody/Library/
PreferencePanes/slimserver.prefPane/Contents/server/. I
can't find anything called convert.conf anywhere in these files.
Second question: I installed LAME for I-Tunes by following the
install instructions. Do I need to relocate any files in order for
the slimserver to find LAME?
Third question: Are these instructions still good or have there
been new versions of the slimserver software that require new
instructions?
Thanks,
Brad
James Lynch III wrote:
> Could someone summarize the configuration changes to
Slimserver and
> LAME required to deliver a lower-bandwidth stream to
WAN-based remote
> clients while maintaining highest quality on the LAN?
Thanks. I'm
> running SS 5.1 on OSX 10.3.1.
Yep, I'll give it a try...
Edit convert.comf (in your slimserver top level directory -
probably
/usr/local/slimserver)
Find a line which says 'mp3 mp3 http *' (around line 64)
Comment out with a leading # the next line which has a
single '-'
Un-comment the next line which says '$lame$ --silent ...'
After the '-b 96' in that line, add a -B 128
(128 or whatever maximum bitrate you want)
Save the file, stop and restart the slimserver. As long as the
lame
executable is on the path, you're in business.
regarding how to set up slimserver to deliver lower bandwidth
stream to remote WAN clients.
My first question is: what is the name of the file and where is
the file that needs to be edited? I am running OSX 10.3,
slimserver 5.0.1. Slim files on the computer seem
concentrated in a folder found here: bradmoody/Library/
PreferencePanes/slimserver.prefPane/Contents/server/. I
can't find anything called convert.conf anywhere in these files.
Second question: I installed LAME for I-Tunes by following the
install instructions. Do I need to relocate any files in order for
the slimserver to find LAME?
Third question: Are these instructions still good or have there
been new versions of the slimserver software that require new
instructions?
Thanks,
Brad
James Lynch III wrote:
> Could someone summarize the configuration changes to
Slimserver and
> LAME required to deliver a lower-bandwidth stream to
WAN-based remote
> clients while maintaining highest quality on the LAN?
Thanks. I'm
> running SS 5.1 on OSX 10.3.1.
Yep, I'll give it a try...
Edit convert.comf (in your slimserver top level directory -
probably
/usr/local/slimserver)
Find a line which says 'mp3 mp3 http *' (around line 64)
Comment out with a leading # the next line which has a
single '-'
Un-comment the next line which says '$lame$ --silent ...'
After the '-b 96' in that line, add a -B 128
(128 or whatever maximum bitrate you want)
Save the file, stop and restart the slimserver. As long as the
lame
executable is on the path, you're in business.