In Reply to: you rant about using non audio products yet you have a linux server at the heart of your system. posted by bwb on February 17, 2012 at 07:30:54:
No web surfing abilities, not even a GUI...its a single purpose machine.Why dont you try reading.....
Mini iTX - Music Server features
1) Fanless 25watt PiCo power supply.
2) Solid State hard drive.
3) cMP2 bios optimizations to reduce cpu and ram power [EMI] as well as decrease ram latency.
4) Low resource distro of Linux with the Real-Time Kernel installed.
5) Full RT-Kernel optimizations done following "IBM's" and "Real-Time Kernel Wiki's" instructions to reduce "operating system" latency and jitter.
6) Full ALSA optimizations following the AlsaProject Low Latency Wiki instructions to reduce "audio thread" latencies and jitter.
7) Music Player Daemon running real-time with CPU affinity set to allow Music Player Daemon to use a single cpu core all to itself.
8) Alsa with USB 2.0 support to allow full 24bit playback.
9) Kill all processes that are not needed for either OS or Audio.10) One minute after boot-up X-server [desktop graphical user interface] is turned off to further reduce cpu load.
11) Headless - No peripherals [mice, keyboard, monitor] plugged in, only 2 usb ports active in bios.
12) Squeezeserver installed for Squeezebox Touch.
Edits: 02/17/12
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Follow Ups
- My Linux Server has no Computer "like" properties - Dynobot 07:35:46 02/17/12 (41)
- There is - fmak 05:30:06 02/18/12 (0)
- RE: My Linux Server has no Computer "like" properties - phofman 12:41:50 02/17/12 (17)
- come to think of it, who cares about latency anyway? - bwb 15:45:33 02/17/12 (16)
- who cares about latency anyway? - fmak 23:13:26 02/17/12 (15)
- apples and oranges, let's define latency - bwb 08:21:35 02/18/12 (8)
- OMG...LOL. - Dynobot 08:25:25 02/18/12 (7)
- thank you, that really added a lot to the discussion. - bwb 08:27:22 02/18/12 (6)
- I wash thinking the same thing about your post when I busted out laughing. - Dynobot 08:40:18 02/18/12 (5)
- you seem to have a problem with deductive reasoning and staying on topic - bwb 08:54:33 02/18/12 (4)
- RE: you seem to have a problem with deductive reasoning and staying on topic - Tony Lauck 11:11:14 02/18/12 (3)
- OK, I can agree with that, but that's not what I said - bwb 11:34:37 02/18/12 (2)
- RE: OK, I can agree with that, but that's not what I said - Tony Lauck 12:12:20 02/18/12 (1)
- Amen brother Tony! /nt - bwb 13:07:24 02/18/12 (0)
- RE: who cares about latency anyway? Only people who have experience with it. - Dynobot 05:41:54 02/18/12 (1)
- RE: who cares about latency anyway? Only people who have experience with it. - Bob_C 18:13:13 02/18/12 (0)
- RE: who cares about latency anyway? - phofman 00:28:19 02/18/12 (3)
- Your listening test? - carcass93 08:13:44 02/21/12 (2)
- RE: Your listening test? - phofman 12:31:58 02/21/12 (1)
- RE: Your listening test? - phofman 12:41:27 02/21/12 (0)
- come on now, you don't see the irony in your position? Your computer is not like a computer? - bwb 08:07:11 02/17/12 (21)
- RE: come on now, you don't see the irony in your position? Your computer is not like a computer? - Mercman 09:57:07 02/17/12 (20)
- RE: come on now, you don't see the irony in your position? Your computer is not like a computer? - Bob_C 16:04:36 02/17/12 (19)
- RE: come on now, you don't see the irony in your position? Your computer is not like a computer? - Dynobot 17:47:52 02/17/12 (18)
- RE: come on now, you don't see the irony in your position? Your computer is not like a computer? - Mercman 07:52:42 02/18/12 (10)
- RE: come on now, you don't see the irony in your position? Your computer is not like a computer? - Bob_C 19:33:59 02/19/12 (0)
- The Million Dollar Question - Dynobot 08:20:07 02/18/12 (6)
- RE: The Million Dollar Question - fmak 22:13:03 02/18/12 (0)
- RE: The Million Dollar Question - Mercman 08:54:16 02/18/12 (1)
- I Have To Respect Your Answer...Thank You Sir..nt - Dynobot 09:01:40 02/18/12 (0)
- there's your problem. you equate spending more money with better sound. - bwb 08:26:05 02/18/12 (2)
- Me or Merman....He is the one spending the cash - Dynobot 08:44:43 02/18/12 (1)
- RE: Me or Merman....He is the one spending the cash - Bob_C 19:52:16 02/19/12 (0)
- RE: come on now, you don't see the irony in your position? Your computer is not like a computer? - Dynobot 07:59:42 02/18/12 (1)
- RE: come on now, you don't see the irony in your position? Your computer is not like a computer? - Bob_C 20:10:39 02/19/12 (0)
- RE: come on now, you don't see the irony in your position? Your computer is not like a computer? - fmak 23:14:31 02/17/12 (0)
- RE: come on now, you don't see the irony in your position? Your computer is not like a computer? - Bob_C 18:16:30 02/17/12 (5)
- RE: come on now, you don't see the irony in your position? Your computer is not like a computer? - fmak 22:15:06 02/18/12 (0)
- agreed, after further thought his position becomes even more ridiculous - bwb 20:49:21 02/17/12 (3)
- RE: agreed, after further thought his position becomes even more ridiculous - Old Listener 22:21:02 02/17/12 (2)
- RE: agreed, after further thought his position becomes even more ridiculous - Bob_C 20:14:30 02/19/12 (1)
- one was plenty! - Old Listener 21:32:58 02/19/12 (0)