Here's what you need to know about Squeezeslave and VortexBox Player, the two software players available on VortexBox. You need to choose one or the other, not both.
VortexBox Player:
* supports high-resolution playback (up to 24 bit /192 kHz).
* does not sync with Logitech hardware players
* does not support perfect gapless playback of FLAC albums (slight gap in sound between tracks)
* uses mpd (Music Player Daemon) to play the tracks
* can be configured through the VB GUI
* configuration files are /etc/vortexbox-player/mpd0.conf and
/etc/vortexbox-player/mac_list.conf
* player name is VortexBox Player
Squeezeslave:
* does not support high-resolution playback
* provides near-sync with Logitech hardware players
* supports perfect gapless playback of FLAC albums
* has to be configured from the command line
* configuration file is /etc/vortexbox/ss_list.conf
* player name is VortexBox
To activate VortexBox Player:
chkconfig vortexbox-player on
chkconfig squeezeslave off
service squeezeslave stop
service vortexbox-player start
To activate Squeezeslave:
chkconfig squeezeslave on
chkconfig vortexbox-player off
service vortexbox-player stop (ignore error messages)
service squeezeslave start
If you are using Squeezeslave with a USB DAC and it doesn't work after upgrade:
cd /etc/vortexbox
cp ss_list.conf.rpmsave ss_list.conf
service squeezeslave stop
service squeezeslave start
Hope this clarifies things…
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