Hi all,
I'm looking for the best player to run on my Mac at work, connecting through an SSH tunnel to my squeezebox server at home. I've tried a few options and I'm not entirely happy with what I've done with any of them:
The SSH tunnel forwards 9000 and 3483 to my home machine. I've verified it's working by going to http://127.0.0.1:9000/ and controlling LMS. My Mac is running 10.14.3. My squeezebox server is a raspberry pi 3b+ running Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.1.
Squeezelite v1.9.1-1130 - Connects fine, works well, is stable - but in the default configuration I have lots of pops and crackles when mousing about certain things (browsers are bad for this!) typing and changing desktops. Very odd, doesn't happen with any other players.
Softsqueeze 3.9.2 - Connects fine (even better that it has a built-in SSH tunnel), works well, audio is clean - but isn't stable. Crashes when pausing/playing, skipping tracks, or setting the playing point to somewhere in the middle of the track. Occasionally causes the squeezebox server to crash when it does - something to do with RAM utilisation of the LMS process skyrocketing.
SqueezePlay 7.8.0r328 - Can't connect via the SSH tunnel
Any advice here? I'd be happy using Squeezelite if the audio issues can be resolved.
Thanks in advance!
Rich
I'm looking for the best player to run on my Mac at work, connecting through an SSH tunnel to my squeezebox server at home. I've tried a few options and I'm not entirely happy with what I've done with any of them:
The SSH tunnel forwards 9000 and 3483 to my home machine. I've verified it's working by going to http://127.0.0.1:9000/ and controlling LMS. My Mac is running 10.14.3. My squeezebox server is a raspberry pi 3b+ running Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.1.
Squeezelite v1.9.1-1130 - Connects fine, works well, is stable - but in the default configuration I have lots of pops and crackles when mousing about certain things (browsers are bad for this!) typing and changing desktops. Very odd, doesn't happen with any other players.
Softsqueeze 3.9.2 - Connects fine (even better that it has a built-in SSH tunnel), works well, audio is clean - but isn't stable. Crashes when pausing/playing, skipping tracks, or setting the playing point to somewhere in the middle of the track. Occasionally causes the squeezebox server to crash when it does - something to do with RAM utilisation of the LMS process skyrocketing.
SqueezePlay 7.8.0r328 - Can't connect via the SSH tunnel
Any advice here? I'd be happy using Squeezelite if the audio issues can be resolved.
Thanks in advance!
Rich