Arcam rDAC details

[Ali Tait]

Had a look around and found there is a successor to the Sheevaplug called the Guruplug,more flexible so have bought one.Only problem is the 4 week waiting list.See here-

http://www.globalscaletechnologies.c...rver-plus.aspx

[Stratmangler]

Looks to be a good way to go Ali - they've upped the spec from the Sheevaplug.
You should be able to get it to boot from SD, and also put SBS 7.5.1 onto the same SD card.

Looks like a long phone call to Lurcher might be in order

[Ali Tait]

Aye!

[Ali Tait]

There is something on slimforums about installing sbs on a sheeva,I'll give it a try myself first.

[Stratmangler]

Learn Linux in the school of many kicks in the nuts ?

[Ali Tait]

Well I've got a month to learn!

[Stratmangler]

From what I can find out the Sheeva/Guru plug is powerful enough to cope with everything that SBS 7.5.1 can throw at it except for SOX resampling - apparently it can do the resampling, but it's not fast enough to perform the task in real time.

Essentially this means that it can transcode 24/192 files to 24/96 (the fastest the Touch can handle natively), but the tracks will play back at half speed.

Other than that it handles the task of running SBS superbly well.

[Ali Tait]

Not a problem then,since I don't have any 24/192.