Not sure if this is the answer you seek but I believe this is the path for file playback
If an Airport Exp decodes and plays them then all the confuser being used does is point to them. Right?
Where the library is located isnt necessarily where the decoding and processing is accomplished, while using personal confusers that are networked together.
Normally, the host (where the lib is located) just allows access to the files the client pc, would then process and play. As another device is in the chain, Im guessing IT merely passes that file along, sending the files info into the whatever item following it for the decoding to take place there.
Processing occurs at each pc in some way, as the network adapters are in play so transference of the info/data can be obliged so some CPUsage from each pc is happening, but I suspect it is minimal again, depending on where the decoder and processor is which converts the file itself and as Herman said, its the AE itself.
The thoughts on inconsistencies or pitfalls also seem as though they would increase as the files are passed along from host pc to client pc to the AE . Maybe depending upon the on site conditions
Try this put some files onto the client pcs hdd . And play them itunes will show the shared library as a completely different lib anyhow just under the itunes store link in the list on the left hand side.
Play files from each lib and see which is best.
Id recommend a NAS drive at least so the transmission path is thereby truncated providing a lesser chance for poor response issues.
Ive found also, other services and or applications running in the background can cause drop outs or stoppages so look for what else is running behind the scenes you dont need and disable it or stop it/them, altogether.
If an Airport Exp decodes and plays them then all the confuser being used does is point to them. Right?
Where the library is located isnt necessarily where the decoding and processing is accomplished, while using personal confusers that are networked together.
Normally, the host (where the lib is located) just allows access to the files the client pc, would then process and play. As another device is in the chain, Im guessing IT merely passes that file along, sending the files info into the whatever item following it for the decoding to take place there.
Processing occurs at each pc in some way, as the network adapters are in play so transference of the info/data can be obliged so some CPUsage from each pc is happening, but I suspect it is minimal again, depending on where the decoder and processor is which converts the file itself and as Herman said, its the AE itself.
The thoughts on inconsistencies or pitfalls also seem as though they would increase as the files are passed along from host pc to client pc to the AE . Maybe depending upon the on site conditions
Try this put some files onto the client pcs hdd . And play them itunes will show the shared library as a completely different lib anyhow just under the itunes store link in the list on the left hand side.
Play files from each lib and see which is best.
Id recommend a NAS drive at least so the transmission path is thereby truncated providing a lesser chance for poor response issues.
Ive found also, other services and or applications running in the background can cause drop outs or stoppages so look for what else is running behind the scenes you dont need and disable it or stop it/them, altogether.