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@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ The esp32 must run at 240 MHz, with Quad-SPI I/O at 80 MHz and a clock of 40 Mhz
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In 16 bits mode, although 192 kHz is reported as max rate, it's highly recommended to limit reported sampling rate to 96k (-Z 96000). Note that some high-speed 24/96k on-line streams might stutter because of TCP/IP stack performances. It is usually due to the fact that the server sends small packets of data and the esp32 cannot receive encoded audio fast enough, regardless of task priority settings (I've tried to tweak that a fair bit). The best option in that case is to let LMS proxy the stream as it will provide larger chunks and a "smoother" stream that can then be handled.
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Note as well that some codecs consume more CPU than others or have not been optimized as much. I've done my best to tweak these, but that level of optimization includes writing some assembly which is painful. One very demanding codec is AAC when files are encoded with SBR. It allows reconstruction of upper part of spectrum and thus higher sampling rate, but the codec spec is such that this is optional, you can decode simply lower band and accept lower sampling rate - See the AAC_DISABLE_SBR option below.
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+## Installation
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+To get started, you'll need to perform an initial flash on one of the supported devices (see below) using a usb cable or a serial adapter, depending if your device came with one or if it didn't. The easiest way is to use the esp-web-tool based installer [here](https://sle118.github.io/squeezelite-esp32-installer/), which is kept up to date with the latest builds we do. After you've completed this step, all subsequent updates will be done from our built-in web interface.
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## Supported Hardware
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Any esp32-based hardware with at least 4MB of flash and 4MB of PSRAM will be capable of running squeezelite-esp32 and there are various boards that include such chip. A few are mentionned below, but any should work. You can find various help & instructions [here](https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?112697-ANNOUNCE-Squeezelite-ESP32-(dedicated-thread))
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Sébastien