AlexM;689489 Wrote: > I think that because the touch is telling the server when it is ready to > recieve more packets, variation in packet timing is not mainly under the > control of the server > > Variation in network switching latency and jitter is a second-order > effect in a switched network, and will be fairly constant assuming that > the link to the server has adequite bandwidth. IMO variation in the > transmission rate as a result of server-side processing is also likely > to be a second order effect concerning packet timing as this is > controlled by the Touch. > > Phil, From the testing I have done, higher CPU utilisation is the > result of streaming WAVs, and this is primarily the overhead of > processing the additional packets. I deduce from this that the NIC has > no TCP offload functions, and the CPU controls all networking > functions. I suggest that reducing the data volume reduces the CPU > load, so probably best to stay with FLAC. > > Regards, > Alex
Thanks Alex - yes that is where I was going... less packets = better, therefore send FLAC... The CPU load for flac unpacking is very small... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters,VdH Toslink,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
