moishap;669949 Wrote: > I have 2 Squeeze Radios and they both play in perfect sync. I also have > HTC Android phone I use around the house as an alarm clock and remote > control. I though it would be cool to have it sitting in the cradle, > connected to my Bose speaker and use it as another squeeze device. So I > purchased SqueezePlay this morning, but noticed that syncing basically > sucks like it does on softsqueeze, squeezeslave running on same server > as LMS - syncing is terrible. I haven't look in to this myself yet, but > wonder if anyone else thought about this - maybe Logitech has some > proprietary code in their h/w devices allowing them to sync up so good > and the rest of the s/w implementations suck so bad ?
SqueezePad supports the full synchronization protocol for SqueezeBoxes, there is not proprietary code in their h/w devices. Good synchronization depend on two things a) a stable clock in the device (i.e. a 2 seconds of music shouldn't have finished playing after 1,98 seconds) b) exact information of what music frame is played right now (as this gets send back to the server who negotiates what devices should catch up). Logitech is in complete control of both - they have good priced dedicated devices. Also the iPad hardware is marvellous in the regard. My SqueezePad App description even mentiones synchronization. Android unfortunately is a very different beast. Every hardware manufacturer decided himself what to put into the device - and obviously not everyone care for good and reliable sound chips (compromising #a) and as they have to provide their own audio drivers there is also a risk, that they compromise #b. Not many people will realize that, as the local player keep playing fine. Having said that: I get promising feedback about WORKING synchronization all the time (last one see here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=664600). On the AppStore there are three comments mentioning a working synchronisation, only one where it doesn't work. In my experience HTC belongs to the more caring manufacturers. I have a HTC Desire and Wildfire and both sync just fine. What HTC device do you own? Did you try to start small (i.e. first just sync SqueezePlayer with _one_ Radio and see how far you can get?). Only then also try with your second Radio and please don't mix with SqueezeSlave or SoftSqueeze (these running on Windows are even more prone to problems caused be #a und #b and influence all other synced devices). Are your Radios wired or are they running over WiFi? What type of media format are you streaming - could it be that your WiFi bandwidth is exhausted when three devices play simultaneously ? -- bluegaspode Did you know: *'SqueezePlayer' (www.squeezeplayer.com)* will stream all your music to your Android device. Take your music everywhere! Remote Control + Streaming to your iPad? *'Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad ' (www.squeezepad.com)* Want to see a Weather Forecast on your Radio/Touch/Controller ? => why not try my 'Weather Forecast Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73827) Want to use the Headphones with your Controller ? => why not try my 'Headphone Switcher Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67139) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
