I am using SqueezePlayer on several Android devices, getting pretty good
results overall.

I have one device that I wish would do better -- it's an Archos 70 (and
was a mistaken purchase :( ).

It is basically a bedside clock/radio and I have it in a sync group with
a Squeezebox Boom. But as it plays I will frequently hear audio
drop-outs.  When I examine the Archos, "Usage Timelines" indicate it's
not a CPU problem --the CPU is about 10-20% loaded running
SqueezePlayer.

It's conceivably a wifi issue, but it is hard to tell. Moving it from
room to room may change the frequency of the drop outs, but it's hard to
tell. The dropouts and buffer underruns occur everywhere, even on a
table about three feet away from the router. Android Wifi signal
strength meter widgets would seem to indicate fine wifi in the bedroom,
and really it's only one wall and about 15 feet from the router. Wifi is
connecting at 54Mbps.

If I put squeezeplayer on my phone and set the phone right next to the
Archos, I can see the phone's squeezeplayer showing a buffer filled to
about 50% on average, while the Archos squeezeplayer is reporting a 20%
buffer fill (which frequently drops to 0% at which point the audio drops
out.)

So I am just curious, what do others think the root cause might be? And
is there anything I can do to try to get the Archos and Squeezeplayer to
buffer more?


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