bpa wrote: > Not quite true. > > The delay depends on you LMS server and how it processes input an can be > as short as a few secs. The player buffer is big but is not entirely > filled when using WAVIN. The buffer is entirely filled when playing > from files but when playing from streams (e.g. live radio) there is a > time threshold which once filled LMS will start playing even if player > buffer is not filled - this lower threshold is set by WebUI > Settings/Advanced/Network/ Radio Station Buffer Seconds. The WAVIN > plugin mimics a radio stream. If you have a SB3/SB classic player there > is a screen display setting which lets you see the buffer "fullness". > > An alterntaive to investigate would be if your DVD player is network and > DLNA enabled. > Another simpler possibility would be to use something like VLC to > process on a PC (e.g. non LMS) the audio from DVD and convert it into a > http MP3 stream and then play the http on your LMS system. This has the > advantage the DVD player does not have to be close to the LMS server.
Thats great , i did not think about the radio buffer I tend to use a very high value there but it can be temporarily lowered for this use . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103833 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
