Maybe sync'ing should be perfect, but after doing a lot sync'ing I still find it to be hit-or-miss. I have a wired SB2 and a wireless SB3 running 11g only (signal strength usually around 80%). I've used 6.2.2 and 6.5 on a LinkStation HG. Sync'ing does work for me most of the time, and 6.5 seems better at this, but it's still quite common for there to be a stutter when starting a track, and then the track is out of sync. Sometimes it's subtle enough that it just sounds like overdone reverb, other times it's really annoying (the rooms are close enough you can often hear both players, otherwise syncing wouldn't matter). How annoying depends probably as much on the particular track as it does on the precise length of the delay. Usually they will click back into sync on the subsequent track. And forcing it to restart a track will also usually re-sync.
I've tried a few things, and still haven't gotten sync'ing to be rock solid. I figured the wireless SB3 was the weakest link, but I still lost sync when I connected it via ethernet (need to retest this with 6.5). Sometimes turning off wireless computers on the network helps, but again, that's no guarantee. Haven't yet tried swapping the router (Netgear WGR614v3) for something else. I'll try it again soon after I upgrade my Dell running Ubuntu to slimserver 6.5, in case it's a problem of the LinkStation's underpowered hardware. >From reading other posts I think it's not only radish who syncs without problems, and not just gorman and I who have less-than-perfect sync'ing. That's why the fine-grained "network clock for synchronization" is still on the software roadmap, albeit quite vaguely, right? http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SoftwareRoadmap -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28081 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
