I got a Duet about 4 months ago to replace my dying Roku. I have had dropouts and lousy connections for the first 30-60 seconds of any selection (but not after that) since day one.
My music is all stored on a ReadyNAS NV+. I am running in "hybrid" mode -- the Duet is hardwired to the network via Ethernet. When I first started using it, I had to run SqueezeCenter on my desktop, and the problems began. Since then I have upgraded the NAS firmware to the latest version, which allowed me to run SqueezeCenter directly on the NAS. Same problem. I messed with the SqueezeCenter settings -- same problem. Tried using wireless mode -- same problem. RMA'ed my Duet and had it replaced under warranty -- same problem. To be as specific as possible, when starting any song, album, or playlist, the music starts after several seconds, then stops (and the bright white indicator dims), then comes back after 5-20 seconds (and the indicator brightens). This repeats several times, then the rest of the selection plays without problem, unless I fast forward to the next song, in which case it returns for the first minute of playback. Most of my music is AAC format, ripped @ 256 OR 320kbps. On the few tracks I have ripped at lower bitrates, the players seems to work just fine. Internet radio plays without problems, so I suspect it is a either a server-side issue or a buffering problem. The NAS was perfectly capable of streaming at these bitrates to my Roku, so I don't think it is a problem with the Infrant. Has anyone else seen something like this? -- jds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18972 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50275 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
