JohnGeeee wrote: > Hi > I need advice please on what to do. I have a Squeezebox Duet and lately > it is frustrating the hell out of me as It will not play what I want and > is dead slow at getting to the albums that I want to play etc. I have > had it for many years but now it just does not seem to perform the same > as it used to. > > I have a Zyxel NSA310 that I use as a server and it runs Squeezecenter > Package as the Squeezebox media server. I have over 2,500 albums loaded > onto it in Artist/Album folders. Most of the tracks I have ripped in MP3 > from my CD collection and some tracks are in FLAC format. It is directly > connected with an ethernet cable to my Virgin Media broadband wifi > router. > > The Squeezebox receiver is connected to my Onkyo Midi in the kitchen by > the RCA cables. The Squeezebox receiver is using wifi to connect with > Squeezecenter on the NAS. I use the Duet controller to play select the > music. > > Of late the Artist List takes many minutes to load up and when I select > an artist it takes many minutes to load up the list of albums if at all. > When I select an album to play it takes ages to start playing and when > it does the track is stop start repeatedly. > > Most of the time I am turning all the components on and off to try and > get a better connection. It can take me 15 minutes or more to get > anything playing. If I just go to Random Song Mix on the controller > instead it starts playing tracks straight away and happily plays a > different random track one after the other. > > I have tried various Android Apps on my phone and Samsung tablet and get > the same kind of response as when using the Duet controller. > > If I try and play my albums using my laptop and Windows 10 and just > accessing them directly on the NAS I have no problems and all the files > play normally. > > What can I do to work out which part of the system is the problem? I run > the diagnostics on the Duet controller and everything is ok. > > I am getting to the point where I just want to throw it in the bin and > build a PI system or something :mad: > > Anyone have similar experience?
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