s2kiwi wrote: 
> Thanks Roland,
> 
> I was mainly just trying to rule out any obvious known bugs before I
> started again on fault finding.
> 
> So, I've started from scratch with a fresh Pi B+, no DACs etc and a new
> version of PiCorePlayer 3.2 - no other modifications and the same
> happens again. Pi goes sluggish, playback skips (but CPU/Memory loads
> aren't high at all). It get's much worse with sync'd players of any
> sort. Slightly better with low res files and much worse with high res.
> 
> So, I fired up my older windows server and it seems much better - and
> works with sync'ing.
> 
> I can only think that means it's the Vortexbox server I'm running...
> it's a pretty stock new Vortexbox install with no real mods, running on
> a Intel Centrino vpro V2 with 2GB ram.
> 
> Wipe that server, install a fresh AMD64 Debian Server core install and
> load up the latest LMS on top... 
> 
> Same behaviour!
> 
> 
> I've tried different versions of Squeezelite/hardware etc but nothing
> other than switching to the windows server makes any difference.
> 
> 
> Is it possible the Linux laptop is somehow incompatible with LMS? Any
> ideas what I'm missing here?

Can't help with regard to Vortexbox, sorry.

I was going to suggest trying a different OS (or pCP version) but you
seem to have done that?

> I've tried different versions of Squeezelite/hardware etc but nothing 
> other than switching to the windows server makes any difference.


I use this version of Squeezelite

http://www.gerrelt.nl/RaspberryPi/wordpress/tutorial-installing-squeezelite-player-on-raspbian/

with LMS. I have it now on a rpi3b but have, previously used a 2b and
2b+.

Good luck

Ronnie.


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