Triode;614126 Wrote: > Are you using 7.5.3 or later? This includes the necessary hint to the > plugin to move server when it rebuffers for more than 20 seconds or > so. > > The issue for the write cover entries is that the spotify server the > plugin is connected to is not responding. This would also impact > rebuffering. What seems to happen is that some of the spotify servers > run slow, so the plugin will try to move server if it has prolonged > rebuffering. At present it won't do this if there is no response to > coverart requests and it will only do it with 7.5.3 server or later. > > Its worth bearing in mind that in comparison to the PC spotify client, > all of the data for libspotify (which this plugin and the logitech > firmware uses) comes direct from a spotify server. The PC clients use > peer-peer and so suffer less when the server you are connected to at > spotify is running slow as most of the data comes from other peers. At > present I think the best we can do for this is to try to move server > when the connection rebuffers, but to do this you need 7.5.3 or later > server version.
ok, I will try 7.5.3 again. I went back to 7.5.2 because there was a problem reported (not on this thread) with connection dropping, and I wondered if that was causing the other problem! What you say makes sense - I had wondered about coverart, it's a shame there isn't an option to switch it off. It's irrelevant on Squeezebox and Duet/Classic unless you're looking at the server - even then I could live without coverart...and if it helps improve the chances with buffering that would be good. Thanks for explaining the difference between the PC (peer-to-peer) and the libspotify (direct) - I have always wondered. thanks. -- trautigan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ trautigan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17162 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79706 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
