I'm seeing the same problem with a wired Arch X64 server and a wireless Squeezelite client running on a Raspberry Pi. I ran a few test cases to try and narrow it down. I used iptraf to track data rates and ifconfig to track packet loss.
Case 1a: Cisco EPC2524 Cable Router. Wired Arch x64 LMS server. Wireless Squeezelite client (positioned in close proxyimity to the router). Playing a 24-192Khz (approx 5500 kbps) flac for approx. 1 minute. Server outgoing rate: ~5500 kps Client incoming rate: ~5500 kps No. of packets received by client from server: 27087 % package loss: ~0.6% Result: Sample plays without problem. Case 1b: Cisco EPC2524 Cable Router. Wired Arch x64 LMS server. Wireless Squeezelite client (positioned in close proxyimity to the router). Playing a spotify sample for approx. 1 minute. Server outgoing data rate: ~1170 kps Client incoming data rate: ~1170 kps No. of packets received by client from server: 8352 % package loss: 0.8% Result: Sample plays without problem. Case 2a: Cisco EPC2524 Cable Router. Wired Arch x64 LMS server. Wireless Squeezelite client (positioned upstairs from router. Signal ~90% according to wicd). Playing a 24-192Khz (approx 5500 kbps) flac for approx. 1 minute. Server outgoing data rate: ~5500 kps Client incoming data rate: ~5500 kps No. of packets received by client from server: ~31374 % package loss: ~3.4% Result: Sample plays without problem. Case 2b: Cisco EPC2524 Cable Router. Wired Arch x64 LMS server. Wireless Squeezelite client (positioned upstairs from router. Signal ~90% according to wicd). Playing a spotify sample for approx. 1 minute. Server outgoing data rate: ~1000 kps Client incoming data rate: ~1000 kps No. of packets received by client from server: ~7094 % package loss: ~3.7% Result: Sample stutters and sometimes goes to next song in playlist. According the the log there's a problem writing enough samples (39632 / 44100). [20:26:13.591532] music_delivery:427 called with num_frames: 2048 [20:26:13.591555] _streambuf_canwrite:320 player: 0 can't write error: Resource temporarily unavailable 11 [20:26:13.591575] music_delivery:517 returning without writing - can't write [20:26:13.591596] music_delivery:525 streamed frames: 3321856 can't write: 959 rate: 39632 / 44100 It looks like the plugin (on Arch x64) is very intolerant when the network is dropping an acceptable amount of packets (5-10%). The data rate to the client also drops by about 10% even though there is plenty of bandwidth remaining. If there's anything more I can do please let me know. Thanks for a great plugin. jcharbar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jcharbar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58896 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97851 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
