bpa wrote: > > I feel if rebuffering is frequent and nearly predictable - then it on > the user side. Something on the user server, player and/or network needs > to be "fixed". My litmus test would be playing a live WMA stream > through mysb.com on a player hardwired into the router which connects to > ISP. Regarding the server, I would agree if the rebuffering were -consistent- as well as predictable, but it isn't. Most of the time it works fine, just at peak times that it has an issue. And occasionally at random other times. Maybe somebody else in the house is using the internet that I am not aware of. We have an au-pair who Skypes back to France regularly which might have an effect.
I am on my own in the house at the moment. Since my last message I have been listening to the Radio 3 live 320kbps AAC stream on a Duet transcoded using the RPi SqueezePlug without a hitch for over 30 minutes. I really think we can discount the server side of this. The Synology has been happily transcoding and steaming this high bitrate stream to my Receivers for over two years with nary a glitch until about a month ago. The SqueezePlug / RPi is also doing this fine without a hitch -at the moment-. Maybe if I were transcoding different streams to different players simultaneously then I should consider a new server, but that almost never happens at the moment. I also doubt it is my WiFi. Each Duet is served by a different AP and the system will happily stream different FLAC files from my library to each of my three players. I am sure the problem has something to do with t'interweb somewhow. Either my 9 meg download speed is insufficient for the demands of two adults, three teenagers and an au pair (quite possible) or my cheap and nasty ISP is throttling at peak times (more likely), or the BBC is not resourcing the iPlayer radio service properly (also possible). > When changing LMS server - personally I would look for a one with more > one than more core and decent amount of memory. Pi is too minimal for > my liking - something like Wandboard dual would make a better LMS > server. Also I'd use Arch to avoid unnecessary processes/overheads.I agree > that a more powerful server would be nice. I have LMS installed on my Quad Core i7 Windows 7 machine with 16GB memory - the one I do all my recording and ripping on - so if I want more power I can always switch to that. Perhaps I will try using it at peak times and see if I still get the iPlayer rebuffering. If I do I think we can discount server issues! Anyway thanks for all your help, I now have a much better clue about how this brilliant plug-in works. A giant leap for me, but one small step for mankind ;) Matt http://www.last.fm/user/MJL-UK SQUEEZEBOXES:[/B] TWO SB DUETS (LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN) AND A *'PICOREPLAYER' (HTTPS://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/SITE/PICOREPLAYER/HOME) [b]Server:* Synology DS111 (2TB) NAS running LMS 7.7.3 (official Synology package) *Network:* Netgear DG834GT ADSL modem/router, Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH access point *Livingroom:* Receiver, Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver, Topping TP20 Mk2 Class T amp, B&W 686 speakers *Study:* Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/Headline ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
