epoch1970 wrote: > God I hate this alsa sh*te and pulse cr*p. Every time I touch it I > lament the day I chose linux over bsd. > Anyways. I was able to get a Localplayer running on my 32-bit test > machine. I synced the Squeezelite player with one SB3, and shot the > startup delay up to see what happens : on my system Squeezelite waited > with the SB3 if the delay was under 10006. 10.006ms and above, > Squeezelite started alone. > > So I synced the SB3 with my AE airplay player (on the same LMS server). > Same behavior: synced started ok if delay not too high. I would like to > write 10005 here, but it's more mysterious than that: if the delay is > not too high, most of the time it will be observed. If really high > (20secs) then it is never observed by the software player. > And then a weird thing happened: I noticed Squeezelite player (from > Local Player plugin), who was still in the sync group and outputting to > earphones in another room was starting without waiting at all anymore. > > I stopped using Local Player and created a 3 device sync group with an > SB3, my AE and my Libratone Loop. The behaviour of the airplay players > in the sync group wrt. start is erratic when the delay is large. > Sometimes they respect the delay, sometimes 1 starts alone, sometimes > both start early. The SB3 always stays put until the delay has expired. > If I power down 1 of the 2 airplay devices, the sync group behaves > again. If I power down the SB3 in the group, one airplay device waits > and the other starts early. > > I returned to my own 1000ms setting, and I think I can report all > airplay players and SB3 start in sync. > That's unclear and possibly inconsistent with my previous report, sorry. > But for me the startup behaviour of squeezelite in a sync group is > erratic indeed.
Does it matter to you to correct that ? I think I know where to change that, (some int overflow) but I'm not sure this is useful for such huge delays. I've also found a way to improve the accuracy of my sample points, so I should be able to return to rapid but unfrequent changes (when I'm back) LMS 7.7.5 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos 2xPLAY:1, PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBMC, Foobar2000, XBoxOne, JRiver 21, Chromecast Audio, Chromecast v1, Pi B2, Pi B+, 2xPi A+, Odroid-C1, Cubie2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ philippe_44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105114 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
