bluegaspode;569755 Wrote: 
> Which are streamed from MySB.com as well so can fail like any other
> internet stream.
> Sometimes I think that streaming from big radio stations might be more
> reliable than the 'built in - but streamed' sounds.

The "Natural Sounds" are streamed from mysb.com but they are also
looped so that only a small amount of data downloaded once which is
then played continuously.  However the delay in setting up the
connection to mysb.com is probably exceeding what the Radio thinks is
normal.  The delay is probably worst in early hours after many hours of
non activity on home network because
- caches such as DNS will have timed out so lookups will take longer as
many tables will have to be searched rather than one lookup.
- if using wifi - router will have gone to slow poll and possibly low
energy.
- ISP do maintenance at night and so network caches/tables/connections
may have changed and again connection taker longer - first time.
- DHCP leases may be expired and have to be renewed 

This makes testing hard as a true test can only be run once a night as
a 2nd test will be quicker since caches etc. will have been renewed.


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