We have configuration 1) We don't have dropouts, only delays. Maybe tweaking configuration files can get the situation better? Frame/period in ALSA? rsize/wsize in filesystem? I don't know...
A 2013/2/25 Brooks Whiteford <[email protected]>: > We've got 6 nodes on our network, all hitting two separate servers (one for > storage and one for DB). We've found that it's best two have the audio > interface remain local on a busy network. The exception would be if you're > using Livewire, which we are using successfully without dropouts in a few > spots. > > If you're finding dropouts are common during big data transfers, perhaps a > new network switch is in order. We didn't have a lot of cash to spend, but > an enterprise grade Cisco switch has made network issues a thing of the > past. > > Thanks, > Brooks > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Nathan Steele > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> WE use case 2. problem is, a network disturbance still causes problems., >> ie unplug network cable, song stops. Would be nice if the current song >> would at least keep playing, this would allow you to close and reopen >> rdairplay for example if you needed to change a setting. I also have >> experienced problems during large file transfers, and am not totally >> sure wether it is network or disk bandwidth that is the bottleneck, >> though I'm leaning toward disk, since it is a gigabit network, with only >> Rivendell machines on that switch. >> >> Nathaniel C. Steele >> Assistant Chief Engineer/Technical Director >> WTRM-FM / TheCrossFM >> >> On 2/25/2013 9:01 AM, Alessio Elmi wrote: >> > Hi everyone, >> > sometimes we feel like a delay in commands (from the moment we press >> > NEXT to the moment I effectively hear sound). I was wonder is changing >> > the structure may help or not. >> > >> > CASE 1 (present situation): Computer A has installed RDAirPlay and has >> > audio card. Computer B has db and audio storage. Basically input goes >> > from A -> B, and then audio come back B -> A. >> > >> > CASE 2 (alternative). Computer A has only RDAirPlay and computer B has >> > db, audio storage and audio card. Computer A uses B's audio engine. By >> > doing this I should save some millisecond.. >> > >> > CASE 3: (not sure if possible). Each Rivendell workstation has a local >> > copy of audio storage which is synced "continuously" with a master >> > share. Each Rivendell /var/snd is local. >> > >> > Which case do you prefer? >> > >> > In the end I think I can even tune ALSA and NFS setup, but I'm not an >> > expert.. >> > >> > Alessio >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Rivendell-dev mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >> > >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rivendell-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
