I did all kinds of trouble shooting hoping to find out that something
else but the reach of my wireless is tha problem, but it seems that you
are right.
Now, I still feel stupid, because I don't understand this:
If the signal dropped all the bleeding time, causing interruptions, I
would
Bandwidth decreases with dropping signal strength, and dropping signal
strength occurs over distance.
So you just don't have enough bandwidth due to the distance.
The Squeezebox is trying to do what it can. When you play a song,
there's an initial burst of data in an attempt to fill the
In a wireless network there's a relationship between the
strength/cleanliness of the signal and the amount of data you can get
through it. Think of two people shouting at each other over a distance.
The further away they are, the quieter the sound and the harder it is to
make out what the other
Depending on your wifi, you may be able to put a booster wireless point
(or even just a powrful antenna) to improve things.
That worked for me, though my situation isn't as extreme as yours.
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danco
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Thank you all for your explanations. It's all clear to me now.
Now I will just have to decide whether I am giving up on wireless and
get one of those LAN over powerline adaptors,
or get a new router with a better reach, or moving the darn stereo
closer to my modem :)
or, of course,
I play FLACs -whatever the bitrate is for them (ripped with EAC in safe
mode).
I will try bringing my SB 1 feet away from the router and see if the
problem persists... if it doesnt, then I think we found out that it is
indeed the poor signal
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vsu
FLAC uses typically 6-10 times the bandwidth of a normal radio stream,
so I'm sure this is the problem. You have two choices - lower the
bandwidth requirements using the bitrate limiting feature (this will
lower sound quality) or improve the connection, using a booster, better
antennas, some kind
What kind of files do you play? Specifically, what bitrate?
You can limit the bitrate by going to Player Settings - Audio - Bitrate
Limiting.
Almost surely this is due to poor wireless reception and higher bitrate
files, but if you wish you can go to Server Network Health and enable
