bpa wrote: > At the moment you can't say specifically where the problem is and it is > foolish to rule any part of the system out. So focussing on differences > may help point to source of problem. > As I understand it > (i) the problem only occurs with files (i.e. finite TCP connection) > Either you don't play internet radio or it doesn't happen with internet > radio (infinite TCP connection) > (ii) Receiver has problems but Touch has not > (iii) Problem on receiver occurs more often with Flac than with WAV. > > The main difference between Touch and Receiver when playing a Wav and > Flac stream will be the size of the internal buffer. Receiver has a > smaller buffer so it will not have enough space for whole file in memory > so while Receiver will receive roughly the same number of packet as a > Touch, Touch can take a big burst in the beginning perhaps the whole > file whereas Receiver will be constantly asking for data while it is > playing. So if you have a "bursty" random type of network problem - it > will affect Receiver more than Touch when playing files. > > There are three step I would carry out initiially. > 1. Confirm that Touch is not affected by the problem by playing either > long single file or internet Radio for say 15-20 mins (if using Radio > set up so that it played WAV or Flac ensuring data is from LMS to > Touch). > 2. Check network configuration of the players - this is hard on a > receiver so the best you can do is look at LMS Setting/Infortmation > page. Just confirm that IP address and Mac address are sensible and do > not change. > 3. Are players using static IP or DHCP. If using DHCP are you using a > reserved IP address for Receiver - if not what is the DHCP lease time > in the router ? if it is in minutes set lease time to very long - like > 24 hours.
I've had some thoughts that might help. This is not a new system. I've had Squeezeboxes for many years and upgraded to a Duet system when they 1st came out. I later bought a 2nd receiver so I could have a system in my living room as well as my HT/listening room. During that time, I've had several routers from "G" on up. My current router is a Netgear R7000 AC class. I've had it for 2-3 years and it's worked great with the occasional buffering issue on the receivers. I picked up the Touch about the same time so I could play 96K music files natively without down sampling to 44.1. The receivers were always wireless and were on the 2.4 channel. It's only been the last couple months that the skipping issue has surfaced. I only use the Squeezebox system to play music from my server all ripped with DB Power-amp in wav format. I do have a few flac but I'm a wav fan so it's 95% wav. No radio or any of the many music services. I've never enabled them because I don't use them. To answer your questions, best I can; 1. The Touch will play for hours without issues 2. I can't see any problems with the IP or MAC addresses 3. The Receiver and Touch are both using DHCP. I hadn't reserved IP addresses for them but I have now. That should eliminate any lease problems. I'll spend more time troubleshooting it tomorrow and see if this has helped. I appreciate your help! Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Holtz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1456 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106233 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
