MrCole wrote: > Hi, > I've installed squeezeplug, and used it to install squeezelite player > and the squeezebox server on my RPi. > I'm using analgue output. > Using the web interface on the server I can get the player to play. > However the audio has a regular pop to it, about 5 times a second. > Sometimes it gets more regular, like 10 times a second. Sometimes it's > really bad like 20 times a second. That just sounds like a judder rather > than music!!! > > I was wondering whether adjusting some buffer would help me, since I was > thinking maybe this is due to a buffer underrun. > I note there's a switch to do this: > -a <time>:<count> Specify ALSA buffer_time (ms) and period_count, > default 20:4 > > So I changed the value to 500:4 > And that seems to have solved my problems. > My question is, what are the side effects of increasing this buffer, and > why is it set so low by default. > > 0.002 seconds is not a large buffer! Having increased it by an order of > magnitude I can't see any obvious side affects? > > Great bit of software. Carry on the good work! > Owain
No serious side effect other than sync may be less accurate. Note also that running as root may help the situation as this allows the output thread to run at high priority (or set the permissions so the normal user can use real time scheduling - there's a link earlier on in this thread). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
