BreakTheStatic wrote: > Hey guys, I was toying with the idea running a Squeezelite-only > ecosystem utilizing several existing Win7 & 8 machines I currently have > running (I need to run WMC to get my copy-protected cable channels so > Linux on these is a no-go). Running Squeezelite on these machines, I've > had tons of sync issues. Different start times (somewhat mitigated w/ > setting an audio delay in settings, but not ideal), small drift during > songs, and very large drift when resuming from pause. I've read this > thread and see that the Windows audio stack is not ideal for sync due to > the lack of control of the buffer. As a cheap solution, I was thinking > of just getting a few Raspberry Pis and running them next to my PCs > (powered off the PCs usb). Would a RPi-only network (without any actual > SB hardware) handle sync fine? I see that Triode has stated that sync > consistency is way better on linux than Windows. I'm tempted to wipe a > few of my laptops and install linux to test this out, but figured that > if people are already running this setup, it might be easier to just > ask. Thanks for any help you guys can provide!
I was also thinking along the same lines as I had similar sync issues until today. Today I ran up Vmware workstation on a win7 pc and spun up a 1gb ram Centos 6.4 vm and ran squeezelite under linux. I was staggered when 2 seperate linux vms on separate win7 pcs synced perfectly and kept in sync. I had to start each virtualised squeezelite client up with a "-a 1000:8" parameter to prevent audio break up, but after that it was great. I'll run some more tests but it looks like virtualised linux is a go as a squeezeclient. It did make me wonder if it was technically possible to compile squeezelite under cygwin for an easier and more reliable experience under windows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ashleyw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58923 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
