Luke Corkill wrote: > > > On 24/06/07, *stuart* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi Luke... > > Luke Corkill wrote: > > Hi, > > I currently have one MVP and am very happy with it (mainly using it > > for mythtv and mclient). I'm thinking of buying a second MVP box to > > use just with mclient. > > > > I'm aware that the slimserver supports synchronisation of audio > > between hardware players; > > > > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Synchronization > > > > I've only had limited success synchronising my MVP box with the java > > based softsqueeze (the wiki warns this doesn't work well). > > > > My question is has anyone tried synchronising mclient across two MVP > > boxes? Des it work well? > > > > Thanks > > > > Luke. > > > > I always assumed this wouldn't work well and never really tried it. But > I recall others saying differently. The MediaMVP's hardware buffers up > several seconds of music and the management of this resource hasn't > been > clear to me (note, sometimes, at the beginning of a session, you hear > the start of the first track twice and sometimes the first second or > two are skipped - (i.e. the difference between not resetting the > hardware buffers and resetting them (tricky trying to figure out which > to do for a given situation!))). > > I can try some experiments over the next few days and get back to you. > Regardless of how this turns out, I would recommend not to mix hardware. > That is, it may be near impossible to synchronize between a > Slimdevices box and a MediaMVP box because of differences in hardware. > > I assume the way the slimserver does this is to issue a "buffer reset" > command to all clients. It's been a while and I'll have to check if > that feature is in MClient. Of course, if it's working as I expect it > to, that will cause the first several seconds of music to be skipped on > all MVPMC boxes. > > > > Stuart, > Thanks. I can't afford two Squeezeboxes so I think I'll go for a > low-tech solution of connecting a second amplifier to my MVP box to > provide synchronised audio in the second room. > > > Luke.
Really? I thought I saw one for less than $50 (more like $10) on ebay. It was missing the software and power block - buy hey, I've never used the provided software and power blocks are easy to find. FYI, it was probably an old wired NTSC version of the MediaMVP - if that matters to you. --- Sorry about not testing synchronized play back yet, it's been busy and will be for the next week or two around here. --- Many moderate and high end amplifiers have low power in/out for connecting to secondary amplifiers in different rooms. Be careful of current loops. I am guessing the MVPMC power block allows it's ground to float. But two amplifiers connected to the same source using a common ground may have some current pass through the ground of the audio cable. If you do run into problems and know what you are doing you can try to add isolation capacitors. Otherwise you can try to plug both amplifiers into the same outlet. Yea, not elegant, but quick (i.e. run a heavy extension cord from both amplifiers about the same length to the same outlet). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
