bstrulo wrote: > I recently upgraded to the latest Logitech Media Server (Version: 7.9.2 > - 1543258616 @ Mon Nov 26 20:08:12 WEST 2018) from one that was a little > bit older but not very old (a version of 7.9.1 I think). I'm running on > a quite powerful Windows 10 server. > > Before, I had an issue with the BBC Radio 4 live streams where they kept > rebuffering. I fixed it by setting the "Seconds to delay start live > stream" to 4 minutes. > > With the new version the problem came back. I've changed the setting to > 5 minutes and it seems to be OK: rebuffering now fairly rare - though it > still sometimes does a short one. But I'm wondering if there's > something else I can fix? 5 minutes seems quite a long time. Another > oddity: in the web interface (which sometimes (?) shows the delay) the > delay seems to sometimes give numbers less than 5 minutes (maybe 1 or 2 > minutes) and a bit variable, which seems odd. The actual delay does > seem to be about 5 minutes - maybe a little bit longer. > > Since it's working this is not necessarily a problem - but it would be > nice (if possible) to reduce the delay a little. Nothing significantly changed in DASH handling - so regards problem coming back - that is just coincidence.
Changing the values and testing is not necessarily the best strategy as LMS/Windows does caching so a "good" setting now after a lot of quick tweaks may be "bad" in a few hours when caches expire. Detaisl also help. Are you in the UK ? What type of player are you using ? What is the "Live stream preference" setting What is the "Buffer threshold" setting The delay issue is perculiar to Windows 10 (possibly 8 as well) and for player that need transcoding. It seems to affect high end system (e.g. Desktop Core i5/i7 8-16Mb). A similar issue affects v. low end/old (single/dual core Celeron) system which may be the same issue. LMS has a support application socketwrapper which is used for transcoding - my theory is that MS changed the kernel processor scheduling in Windows 10 which has caused some blocking. The alternative is some form of security s/w probing is blocking socketwrapper. As I only had a WIn7 system, I could not reproduce this problem. In the 2 weeks, I now have had to get a Win10 system which means I might be able to reproduce in the near future. For now, my advice is as follows: 1. If you need "skip back" then use the DASH streams - start delay shouldn't matter if you skipback. 2. If you just want Live Radio - play the MP3 streams with 1.6.1 - depending on the player type - you should have all the metadata. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
