I'd like to share my observations, by chance it might contribute to an "ah ha" for someone...Like I said before, RP is casual listening, and while I prefer FLAC, i just switch over to the 320kbps stream if the FLAC stream struggles. My ears are getting older (along with the rest of me) so critical listening isn't as critical these days :)
With the renewal of this discussion, I have been running it all day everyday, but it never makes it through the day without freezing. Typically it runs for maybe 1-2 hours before needed attention, but occasionally it struggles a bit more often (as short as 10-20 minutes). I always attributed the stop after hours as an "end of a cue of songs" just as a guess. When it stops, artwork is frozen, or broken, even if it restarts by itself, or I restart it with a back/play. That is, if it stopped with artist #1, restarting it with artist #2, artwork for #1 remains displayed for some time. I always assumed once broken it needed me to fix it, but a couple times recently, it stopped, I was busy and didn't address it, and was surprised when it started, say maybe an hour later (especially since the listening level was not exactly soft). For no good reason other than a hunch, I just suspected it was due to the fact that this stream be differently than say, a normal internet radio station, with regard to recovery from network/router hardware issues. I have two locations, one with crappy 3Mbps DSL, and one with 100Mbps cable ISP. I have experienced "rebuffering" for years on the DSL, primarily with receivers on WiFi, but occasionally/rarely with a touch on LAN. But the RP FLAC hangup is on the cable ISP. I also (very rarely) will get rebuffering with a standard 128kbps stream. When it happens I just figure it's my ISP, or a mystery within my router/LAN. The other thing I wonder is if it has something to do with synchronization. Can there be a bad actor on a sync group that could cause issues for the others? I ask because often I have two receivers on WIFI synced with the touch on LAN. This week I'll run it un-synced and see how it behaves. In my experience these "happens to some, not to others, happens sometimes, not others, cannot be predicted, etc" are related to the unique systems (network?) and unique situations (synced with a weak wifi signal?) that maybe exposes something in the software/hardware that isn't apparent when the support system is iron clad. Just my observations. I'm running PiCore LMS, and like I said, typically leave a touch on LAN and two receivers on WIFI synched. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Redrum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108189 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
