mherger wrote: > > Several of us are still seeing periods of hangs. Is the plugin using > the > > Flac stream Bill at RP is working on improving? (which would give us > > hope this is eventually resolved). Or is the plugin using something > else > > from RP and this is just something we'll have to become accustomed > to? > > What I'm using is not the "endless" flac stream he's working on. But > it's rather a series of flac files, accessible through an API of Bill's. > > This allows for skipping tracks, gets us metadata etc. > > Please note that this is not something I invented, or he did especially > > for us. It's something he developed for other players, too. Eg. his > Alexa integration AFAIK would use the same. > > The stuttering issue is something I feel rather helpless about. It > happened to me, too. But I tend to believe that I've only ever > experienced it with pCP, but never on a real SB. But then my use of one > > or the other is also a timing question: Transporter during the day, > Radio in the kitchen, pCP in the evenings (CET). > > The skipping ahead, or cut-off tracks, could be a plugin bug. One of the > > weak points I could imagine is the fact that one "file" would not > correspond to a single track, but can be four or six or whatever number > > of tracks. Therefore the code needs to rely on timers and buffers etc. > to calculate what metadata the currently playing music corresponds to. > That's a rather fragile link between the two. A small bug in buffer > calculation could cause the duration metadata to mis-match, triggering a > > skip etc. But as it doesn't happen all the time, it's really difficult > to debug. Whenever it happens, it's too late to watch what's going > on... > > And keep in mind that Bill is doing an incredible job. He's running a > small (headcount) business, with quite a bit of complexity and > reliability requirements. He gives me a lot of support. I'm actually > surprised by his presence in fora, responsiveness to my mails etc. So > yes, please give him some slack. I know he's constantly working on > improving his services. > > -- > > Michael
Now that you mention it yes my RP listening is mostly via PCP but I can swap in an SB3 or a Touch to my Office rig and try that for an extended period but not until tomorrow (Thurs). VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - Pi2+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - SB Touch ->Sherwood AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s Everything controlled by iPeng ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 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
