rfunk wrote: > > I'm not sure.... I wouldn't describe this as "a small click", but more > like dropouts happening at a regular high frequency, happening every day > but *only* when starting from the alarm function. (When I say "high > frequency" that's to say many times per second as opposed to > "occasionally".) > > I noticed that this is a 22kHz stream, which at first made me wonder if > there's some piece that is trying to play those 22kHz samples on a 44kHz > clock, and doesn't have anything to play for every other slot. But of > course that would be a 22kHz artifact, and this is more on the order of > 10Hz. The buffer under-run problem is interesting, and makes me wonder > what would happen with a much bigger buffer. Maybe I should try the > Buffer Size applet. I'm also curious about the 22kHz problem that > required updating that applet.
If this is the ALSA buffer under-run problem in a different guise, then: A) you may be the only person in the world who knows what it sounds like, and B) the Buffer Size Applet may very well help. (Although initial stream start up may still remain "at risk".) I did notice a couple of tell-tail signs in the "old" firmware log. The "new" firmware will not log anything because there is never an ALSA buffer under-run. Just, perhaps, an audible click in its stead. I will need to update the Applet's manifest to SqueezePlay version 8 before it will be made available through the Applet installer. (I had cautiously curtailed it to version 7). I'll try and get that done this evening. The 22Khz sample rate failure was just weird. A thoroughly unexpected issue (read: bug) within the ALSA rate conversion plugin, which meant it rejected a 22kHz stream with a 30ms buffer. I found a simple work-around (specify a buffer of 29.999ms, or thereabouts). Why only from the Alarm function ? I don't know. Possibly there is a slightly different start up sequence for the stream which makes it more susceptible to delays or problems on start up. Let me know if increasing the buffer size to 30ms helps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mrw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38299 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113479 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
