philchillbill wrote: > There's no lag whatsoever when Alexa controls the stream and continues > to control it when you change things. That's already the case with > MediaServer today with stream.mp3 because I make sure to clear the > Echo's buffer before any new item selected by voice plays. Ask Alexa to > play some Classic Rock = instant start. Say "Alexa, next" = instant > playback of next track. Do it in the GUI = wait a while *unless* you say > "Alexa, resume" after doing it (when you do that, she clears the > buffer). So the issue with lag is when you just change it in the GUI > with Alexa out of the loop - then you have to wait for the Echo's buffer > to clear before you see/hear the change. The overall experience is much > better when you stay within Alexa for directing audio. > > I just tried https://stream.radioparadise.com/flacm and it played no > problem. I have an idea. If you define a FLAC favorite then I could > deliberately use a different route than proxying via stream.mp3 and just > feed that stream directly from the source to the Echo, keeping LMS out > of the loop. I'd have to whitelist FLAC streams somehow or else > recognise them on the basis of /flac?/i being somewhere in the stream > name in the URL in the favorite.
I do think people would want to see an Echo appear as a pseudo player so that it could be controlled by any means available eg Alexa, Material, Default GUI, iPeng etc so I do think stream.flac is required to establish the audio sink. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* Joggler & Pi4/Khadas -> Onkyo TXNR686 -> Celestion F20s *Office* Joggler & Pi3 -> Denon RCD N8 -> Celestion F10s *Dining Room* SB Boom *Kitchen* UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* Pi Zero+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV) & Bathroom* SB Touch ->Denon AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s + Kef ceiling speakers *Guest Room* Joggler > Topping Amp -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes Everything controlled by iPeng & Material on iOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114558 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
