Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite -a ::: - can anyone explain this option?

2021-07-19 Thread rbl
bpa wrote: > my basic understanding. > > PCM Audio is sent via ALSA interface to ALSA device driver. > > Audio samples are put into a ring buffer. > The ring buffer size is controlled by the buffer parameter. > The ring buffer is processed in terms of periods (i.e there x periods in > the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite -a ::: - can anyone explain this option?

2021-07-19 Thread bpa
my basic understanding. PCM Audio is sent via ALSA interface to ALSA device driver. Audio samples are put into a ring buffer. The ring buffer size is controlled by the buffer parameter. The ring buffer is processed in terms of periods (i.e there x periods in the whole buffer). There is one

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite -a ::: - can anyone explain this option?

2021-07-19 Thread Paul Webster
There is a bit more explanation on Ralphy's github page "For ALSA, the format is used where is the buffer time in milliseconds (values less than 500) or size in bytes (default 40ms); is the period count (values less than 50) or size in bytes (default 4 periods); is the sample

[SlimDevices: Plugins] Squeezelite -a ::: - can anyone explain this option?

2021-07-19 Thread rbl
Hi - running SqueezeLite and LMS 8.1.2 (latest versions) on my Pi4 I found there was serious rebuffering on my Pi and SB3s earlier this year when playing FLACs unless I specified "-a :::0". More recently I noticed some background/popping noise on the Pi's headphone jack unless I specified "-a