Thanks a lot for all your work. I experienced the same problem with my set of radios. I havejust installed your applet, set all to 30ms and I will report back if it works (this may take some time as I will test them as they are, not provoke any bass amp problems - the failures felt pretty random in the past, but they were triggered by user interactions (at least this was my feeling...).
mrw wrote: > Further to investigations over the last two/three weeks, I have found > that increasing the Radio's ALSA buffer size to 30 milliseconds is > proving to be an effective work-around to the problem. Since making this > change, I have had no instances of "Bass drop-out" in circumstances > where I would hitherto have had many. And I have not encountered any > noticeable adverse effects on the Radio's performance as a result of the > change. > > For anyone else who may wish to try this, I have made an applet > available, named *ALSA buffer size*, that allows for the buffer size to > be changed easily, using the standard user interface. I have been using > it on my Squeezebox Radios, which run the current software version 7.7.3 > r16676. The applet is targeted at Radios, and will not install on other > Squeezeplay based players. > > I would expect the applet to work identically on earlier versions of the > software, and on the UE Smart Radio version as well, because the > software is substantially identical in the relevant area. But I don't > have those devices available to me and can't explicitly test them. > Feedback welcome. > > INSTALLATION USING LMS > > Users of Logitech Media Server (LMS) can install the applet using the > _Applet_Installer_ menu, which is found in the Radio's > _Advanced_Settings_ menu. To do that, add the following URL to the list > of _Additional_repositories_ at the bottom of the LMS _Plugins_ settings > page. This will make the applet available to the Radio. Make sure that > that the _Recommended_Applets_Only_ option at the bottom of the Applet > Installer menu is _not_ selected. > > Repository URL: > -http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mrw-applets/repo.xml- > > I have found that occasionally the applet does not show up in the > offered list. In this case, simply back out of the menu and retry. I > believe that LMS (or sourceforge) is occasionally a bit tardy in > assembling the list of applets. > > Once installed, the applet will show up as a menu item under the > _Advanced_Settings_ menu. > > If you wish to remove the applet, reset the buffer size to its default > setting before removal. > > > MANUAL INSTALLATION > > The applet may also be installed manually. Enable _Remote_Login_ on your > radio, note the password, and log in using ssh or your tool of choice. > On a Linux or macOS system this would be: > > Code: -------------------- > > > ssh -l root your_radio > -------------------- > > > Then execute the following commands on the Radio: > > Code: -------------------- > > > wget http://mrw-applets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/AlsaBufferSize-v1.01.zip > > mkdir -p /etc/squeezeplay/userpath/applets/AlsaBufferSize > > unzip AlsaBufferSize-v1.01.zip -d /etc/squeezeplay/userpath/applets/AlsaBufferSize > > rm AlsaBufferSize-v1.01.zip > > exit > -------------------- > > > The expected dialogue is as follows: > > Code: -------------------- > > > # wget http://mrw-applets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/AlsaBufferSize-v1.01.zip > Connecting to mrw-applets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com (52.216.168.26:80) > AlsaBufferSize-v1.01 100% |************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************| 7415 00:00:00 ETA > # mkdir -p /etc/squeezeplay/userpath/applets/AlsaBufferSize > # unzip AlsaBufferSize-v1.01.zip -d /etc/squeezeplay/userpath/applets/AlsaBufferSize > Archive: AlsaBufferSize-v1.01.zip > inflating: AlsaBufferSizeApplet.lua > inflating: AlsaBufferSizeMeta.lua > inflating: loadPriority.lua > inflating: strings.txt > # exit > -------------------- > > > > Now restart your Radio, and look for the menu item under Advanced > Settings. And, remember to disable _Remote_Login_. > > To remove the applet, reset the buffer size to its default setting, > log in to your radio, and: > > Code: -------------------- > > > rm -r /etc/squeezeplay/userpath/applets/AlsaBufferSize > exit > -------------------- > > > Then restart your Radio. > > > > Any comments or feedback welcome. In particular, confirmation that the > installation works on a UE Radio would be welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ frankd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52885 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104141 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
