[SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless to ethernet to fix Spotify stutter?

2011-06-27 Thread Paul Tiernan
Hi all, Got Spotify Premium up and running on my Touch but it stops for a few seconds roughly every 20 seconds during playback. I'm guessing that my wireless signal can't keep up. Am I guessing right or could there be another issue? If I am right then it's no hassle for me to use an ethernet (C

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless to ethernet to fix Spotify stutter?

2011-06-27 Thread toby10
Touch > Settings > Advanced > Networking > Connect to Ethernet Network What is the WiFi signal strength on Touch? You could also temporarily try Touch closer to your WiFi router to see if that helps, just for diagnosis. Spotify type streaming is very low bandwidth (maybe 320k) and should not be

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless to ethernet to fix Spotify stutter?

2011-06-27 Thread Paul Tiernan
The touch is showing 100% signal strength - I suspect the issue could be my broadband speed as we're about 9 miles from the exchange. I downloaded a 24/96 res album from Linn records and only achieved 140 kbps. Maybe a better router is required - I'm only using the 'standard issue' that came with

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless to ethernet to fix Spotify stutter?

2011-06-27 Thread toby10
Yeah, if your internet is choking on small stuff like internet radio you may have bandwidth issues. Simple test is to play a lossless file on your computer through your Touch. If it can handle a FLAC or WAV file without rebuffering (which I'd bet it can) then you know the issue is with the intern

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless to ethernet to fix Spotify stutter?

2011-06-28 Thread Paul Tiernan
Tried ethernet connection. Tried dropping Spotify streaming rate to 160kbps. No difference. Did broadband speed test and returned download speed of just over 1mbps. Downloaded Triode plug-in after reading some other forum posts - all working 100% now. Thanks and all the best, Paul -- Paul T

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless to ethernet to fix Spotify stutter?

2011-06-28 Thread garym
Paul Tiernan;638329 Wrote: > Tried ethernet connection. Tried dropping Spotify streaming rate to > 160kbps. No difference. > > Did broadband speed test and returned download speed of just over > 1mbps. > > Downloaded Triode plug-in after reading some other forum posts - all > working 100% now.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless to ethernet to fix Spotify stutter?

2011-06-28 Thread Paul Tiernan
Maybe I interpreted the results incorrectly - but we are a long way from the exchange and the maximum we're told we can receive is currently 2.25 mbps. There is a planned upgrade, though. Hallelujah for that! -- Paul Tiernan --