davePK;374918 Wrote: > I've been having these problems as well. When I listen to Rhapsody > through my computer it works much better, but not perfectly. > Periodically it will pause for a long period (30 seconds, or a minute > or so) and then continue where it left off. I suspect the reason it > works better "locally" than through the SB is because of the buffering. > The SB, being a network creature, will time out eventually. The Rhapsody > application will not, or at least has much more patience. Also, the > Rhapsody app probably buffers farther ahead than the network devices > do, which would mask server pauses. Further, if you're listening to > tracks that you listen to frequently, the Rhapsody app is probably > playing it from the local buffer on your hard drive, "radfile.rcf", > which on my machine is currently over a gig. I don't know if this > happens when you're listening through SB (or Sonos...), but I doubt it. > It appears that SB is just the canary in the coalmine for Rhapsody, as > it seems more susceptible to less than optimal streaming performance. > Rhapsody had better get their act together and fix their servers or > they're going to lose a lot of customers to some other subscription > service. (Anybody know of any good ones out there yet?) Yeah it happens with SB. In fact it's happening to me right now. Impossible to consistantly hear complete albums. Been putting up with this for almost a month. To add insult to injury, rhapsody support staff had the nerve to slap a "problem solved" sticker on this thread.
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