ralphpnj;581163 Wrote: > I encounter exactly the same issue when playing 24/96 files, i.e. the > file starts playing, stops to re-buffer and then continues playing just > fine. My Touch uses a wired connection so I know that it's not a > wireless network issue. I believe that this behavior is a result of the > Touch's internal buffer not filling up fast enough at the very beginning > of playback. Once the buffer is filled, which it is after the > re-buffering, the Touch plays great. > > So in other words, don't knock yourself out trying to fix your server > and network because the fault is in the Touch. It's a very minor fault > and one I can easily live with especially since this only occurs at the > start of 24/96 playback and not at any other time.
My understanding of the issue is this: when going from one song to the next in the playlist (say when playing a whole album), the Touch starts filling up a buffer for the next song while the first is still playing, so when it goes to the next song the buffer is already full and it smoothly goes to the next. When you first start playing a playlist (album) this overlap doesn't exist. Because the buffer is large it would take a long time to completely fill the buffer and many people get annoyed with having to wait many seconds before the music starts, so only a small portion of the buffer gets filled to begin with. While that small portion of the buffer is playing it then tries to fill the rest of the buffer. There is a tradeoff here between trying to keep the initial delay short and having enough time to fill the rest of the buffer. With 24/96 that initial short buffer gets emptied a lot faster so under some circumstances there is not enough time to fill up the rest of the buffer, thus the music stops after a few seconds of playing. This was all tweaked and constants were worked out for 16/44.1, for 24/96 they don't always work. For future releases I think the developers are working on a way to change those constants depending on the sample rate being used. Several months ago I remember Andy posting a way to change this number, but I can't find that post right now. If the number can't get changed the way to improve it is to work on maximizing the rate of getting data to the Touch. Going wired instead of wireless is always going to be an improvement. If you can't go wired just try all the usual wifi things, antenna orientation, changing channels, turning off things that cause wifi interference etc. A slow server can also slow down the rate data gets sent out. In that case try and cut down what the server is doing, take out plugins you don't really need etc. Cut down on the transcoding being done in the server. Don't display cover art. Don't run other programs on the server processor. Or modify the first track on the album, add 5 seconds of silence to the beginning, so even though it stutters you can't hear it! John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82459 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
