paulster;607495 Wrote: > The incoming data hits a not-insubstantial buffer though, so the MTU and > timing of the data won't make a jot of difference unless the buffer > empties. > > The other night I managed to disconnect one of my players and patch in > a switch into the wall port and back to the player, which had to > re-DHCP, and it didn't drop a note whilst streaming FLAC. The buffer > is that big!
Indeed - I've noticed the same thing, so for most of the time the player is probably simply playing out the contents of the buffer. I can't be sure, but it doesn't seem as though there is a continuous stream of data to the player, but rather an occasional spurt of data to refill the buffer. If that's the case, then differences in processor load or player activity should be audible (if at all) only during these data spurts. If Linux is somehow inferior during these spurts, the effect should be to make Linux sound worse in spurts, not continuously. But I'm making the mistake of using my deductive reasoning and my engineering/scientific superstition again - how idiotically scholastic. -- chill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
