[SlimDevices: Beta] Re: SoftSqueeeze Update for 6.3?

[Andy Grundman]

On Sep 18, 2006, at 12:30 PM, wcattey wrote:

>
> This morning I realized I could investigate a supportable case, two
> computers running Softsqueeze.
>
> I added a laptop running Softsqueeze 3.0b3 to my existing setup with
> the SoundBridge and the server host and its Softsqueeze.  Startups and
> sync were random.  The SoundBridge would still sometimes be off as far
> a several seconds.
> The two computers would often be as far off as a second.
>
> When I took the SoundBridge out of the mix, the two computers  
> LOCKED IN
> PERFECTLY.

This is pretty strange.  The fact that the server and 1 Softsqueeze  
are on the same box could be a problem, as sync works best when all  
clients have equal latency.

>
> Ok, what's that SoundBridge doing that's so toxic?
> Does the server wait until each device in the group ack's the unpause
> before going to the next one?

Nope, it just blasts out unpause packets in series.  See  
Slim::Player::Sync::checkSync.