Player eats up playback-buffer in about 60min

kael · 1st April 2006, 16:46

I use the SQRsoft crossfader v1.175 with Shoutcast DSP 1.9.0 stacked as Output.
As DSP, I use SQRsoft DSP v2.0 (with limiter for gain control).
Everthing seems to work fine for about one hour.
But during this first hour of playback the player seems to advance gradually into the buffertime between the server and the playback.
When playback is just started at the listener, there's about 30sec difference with the server, but after about 60 min there is no more difference (0 sec) with a result that that Winamp halts, about every track, for a second to do some new buffering. Very annoying, when I stop the playback at the listener side and restart everything is fine for another hour and then starts again.
What can be the cause?

hackerdork · 1st April 2006, 19:03

Write an email to the authors of the plug-ins.

Last time I used a DSP stacker my system performance sucked. So I just deal with it if I am going to stack em'

~ DK

kael · 3rd April 2006, 08:07

Yes, maybe the DSP-stack function SRQsoft crossfader has something to do with it.
When I use Directsound output I don't have this buffer problem.
Anyone using SRQsoft plugins succesfull? I guess the SQRsoft plug-in is a dead project as the latest build is from 2002?

kael · 7th April 2006, 17:29

I made some progress in this 'lag' problem.
I found that the Output plug-in isn't the problem, also the Directsound output give the same error in contrary of my previous post

I did cure the problem simply by switching to the acc+ encoder instead op mp3, and hey, this acc+ encoder works perfect together with the SQRsoft-plugin & stackfunction.
The delay in the feed is about 30sec and stay solid like this all the way - no more buffering .

I'm wondering, Am I using the latest version of the mp3 encoder, \Winamp\Plugins\enc_lame.dll? It is about 11k in size. There is also in this folder a lame_enc.dll (452k) and a lamedll.dl (264k).

Is there an update or alternative somewhere? I prefer a mp3 encoder so that my stream also works with Windows Media Player.

1st April 2006, 16:46	#1
kael Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 24	Player eats up playback-buffer in about 60min I use the SQRsoft crossfader v1.175 with Shoutcast DSP 1.9.0 stacked as Output. As DSP, I use SQRsoft DSP v2.0 (with limiter for gain control). Everthing seems to work fine for about one hour. But during this first hour of playback the player seems to advance gradually into the buffertime between the server and the playback. When playback is just started at the listener, there's about 30sec difference with the server, but after about 60 min there is no more difference (0 sec) with a result that that Winamp halts, about every track, for a second to do some new buffering. Very annoying, when I stop the playback at the listener side and restart everything is fine for another hour and then starts again. What can be the cause?

1st April 2006, 19:03	#2
hackerdork Forum King Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Earth Circa sometime. Posts: 3,297	Write an email to the authors of the plug-ins. Last time I used a DSP stacker my system performance sucked. So I just deal with it if I am going to stack em' ~ DK ~ According to the ship's log we're down to our last 3000 vomit bags.It'll never be enough. search the forums! don't PM me on how-to, or ask me to setup you system. you do it so you learn.

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3rd April 2006, 08:07	#3
kael Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 24	Yes, maybe the DSP-stack function SRQsoft crossfader has something to do with it. When I use Directsound output I don't have this buffer problem. Anyone using SRQsoft plugins succesfull? I guess the SQRsoft plug-in is a dead project as the latest build is from 2002?

7th April 2006, 17:29	#4
kael Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 24	I made some progress in this 'lag' problem. I found that the Output plug-in isn't the problem, also the Directsound output give the same error in contrary of my previous post I did cure the problem simply by switching to the acc+ encoder instead op mp3, and hey, this acc+ encoder works perfect together with the SQRsoft-plugin & stackfunction. The delay in the feed is about 30sec and stay solid like this all the way - no more buffering . I'm wondering, Am I using the latest version of the mp3 encoder, \Winamp\Plugins\enc_lame.dll? It is about 11k in size. There is also in this folder a lame_enc.dll (452k) and a lamedll.dl (264k). Is there an update or alternative somewhere? I prefer a mp3 encoder so that my stream also works with Windows Media Player.