Minim stream being throttled on QNAP NAS ?

[windbag]

(22-11-2024 11:41)simoncn Wrote:  It sounds like something else running on the NAS is using excessive system resources (CPU, memory, disk I/O, network bandwidth)
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Another possibility is a hardware fault. For example, a faulty HDD could be doing excessive retries...

Thanks for the suggestions. When the stuttering occurs, there is no-one doing anything with the NAS, so it is just doing its 24/7 background tasks.
Just did a basic check, and fired up playing a tracklist that got no further than 3 tracks in succession this morning. A start-up peak of 16% process time, then 3-8 % thereafter. 1.3GB memory of 3.6 GB. Max latency =52 ms at start, then max was 13ms.
So very light usage - and, because I'm taking the effort to monitor it, the playlist is working perfectly !!

As I said, playing any "stuttering" track by deleting the playlist and then re-starting the list at the stutter, it almost always plays the "problem" track perfectly that has now become the 1st track - so I think I can eliminate the HDD fault likelihood.

As it is currently playing just fine (! shows it *can*) I'll try & come back when it goes wobbly again - which will be when I'm on another floor or in the shower