Minim stream being throttled on QNAP NAS ?

[windbag]

Thanks for the extra suggestions.

(23-11-2024 12:08)simoncn Wrote:  the possible HDD fault would not be an error with reading the track that is playing but a fault when some other process on the NAS is running and reading a different part of the HDD.

The QNAPS have extensive flags for any HDD file read errors, and nothing is coming up about that.

(23-11-2024 12:08)simoncn Wrote:  Another possibility is that there is some other process on the NAS (such as indexing or creating thumbnail images) that runs from time to time and consumes a lot of system resource when it is running.
For both of these, you need to view resource usage while the problem is occurring.

Just tried playing an album, and it immediately went into stutter mode (which usually causes it to abort the current track & try the next).
It only "settled" for a while on track 14 of 17. before giving up entirely.
It really is startling how bad it is at the moment compared to a couple of nights ago.

So, I grabbed a couple resource screenshots (attached). Pretty much identical to to it working fine during my last post.
There really is nothing using the NAS (only myself at home).

In the Process list, what might the Minim Server process be called ? - there is nothing with Minim in the title that I can see.

As for interference, that starts going down a deep rabbit hole that I'm not sure I'd come out of. Similarly with cables.
But that doesn't tie in with it working fine for quite a while, then suddenly starting to do this after the addition of a few CDs worth of mp3 tracks.