Minim stream being throttled on QNAP NAS ?

[windbag]

Thanks, simoncn

(26-11-2024 22:24)simoncn Wrote:  ...
2) Before playing the test tracks, set the logging level to debug
3) As soon as you get a couple of failures, set the logging level back to info and make a copy of the minimserver.log file
4) Zip/compress this copy and post it here

For info I made these plays:
1) a new album, 1st track seemed OK so cleared playlist and browsed to
2) almost new album that has been tested in earlier posts
- immediately stuttered so cleared playlist and browsed to
3) slightly older album. Immediately stuttered, so cleared playlist and browsed to
4) album 1. Now stuttering. So carried out the logfile instructions.

Ironically, the new album is now playing without issue as I type this... update - it has just stopped on track 4, skipped to track 5, 6 & now 7, so is behaving like most other recent playlists.

Zip attached but original file made for 1674 kb which is too big.
Opening it up, it seems to be carrying all the earlier issues with artwork, as about 90% of the file.
So I edited the middle bit with the
Warning: ignoring additional ID3v2 tag
etc entries, leaving the header and the recent entries with times on them, bringing the zip down to 18kb. Please advise if I've hacked out too much

(26-11-2024 22:24)simoncn Wrote:  Frrom everything you have said it sounds like the problem is on the Sonos side of things rather than the QNAP/MinimServer side of things.
The difference between 128k and 256k MP3 files is not significant with regard to this issue.

Our Sonos is used to stream UK Radio4 pretty much 24/7 (which stops when Bubble takes over). In the past, have tried several radio bitrates, all of which worked, and continue to do so, without any such stuttering - so there is no major interference when the stream is originating from the internet - which I'd have guessed was more prone to interruption. I do understand that there are no "play new file" commands that way, but it is odd that any interference only affects that specific bit of data exchange.
It is the ongoing capability to stream from the internet without issue that made me question whether it was a Minim issue. Could it be a Minim file corruption? Could deletion/re-installation help ?
Hopefully the log file may shed some light.