In Reply to: RE: Buffer update posted by lgroli on November 29, 2013 at 14:47:50:
I still did not solve this issue. But maybe, I am one step further:
I noticed that I put the audio_buffer_size and buffer_before_play option in the wrong place (inside the mpd.conf audio_output-element). Since I moved them to the top level of mpd.conf, they take effect: I set the audio_buffer_size to 131028 and the buffer_before_play to 100%
And now I can see (in 'top') that mpd consumes almost 30% (29.5) of the available RAM
However, this did not solve the dropout problem.
Higher values for the audio_buffer_size were rejected.
Moreover, I noticed that the dropouts even occur with MP3-files, not only with DSD and FLAC (but with high-resolution sources, they are much more frequent).
So, I still do not know ..
.. why I cannot use all the available RAM
.. what I can do with the MPD-parameters buffer_time, period_time and max_output_buffer_size (I tried to play with them, but that did not lead to any noticeable change)
p.s. I also tried to disconnect from the WLAN, to play the music from a different hard disc, to change the nrpacks using modprobe .. but that all did not help. If nobody has a better idea, I guess, I'll have to replace that laptop :-(
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