(15-Dec-2016, 23:50)Chris Marshall Wrote: I just got my 250 back from the pro upgrade which is great.
Unfortunately while it was away a windows update has done something to the mini pic I use to run ROON and air! At first it wouldn,t read files across the network which I couldn't resolve with drivers, etc so I reset windows 10 which fixed it. Now I can't play dsf or 24/192 files without crackling, using Ethernet, this is a problem I never had with any previous version of air!
It's really annoying as all the 3.xx betas had been perfect upto know, I've tried all of them and they all have the same problem, if anyone has any ideas they would be appreciated. I have turned defender off, etc. And there is no obvious high cpu or memory usage.
Cheers
Chris
One easy try I would give to 'Process Lasso'. There's a trial and it is also cheap. You can set Priority patterns in Process Lasso for Devialet processes to 'high'. Might solve your problems.
As I assume you have dedicated the mini pc to audio only you could also trial 'Audiophile Optimizer'. It might not bring you further sound improvements (though I would highly expect this even with AIR 3) but cuts all audio-unnecessary processes/services down so they won't get in the way while streaming. There's even a shell replacement in AO that replaces original Windows shell for Roon shell (or other player shells). Made a very nice sound improvement at least for me and cuts down Windows Processes even more.
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