Supernait + Airport Express = 1/2 second dropout at 5 seconds into audio stream - 2

Hi r-tree,
I would try to connect airport express to another mains spur, I used to have sound dropouts with a PC connected via Coax. (spdif) to a Lavry. These were caused by other electrical machines at home! No more once I changed to an AES/EBU connection (it outputs an stronger signal). Optical connection shouldn't be affected too.
In case the problem was in the wireless network, you could also try different channels in the wifi setup, maybe you are experiencing interferences from other apparel or networks, we live in jungle of waves!

Regards,

hi, the system is on its own spur and the AE is on the ground floor spur to the house. the leccy has been very well installed and all four floors of my house were re-done when it was renivated with breakers and quality MK products through out. i dont have any other network and the microwave and moblie home phones are more than 15m away form the AE. there was a thread going about 7 weeks ago where many people were having this issue so i dont think its interference but i may be wrong

@r-tee
I have exactly the problem and it seems to have to do with recent modifications by an i-tunes update. SOme other users of the system ( in another forum) informed about precisely the same issue. Let us hope that a new update provided by Apple will sort this out (fingers crossed). Nevertheless I have decided to finally solve that matter by ordering an Akurate DS...

from what naimnet mentioned the ns01 is now cabable of streaming too. but for £3K it not good VFM. there is a new sonos product in the pipeline so i hear.

Mine has been very stable. There remains a single, 1 second droput about 5 seconds after resuming from pause - but otherwise, no problems. I'm running iTunes 8.0.2.

r-tee, the problem is with the windows wzc (wireless zero configuration) service on XP - don't know what it is on vista - you may recall.

The fix is to turn the service off when you have connected, or, and this depends on your wireless card, use the manufacturers drivers only. The bad news is that manufacturers are increasingly using the WZC service.

My 100% fix was to connect my laptop directly to the wireless router, though that rather negates wireless in the first place!

I'm goin to try setting up an AE only network and see what happens. The problem isn't with the AE, so you never know (though I have a fair idea). The other fix is, well, how do you like the new macs??

would i have to do this everytime i log in? and how do you get to the driver?

Yes, you would. The WZC is under control panel/Administration/services on XP.

Someone has written a batch file to ease the pain, so I'll see if I can hunt it up for you.

Must say it's a while since I've used my AE - discovered an specialist LP shop close to me and haven't been able to tear myself away from the black stuff....

I'm using WZC on XP with no drop outs.

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I'm using WZC on XP with no drop outs.

Nap-ster,

Which version of itunes? Versions up to and including 7 work without a problem.

8.0.2

I've always updated to the latest version of iTunes. Been running AE and ATV for couple of years now. No drop outs.

Only issue was when the microwave was on. Bought a new microwave and all OK.

Nap-ster,

You are one of the lucky ones! Basically, if the wireless drivers supplied with your wireless router don't use wzc, then you won't have the problem. Of my three pcs, the oldest doesn't have the problem, probably because it uses a pmcia card with its own drivers.

My other 2, one of which was bought specifically to act as a music server, do have the problem. The music server, which is a netbook, had the worst problem. It came with its own drivers, and connected without a problem to the network. However, the wzc trick didn't work until I'd also installed the router specific ADSL drivers.

r-tee, you can leave the wzc service set to automatic and just stop when you use itunes. That way wzc will restart when your comuter restarts or comes out of sleep mode. Still not perfect, but at least you can listen without a short pause every minute.

Don't know if this is of any use but I'm running a Dell D820 / iTunes library on a USB 2.5" external drive / XP Pro / Netgear DG834PN / iPhone + Remote App.

Have mine working perfectly now _ well, almost anyway. My cheapo Zero DAC is now overheating and cutting out with monotonous regularity. Win one, lose one I guess.

does using WDS i=on the AE and the router help?
when i updated the firmware on my netgear dg834n it became capable of running WDS networks, but i dont know what are the benifits it can bring...

avole, the split second pause only happens once every album - but its still annoying.