Db Poweramp Slowdown
Posted by: Calpark46 on 10 October 2016
I have been using a WD My Book Live NAS to stream to my Unitilite for four years. Until about six months ago the NAS was connected to my BT Router two rooms from where the Unitilite sits. Having suffered the occasional dropout I decided to move the NAS to the same room as my system and connect it via a switch to the Lite. I also have a Sonos bridge connected to the switch and this provides the wireless connection to the router to provide artwork, metadata, etc.
There is no doubt that streaming this way is much more stable than wi-fi. However, whereas before, ripping a typical CD to the NAS using Db Poweramp wirelessly took 4-5 minutes it is now taking an eternity. I have tried plugging an ethernet cable from the laptop on which Db Poweramp is installed into the switch, to no avail.