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.

Posted on: 10 October 2016 by fatcat

 You could rip to the laptop, then copy to the NAS, that’s what I do.

 I find DBPa ripping speed to be very inconsistent even to a PC, some times 24x or 32x but quite often 6x.

 

 

Posted on: 10 October 2016 by hungryhalibut

Presumably it's slower because it's going through the bridge. If you rip to the laptop then connect the laptop to the switch with a wire it will be really quick, but possibly not that convenient. The answer is to connect the switch to the router with a wire. Unless you do that, there will always be a compromise. 

Posted on: 10 October 2016 by Mike-B

I don't see how it can be a problem dBpoweramp, but it might well be your laptop.  I would also suspect the bridge,  but as its the same problem wireless & wired laptop to switch>NAS,  I am more inclined to OK that & think its WD My Book.       I suggest you try a CD rip to your laptop & see how quick that is & that proves the laptop (dBpoweramp) is OK or not. If thats back to normal speed that means its probably in the WD,  then see how fast it is to upload laptop to WD, if its still slow I would focus on the WD.

BTW - once I had ripped my CD library, I now rip to PC or laptop,  this is more convenient if metadata needs editing,   then upload to NAS - wired or wireless, makes no real difference in upload time. 

Posted on: 10 October 2016 by audio1946

the only time that ripping slows down  is either poor condition surfaced cd or a copied cd. used it for years no issues at all. thanks for dB

Posted on: 10 October 2016 by Calpark46

Many thanks for the useful responses.

As suspected, DbPoweramp is not the problem. I ripped a CD direct to the laptop in decent time (5-6 minutes for a 14 track Best of Don Henley album) and am now watching it being copied SLOWLY to the NAS drive.

I'm wondering if the use of the Sonos Bridge on the network switch might be an issue, with it being a closed mesh as opposed to true wifi? Would be better to use an Airport Express for this?