Subsonic Forum

Folks,

I have been a user of Subsonic for about five years or more. I have used it to stream to my iPhone with iSub (mostly) and z-Sub (rarely). My setup was cable for internet and I would receive on my iPhone 3G, 4G or 5 via cellular network or remote WiFi. This worked flawlessly except when cellphone reception was poor. When we moved, we could only get reliable internet via Satellite. Now, with this set up, I get a lot of stream stuttering whether it is 4G, 4G LTE or remote WiFi. Both iSub and z-Sub behave almost identically. I know that the bandwidth of the satellite is not the issue but suspect that the large latency time (typically 800mS) is the culprit. If I am correct, then increasing the size of each message would lessen the effect of the latency. So, two questions: am I right? If I am, is there a way to increase the size of the streamed message? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Blaine

You would be correct...the latency, which is unavoidable over satellite connections, will not permit perfect streaming 24/7. You could try playing with buffer settings, and also try to gear your listening/viewing during off-peak/FAP-free hours.

Thanks for the input. It appears to me that the latency time isn't a traffic issue in this case, rather the up/down transmission time with the satellite due to distance. Logically thinking, for each packet of information sent there will be at least one delay of 800 milliseconds (maybe more if there is some handshaking). If each packet is small, then it will be very inefficient. If that packet size can be increased, then more efficient operation would result.

Do you know what parameter would need to be changed? It would appear to be something related to Subsonic since both iSub and zSub behave in a similar fashion but normal file transfer via my satellite connection is 8-12Mbits down and 1-3Mbits up. Note: I stream at 128Kbits.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Blaine