Ropiee/Pi4 - Media loading slowly

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Did you ever get to the bottom of this @DanMtsn?

I am temporarily in a home where I have set up Roon. My Ropiee/Pi4 is wired directly to the modem-router, but gives the “loading slowly” error, despite my Microsoft Surface PC working perfectly well as an endpoint across wireless.

This same Ropiee/Pi4 was working flawlessly in my previous home.

Due to the temporary nature of my situation the Core is on a PC (Intel i7 16MB RAM) which is wirelessly connected. This is obviously a weak point, but why would a wireless endpoint work flawlessly while a wired Ropiee/Pi4 fails?

@noris, would appreciate it if you could let me know if there are other relevant discussion threads.

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Hi @Peter_Taylor,

It’s best to troubleshoot each user individually, so I have split your post into it’s own thread.
A few questions:

  1. What is your network setup like - what is the model/manufacturer of all your networking gear?
  2. What do you have connected to the Ropiee? Is it a DAC or a HAT?
  3. If you temporarily connect the Pi via Ethernet, does that work as expected?
  4. Do you have the latest version of Ropieee?
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Thanks for troubleshoot attention. Answers:

  1. Just the basic Hitron 88390 modem/router that came with my cable connection.
  2. A DAC - Wadia 122
  3. Pi is permanently connected via Ethernet. I believe wifi is disabled on the device.
  4. It should auto-update, but I don’t know how to verify software version. If you know, let me know, cheers.
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If you open the web GUI in a browser (go to the IP address), the information tab will tell you the version. Current is 2.493 stable or thereabouts.

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A core on Wifi will be nothing but trouble as wifi is not really full duplex and you are sending the data 2 x from tidal and to ropieee. the other questionable issue could be your internet speed. maybe post the results of a speedtest.net or fast.com results…but you may find the wifi is also a limiting factor unless you have a lan connected computer to test with

DNS could also be an issue here…try to have cloud flare 1.1.1.1 or google 8.8.8.8 as one of the DNS entries

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Thanks for that guidance. Ropieeee version is 2.493, which is later than the latest version showing on the Ropieeee changelog.

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This is the latest stable version of RoPieee.

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Hi @Peter_Taylor,

Thanks for confirming that you have the latest version of Ropieee.
Are there any patterns to the content affected by this issue?

Does the behavior happen when only playing MQA/96+ kHz content?
If you have another DAC, could you try connecting it to the Ropieee to verify if the issue is the same?

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