Yet another Rock won't play Tidal MQA thread

[Rugby (aka Daniel or Big Dan)]

@Greg_Smith1

I think it’s highly likely that what is going on is conflicts between Roon and Tidal in terms of their demand on the network to satisfy what are probably different buffering strategies. Admittedly, my broadband connection isn’t the fastest in the world (I live in the sticks and have a DSL broadband connection) but it’s obviously sufficient to satisfy Tidal MQA alone.

Take a look at this post for more information.

Tidal buffering

I’m not sure what is going on in your situation, or exactly where the bottleneck is, but I don’t think more buffering will help. Let me explain more about what we do currently–it’s a lot more aggressive than what you’re proposing. As soon as you begin playback of a TIDAL track, Roon begins caching the entirety of that track + the entirety of the next track into an encrypted on-disk cache. This buffering happens as quickly as TIDAL’s servers + your internet connection allows. Playback preferent…