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Buffer Length Setting in Foobar

post #1 of 8
1/31/10 at 12:44pm
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I'm just wondering what this does and what I should have it set to?
At the moment I have it set to 500ms. Does it make a difference to anything?
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post #2 of 8
1/31/10 at 1:05pm
No sound difference, but there is a difference for the volume control. If WASAPI is on, you will have a delay. 500ms for 500ms delay.
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post #3 of 8
1/31/10 at 3:24pm
The only time I have to change my setting is when I tap into my network hard drive. When I'm listening to music stored on my current PC or an attached hard drive, it is not necessary. If I don't increase it with my network drive, I get dropouts. Once increased it runs great.
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post #4 of 8
2/1/10 at 12:08am
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Ok thanks guys. I will just keep it at 500ms and see how it goes.
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post #5 of 8
2/2/10 at 10:03am
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Originally Posted by angle_sh00ter View Post
Ok thanks guys. I will just keep it at 500ms and see how it goes.
I have mine set for 6000 ms. At the default setting I sometimes got dropouts playing files from another computer.
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post #6 of 8
2/2/10 at 2:15pm
Mine's set to the highest WASAPI seems to support, 2000ms. I keep it as high as I can because I can get dropouts under heavy disk I/O, such as when my roomates are copying large amounts of files from my machine over our dorm's GigE switch.
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post #7 of 8
2/2/10 at 2:20pm
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Is there any downside to having it that high?
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post #8 of 8
2/2/10 at 2:57pm
None that I've found. I still get bitperfect output since a SS DTS receiver that's on loan to me is able to properly decode DTS data from a WAV file.

I don't use digital volume controls or anything that alters the bitstream in any way. There might be a lag in changing the volume- you'll have to experiment to find out.
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