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WIP snapclient on ESP32
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Q: Boot-up/connection time and power consumption for ESP32 Snapclient? #28

Open Wookbert opened 3 years ago

Wookbert commented 3 years ago

I'm currently running Mopidy on a nanoPi M4 to which I have attached two B25 USB Audio Low Latency Transmitter Sticks, each one capable of serving two receivers. It works but BT range is limited and the two sticks occasionally interfere with each other. Big advantage: The USB audio receiver sticks I'm using are instant-on and have very little power consumption.

So the questions are:

  1. How long does it take the ESP32 Snapclient to power up and begin playback?
  2. How much power in Watts does the ESP32 Snapclient consume? (If it takes too long to connect, another idea might be to have it always on).

Thanks in advance and sorry for asking here, didn't find a ESP32 Snapclient Forum.

jorgenkraghjakobsen commented 3 years ago

Hi Wookbert Snapcast buffer size is 500-1000ms and on top you need to added ESP32 boot up, connect to WIFI. All in all 5-8 sec. Power consumption is around 0.4 Watts. Just consider this to be the ESP32 snapcast forum :-) /J