[Problem]: delay when using vmware and a homepod mini

[Noboxj]

What happened?

hello The pc has like a 0.8 seconds delay when music is playing on linux via vmware and my homepod mini.

Relevant log output

No response

System Information.

i'm using a windows 11 pc running ubuntu on vmware.

Configuration Information.

From "uname -a":

Linux Albixpc 6.5.0-14-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Nov 14 14:59:

49 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

From /etc/os-release:

Ubuntu 23.10

Shairport Sync Version String:

4.3.2-1-990c03bf0-AirPlay2-smi10-OpenSSL-Avahi-pw-soxr-sysconfdir:/etc

Command Line:

shairport-sync --displayConfig

Configuration File:

/etc/shairport-sync.conf

Configuration File Settings:

pw :
{
};

PulseAudio or PipeWire installed?

• [X] Check if your system uses a Sound Server.

How did you install Shairport Sync?

Homebrew for Mac

Check previous issues

• [X] Confirm

[Noboxj]

sorry forgot to change i installed shairport-sync by a package manager

[mikebrady]

Thanks for the post, and apologies for the delay.

If I understand your post properly, the problem is that the audio coming from Shairport Sync, running in Ubuntu 23.10 on a VMWare VM in a Windows 11 PC is about 0.8 seconds late and is out of sync with the audio coming from the source -- a HomePod mini.

I have noticed that the audio coming from a VMWare VM is always delayed, usually be a few 10s to 100s of milliseconds, and I believe that it's a limitation of the virtualisation. That being the case, I'm afraid there isn't anything that can easily be done about it.

[Noboxj]

Ok thank you for the response Is there another way to use shairport-sync on windows 11 so that i could have way less delay ?

[mikebrady]

Thanks. It needs Linux or Unix, and I have never tried the Linux compatibility subsystem in Windows. Maybe someone else has?

[Noboxj]

I tried the linux subsystem in wodws but coudn't get it to work...

[mikebrady]

I tried the linux subsystem in wodws but coudn't get it to work...

Thanks for the clarification.

[Noboxj]

The problème there is with wsl is that it's pretty hard to connect your sound output to ubuntu. And that's the step i'm blocked at.

[mikebrady]

Thanks. I’m away from computers until the end of the month, but after that I will experiment…

[Noboxj]

I'll be happy to know if you've succeed. And if yes how you did it.

[Noboxj]

Any news ?

[mikebrady]

Apologies for the delay. It turns out that I don't have a machine that is capable of running Windows 11 with virtualisation, so I can't run wsl.

[Noboxj]

Oh ok it's true that you must have a pretty recent machine to be able to run it. Still thanks for the response.

[mikebrady]

Oh ok it's true that you must have a pretty recent machine to be able to run it. Still thanks for the response.

Apologies again for the delay. Apparently VMWare Fusion doesn't support virtualisation on Apple Silicon either. 😕

[mriwhh]

WSL as well as VMWARE virtualize. Using both on the same host might be a cause for some performance issues and delays. WSL relies on Microsoft Hyper-V and in fact when activating Hyper-V even Windows technically runs kind of virtualized. Installing VMware on top leads to some double virtualization. You could try Ubuntu on Hyper-V or VMWARE on a fresh installed clean slate Windows.

[Noboxj]

Ok thanks i'll give it a shot this weekend