After configuring the “Radio Browser” my player stopped playing after a few minutes when having another application on the foreground on my computer. A little searching revealed the next option:
Suspend background connections
For hidden windows or background tabs, close the server connection after 5 minutes
Toggling this button has the desired effect of keeping the audio playing, but I want to know if there are any other effects, pros and cons of using this option.
So questions like:
- What’s the benefit of setting it to On?
- What’s the benefit of setting it to Off?
- Does it impact power usage of my browser or companion app (memory, cpu-load)?
- Does it put an extra load on my HA configuration (memory, cpu-load)?
- Does it impact the data usage of the network and/or mobile connection?
- Is there any impact on other functions or integrations?