Single Stutter 6 to 8 seconds into every song...

[BrianB]

Anyone else hearing a single stutter at 6 to 8 seconds into each song? I know some where having longer episodes, but I'm just getting one little bump at the beginning...

[gmeister]

Yes, I am getting it to. Mine might stutter two or three times, though. I have tried adding the audio_buffer_size and buffer_before_play parameters in the mpd0.conf that are suggested in other threads, with no success.
I am hoping someone finds a working solution soon. It is the only problem I have had with an otherwise flawless VortexBox and VortexBox Player experience.

[andrew]

I only see this when I switch media types . Such as streaming radio switch to FLAC. Are you seeing this other times?

[ukdiceman]

I am also seeing this stutter at the beginning of every track for the 1st 5-10 seconds, then it plays perfectly.


I've now added a USB sound box similar to the Turtle Beach one. Added the new device on the VB, but both the analoge and optical outputs on the device still have this stutter.


This minor flaw is driving me nuts, as I think this product has so much potential.


The flac's play perfectly from the VB on my windows PC so its not the encoding.

[ukdiceman]

I've just tried some mp3's and they play perfectly, I wonder if this is just a flac playback problem?


update - No its not, I've just tried some Apple lossless .m4a files and they stutter aswell :-(

[socistep]

Same problem for me (mentioned in thread below) - its very irritating and is happening with every flac song I play, changing the buffer % did improve things but hasn't removed

[sonorejr]

Team, I have another experimental test to see if it helps with your issue. First, if you put this in and mpd does not load then take it our to restore mpd. Also the code below appears to go inside the alsa section of the conf file some place between the { }.



buffer_time "500000"example:audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "VortexBox Player Analog"
device "hw:0,0"
mixer_type "software"buffer_time "500000"
}This sets the length of the hardware sample buffer in microseconds. Increasing it may help to reduce or eliminate skipping on certain setups. Most users do not need to change this. The default is 500000 microseconds (0.5 seconds). 5 seconds = 5000000Increase it as needed to see if it helps and report back.Jesus R

[ukdiceman]

sorry, but which conf file do i need to add this to?


I assume you mean mpd0.conf but mine does not have this section in it, it also says it will be overwritten next time i make changes in the GUI, see below:-




# Created by VortexBox on February 21, 2010, 1:27 pm
# If you edit this file it will be over written the next time you make changes in the GUI.
#
music_directory "/storage/music/flac"
playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists"
db_file "/var/lib/mpd/database"
log_file "/var/log/mpd.log"
pid_file "/var/lib/mpd/pid"
state_file "/var/lib/mpd/state"
sticker_file "/var/lib/mpd/sticker.sql"
port "6600"
zeroconf_enabled "no"

[ukdiceman]

I've just looked at mpd1.conf for the USB sound device added today and it does have this section. I'll add it to this and try the USB device.




Cheers


Vaughan

[ukdiceman]

Still stutters at the beggining of each track :-(


my current mpd1.conf :-


# Created by VortexBox on February 21, 2010, 1:27 pm
# If you edit this file it will be over written the next time you make changes in the GUI.
#
port "6601"
zeroconf_enabled "no"


audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "VortexBox USB"
device "hw:1,0"
buffer_time "800000"
}