Files fully load before play -- is this correct behavior?

[madison437]

Hi,

I have a question about the streaming behavior when playing files transcoded to flac… for example, I am transcoding ALAC .m4a files to FLAC so that I can play them on DSub.

The transcoding command I’m using is:
ffmpeg -i %s -map 0:0 -v 0 -f flac -

This works, but the only issue I have is that these transcoded files will not play immediately on DSub, even when communicating over my LAN. DSub waits until the file is first fully downloaded before playback. Perhaps this is the same with .mp3s, but it's so quick that I don't notice it.

I don’t, however, have this problem with the standard Subsonic Android app. The files play almost immediately.

Is there anything I can do to optimzie this behavior to make things seem a bit more seamless in DSub?

Many thanks for any help!

— madison437

DSub Version 4.9.5

Subsonic Version
5.2.1 (build 4427) – March 4, 2015
Server jetty-6.1.x, java 1.8.0_25, Mac OS X (61.8 MB / 128.0 MB)

[grumpwagon]

This occasionally happens with podcasts as well (which, as far as I know, aren't being transcoded). Not every time though. It started happening a few releases ago. Maybe early this year? I kept meaning to mention it here and just forgot.