Better + Faster Playback than Default Subsonic app?

[t1337Dude]

Anyone experiencing significantly faster playback than the default Subsonic app? I simply tried this app on Google store because I was experiencing playback issues with the default Subsonic app on Android and I'm finding this app to work a lot faster. If I compare the programs side by side, Dsub starts streaming my songs faster, and doesn't ever stop to buffer mid-way through. In my regular Subsonic app, my songs will often pause, skip, and buffer mid-song with a weak internet connection, but Dsub seems to have beautiful playback no matter what.

So what's the deal?

[grumpwagon]

Placebo effect?

Dsub might have less overhead to actually get the music playing, but the app doesn't do anything to download music from the server faster.

[daneren2005]

Well the buffering and stopping isn't actually. I spent a long time developing the internal proxy DSub uses specifically because starting in JB the MediaPlayer framework will only play to the point that is was downloaded to when playback started. So you ended up with multiple (depending on network speed) points where it is actually stopping and resetting the player, then seeking back to the point it stopped at.

[t1337Dude]

If it were, it would be one hell of a placebo effect. What I'm describing isn't necessarily faster download speed. It's the difference between a fully functional program and a barely functioning one. The normal Subsonic app on Android has not worked great for me in the past six months. Often when buffering, it would just skip to the next track, making the listening experience a nuisance compared to how it used to be. And the buffering became a lot more erratic, instead of just buffering at the start of the song and playing normally from then, my Subsonic app would buffer at the start, play for a little bit, buffer again, play for a little bit, buffer again, etc. even if I have constant internet connection. I had zero idea there were other apps for Subsonic so I downloaded Dsub yesterday and everything seriously works just as well as my Subsonic used to work, if not even better. I drove around listening to music and it didn't pause or stop once, which is very satisfactory performance-wise. I can't remember the last time my Subsonic worked so fluently.

Well the buffering and stopping isn't actually

I'm not sure who you're replying to. So if I understand you correctly, you're saying it's not a placebo effect and you coded the program to have less pauses in playback? Or are you saying it isn't actually faster than the default Subsonic app?

Either way, I'm convinced at the very least the Android version of Subsonic is buggy (while Dsub isn't). People have reported the issue I'm having with the Subsonic app as far back as January (http://forum.subsonic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15080&p=66809&hilit=skipping+android#p66809)and never got any help.

[daneren2005]

I was replying to grumpy saying it wasn't a placebo. DSub isn't actually downloading any faster but the pauses aren't in your head for the reason I gave above.

[grumpwagon]

That's all really interesting, thanks for the explanation. I learned something (and sorry for doubting you t1337Dude).