Stutter/skips in Android client

[jakebriggs]

Installed a samsung jellybean rom, still happens. One thing I have notice is that while the dong is playing, the play/pause button has the "pause" icon on it - but when the gaps happen, this icon breifly changes to the "stop" icon, then back again.

[NTolerance]

Installed a samsung jellybean rom, still happens. One thing I have notice is that while the dong is playing, the play/pause button has the "pause" icon on it - but when the gaps happen, this icon breifly changes to the "stop" icon, then back again.

With the latest official Subsonic client I still have a similar issue. Rather than a "bzzzzt" sound it's more of a second-long gap that I hear.

Looking at the size of this thread I'm sure many of us appreciate the debugging work that you've been doing.

[ar9]

I'd just like to chime in here and say I am having skips/stuttering and *brrrrps* on the first song played in my DSub client, running Nexus 7 on CM 10.1.

Super frustrating, as I am forced to click forward and then back everytime I play any song not on my current playlist.
I cannot justify throwing my money to a program when a problem as huge as this seems to just be overlooked for months (years?).

What's going on here? Why is it so hard to track down? Audiogalaxy worked perfectly... =S

[NTolerance]

I'd just like to chime in here and say I am having skips/stuttering and *brrrrps* on the first song played in my DSub client, running Nexus 7 on CM 10.1.

Super frustrating, as I am forced to click forward and then back everytime I play any song not on my current playlist.
I cannot justify throwing my money to a program when a problem as huge as this seems to just be overlooked for months (years?).

What's going on here? Why is it so hard to track down? Audiogalaxy worked perfectly... =S

Set your buffer length to zero. Playing songs while downloading is what causes the issue. This setting will avoid that.

[VintageDougers]

I'm experiencing skips using the Subsonic android client as well. I'm using a Samsung Fascinate, running CM10 jelly bean rom. After reading some other users' comments here, I'm going to try changing the CPU governor setting from "ondemand" to "performance" to see if this makes a difference.

[VintageDougers]

I'm experiencing skips using the Subsonic android client as well. I'm using a Samsung Fascinate, running CM10 jelly bean rom. After reading some other users' comments here, I'm going to try changing the CPU governor setting from "ondemand" to "performance" to see if this makes a difference.

First test, still skipping. It may just be in my head, but it almost seemed worse. This is maddening, I miss Audiogalaxy. I just can't justify paying for a service that is flawed.

[NTolerance]

I'm experiencing skips using the Subsonic android client as well. I'm using a Samsung Fascinate, running CM10 jelly bean rom. After reading some other users' comments here, I'm going to try changing the CPU governor setting from "ondemand" to "performance" to see if this makes a difference.

First test, still skipping. It may just be in my head, but it almost seemed worse. This is maddening, I miss Audiogalaxy. I just can't justify paying for a service that is flawed.

This issue does not occur on my Galaxy Nexus when using the DSub Android client.

[rubbersoul]

I'm experiencing skips using the Subsonic android client as well. I'm using a Samsung Fascinate, running CM10 jelly bean rom. After reading some other users' comments here, I'm going to try changing the CPU governor setting from "ondemand" to "performance" to see if this makes a difference.

First test, still skipping. It may just be in my head, but it almost seemed worse. This is maddening, I miss Audiogalaxy. I just can't justify paying for a service that is flawed.

the problem exists on both dsub and regular subsonic. there is a forked subsonic for jellybean in the mod section that fixes this issue but there are still some minor bugs being worked out. alternatively you can use dsub and have it cache the whole song before playing. those are your two options.

[daneren2005]

I'm experiencing skips using the Subsonic android client as well. I'm using a Samsung Fascinate, running CM10 jelly bean rom. After reading some other users' comments here, I'm going to try changing the CPU governor setting from "ondemand" to "performance" to see if this makes a difference.

First test, still skipping. It may just be in my head, but it almost seemed worse. This is maddening, I miss Audiogalaxy. I just can't justify paying for a service that is flawed.

the problem exists on both dsub and regular subsonic. there is a forked subsonic for jellybean in the mod section that fixes this issue but there are still some minor bugs being worked out. alternatively you can use dsub and have it cache the whole song before playing. those are your two options.

Well if they were "minor" bugs I would merge it into DSub, but they are major problems (can't use non-unlimited bitrate) that I don't see an easy (or at all) fix for

[rubbersoul]

Yeah, I didn't realize that was associated with the playback fix. That is certainly a major bug for people who limit the bandwidth. I know the fix isn't polished yet which is what I was trying to communicate to him

[VintageDougers]

daneren2005 and rubbersoul, thank you both very much for your input and suggestions. I purchased and installed the DSub app, set the buffer setting to 0 as suggested, and this has essentially eliminated the skipping / stuttering issue. There is still the occasional stutter / skip, but I fully understand that passing data over a 3G network like that can have it's intermittent issues. It was just the constant, repeated skips that were driving me crazy. But like I said, installation of the DSub client has eliminated that issue.

Again, thank you both very much, especially daneren2005 for your work on the DSub client. This client is much more polished and easier to navigate than the "standard" client. One small thing that, in my own opinion, would be a good addition would be the availability of the "progress bar" when you have the phone in landscape. Again, just a very small suggestion / request on my part, but I have zero complaints about this client, it runs great.

Thanks all, I'll be donating to keep the Subsonic server.

[zapt0]

set the buffer setting to 0 as suggested

Won't this make it take forever to play new tracks? I'm on DSL and it can easily take 60 seconds to load a full track.

I'm still having skipping issues with the latest DSub. (non-0 buffer of course).

[NTolerance]

set the buffer setting to 0 as suggested

Won't this make it take forever to play new tracks? I'm on DSL and it can easily take 60 seconds to load a full track.

Only if you don't queue up multiple tracks. DSub can cache the next track while the current track is playing.

[Goldilox]

set the buffer setting to 0 as suggested

Won't this make it take forever to play new tracks? I'm on DSL and it can easily take 60 seconds to load a full track.

Only if you don't queue up multiple tracks. DSub can cache the next track while the current track is playing.

Well, while that's true - it IS causing audio stuttering on my side. I'm on an Android phone (HTC Sensation) and the only solution to my stutter problem is to just cache an entire album before actually playing it back. It even plays back the audio gapless as far as I can tell. This works, but isn't ideal obviously.

The problem is in the downloading of the next track while you're listening to the current track. Anyone having similar issues? I'm still testing some things though.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I only stream native FLAC files. I haven't actually tried it with anything other than FLAC, because my whole music library is in this format. I'm on wifi too, so it isn't a bandwidth problem either.

[zapt0]

Is the DSub source code available?

I know it's for sale but I think it would be beneficial for it to be available just like the official client is. (Github?)