I have noticed that when I use Pandora on Froyo the audio quality is significantly worse than it was on stock 2.1 or cyanogenmod 5.0.7.1.
I am aware of the High and Normal settings in the preferences however it does not help.
Under 2.1 (stock and cyan) Normal would sound alright and High would sound fantastic.
Under 2.2 (froyo) High sounds bad and normal is horrible.
Has anyone else noticed the sound quality drop in pandora moving to Froyo?
This is independent of the song being streamed and is very noticeable when using good headphones.
Are you using the stock 2.2 kernel or one with the audioboost patch?
I have tried using multiple kernels including stock, cyan 2.6.34 and ravens avs 2.6.33.4 kernels. Does not effect the problem at all.
I'm running Paul's pre-root (including 4.06 radio and kernel that came with it) and sounds great to me, same as before (CM 5.0.6+oc/uv+audio mod+desire cam). In fact I'm not sure if I've reset it to stay on High with 3g yet since I updated. (Tmo USA N1 if it makes a difference ).
Wish I could give helpful input other than its possible. I know I wiped everything I could and flashed it over CM.
Running Paul's root with IntersectRaven's .34 kernel and Pandora sounds as good as it did with his kernel on CM5.0.6.
Haven't noticed a difference.
pokey9000 said:
Running Paul's root with IntersectRaven's .34 kernel and Pandora sounds as good as it did with his kernel on CM5.0.6.
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same here.
Hmmm, I will look into this more and report back if I find anything.
Thanks for the help guys.
I as well noticed this problem, tried resting/full wipe, restarting, toggling settings to no results. Terrible audio quality even in high. Other sounds are not affected it seems. Running kernel that the update brought.
Am I the only that has actually plugged the phone into an fm transmitter to use with my car stereo? Of course i am, you kids all have your bluetooth radios and your xms and syriusnessess. When using Pandora, the bass is much much louder in froyo than it was in all previous roms. Kernel with modded sound or not, the bass is big. So, yes, the sound is very different from what it used to be. Mids are too high and highs are meh... nonexistent. It doesn't sound bad on the phone or through earbuds, but unless you like rap, you probably won't like the sound coming through your car. But, I don't think that's anything some decent equilizer software can't fix. Personally, I think the sound is an improvement despite the focus on the lower end of the spectrum. In previous versions, it was to light and airy with no lowend.
mempf said:
I have noticed that when I use Pandora on Froyo the audio quality is significantly worse than it was on stock 2.1 or cyanogenmod 5.0.7.1.
I am aware of the High and Normal settings in the preferences however it does not help.
Under 2.1 (stock and cyan) Normal would sound alright and High would sound fantastic.
Under 2.2 (froyo) High sounds bad and normal is horrible.
Has anyone else noticed the sound quality drop in pandora moving to Froyo?
This is independent of the song being streamed and is very noticeable when using good headphones.
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I am on Froyo, and I notice it.
Also, I notice that songs frequently stop playing in the middle or near the end, and then Pandora seems to fail to recover and skips to the next song. Does that happen for you?
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Also, I notice that songs frequently stop playing in the middle or near the end, and then Pandora seems to fail to recover and skips to the next song. Does that happen for you?
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The same thing happens to me while on 3G, and happens mostly while moving. If I stay still, I can play continuously with no problems. But while walking or driving, I usually can't finish a song before it skips. This also happens on any other internet radio app, like DroidLive and Slacker.
maxawesome said:
I am on Froyo, and I notice it.
Also, I notice that songs frequently stop playing in the middle or near the end, and then Pandora seems to fail to recover and skips to the next song. Does that happen for you?
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Yes, I've noted that, as well as fairly frequent brief pauses that do resume and continue to play the current song without skipping to the next. (The combination of my ears and my stereo system are not sufficiently discriminating for me to detect any difference in the audio quality, though.)
I've noticed that I can't control the next song, play/pause with the Bluetooth controls anymore. I hit next to skip a song and my music player starts playing while Pandora is still playing.
I use Pandora often in my car and I also can confirm the audio quality is now horrible for me on Froyo.
If I nandroid back to my CM backup it sounds fine but under Froyo it sounds horrible.
I also have noticed a decrease in audio quality, but that might be due to changing ROMs from CM to Stock Froyo leak... (don't really know how the builds differer audio wise)
@ maxawesome
I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing problems with Pandora. Often my music just stops... sometimes it won't continue streaming either... It worked flawlessly with CM 5.0.6 (though i only use it in my car...)
I am also confirming that after the Paul's Froyo zip update the audio quality has decreased dramatically. It almost seems like the sample rate is much lower affecting mostly higher frequency sounds like voice or instruments that produce higher frequencies. The bass sounds ok, but there is alway a small hiss noticable.
Also, when my screen turns off while Pandora is playing I noticed audio drop out over the BT connection. When I force the screen on this does not seem to occur.
Had the desire rom on it before and audio was stunning, almost CD quality.
Hope someone finds a fix or workaround soon.
anosis said:
I am also confirming that after the Paul's Froyo zip update the audio quality has decreased dramatically. It almost seems like the sample rate is much lower affecting mostly higher frequency sounds like voice or instruments that produce higher frequencies. The bass sounds ok, but there is alway a small hiss noticable.
Also, when my screen turns off while Pandora is playing I noticed audio drop out over the BT connection. When I force the screen on this does not seem to occur.
Had the desire rom on it before and audio was stunning, almost CD quality.
Hope someone finds a fix or workaround soon.
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Agreed, happy to know I am not alone with the issue. For now I have reverted to Cyan 5.0.7.1.
i don't know about pandora, but the stock music app sounds a ton better to me, both through headphones and through my car speakers (using the POS 3.5mm to tape adapter, lol)
The other day I plugged my N1 to my car and noticed the quality was a lot worse. At first I didn't think much about it or even the fact that it was because of Froyo until I came upon this thread. But yeah, the quality is a lot worse now. I am thinking Pandora needs a update.
Pre FroYo I used to have a major issue where if I had a 3.5mm cable plugged in and it was jiggled slightly the current media or if none was playing, new media opened randomly on the phone, would just start skipping to the next song/track/etc. I've been using the froyo test rom since it was available and I have not had this issue occur even once. Anyone else notice this?
Hope this is fixed for everyone! The bug made using the N1 in my car almost impossible.
Also, you can download a 1 second silent mp3, and create a playlist with only that mp3. Play the playlist and exit the music player.
Then download meridian and use that. If the music player is launched somehow, it will play the 1 sec of silence and exit.
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Pre FroYo I used to have a major issue where if I had a 3.5mm cable plugged in and it was jiggled slightly the current media or if none was playing, new media opened randomly on the phone, would just start skipping to the next song/track/etc. I've been using the froyo test rom since it was available and I have not had this issue occur even once. Anyone else notice this?
Hope this is fixed for everyone! The bug made using the N1 in my car almost impossible.
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I had that bug in 2.1 and fixed it with the "Scotch tape on the plug" workaround. However, I've started seeing occasional skips again. I was attributing it to wear and tear on the tape, which is beginning to get a bit frayed, until I saw the thread about Pandora skipping now (that's where I see it), so I'm guessing from your report that it's a separate problem. I hope you're right about the fix for the plug jiggling and that an upcoming update to Froyo and/or Pandora will address that skipping, as well.
I had this aswell, but only with the stock music player. I switched to ³(cubed) and it had an option to disable the next, play pause buttons on the stock headset. I didnt use stock headset so i didnt need it. But after that i never had any problems, not even on 2.1.
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I never had this problem once using stock for the last 3 months. I use the wired headset multiple times a day. First day on cyanogen and now I have this issue. Stock ROM was perfect.
Also cyanogen is giving me much worse battery life.
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Still have the issue with Froyo. Doesn't seem anywhere as bad as it was with 2.1 though. Purely observational test however and in no way conclusive/scientific
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I had a strange thing happen yesterday, it seemed that video playback went into double speed and also music playback did the same. This happened on Facebook, Poweramp, system notification sounds (I only use the built in ones) and the built in video player. I did not test this on any other apps, everything returned to normal after a reboot.
Has anyone else experienced this.
I had the same thing happen to me and "fixed" it by rebooting. Have no idea what caused it though.
I will add I am on thunderrom 2.1 and sky high 1.2 (when it happened, now on 1.4) so it might have been a bug in the rom or kernel...
Playback at high pitch....
I too have had this problem, I hope a reboot will cure it xxxxx
Actually, having just done that, it now works properly. Thanks for the advice. ..?
QUOTE=PyromaniacGhoul;55318097]I had the same thing happen to me and "fixed" it by rebooting. Have no idea what caused it though.
I will add I am on thunderrom 2.1 and sky high 1.2 (when it happened, now on 1.4) so it might have been a bug in the rom or kernel...[/QUOTE]
The day I got my pure edition it got the update for lollipop, so I don't know if this happened in KitKat. When I stream music over Bluetooth and the moto active display kicks in, the music pauses for a split second. Kind of makes it useless for streaming. Anyone else? Stock, unrooted, locked boot loader
I have the same issue, didn't connect it to the active display tho. Works better after a recent reboot, but still will skip occasionally. I have noticed that it seems to be Google Play music that has the issue. Pocket casts hardly ever skips.
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I have the same issue, didn't connect it to the active display tho. Works better after a recent reboot, but still will skip occasionally. I have noticed that it seems to be Google Play music that has the issue. Pocket casts hardly ever skips.
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i'm surprised no one else has noticed this. it happens with me on spotify.. its terrible in the car
I use Google play all access with the BT in my car with Dodge's Uconnect (2012 MY) and the only time I get skipping or stuttering with the music is if I connect, walk far enough away to loose connection while streaming music and then walk back in range. Like if I forgot something in the house. If I get a notification, the music volume will go down, but then I hear the notification though the speakers.
This is on a PE with 5.0
Interesting... I've used bluetooth to stream Google Music and Soundcloud a lot in my car, and I haven't noticed this issue (I'm really nit-picky on this stuff, so I'm not sure I would have missed it).
I'm also on Lollipop, updated back when I got my pure edition around new years.
I'm looking forward to 5.02 or 5.1, which ever we get next, as I have several annoying bugs (including bluetooth) that I hope are addressed. I am currently stock, 5.0, but am seriously ready to try cm12 now that they have bluetooth ironed out. Still love the active display tho, even tho it randomly goes off or won't work for no apparent reason.
Lot's of manual reboots on my phone, at least compared to my old M7, if it wasn't for the camera I would still have that phone.
I've only noticed skipping using Pandora. Google play music doesn't skip.
Within the last week or so I've noticed an issue with YouTube Music and YouTube where every so often the sound cuts out for a second or so. I've only noticed this when using the phone's speakers and not when connected to AA. I don't recall it happening via Bluetooth, but I can't remember for sure. Anyone else experiencing this?
Latest security update seems to have fixed it.