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I use the adapter that came with my ATT fuze to play music in my car. I'm happy that this has no noticable effect on my battery life . (I've only really used the HTC music app that's standard on the device). One issue i'm having though, is that the music undergoes (at what seems to be at random times) pauses. The music picks back up after about 10-15 seconds. I assume this is a software issue? Has anyone else had this happen or know of a fix?
Oh, its not a phone call, text or any other notification. I know the music interrupts for these.
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I use the adapter that came with my ATT fuze to play music in my car. I'm happy that this has no noticable effect on my battery life . (I've only really used the HTC music app that's standard on the device). One issue i'm having though, is that the music undergoes (at what seems to be at random times) pauses. The music picks back up after about 10-15 seconds. I assume this is a software issue? Has anyone else had this happen or know of a fix?
Oh, its not a phone call, text or any other notification. I know the music interrupts for these.
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Mine does the exact same thing. Ive used the TF3D player as well as WMP. On both, skips occur.
My music is WMA 192Kbps. I was planning on using this as my primary music player, but i guess ill use my Zune for music (sounds better anyways, but the TP has excellent audio quality, suprisingly). This alone kills its music capability for me.
I would try disabling TF3D and use WMP to play music for a day and see if it continues. Since its the only thing running on my device, it is either that or the device itself.
rom?
Are you using the stock rom? I would like to know if it is likely the rom is the culprit, because I should be flashing a new one soon thanks to all the help I got here. Anyway, I wonder if there are any out there with the Raphael that do not rock the stock rom that could let me know if they experience the same issue. hmm... for once I hope my carrier sucks and its their problem not HTC.
rhoff412 said:
Are you using the stock rom? I would like to know if it is likely the rom is the culprit, because I should be flashing a new one soon thanks to all the help I got here. Anyway, I wonder if there are any out there with the Raphael that do not rock the stock rom that could let me know if they experience the same issue. hmm... for once I hope my carrier sucks and its their problem not HTC.
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That might be a possibility. Im on JDs rom. Ive used other roms but never tested audio playback with the other roms. As for me, theres skipping with JDs rom. Ive heard of this before with the diamond.
Other oppinions would be great. Even a quick test for those who dont use their phones for music would be greatly appreciated.
try turning off wifi while listening
Ive switched to a new rom (eRice) which is a completely empty ROM built on 20931.
The music still skips using the built in HTC player.
I also tried it out using Pocket Player, setting the buffer to the highest setting and the skips still occur.
WiFi is off. I also had bluetooth off and the skips still occur.
I tried with both players soft resetting into standard home with no TF3D and the skips still occured with both players.
I also attempted to use it while in airplane mode and it still skipped.
r3ferrei said:
Ive switched to a new rom (eRice) which is a completely empty ROM built on 20931.
The music still skips using the built in HTC player.
I also tried it out using Pocket Player, setting the buffer to the highest setting and the skips still occur.
WiFi is off. I also had bluetooth off and the skips still occur.
I tried with both players soft resetting into standard home with no TF3D and the skips still occured with both players.
I also attempted to use it while in airplane mode and it still skipped.
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HAve you tried moving the music to your phone storage then playing? Have you tried swapping SD memory for something a little quicker?
revalation
I was just thinking. Though I am using the stock rom, I still have kaiser tweaks on it and that has a registry change that affects power: turn of sd when not in use. Its possible that this is it. I'll let everyone know my findings once I test it a few times. studying for finals so I have alot of time sitting around in boderline quiet to hear these things.
findings
First and foremost. Can anyone reading this that has noticed any other links addressing this issue post them please?
I'll start:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412065&page=22
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=426585&page=6
neither of these solve any solutions, but if you feel you're alone you'll see you're not. But please anyone seeing anything about these issues please post. EVEN IF it is a thread to a Raphael Rom that someone asked and noone reported this issue after testing.
Anyway, my findings:
My phone skips what seems to be every 5 minutes.
HTC MUSIC TAB
Without being plugged on charger:
skips for about one second ONLY 5 minutes after pushing the power button to put it into low power mode.
This happens each time I touch the phone (to change a song)
Plugged on charger:
I tested both in low power mode and keeping the screen illuminated the whole time. It skips all the same. exact same results as before
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER
whether plugged in or not, I did not experience any skip whatsoever.
(only tested music .mp3 files on all tests. sorry that's all i dl)
I was quick to say it's HTC's music tab, but Diamond (TD) users are reporting issues with all types of audio including the turn by turn gps nav voice. I am in finals week and sadly can't mess with installing the garmin software and maps I recieved yesterday, so can anyone confirm that it is all audio interrupted or just music, or best case scenario just the HTC music tab?
maybe this helps,
HKLM\System\Storagemanager\Fatfs\Cachesize=16834 (default = 0)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Taskmanager\MemoryThreshold = 67108864 (default= ???)
HKLM\Software\HTC\Audiomanager_Eng\Config\Request_memory = 8388608 (default= 2097152).
it uses more memory but better performance for music Playing!
??
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maybe this helps,
HKLM\System\Storagemanager\Fatfs\Cachesize=16834 (default = 0)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Taskmanager\MemoryThreshold = 67108864 (default= ???)
HKLM\Software\HTC\Audiomanager_Eng\Config\Request_memory = 8388608 (default= 2097152).
it uses more memory but better performance for music Playing!
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Did you have this issue that it skips only after 5 minutes (once per time I input a song change or anything else into the phone) with your TP before making these registry changes? or did you have the lag that others are experiencing?
I am getting a skip, but it's just a few miliseconds "hiccup". Happens every 5-10 minutes, gets annoying after a while. Happens in Coreplayer and TCPMP for me, others have reported Pocketplayer and other players do it as well. I am on a stock Sprint ROM.
I have tried a bunch of stuff to get rid of it, but no go. Tried microdrive mode, disabling TF3D, turning off data connection ... a few other things I can't think of right now. No change at all.
I think in a bit I'll try moving a few songs into internal storage and try that. EDIT: No change, still glitches trying a couple songs on internal memory.
Here is the thread I started on PPCGeeks about this, monitor that too: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=47521
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maybe this helps,
HKLM\System\Storagemanager\Fatfs\Cachesize=16834 (default = 0)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Taskmanager\MemoryThreshold = 67108864 (default= ???)
HKLM\Software\HTC\Audiomanager_Eng\Config\Request_memory = 8388608 (default= 2097152).
it uses more memory but better performance for music Playing!
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Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, it did not stop the random skips that would occur. Ive tried even increasing some of those values, but that didnt help either.
Moving my music to internal storage didnt help either. Neither did decreasing the overall file size by using a lower bit rate. The skips arnt long (maybe half a second or less) but they are there, and its enough to refrain me from even using the Pro's music capability.
Even listening to streaming music using Pocket Player caused skips (which is tolerable due to the delivery method). It almost seems any kind of continuous sound causes skipping. But i guess i bought a business tool, not a multimedia or game player. Thanks HTC.
I think that's a general issue. I have it, you have it, we all have it.
Too bad that touch pro/diamond has many fallbacks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=422823
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412065
correlation
I believe I found a correlation. After an input into the phone (of any type), using htc music tab or windows media player, then let it "sleep", it will skip once (only once) at exactly 5 min. BUT if I leave windows media player up and running (as in not viewing the home screen or any other app), even when the phone is "sleeping", it will NOT skip. So wadafxup? Any ideas? Can we limit this to a software issue? Perhaps? I hope.
I'm not sure exactly what you are saying there ... what is the correlation?
wmp
basically, windows media player keeps it from skipping once in five minutes. I wanted to see, though, if there is any interruption when using turn by turn gps or any other apps that have audio.
Jp6 + Voodoo or Jp6 with OCLF has the same symptoms. Makes me think it's JP6 that is causing this.
The default music player occasionally stutters while playing MP3 Files (converted with LAME, V0). It happens a few times a day at least. I don't remember that happening in JM6, JM8 (very sure), or JPM(only tried for a day, not sure).
By stuttering I mean that the music is stuttering, not the UI. I've got over 16GB of songs, so the UI definitely lags if you try to scroll too fast on all firmwares.
The stutter is like the kind you get from CD players in the 90s if you shake them too much. Just for a moment.
Anyone else noticed this?
Count me in bro. The music list also stutters when I scroll down. I have 1.4k songs by the way (still have 5gb free still).
Same here. BT and jack. I've uninstalled one suspect: Days. But it could also be caused by kswapd0. JM5 'jittered' sometimes on the jack, but never on BT. And that sounded different, like it was missing cpu cycles. I'm still monitoring what's going on...
my music has been stuttering since day one. lag fix or not. dug up my old iPod and I'm happy now.
Ive never had music shutter. Maybe you sonegow have defective phone?
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Running JP6 without a lag fix. Didn't notice it.
But then again I haven't used it a lot after the update nor have a very large song collection (only about 150~200 songs).
If you mean the music sometimes stutters, then yeah I have that too. I had assumed it was something wrong with the bluetooth connection (I use bluetooth headphones) but it might well not be...
Happened for me in all firmwares, solution was to use a different music player.
Might I suggest http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.tbig.playerpro/ ?
If this is flac, then it's a known problem since forever. I had hoped that they fixed it in 2.2, but maybe they just made it worse Is this a regression those with the problem?
archie_658 said:
Same here. BT and jack. I've uninstalled one suspect: Days. But it could also be caused by kswapd0. JM5 'jittered' sometimes on the jack, but never on BT. And that sounded different, like it was missing cpu cycles. I'm still monitoring what's going on...
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If for any reason kswapd0 kicks in this means the phone is running low on free memory and starts swapping. kswapd0 is rarely ever (never?) the direct cause, it's just trying to manage the memory. Or lack thereof
hi guys. I also have this problem. I've tried ALL firmware jm8, jm9 and so on. I also tried froyo 2.2 official via kies, and it do the same stuttering problem, but much less. I don' know how to solve this problem, infact i also tried all of media player. Help me guys
Use to have this issue with my flac files, but since JPK i've had 0 issues. I'm on JP6.
I'll confirm this today
Will.1 said:
Use to have this issue with my flac files, but since JPK i've had 0 issues. I'm on JP6.
I'll confirm this today
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i have problem with all audio files (wma, mp3 and flac ). But i repeat, with froyo 2.2 official via kies, it happen much less. Help!
Will.1 said:
Use to have this issue with my flac files, but since JPK i've had 0 issues. I'm on JP6.
I'll confirm this today
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Interesting! Another reason to upgrade to 2.2
Just need a stable voodoo first
Personally. I have tested for 2 or 3 days the official 2.2. froyo. This problem ALWAYS HAPPEN, but seems much, MUCH LESS, but SOMETIMES HAPPENS.
So i start to think that is a real problem this....Someone could help? it could be the oneclick fix laga that i installed?
I think there may be a little misunderstanding in some posts.. By stuttering I mean that the music is stuttering, not the UI. I've got over 16GB of songs, so the UI definitely lags if you try to scroll too fast on all firmwares.
Yea same thing, i mean micro 1/10 sec stutter. Mine are gone though... just tested today although they weren't FLAC files. I'll have to restest with FLAC.
Didn't have any lagfix installed when it stuttered so i don't think it's that
I've noticed this in video playback. Was buttery smooth on 2.1 firmwares, but it now stutters when there is... dunno how to explain it, but it's related to sound. When some music kicks in, or there is a laughter track.
Edit: Currently using JPM, had same problems on JPK too
I'm going to try JPM again.. and hopefully find out tomorrow that it doesn't stutter. =D
<random> Music is life! </random>
I've got my nook running Decad3nce's 1.1.0_r2, though the issue happened on 1.0.1 as well. Whenever I stream audio from DoubleTwist or Google Listen or Last.fm I get frequent stuttering. Not connection-related, it isn't a buffering issue or anything, the audio will seem to jump back a tenth of a second. It happens fairly frequently, and is really my only current complaint with what was otherwise a great device.
Has anyone else encountered this issue (or better yet, fixed it)?
I saw similar threads like 2 years ago, but none of the solutions helped me so I decided to create new one.
Here is my situation.
When I play music (flac, mp3, ogg, whatever...) every some time (3,4,5 minutes) music stops for a fraction of a second.
Maybe it's nothing but it's irritating.
I eventually found what is responsible. Its GPS receiver. When I turn it off, everything is ok. I could live with that, but... I often listen to music, and use GPS at the same time so it would be nice to get it working together. Is there any chance to fight this issue?
my environment:
ROM: slimICS
Kernel: Devil (but also tried semaphore and mnics and that changed nothing).
Player: PoerAmp + VoodooSound (but also tried stock player, with and without voodoo and problem persists).
I also tried different governors: smartass, ondemand, conservative.
I tried to set Min CPU freq to 200 MHz. Still nothing.
Only solution is to turn off GPS.
What do you think?
vibowit said:
I eventually found what is responsible. Its GPS receiver. When I turn it off, everything is ok.
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GPS receiver by itself is an odd cause for music skipping. I think the problem is with a background app you are using (which probably relies on the GPS). I too use my phone on CM9 for music with poweramp, but rarely hear music stopping or skipping.
I've had this problem with CodenameAndroid
I'm not sure but it seems to only happen when my screen is off
possibly when the phone is trying to deep sleep
in my case it also happens when the screen is on, and I do not use deep idle.
I'll investigate it in detail. Will do new installation, so I will try to restore apps one by one. It can take a little time.
APP - power amp, has a setting to increase the Audio buffer size (settings>audio engine>audio buffer size). Change from Auto to Large(+250ms).. this fixed the problem for me.
Other music apps may have this option
dlockhart, I use poweramp, and changing buffer size didn't help.
I will investigate further. Clear rom, so far even with gps on everything is ok.
It's a longshot, but is this only when you have a jack plugged, or also when playing from the phone speaker? A faulty jack or it not being properly plugged has actually caused something similar for me.
Sent from the fridge.
anything new in here? just have the same problem, but different phone. should be an software issue.
Poweramp worked!
dlockhart said:
APP - power amp, has a setting to increase the Audio buffer size (settings>audio engine>audio buffer size). Change from Auto to Large(+250ms).. this fixed the problem for me.
Other music apps may have this option
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Yeah this worked for me too on Desire Z (I know, wrong forum but having identical issues on ICS). You can also disable the media controls on the headset that seem to mess it up too! No more skipping, thanks for the tip!
i'm having this problem right now
I had it to. Try jellybean. Because of vsync (project butter) the cpu and gpu animate the screen instead of just cpu, cpu now has more time to handle everything else. My music has yet to skip on jellybean. Working really good.
Is this Error in jelly bean as well ?
predator120480 said:
Is this Error in jelly bean as well ?
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Did you even read my above post? No it is very good.
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Thanks to amaces, lanchon and the TWRP team I've got Marshmallow installed and working on my Nook HD+. All seems to be well, except for a problem with the audio: it will play a music track OK at first time of asking but if I pause playback and then resume it the audio is choppy. It seems to repeatedly and rapidly stop & start, or maybe what it's actually doing is repeatedly dropping fractions of a second of sound - it's difficult to tell.
If I pause music playback and play a video instead the choppy audio problem carries over to the sound on the video: the video looks fine and plays back smoothly, and although it sounds awful the audio seems to stay in sync with the video, in the sense that sound doesn't obviously over- or under-run the accompanying moving image.
Using MX Player to watch a video, if I switch from HW to SW decoding and back again it seems to fix the audio.
The choppiness also seems to go away if I just stop using the tablet for a while - but it comes back as soon as I play/pause/play music again. The same goes if I restart the tablet.
Any clues to what's going on and/or how to fix this? I can't find any other references to this problem so maybe it is just me...
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Thanks to amaces, lanchon and the TWRP team I've got Marshmallow installed and working on my Nook HD+. All seems to be well, except for a problem with the audio: it will play a music track OK at first time of asking but if I pause playback and then resume it the audio is choppy. It seems to repeatedly and rapidly stop & start, or maybe what it's actually doing is repeatedly dropping fractions of a second of sound - it's difficult to tell.
If I pause music playback and play a video instead the choppy audio problem carries over to the sound on the video: the video looks fine and plays back smoothly, and although it sounds awful the audio seems to stay in sync with the video, in the sense that sound doesn't obviously over- or under-run the accompanying moving image.
Using MX Player to watch a video, if I switch from HW to SW decoding and back again it seems to fix the audio.
The choppiness also seems to go away if I just stop using the tablet for a while - but it comes back as soon as I play/pause/play music again. The same goes if I restart the tablet.
Any clues to what's going on and/or how to fix this? I can't find any other references to this problem so maybe it is just me...
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Do you remember which version of CM you were on? Was it the last CM13 version by amaces, i.e. cm_ovation-ota-MOB31K.161125.zip?
I am still on CM13 and would like to hunt down the source of the bug.
I do have the 160819 build stored, so I will start with that
ajislav said:
Do you remember which version of CM you were on? Was it the last CM13 version by amaces, i.e. cm_ovation-ota-MOB31K.161125.zip?
I am still on CM13 and would like to hunt down the source of the bug.
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Yes, the problem was occurring when I was using the 161125 version.
ejstubbs said:
Yes, the problem was occurring when I was using the 161125 version.
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I was able to compile an unofficial LNOS 13.0 build for ovation where I fixed this error by applying this fix
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-x86/HkzmTcr6eOY
If you are interested for the ROM, just PM me for the link
ejstubbs said:
Thanks to amaces, lanchon and the TWRP team I've got Marshmallow installed and working on my Nook HD+. All seems to be well, except for a problem with the audio: it will play a music track OK at first time of asking but if I pause playback and then resume it the audio is choppy. It seems to repeatedly and rapidly stop & start, or maybe what it's actually doing is repeatedly dropping fractions of a second of sound - it's difficult to tell.
If I pause music playback and play a video instead the choppy audio problem carries over to the sound on the video: the video looks fine and plays back smoothly, and although it sounds awful the audio seems to stay in sync with the video, in the sense that sound doesn't obviously over- or under-run the accompanying moving image.
Using MX Player to watch a video, if I switch from HW to SW decoding and back again it seems to fix the audio.
The choppiness also seems to go away if I just stop using the tablet for a while - but it comes back as soon as I play/pause/play music again. The same goes if I restart the tablet.
Any clues to what's going on and/or how to fix this? I can't find any other references to this problem so maybe it is just me...
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Did you find a solution to this? Did you change a rom that fixed it? I'm experiencing this same issue.
No, I never did manage to get it fixed - in the end I just stopped using the Nook
It's possible that ajislav's fix does cure it. If you get hold of his ROM and find that it does fix the problem, I'd be interested to know.
ejstubbs said:
No, I never did manage to get it fixed - in the end I just stopped using the Nook
It's possible that ajislav's fix does cure it. If you get hold of his ROM and find that it does fix the problem, I'd be interested to know.
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I had time so I installed https://forum.xda-developers.com/nook-hd/development/rom-lineageos-14-1-t3693886 lineage-14.1-20171216-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip with gapps 7.1 arm from 12/30/2017 and instantly opened a video in the default gallery app and it plays just perfect. I have the 32gb hd+.