Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Pandora MP3 Stuttering/Distorted, Local mp3's fine
Good that you found the problem. Although your description of your setup was good - you missed a vital piece of info - that the player were synced. Synced players have a different set of problems but sync problems nearly always show up as stuttering. Audio output when syncing relies on feedback from the audio drivers so a high spec system is not that relevant compared to the audio subsystem being used and if there is "special" processing. The problem player was on same system as LMS - no network delays compared to networked players - uneven delays can upset a sync group. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110890 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Pandora MP3 Stuttering/Distorted, Local mp3's fine
Thank you for the further suggestions. Update is, I believe the problem is solved. I started experimenting with syncing different combinations of players, and isolated the problem to only happening when a particular player was in the sync group. Wierd thing, its the player running also on my LMS server (which is a pretty beefy full-PC (LibreELEC x86-64 connected via Ethernet, not a RPi/WiFi) so I'd never really cast a look at it, assuming the Pi's had to be the culprit. That PC has a JBL speaker/subwoofer combo plugged-in via the headphone port, and it seems (for a reason I cant remember) I was using the "-o dmix" option on the Squeezelite command line to drive the headphone audio destination. When I switched the the output directly to the hardware device via "-o default:CARD=PCH" and resumed testing, all stuttering/garbling sound has completely ceased. Hopefully this helps someone else later Thanks again for the collaboration. hokie-bird's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66933 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110890 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Pandora MP3 Stuttering/Distorted, Local mp3's fine
hokie-bird wrote: > Thanks for the assist, and yea, shortly after posting I had the same > thought, so I upgraded to 7.9.2 - 1565967976 later yesterday, but > problem not solved and stuttering/garbled sound persists. Looking > forward to any further ideas or suggestions. A better description of the audio out would help identify the problem for example - gaps in audio but no loss - indicates supply (e.g network, server) problem, gaps with audio loss - indicate a player problem, garbled audio but no gaps loss/silence (I.e. track length is correct) indicates a decoder/ output device player problem. If the problem is gaps in audio with no loss and specific only to Spotify - it is probably a server side problem. Can you play Spotify on a player (e.g squeezelite) running on the server (i.e. to exclude network and other players as the problem) ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110890 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Pandora MP3 Stuttering/Distorted, Local mp3's fine
hokie-bird wrote: > Thanks for the assist, and yea, shortly after posting I had the same > thought, so I upgraded to 7.9.2 - 1565967976 later yesterday, but > problem not solved and stuttering/garbled sound persists. Looking > forward to any further ideas or suggestions. Do you get the same message in the log file ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110890 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Pandora MP3 Stuttering/Distorted, Local mp3's fine
Thanks for the assist, and yea, shortly after posting I had the same thought, so I upgraded to 7.9.2 - 1565967976 later yesterday, but problem not solved and stuttering/garbled sound persists. Looking forward to any further ideas or suggestions. hokie-bird's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66933 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110890 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Pandora MP3 Stuttering/Distorted, Local mp3's fine
hokie-bird wrote: > After hours of troubleshooting, I'm posting for help as I think I've > exhausted my ability to solve; using LMS v7.9.1 on x86_64 platform, > connected to multiple RPi3 players running LibreELEC and Squeezelite > v1.9.2-1165, outputting to HDMI. Local media mp3s play perfectly, FLAC > files via Spotty play perfectly, but when streaming Pandora (mp3), > somewhere about the 2nd or 3rd song, with about 1 minute remaining in > the song, play starts stuttering. If I ignore it, the next song starts, > plays fine until the 1-minute-remaining mark, and stuttering repeats. > If I stop and restart the stream, first 1-2 songs play fine, then > pattern repeats. I've tried adjusting squeezelite parameters (-a 200, > or -a :8:32:) based on recommendations in other posts, to no avail. I > set Pandora logging to Debug on the server and below is the error that > posts when the stuttering starts, and it repeats at basically every > stutter. > > Slim::Networking::IO::Select::__ANON__ (131) Error: Select task failed > calling Slim::Player::Source::__ANON__: illegal file descriptor or > filehandle (either no attached file descriptor or illegal value): at > /storage/downloads/lms/Slim/Networking/IO/Select.pm line 134.; > fh=Slim::Plugin::Pandora::ProtocolHandler=GLOB(0xbe10cb8) > > No other errors or warnings in the log, and yes this is a paid Pandora > account, which streams perfectly to other devices on the same network > via the native Pandora apps or a web browser. > > Thanks in-advance to anyone with ideas and/or suggestions. Happy to > research other questions or experiment with solutions and report back. You do not give details on full 7.9.1 version - certainly one bug relating to that message was fixed in July 2018. So initial advice - upgrade to latest 7.9.2 bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110890 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Pandora MP3 Stuttering/Distorted, Local mp3's fine
After hours of troubleshooting, I'm posting for help as I think I've exhausted my ability to solve; using LMS v7.9.1 on x86_64 platform, connected to multiple RPi3 players running LibreELEC and Squeezelite v1.9.2-1165, outputting to HDMI. Local media mp3s play perfectly, FLAC files via Spotty play perfectly, but when streaming Pandora (mp3), somewhere about the 2nd or 3rd song, with about 1 minute remaining in the song, play starts stuttering. If I ignore it, the next song starts, plays fine until the 1-minute-remaining mark, and stuttering repeats. If I stop and restart the stream, first 1-2 songs play fine, then pattern repeats. I've tried adjusting squeezelite parameters (-a 200, or -a :8:32:) based on recommendations in other posts, to no avail. I set Pandora logging to Debug on the server and below is the error that posts when the stuttering starts, and it repeats at basically every stutter. Slim::Networking::IO::Select::__ANON__ (131) Error: Select task failed calling Slim::Player::Source::__ANON__: illegal file descriptor or filehandle (either no attached file descriptor or illegal value): at /storage/downloads/lms/Slim/Networking/IO/Select.pm line 134.; fh=Slim::Plugin::Pandora::ProtocolHandler=GLOB(0xbe10cb8) No other errors or warnings in the log, and yes this is a paid Pandora account, which streams perfectly to other devices on the same network via the native Pandora apps or a web browser. Thanks in-advance to anyone with ideas and/or suggestions. Happy to research other questions or experiment with solutions and report back. hokie-bird's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66933 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110890 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
