Music playback issues

[flowlee 1]

Hi everyone!

 

I'm running the latest versions of both the Emby server and the Android app on my Phone (Android 6.0).

 

Whenever I play music it starts to play as it should but after about 30 seconds pauses for a few seconds. This happens repeatedly all throughout different songs. It also doesn't matter if the music is steamed or played from a downloaded file. To me it doesn't sound like a buffer problem but more like the app is loosing focus and then gaining it again.

 

I could reproduce this problem and got the following log output:

Fri Sep 15 20:45:50 GMT+02:00 2017 Checking network connection
Fri Sep 15 20:45:50 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaSyncAdapter starting
Fri Sep 15 20:45:50 GMT+02:00 2017 capabilitiesJson not set yet. Skipping sync.
Fri Sep 15 20:45:52 GMT+02:00 2017 Executing chromecast action emitAllRoutes request id: 5
Fri Sep 15 20:45:57 GMT+02:00 2017 Executing chromecast action emitAllRoutes request id: 6
Fri Sep 15 20:46:06 GMT+02:00 2017 Executing chromecast action emitAllRoutes request id: 7
Fri Sep 15 20:46:30 GMT+02:00 2017 libVlc version 3.0.0-git Vetinari
Fri Sep 15 20:46:30 GMT+02:00 2017 getAout result: opensles_android
Fri Sep 15 20:46:30 GMT+02:00 2017 Starting service
Fri Sep 15 20:46:30 GMT+02:00 2017 Acquiring network lock
Fri Sep 15 20:46:30 GMT+02:00 2017 Acquiring wake lock
Fri Sep 15 20:46:34 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerESDeleted
Fri Sep 15 20:46:34 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerESDeleted
Fri Sep 15 20:46:34 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerESDeleted
Fri Sep 15 20:46:34 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerESAdded
Fri Sep 15 20:46:34 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerPlaying
Fri Sep 15 20:47:21 GMT+02:00 2017 MainActivity.onPause
Fri Sep 15 20:53:03 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerEndReached
Fri Sep 15 20:53:04 GMT+02:00 2017 Media command: stop
Fri Sep 15 20:53:04 GMT+02:00 2017 getAout result: opensles_android
Fri Sep 15 20:53:04 GMT+02:00 2017 getAout result: opensles_android
Fri Sep 15 20:53:04 GMT+02:00 2017 Starting service
Fri Sep 15 20:53:04 GMT+02:00 2017 Acquiring network lock
Fri Sep 15 20:53:04 GMT+02:00 2017 Acquiring wake lock
Fri Sep 15 20:53:09 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerESDeleted
Fri Sep 15 20:53:09 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerESDeleted
Fri Sep 15 20:53:09 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerESDeleted
Fri Sep 15 20:53:09 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerESAdded
Fri Sep 15 20:53:09 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerPlaying
Fri Sep 15 20:54:03 GMT+02:00 2017 Executing chromecast action emitAllRoutes request id: 8
Fri Sep 15 20:54:04 GMT+02:00 2017 Media command: playpause
Fri Sep 15 20:54:04 GMT+02:00 2017 MediaPlayerPaused
Fri Sep 15 20:54:06 GMT+02:00 2017 MainActivity.onPause
Fri Sep 15 20:54:07 GMT+02:00 2017 Executing chromecast action emitAllRoutes request id: 9

One other problem I encountered is that when I skip more than one song quickly the player just stops at the beginning of the current song. When I skip to the next song, wait a little and then skip back everything starts to play normally except for the problem described above.

 

Both problems I described happen only with the Android app and with 4G or Wifi, and with or without headphones.

 

Do you have any idea what could cause these issues?

 

Thank you!

[Luke 37246]

hi @@flowlee can you please try the 2.9.60 release and let me know if this makes a difference? thanks !

[flowlee 1]

I tried the new release and the issues are still present.

 

I think the first problem I described is due to CPU scaling because it can be reproduced on my phone by turning the screen off manually and doesn't happen at all when the screen is on. I can't tell for sure yet but it looks like I can get rid of the skipping by turning battery optimization off specifically for the Emby app.

 

For the second problem I still have no idea what may be causing it.

 

Thank you for looking into this!

[flowlee 1]

Sorry to report that the skipping is back, even with all power saving options disabled...

[Luke 37246]

Ok, I'm not able to reproduce but will continue to test, thanks.

[Luke 37246]

There are improvements for this in the beta version of the app. If you'd like to try that you can learn how here:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/24350-android-open-beta-testing/

 

Thanks !