Richard Branches 231 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 FLAC songs stutter frequently on the Xiaomi Mi box, at first I thought it was my computer that caused the issue, so I started to open apps, loading the cpu to see if that was the reason, but didn't affect playback, the issue seem to be with the device, sometimes songs stop for one or two seconds and continue to play. I sent the log from the device at 5:44 pm on 19/03/18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14935 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 This sounds like a bandwidth or bitrate issue. What was the bitrate of the content? Was it transcoding or direct playing? Still on the release version of the app? You might want to try the beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Branches 231 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 This sounds like a bandwidth or bitrate issue. What was the bitrate of the content? Was it transcoding or direct playing? They always direct play, usually 16 bit or 24 bit with different bitrates Still on the release version of the app? You might want to try the beta. Don't worry, I'll wait for the final release and retest all the issues I've been reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14935 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Don't worry, I'll wait for the final release and retest all the issues I've been reporting. Well, by doing that, we have no opportunity to fix them before release . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Branches 231 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Well, by doing that, we have no opportunity to fix them before release . How can I test the beta version? Can be installed alongside the current version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37118 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/24350-android-open-beta-testing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Branches 231 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 On the beta version the music still stutter, but looks like the issue is with high res flac files, like 96Khz/24bit or 192Khz/24bit, but I'm still not sure about that, I'm still testing... please let me know if you need any log. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Branches 231 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Alright, I tested enough flac files to conclude it doesn't matter if the flac file is high res or not, they all stutter in some moment while playing, something else I noted is the dashboard keeps showing that the song is playing even after I stopped it in the app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Branches 231 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 I sent the log from emby app at 4:16 pm on 20/03/18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37118 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Is this one of those $5 android tv boxes? I guess we will probably just have to transcode flac unless ebr has a better idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Branches 231 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Is this one of those $5 android tv boxes? I guess we will probably just have to transcode flac unless ebr has a better idea. This is the Xiaomi Mi Box with official Android TV OS http://www.mi.com/en/mibox/ I don't have this issue with Plex or even google play music with the music files in a hard drive connected to the device directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14935 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Can you get me a sample file that has this problem on your Mi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Branches 231 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Can you get me a sample file that has this problem on your Mi? The problem is not related to an specific file or if the file is high res or not, any song I played presented at least one stutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14935 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 The problem is not related to an specific file or if the file is high res or not, any song I played presented at least one stutter. Right but none of my songs do so, if you can provide me a sample file that has this problem in your environment, then I can test it and we can see if it is an environmental problem or a problem with the file or in the app related to the file. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Branches 231 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Right but none of my songs do so, if you can provide me a sample file that has this problem in your environment, then I can test it and we can see if it is an environmental problem or a problem with the file or in the app related to the file. Thanks. Hello, I'm gonna send you two songs, one is a 96Khz/24bit (crazy from aerosmith) and the other is a 44.1Khz/16bit (sober by pink), they both stutter at different moments of course. I was also able to record with my phone the songs at the moment when they stutter: The aerosmith song stutter at 00:43 and the pink song stutter at 2:20, don't confuse the silence at 1:12 with a stutter because it's part of the song. Sometimes I believe it's my computer that creates the stutter but it's difficult to confirm that, also I believe there are more stutters with high res files than with regular ones. Sometimes I even believe the songs stutter on my phone but since it's a cheap phone I can't confirm the same with a more powerful one. You will have to get a Mi Box to test this thoroughly, this device has become popular because it's cheaper than the shield, on reddit you can see many posts from people asking questions or asking for help because the device has some issues with current firmware and everybody is waiting for the nougat or oreo update, however, that doesn't mean that's the only reason for the problem I'm having: www.reddit.com/r/androidtv Here are the files: Crazy by aerosmith original flac: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XUVAH6cRQPkevdcCIHIr8fqRZ31ERLTu Crazy by aerosmith recorded with the phone: https://drive.google.com/open?id=127bGoClM1qzDX6I-UpYaEMSl7PWI_l7q Sober by pink original flac: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JtKB6zUvvjT3v3CAYRydinK6xSXrgchE Sober by pink recorded with the phone: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rRdWxn8JMfgQRqBwxIS8NrszTsdJFTcb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Branches 231 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Oh my god, looks like the stutter is not only with music but videos as well, I was watching an MPEG-2 video without transcoding and it stutters... I just sent the log at 12:35 pm on 21/03/18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Branches 231 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 I rebooted the device, let's see if that fixes the issue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14935 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 This all just sounds like either the network or one of the devices not being able to keep up... Thank you for the samples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Branches 231 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 ¡THE ISSUE IS GONE! Now I'm embarrassed because I didn't come up with the idea of rebooting the device in the first place to see if that fixes the problem, music and videos no longer stutter. Thank you anyway for helping me fix this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14935 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Okay, then the issue could be memory constraints on the device. Once enough stuff is going and consuming memory, maybe it has a tough time with some of these operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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