MPD has troubles decoding mp3

Asaf K. · 2012-07-16 13:39:14

I was trying to play some mp3 files today, but MPD began emitting bleeps and hissing noises instead of actual music. At first I thought the file was bad, but a quick try with ALSAplayer showed me that MPD was the faulty one.

I tried again with a file that was just played yesterday, and the same hissing again. I tried reinstalling gstreamer plugins, mpd, ffmpeg and mpg123. So far without any luck.

Vorbis OGG files are played cleanly, but I have only a handful of my music in this format.

Did anyone else experience that? How can I track the problem?

graysky · 2012-07-16 14:49:22

Known issue/fixed in git. Until the new package is pushed you can either

1) Install mpd-git from the AUR
2) Downgrade to 0.16.8-x BUT you will need to compile it from ABS yourself

EDIT: Here is the upstream bug report for reference.

Last edited by graysky (2012-07-16 19:06:01)

progandy · 2012-07-16 15:11:14

graysky wrote:

2) Downgrade to 0.16.8-x BUT you will need to compile it from ABS yourself

Why not try the package from ARM? http://arm.konnichi.com/search/index.ph … ommunity=1

graysky · 2012-07-16 15:16:09

progandy wrote:

Why not try the package from ARM? http://arm.konnichi.com/search/index.ph … ommunity=1

@progandy - won't work since required libs have changed since 0.16.8-x has been build and updated to 0.17 in which the bug is present. This is why he has to recompile against the current libs if he chooses option #2.

Last edited by graysky (2012-07-16 15:22:17)

big_bum · 2012-07-18 07:47:45

Maybe this helps:
Using the latest mpd, I'm able to play mp3 only if the mpd sound is set to 100%. If i lower the volume, even to 99%, it plays that hisses noises.

graysky · 2012-07-18 09:10:26

Bigbum - did you read the link I posted? That is the bug.

graysky wrote:

Known issue/fixed in git. Until the new package is pushed you can either
1) Install mpd-git from the AUR
2) Downgrade to 0.16.8-x BUT you will need to compile it from ABS yourself
EDIT: Here is the upstream bug report for reference.

big_bum · 2012-07-18 11:08:41

Last time I checked the bug it wasn't fixed, and the only workaround was is not reducing the volume.

FreeTheBee · 2012-07-18 15:25:05

It has been fixed in the git version, as graysky already pointed out. Replacing the mpd from the repos with the AUR git one did the job for me.

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