Minor issue with MPD (first second of tracks being skipped)

xelados · 2008-05-05 22:40:18

For the past few weeks or so, when I change tracks with my multimedia keys (which are mapped to run 'mpc next', etc), the first half-second to full second of the next track is cut off. I haven't changed any configuration files, and my system's up to date. I have no idea what I can do to get things playing the way I want them to. Optimally, I'd like a half-second to full-second pause <i>between</i> tracks instead of cutting off the first little part of a track. Any ideas out there?

EDIT: Forgot to include a descriptive topic title. Those are important.

Last edited by xelados (2008-05-05 22:56:57)

kakTuZ · 2008-05-06 08:11:25

Hi, I don't think i have your problem (or I just unobservable for me). But you can try to set some non zero value on the

buffer_before_play              "0%"

line in /etc/mpd.conf

xelados · 2008-05-08 01:02:27

I tried that and restarted mpd. The problem still wasn't fixed... Could it be a problem in alsa?

Agent69 · 2008-05-08 16:50:31

I would try playing your files in an alternate player before assuming the problem is with alsa. What format are your music files in?

japetto · 2008-05-08 18:26:07

Does this also happen if you use

mpc next

from the command line? If so, posting your mpd.conf would help.

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xelados · 2008-05-08 19:37:27

japetto: Yes, it does that even in the command line. I don't seem to have an mpc.conf file, however. My mpd.conf is simply default settings with the directories changed to suit my setup.

Agent69: My files are all mp3 and ogg. This issue occurs with both types of files in mpd.

japetto · 2008-05-08 20:57:23

Oops sorry, I meant mpd.conf.

xelados · 2008-05-08 21:30:30

http://rafb.net/p/p1r75J96.html

There's my mpd.conf

japetto · 2008-05-09 18:07:14

Well I would suggest maybe changing the audio output in mpd.conf to a specific audio output and see if the problem is related to a specific output type and/or looking for help on #mpd on irc.freenode.net or using the MPD forums, http://www.musicpd.org/forum/.

japetto · 2008-05-09 18:12:21

Oh and have you checked the MPD log file?

xelados · 2008-05-10 03:44:43

japetto: The log file just contains adding/removal of tracks from the playlist.

watsonalgas · 2008-05-15 15:04:25

I don't know if you fixed it or not, but defining ALSA as my output fixed it for me. I just uncommented the first output example in mpd.conf.

heleos · 2008-05-20 20:18:37

I'm having the same problem, and unfortunately, uncommenting the alsa section in mpd.conf didnt fix the problem. It seems to happen when I cycle through songs, not when it defaultly switches to the next song

heleos · 2008-05-25 18:51:12

Sorry to shamelessly bump my own post, but I feel like I've tried everything to get this working, and I'm still having the problem

xelados · 2008-06-01 00:53:10

I've found this to happen throughout ALSA itself.. speaker-test did it, mplayer does it, mpd does it... I don't understand what's causing the problem.

heleos · 2008-06-01 15:28:28

I solved my problem finally. It is an alsa issue, I also tested it with speaker-test, mplayer, etc. What solved it for me was setting up my dmix correctly (there's one tailored for maudio revolution 5.1 that i found while searching around) and now it works great!

xelados · 2008-06-01 17:15:55

heleos: Could you link to the page that helped you?

heleos · 2008-06-02 00:32:34

I believe I used the .asoundrc file from the alsa wiki for my card:

http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Ice1724

xelados · 2008-06-02 14:25:28

My card wasn't in that wiki page's list..

This is what 'lspci' outputs for my card:

nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller

And alsamixer itself:

Card: NVidia CK804
Chip: Realtek ALC850 rev 0

I searched the wiki and still can't seem to find a configuration that would fix this issue...

Last edited by xelados (2008-06-02 14:29:46)

xelados · 2008-06-19 20:08:19

I hate to double post, but I still haven't found any fix for this issue. Has anyone else had a similar problem?

xelados · 2008-07-26 14:42:04

A triple post, but still not much luck. I found a command on an ALSA wiki that gets rid of this for mplayer, but MPD (and aplay) still cut off the first half-second. Here's the command I used for mplayer:

mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=0.0 -ac hwdts,hwac3, music/Cave\ Story/On\ To\ Grasstown.mp3

The above resulted in no skipping. I tried opening the same file with 'gmplayer' without options, and it worked identically. What are "hwdts" and "hwac3"? Could they be the trick to figuring this out?

Edit: Found a debug script. Here's its output: http://rafb.net/p/Ljp3ZS21.html

Last edited by xelados (2008-07-26 14:44:51)

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