Play button on Hercules MK2 does not get released

[Holzhaus]

Reported by: surfed Date: 2008-03-01T23:27:29Z Status: Fix Released Importance: Undecided Launchpad Issue: lp197460

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When starting a Song Mixxx behaves like the Play button is being held down going back between play and pause at a fast rate. Changing Audio drivers during this behavior enables smooth playback until play is pressed again. Also Mixxx seems to pick up the sliders slowly, ie when i move a slider very fast from max to min it will register as lets say 15% or so, this makes rapid cross fading impossible.

System: 2x 2.4Xeons, 2gb Ram, Ubuntu Gutsy with RT kernel, Nvidia prop., M-Audio delta 1010LT, Hercules MK2 Console.

Surfed

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: @deftdawg Date: 2008-03-02T00:39:25Z

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I'm not sure if the packages are built against libDJConsole or the legacy code...

That set of symptoms sounds like the legacy code switch (which works with MP3 Controllers).

We are waiting on Hercules to create MIDI drivers for Linux which we'll eventually use to replace our existing Hercules Console implementation.

-G

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: surfed Date: 2008-03-02T01:16:44Z

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For some reason i was under the impression that beta2 uses libDJConsole, can somebody confirm? Surfed

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

ironstorm wrote:

I'm not sure if the packages are built against libDJConsole or the legacy code...

That set of symptoms sounds like the legacy code switch (which works with MP3 Controllers).

We are waiting on Hercules to create MIDI drivers for Linux which we'll eventually use to replace our existing Hercules Console implementation.

-G

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: @deftdawg Date: 2008-03-02T02:27:50Z

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try:

ldd -r which mixxx

That should tell you what libs it's linked against.

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: surfed Date: 2008-03-02T02:38:44Z

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So it seems it uses libdjconsole.....

$ ldd -r `which mixxx` | grep libdj

libdjconsole.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdjconsole.so.0 (0xb6f38000)

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

ironstorm wrote:

try:

ldd -r which mixxx

That should tell you what libs it's linked against.

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: @deftdawg Date: 2008-03-02T05:23:28Z

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Yup, that's libDJConsole

Try starting mixxx with this script: http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/compiling_on_an_asus_eeepc#slowmixxx

it should increase the priority of mixxx, it will cause mixxx to hog one of your cpus, but it should be more responsive.

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: @deftdawg Date: 2008-03-02T05:24:47Z

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sorry missed the hyphen... http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/compiling_on_an_asus_eeepc#slow-mixxx

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: surfed Date: 2008-03-02T06:06:48Z

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i dont think hardware resources are an issue, i am running dual xeons 2.4 here and oddly the slider problems are only in on direction. When i flick a volume slider from min to max with my finger it gets there but if i go from max to min it stops 2/3 of the way. Anyhow i cant use it as i cant play any tracks :) I have tried the script but the results are identical. Thanks for trying. Surfed

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

ironstorm wrote:

Yup, that's libDJConsole

Try starting mixxx with this script: http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/compiling_on_an_asus_eeepc#slowmixxx

it should increase the priority of mixxx, it will cause mixxx to hog one of your cpus, but it should be more responsive.

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: @deftdawg Date: 2008-03-02T07:25:44Z

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i dont think hardware resources are an issue, i am running dual xeons 2.4 here and oddly the slider problems are only in on direction. When i flick a volume slider from min to max with my finger it gets there but if i go from max to min it stops 2/3 of the way. Anyhow i cant use it as i cant play any tracks :)

The crossfader is one place where I could see you going from 0 to Middle or other side, however min to max on the volume is not something I'd ever do...

Anyway, there are a couple things... moving too quickly, the hercules may not generate all of the events or the combo of libUSB + libDJConsole + Mixxx may not receive all the events.

There is one more thing you can try:

• minimize Mixxx and then play with the volume sliders, etc, while it is minimized using your Herc Mk2... (this will cause the app to skip the step of painting the UI updates)

If you find that things are much more responsive then the problem lies with Mixxx (or Mixxx + Nvidia drivers) and it's inability to keep the UI updated on very fast input events.

-G

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: surfed Date: 2008-03-02T07:45:48Z

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minimizing does not help, maybe my dual screen setup is at fault ? But then i have no problems with the console in Windows. I am running a Real Time kernel (Ubuntu Studio) could that have something to do with it?

Surfed

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

ironstorm wrote:

i dont think hardware resources are an issue, i am running dual xeons 2.4 here and oddly the slider problems are only in on direction. When i flick a volume slider from min to max with my finger it gets there but if i go from max to min it stops 2/3 of the way. Anyhow i cant use it as i cant play any tracks :)

The crossfader is one place where I could see you going from 0 to Middle or other side, however min to max on the volume is not something I'd ever do...

Anyway, there are a couple things... moving too quickly, the hercules may not generate all of the events or the combo of libUSB + libDJConsole

• Mixxx may not receive all the events.

There is one more thing you can try:

• minimize Mixxx and then play with the volume sliders, etc, while it is minimized using your Herc Mk2... (this will cause the app to skip the step of painting the UI updates)

If you find that things are much more responsive then the problem lies with Mixxx (or Mixxx + Nvidia drivers) and it's inability to keep the UI updated on very fast input events.

-G

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: thomas-b2ag Date: 2008-03-04T16:15:29Z

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maybe you noticed, that you can't get 0-position (most left for crossfader). if you move to fast in this direction you got the last event which than could have 15% offset.

see https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/198400

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: @deftdawg Date: 2008-03-04T16:42:38Z

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maybe you noticed, that you can't get 0-position (most left for crossfader). if you move to fast in this direction you got the last event which than could have 15% offset. see https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/198400

Yes, I saw that and agree that you found a bug there...
I'm not sure it is related to the first part of this issue (which should have been 2 bugs btw)... i.e. "Play button on Hercules Mk2 does not get released".

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: @deftdawg Date: 2008-03-05T01:19:40Z

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I can play/pause pretty quickly on my eeePC, but I can't seem to get this stuck behaviour you describe, maybe my eeePC is just to slow to reproduce it...

Let me know if the fix for 198400 does anything to help with this one on your set-up...

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: surfed Date: 2008-03-07T20:16:26Z

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just compiled r1874 and it does fix the slider problem but playback still oscillates between pause/play when Hercules console is connected. Alex

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

ironstorm wrote:

I can play/pause pretty quickly on my eeePC, but I can't seem to get this stuck behaviour you describe, maybe my eeePC is just to slow to reproduce it...

Let me know if the fix for 198400 does anything to help with this one on your set-up...

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: @deftdawg Date: 2008-03-07T20:58:35Z

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Both play buttons to this eh? Do the play button LEDs also blink while this is happening?

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: surfed Date: 2008-03-07T21:09:48Z

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No, Play Button LED only lights up when i push play. Playback returns to normal if i change audio device in prefs during playback, but only until i press play/pause again. Alex

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

ironstorm wrote:

Both play buttons to this eh? Do the play button LEDs also blink while this is happening?

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: @asantoni Date: 2008-03-07T21:56:33Z

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You don't have "Enable vinyl control" checked, do you?

(It's a long story, but if you have that enabled and no timecode signal going into your soundcard's input, it's possible the software preamp is amplifying noise making the vinyl control go bonkers.)

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: surfed Date: 2008-03-07T22:08:39Z

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nope.

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

Albert Santoni wrote:

You don't have "Enable vinyl control" checked, do you?

(It's a long story, but if you have that enabled and no timecode signal going into your soundcard's input, it's possible the software preamp is amplifying noise making the vinyl control go bonkers.)

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: tomj-wps Date: 2008-03-15T05:28:53Z

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When starting a Song Mixxx behaves like the Play button is being held down going back between play and pause at a fast rate.

I too run a Hercules, Control MP3 (via djconsole_legacy). This behavior occurred to me when I compiled a recent svn version that added Bheringer MIDI controller support -- it changed prefs for Input Controller to Behringer. I put it back to Evolution_Xsession or whatever it is, quit and restarted mixxx, back to full Herc functionality (minus LEDs of course).

(For some reason setting Input Controller to Hercules Control MP3 does not work.)

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: surfed Date: 2008-03-15T06:50:07Z

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Evolution_Xsession does not work for me (i have mk2 not mp3 console), no behringer support in my svn install (svn 1874) but leds work :) Now i must note that i get this behavior even when starting playback by pressing play in mixxx with the mouse as long as the console is connected... anyhow i somehow get the feeling i will have to wait for hercules to release some drivers unless someone gives me a crash course in coding :)

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

Tom Jennings wrote:

When starting a Song Mixxx behaves like the Play button is being held

down going back between play and pause at a fast rate.

I too run a Hercules, Control MP3 (via djconsole_legacy). This behavior occurred to me when I compiled a recent svn version that added Bheringer MIDI controller support -- it changed prefs for Input Controller to Behringer. I put it back to Evolution_Xsession or whatever it is, quit and restarted mixxx, back to full Herc functionality (minus LEDs of course).

(For some reason setting Input Controller to Hercules Control MP3 does not work.)

[Holzhaus]

Commented by: @asantoni Date: 2008-05-11T20:03:00Z

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Should be fixed in SVN with r1988 because this sounds like it was related to the MIDI-feedback bug (LP 209365)

[Holzhaus]

Issue closed with status Fix Released.