Closed rjshiffer closed 1 year ago
Hello @rjshiffer, unbelievable, but I can understand the problem. Instead of the playlist with many short files, I created one with several long songs with different formats. I think this is independent of the format used m4a or mp3 doesn't seem to matter. Thanks for the report, I don't know the cause of this 'permanent loop' yet, but I'll go troubleshooting in the coming week. Until then, many greetings from Berlin Wolle
Hope the bug is fixed now. I couldn't pinpoint the cause, it's probably a timing issue. I have a 5s timeout in case the destination or specified file cannot be played. The playlist I created for this with a running time of about 2 hours ran without any problems.
Hello Wolle,
Unfortunately the fix did not resolve my problem. I ran a few other combinations that may be helpful.
I loaded an .mp3 file and an .m4a file directly into the /audiofiles directory. Boot, play .mp3 immediately, followed by the .m4a. The .m4a files ends early. I play the .mp3 file again and it completes normally. That is, the problem is independent of playlists.
Boot. Play the .mp3 file from the DLNA server, followed by the .m4a file. Both files play normally.
I only have .mp3 and .m4a files so cannot play other formats. I didn't collect log files but can do if that would be helpful.
Again, thanks from Chicago, Illinois, USA
Richard
Hi Wolle,
As only 10-12 of the 120 songs were .mp3 format, I converted the .mp3 files to .m4a format. All is now good. I don't know what is unique about the .mp3 files causing the problem but this work around solves it at least for now.
Thanks for your efforts, Richard
Hi Richard, very nice if it works now. Thanks to your hint, I was able to find an error in the processing of the playlist. If the URL is incorrect or the local audio file does not exist, the next entry should be executed after 5s. For this I have provided a time limit that was not effective. In your log I saw that you are using a VS1053. My VS1053 boards only work well with aac and mp3, m4a and flac is poor. An external DAC like PCM5102 is more reliable.
best regards Wolle
Firstly, the radio is fantastic and my wife and I play it daily. At her request I uploaded her favorite songs to the SD and created customized playlists. I noticed that after a few songs played the remaining songs in the playlist ended early. In fact, each of the remaining songs stopped after exactly 39 seconds. After much troubleshooting the only pattern I noticed was the problem occurred when .m4a files played after .mp3 files.
I made a small, test playlist to duplicate the problem.
The first two .m4a songs play perfectly followed by the .mp3 song. The last 2 songs (the same as the first 2) each stop exactly after 39 seconds. If I play other .m4a songs from another playlist they all end after 39 seconds until I boot. After I boot, I could play all these (plus more) .m4a songs successfully until the next .mp3 song is played.
Any ideas? I going crazy trying to figure this out.
Thanks, Richard
Additional information: If I replace the .mp3 song with a different one, the shorter durations of the .m4a song changes. For example, the following .m4a songs may all play for 44 seconds or all play for 50 seconds depending on the .mp3 song.