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Tomahawk, the multi-source music player
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Crackling in the background when playing certain FLAC files #621

Closed vigna closed 7 years ago

vigna commented 7 years ago

I'm hearing clear "digital noise" (crackling in the background) when listening to certain FLAC files on a MacBook Pro 2016 with Mac Os X 10.12.4 (I can provide a FLAC as an example).

However, the same problem appears when using VLC to play those files.

If I convert the same FLAC file to WAV and play it with VLC, it sounds fine.

So it appears to be something having to do with on-the-fly decoding of FLAC files. I don't know exactly which library or support software Tomahawk is using, so I'm reporting here.

vigna commented 7 years ago

I just verified that with Clementine the same file sounds just fine.

theli-ua commented 7 years ago

However, the same problem appears when using VLC to play those files. I don't know exactly which library or support software Tomahawk is using, so I'm reporting here.

Well, tomahawk uses VLC to play files, so there is nothing that could be done if they sounds the same in VLC

bitmage commented 7 years ago

I'm also hearing noise, and choppy sound on OSX 10.11.6. MP3 files. Don't know if it's the same issue. The files play fine in other audio players.

vigna commented 7 years ago

Upgrate to the nightly build of VLC 3.0. It works.

vigna commented 7 years ago

I'm sorry, I have to correct myself: VLC 3.0 plays the file perfectly. Tomahawk has still crackling, even using a night build. I'm moving to Clementine.

theli-ua commented 7 years ago

I guess if nightly osx builds were using VLC 3.0 it would solve the problem