interruptions while playing songs

[Sherv]

Album art definitely seems to be intimately linked to this problem...interesting.

[rocinante69]

I was experincing the same issue with my H10, but I also own an H340 and there wasn't any problem on that player. The only difference between the two units (as far as Rockbox) was that I was using the default Rockbox WPS on my H340 (because I couldn't get the fonts to display correctly on the WPS that came with the theme I was using) & on the H10 the fonts weren't an issue so I didn't change the WPS at installation on that unit.  I changed the WPS on the H10 to the Rockbox default and the problem went away. The WPS that came with the theme displayed the next song queued to play so maybe that was the problem?  Seems weird...

[dip]

I have the same problem with my iPod 80GB 5.5G. I had the impression that it started with integration of album art into svn. Previously I used the inofficial album art patch and never had this problem. Now stuttering appears very often after turning on the iPod. So I also have the impression that the problem is related to album art.

However, stuttering now also appears when I scroll through long lists in the database (e.g. browsing artists) while playing music, when I scroll through a long list of files using the file browser or when I scroll through a long now playing list. This did also not happen previously.

[dip]

One further note: I also have the impression that with introducing the stuttering problem the disk spinns much longer after having turned on my iPod than before. It takes sometimes almost 1-2 minutes before the iPod reacts on any key press after it has been turned on.

[Sherv]

Ooh, good point! The disk is indeed spinning intensely during said pauses and unresponsiveness. What is curious is that at times the drive will suddenly enter a long stretch of activity without anything from the user prompting it. That is, I could be playing a playlist and then at one point the drive will begin spinning and it appears that data is being accessed for a long period of time (upwards of 5 minutes or longer but I haven't accurately timed this to give a better idea).

[kubu4]

I'm experiencing the exact same things, but on both my X5 and H140.  Also, I don't use themes with album art so, in my case, album art isn't a factor in causing this problem.

Additionally, the most recent build I've put on both units (r16096) no longer supports gapless playback.  

Finally, I've been getting a very high frequency of "Database Not Ready" messages when I am browsing through the database.  In fact, usually about once a day, the players will prompt me to initialize the database when I try to browse the database.

Of course, I have no idea if any of this stuff is related, but in all the years I've been using Rockbox, I've never had any problems.  So, it has definitely thrown me for a loop with all the issues that I'm having with the current build.  

In any case, just thought I'd throw out as much info as possible that might be related to the stuttering problem that so many people are experiencing.  Thanks to the devs for all the hard work!

[Llorean]

Do you mean "Gapless playback isn't working for me?"

It's still supported, and *should* be working, so I'm curious why you're saying it isn't supported...

[kubu4]

Whoops!    Sorry.  Definitely meant "is not working" for me.  Of course it is supported!  And, my problems are occurring with both OGG (q5) and MP3 (192Kbps VBR).  Thank you for the clarification.

[erik7]

Is there any good news about this subject? For some reason I have the feeling that this is not high priority.  

[Llorean]

Nobody's paying anyone to work on Rockbox, and very few people have the appropriate knowledge to work on this. If you want it fixed, the only way to be absolutely certain it happens is to dedicate your own time to learning about the playback code, and working on it. EVERYONE who works on it is a volunteers.

The thing NOT to do is to ask for progress reports or make little teary faces. If the situation changes, it'll change.

[erik7]

Wooh, I'm sorry, but you feel very offensive I see. It was never meant it that way. This directly will be my last post here (for some or long time). I don't like it this way!

[catawompus]

I downloaded the latest current build today, and as far as I can tell the bug seems to be gone. Thanks to all the people who were looking into this issue.

[dip]

With the current build my stutterin problems are gone and my iPod is now again very well responsive. Thank you guys very much for your efforts!