codec failure message

[Hweb21]

What causes this?
started topic in this thread
http://www.iaudiophile.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11787&page=23

[Llorean]

And this happens with an official build? What is the most recent revision you've experienced this, and can you give an exact way to duplicate this?

The thread you linked to is about an unofficial build.

[Hweb21]

Sorry, it is with an unofficial build.
I meant to say is what buffers are linked to the audio playback buffer?
ex. font buffer

[Llorean]

The compressed audio buffer uses all the memory not used by anything else. In the info->debug->view audio thread, you can see how many total bytes are used by the audio buffer after codec:

I imagine on the X5 it'll be in the 12000000+ range (12mb or more) though I can't guess exactly.

[Hweb21]

So, then if something else uses too much of the buffer and there is not much left for the audio buffer than it can't play music which might lead into that message. Right?

[Llorean]

The problem is most likely a bug in the patches.

Unless you can confirm this with an official build, there's no point in discussing it here. A situation such as you have described would in essence be impossible to cause with the official build, but I don't know what'd happen if you modified Rockbox to the extent where it could happen.

Besides, I already told you how you can *check* how much codec buffer is left. You can confirm if a very small codec buffer is even happening by just looking.

[Hweb21]

Thx,
Max = 12mb in official build
Max = 11mb in unofficial build

[Llorean]

More than enough, either way.

The Archoses get by with ~1.1mb in many cases.

[Hweb21]

whats pcm?

[Llorean]

The uncompressed buffer. That doesn't change in size.