[gatv_user]

While I'm playing music (using SMB share) there are frequently long pauses and delays between songs.

This happened with 11.0, 11.04, and I've just tried the latest nightly build (28th of Sept) for IOS, atv2.
When the issue happens, the GUI becomes completely unresponsive.

Here is the xbmc log. Is there any guidance to prevent this problem? I've tried a library cleanup and also removing my library and re-adding it from scratch.

The delay seems quite variable, and is always noticeable. I've also turned off all the options for crossfading, volume gain, and so forth.


<cutting button presses- system records them but does not respond>
11:25:08 T:122667008 DEBUG: CWinEventsIOS: Button press keyID = 4
11:25:08 T:1056226712 DEBUG: XBMCPureController: Button press remoteAction = 7
11:25:10 T:153534464 DEBUG: CSmbFile::Open - opened MP3/somemusicfile.mp3, fd=10001
11:25:10 T:1056226712 DEBUG: XBMCPureController: Button press remoteAction = 5
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CWinEventsIOS: Button press keyID = 5
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: ExecuteXBMCAction : Translating XBMC.PlayerControl(Next)
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: ExecuteXBMCAction : To XBMC.PlayerControl(Next)
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers(musicdb://4/1361.mp3?xsp=%7b%22rules%22%3a%7b%22or%22%3a%5b%7b%22field%22%3a%22albumartist%22%2c%22operator%22%3a%22contains%22%2c%22value%22%3a%5b%22cohen%22%5d%7d%2c%7b%22field%22%3a%22albumartist%22%2c%22operator%22%3a%22contains%22%2c%22value%22%3a%5b%22gabriel%22%5d%7d%5d%7d%2c%22type%22%3a%22songs%22%7d)
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: system rules
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: matches rule: system rules
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtv
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: hdhomerun/myth/mms/udp
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: lastfm/shout
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtsp
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: streams
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvd
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvdimage
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: sdp/asf
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: nsv
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: radio
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: matched 0 rules with players
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding audiodefaultplayer (3)
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=0, audio=1
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding player: PAPlayer (3)
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=1
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding player: DVDPlayer (1)
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: added 2 players
11:25:10 T:122667008 DEBUG: CFileCache::Open - opening <4/1361.mp3> using cache
11:25:12 T:168411136 DEBUG: CSmbFile::Close closing fd 10000
11:25:12 T:122667008 DEBUG: CSmbFile::Open - opened MP3/nextsong.mp3, fd=10000
11:25:12 T:168411136 ERROR: CCoreAudioUnit::Close: Unable to disconnect AudioUnit. Error = -10860
11:25:12 T:168411136 DEBUG: CCoreAudioAEStream::~CCoreAudioAEStream - Destructed
11:25:12 T:168411136 DEBUG: PAPlayer:rocessStreams - Stream Freed
11:25:20 T:122667008 DEBUG: CSmbFile::Open - opened MP3/nextsong.mp3, fd=10002
11:25:56 T:153534464 DEBUG: unrecognized ID3 frame detected: NCON
11:25:56 T:153534464 DEBUG: unrecognized ID3 frame detected: TLEN
11:25:56 T:153534464 DEBUG: CSmbFile::Close closing fd 10001
11:25:59 T:153534464 INFO: msg: PICTURE::LoadImageFromMemory: Unable to decode image. Errorecode: Unknown or wrong format
11:25:59 T:153534464 ERROR: Texture manager unable to load image from memory
11:26:11 T:1056226712 DEBUG: XBMCPureController: Button press remoteAction = 4
11:26:11 T:122667008 DEBUG: unrecognized ID3 frame detected: TCOM
11:26:11 T:122667008 DEBUG: unrecognized ID3 frame detected: TDRC
11:26:11 T:122667008 DEBUG: CSmbFile::Close closing fd 10002
11:26:11 T:1056226712 DEBUG: XBMCPureController: Button press remoteAction = 4
11:26:14 T:1056226712 DEBUG: XBMCPureController: Button press remoteAction = 3
11:26:16 T:162979840 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1 times.
11:26:16 T:162979840 DEBUG: Process, request seek on source to 8048637
11:26:16 T:122667008 DEBUG: Seek - waiting for position 8114045.
11:26:17 T:162979840 INFO: CFileCache:rocess - Hit eof.
11:26:17 T:162979840 DEBUG: Process, request seek on source to 0
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: AudioDecoder: File is queued
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: CCoreAudioAE::MakeStream - AE_FMT_S32NE, 44100, 0, FL,FR
11:26:21 T:122667008 ERROR: CCoreAudioUnit::Close: Unable to disconnect AudioUnit. Error = -10860
11:26:21 T:122667008 ERROR: Previous line repeats 1 times.
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: CCoreAudioGraph::Open: Input Stream Format [lpcm] Mixable Non-Interleaved 2 Channel 32-bit Signed Integer LE (44100Hz)
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: CCoreAudioGraph::Open: Output Stream Format [lpcm] Mixable Interleaved 2 Channel 32-bit Floating Point LE (44100Hz)
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: CCoreAudioGraph::Open: Input Stream Format [lpcm] Mixable Non-Interleaved 2 Channel 32-bit Signed Integer LE (44100Hz)
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: CCoreAudioGraph::Open: Output Stream Format [lpcm] Mixable Non-Interleaved 2 Channel 32-bit Signed Integer LE (44100Hz)
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: CCoreAudioGraph::Open: Input Stream Format [lpcm] Mixable Interleaved 2 Channel 32-bit Floating Point LE (44100Hz)
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: CCoreAudioGraph::Open: Output Stream Format [lpcm] Mixable Non-Interleaved 2 Channel 32-bit Signed Integer LE (44100Hz)
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: CCoreAudioAE::Initialize:
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: Output Device : tput Device
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: Sample Rate : 44100
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: Sample Format : AE_FMT_FLOAT
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: Channel Count : 2
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: Channel Layout: FL,FR
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: Frame Size : 8
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: Volume Level : 1.000000
11:26:21 T:122667008 INFO: Passthrough : 0
11:26:22 T:122667008 DEBUG: AERemap: Downmix normalization is disabled
11:26:22 T:122667008 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 3 times.
11:26:22 T:122667008 DEBUG: CCoreAudioAEStream::CCoreAudioAEStream - Converting from AE_FMT_S32NE to AE_FMT_FLOAT
11:26:22 T:122667008 INFO: CCoreAudioGraph::Open: Input Stream Format [lpcm] Mixable Interleaved 2 Channel 32-bit Floating Point LE (44100Hz)
11:26:22 T:122667008 INFO: CCoreAudioGraph::Open: Output Stream Format [lpcm] Mixable Non-Interleaved 2 Channel 32-bit Signed Integer LE (44100Hz)
11:26:22 T:122667008 INFO: PAPlayer:repareStream - Ready
11:26:22 T:122667008 DEBUG: CGUIInfoManager::SetCurrentSong(musicdb://4/1361.mp3?xsp=%7b%22rules%22%3a%7b%22or%22%3a%5b%7b%22field%22%3a%22albumartist%22%2c%22operator%22%3a%22contains%22%2c%22value%22%3a%5b%22cohen%22%5d%7d%2c%7b%22field%22%3a%22albumartist%22%2c%22operator%22%3a%22contains%22%2c%22value%22%3a%5b%22gabriel%22%5d%7d%5d%7d%2c%22type%22%3a%22songs%22%7d)
11:26:22 T:122667008 DEBUG: Loading additional tag info for file smb://<internalip>:445/MP3/nextsong.mp3
11:26:26 T:122667008 DEBUG: CSmbFile::Open - opened MP3/nextsong.mp3, fd=10002

[Memphiz]

Try turning off id3 tag reading in system->music->file lists

[locomot1f]

glad to see i'm not alone.

i too am experiencing this with NFS connections to my library.

I tried the suggesting, Memphiz, and it helps -- a little. the pauses / breaks are still there. now for me, just little bleeps as the songs change.

here's my full pastebin - http://pastebin.com/AyCewYux

[gatv_user]

Id tag removal has reduced the long pauses, but lots of short ones as the new song starts. It's quite irritating. I've been trying nightly builds to see if it will (eventually ) help. No difference so far.

Thanks for the suggestion - willing to try other things.When a new song queues up there are frequently long pauses in remote response (from a few seconds to a minute).