domscr Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Hi, I cannot diagnose why Poweramp is skipping/hiccuping/stuttering. I am using a Samsung Galaxy S4 and have tried it on stock Touchwiz 5.0.1 and 4.4.2, Poweramp 2.0.10 build 588 I am aware of the article http://support.powerampapp.com/knowledgebase/articles/323527-skips-hiccups-stutters And the results from trying to use this have are: Not an SD card issue (music plays perfectly in stock player) Not Bluetooth issues (using regular wired headphones) Not tweaked ROM (I use stock Touchwiz 4.4.2 and 5.0.1, unless Touchwiz is considered tweaked?) No additional 3rd party audio effects (Adapt Sound has never been touched/set up) No CPU hungry apps (Show CPU usage in developer options does not indicate high CPU usage and GSam battery monitor shows the highest battery usage being Android OS itself) No broken formats (skipping is not consistent with particular files) If you could please help me resolve this problem I would greatly appreciate it. I have reset my phone on stock 4.4.2 and 5.0.1 in attempts to resolve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 5 hours ago, domscr said: Not an SD card issue (music plays perfectly in stock player) That's not necessarily true, Poweramp is a lot more access-intensive than stock players (especially with higher bitrate files, etc). Are your music files just regular MP3s? Could you try putting some tracks on internal storage and see if there is any difference? If that helps, try copying everything off your card onto a PC, reformat the card, then copy everything back. (Don't restart your phone until the SD Card is back in place, otherwise you could lose your current library/playlists/ratings/etc). Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domscr Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Hi Andre, No, almost all of my files are iTunes m4a files. I only have very few mp3 and flac files. I'll try that and let you know if I notice anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I've always felt M4A / AAC files are more problematical than regular (i.e. non-Apple) formats, but maybe that's just my experience? Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domscr Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Hi, It's still skipping on internal storage as well. Do you have any other ideas because I really don't want to write it off as Poweramp not being able to play m4a files. Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 It's worth trying the test builds for Poweramp v3 (from the Downloads tab at the top of the page) as that uses a completely rebuilt audio engine and may work better for you? Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domscr Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 Unfortunately I've already tried that. I'm going to try and put an automatic process killer on Snapchat because I've got a hunch that might fix the problem. Do you have any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domscr Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 The problem persisted and I'm now trying 2.0.10 build 579 instead of build 588. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 And you said you've already tried increasing the buffer size and audio thread priority? is this issue as bad when the screen is on as it is when the screen is asleep? Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domscr Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 Yes I have tried increasing the buffer size and audio thread priority, and yes the issue is just as bad with the screen on or off. Build 588 didn't fix the problem either so I'm biting the bullet and flashing CM 13 soon. Hopefully that fixes the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuelseth Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 On Monday, September 05, 2016 at 4:23 AM, andrewilley said: That's not necessarily true, Poweramp is a lot more access-intensive than stock players (especially with higher bitrate files, etc). Are your music files just regular MP3s? Could you try putting some tracks on internal storage and see if there is any difference? If that helps, try copying everything off your card onto a PC, reformat the card, then copy everything back. (Don't restart your phone until the SD Card is back in place, otherwise you could lose your current library/playlists/ratings/etc). Andre Did max figure out the problem on the galaxy s7 with the popping noise when u use Bluetooth and have the high-res setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domscr Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 I've gone back to stock Touchwiz 5.0.1 and Poweramp 2.0.10 build 588. Hopefully v3 fixes the problem. Thanks for your help, if you've got any other suggestions I'd be happy to try them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaby_64 Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 im also having issues with the playback of m4a, within the first 30 seconds it will interrupt for a fraction of a second then continue fine stock player works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Please try the alpha-test build, from the Downloads tab at the top of the page, which uses a new audio engine that may cope better with some of the more esoteric (non-MP3) file formats. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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