Problems With Music Playback - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm having issues with music playback but only when the screen is off. If the screen is on there is no problem.
The problem is that I have random short dropouts in the music playback.... sometimes once or twice during a song but sometimes more often. It seems to be totally random.
Also it happens regardless of what rom or music player I'm using. Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing it?

appro77 said:
I'm having issues with music playback but only when the screen is off. If the screen is on there is no problem.
The problem is that I have random short dropouts in the music playback.... sometimes once or twice during a song but sometimes more often. It seems to be totally random.
Also it happens regardless of what rom or music player I'm using. Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing it?
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I also have this problem when I'm listening to music that stored on sd card. Maybe your sdcard is kinda slow for reading maybe?

Equal1zer said:
I also have this problem when I'm listening to music that stored on sd card. Maybe your sdcard is kinda slow for reading maybe?
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Thanks for the reply. I thought of that and transferred all music to the internal card for a test but same problem. And I don't understand why it doesn't give a problem when the screen is awake. It's weird.

I saw this problem long ago on S2 (lol) ...depending on the kernel they were using. It has to do with some buffering and CPU sccaling (SCALING_MIN_SUSPEND_FREQ ...and SCALING_MIN_STANDBY_FREQ). Maybe it's same issue... or the player you are using... or ROM. More info is needed to figure out the problem.
So what ROM and version are you using, kernel and what music player?
(I have no such issues on Revolution or Hurrican + PlayerPro)

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[Q] Do you have problems with Google Music/other Music apps?

There are several threads now detailing a problem with playing music, mainly reported when using the Google Music app. To be more specific here are some examples:
When playing music and then multitasking, the phone crashes and requires a battery pull and reboot.
Another is when playing music and then turning the screen off, the music is jerky and stutters.
People have reported this happening with apps other than Google Music, so it would appear that this isn't a problem with the Music app, but either the phone or ICS.
I wanted to start a poll to gauge how many people have this problem and establish whether it's everyone or not.
Here are some links to what I'm referring to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1381413
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380773
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379600
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22669
Your poll is a bit flawed. My experience so far is that these crashes are a bit more random than being attributed to any specific apps right now. I've experienced the crash, but long story short, I am not convinced it was related to the exact app that I was using at the time.
Well just because you have experienced an unrelated crash it doesn't mean my poll is flawed, just that you have a separate issue
People have spoken of this happening repeatedly when trying to use Music and multitask so I think it is definitely an issue of it's own. Usually it is said that the sound/screen goes corrupt and then requires a battery pull. Are you not referring to a random reboot or something?
i have a couple of problems with PowerAmp, no problems with google music though.
1. PowerAmp can't see playlists that were created in google music
2. PowerAmp stutters when the screen goes to sleep. (does the clock speed lower when the screen goes off?)
i've read that increasing the buffer size in poweramp options fixes no. 2. I havent tried it due to no.1.
i'm just using google music at the moment.
WinAmp i found would often have slight cracks in the music (i.e. stop and start again quickly, almost like it was being disturbed/cpu high).
doubletwist is fine though, as is Music player
This is such a huge problem I can't believe more people haven't responded :S
I've had Google Music, Rhapsody, and Pandora all crash at one time or another.
str355 said:
i have a couple of problems with PowerAmp, no problems with google music though.
1. PowerAmp can't see playlists that were created in google music
2. PowerAmp stutters when the screen goes to sleep. (does the clock speed lower when the screen goes off?)
i've read that increasing the buffer size in poweramp options fixes no. 2. I havent tried it due to no.1.
i'm just using google music at the moment.
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increasing the buffer size in power amp fixes no.2
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problem number 2 here for me. songs with high bit rates tends to trigger the stutter problem after the phone goes to sleep. tried on google music and playerpro
Google Music 4.0.1 (ICS stock) often crashes within a minute after I reboot the phone - without me actually using it.
Obviously it's trying to do something in the background on start-up and fails. Miserably.
Did not crash while I was using it so far, but I didn't run it for any lengths of time either. No problems with other apps crashing, just Music.
rayvioli said:
problem number 2 here for me. songs with high bit rates tends to trigger the stutter problem after the phone goes to sleep. tried on google music and playerpro
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Yes I notice it too, it's very annoying especially since I payed so much for this phone and a good set of headphones just for my high bit-rate music to constantly stutter; hopefully google fixes this. I seem to only notice this on the stock music player, but I prefer to use it over others due to its integration with the lockscreen and notification pulldown bar, especially considering the nice visuals it now has.
my 2 cents:
i can recreate the crash consistently by doing the following:
1. reboot the phone and connect a pair of headphones
2. stream a song (i.e., a song that's not already saved to the phone) using google music
3. use the home button to leave the google music app and return to the homescreen
4. while the song is playing, try to increase or decrease the volume of the music with the volume buttons and then almost immediately the phone reboots automatically.
i haven't been able to recreate the issue once with the headphones disconnected. also, the issue doesn't seem to occur if you connect the headphones after you start playing the music. i need to test that theory some more though.
I noticed this right away when I got my phone (launch day)
Since I constantly stream music from google music, I noticed pops and weird noises all the time. Very weird and SUPER annoying
The stock music app is not able to find my music at all. I use PowerAMP now and that works fine.
Music also crashes when not actively in use at all. When I open a lot of apps, i.e. multi-task a lot, Music often just force closes after a while.
I'm using PowerAmp now to listen to music stored in either .flac or the highest quality .mp3 files lame could produce. Some are 320kbps cbr others are vbr. In PowerAmp I set the process to the highest priority possible but left the buffer on auto.
I have never had any reboots or studering when locking the screen and I've been listening to music for over 3 hours now while doing some home work. Just to test it I put on one of my flac files and quickly locked and unlocked the screen. The phone took it like and champ with no studers at all.
No problems with music apps crashing, or needing to pull the battery. The only issue I have is with music or podcasts played through the native music player or Google Listen stopping at random intervals. Happens using wired speaker/headphones or bluetooth audio.
Frustrating, but not a dealbreaker yet.
I called Verizon for no other reason other than trying to create a record of the issue... They claimed to have not heard of this... Is there any way to let Samsung know directly? I know there is a google code ticket open, but Google hasn't "owned" the issue yet... I'd also say if you have the issue to let VZW know so they can get things in motion on their side as well.
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I called Verizon for no other reason other than trying to create a record of the issue... They claimed to have not heard of this... Is there any way to let Samsung know directly? I know there is a google code ticket open, but Google hasn't "owned" the issue yet... I'd also say if you have the issue to let VZW know so they can get things in motion on their side as well.
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It seems they don't give a ****, unfortunately. Just have to live with it..
WinAMP - today while playing an album with the screen off paused (twice). I had to turn on the display, and hit the play button to continue. There was a bit of a lag (I got the FC screen, but when i hit wait the app returned a few seconds later)

[Q] Google music stops randomly

Hello
I'm on stock rom JB 4.2.1 and since yesterday everytime I'm listening to music it stops randomly.
Sometimes the lockscreen widget starts blinking and music stops...
Anyone of you guys has had the same problem?
Thanks for reading I hope someone could recommend me some workaround or any known cause
Do you have any another music player on your nexus? Another music player may cause crashing issues..
Wipe stock music player Data and cache.
I use cyanogenmod9 music player which causes issues on stock music player like not showing songs information and album art.
manumanfred said:
Do you have any another music player on your nexus? Another music player may cause crashing issues..
Wipe stock music player Data and cache.
I use cyanogenmod9 music player which causes issues on stock music player like not showing songs information and album art.
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Thank you for your answer
I don't hve any other player installed i already wiped everything, I even did a hard reset... and nothing, music keeps stoping randomly
headphone jack or line input can be broken.
random_word said:
headphone jack or line input can be broken.
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Thank you for answering
This doesn't happen when using deezer or tune in radio... so, I don't think it's the headset
I tried installing power amp and the problem persists

Choppy music playback during sleep

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone else is having the same problem.
My music playback gets really choppy when my phone is "asleep" (i.e., display is turned off). Otherwise, like when I'm browsing the web or doing anything else with my phone (i.e., display is turned on and phone is not "asleep"), music playback is flawless. This is really annoying! No, it's not my microSD card since the same problem exists when playing music from my phone memory.
Help :crying: I really love my Note 2 but this is driving me crazy! I've been using my phone as a music player since the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic days. This is the first time I'm encountering such an annoying problem! This can't be happening...on a quad core phone in 2012?!
no problem whatsoever here :cyclops:
what's ur Rom? kernel ?
Dude. Who listens to music while they're sleeping? J/k.
Are you streaming? Then you might need to get the high performance WiFi widget app. It puts your WiFi into high performance mode rather low power mode while screen is off.
If not streaming, is there a wake lock or high priority option in your music player? That might need to be ticked to get your music as a higher priority.
I have never had this problem so I don't know if this will solve your issue but it is a place to start. Could possibly be something else taking up more resources or higher priority and you need to solve that issue.
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I'm on stock ROM, rooted.
I think I may have found the problem, or at least the source of the problem. Live wallpapers. When I switched to "static" wallpapers, no more skipping/choppiness.
By the way, this isn't with music streaming. This is with music files on the phone/microSD card. I'm currently using the stock music player app, although I have tried using third party music apps and I can say that the problem still exists...
Just sad that it seems I'm alone with this issue. Meh, LWPs just drain the battery anyway. Static wallpaper it is.
Do you have Cpu sleeper installed on your phone. I had similar problems before I uninstalled thst
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This happens to me occasionally even without a live wallpaper.
I think it's the kernel governor. Pegasus q seems to be the one I have the most problems with. I think it attempts to make the phone deep sleep even though music is playing.
Same here
I have the same problem: while screen is off music is chopped!
It was not like this all the time, just for the past month. I use stock ROM, not rooted. It does not matter what app I use to listen to music with or whether it is on built in memory or an SD card, the problem persists.
Does anyone has a solution for this problem, it drives me mad!
It happens to me too...but not all time...it just suddenly stops and resumes like if it were ram leak problem...
Pd: my note is 100% stock 4.3.
The only reason this happened to me was the music player somehow got killed by the system when the phone was put to sleep.. There's no workaround only one being using 3rd party players like I do.. I have a legit copy of shuttle plus and poweramp.. Both work flawless..
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[Q] Google Play Music playback position bug

I've been having this issue lately where GPM is showing my playback position to be some obscure number. Any thoughts? Clean ARHD 34.0.
WinterApocalypse said:
I've been having this issue lately where GPM is showing my playback position to be some obscure number. Any thoughts? Clean ARHD 34.0.
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i am having this bug too. is total random, sometimes is the right number, even the same song. i think is caused on long playlists. using stock rom on htc m8. this bug happened on stock htc player. i downloaded all the songs in the playlist and copied to my phone. but in poweramp it was all good.

Problems with Podcasts Playback

Hello,
I'm using Pocket Casts as my podcast app on my Elephone. I have two problems:
1. It does not remember at which minute I paused the podcast
2. If I want to speed up the playback (1.1x - 1.3x) or use the "Volume boost" or "Remove Silence" option it stutters and is not useable anymore.
The thing is it happens with another podcast app too. But as I used my Galaxy Nexus it worked like a charm. I believe the problem comes from the phone. Has anybody the same issues with podcast apps?
I'm currently using the most recent stock rom on my Elephone.
I tried to switch on/off the special Elephone audio settings. No impact.
schakalakka said:
Hello,
I'm using Pocket Casts as my podcast app on my Elephone. I have two problems:
1. It does not remember at which minute I paused the podcast
2. If I want to speed up the playback (1.1x - 1.3x) or use the "Volume boost" or "Remove Silence" option it stutters and is not useable anymore.
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I can confirm your first problem and did some research on this, but it is hard to drill down. For me this does not happen all the time. Sometimes a reboot solves the problem for quite some time, sometimes not. I use BeyondPod podcatcher but also tried AntennaPod which is the same.
I think the problem is a faulty mp3 library or something similar, because I cannot reproduce this behavior with m4a (MPEG-4 Audio) files.
Regarding your second problem, I have only some stuttering when starting the podcast playback for up to 10 seconds, after that the playback is OK.
kezmdor said:
I can confirm your first problem and did some research on this, but it is hard to drill down. For me this does not happen all the time. Sometimes a reboot solves the problem for quite some time, sometimes not. I use BeyondPod podcatcher but also tried AntennaPod which is the same.
I think the problem is a faulty mp3 library or something similar, because I cannot reproduce this behavior with m4a (MPEG-4 Audio) files.
Regarding your second problem, I have only some stuttering when starting the podcast playback for up to 10 seconds, after that the playback is OK.
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I tried podcast republic now and it works so far. They have special "Lab" settings in which you can activate soft decoding.
I have another question. Does anyone have some experience with podcast apps used with the Eragon rom. Did the behavior change? Was it fixed there?
schakalakka said:
I have another question. Does anyone have some experience with podcast apps used with the Eragon rom. Did the behavior change? Was it fixed there?
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Just for your information, I use CM12.1 by now and do not experience any problems with podcast playback.
kezmdor said:
Just for your information, I use CM12.1 by now and do not experience any problems with podcast playback.
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Which player do you use?
schakalakka said:
Which player do you use?
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I am using Beyondpod.

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