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Skogkatt: Clicks when starting playback
Skogkatt:
Being an audiophile my self and using MC exclusively for audio, I think there are a couple of easy to implement improvements:
1) Clicks/pops prevention when you start playing a new track
2) Possibility to use MC to play audio from an external source using PC's analog inputs
At least in my system I have verified there is a pattern when clicks happen at the beginning of a track: it occurs consistently when I previously stopped a track in the middle, with some music still playing. If I stop a track toward the end, when music level is almost zero, the click is either inaudible or extremely low in amplitude.
Now, it could be possible that not all the buffers in the chain are purged/flushed before start plying a new track and some "dirt" is left from the previous track. It's not necessarily a MC's problem as it could be the driver but it happens with both ASIO and WASAPI (both regular and event style).
I would think that adding a second or so of silence just after the stop button is pushed would prevent to leave undesired things somewhere. In other word, instead of stop sending bits immediately after the stop button is pushed, sending silence for a while would fill the buffers with nothing that would cause noise the next time you start play…
I can't verify if other systems behave like mine but, from an audiophile perspective, it is highly desirable to avoid flaws like clicks. :)
JimH:
--- Quote from: Skogkatt on October 31, 2011, 04:23:46 pm ---... I think there are a couple of easy to implement improvements:
1) Clicks/pops prevention when you start playing a new track
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Try the option for Audio called "Flush device buffers on startup..."
mojave:
You will have a slight pop or click with both WASAPI or ASIO if your playback device is set to a different sample rate than the audio. The click happens because the device is matching the sample rate of the playback material. I keep my sample rate set to 44.1 in the drivers since I primarily listen to 44.1 music. I do hear the click when switching to 48 or 96 K music or movies.
Skogkatt:
When I tried WASAPI "Flush device buffers on startup..." was enabled but it did not help. I use ASIO because with my system it sounds slightly better...highly subjective I know...
--- Quote from: mojave on October 31, 2011, 04:53:38 pm ---You will have a slight pop or click with both WASAPI or ASIO if your playback device is set to a different sample rate than the audio. The click happens because the device is matching the sample rate of the playback material. I keep my sample rate set to 44.1 in the drivers since I primarily listen to 44.1 music. I do hear the click when switching to 48 or 96 K music or movies.
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Your suggestion makes sense but why I do hear clicks only after I stop a track while music level is still significant and no click if the previous track was stopped toward the end where it is almost silent? This using always 44.1 music.
JimH:
What are you playing to? An external DAC?
Try this page:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/DAC_Settings
Can you try output to another device?
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