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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: trevgrif on February 15, 2008, 02:57:56 pm

Title: Playback skipping in MC12
Post by: trevgrif on February 15, 2008, 02:57:56 pm

I have playback problems - it is as if MC mutes the playback for a second or 2, then resumes playing again. This happens about every 2 to 3 minutes. I do not have this problem on Jukebox 12 at all, only with MC12. I have downloaded the latest build without any improvement. I have set the buffering settings to 4 seconds - no improvement. I mainly play Apple Lossless and MP3 files, and it happens to the Apple Lossless files only. It also happens when MC is the only application open.

Title: Re: Playback skipping in MC12
Post by: Matt on February 15, 2008, 03:28:55 pm

ALAC has to play using the QuickTime engine since it is closed-source and proprietary.

You might look at APE or FLAC.

Title: Re: Playback skipping in MC12
Post by: glynor on February 15, 2008, 03:32:34 pm

I would strongly recommend completely uninstalling Quicktime, and then rebooting, and reinstalling it (make sure to re-download the latest installer) via these instructions (http://www.codecguide.com/quicktime_installation.htm).  I've seen this fix lots of Quicktime-engine related problems.

Title: Re: Playback skipping in MC12
Post by: Alex B on February 15, 2008, 03:45:59 pm

trevgrif,

You could try DirectShow decoding. It is an alternative method. Here are a few links for you:

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=42113.msg287044;topicseen#msg287044
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=42780.msg291628;topicseen#msg291628
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=44224.msg302600;topicseen#msg302600
http://wiki.jrmediacenter.com/index.php/MP4_and_M4A_File_Support
http://wiki.jrmediacenter.com/index.php/DirectShow_Playback_Guide

Title: Re: Playback skipping in MC12
Post by: trevgrif on February 19, 2008, 10:47:41 am

Thanks for all the suggestions. I bit the bullet and converted my whole collection to FLAC with DBPowerAmp Music Convertor. Now there is no skipping and the track info shows up automatically. There is a momentary skip every now and then but that might be due to a sudden demand for processor power from another application. Maybe some adjustment to the buffering could solve that.  :D