More buffering problems

Legacy versions MacOS
1

I’ve had so many problems with buffering issues, tracks not playing properly, jumping around, cutting bits off, failing to play short tracks, but I thought it was all to do with streaming from Qobuz.
Now I have had a similar problem with local iTunes files, so it has nothing to do with Qobuz at all.
It doesn’t seem possible to put things in a play queue, move them around and delete some, without the remaining songs in the list playing wrong. This is either the end of the song not playing or the start of the next song skipping around, missing a bit, or playing for a few seconds and then stopping.
This is completely maddening, I really wish I hadn’t spent my money on this program, but not that I have, I’m going to complain until this is fixed. Properly.
Dominic

Audirvana Mac Version 3.5.29 (3559)
macOS 10.15.2 with 16384MB RAM

Registered to Dominic Perry

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

Polarity Inversion:
	Globally: OFF
	Per track: ON
Effects plugins NOT ACTIVE

UPSAMPLING:
SoX
SoX filter parameters
Bandwidth at 0dB = 99.5
Filter max length = 30000
Anti-aliasing = 100
Phase = 66

AUDIO VOLUME:
Max allowed volume: 100
Replay Gain: None
SW volume control: ON

LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 0 folders
iTunes/Music library synchronization: last synchronized on Wed Aug 28 15:05:43 2019

Library database path: /Users/Dominic/Library/Application Support/Audirvana/AudirvanaPlusDatabaseV2.sqlite

ACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES
Qobuz: Connected as Qobuz Hi-Fi Sublime+

=================== AUDIO DEVICE ========================

CoreAudio audio path, buffer I/O frame size: 512

Max. memory for audio buffers: 4454MB

Local Audio Engine:
Exclusive access: Disabled
Integer mode: Enabled

Preferred device:
Sonarworks Systemwide
Model UID:com_sonarworks_driver_SonarworksDevice:Sonarworks
UID:SonarworksEngine:0

Active Sample Rate: 192kHz
Hog Mode is off

Bridge settings:
Sample rate limitation: 192kHz
Sample rate switching latency: 0.5s
Limit bitdepth to 24bit: OFF
Mute during sample rate change: ON

Selected device:
Local audio device
ID 0x3e ADI-2 Pro (55670186) Manufacturer:RME
Model UID:ADI-2 Pro (55670186):2A39:3FD2 UID:AppleUSBAudioEngine:RME:ADI-2 Pro (55670186):76FAF50D19B70C8:1,2

10 available sample rates up to 768000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
352800
384000
705600
768000
Audio buffer frame size : 58 to 4096 frames
Current I/O buffer frame size : 512
Volume Control
Physical: No
Virtual: No
MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: Yes
Not a MQA device, user set to not MQA
DSD capability: DSD via PCM 1.1
Device audio channels
Preferred stereo channels L:1 R:2
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1

Audio channels in use
Number of channels: 2
Use as stereo device only: Yes
Simple stereo device: Yes

1 output streams:
Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s)
Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0
Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1

Stream ID 0x3f 2 channels starting at 1
20 virtual formats:
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 768kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 705.6kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 384kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 352.8kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 192kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 176.4kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Float 44.1kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 768kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 705.6kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 384kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 352.8kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz

20 physical formats
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 768kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 705.6kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 384kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 352.8kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 768kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 705.6kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 384kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 352.8kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz
2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz

Local devices found : 3
Device #0: ID 0x30 Built-in Output Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Model UID: AppleHDA:128 UID: AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,1:0
Device #1: ID 0x3a HDMI Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Model UID: AppleHDA:128 UID: AppleHDAEngineOutputDP:0,1,0,1,0:0:{6904-27A1-01010101}
Device #2: ID 0x3e ADI-2 Pro (55670186) Manufacturer: RME Model UID: ADI-2 Pro (55670186):2A39:3FD2 UID: AppleUSBAudioEngine:RME:ADI-2 Pro (55670186):76FAF50D19B70C8:1,2

UPnP devices found : 0

2

Try turning upsampling off first, no sox, just play your songs as they are suppose to play and see

3

Also turn on the “Hog mode”. Reduce the buffer to 2GB (2048 MB).

4

Done these now. Makes no difference. I can’t believe the audio driver has anything to do with it.
It’s something to do with the pre-buffering which Audirvana does, and screws up when tracks are re-ordered or deleted from the queue. Nothing to do with sample rates or upsampling or audio drivers.

Dominic

5

maybe Audirvana doesn’t have the privileges to access your music folder since you are on Catalina… did you grant access?

Why again another user that use this F**king Apple folder… can you just make a folder somewhere and put a couples of your groups in and add only that folder to Audirvana and forget iTunes path or Music now on Catalina for once, and see…

There is no buffering issues playing songs as they are with Audirvana or with HQPlayer or JRiver… you can load any song with 4gb of memory not touching those upsampling settings or trying to stream with your internet connection… all those players will play easily any of those songs without bugs…

If you use Catalina, there is more security with it, you have to grant access to some folders when starting some software… maybe you miss it… again don’t play with the devil (Apple) and use his folder for your music… quite simple… they f**ked things up everytime they release something…

play safe, use Audirvana alone and choose what folder you want your things in…

6

Regarding Apple file permissions: this isn’t likely to be relevant, as the same problem exists when streaming Qobuz files, without a local file store.
This isn’t a Catalina problem, it existed when I was using Mojave too. It’s an internal Audirvana buffering problem with songs which have been placed in the queue and then moved/re-ordered or deleted.

7

Something else is wrong here, most likely not related to Audirvana. Have you tried playing through other software to check if you’re having the same issue?

8

Stop playing when reordering a Playlist?

9

Based on what evidence? iTunes plays fine, as mentioned already.

10

I’ll try that. It’s so consistently messed up that I can work out whether that helps quite quickly.
Tonight I emptied the playlist, added two songs to it and then pressed play. The second one cut the last few seconds off. Useless.

11

I have the same setup (very similar) and it’s working without any issues at all. I also stream from Qobuz.

This sounds like a networking issue. Have you tried connecting via Ethernet (wired)?

12

No, I don’t have an Ethernet port. And it happens when I play local files (iTunes) too. So I don’t believe it’s streaming related.