Playback starts intermittently

Origin
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Dear Antoine!, there were already a lot of duplicate tracks, so I deleted Audirvana Origin, then AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite file and reinstalled everything, then I scanned my music. The double files disappeared, but since then, when I want to play a new track, it starts stuttering. It shuts down, restarts, shuts down and so on. It’s like it doesn’t load the file continuously. I am attaching the Debug info. Can you help?

Audirvana Origin 2.3.1 (20301)

macOS 13.3.1 with 64GB physical RAM

Connected account of : Peter Sterk

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

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

UPSAMPLING:
r8brain not in use
r8brain filter parameters
Bandwidth = 99.5%
Stop band attenuation 218dB
Phase linear

AUDIO VOLUME:
Max allowed volume: 100
Replay Gain: by album
SW volume control: OFF

LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 1 folders
AUTO: /Volumes/music/ZENE
iTunes/Music library synchronization: not synchronized
Library database path: /Users/Peter/Library/Application Support/Audirvana/AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite

Remote Control server:
Listening on 127.0.0.1 on port 60973

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

Active method: Local

Max. memory for audio buffers: 62464MB

Local Audio Engine: CoreAudio
Exclusive access: OFF
Integer mode: ON
Use max I/O buffer size: ON
Actual I/O buffer frame size: 512

Preferred device:
Built-in Output
Model UID:
UID:

Currently playing in Integer Mode:
Device: 2ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32bits little endian Signed Integer, 8 bytes per frame 44.1kHz

Active Sample Rate: 44.1kHz
Hog Mode is on

Bridge settings:
Sample rate limitation: none
Sample rate switching latency: none
Limit bitdepth to 24bit: OFF
Mute during sample rate change: OFF

Selected device:Mytek Brooklyn DAC+
Manufacturer: Mytek Digital
Model name: Mytek Digital Mytek Brooklyn DAC+
Model UID: Mytek Brooklyn DAC+:25CE:0025
UID: AppleUSBAudioEngine:Mytek Digital:Brooklyn DAC+:HEM007716:1,2
USB Vendor ID: 0x25ce
USB Product ID: 0x0025
ID 0x6b

8 available sample rates up to 384000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
352800
384000
Audio buffer frame size : 53 to 4096 frames
Current I/O buffer frame size : 512

Volume Control
Physical: Yes
Virtual: Yes
Max volume alert: Enabled

MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: Yes
MQA Decoder device
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: No
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 0x6c 2 channels starting at 1
16 virtual formats:
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 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

16 physical formats
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 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 : 2
Device #0: ID 0x6b Mytek Brooklyn DAC+
Manufacturer: Mytek Digital
Model UID: Mytek Brooklyn DAC+:25CE:0025
UID: AppleUSBAudioEngine:Mytek Digital:Brooklyn DAC+:HEM007716:1,2
USB Vendor ID: 0x25ce
USB Product ID: 0x0025
Model name: Mytek Digital Mytek Brooklyn DAC+
Device #1: ID 0x5f iMac Pro hangszóró
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Model UID: Speaker
UID: BuiltInSpeakerDevice
Model name: Apple Inc. iMac Pro hangszóró

UPnP

UPnP devices found : 1
Device #0: ID 0x0 : UHD3000(Living room)
UID: uuid:800a805570ff-dmr
Location: http://192.168.0.30:1786/description.xml
Manufacturer: Plutinosoft LLC
Model name: AV Renderer Device

Chromecast

Chromecast devices found : 0

2

Hi,

I see that your music is on an external volume: /Volumes/music/ZENE. Is it a folder located on an external disk or or a NAS?
If it is a NAS, is your computer connected to the network via Wifi or are you using a wired connection?
If you are on wifi, can you try a wired connection and see if you get some improvement?

3

Update your buggy Monterey to 13.4 as soon as you can…

4

Hi @StPeter ,

Can you update to MacOS 13.4 and then try again to reproduce your issue?

5

Yes, I updated to MacOS 13.4 and the problem went away.
Thanx.

6

Dear Antoine, the problem I described earlier has appeared several times since then (when I want to play a new track, it starts to hang. It shuts down, restarts, stops and so on. It’s like it doesn’t load the file continuously). Since then, I have already uninstalled Origin once and then reinstalled it. It worked fine for a while, but then the music playback started stuttering again. I make sure that my computer always has the latest operating system version. I read on the Forum, but I did not find a suitable solution for my problem. This makes listening to music unenjoyable. I store my music on a Synology NAS and play it from there. There is a wired connection between the NAS and the computer. I am attaching the Debug info. Can you help?

Audirvana Origin 2.4.0 (20400)

macOS Version 13.6 (Build 22G120) with 64GB physical RAM

Connected account of : Peter Sterk

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

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

UPSAMPLING:
r8brain not in use
r8brain filter parameters
Bandwidth = 99.5%
Stop band attenuation 218dB
Phase linear

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

LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 1 folders
AUTO: /Volumes/music/ZENE
iTunes/Music library synchronization: not synchronized
Library database path: /Users/Peter/Library/Application Support/Audirvana/AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite

Remote Control server:
Listening on 127.0.0.1 on port 63256

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

Active method: Local

Max. memory for audio buffers: 62464MB

Local Audio Engine: CoreAudio
Exclusive access: ON
Integer mode: ON
Use max I/O buffer size: OFF
Actual I/O buffer frame size: 512

Preferred device:
Built-in Output
Model UID:
UID:

Currently playing in Integer Mode:
Device: 2ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32bits little endian Signed Integer, 8 bytes per frame 96kHz

Active Sample Rate: 96kHz
Hog Mode is on

Bridge settings:
Sample rate limitation: none
Sample rate switching latency: none
Limit bitdepth to 24bit: OFF
Mute during sample rate change: OFF

Selected device:Mytek Brooklyn DAC+
Manufacturer: Mytek Digital
Model name: Mytek Digital Mytek Brooklyn DAC+
Model UID: Mytek Brooklyn DAC+:25CE:0025
UID: AppleUSBAudioEngine:Mytek Digital:Brooklyn DAC+:HEM007716:1,2
USB Vendor ID: 0x25ce
USB Product ID: 0x0025
ID 0x6b

8 available sample rates up to 384000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
352800
384000
Audio buffer frame size : 14 to 4096 frames
Current I/O buffer frame size : 512

Volume Control
Physical: Yes
Virtual: Yes
Max volume alert: Enabled

MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: Yes
MQA Decoder device
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: No
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 0x6c 2 channels starting at 1
16 virtual formats:
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 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

16 physical formats
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 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 : 2
Device #0: ID 0x6b Mytek Brooklyn DAC+
Manufacturer: Mytek Digital
Model UID: Mytek Brooklyn DAC+:25CE:0025
UID: AppleUSBAudioEngine:Mytek Digital:Brooklyn DAC+:HEM007716:1,2
USB Vendor ID: 0x25ce
USB Product ID: 0x0025
Model name: Mytek Digital Mytek Brooklyn DAC+
Device #1: ID 0x5f iMac Pro hangszóró
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Model UID: Speaker
UID: BuiltInSpeakerDevice
Model name: Apple Inc. iMac Pro hangszóró

UPnP

UPnP devices found : 0

Chromecast

Chromecast devices found : 0

7

Does the track load or not at all? Do you see something happening on your Mytek when you want to play a track?

One more thing tho, do you have this behavior while using the iMac speakers?

8

Sometimes the track starts to load very slowly, sometimes you have to wait half a minute. Then the playback stops from time to time and starts again after a while. It looks like a bandwidth or processing speed issue. The Lan bandwidth between the NAS and the iMac Pro (approx. 5000 Mbit/s) is more than enough for listening to music.
Mytech’s display shows set information, volume and music file format.
I’m not using the iMac speakers, but a pair of Argon 3s speakers driven by a two-channel 3D Lab Nano amplifier.

9

Ok, you get this behavior whatever the type of track you try to play (DSD, FLAC, etc…)?

I understand, I just wanted to know if you have the same issue when you are using a different output like the iMac speakers. Is it the case?

10

I tried it with the iMac speaker, same phenomenon.

11

I made a short video with my phone of the slow start and the split. If you are interested, send me a contact where I can send it.

12

You can send it at support@audirvana.com

13

I sent it.

14

You are using almost all of your system RAM for playback pre-load memory… Drop this to 6GB
and set 'max I/O buffer size: “ON”

:notes: :eye: :headphones: :eye: :notes:

15

Thanks, I will try.

16

Dear Antoine, My correspondence with Support is a bit difficult as they are not responding recently. I am a long-time user of Audirva, I just started with 3.0. version. There have always been issues with the software, but it was more of an inconvenience and I persevered because Audirva has the best sound among competing media players. The sound experience is still good, but Audirvana Origin keeps producing errors that make me use it less and less. In the case of a paid service, it is unacceptable that a track sometimes only loads after waiting for half a minute, and then the playback stops several times. And Support doesn’t offer a solution or alternatives that I can try, in fact I don’t get anything from them because they don’t answer my emails. If this continues, I will regret to say goodbye to Audirvana.