Version 3.5.51

Studio
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Audirvana has been working fine on my Windows 11 Alienware laptop… until now. Every one of the latest builds starts stuttering around 1:30ish into the MP3 file that is stored on my home network server. I use a Lumin T1 with hardwired Ethernet connection. Whatever happened with this latest build has made Audirvana unusable.

BTW - the Lumin app on my iPad played the exact same MP3 songs, from the same server, flawlessly from start to finish. I’ve now wasted an entire weekend trying to determine if something changed in my home network (nope), stereo (nope) or MP3 library (nope). This is an Audirvana problem.

PS - the latest version of Studio - what happened to the GENRE hyperlink in the left pane? Now its missing - which again makes Audirvana unusable to me, as i typically chose a genre to listen to and shuffle tracks within it to listen to. With that capability now gone, Audirvana’s superior sound quality means nothing to me since I can’t listen to my library the way I want. It is silly that with iTunes and a $100 x86 computer I can listen to music the way I want, but can’t do something so simple on a $50k stereo in my living room.

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I just downloaded the Roon trial onto the same laptop to play files on the same network / Lumin T1. Plays files flawlessly. This is not a Windows / Alienware laptop / network / Lumin / MP3 file problem - this is an Audirvana coding problem.

3

Do you have this issue only with this file?

4

Good afternoon. My file server only contains 320 bitrate MP3 files. I don’t play other file formats on my streamer

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Sending this proactively:

Audirvana Studio 3.5.51 (2051)

Windows 11 (22000) with 16GB physical RAM

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

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

UPSAMPLING:
SoX not in use
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: OFF

LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 1 folders
AUTO: \steaLTHW-ANTEC\StreamingMusic
Library database path: C:\Users\sdaug\AppData\Local\Audirvana\AudirvanaPlus\AudirvanaPlusDatabaseV2.sqlite

ACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES

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

Preferred device: LUMIN T1:LUMIN Model UID:Pixel Magic Systems Ltd. LUMIN T1:LUMIN UID:uuid:4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e

Currently playing to UPnP device at 24 bits 44.1kHz
Selected device:
UPnP device at http://192.168.0.19:23000/
LUMIN T1:LUMIN Manufacturer:Pixel Magic Systems Ltd.
Model UID:Pixel Magic Systems Ltd. LUMIN T1:LUMIN UID:uuid:4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e

6 available sample rates up to 192000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
Volume control: No
MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: Yes
Not a MQA device, user set to not MQA
DSD capability: Raw DSD (MSB)
Device audio channels
Preferred stereo channels L:0 R:1
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1
UPnP/DLNA supported protocols:
http-get:::*
http-get::audio/mpeg:
http-get::audio/mpeg3:
http-get::audio/mp3:
http-get::audio/x-mp3:
http-get::audio/ogg:
http-get::audio/x-oggflac:
http-get::audio/x-ogg-flac:
http-get::audio/aiff:
http-get::audio/x-aiff:
http-get::audio/wav:
http-get::audio/x-wav:
http-get::audio/m4a:
http-get::audio/x-m4a:
http-get::audio/mp4:
http-get::audio/mpeg4-generic:
http-get::audio/flac:
http-get::audio/x-flac:
http-get::audio/aac:
http-get::audio/x-aac:
http-get::audio/alac:
http-get::audio/x-alac:
http-get::audio/dsd:
http-get::audio/x-dsf:
http-get::audio/x-dff:
http-get::application/octet-stream:
DLNA 1.5: Yes
Gapless playback: Yes
Missing events workaround: No
Can play native DSD: Yes
Number of channels: 2
Use as stereo device only: No

1 output streams:
Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s)
Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0
Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 192kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 192kHz
2 ch DSD 8bit little endian in 8bit chunk 2822.4kHz
2 ch DSD 8bit little endian in 8bit chunk 5644.8kHz

Current device transportInfo:
CurrentTransportState: PLAYING
CurrentTransportStatus: OK
CurrentSpeed: 1
Current device MediaInfo:
NrTracks: 2
MediaDuration: 00:05:33
CurrentURI: http://192.168.0.6:49152/audirvana/audio_0_0.wav
CurrentURIMetadata:

dc:titlePariah</dc:title>
dc:creatorBlack Sabbath</dc:creator>
upnp:artistBlack Sabbath</upnp:artist>
upnp:genreHeavy Metal</upnp:genre>
upnp:album13 [Bonus] </upnp:album>
upnp:originalTrackNumber12</upnp:originalTrackNumber>
upnp:classobject.item.audioItem.musicTrack</upnp:class>
http://192.168.0.6:49152/audirvana/audio_0_0.wav

nextURI: http://192.168.0.6:49152/audirvana/audio_1_1.wav
nextURIMetadata: <DIDL-Lite xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:upnp="urn:schemas-upnp-org:metadata-1-0/upnp/" xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:metadata-1-0/DIDL-Lite/" xmlns:dlna="urn:schemas-dlna-org:metadata-1-0/">
Find a Way (Live) Loudness Loudness Heavy Metal Slap in the Face (CD Single) 4 object.item.audioItem.musicTrack http://192.168.0.6:49152/audirvana/audio_1_1.wav 
PlayMedium: NONE
RecordMedium: NOT_IMPLEMENTED
WriteStatus: NOT_IMPLEMENTED

Current device AVT service description:

<?xml version="1.0"?> 1 0 GetCurrentTransportActions InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Actions out CurrentTransportActions GetDeviceCapabilities InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID PlayMedia out PossiblePlaybackStorageMedia RecMedia out PossibleRecordStorageMedia RecQualityModes out PossibleRecordQualityModes GetMediaInfo InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID NrTracks out NumberOfTracks MediaDuration out CurrentMediaDuration CurrentURI out AVTransportURI CurrentURIMetaData out AVTransportURIMetaData NextURI out NextAVTransportURI NextURIMetaData out NextAVTransportURIMetaData PlayMedium out PlaybackStorageMedium RecordMedium out RecordStorageMedium WriteStatus out RecordMediumWriteStatus GetPositionInfo InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Track out CurrentTrack TrackDuration out CurrentTrackDuration TrackMetaData out CurrentTrackMetaData TrackURI out CurrentTrackURI RelTime out RelativeTimePosition AbsTime out AbsoluteTimePosition RelCount out RelativeCounterPosition AbsCount out AbsoluteCounterPosition GetTransportInfo InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID CurrentTransportState out TransportState CurrentTransportStatus out TransportStatus CurrentSpeed out TransportPlaySpeed GetTransportSettings InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID PlayMode out CurrentPlayMode RecQualityMode out CurrentRecordQualityMode Next InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Pause InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Play InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Speed in TransportPlaySpeed Previous InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Seek InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID Unit in A_ARG_TYPE_SeekMode Target in A_ARG_TYPE_SeekTarget SetAVTransportURI InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID CurrentURI in AVTransportURI CurrentURIMetaData in AVTransportURIMetaData SetNextAVTransportURI InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID NextURI in NextAVTransportURI NextURIMetaData in NextAVTransportURIMetaData SetPlayMode InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID NewPlayMode in CurrentPlayMode Stop InstanceID in A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID CurrentPlayMode string NORMAL NORMAL REPEAT_ONE REPEAT_ALL SHUFFLE SHUFFLE_NOREPEAT RecordStorageMedium string NOT_IMPLEMENTED LastChange string RelativeTimePosition string CurrentTrackURI string CurrentTrackDuration string CurrentRecordQualityMode string NOT_IMPLEMENTED CurrentMediaDuration string AbsoluteCounterPosition i4 RelativeCounterPosition i4 A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID ui4 AVTransportURI string TransportState string STOPPED PAUSED_PLAYBACK PLAYING TRANSITIONING NO_MEDIA_PRESENT CurrentTrackMetaData string NextAVTransportURI string PossibleRecordQualityModes string NOT_IMPLEMENTED CurrentTrack ui4 0 65535 1 AbsoluteTimePosition string NextAVTransportURIMetaData string PlaybackStorageMedium string NONE UNKNOWN CD-DA HDD NETWORK CurrentTransportActions string RecordMediumWriteStatus string NOT_IMPLEMENTED PossiblePlaybackStorageMedia string NONE UNKNOWN CD-DA HDD NETWORK AVTransportURIMetaData string NumberOfTracks ui4 0 65535 A_ARG_TYPE_SeekMode string REL_TIME TRACK_NR A_ARG_TYPE_SeekTarget string PossibleRecordStorageMedia string NOT_IMPLEMENTED TransportStatus string OK ERROR_OCCURRED TransportPlaySpeed string 1

Current device RootDevice description:

<?xml version="1.0"?> 1 1 urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaRenderer:1 LUMIN T1:LUMIN Pixel Magic Systems Ltd. http://www.luminmusic.com/ LUMIN T1 1.0 http://www.luminmusic.com/ uuid:4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e DMR-1.50 image/png 120 120 24 /images/lumin-120x120.png image/png 48 48 24 /images/lumin-48x48.png urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:AVTransport:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:AVTransport /AVTransport/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /AVTransport/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /AVTransport/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ConnectionManager:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:ConnectionManager /ConnectionManager/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /ConnectionManager/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /ConnectionManager/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:RenderingControl:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:RenderingControl /RenderingControl/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /RenderingControl/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /RenderingControl/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:av-openhome-org:service:Product:1 urn:av-openhome-org:serviceId:Product /Product/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /Product/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /Product/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:av-openhome-org:service:Playlist:1 urn:av-openhome-org:serviceId:Playlist /Playlist/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /Playlist/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /Playlist/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:av-openhome-org:service:Time:1 urn:av-openhome-org:serviceId:Time /Time/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /Time/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /Time/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:av-openhome-org:service:Info:1 urn:av-openhome-org:serviceId:Info /Info/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /Info/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /Info/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:av-openhome-org:service:Volume:1 urn:av-openhome-org:serviceId:Volume /Volume/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /Volume/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /Volume/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:av-openhome-org:service:Transport:1 urn:av-openhome-org:serviceId:Transport /Transport/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /Transport/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /Transport/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:magictv-com:service:MagicAudio:1 urn:magictv-com:serviceId:MagicAudio /MagicAudio/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /MagicAudio/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /MagicAudio/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:av-openhome-org:service:Credentials:1 urn:av-openhome-org:serviceId:Credentials /Credentials/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /Credentials/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /Credentials/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:av-openhome-org:service:Radio:1 urn:av-openhome-org:serviceId:Radio /Radio/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /Radio/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /Radio/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml urn:av-openhome-org:service:Receiver:1 urn:av-openhome-org:serviceId:Receiver /Receiver/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/scpd.xml /Receiver/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/control.xml /Receiver/4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e/event.xml

UPnP devices found : 2
Device #0LUMIN T1:LUMIN UID: uuid:4c494e4e-3d9b-11e1-b86c-0016e85cd01e Location: http://192.168.0.19:23000/
Device #1SoundBridge UID: uuid:526F6B75-536F-756E-6442-000D4B0406BC Location: http://192.168.0.18:80/DeviceDescription.xml

Max. memory for audio buffers: 9122MB

Local Audio Engine:WASAPI

Local devices found : 1
Device #0: Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio) Manufacturer: Model UID: Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio) UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{8bcac4ed-0046-4518-8761-960bf6bcf2fa}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}

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Wait a minute. Are you sure you are using Audirvana Studio? Judging the version number you are using the last version of 3.5 for Windows.

Edit.
It does seem to be Studio.

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Try to hard restart Lumin. Power it off completely, wait 30sec and then power it on again.

8

I reverted back to the older version, as the latest build of Studio omitted the ability to view the library by Genre - a dealbreaker for me. Same problem exists though- stuttering

9

Yep - tried that. even used the Lumin app to reset everything back to factory settings and rebooted it. Same problem (audio stuttering with only Audirvana)

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Yes, it’s strange. Maybe an error? Or edited the log? It’s clearly not Studio. Even the db file is in the old format.

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Just downloaded/installed/ran Twonky - was able to stream MP3 files flawlessly to the Lumin (but it only plays a file at a time, which is a waste). I then fired up iTunes 12.11.3.176x64; once again, perfect playback with 100% identical network/hardware/source files that Audirvana is stuttering on with the old version and the new Studio version.

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Reduce the pre-load cache to 4000MB.

13

I made the setting change - fired up a Bon Jovi song and tried it… made it farther along without stuttering, so I stopped playback, terminated the older Audirvana version and reinstalled the Studio version (latest build). Made the same cache change, started the same song in Studio and started playback. Made it 1:41 into the song and it stuttered again. Terminated Studio, fired up the older version of Audirvana, started playing the same song and around the 1:39 mark it stuttered again. Terminated Audirvana, fired up iTunes (same laptop, using same MP3 server as the source). The Bon Jovi track played flawlessly with no issues.

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Try to change the send RAW PCM switch in Studio. Make the pre-load cache even smaller, like 2000MB.

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You can reduce even to 1024. Thar’s my current Studio setup and works perfect, with a cheap old laptop. Play mp3, flac, dsd, Qobuz, radios. But all the local files are stored on external hard disk drives connected via usb (2 & 3). I never used a server for storage, it seems Audirvana has some upnp problems. The most stable solution for me is Windows 10 1809 Enterprise LTSC (with Store/App Installer installed and updated + Webview 2 Runtime). I tried Windows 11 (with many things disabled) but is less stable than 10. Probabily because of my old computer too. And more slutterings (with 10 LTSC none). I don’t understand why people want the latest os, except when they need a particular feature. Oldies but goldies - stable and much more tested. And still officially supported.

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Good morning. I reduced the cache within Audirvana Studio as close to 1024 as possible - the playback now has no stuttering after playing music for around 40 minutes!

Now my inquisitive side is asking the (internal) question - why would REDUCING the amount of cache to nearly zero a good thing within Audirvana? Is it because Audirvana is spending too much CPU time trying to cache data off the network instead of processing the currently playing file?

Perhaps Audirvana could/should (?) add a FAQ page loaded with tips like this to help out others? Just a thought

Thank you VERY much for your help - I will continue listening to ensure this problem is laid to rest and try to decipher the user interface issues within the Studio version (which are absolutely baffling to me - I wish Audirvana would seek out a UI consultant to wave a magic wand on this application).

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When you allocate memory for pre-loading/caching in Audirvana, you’re starving the system of resources. This depends on how much stuff is open and how much of the RAM is used by other processes. Now with 16GB of memory, I’m a bit surprised you had to go that low. Do you run a lot of stuff in parallel with Audirvana?

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Good morning - that was the only open application on my Alienware I-7 laptop w/SSD hard drive that was running. It is a VERY robust laptop that I also use for application development - and again that laptop has worked flawlessly for 12+ months with older versions/iterations of Audivana until yesterday, which made it even weirder.

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No, RAM usage it is not the only problem. When I started this journey (2021) I had problems with slutterings/skips. First with 10 GB RAM, secondly with only 4. Doesn’t matter, I use software optimized systems (no antivirus, no advanced firewall, many things disabled and removed, just a basic protection, cpu around 1% when idle, ram around 30%, and the only app with more usage Audirvana). The problems has been resolved recently (February?) after they did something. I was very upset, canceling my subscription. Now most probabily I will renew my sub in August. And yes, low buffer is best for me too (just when seeking have to wait more sometimes but don’t care).

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It is here:

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