Clicks listening to Spotify

Jck

Hello everybody,

I searched the forum but it seems that no one reported this problem: I'm experiencing a lot of clicks while listening to Spotify using RuneAudio on a Raspberry PI B+ connected to my AV receiver through HDMI.
Everything else (Webradio and FLAC from USB and NAS) is working great.

There is something I can try to do to solve the problem?
Thanks in advance

hondagx35

Hi Jck,

Everything else (Webradio and FLAC from USB and NAS) is working great.

Have you tried to play a webstation (for example Linn Radio) with 320kbps?
Spotify streams with 320 kbps maybe this is too much for your system!

Jck

Thanks for your answer.
I tried a couple of 320kbits webradio and they worked fine after a few "jumps" at the very beginning. I don't think this could be a connection problem because I can listen to Spotify smoothly from mobile, PC and from the Spotify app on my AVR (with one of the ugliest UI ever seen...). Beside, I usually stream 1080p video + 5.1 audio from Netflix.
I also tried to mess with the spop.conf file, setting high_bitrate = false to request 160kbit audio, but clicks are still here.
Last test has been to run spop directly from the command line, but still no luck.

spopd.log file reports several "[ap:4210] ChannelError(0, 1, playlist)" during playback, but I have not been able to find informations about them.

Any thoughts?
Thanks!

hondagx35

Hi,

you can experiment with the settings in spopd.conf.

# Cache path -- the location where Spotify will write cache files. This cache
# include tracks, cached browse results and coverarts. Set to empty string to
# disable cache. Can be the same as the settings path. Defaults to
# $XDG_CACHE_HOME/spop (usually ~/.cache/spop).
#cache_path = /var/lib/spop
# Cache size, in megabytes. The default value is 0, which means 10% of disk free
# space.
#cache_size = 0

As far as i know, caching is disabled in the configfile.

hondagx35

Hi,

these settings work for me.

### Cache settings ###
#cache_size = 0
cache_path = /tmp/spop
settings_path = /tmp/spop

Be carefull, the cache is written to sd-card, so there may be some "wearout".
If it works for you we have to find a way to do it in memory.

Jck

Thanks hondagx35.

I tried several combinations: cache on, cache off, small cache, big cache, cache on an external USB drive. I also tried to increase spopd process priority, but I didn't hear any difference (i.e. still clicking).
My configuration is pretty standard... How can I be the only one with this problem?

cubix

Hi Jck,

Did you manage to resolve your issue? I'm experiencing similar clicks and pops when listening to Spotify tracks.

Cheers

Jck

Unfortunately I'm still experiencing the problem. I hope it will be solved in the next release of RuneAudio!

Anda

Jck wroteUnfortunately I'm still experiencing the problem. I hope it will be solved in the next release of RuneAudio!

Did you try to change the Sound Signature optimization under the "RuneOS kernel settings"?
I've change mine to "ArchLinux default" and it seems to have solved the problem for me, but still a bit early to confirm it

Jck

Thanks for the suggestion. I will give it a try, but first I have to make Spotify work again... I think I broke something trying to recompile spopd...

mamekedi

Hello All,

I have the same problem when i'm listening to Spotify!
Someone there for a solution

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For the rest it i love this piece of software ................. go on to make it better!

Best Regards,
MaMeKeDi

darude1983

I have the same problem, tried everything i could imagine to solve it. I managed to reduce the pops/clicks, but never got rid of them fully.

Currently i am using a RPi 512 MB and a Teac AH-01 DAC/Amp, my rpi 2 arrives tomorrow, will try again.
I decided to abandon RuneAudio for the moment, and maybe check back in a later release, since Spotify is one of my main purposes.

Searching for alternatives, i found Mopidy, which is absolutely amazing. Configuration is a lot of work, but the Spotify Integration is gorgeous, and running smoothly on Raspian, alongside a full owncloud/nginx installation (!).

Cheers

°pdi°

Hi,

why do i hear a little pop/click every time when Spotify changes the songs? I use a Raspberry Pi b+ with a iQaudio-Dac+ and i have tested several configurations in alsamixer without success...

Best regards

Klaus

docmartens

I solved this issue (Raspberry Pi 2, Hifiberry DAC+). It seemed to be a problem with the cache. I limited the cache size to 20 MB and changed the cache path to the Raspberry Pi's RAM:

#SSH into your system
ssh -l root ip_adress

# open the spop config file
nano /etc/spop/spopd.conf

# limit the cache size to 20 MB
cache_size = 20

# set the cache path to the Raspberry Pi's RAM
cache_path = /var/run

#Save settings

After this, you have to restart the Raspberry Pi. Since then I experienced no clicks or pops while playing music from spotify.