[MPlayer-users] Audio click when speed changed

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On Sun, 18 May 2014 10:08:29 +0200
Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:

> On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 09:19:09PM -0500, Chris Crochet wrote:
> > * You do NOT need my custom player or any other frontend to replicate this
> > issue.  Run MPlayer from the command line, then rapidly and alternately
> > press [ and ] to hear the clicking.
> 
> Sorry, I just can't hear it.
> You should always provide full command-line and full MPlayer output.
> It might be caused by some other audio filters you are using.
> 
> > * It occurs regardless of whether the scaletempo filter is enabled or not.
> 
> Well, I can offer a patch for scaletempo to resolve a theoretical
> problem, but as said I can't hear anything that could be called a
> "click".
> 
> > * Interestingly, it occurs even if the command results in no actual change
> > in speed.  Even sending "speed_set 1" repeatedly will generate the clicks.
> 
> That is not surprising. We don't special-case the "no speed change"
> case.

AFAIK this will reconfigure the audio chain, probably calls ao_reset(),
and drops some buffered audio. This could lead to a click.

My idea to fix this is to keep buffered audio, and to refilter it in a
seamless way.

> > * It occurs with both the dsound and win32 audio output drivers; I have not
> > tested others.
> 
> I have only tested ALSA on Linux though.