XBMC Scratchy Audio on Nexus 7 - Nexus 7 (2013) General

Is anybody getting scratchy noises in the background when watching videos or listening to music in XBMC? I am getting it with every channel, show, or music stream that I listen to in the XBMC app. It is a slight noise in the background, but it still really bugs me.
I've tested youtube and other audio apps already and those were crystal clear so its definitely not a defective speaker.
Anyone else experiencing the same issue?

itruong said:
Is anybody getting scratchy noises in the background when watching videos or listening to music in XBMC? I am getting it with every channel, show, or music stream that I listen to in the XBMC app. It is a slight noise in the background, but it still really bugs me.
I've tested youtube and other audio apps already and those were crystal clear so its definitely not a defective speaker.
Anyone else experiencing the same issue?
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Just install a nightly and it'll go away

Sphaerophoria said:
Just install a nightly and it'll go away
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That worked!! Although some of my video addons like one channel aren't working no more. I'll experiment with other nightlys thank you for your help!

I tried that as well and can confirm that most of the channels are broken by the nightlies. 1channel and icefilms specifically

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Music playback issues: quality/noise, stutter

Hi all,
I got my Hero on Monday and I'm blown away by this phone so far!
The only not-so-great aspect I have found is the music playback:
1) There is a small amount of background noise when playing music, which is noticeable
in a quiet environment during low-volume parts of tracks. I don't always listen to Metal on the subway, so this is kind of a problem.
2) Sometimes, when listening to consecutive tracks of an album, there is a stutter when a new track starts. Haven't found a way to reproduce this reliably yet.
I was expecting to be able to ditch my iPod for the Hero, but I'm a little hesitant now. Does anyone else experience these issues?
I have the same issue with the jumping at the beginning of a new track, haven't noticed the background noise though probably because I do listen to metal.
Maybe it has something to do with standard sd card or how the mp3 was created? I hope someone knows the answer.
Also:
Does anyone know if there is a graphic equaliser somewhere? Music seams to be too trebley (using Seinnhauser earphones), but I haven't been able to find anyway to adjust it
Forgot to mention: I used 192 kbit/s MP3s encoded by iTunes and portable AKG headphones. I'm going to try out the included earbuds when I get home, to see if they "equalize" anthing.
I'm listening to Rufus Wainwright's Hallejuah on my Hero now over a set of Sony MDR-NC22 Noise Cancelling Earphones (in-ear type) with the noise cancelling switched off. No background hiss. Could it be from your MP3?
ghoonk said:
I'm listening to Rufus Wainwright's Hallejuah on my Hero now over a set of Sony MDR-NC22 Noise Cancelling Earphones (in-ear type) with the noise cancelling switched off. No background hiss. Could it be from your MP3?
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That's possible of course, but I never noticed noise like this on my iPod. One other thing I'll try at home is listening to a WAV file and check for noise.
Send me the MP3 file and I'll load it up on my device now and let you know if I'm having any problems
my email address is my username @gmail.com
Ok, I tried the included earbuds, and the noise is much less pronounced than with my AKG headphones, but still audible. It starts as soon as the playback begins and stops about 2 seconds after I pause the music player. (I guess this is when the audio hardware shuts down.)
MP3 and WAV exhibit the same noise, so it's not encoding artefacts.
wossName said:
Ok, I tried the included earbuds, and the noise is much less pronounced than with my AKG headphones, but still audible. It starts as soon as the playback begins and stops about 2 seconds after I pause the music player. (I guess this is when the audio hardware shuts down.)
MP3 and WAV exhibit the same noise, so it's not encoding artefacts.
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Is it a buzzing noise?
I'd describe it more like a hissing sound.
Edit: I have attached a sample MP3 (hissingat5.mp3) in a ZIP file. I can clearly hear a hissing sound around 0:05 when the music gets quiet and I'm not using the included earphones. Anyone else? (I've checked the original CD with the same headphones, there's definitely no noise on the recording.)
wossName said:
2) Sometimes, when listening to consecutive tracks of an album, there is a stutter when a new track starts. Haven't found a way to reproduce this reliably yet.
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My ipod touch does this sometimes. I have to reboot the ipod and its fine after. Maybe its because they are low on memory. Have you got lots of apps running? Try taskiller and try again?
I've found the music app struggles the most with low system resources and during the phones numerous "heavy lag" periods makes play back shutter or even stop altogether!
And god forbid you have more than five albums with bog standard 600x600 cover art... slow doesn't really describe it
mwatson said:
My ipod touch does this sometimes. I have to reboot the ipod and its fine after. Maybe its because they are low on memory. Have you got lots of apps running? Try taskiller and try again?
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Good idea, that might be a reason.
I think I'll be sticking to my iPod for now, though. While the stuttering problem is probably fixable in software, I'm not so sure about the audio quality.
my music also lags(espacially in sleep mode.. it's ridicoulis)... it's so annoying.. something needs to be done about this... I've tryed to memory cards and the music lags on both.. one is fast and one is slow..
I've found that if I play music through the phone itself or my headphones, there's no problem. If i connect it to my little 2.1 speakers, songs stutter, jump, restart, skip etc CONSTANTLY. Any ideas why this could happen? The speakers work fine with everything else, afaik. And the Hero works fine with other stuff... guesses?
I also have the slight hiss for a few seconds. Sound quality is pretty average, but i have my awesome samsung P3 for that
Im using a Philips SHB9000 stereobluetooth headset, theres no hiss in that, maybee its bound to wired only? thoe i have some stutter.. i use a Class 4 4GB Microsdcard.
skee^ said:
Im using a Philips SHB9000 stereobluetooth headset, theres no hiss in that, maybee its bound to wired only?
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Yeah, since you're not using the Hero's audio hardware at all, I wouldn't expect there to be any noise.
BTW, how much does the bluetooth headset drain the battery? I was thinking of using one to solve this problem.
Lack of gapless playback is also a bummer for me. I might be going back to my Zune.
wossName said:
Hi all,
I got my Hero on Monday and I'm blown away by this phone so far!
The only not-so-great aspect I have found is the music playback:
1) There is a small amount of background noise when playing music, which is noticeable
in a quiet environment during low-volume parts of tracks. I don't always listen to Metal on the subway, so this is kind of a problem.
2) Sometimes, when listening to consecutive tracks of an album, there is a stutter when a new track starts. Haven't found a way to reproduce this reliably yet.
I was expecting to be able to ditch my iPod for the Hero, but I'm a little hesitant now. Does anyone else experience these issues?
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Exactly the same as on my phone. I'm on my fifth Hero now and knew about the hiss already but this is the first to stutter. Exactly the same files, exactly the same memory card, exactly the same apps installed and running on the system.
No idea why one Hero has difficulty and others don't.
My Hero stutters even in the middle of songs on playback. I tried an alternate music player (nswPlayer) and it didn't help. I'm using mp3s but I think they're 320kbps. Maybe a re-encode would help?

Headphone noise

Does anyone hear background noise when using headphones/ear buds? I'm using klipsch S4 ear buds and can hear electronic background noise especially when viewing a web video (where it's constant). If I watch a movie with moboplayer, there is far less noise to the point you probably don't notice it unless you really listen for it. So that part is good, but you tube videos seem to be the worst and the noise is definitely a hardware feedback type that you typically hear when something isn't shielded well.
Thoughts?
Rob
silverball.slayer said:
Does anyone hear background noise when using headphones/ear buds? I'm using klipsch S4 ear buds and can hear electronic background noise especially when viewing a web video (where it's constant). If I watch a movie with moboplayer, there is far less noise to the point you probably don't notice it unless you really listen for it. So that part is good, but you tube videos seem to be the worst and the noise is definitely a hardware feedback type that you typically hear when something isn't shielded well.
Thoughts?
Rob
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YouTube compresses audio pretty aggressively, especially below 720p, so that could be a large part of it. Try downloading a FLAC or other uncompressed audio file and playing it back and see if there is still background noise.
I tend to hear background noise if the wifi is currently transferring data, so it happens with Youtube (it's compression artifacts - you can hear it while paused) or DLNA streaming. Once the Wifi transfer stops, the background noise disappears. So, it does sound like bad filtering to me as well.
RMerlin said:
I tend to hear background noise if the wifi is currently transferring data, so it happens with Youtube (it's compression artifacts - you can hear it while paused) or DLNA streaming. Once the Wifi transfer stops, the background noise disappears. So, it does sound like bad filtering to me as well.
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Wifi related noise sounds plausible to me. Thanks!
Rob
I hear noise with my wired headphones often. Funny thing is that when I reboot, the noise disappears, even when doing/using the same apps I was using before the reboot.
I've heard a similar noise ever since the time I bought my Xoom. It only occurs when I'm using a wired headset (I tried a couple and it still persists), but it stopped with the 3.2 update.
The weirdest think was that it actually made my music sound better.
I use JVC marshmallow headphones & I never hear any other sounds but crystal clear music or whatever.
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Having the xoom plugged in causes a lot of static
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[Q] Sound crackling and pops when playing youtube videos with youtube app

Hi
I am experiencing crackling audio with pops when playing youtube videos using youtube native app on my note 4 exynos n910c .
I am not sure if it is a software failure or there is something wrong with my phone. I am testing it with costarica 4k video.
Is anybody having sound quality issues with youtube app?
Thank you
Try other videos with smaller resolution to make sure that video itself or network speed is not a problem. Does it sound right when playing mp3 files?
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It is only in some youtube videos not with mp3s. It is not speed or resolution issue it happens with some of them. The sound is similar as you were plugging a hearphone jack but happens randomly.
same issue N910c
I have exact issue ! Found any fixes yet?
Lolipop
Fishuu said:
I have exact issue ! Found any fixes yet?
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Apparently the OTA android lolipop update fiXED it. No more cracking sound on youtube
not with mine
I also get latest lollipop OTA update but it has not been fixed in my phone. It is very annoying I need to use headphones because it is unbearable.
You are right after completely uninstalled it cleaning cache etc the bad sound has dissappeared.
I don't have any issue with youtube yet, do you mind sharing the video and I will test it on my N910C
It is still present. I think it wasn't. I use costarrica 4k video sample in youtube but also when playing Lisa mobiletechreview channel. Try at full audio volume specially noticeable when power cable is connected. It happens randomly not in the same moments.
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I don't have any issue with youtube yet, do you mind sharing the video and I will test it on my N910C
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aitorpiku said:
It is still present. I think it wasn't. I use costarrica 4k video sample in youtube but also when playing Lisa mobiletechreview channel. Try at full audio volume specially noticeable when power cable is connected. It happens randomly not in the same moments.
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I just tried full volume, no scratching, but I can hear hissing on all her videos...
Thank you. So it could be an issue with my unit.

Buzz sound when playing certain video?

Not sure if anyone of you experience loud buzzing sound on the phone while playing certain video?
For example, when I used Google Chrome browser or Cheetah Browser to watch video on facebook.com, the phone will produce a loud buzzing sound randomly while the video is playing, but if I use Firefox browser, there is no buzz sound. I never experience buzz sound so far on other application like Youtube, but it happened quite often while I am browsing and watching video on Facebook using Google Chrome browser.
jitkang said:
Not sure if anyone of you experience loud buzzing sound on the phone while playing certain video?
For example, when I used Google Chrome browser or Cheetah Browser to watch video on facebook.com, the phone will produce a loud buzzing sound randomly while the video is playing, but if I use Firefox browser, there is no buzz sound. I never experience buzz sound so far on other application like Youtube, but it happened quite often while I am browsing and watching video on Facebook using Google Chrome browser.
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this thing has been bothering me since I bought this phone. While playing the video with earphones on, it makes shrieking noise which feels like my ears are about to be burst.
Anyway have you found any solution to that?
Experiencing Same screeching sound here also
So far I didn't found any solution other than using Firefox browser instead of Chrome, I think the screening is only there when I play video with Chrome, not with other applications.
I faced the same issue with Youtube app, I am not sure about other apps as I have not used them properly yet, I received the phone today and this happens! freaked the hell out of me. I recorded a video as well to keep it as a proof if needed for replacing the device. I'm gonna wait for 7 days if this happens again, I would request a replacement from mi.com. Let's hope it doesn't happen again, also please let us know if someone has found the reason/solution for the issue.
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jitkang said:
Not sure if anyone of you experience loud buzzing sound on the phone while playing certain video?
For example, when I used Google Chrome browser or Cheetah Browser to watch video on facebook.com, the phone will produce a loud buzzing sound randomly while the video is playing, but if I use Firefox browser, there is no buzz sound. I never experience buzz sound so far on other application like Youtube, but it happened quite often while I am browsing and watching video on Facebook using Google Chrome browser.
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Even i also facing same issue,when ever i play videos in Facebook speaker is making a kind buzz sound this one i didn't observed on any other application. Only on crome. And i exchanged that with a new one still i am facing same issue.what was the resoluction u took to resolve it let me know
Its an os bug present from the very first day.. still not solved by great Mi..
The problem still persist even though I updated my device to Oreo today, problem still exist in Chrome browser but not Firefox browser, buzz sound can still be heard when wearing earpiece, so it seems to be not a hardware issue.
Example of video playing with buzz sound in Chrome browser is in the link below. Buzz sound can be observed around timestamp at 0:50 of the video.
https://www.facebook.com/seen.everything/videos/1403274066443793/
It's seems that some updates solved the buzzing sound issue. I no longer experience the issue anymore at the moment, but I couldn't be sure whether it is fixed by OS update or browser update.

Videos lagging

I'm started noticing this weird issue lately, whenever I watch videos on YouTube or Chrome all the videos I watch are lagging very bad, like frame per frame and no audio, but when I connect my Bluetooth earbuds they run normal speed with audio. Anyone else experiencing this, know what might be causing it or know how to fix it?
I always clean flash
I tried it on 2 different ROMs, still the same issue
I always use the latest Twrp and Stable Magisk
Does your audio work on anything else, such as phone calls? I had this issue on a Pixel 2 and it was because speakers were broken on the phone and I guess the OS was struggling to figure out what to do with the missing speakers.
xijar said:
Does your audio work on anything else, such as phone calls? I had this issue on a Pixel 2 and it was because speakers were broken on the phone and I guess the OS was struggling to figure out what to do with the missing speakers.
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Yeah, I can hear the sounds from phone calls and my alarm, it just videos for some reason. It doesn't matter where I play the video from even on my Reddit app they're laggy with no audio
I guess no one knows. I'm gonna format and flash the latest OOS in both slots and see if that will do anything.
Edit: Yup, that seemed to have fixed it.
Misuto said:
Yeah, I can hear the sounds from phone calls and my alarm, it just videos for some reason. It doesn't matter where I play the video from even on my Reddit app they're laggy with no audio
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Yes bro, I'm also facing the same problem in my Poco F1 ( PixelExperience_beryllium-10.0-20200213-2202-OFFICIAL.zip).
even "MX PLAYER" and other media player also Lagging with ?.
What is the solution..pls. tell me.?

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