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MP3 playback speed problem

My girlfriend's elf plays mp3s faster than their real speed. The pda was mine before and I hadn't noticed this because I didn't use it for listening to music.
I've searched through the forums without success, the only thread I found says that I have to call myself on and the playing speed jumps back to normal. wtf!? Which seems to be true.
Anyone can help me to solve this problem? This is a must have feature for my gf and I really don't want to sell this cute elf. MP3 playback is faster as a ringtone, too.

me too have the same problem..at first i thought it was because of the 4gb sdcard i use, but then i realise that was not the cause..i listen to mp3 a lot using my elf and everytime the problem occur, i have to soft reset my device..thats the only way to have it play by normal speed back..

I thought I was the only one having this problem, I don't usually use my phone as an mp3 player but this can be really annoying.
I don't think it's a ROM problem because I've changed my ROM 3 times already and still this occurs.
I hope someone can give us a fix for this.

my elfin plays mp3 and other audio files faster too... but then video playback seems normal for me... my workaround to this problem is to plug the original htc earphone, unplug, and it plays normal again...
any more useful fix for this problem???

Do you use software to overclock the processor's clock? (omapclock, batterystatus, etc.) I'll try this on the weekend and fire up a new rom, too. SRSWow is just for the quality of the sound, am I right? Or should I give it a try?

overclocked or not, playback is still fast
switching roms doesn't help (tried Onyx 5, 6, Miky, Mega, Ahen roms)
plugging in and out of the earphones is my only solution
EDIT:
is there an app that 'tricks' windows that a headset is plugged??

in_da_cloud said:
is there an app that 'tricks' windows that a headset is plugged??
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I don't know such an app but I think we can call ourself on by code which seems to work. Doing this in every 10-60, etc. minutes could solve the problem but this method is the last one I want to use. Would be really ugly.
Have you tried srswow hd? There was a thread where somebody said that could help. (And others said it doesn't.)
Anyway, I think we have to watch for windows messages. Get the messages invoked by the headset plug in and out and others that related. Maybe we will find something
Unfortunately, I don't have better idea.

I already tried srswow and it doesn't help
I'm also trying htc hardware equalizer, but same effect as srswow
even tried other media players like coreplayer, tcpmp, audio manager but none worked...

Several tims I have also faced the same issue "Fast Play MP3" but In Onyx I never faced this issue...

@premsoni4u
which Onyx ROM are you using?
Because currently I'm using Onyx Ultimate 4.9 and I'm still having the same problem.

It's not just the mp3, folks...
It's actually everything that has to do with audio on our devices... from your ringtones, sms alerts, even the system sounds.
it sucks big time... i don't think anyone's found a solution to this yet.

No audio playback speed problem in Onyx 6 series!!!
gypsygirl13 said:
@premsoni4u
which Onyx ROM are you using?
Because currently I'm using Onyx Ultimate 4.9 and I'm still having the same problem.
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Presently I am using Onyx 6, Release-7, WM6.5 and never faced this issue in any version of onyx 6 series.
Today I am going to flash Onyx 4 series (Specially 4.9 ultimate version) to check the issue and will report you guys, if issue persists...

Hey guys I would like to jump in the wagon.
I'm having the same problem too
I'm using the dsixda's ONYX 4.9 JR version
Anyone can give a hand on this problem? It's really frustrating

hi guys
i have the same problem with you guys for a long time
in fact its since the very first time i used my elfin with a cooked ROM
until today no one have a fix for this
i've posted this problem a number of times
only solution for now is to reset the phone
but it's kinda annoying to keep resetting a couple of times a day
but when i tested it with 6.5 ROMS this problem doesn't occur

Anyone?
This problem is becoming increasingly annoying... In the span of 6 months or so that we've been having this problem, I noticed that the frequency of the problem manifesting itself has increased...

I used to have the same problem earlier. At that time, I used to reset my phone and it used to start playing mp3s at proper speed.
I currently have the latest Onyx Rom (link in my signature) and I've never faced the problem after installing this ROM. Maybe if the problem persists, try using a different player (Nitrogen is my favorite).

Can any1 help me.. MP3 songs are playing a bit fast in My touch..

facing the same problem... any luck guys?

hi all
i had same problem but i but one day i dissemble my htc and i clean speaker wire with thiner after that i it pleay normal it's work for me but i am not sure try once

gypsygirl13 said:
@premsoni4u
which Onyx ROM are you using?
Because currently I'm using Onyx Ultimate 4.9 and I'm still having the same problem.
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Another solution is just dial any number and make your phone on speaker. once you hear voice on speaker just disconnect and again you are able to play music on your elf/in at normal speed...
(Tip: Just dial your own number so you will hear only busy beep and no other will be disturbed)

laudspeaker malfunction

My tab2 worked well till days ago.
The laudspeaker worked on system sound(such as usb-charging connection alert) while failed to work on movie-playing.
I find headset works well, and mic test no sound.
I have tried two or three roms to resolve the problem, anyway still malfunction for movie playing
Can someone help to resovle it?

brillight said:
My tab2 worked well till days ago.
The laudspeaker worked on system sound(such as usb-charging connection alert) while failed to work on movie-playing.
I find headset works well, and mic test no sound.
I have tried two or three roms to resolve the problem, anyway still malfunction for movie playing
Can someone help to resovle it?
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So everything else works except movie playing?
Could it be the audio codecin the movie is not supported?
Have you tried MX player?
Sent from my GT-P3113 using Tapatalk HD

Luigi2012SM64DS said:
So everything else works except movie playing?
Could it be the audio codecin the movie is not supported?
Have you tried MX player?
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I was thinking the same... What about other movies? In addition to a different player, may be worth trying some videos in different formats. What about YouTube playback, and music (not movies, but just some MP3s)?

kt-Froggy said:
I was thinking the same... What about other movies? In addition to a different player, may be worth trying some videos in different formats. What about YouTube playback, and music (not movies, but just some MP3s)?
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Thanks for reply~
well, many players and many vedios tried.
the laudspeaker is still silent, but when headset mounted, sound can be heard.
The problem didn't appear 2 or 3 days ago.
I also flash different roms, same problem

brillight said:
Thanks for reply~
well, many players and many vedios tried.
the laudspeaker is still silent, but when headset mounted, sound can be heard.
The problem didn't appear 2 or 3 days ago.
I also flash different roms, same problem
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Oh, sorry - I didn't read your first post carefully... If the headset works, the problem is most definitely not the codec. Frankly, I am at a loss here - your speaker seems to work selectively (system sounds OK, but not the media); I can't think of any reasonable explanation for that. If not for the system sounds, I would think of a bad contact in the headset jack (it disconnects the speaker when the plug is inserted), but it's not the case here...

brillight said:
My tab2 worked well till days ago.
The laudspeaker worked on system sound(such as usb-charging connection alert) while failed to work on movie-playing.
I find headset works well, and mic test no sound.
I have tried two or three roms to resolve the problem, anyway still malfunction for movie playing
Can someone help to resovle it?
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Hi,
I had the same problem with my tablet GT-P5100 with original software. The solution is to preinstall the OS

Gtiv said:
Hi,
I had the same problem with my tablet GT-P5100 with original software. The solution is to preinstall the OS
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thanks, I'll try

Video Playback Lags ?!

Hey Guys,
just got my new Nexus and I am very impressed about it. But now I am experiencing a very anoing problem:
I want to use my Nexus to record some videos, but everytime I want to watch them on my phone, it get's laggy as hell.
Playing the Videos on my computer is just fine and everything works just fine...
These problems occured even on stock.
My phone right now (sorry but I cant Upload an image)
Android-Version: 4.3
Kernel: 3.4.0-perf-g90216aa [email protected] #2
ParanoidAndroid-Version: 3.92

I wouldn't rely on the in built player, get mobo player (mobo team one) or MX player... or both

Actually I allready tried all of your suggestions, none worked better (sorry did'nt mentioned).
It's still laggy.

mcreen said:
Actually I allready tried all of your suggestions, none worked better (sorry did'nt mentioned).
It's still laggy.
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Reboot your phone and check what's syncing in the background.. Settings/accounts/Google, then click the gmail address/s and see what's ticked.

In my Google-Acc, everything is ticked

If you have put lots of music on lately it will all be getting upped to the cloud in the background, I think that's the way it works. Try unticking Google play music.

Yepp, will try it. Though I am not having any music on my phone right now.. :/

I guess it won't be that then. I'll try some vids later, I haven't tested since going to 4.3.

Okay, thanks..
As I already said, it was even on stock like this. Got my Nexus with 4.3 already installed.
Hope it get's better. Has anyone else an idea?

Using stock 4.3 my videos are playing fine. I used es file explorer to stream them straight over my lan, only my 720 mkv files had trouble with no sound but played smoothly at least.

Hmm, awkward... But I am not talking about streaming, and not about mkv-files...
Only recording in 1080p and playback on the nexus is laggy. Same record on PC is fine.

Music play stops when opening Gallery.

I have a strange experience music play stopped when opening gallery. Does anybody have this problem.
Pls let me know if u have any fix.

You need to give more details for someone to be able to help you...
like, which player you're using for music?
can you reproduce the problem?
if yes, mention the sequence to reproduce the problem, so that other users can also check...
Btw, I'm using n7player and I tried to open Gallery (Album mode) while the music is playing, but the music didn't stop.
Hope it helps...

I'm running PowerAmp playing 128 kbps MP3's and Gallery, view, scrolling thru pictures with flawless performance..
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(Unlocked) XT1064 Moto G (2nd Gen.)
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whatever7276 said:
You need to give more details for someone to be able to help you...
like, which player you're using for music?
can you reproduce the problem?
if yes, mention the sequence to reproduce the problem, so that other users can also check...
Btw, I'm using n7player and I tried to open Gallery (Album mode) while the music is playing, but the music didn't stop.
Hope it helps...
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I was using google play music.
While playing when i open the gallery suddenly the player stopes.
I have also tried power amp. Rocket player. Both have a glitch while opening
Gallery but it plays after that glitch
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Same problem but while using Firefox or chrome
Hi,
I have also experienced the problem of the music player stopping all of a sudden but happens while I'm browsing. It persists no matter which player I use. I've tried clearing cache memory of the applications and from the bootloader as well. But has not helped.
What can be the solution for this?
Thanks.

omujeebr said:
I was using google play music.
While playing when i open the gallery suddenly the player stopes.
I have also tried power amp. Rocket player. Both have a glitch while opening
Gallery but it plays after that glitch
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Do you have LOTS of pics in your phone or card memory?
The only reason I can think of, is the ram memory couldn't handle multitasking when its fully utilized.
Our device has 1 GB of ram but the FREE memory is lower than 300 MB most of the time.
You'd look for the apps for its rem memory consumption and remove any unnecessary apps if needed.
BTW, I tested playing an MP3 file with Rocket Player and then opening the gallery app, but there was no glitch whatsoever.
Strangely, while testing Google play music I found that it stops playback as soon as it loses the focus to ANY other app...
Hope it helps.

whatever7276 said:
Do you have LOTS of pics in your phone or card memory?
The only reason I can think of, is the ram memory couldn't handle multitasking when its fully utilized.
Our device has 1 GB of ram but the FREE memory is lower than 300 MB most of the time.
You'd look for the apps for its rem memory consumption and remove any unnecessary apps if needed.
BTW, I tested playing an MP3 file with Rocket Player and then opening the gallery app, but there was no glitch whatsoever.
Strangely, while testing Google play music I found that it stops playback as soon as it loses the focus to ANY other app...
Hope it helps.
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Thanks for your reply.
It really helps me.

I do have another question
Does anybody facing problem for ear speaker during call.
It only happens very few times.
What happens is i cant hear any voice from ear speaker. But the caller can hear me.
And i also tried speaker phone its also not working.
But when i tried with headset its working.
I googled and find out that its a problem with headset jack.
Does anybody found any fix for this.
I am sad bcz the latest update didn't fix this.
Hope the lollipop will fix this problem.
I am still in one month return period do i need complaint abt this problem to the flipkart.

I tried opening the Gallery while playing music using Google Music Player and the music didn't stop. But then again I only have around 400 pictures in my SD card.

omujeebr said:
I do have another question
Does anybody facing problem for ear speaker during call.
It only happens very few times.
What happens is i cant hear any voice from ear speaker. But the caller can hear me.
And i also tried speaker phone its also not working.
But when i tried with headset its working.
I googled and find out that its a problem with headset jack.
Does anybody found any fix for this.
I am sad bcz the latest update didn't fix this.
Hope the lollipop will fix this problem.
I am still in one month return period do i need complaint abt this problem to the flipkart.
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By any chance, do you soft-reboot your phone. I had the same problem and realised that soft-reboot and the call problem were correlated to each other. I stopped the soft-rebooting, and the problem was solved.
Hope it helps

mahendru1992 said:
By any chance, do you soft-reboot your phone. I had the same problem and realised that soft-reboot and the call problem were correlated to each other. I stopped the soft-rebooting, and the problem was solved.
Hope it helps
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What u mean by soft reboot. Can u please tell me how to do it

omujeebr said:
What u mean by soft reboot. Can u please tell me how to do it
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Lol forget it. I don't think it's the same problem. You need root to soft reboot

mahendru1992 said:
Lol forget it. I don't think it's the same problem. You need root to soft reboot
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U mean clearing dalvik cache ????

omujeebr said:
U mean clearing dalvik cache ????
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No, soft rebooting is when only the software reboots, whereas hard reboot is that what you normally do, is when the hardware reboots as well, I think.

omujeebr said:
I do have another question
Does anybody facing problem for ear speaker during call.
It only happens very few times.
What happens is i cant hear any voice from ear speaker. But the caller can hear me.
And i also tried speaker phone its also not working.
But when i tried with headset its working.
I googled and find out that its a problem with headset jack.
Does anybody found any fix for this.
I am sad bcz the latest update didn't fix this.
Hope the lollipop will fix this problem.
I am still in one month return period do i need complaint abt this problem to the flipkart.
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Since you still have an option for 30 days replacement and the problem highly seems like a hardware problem, you'd act fast to confirm the problem.
If I had this problem, I would have backed my data etc and try factory resetting the device.
Then without installing ANY apps....test the music playback for a while to try reproducing the problem...
You'd also try playing the music from device internal memory, to see if that makes any difference.
If the problem come back even once...I'd definitely ask for a replacement asap.
Btw, I never had this kind of problem, and no other person posted about this issue....so this could well be the hardware problem.
I'll suggest to make your decision fast...

whatever7276 said:
Since you still have an option for 30 days replacement and the problem highly seems like a hardware problem, you'd act fast to confirm the problem.
If I had this problem, I would have backed my data etc and try factory resetting the device.
Then without installing ANY apps....test the music playback for a while to try reproducing the problem...
You'd also try playing the music from device internal memory, to see if that makes any difference.
If the problem come back even once...I'd definitely ask for a replacement asap.
Btw, I never had this kind of problem, and no other person posted about this issue....so this could well be the hardware problem.
I'll suggest to make your decision fast...
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Thanks for your reply.
I have contacted the flipkart.
They said a technical support will contact me with in 21.

S4 Stock Music Player & long sound files problem

Hi All,
I have several DJ mixes in excess of 2 hours long which I like to listen to on my S4 i9500. The problem is, e.g., I have one mix which is 2 hours long and when trying to start it passed 110 minutes it cuts out forcing me to play the mix from anywhere before 110 minutes. The error I get is "Sorry, the player does not support this type of audio file" which is BS because it does. The stock music app also (sometimes) doesn't read the correct length of the file if it's (e.g.) in excess of 2 hours long.
Please note my music files aren't broken - my music files are formatted in mp3 and flac & play just fine on my PC.
I'm suspecting this is a limitation of the stock music player? Video files play correct - I have no problem forwarding a movie to a specific point in time.
Would anyone kindly shed some light on this matter?
Ps. I'm on Android Lollipop.

Google Play Music does the same. Can't forward more than like 110 minutes into the mix.
This has got something to do with Android I'm sure.
Am I the 1st person to encounter this issue?

many video players support playing music files, they really shouldn't struggle with long files.

Found an old thread on XDA regarding Android stock music player not reporting correct file lengths and music tracks skipping in Lollipop. The fix was to use Nu player in dev options. This helped ZERO for me. Anyway, seems I'm talking to myself here...
To whomever reads this, kindly grab a mp3/flac/wav/whatever sound file longer than 2 hours and try fast-forwarding to the end. If your song plays without error, I'd like to hear from you.
If not, welcome to the club

My new S6 does not have this issue. My assumption is that it is probably the roms I have/had on my S4 responsible for doing this. Probably ported S6/Note 5 stock apps would be my best guess.
I never used stock firmware on my S4 i9500 because it was too slow - maybe the problem isn't present on stock roms. I don't know & probably won't ever.
Anyway, I'm putting this one too rest. And my old S4 as well, 'cause it ain't matter no more. It's purpose was served. Sad but true. Chow!