Play Pauses After mp3 files

[xoas]

This is just to let you know that very recently my dAP (r 2) has decided to halt at the end of many mp3 files. Some it will play and go on to the next track, others it will not. It may play an mp3 file and go on playing one time but the next time the same track is playing it may stop in midstream. The problem does not seem to occur with my ogg or mpc files.
I have tried changing my output from Wave out to Direct X (lost all sound, had to go back to Wave Out. I tried reinstalling the "factory settings" using Spoon's download for same. No change.
I believe this may be related to having downloaded and installed dMC r 11 beta 2 (in light of it having a new wave decoder, the sequence of events in that it never happened before then but started happening not too long after, and because I have a bit of a trust issue where betas are concerned, my many ok experiences with Spoon's betas notwithstanding).
Let me know if you think I'm overlooking something. In the meantime I'm going to try to see if I can find out more about this problem, including seeing whether the dAP r 3 beta 5 release will do any better (since it shares the same mp3 encoder).
Best wishes,
Bill Mikkelsen

PS-Since posting I have installed dAP r3 beta 5 and the problem has gone away. But I'm back to dMC r 10.1 si I can't be sure the dMC beta is to fault or not.

[Spoons]

Re: Play Pauses After mp3 files

i didn't have any mp3 as such to test so i just ripped an album to mp3 now to see.

what are the idtags versions? and i am suspicous even if directx is working at all. i'm not sure how to test properly but something doesnt seem right.

[xoas]

Re: Play Pauses After mp3 files

Don't know about the id tags, I didn't check. As I say I noted that a particular mp3 might play through and go on to the next track one time and the next time through it would play and stall so I don't think there was a consistent pattern. But now its fixed and I can't go back and check.
I suspect that the dMC r11 beta having a different mp3 than dAP's may have been a factor in this problem but I do not think it is the only source of the problem. I was listening to audio, performing nasty tricks with the File Selector (and dMC), doing some net surfing, and assorted other things more or less at the same time and may have had some slowdowns. So my system was very stressed overall which was probably the immediate cause for the difficulty. But the fact that the problem was confined only to mp3 files seems very suspicious that having the different mp3 decoders in dMC and dAP might be a potential risk factor for future problems. Of course there is no incompatibility between dMC r10.1 and dAP r2 or between the dMC r11 beta and the dAP r3 beta 5.
And no, DirectX was not working. I was set to wav out when the problem occurred. I tried switching to DirectX to see of that would help (got NO sound) and returned to wav out.
Hopes this helps explain this.
Best wishes,
Bill Mikkelsen