Automattic / Automattic/pocket-casts-android
Audio crackling when listening with high playback speed
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- Kotlin
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Description
We've had a couple of user reports of audio crackling when listening with high playback speed.
4931665-zen:
> I've noticed that the audio crackles when I speed up the playback. Typically, I listen at 2.3X and it seems to be less of a problem when I reduce the playback speed to 1.5x.
This listener is using Pixel 6. @reginabally could reproduce this on Pixel 4 Android 12.
In May 2022, another user reported something that might be similar since it involves static and skips in the audio:
> Recently, maybe the last month or two, I've had the notification + playback seemingly get disconnected. Playback gets static-y/skips. And I have to pause and kill the app to recover.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported crackling on Android at 2.3x playback, using the Pixel 6 or Pixel 4 with Android 12 details provided. Compare playback at 1.5x and higher speeds, and investigate the playback path after reproducing the issue. Done means high-speed playback is free of crackling, static, and skips.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc, mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100