Brief pause/hiccup when looping audio

[scotthmurray]

I don't want to push my luck here, but…

Occasionally, there is very brief pause in the audio — perhaps about 0.5 sec. I assume this is occurring when the end of the track is reached, and the app is restarting playback of the track at the beginning.

This break tends to interrupt my focus, somewhat negating the (great!) value of the white noise. So, I don't want to sound ungrateful, but, time and energy permitting, I'd propose stitching this break back together, either by:

• Modifying the audio track so the end crossfades into the beginning, then eliminating any playback "pause" during the transition, or (if that's not technically possible, given JavaScript's finickiness with audio)…
• Play two audio tracks/channels at any given time. Play the main audio on channel 1, then, 5-10 seconds before the end, begin playback of the same track, but on channel 2. Fade channel 2 in as channel 1 is faded out. Then, repeat in the opposite direction.

Observed on 1.0.2.

[siwalikm]

We couldn't reproduce this issue even after running several tests. We have an almost immediate pause and play and the behaviour is similar to that of the coffitivity web player on coffitivity.com.

Closing this issue for now, raise an issue with more details and evidence if you face this again so that we can work on it.

[tduffield]

I've seen this too. It's happened twice now on two different laptops. One is a new Macbook Pro 13", another is an older Macbook Pro 15", both running 10.14. Both happened with the latest version (1.0.2).

What sort of information will help you debug this?

[siwalikm]

Hi @tduffield, can you please attach a screenshot of the 'About this Mac' info screen for both the laptops where you see this bug? Also this brief pause between looping audio, does that happen always or occurred a few times?

[legendaryhearts]

Hi. I'm getting a looping delay of 8-10 seconds, not just 0.5 seconds. Quite jarring when it happens. I'm running macOS 10.14.5 on a 2018 Macbook Pro (2.9 GHz Intel Core i9, 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4). Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks!