<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:100%">Sent from Samsung tablet</div></div> <br>Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> wrote:<br>steve wrote:<br>> Hi guys,<br>> <br>> For some time I have been preparing backing tracks using Ardour 2/3 etc. Mixing down to mp3 for live performance. We are having reliability problems during playback.<br>> <br>> I have tried my netbook (Tosh nb200) my tablet (Samsung 10.1) & an ipad(not to hand, not mine) <br>> <br>> The playback fails at random point (if at at) & will often then replay satisfactorily. The mp3s are created on a 64bit machine using Ubuntu studio as the base setup & converted to mp3 in Audacity on the same machine.<br>> <br>> I am lead to the belief that it is not the playback machine athough not completely due to the randomness. <br>> <br>> My thoughts are:-<br>> <br>> mp3 conversion<br>> mp3.<br>> 64bit conversion<br>> <br>> Doesn't need to be mp3. flaac would be my choice. it does need to be fast loading with random access (tablet is ideal). Don't mind spending money.<br><br>You don't mention what players are subject to this<br>stopping.<br><br>Since you have all your mp3 material already, why not<br>try all of the half-dozen mp3 players available?<br>I've always had good luck with mplayer, but there<br>is vlc, and even ffmpeg (or avconv as it's being rebranded)<br>can play mp3 files.<br><br>I've always found .wav file playback to be more stable than<br>mp3, and seeking behavior is better. The processor doesn't have<br>to do much, at the cost of storing a bit more data (One<br>hour costs 1 GB, roughly.)<br><br>Greetings,<br><br>Joel<br><br><br> <br>> Steve<br>> <br>> <br>> Sent from Samsung tablet<br><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Linux-audio-user mailing list<br>> Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org<br>> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user<br><br><br>-- <br>Joel Roth<br></body>