Bugzilla – Bug 3923
Playlist stalls on resume after being off
Last modified: 2006-08-18 12:38:12 UTC
When the SB is switched off (big red button on remote), it pauses in the current song. When SB is switched on again (big red button, or play button on remote), it resumes the current song---this is as expected---BUT it stalls for the rest of the playlist. I.e. it fails to play any of the subsequent tracks in the playlist. It would be great if the SB didn't stall, if it just resumed playing the playlist as before. N.B. This stalling behaviour always happens for me. Switch off, Switch on, play rest of song, stall.
I'm not seeing this problem on 6.3.1. From the main Slimserver web page, if you go to Player Settings (for the appropriate player) -> Audio, what does it say in the "Power On Resume" drop-down box? If this does turn out to be a bug, note that the best I can do at the moment is make sure that this doesn't happen in our next release, 6.5, due out around the middle of next month.
Ok, I've refined the behaviour a bit on 6.3.1, but I'm still getting the stalling though... I've got 'Paused at Power Off/Remain Paused at Power On' set on the player audio settings 1. While the player is playing a playlist, I hit pause. 2. I wait for 3 minutes (e.g. answer a phone call) 3. The SB goes into a kind of standby mode in which it just displays the time. 4. I then hit the 'play' button on the remote to resume playing. 5. In this situation (which is a fairly common one for me), the playlist always stalls (SB plays rest of the track, then stops). Strangely, if I hit the 'pause' button on the remote instead, I don't get this behaviour---it doesn't stall. BTW, I've got 'Play Other Songs In Album' set to 'Play other songs in album or directory' in Slimserver, so I assumed 'play' meant 'play rest of this playlist' Now that I've got the workaround with the 'pause' button, this isn't important, but as an independent issue the 'play' button behaviour does seem odd.
I will work to make sure this doesn't show up in 6.5
Thanks, it's an obscure behaviour, but it would great to have it fixed!