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Playing music stutters when the app is in the background
When i'm paying a song with jellyfin open in the background the song start to stutter (sounds like the song stops for a few milliseconds). As soon as i bring jellyfin to the foreground the song continues to play without any issues. Changing between background and foreground always results in this behavior.
Device: Pixel 2 OS: Android 10 (QQ3A.200805.001) Jellyfin App: 2.0.0-rc2 Jellyfin Server: 10.6.2
Yeah, that's an issue with playing media in WebView. I couldn't reproduce it on my device, but it's definitely a thing. Long-term, we want to switch to a media player integrated into the OS.
This exact issue started happening to me after my phone upgraded to Android 11 today. It was working flawlessly before when I was on Android 10.
Device: OnePlus 8 Pro (IN2025) OS: Oxygen OS 11.IN11AA (Android 11) Jellyfin App: 2.0.1 Jellyfin Server: 10.6.4
Same issue here with a Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet. Strange thing as a side note: as soon as I connect a bluetooth speaker to the tablet, no dropouts/stuttering sound happens. On other Android devices (MIUI 12) no issue at all.
I have the same issues with Nokia 6.2. I have tested to disable the battery optimization but no help there.
For now, the suggestion is to use another Jellyfin client that isn't in a web view. At some point music playback will be handled natively at which point these issues should disappear. I suggest either Gelli or Yatse for music playback.
+1 for Gelli.
The comment I made here applies to this issue as well, that's why I marked it as wontfix.
-1 for Gelli. It has track sorting issues and author has no time to fix it It is useless for albums where order is important, for example for audiobooks.
-1 for Gelli. It has track sorting issues and author has no time to fix it It is useless for albums where order is important, for example for audiobooks.
that and it keeps causing my whole Jellyfin server to crash: seems to happen when I'm driving which suggests if there's an unstable connection it just screws everything up. Might go back to emby for music for now until there's a usable android client.
I have yet to see any issue reported for server crashes due to Gelli, so of course the problem isn't fixed yet. That being said, I only know of one other instance in two years of a client crashing the server (Kodi) and it was quickly resolved. Not only that, but obviously a client should never be able to crash the server, so if you opened an issue on the main repository with logs (it wouldn't be a Gelli issue because the server should never crash from clients) I'm sure it would be high priority.
I have yet to see any issue reported for server crashes due to Gelli, so of course the problem isn't fixed yet. That being said, I only know of one other instance in two years of a client crashing the server (Kodi) and it was quickly resolved. Not only that, but obviously a client should never be able to crash the server, so if you opened an issue on the main repository with logs (it wouldn't be a Gelli issue because the server should never crash from clients) I'm sure it would be high priority.
I'll see if I can reproduce it, the server didn't completely crash though, it was looping through some error and nothing could connect to it, but forgot what the error was. But I'll check this out tomorrow.
Just want to mention that Yatse doesn't support Jellyfin (audio)books, so yatse is not a good workaround for the stutter/crash problem if you want to listen to audiobooks. It doesn't attempt to look at "Book" media library type.
Another music client has shown up recently called Finamp on Android and iOS. As usual, I would suggest Gelli, Yatse, or Finamp for anyone experiencing this issue on mobile. If anyone can think of another mobile app for Jellyfin I will add it to this list.
The standard web client seems (at first attempt) to be OK (I'm using Firefox) for those who don't want to pay or sideload.
I did some more digging, and it seems to be an issue in chromium, which powers the Android WebView. We can possibly work around this if I understand some of the comments correctly, but I need to investigate further first.
Still, the best solution would eventually be a fully native music player app.
Can confirm that the issue is also present on my OP6.
Jellyfin 2.3.2 installed from Google play store. Android 10, Oxygen OS 10.3.12
My current workaround is opening a browser tab (Brave, chromium based) and let that play the music.
I have this issue as well Jellyfin 2.3.3 installed from Google play store Redmi Note 6 Pro running Lineage OS 17.1 latest build as of 09/23/2021
Also confirmed that playing music directly from firefox from my server works perfectly.
I really hope this issue gets fixed soon, I love Jellyfin and don't want to go back to Emby :(
Having the same issue. When the app is in the foreground and screen is on, music is clear. Anything else and it stutters. Jellyfin 2.3.3 Google Pixel 4a (5g), Android 11 Tried with using phone speakers and bluetooth speakers and had the same result. Same behavior regardless of whether battery use is being optimized for the Jellyfin app.
iPhone client seems to not have the same issue as far as I can tell.
Like @dbarenholz above, opening a browser tab seems to work fine too.
Happy to try out config changes and report back if anyone has suggestions.
Same issue with OnePlus 9 Pro. Apps starts to stutter if it gets in the background. Jellyfin Server: 10.7.7 on ARM Jellyfin Client: 2.3.3 on Android 11
Another music client has shown up recently called Finamp on Android and iOS. As usual, I would suggest Gelli, Yatse, or Finamp for anyone experiencing this issue on mobile. If anyone can think of another mobile app for Jellyfin I will add it to this list.
Finamp seems to be very promising and is available in F-Droid. Many thanks for suggesting.
Same issue. Stutters a little even in foreground but when in background stutters and clicks constantly. Android seems to kill the app or it just dies after a few minutes in the background.
I'm using the Jellyfin Android Google TV app on my Sony TV and it plays perfectly with no stuttering. The bug seems to only affect the Android phone app.
Tried turning off battery and data restrictions/optimization for the app but no effect.
Pixel 4a 5G, Android 12 (build SQ1A.220105.002, kernel 4.19.202) Jellyfin Server: 10.7.7 Jellyfin Android Client: 2.4.2 (from Play store)
Same here. Android 11, Oneplus 7 Pro. Stutters almost instantly after minimizing the app. Any news on a fix?
Same here. Android 11, Oneplus 7 Pro. Stutters almost instantly after minimizing the app. Any news on a fix?
It seems they fixed it at some point... Jellyfin server: 10.7.7 with LSIO docker Jellyfin client: 2.4.2 Android: 12 Smartphone: OnePlus 9 Pro Tested file: FLAC Behavior: Typing over the Github App on my smartphone while jellyfin is minimized in the background.
Same here. Android 11, Oneplus 7 Pro. Stutters almost instantly after minimizing the app. Any news on a fix?
It seems they fixed it at some point... Jellyfin server: 10.7.7 with LSIO docker Jellyfin client: 2.4.2 Android: 12 Smartphone: OnePlus 9 Pro Tested file: FLAC Behavior: Typing over the Github App on my smartphone while jellyfin is minimized in the background.
Try with the screen off.
Same here. Android 11, Oneplus 7 Pro. Stutters almost instantly after minimizing the app. Any news on a fix?
It seems they fixed it at some point... Jellyfin server: 10.7.7 with LSIO docker Jellyfin client: 2.4.2 Android: 12 Smartphone: OnePlus 9 Pro Tested file: FLAC Behavior: Typing over the Github App on my smartphone while jellyfin is minimized in the background.
Try with the screen off.
Working. No stutters whatsoever.
The bug is very device and situation specific. I can still reproduce it on my Pixel 5, Android 11. The upstream issue also hasn't changed since I last commented.