[GH-ISSUE #1310] add logging hint to check the source sample rate on buffer underruns #595

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opened 2026-02-27 19:31:27 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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Originally created by @bitclick on GitHub (Aug 7, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot/issues/1310

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

i was having drop outs regularly and thought - oh my wifi sucks..
but it turns out i had setup librespot via pipe source and never set the sample rate to 44.1khz so i was getting
a lot of next read < 0 log output

i suffered from this more than 12 months 😅
i did not think further because the log never mentioned "drop out" or "warning" or something like this

Describe the solution you'd like
please ad a hint to the log output when buffer underruns occur like
"looks like the source is too slow, i am expecting xxx sample format. is this correct?"

and maybe a link to this issue or some doc page https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot/issues/340

Describe alternatives you've considered
i think the problem is that it kinda works with mismatched sample rates so its not that obvious for the user to check the config. i always thought the clients had buffer underruns and tweaked my wifi. if the logs could make the distinction more explicit, this would help a lot of people..

Originally created by @bitclick on GitHub (Aug 7, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot/issues/1310 **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** i was having drop outs regularly and thought - oh my wifi sucks.. but it turns out i had setup librespot via pipe source and never set the sample rate to 44.1khz so i was getting a lot of ` next read < 0` log output i suffered from this more than 12 months :sweat_smile: i did not think further because the log never mentioned "drop out" or "warning" or something like this **Describe the solution you'd like** please ad a hint to the log output when buffer underruns occur like "looks like the source is too slow, i am expecting xxx sample format. is this correct?" and maybe a link to this issue or some doc page https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot/issues/340 **Describe alternatives you've considered** i think the problem is that it kinda works with mismatched sample rates so its not that obvious for the user to check the config. i always thought the clients had buffer underruns and tweaked my wifi. if the logs could make the distinction more explicit, this would help a lot of people..

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@kingosticks commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2024):

i had setup librespot via pipe source

This makes no sense. Are you talking about librespot or something using librespot?

Either way, as I said in the issue you linked:

When using the pipe backend, raw PCM is written to the file as quickly as it's downloaded and it's entirely the job of the other side to handle playback

How could librespot know that the consuming side of the pipe is underruning?

@kingosticks commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2024): > i had setup librespot via pipe source This makes no sense. Are you talking about librespot or something using librespot? Either way, as [I said](https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot/issues/340#issuecomment-504499635) in the issue you linked: > When using the pipe backend, raw PCM is written to the file as quickly as it's downloaded and it's entirely the job of the other side to handle playback How could librespot know that the consuming side of the pipe is underruning?

kerem commented

2026-02-27 19:31:27 +03:00

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@bitclick commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2024):

ah sorry wrong project 😅 got my tabs confused. ment to post this here https://github.com/badaix/snapcast
will close this.

@bitclick commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2024): ah sorry wrong project :sweat_smile: got my tabs confused. ment to post this here https://github.com/badaix/snapcast will close this.

kerem commented

2026-02-27 19:31:27 +03:00

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@bitclick commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2024):

not relevant for this project

@bitclick commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2024): not relevant for this project

kerem referenced this issue

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