Remove clicking sounds while streaming music?

FMOD Engine
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Hi,
with Fmod 4 latest, I get more and more music streams that produce “clicking sounds” when used.

For example:
http://streamosw.ir-media-tec.com/neu/mp3-192/pocketradioplaye
https://stream.radiobrocken.de/live/mp3-128

At first I thought, these were buffer underruns. But thats not the case.

Is it possible to fix this issue?

Grisu

P.S: If someone can do this, I’ll will donate some money to…

2

What machine, what build settings?
I don’t hear clicks on your files (the originals, I presume?)

3

FMOD 4 sounds old, is upgrading a possibility?

4

I’m sorry being a long-time supporter / user, “old” is Fmod 3.x for me, when I started my app. :stuck_out_tongue:

I use Fmod 4.44.64 and build for win32 machines.

From around 2.500+ radio stations (<> streams), I only get this issue with around 3% lately.
Sorry, I don’t know how to switch to the PR Fmod Studio change code-wise.

I know these streams work fine from other apps, even Firefox. That’s what’s bugs me the most.

Can one pay to get legacy support for just the mp3 streaming part?

5

Work has been done on internet streaming with FMOD Core API , you should just switch to this API instead. It is very similar to FMOD Ex’s low level API, there is a transition guide at https://fmod.com/resources/documentation-api?version=2.1&page=white-papers-transitioning-from-fmodex.html#fmod-studio-core-api-versus-fmod-ex-core-api

To pay you would be looking at a premium support level which starts at $15k USD per year.

6

Thanks for the reply. Sadly, I can’t afford 15K for a freeware project.

Would it be possible to hire someone of the fmod staff for a few hours to only update the mp3-streaming bits of Fmod 4 (without renaming functions)?

I should be easy for someone knowing the system. I’m not qualified for this.

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have you tried using FMOD Studio’s Core API ? As I said it has been worked on a lot more than FMOD 3 or FMOD Ex and probably supports more stream types.

8

I have checked out your new Core API.

Sadly, it breaks a lot of function parameters. Doing spectrum related functions are a complete “mess up”.
I’m an old dino… started with FMod 3.

I was hoping, that I could hire a fmod dev for some hours to “uplift” the streaming parts of Fmod4 a bit.

Is it possible to “rent a dev” for some hours?

9

The spectrum functionality is the same, it is just accessed through an FFT DSP now instead of having a dedicated function. This lets you analyze any part of the mix graph.

10

Thanks for trying to help. I have been using Fmod since 2008. I’m just a hobby coder. Never made any “money”, My freeware app is used all around the world. I’m deeply sorry for not having the resources / skills to adopt the code. Users say, Wwise is the “best” out there today. I still think Fmod rocks!