Audio only stutter

[Roy Terhaar]

(7th Apr, 2018 03:26 AM)Skywatch Wrote:  @Roy Terhaar

What version of pi are you using that had this problem?
How are you getting the audio from the pi? Via the pi audio connector? Via HDMI? Via external DAC (I2S or USB) ?
What else is running on the pi apart from xbian/kodi install?
Are you running the OS from SD only or SD+USB? What SD card are you using? What power supply?
Where is the media stored? On the pi itself or externally?

These would all be useful to know.

Software
XBian version:1.0 (knockout) (kernel: Linux 4.14.32+)
XBMC/Kodi version:17.6-Git:2017-11-18-433b93a
Overclock settings:default

Hardware
Device type and model (e.g. Raspberry Pi Model A/B 256/512 MB, CuBox-i i4Pro, ...):RPI 3
Power supply rating:Original power supply adapter
SD card size and make/type:16Gb
Network (Ethernet or wireless):Kodi using Ethernet; wireless adapter active too on different network
Connected devices (TV, USB, network storage, ...):Yamaha RX-V733, Philips TV, External USB harddisks Seagate and Seagate Backup Plus

Audio is connected via HDMI to the AVR (Yamaha RX-V733) and from there to the TV

Other software running on the pi
-apache2 webserver
-pihole (dnsmasq)
-rsyslogd and fail2ban
-deluged

OS is running from SD card only.
Media to be played is stored on both Seagate harddisks connected directly on the pi's USB ports (both powered by dedicated power supply adapters.), but I always play music from the Seagate Backup Plus drive; most of the files being FLAC.

When nothing is actively running free memory is approx. 470Mb, CPU about 5%.
Once I start playing a music track CPU will be in the region of 10..30% dependent of the track.