Intermittent SLOOOW Audio Playback
I'm on a Nexus 9 running unrooted, original Marshmallow, set to auto-update. I habitually play long playlists, leaving the tablet to otherwise idle with its screen off.
After auto-updating from Lollipop to Marshmallow, audio will often suddenly slow down to about a quarter normal speed -- sounding like a record playing in a haunted house.
This usually happens after the Nexus has been otherwise idle for two hours or more, and it requires stopping playback, waiting several seconds and then resuming for playback to return to normal.
I have tried:
1. a variety of Marshmallow's Doze power-saving options;
2. changing media players;
3. changing file location between "on device" and "on LAN";
4. [edit: suggested below] wiping the cache partition.
I have noticed that:
1. [edit] this didn't happen until after auto-updating from Lollipop to Marshmallow;
2. it is necessary to stop/pause and WAIT several seconds before resuming to restore normal playback. Quickly pausing and resuming, or skipping to other tracks doesn't restore normal playback;
3. while it usually takes several hours of idling for this behaviour to manifest, it has happened while the device is awake and the track just actively altered;
4. it also occurs on video playback.
Nexus 9
Marshmallow (original, unrooted, latest)
I'm on a Nexus 9 running unrooted, original Marshmallow, set to auto-update. I habitually play long playlists, leaving the tablet to otherwise idle with its screen off.
After auto-updating from Lollipop to Marshmallow, audio will often suddenly slow down to about a quarter normal speed -- sounding like a record playing in a haunted house.
This usually happens after the Nexus has been otherwise idle for two hours or more, and it requires stopping playback, waiting several seconds and then resuming for playback to return to normal.
I have tried:
1. a variety of Marshmallow's Doze power-saving options;
2. changing media players;
3. changing file location between "on device" and "on LAN";
4. [edit: suggested below] wiping the cache partition.
I have noticed that:
1. [edit] this didn't happen until after auto-updating from Lollipop to Marshmallow;
2. it is necessary to stop/pause and WAIT several seconds before resuming to restore normal playback. Quickly pausing and resuming, or skipping to other tracks doesn't restore normal playback;
3. while it usually takes several hours of idling for this behaviour to manifest, it has happened while the device is awake and the track just actively altered;
4. it also occurs on video playback.
Nexus 9
Marshmallow (original, unrooted, latest)
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