Issues Samsung scalable codec - Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Questions & Answers

With the included akg n700ncm2 bt headphone any app that plays sound or music over bluetooth will stop any sound while the app continues to act like its not paused.
The sound/music will start playing 20-30 seconds later but it will play at 2x-5x normal speed untill it has caught up yo the apps position.
For context spotify music will cut at 0:05 in a song.
The app will keep playing with no audio untill 0:35 then the audio will suddenly come on starting at 0:05 and playing at 3x untill it has caught up to 0:35 as per the spotify app.
It appears to have something todo with samsungs scalable codec because if i set it to sbc in developer options the issue instantly goes away, but the quality is not as good.
I havnt heard of any one else with this issue and unsure if its the headset at fault or phone but any help would be appreciated!

I was in the same boat, just did a firmware update and it's working properly now. Hope it continues to work.
You can update from within the akg app

Yeah I found the issue was the Samsung Scalable Codec too. Changing it to AAC in developer settings gives the best result.
I just installed the updated firmware and I am still getting some very small drop-outs, definitely not as bad as what we were dealing with before, but still not great. Switching to AAC codec still gives flawless audio.

There seems to have been a change somewhere - can anyone else get these headphones to work in AAC mode anymore? Mine is always on SBC now no matter what I select in developer settings
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To answer my own question, it is the AKG Headphone app which is causing my problem. Turns out the app is forcing SBC to be used at all times. I just disallowed background usage for the app and now I can switch codecs as I like.
I've discovered an app called 'Checker for A2DP' which shows the available codecs for the headphones and lets you select what you want to use. When the AKG app is allowed to run in background then only SBC shows up as available for the headphones.
Options are SBC, AAC and MAX. (MAX is their terminology for Samsung Scaled Codec)

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Anyone else have horrible music playing experience?

If I use the stock player, which seems nice, as soon as I enable an EQ, I get this terrible effect that sounds like it's being over compressed. It happens with all the eq settings, and even custom.
I stated using Mixzing and it's a great player, the eq is awsome, but when I play songs it skips all the time.
That's odd. Mine doesn't seem to suffer from any compression with EQ use.
I don't actually use EQ but i have some poor experience playing music at times.
Sometimes when I'm listening to music through the headphone port and the phone does something (receive a text message or just use data or something) there are audible pops and clicks in the audio. Once the phone is done doing what it's doing they stop
I experience the same small pops and hesitations when playing music. Mine occur both from the speaker and the headset jacks. Sometimes I can play an entire song and have no noise, but most of the time it occurs a couple of times during a song. Very annoying.
Mine doesn't do that either. Good for me I guess, but odd.
I also have noticed the same issues. Especially when there is an incoming call. Granted, IM not stock, running cog 2.1.5
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Yeah, I get the crackling noises too, but haven't noticed whether it's only with mixzing or stock player.
same issue here with the stock player AND mixzing. others have said that apps running in the background cause this issue but I tested that by killing everything in the background first and the issue still occurs. I know that android will auto-start stuff it needs but if the stock apps kill the music quality, then they have more fixes to release.
Weird, when I get a notification my music stops completely just to play my tone... is this normal? Any way to disable this? Hell I didn't even know stock player had EQ adjustments, where do I find them?
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Bluetooth playback is when I notice the most distortion. I don't bother with any kind of EQ.
I get clicks and pops from all headphones, anything I connect the phone to, car, stereo, anything connected to the headphone jack.
I've tried and listened to music using all of these and get clicks and pops from all of them.
Stock player
MixZing
Cubed player
Tunewiki
Meridian
The player from Cyanogen mod
Pandora
Last.fm
Astro player
Every music player app I've tried clicks and pops, pauses and stutters. It does this no matter the encoding of the file, no matter the source, it clicks and pops and clicks and pops. It's worse than the cheapest mp3 player I've ever owned and frankly, I wish I could return this phone to AT&T but I'm past my 30 days. I really expected some updates, real updates for the GPS which is why I kept it past the 30 days. I thought the clicks and pops were a fluke, but to this day, GPS sucks and the music player clicks and pops. It's beyond annoying and if I could return it, I would.
Earlier today the GPS had me in Bakersfield, CA, over 2,000 miles from where I actually was. 2,000 miles!
And no, the explanation "it's a phone, not a gps or a media player" is not acceptable. These are features we pay for as customers. And a fix for these issues means I don't have to screw around with custom ROMs and settings and hacks and blah blah. It should just work, period.
Click click.. click click...
Yes, I get clicks and pops and stutters, yes I do...
...and yes, I've tried all the various buffer options in the MixZing app and am using the full PAID version, PAID version of the app. That would be the media player I bought because the stock one that comes with the phone can't read playlists created elsewhere. If you have even a moderate music collection it's absurd that the damn stock player can't read a standard playlist file and users would be expected to create all their playlists on their device. Ridiculous.
May I suggest you try two things and see if it helps:
1. Try a lag fix if you haven't already
2. Download SetCPU, lock the cpu at 1GHz and try music
I'd be very interested to see if either of these would help, have you tried factory resetting or a new ROM?
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[Q] Major static when using Equalizer app

I installed Equalizer and was happy with it, until last night. I've eliminated the headphones and the Note itself as the culprit. (Headphones work fine on MP3 player, and audio sounds great from speakers. Also, initial "Samsung" startup sound is fine through headphones.)
I'm getting A LOT of sort of squeaky static when using Equalizer, either with Music Player or Video Player. The static doesn't start right away, but after a minute or two. I REALLY like the way the audio sounds with Equalizer (minus the static), so I'd like to keep using it. But it's unbearable the way it is. I poked around in the Equalizer settings, as well as Music Player settings. I've got my Music Effects set to Equalizer. I have no other sound effects app running.
Also, I can't seem to disable Equalizer. I force stop it, and it keeps coming back to appear in my notification area. Can't find a setting for that, either.
Anyone else have any issues with this app?
Thanks!
loribuono said:
I installed Equalizer and was happy with it, until last night. I've eliminated the headphones and the Note itself as the culprit. (Headphones work fine on MP3 player, and audio sounds great from speakers. Also, initial "Samsung" startup sound is fine through headphones.)
I'm getting A LOT of sort of squeaky static when using Equalizer, either with Music Player or Video Player. The static doesn't start right away, but after a minute or two. I REALLY like the way the audio sounds with Equalizer (minus the static), so I'd like to keep using it. But it's unbearable the way it is. I poked around in the Equalizer settings, as well as Music Player settings. I've got my Music Effects set to Equalizer. I have no other sound effects app running.
Also, I can't seem to disable Equalizer. I force stop it, and it keeps coming back to appear in my notification area. Can't find a setting for that, either.
Anyone else have any issues with this app?
Thanks!
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Just noticed the same issue myself. I'm not 100% sure it's because of Equalizer yet, though... still have to do a few more tests. But it does seem to be the likely culprit.
I know what you mean... I really like Equalizer, so I'd love to be able to use it, but I think the static problem would be a deal killer for me if the app turns out to in fact be the cause of the problem. I'm especially choked since I JUST paid for the full version, like half an hour before realizing the problem!
BTW, for what it's worth, I'm using an Asus Transformer Infinity.
loribuono said:
I installed Equalizer and was happy with it, until last night. I've eliminated the headphones and the Note itself as the culprit. (Headphones work fine on MP3 player, and audio sounds great from speakers. Also, initial "Samsung" startup sound is fine through headphones.)
I'm getting A LOT of sort of squeaky static when using Equalizer, either with Music Player or Video Player. The static doesn't start right away, but after a minute or two. I REALLY like the way the audio sounds with Equalizer (minus the static), so I'd like to keep using it. But it's unbearable the way it is. I poked around in the Equalizer settings, as well as Music Player settings. I've got my Music Effects set to Equalizer. I have no other sound effects app running.
Also, I can't seem to disable Equalizer. I force stop it, and it keeps coming back to appear in my notification area. Can't find a setting for that, either.
Anyone else have any issues with this app?
Thanks!
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joshnl said:
Just noticed the same issue myself. I'm not 100% sure it's because of Equalizer yet, though... still have to do a few more tests. But it does seem to be the likely culprit.
I know what you mean... I really like Equalizer, so I'd love to be able to use it, but I think the static problem would be a deal killer for me if the app turns out to in fact be the cause of the problem. I'm especially choked since I JUST paid for the full version, like half an hour before realizing the problem!
BTW, for what it's worth, I'm using an Asus Transformer Infinity.
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Just so as to not tarnish the reputation of Equalizer, I've now come to the conclusion that the problem is NOT in fact the Equalizer app. It happens with or without Equalizer running, and regardless of whether "Music effects" in settings is set to the stock option or Equalizer.
What I just found out today is that the problem seems to be related to playing of media off of the microSD card. When I play a movie off of the microSD, I get that buzzing sound. But when I play the exact same file off of the internal storage, it's gone! I guess this is a sign that there's some interference being generated by the microSD port that isn't properly shielded. Lame, since I was using the strategy of keeping all my movies on a microSD card (and a strategy I'll now have to change), but at least it's resolvable.
Try another SD card. I also keep the media files on the SD card and I have no problems .
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I have a Samsung Galaxy A8, and when I play mp3s I get weird static sounds and popping noises, I also experienced this on the Samsung Galaxy S8. However when I would play the same song through YouTube on my phone I wouldn't get the noises. After reading this thread and trying all the different suggestions to no avail I thought to myself hang on I'll try and play an mp3 on my (Samsung Galaxy Tab a 10.1. SM-T580) To my surprise no static or popping noises. I am not sure as to why this is however I thought I would mention it for you or other people to work out a possible workaround.
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Neither of your models are this model Note 10.1

[Feature Request] Audio Synchronization PER Bluetooth device

Hello guys,
I was wondering if it would be possible to add and Audio Synchronization per Bluetooth device.
Currently it has the option to save the audio delay per video file or it also have the option to set an audio delay for the device's speaker and a different delay for bluetooth devices, which is extraordinary!
However, it would be really really awesome if it could save an audio delay for specific bluetooth devices.
VLC player has this option, when watching a video you click on more option -> audio delay -> set the audio delay -> and after that it pops out a window that says "save bluetooth device".
It is very useful because for example my car speakers have a extreme delay of 2.25 seconds, but my bragi earbuds have no delay at all, so currently with MX player I need to choose if I want the default settings to be synchronized with my car or with my earbuds or with other earbuds that have a delay but much smaller (around 0.5 sec).
Do you think this feature could be added in a future update? MX player is way better than VLC player in many other aspects, unfortunately, I am currently having to use both because of this it would be extremely incredible if I could uninstall VLC and doing everything with MX Player Pro.
Thank you in advance!
I completely agree!! My delay isn't as bad as yours in my car, but it is still .5 sec. It is VERY annoying, to say the least!! I have the same issue, as I use my regular Bluetooth earpieces EVERYWHERE when I am not in my car, and none of them have audio delays at all, but when I get in my car I have to either manually change every video I play, or go into settings, audio, and modify the Bluetooth delay while I am in the car (which I do since my trip to work is 35 min).
If we could just get a delay setting for EACH Bluetooth device, that would be make MX Player PERFECT for me!!
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I completely agree!! My delay isn't as bad as yours in my car, but it is still .5 sec. It is VERY annoying, to say the least!! I have the same issue, as I use my regular Bluetooth earpieces EVERYWHERE when I am not in my car, and none of them have audio delays at all, but when I get in my car I have to either manually change every video I play, or go into settings, audio, and modify the Bluetooth delay while I am in the car (which I do since my trip to work is 35 min).
If we could just get a delay setting for EACH Bluetooth device, that would be make MX Player PERFECT for me!!
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It's already in our planning. It will be supported on the later versions of the MX Player 1.9.x. As there are some other major features are also in the plan, we can't assure any timeline at the moment.
Here's a trick I'm going to share that should fix the delay for you:
1. Open the audio menu under settings.
2. Select Audio output and change it to AAudio or Java AudioTrack(Prefer AAudio if your device supports it)
3. Set both audio delay and bluetooth audio delay to 0 if they aren't.
4. Enjoy!

Low frequency (bass) sound issue on Alcatel Pop 4+ / Optus X Smart

Hi forums,
I have a Optus X Smart (rebadged Alcatel Pop 4 Plus). It runs Android 6.0.1.
When I plug into the headphone jack to play music on speakers and I play music from some apps, like the Youtube app and the supplied Onetouch Music app, the volume of bass is severely diminished. At normal volume anything below about 70-80Hz is basically inaudible. (was testing with this: <"Test your speakers" Youtube video by "Doctor Mix"> (had to remove URL since i'm not allowed to post them yet))
*However*, if I open Chrome browser and go to Youtube in the browser (as opposed to using the app), low frequency audio seems fine.
I tried toggling the "Arkamys audio effect activated" option in Sound & notification settings, and although it does have an effect on how audio sounds, it does not solve the issue.
I've seen the solution here for Android Auto (which is not what i'm using/doing anyway):
<had to remove URL to other website because I can't post links yet>
My phone doesn't present this "Headset SWS" option to me when a headset is plugged in.
Any ideas?
Was just trying a few different music players from the Play Store, the one called "AIMP" plays songs properly, without the bass issue, so that's nice at least... would still really like it if the Youtube app didn't have this problem (I pay for Youtube premium so I can listen to podcasts/commentary/etc. while i'm driving and the app is in the background with the screen off).

Stock S7 sound crackle

Whenever I play any media the sound is complete fine - unrelated to speaker crackle or bluethoot crackle. I don't think it is a hardware issue or an app issue. Not headphones either - I tried a few.
The thing is whenever the sound cuts off (or is extremely low) - depending on how the media was made, I hear a crackle like when you put a needle on a record player. As if the lack of sound makes the phone try to boost it instead of cut it off and I get noise.
For example I get crackle when changing songs or when a Youtube video starts and stops and some of them have it in the video itself, because audio can be cut on multiple places throughout the video.
You can see (hear) how this can get annoying.
I tried all the sound options, but nothing seems to change it, one guy even suggested sound issues can be related to the dinamic oled screen option, but that doesn't fix it either.
Does anyone know something about that?

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