[FFmpeg-trac] #11528(avcodec:new): Intermittent sound loss playing DSD (".dsf") in FFplay and harmonoid (was: High sizzle problem when playing 5.6MHz DSD (.dsf) audio file)
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Fri Mar 28 01:43:33 EET 2025
#11528: Intermittent sound loss playing DSD (".dsf") in FFplay and harmonoid
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Reporter: bleak8197 | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: important | Component: avcodec
Version: git-master | Resolution:
Keywords: dsd dsf | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Reproduced by developer: 1
Analyzed by developer: 0 |
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Changes (by bleak8197):
* summary: High sizzle problem when playing 5.6MHz DSD (.dsf) audio file
=> Intermittent sound loss playing DSD (".dsf") in FFplay and
harmonoid
Old description:
> Summary of the bug:
> Describe the bug
> I wanted to listen to the Ed Sheeran Equals 2021 album. I played it. It
> worked.
> A dsf file ~2GB, B dsf file ~1.9GB.
> It makes a loud buzzing sound when playing.
> It plays the tracks. The sizzling noise and the music blend together.
> High sizzle problem when playing 5.6MHz DSD (.dsf) audio file
>
> Diaries
> Level: WARNING
> Function: ffaudio-core-cc:207
> Message: <000001c61d9e2380> Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be
> inaccurate
>
> Level: WARNING
> Function: ffaudio-core-cc:207
> Message: <000001c61b6b84c0> Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be
> inaccurate
>
> Additional information
>
> Audacious version: v4.4.2
> Operating system and version: Windows 11 Pro x64 24H2 3rd batch
> update
>
> How to reproduce:
> {{{
> % ffplay *******.dsf
> ffmpeg version: BtbN Latest Auto-Build (2025-03-24 13:01) --> ffmpeg-
> master-latest-win64-gpl-shared
> built on ...
> }}}
> Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list and not this
> bug tracker.
>
> (Pop) [LP] [DSD 5.6 MHz] Ed Sheeran - = (Equals) - 2021, DSD 5.6 MHz
> (image+.cue)
> Name of the index:
> Ed Sheeran - = (Equals) (2021)
> Name of the file:
> ed_sheeran-equals_0190296657061_side_A.dsf
> and ******_B.dsf
>
> Intermittent sound with ffplay command:
> [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k_mwSBRshf1VxqcEJUpIS1gBIui8UsKJ/view?usp=sharing]
> mkv screen recording media infos:
> image stream: AVS
> Image resolution: 1920x1080p 60FPS
> Audio stream: 48kHz 2 channel stereo AAC LC
>
> I downloaded yuri_korzunov-through-moon_ring-128fs.dsf and the same
> problem persists.
>
> This file also has a scratchy and rustling sound in audacious.
> audacity won't import, “Failed to open file. File type is invalid.” and
> ”Audacity failed to recognize file type ....... Try installing FFmpeg.
> For uncompressed files, try File > Import > Raw Data.”
> I selected raw data because it couldn't import. I clicked OK. I checked
> the options, no DSD. I clicked Detect and it detected Unsigned 8-bit PCM,
> 44.1kHz. I clicked OK. Imported it. Played it. It's scratchy and raspy.
> DeaDBeaF can't play it at all, it gives an error.
> foobar2000, MPC-HC plays fine.
> This also applies to ed sheeran dsf
>
> I installed ffmpeg as in this video but it was already installed. because
> the ffplay command worked in my 2 previous attempts. i installed it
> anyway. tried again.
> same error again.
>
> foobar2000, MPC-HC and haruna (kde's) have no problem. DeaDBeeF and old
> Windows Media Player won't play. I have this problem with audacious and
> ffplay.exe. I also tried ffplay.exe inside haruna's folder. It has the
> same problem. I filed a bug report with audacious. It was covered up by
> saying that the problem could be in my pc configurations or drivers or
> ffmpeg.
> URI:
> [https://github.com/audacious-media-
> player/audacious/issues/1574#issuecomment-2745903698]
> On the other pc, audacious works fine. I haven't tried ffplay on the
> other pc.
> It could be ffmpeg. Or it might not be.
> Maybe I'm using the wrong version of ffmpeg.
>
> ffmpeg-n7.1-latest-win64-gpl-7.1.zip or ffmpeg-n7.1-latest-
> win64-lgpl-7.1.zip should I use it?
>
> Or should I use gpl-shared? Or should I use lgpl-shared? I don't know.
New description:
Operating system and version: Windows 11 Pro x64 24H2 3rd batch update
How to reproduce:
% ffplay *******.dsf
ffmpeg version: BtbN Latest Auto-Build (2025-03-24 13:01) --> ffmpeg-
master-latest-win64-gpl-shared
(Pop) [LP] [DSD 5.6 MHz] Ed Sheeran - = (Equals) - 2021, DSD 5.6 MHz
(image+.cue)
Name of the index:
Ed Sheeran - = (Equals) (2021)
Name of the file:
ed_sheeran-equals_0190296657061_side_A.dsf
and ******_B.dsf
Intermittent sound with ffplay command:
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k_mwSBRshf1VxqcEJUpIS1gBIui8UsKJ/view?usp=sharing]
mkv screen recording media infos:
image stream: AVS
Image resolution: 1920x1080p 60FPS
Audio stream: 48kHz 2 channel stereo AAC LC
I downloaded yuri_korzunov-through-moon_ring-128fs.dsf and the same
problem persists.
This file also has a scratchy and rustling sound in audacious.
audacity won't import, “Failed to open file. File type is invalid.” and
”Audacity failed to recognize file type ....... Try installing FFmpeg. For
uncompressed files, try File > Import > Raw Data.”
I selected raw data because it couldn't import. I clicked OK. I checked
the options, no DSD. I clicked Detect and it detected Unsigned 8-bit PCM,
44.1kHz. I clicked OK. Imported it. Played it. It's scratchy and raspy.
DeaDBeaF can't play it at all, it gives an error.
I installed ffmpeg as in this video but it was already installed. because
the ffplay command worked in my 2 previous attempts. i installed it
anyway. tried again.
same error again.
Here's the real problem:
It loops by doing pause and play. works like pause-play-pause-play-pause-
play...... But it doesn't pause and play. It just pauses as if it is in a
pause play loop and the sound is intermittent.
I wanted to listen to the Ed Sheeran Equals 2021 album. I played it. It
worked. A dsf file is ~2GB, B dsf file is ~1.9GB.
(Pop) [LP] [DSD 5.6 MHz] Ed Sheeran - = (Equals) - 2021, DSD 5.6 MHz
(image+.cue)
Name of the index:
Ed Sheeran - = (Equals) (2021)
Name of the file:
ed_sheeran-equals_0190296657061_side_A.dsf
Screencast of a player that works like a pause-play loop, but doesn't
pause, plays at 0.5x speed even though it runs at 1x speed:
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1orqugwxR45dse5t_1xTtyVaSOblnqcY8/view?usp=sharing]
I have a similar problem with ffmpeg's ffplay.exe.
But the pause-play cycle is faster.
Intermittent sound with ffplay command:
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k_mwSBRshf1VxqcEJUpIS1gBIui8UsKJ/view?usp=sharing]
I downloaded yuri_korzunov-through-moon_ring-128fs.dsf from
https://samplerateconverter.com/free-audio-downloads and the same problem
persists.
This file also has a scratchy and rustling sound in audacious.
audacity won't import, “Failed to open file. File type is invalid.” and
”Audacity failed to recognize file type ....... Try installing FFmpeg. For
uncompressed files, try File > Import > Raw Data.”
I selected raw data because it couldn't import. I clicked OK. I checked
the options, no DSD. I clicked Detect and it detected Unsigned 8-bit PCM,
44.1kHz. I clicked OK. Imported it. Played it. It's scratchy and raspy.
DeaDBeaF can't play it at all, it gives an error.
foobar2000, MPC-HC plays fine.
This also applies to ed sheeran dsf
I also added my music folder by going to Settings > Add New Folder. It
doesn't see the .dsf files and .cue file inside the Ed Sheeran - =
(Equals) (2021) folder. It does not add it to albums.
To run .dsf files, right click on the file > open with > choose another
application > choose an application on your computer >
C:\Users*\AppData\Local\Programs\Harmonoid > harmonoid.exe > OK
and you can play it.
This intermittent playback problem occurs in harmonoid and ffplay.exe.
It does not happen with foobar2000, MPC-HC, MPC-BE, haruna (kde's
software), VuPlayer, mpv, Hi-Res Audio Player (Sony's software).
Windows Media Player legacy, New Media Player(Windows's), VLC, Elisa
(kde's software), Clementine, DeadBeef don't play.
audacious in WSL Almalinux doesn't play.
audacious in Windows plays scratchy and wheezy, not intermittent.
strawberry in WSL Almalinux plays.
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