Please reference this support thread on SoundCloud's tech support forums. The thread contains all pertinent information, including videos of the problem and console screenshots made by myself and others. -to-the-middle-of-a-track-causes-stuttering-and-glitchy-audio-chrome-firefox
In a nutshell, when you try to skip forward during streaming audio, there is a buffering/stuttering issue that prevents proper playback of the track. This problem is confirmed on SoundCloud and Traxsource, and other people in the support thread have mentioned Mixcloud and other streaming sites. In other words, this is not the fault of one particular streaming service or another.
The problem does not occur in Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, or Chrome. Well, to clarify, when the problem was posted on the SoundCloud support forums, Chrome was having the same issue. However, they did a version push a few days ago, which fixed it.
Here is my original post on SoundCloud support (minus erroneous information about Chrome), which has pertinent details. Note that we upgraded both Flash and Firefox recently, so although I mention previous versions in my original post, everyone involved has since updated their browsers and Flash.
There seems to be a caching issue affecting playback - I started noticing this problem three or four days ago. Previously, I could skip through my stream at will, going straight to the middle of tracks or mixes to listen to a few seconds, and determine if I liked the track. Now, I cannot do that on Firefox 41.0.1. The problem is merely annoying on songs that are 3 or 4 minutes in length, as I must let them "cache" for perhaps ten seconds before skipping around. Unfortunately, the problem is a game-breaker on mixes that are, for example, 90 minutes long. If I skip to a point directly in the middle of the mix, nothing happens. The playback button alternates between the "Play" symbol, and the "Caching" symbol ("..."), and if audio does resume, it is glitchy and consists of different parts of the track being played back at once.
I've eliminated my internet connection as a source of the problem by loading up Edge. In Edge 20.10240.16384, the problem does not exist. I can scroll down to any 2-hour mix in my feed, click on the middle of it, and the audio starts right up. No caching, no stuttering or glitching.
I would consider this problem resolved. Several different pre-release versions of Firefox have fixed the issue; I've personally been using two of them that work perfectly. A Bugzilla rep has stated that the fix will be integrated into Firefox 42, which will be released on November 3rd.
My graphics drivers are up-to-date. Disabling protected mode and hardware acceleration for Flash had no effect on the problem. The Flash troubleshooting link has a lot of interesting information on fixing video playback performance, but nearly nothing about audio. Yes, problems such as "no volume", or "sound won't play" are covered, but these are not the problems we are having.
When skipping forward on a streaming audio track, playback either does not resume, or if it eventually does, it comes back "stuttering", or in some cases "mixed up" (half a second of current audio will play, followed by half a second of the beginning of a track, back and forth).
No, I am running 41.0.2, and the problem persists. Please note that the audio does not skip on it's own - the problem occurs when you manually skip to the middle of a track when it is initially loaded.
Interesting. So before I upgraded to 41.0.2 (from the previous version), every time I would skip to somewhere in the song, it would stutter like crazy and would continue for a while (just like your video). After upgrading, it doesn't seem to happen. Then again, it's only been a few days for me so I'll have to wait and see. I hope Mozilla investigates this for everyone else and finds the root cause. It was definitely annoying when it was occurring.
Note that for Aurora and Nightly channels they get checkins almost every day so they get updates each of those days. This means that there can sometimes be issues until things are fixed, finished or reverted.
Hola actualize a mozilla 45.0.1 y hace un skipping en los 6 a 7 segundos de comenzada la reproduccin en soundcloud, en la version 43.0.1 y la 44.0.2 no pasa. He probado en mi viejo xp sp2 y en mi otra maquina con win7 igual, alguna respuesta.Hellomozilla upgrade to 45.0.1 and makes skipping in six to seven seconds into playback on soundcloud, in version 43.0.1 44.0.2 does not pass. I tried on my old xp sp2 and my other win7 machine with the same.
Most online streaming services started to offer plans with ads recently. These plans are separate on Neflix, Disney+ and many other services. Amazon will soon start to display ads for all Prime Video customers, unless they pay an extra $2.99 per month to avoid them.
Streaming Enhanced is a browser extension for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and all major browsers with the exception of Safari, that promises to skip ads on popular streaming platforms automatically.
The extension supports the services Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Hotstar and Chrunchyroll at the time of writing. It shares common functionality across all supported services and offers specific features for some of the services.
Ad-skipping is the most prominent feature of Streaming Enhanced, but it is far from the only one. As far as shared features go, it may also skip intros, recaps and watch credits, add playback speed controls, improve subtitle styling and show TMDB (The Movie Database) ratings.
The site-specific features add more functionality. Netflix viewers get an automatic profile picker, which picks the last used profile automatically, and no inactivity warnings (are you still watching).
The GitHub project website offers information on how the skipping works: "The script, "skipper.js", is injected into all urls containing "amazon.*/*/video" or "netflix.com" or "disneyplus.com" or "hotstar.com"."
Streaming Enhanced needs to be installed in a web browser. It supports most desktop web browsers. The situation is different on Android and iOS. The extension works on Android, but only when you access Prime Video or Disney+ in desktop mode. Since most major browsers do not support extensions on Android, it is necessary to use a browser that does. The developer suggests Kiwi Browser.
Mozilla did unlock full extension support for Firefox for Android recently, but Streaming Enhanced is not available at this point. Developers need to set up their extensions to work for Firefox for Android specifically to be included.
Most features of the extension can be toggled in the preferences for services individually. You can, for example, disable the TMDB integration or allow credits to play. Everything is controlled with buttons in the extension preferences.
Preferences may be saved and restored at any time. There is also a handy statistics menu that highlights how much time you have saved while using the extension; this is similarly to the stats that Brave Browser displays by default on the New Tab Page.
Streaming Enhanced is an open source extension. You can donate to the project to support it. While you may not be able to use it on TV or devices that the supported browsers are not available for, it helps users who view the streams primarily using browsers.
The extension blocks the ad, but plays blank frames that can be darkened? May as well watch the ad. Twittle thumbs; chant; breathe; hit a few acupressure points; get up and walk about; open and close the door for fresh air; pet the dog; freshen the make-up; kiss the cat, quick text, etc.
Netflix has skipped over 500 of One Piece's anime episodes and started streaming the latest Egghead arc, a part in the story the author has said is a great place for new viewers to jump in. Luffy's story is now more popular than ever, and more people are interested in diving into One Piece's depths. With more than 1109 episodes of Toei's anime adaption, the series can seem intimidating to begin. However, even author Eiichiro Oda said viewers can skip to the newest arc.
While starting with the Egghead Arc can be an enjoyable experience, it's highly recommended to start One Piece from the beginning. Despite it's length, it's a journey filled with humor, drama, and action that's well worth your time.
2023 saw One Piece grow to unseen levels of popularity thanks to the success of Film: Red, the Live-Action series, and the consistently trending Wano arc adaptation. So much success helped grow the general public's interest in Monkey D. Luffy's adventures. Netflix has begun airing the latest One Piece anime arc, and series author Eiichiro Oda said it's okay for first-time watchers to skip ahead to enjoy the beginning of the series Final Saga.
Oda initially referred to the manga when he suggested that new fans can "read from here on." Still, now that One Piece's anime has officially begun the first arc of the story's Final Saga, the talented author's suggestion works for the anime's Egghead Island arc as well. While there will be a lot of context, characters, and abilities that will puzzle new fans, the direction and emaculate character writing in the One Piece anime creates an experience that can be enjoyable to watch without watching the previous 1088 episodes.
Netflix has been providing subscribers with the One Piece anime over the last few years by releasing chunks of the pirate epic over time. However, the Fish-Men Island arc will be the latest added to Netflix's US servers on July 1, 2024, up to episode #574. Viewers who have been watching the series exclusively on Netflix might be confused when the story jumps to episode #1089's incredibly well-directed first episode of the Egghead arc. Still, over time, Netflix will undoubtedly add the anime's missing episodes that feature the events after One Piece's incredible time skip.
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