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Hi

I have been user of Moode since 2015, and installed it countles times and until this spring, I have had no problems with
my music collection, which has been about almost the same with adding a few albums now and then.

I have run out of any fix fore my problems, when listing my music-collection in albumview, which is my preferred way. 

The problem is, coverart (and tekst) is lagging extremely and a pain to use.  I'm able to load one site and when scrolling up or down it takes several seconds for the site to load, and system is unresponsive and the site is  often spilt somewhere in an strange way. 
The strange thing is, there is nothing when listing about 10 sites in "Recently added" og in Tag-view.  Only in in Albumview.

I have tried almost anything :
  • Re-installed 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 on different cards.  (I always start with expanding system and reboot)
  • Gone thru my collection for missing og wrong tags with MP3 Tag and corrected them. (They have never caused any problems)
  • Regenerated tags severals times and looked at the log from MPD for any faults - had some "Zend media exception Not a valid FLAC bitstream", but it was old files and never caused any problems.
  • Split my collection of 2490 albums and 34000 tracks in tre different folders.
  • Gone through my network. 
  • Tried with another Pi 3B+
  • Tried with a folder containing about 200 folders.
  • I have NOT tryed any sub ver. 7.x version.
I was almost ready to buy a PI4, but the Pi3B+ is not the problem, because it is working fine in "Recently added"

What has changed when using album-view from ver. 7 that might be the explanation ? I have been using countles time to fix the problem, as I would like to stay on Moode, but i is not possible, as it has envolved.

I have disabled all thas is possible, because I'm using Moode only as a streamer from my Synology NAS to my DAC. 
Connection from NAS to Pi is LAN.

My UI is iPad Pro 2018 (Chrome or Safari) or Windows 10 Chrome (is a little bit faster). 

Thanks in advance




My system :
Code:
System Information
        
S Y S T E M   P A R A M E T E R S

moOde release        = 7.3.0 2021-06-25
RaspiOS            = 10.6
Linux kernel        = 5.4.77-v7+ #1371
Platform        = Pi-3B+ 1.3 1GB
Architecture        = armv7l (32-bit)
System uptime        = up 21 hours, 50 minutes
Timezone        = Europe/Copenhagen
Current time        = 2021-07-25 12:16:17

Host name        = moode
Ethernet address    = 10.0.0.30
Ethernet MAC        = b8:27:eb:3f:b6:7f
WLAN address        = unassigned
WLAN MAC        = no adapter
WLAN country        = US

SoC identifier        = bcm2837
Core count        = 4
Kernel timer freq    = 100 Hz
SDCard freq        = 50 MHz
USB boot        = enabled
Warranty        = OK

Root size        = 29G
Root used        = 11%
Root available        = 25G
Root expand        = expanded
Memory free        = 135 MB
Memory used        = 120 MB
SoC temperature        = 55.8°C
Throttled bitmask    = 0x80000
Throttled text        = Soft temperature limit has occurred

CPU governor        = ondemand
Onboard WiFi        = Off
Onboard BT        = Off
HDMI output        = Off
LED state        = 1,0
Eth addr wait        = On
USB auto-mounter    = udisks-glue
SSH term server        = Off

PHP-FPM version        = 7.3.19
NGINX version        = 1.14.2
SQLite3 version        = 3.27.2
Hostapd version        = 2.8-devel
WiringPi version    = 2.50
RPi.GPIO version    = 0.7.0

A U D I O   P A R A M E T E R S

Audio device        = Allo DigiOne Signature
Interface        = I2S
Mixer name        = none
Hardware mixer        = No
Supported formats    = S16_LE, S24_LE
ALSA max volume        = 100
ALSA output mode    = Direct (hw)
ALSA loopback        = Off
MPD max volume        = 100
Volume step limit    = 10
Display dB volume    = Off
Audio source        = Local
Output device        = Local
Resume MPD        = No
Volume knob        = 0
Volume mute        = Unmuted
Saved MPD vol        = 0
Preamp volume        = 0
ALSA version        = 1.1.8-1+rpt1
SoX version        = 0.1.2-3

Bluetooth controller    = Off
Pairing agent        = Off
Airplay receiver    = Off
Spotify receiver    = Off
Squeezelite        = Off
RoonBridge        = Not installed
UPnP client        = Off
DLNA server        = Off
GPIO button handler    = Off
UPnP browser        = Off

Auto-shuffle        = Off
Ashuffle mode        = Track
Ashuffle filter        = None
Autoplay        = Off
Rotary encoder        = Off
Encoder params        = 100 2 3 23 24
USB volume knob        = Off
Polarity inversion    = Off
Crossfeed        = Off
Crossfade        = Off
Parametric EQ        = Off
Graphic EQ        = Off
CamillaDSP        = off
MPD httpd        = Off
Ignore CUE files    = Yes

P R E F E R E N C E S

Appearance
----------------------
Theme            = Default
Accent color        = Emerald
Alpha blend        = 1.0
Adaptive background    = No
Background image    = No
Cover backdrop        = No
Cover blur        = 20px
Cover scale        = 1.25
Renderer backdrop    = No
Font size        = Normal

Playback
----------------------
Show Queue thumbs    = Yes
Show Now-playing icon    = Yes
Show CoverView playbar    = Yes
Show extra metadata    = album,track,date
Search site        = Google
Playback history log    = No

Library
----------------------
One touch action    = Play
Albumview sort order    = by Artist
Tagview sort order    = by Artist
Recently added        = 6 Months
Show sample rate    = HD only
Cover search pri    = Cover image file
Pixel ratio        = 1
Thumbnail resolution    = 400px,75
Thumbnail columns    = 6/2 (Default)

Library (Advanced)
----------------------
Tag view artist        = Album Artist
Album key        = Album@Artist (Default)
Include comment tag    = No
Library filter        = full_lib
Library filter str    =
Ignore articles        = a,an,the
Show tagview genres    = Yes
Show tagview covers    = Yes
Ellipsis limited text    = No
UTF8 character filter    = Yes

CoverView
----------------------
Automatic display    = Never
Backdrop style        = Gradient (Linear)

R A D I O   M A N A G E R   S E T T I N G S

Sort tag        = Name
Group method        = No grouping
Show moOde stations    = No action
Show other stations    = No action

M P D   S E T T I N G S

Version            = 0.22.8_p0x3
Volume mixer        = disabled
ALSA device        = hw:0
SoX resampling        = disabled
Selective resampling    = disabled
SoX quality        = high
SoX multithreading    = off
DSD over PCM (DoP)    = no
Replaygain        = off
Replaygain preamp    = 0
Volume normalization    = No
Audio buffer        = 4 (MB)
Output buffer size    = 128 (MB)
Max playlist items    = 16384
Input cache        = Disabled

B L U E T O O T H   S E T T I N G S

Bluetooth ver        = 5.50
Bluealsa ver        = v3.0.0
Speaker sharing        = No
Resume MPD        = No
PCM buffer time        = 500000 (µs)

A I R P L A Y   S E T T I N G S

Version            = 3.3.8
Friendly name        = Moode Airplay
ALSA device        = hw:0
Interpolation        = soxr
Output bit depth    = S16
Output sample rate    = 44100
Session interruption    = no
Session timeout        = 120 (ms)
Latency offset        = 0.0 (secs)
Audio buffer        = 0.2 (secs)
Resume MPD        = No

S P O T I F Y   S E T T I N G S

Friendly name        = Moode Spotify
ALSA device        = plughw:0
Bit rate        = 160
Initial volume        = 0
Volume curve        = log
Volume normalization    = No
Normalization pregain    = 3
Autoplay        = No
Resume MPD        = No

S Q U E E Z E L I T E   S E T T I N G S

Version            = 1.9.7-1270 "DSD/SRC enabled"
Friendly name        = Moode
ALSA device        = hw:0
ALSA params        = 80:4::1
Output buffers        = 40000:100000
Task priority        = 45
Codec list        = flac,pcm,mp3,ogg,aac,alac,dsd
Other options        = -W -D 500 -R E -S /var/local
Resume MPD        = No

L O C A L   D I S P L A Y   S E T T I N G S

Local UI display    = Off
Mouse cursor        = On
Screen blank        = 600 Secs
Wake display on play    = Off
Brightness        = 255
Pixel aspect ratio    = Default
Rotate screen        = 0 Deg

M O O D E   S T A R T U P   L O G

20210724 061426 worker: -- Start
20210724 061426 worker: Successfully daemonized
20210724 061427 worker: Integrity check (passed)
20210724 061427 worker: File check (OK)
20210724 061428 worker: Session vacuumed
20210724 061428 worker: Session loaded
20210724 061428 worker: Debug logging (OFF)
20210724 061428 worker: -- Audio debug
20210724 061428 worker: ALSA cards: (0:sndallodigione | 1:empty | 2:empty | 3:empty
20210724 061428 worker: MPD config: (0:Allo DigiOne Signature | mixer:(none) | card:0)
20210724 061428 worker: ALSA mixer actual (none)
20210724 061428 worker: ALSA volume (none)
20210724 061428 worker: -- System
20210724 061430 worker: Host     (moode)
20210724 061430 worker: moOde    (7.3.0 2021-06-25)
20210724 061430 worker: RaspiOS  (10.6)
20210724 061430 worker: Kernel   (5.4.77-v7+ #1371)
20210724 061430 worker: Platform (Pi-3B+ 1.3 1GB)
20210724 061430 worker: ARM arch (armv7l, 32-bit kernel)
20210724 061430 worker: MPD ver  (0.22.8_p0x3)
20210724 061430 worker: CPU gov  (ondemand)
20210724 061430 worker: USB boot enabled
20210724 061430 worker: File system expanded
20210724 061430 worker: HDMI port off
20210724 061430 worker: -- Network
20210724 061430 worker: eth0 exists
20210724 061430 worker: IP addr (10.0.0.30)
20210724 061430 worker: Netmask (255.255.255.0)
20210724 061430 worker: Gateway (10.0.0.1)
20210724 061430 worker: Pri DNS (10.0.0.1)
20210724 061430 worker: Domain  (N66U)
20210724 061430 worker: wlan0 does not exist
20210724 061430 worker: -- Audio config
20210724 061431 worker: MPD conf updated
20210724 061431 worker: ALSA card number (0)
20210724 061431 worker: MPD audio output (Allo DigiOne Signature)
20210724 061431 worker: Audio formats (S16_LE, S24_LE)
20210724 061431 worker: ALSA mixer name (none)
20210724 061431 worker: MPD volume control (software)
20210724 061431 worker: Hdwr volume controller not detected
20210724 061431 worker: ALSA output mode (Direct: hw)
20210724 061431 worker: ALSA loopback (Off)
20210724 061431 worker: Reset renderer active flags
20210724 061431 worker: CamillaDSP (off)
20210724 061431 worker: -- MPD startup
20210724 061431 worker: MPD started
20210724 061432 worker: MPD accepting connections
20210724 061432 worker: MPD output 1 ALSA Default (on)
20210724 061432 worker: MPD output 2 ALSA Bluetooth (off)
20210724 061432 worker: MPD output 3 HTTP Server (off)
20210724 061432 worker: MPD crossfade (off)
20210724 061432 worker: MPD ignore CUE files (yes)
20210724 061432 worker: -- Feature availability
20210724 061432 worker: Source select (available)
20210724 061432 worker: Source select (source: MPD)
20210724 061432 worker: Source select (output: Allo DigiOne Signature)
20210724 061432 worker: Bluetooth (available)
20210724 061432 worker: Airplay renderer (available)
20210724 061432 worker: Spotify renderer (available)
20210724 061432 worker: Squeezelite (available)
20210724 061432 worker: RoonBridge renderer (not installed)
20210724 061432 worker: UPnP renderer (available)
20210724 061432 worker: DLNA server (available)
20210724 061432 worker: UPnP browser (available)
20210724 061432 worker: GPIO button handler (available)
20210724 061432 worker: Stream recorder (n/a)
20210724 061432 worker: -- Music sources
20210724 061432 worker: USB sources (none attached)
20210724 061434 worker: NAS and UPnP sources (mountall initiated)
20210724 061434 worker: -- Other
20210724 061434 worker: USB volume knob (Off)
20210724 061434 worker: USB auto-mounter (udisks-glue)
20210724 061434 worker: LED0 (Off)
20210724 061434 worker: LED1 (Off)
20210724 061434 worker: Saved MPD vol level (0)
20210724 061434 worker: Preamp volume level (0)
20210724 061434 worker: MPD volume level (10) restored
20210724 061434 worker: ALSA volume level (None)
20210724 061434 worker: Auto-play (Off)
20210724 061434 worker: Maintenance interval (3 hours)
20210724 061434 worker: Screen saver activation (Never)
20210724 061434 worker: Session permissions (OK)
20210724 061434 worker: Watchdog started
20210724 061434 worker: Ready
20210724 082903 worker: Job alsa_output_mode
20210724 082941 worker: Job alsa_output_mode
20210724 083011 worker: Job mpdrestart
20210724 083259 worker: Job timezone
20210724 083315 worker: Job keyboard
20210724 083345 worker: Job actled
20210724 083442 worker: Job clearplayhistory
20210724 083451 worker: Job clearsyslogs
20210724 083849 worker: Job mpdcfg
20210724 083851 worker: Job mpdcfg: devchg|mixchg (0|fixed), alsavol (none), playstate (paused)
20210724 083912 worker: Job mpdcfg
20210724 083914 worker: Job mpdcfg: devchg|mixchg (0|0), alsavol (none), playstate (paused)
20210724 084005 worker: Job mpdrestart
20210724 204351 watchdog: Info: Reducing PHP fpm worker pool
I don't see anything suspicious in the System info report.

Couple things you could try:

- Try a different client for example a PC, Mac or Linux box
- Try a client connected via Ethernet
- Clear the Browser cache
- Turn off any Browser add-ons
@Cyberguy

My collection is only 1/4 the size of yours but other users has reported acceptable performance with even bigger collections. Certainly try Tim's suggestions.

I do see two probably unrelated issues in the moodeutl log which should be addressed.

1) The timezone setting suggests you are located in Europe but the WLAN country code is still set to the default "US". While this is apparently working, it's best to set the country code correctly.

2) the CPU is running hot. According to the reported bitmask value it was not being throttled at the moment moodeutl was invoked but it has been throttled at least once since it booted. (IIRC, when it hits the soft-temperature limit the RPi3B+ CPU throttles down from 1.4GHz to 1.2GHz which is not a major slowdown.)

Code:
SoC temperature        = 55.8°C
Throttled bitmask    = 0x80000
Throttled text        = Soft temperature limit has occurred


A better cooling solution is called for.

Regards,
Kent
Hi again and thanks fore Your suggestions.

I did not mention all I have tryed, but what You suggest, has been tryed several times (except) timezone.

It has been a problem for month, and it was too, when we had colder whether here weeks/month ago ?

I have a Windows i7 desktop connected via LAN with the same problem. It handles i better, but still not
with out problems.

It could be related to my netwok (got a new switch) month ago - but still - no problem browsing
“Resently added” in album view or anything else.

Thanks