Playback periodically stops until terminal window gains focus

[scoaste]

Subject of the issue

Playback periodically stops until terminal window gains focus

Your environment

• version of pianobar
  2022.04.01

• your Linux distribution and release version
  Xubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch) 24.04

• ffmpeg/libav version and the flags it was compiled with (if you compiled yourself)
  n/a

Steps to reproduce

• Launch pianobar in a terminal window
• Wait while engaged in some activity in another app (i.e. browser)
• Pianobar playback will occasionally stop between songs
• Switching focus to the terminal window in which pianobar was launched resumes playback

Expected behaviour

Continuous playback w/out intervention

Actual behaviour

Intervention necessary to continue playback

[PromyLOPh]

Which terminal application and version are you using? Does it work correctly in other terminals like xterm? What does your pianobar configuration look like?

[scoaste]

I only have the standard Xubuntu terminal installed. It's launched with "exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator"
Nothing fancy in config:

user = xxxx
password = xxxx
autostart_station = xxxx
audio_quality = high
buffer_seconds = 10
ca_bundle = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

Pianobar version hasn't changed lately. I assume it must be something updated from development branch of Noble Numbat, though I have no idea what.

[PromyLOPh]

Could be a terminal emulator regression, if it’s from the development branch. You could try strace or gdb and see if/where pianobar gets stuck.