Improve initial loading time

- Configure the decoder according to Spotify's metadata, don't probe

- Return from `AudioFile::open` as soon as possible, with the smallest
  possible block size suitable for opening the decoder, so the UI
  transitions from loading to playing/paused state. From there,
  the regular prefetching will take over.

audio/src/fetch/mod.rs

@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ pub const MINIMUM_DOWNLOAD_SIZE: usize = 1024 * 128;
 /// Note: if the file is opened to play from the beginning, the amount of data to
 /// read ahead is requested in addition to this amount. If the file is opened to seek to
 /// another position, then only this amount is requested on the first request.
-pub const INITIAL_DOWNLOAD_SIZE: usize = 1024 * 128;
+pub const INITIAL_DOWNLOAD_SIZE: usize = 1024 * 8;
-
-/// The ping time that is used for calculations before a ping time was actually measured.
-pub const INITIAL_PING_TIME_ESTIMATE: Duration = Duration::from_millis(500);
 
 /// If the measured ping time to the Spotify server is larger than this value, it is capped
 /// to avoid run-away block sizes and pre-fetching.
@@ -321,7 +318,6 @@ impl AudioFile {
         session: &Session,
         file_id: FileId,
         bytes_per_second: usize,
-        play_from_beginning: bool,
     ) -> Result<AudioFile, Error> {
         if let Some(file) = session.cache().and_then(|cache| cache.file(file_id)) {
             debug!("File {} already in cache", file_id);
@@ -332,13 +328,8 @@ impl AudioFile {
 
         let (complete_tx, complete_rx) = oneshot::channel();
 
-        let streaming = AudioFileStreaming::open(
+        let streaming =
-            session.clone(),
+            AudioFileStreaming::open(session.clone(), file_id, complete_tx, bytes_per_second);
-            file_id,
-            complete_tx,
-            bytes_per_second,
-            play_from_beginning,
-        );
 
         let session_ = session.clone();
         session.spawn(complete_rx.map_ok(move |mut file| {
@@ -386,38 +377,26 @@ impl AudioFileStreaming {
         file_id: FileId,
         complete_tx: oneshot::Sender<NamedTempFile>,
         bytes_per_second: usize,
-        play_from_beginning: bool,
     ) -> Result<AudioFileStreaming, Error> {
-        // When the audio file is really small, this `download_size` may turn out to be
-        // larger than the audio file we're going to stream later on. This is OK; requesting
-        // `Content-Range` > `Content-Length` will return the complete file with status code
-        // 206 Partial Content.
-        let download_size = if play_from_beginning {
-            INITIAL_DOWNLOAD_SIZE
-                + max(
-                    (READ_AHEAD_DURING_PLAYBACK.as_secs_f32() * bytes_per_second as f32) as usize,
-                    (INITIAL_PING_TIME_ESTIMATE.as_secs_f32()
-                        * READ_AHEAD_DURING_PLAYBACK_ROUNDTRIPS
-                        * bytes_per_second as f32) as usize,
-                )
-        } else {
-            INITIAL_DOWNLOAD_SIZE
-        };
-
         let cdn_url = CdnUrl::new(file_id).resolve_audio(&session).await?;
 
         if let Ok(url) = cdn_url.try_get_url() {
             trace!("Streaming from {}", url);
         }
 
-        let mut streamer = session
+        // When the audio file is really small, this `download_size` may turn out to be
+        // larger than the audio file we're going to stream later on. This is OK; requesting
+        // `Content-Range` > `Content-Length` will return the complete file with status code
+        // 206 Partial Content.
+        let mut streamer =
+            session
                 .spclient()
-            .stream_from_cdn(&cdn_url, 0, download_size)?;
+                .stream_from_cdn(&cdn_url, 0, INITIAL_DOWNLOAD_SIZE)?;
-        let request_time = Instant::now();
 
         // Get the first chunk with the headers to get the file size.
         // The remainder of that chunk with possibly also a response body is then
         // further processed in `audio_file_fetch`.
+        let request_time = Instant::now();
         let response = streamer.next().await.ok_or(AudioFileError::NoData)??;
 
         let header_value = response
@@ -425,14 +404,16 @@ impl AudioFileStreaming {
             .get(CONTENT_RANGE)
             .ok_or(AudioFileError::Header)?;
         let str_value = header_value.to_str()?;
-        let file_size_str = str_value.split('/').last().unwrap_or_default();
+        let hyphen_index = str_value.find('-').unwrap_or_default();
-        let file_size = file_size_str.parse()?;
+        let slash_index = str_value.find('/').unwrap_or_default();
+        let upper_bound: usize = str_value[hyphen_index + 1..slash_index].parse()?;
+        let file_size = str_value[slash_index + 1..].parse()?;
 
         let initial_request = StreamingRequest {
             streamer,
             initial_response: Some(response),
             offset: 0,
-            length: download_size,
+            length: upper_bound + 1,
             request_time,
         };
 

playback/src/decoder/symphonia_decoder.rs

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 use std::io;
 
-use symphonia::core::{
+use symphonia::{
+    core::{
         audio::SampleBuffer,
         codecs::{Decoder, DecoderOptions},
         errors::Error,
         formats::{FormatReader, SeekMode, SeekTo},
         io::{MediaSource, MediaSourceStream, MediaSourceStreamOptions},
-    meta::{MetadataOptions, StandardTagKey, Value},
+        meta::{StandardTagKey, Value},
-    probe::Hint,
         units::Time,
+    },
+    default::{
+        codecs::{Mp3Decoder, VorbisDecoder},
+        formats::{Mp3Reader, OggReader},
+    },
 };
 
 use super::{AudioDecoder, AudioPacket, DecoderError, DecoderResult};
@@ -20,13 +25,13 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 pub struct SymphoniaDecoder {
-    decoder: Box<dyn Decoder>,
     format: Box<dyn FormatReader>,
+    decoder: Box<dyn Decoder>,
     sample_buffer: Option<SampleBuffer<f64>>,
 }
 
 impl SymphoniaDecoder {
-    pub fn new<R>(input: R, format: AudioFileFormat) -> DecoderResult<Self>
+    pub fn new<R>(input: R, file_format: AudioFileFormat) -> DecoderResult<Self>
     where
         R: MediaSource + 'static,
     {
@@ -35,41 +40,37 @@ impl SymphoniaDecoder {
         };
         let mss = MediaSourceStream::new(Box::new(input), mss_opts);
 
-        // Not necessary, but speeds up loading.
-        let mut hint = Hint::new();
-        if AudioFiles::is_ogg_vorbis(format) {
-            hint.with_extension("ogg");
-            hint.mime_type("audio/ogg");
-        } else if AudioFiles::is_mp3(format) {
-            hint.with_extension("mp3");
-            hint.mime_type("audio/mp3");
-        } else if AudioFiles::is_flac(format) {
-            hint.with_extension("flac");
-            hint.mime_type("audio/flac");
-        }
-
         let format_opts = Default::default();
-        let metadata_opts: MetadataOptions = Default::default();
+        let format: Box<dyn FormatReader> = if AudioFiles::is_ogg_vorbis(file_format) {
-        let decoder_opts: DecoderOptions = Default::default();
+            Box::new(OggReader::try_new(mss, &format_opts)?)
-
+        } else if AudioFiles::is_mp3(file_format) {
-        let probed =
+            Box::new(Mp3Reader::try_new(mss, &format_opts)?)
-            symphonia::default::get_probe().format(&hint, mss, &format_opts, &metadata_opts)?;
+        } else {
-        let format = probed.format;
+            return Err(DecoderError::SymphoniaDecoder(format!(
+                "Unsupported format: {:?}",
+                file_format
+            )));
+        };
 
         let track = format.default_track().ok_or_else(|| {
             DecoderError::SymphoniaDecoder("Could not retrieve default track".into())
         })?;
 
-        let decoder = symphonia::default::get_codecs().make(&track.codec_params, &decoder_opts)?;
+        let decoder_opts: DecoderOptions = Default::default();
+        let decoder: Box<dyn Decoder> = if AudioFiles::is_ogg_vorbis(file_format) {
+            Box::new(VorbisDecoder::try_new(&track.codec_params, &decoder_opts)?)
+        } else if AudioFiles::is_mp3(file_format) {
+            Box::new(Mp3Decoder::try_new(&track.codec_params, &decoder_opts)?)
+        } else {
+            return Err(DecoderError::SymphoniaDecoder(format!(
+                "Unsupported decoder: {:?}",
+                file_format
+            )));
+        };
 
-        let codec_params = decoder.codec_params();
+        let rate = decoder.codec_params().sample_rate.ok_or_else(|| {
-        let rate = codec_params.sample_rate.ok_or_else(|| {
             DecoderError::SymphoniaDecoder("Could not retrieve sample rate".into())
         })?;
-        let channels = codec_params.channels.ok_or_else(|| {
-            DecoderError::SymphoniaDecoder("Could not retrieve channel configuration".into())
-        })?;
-
         if rate != SAMPLE_RATE {
             return Err(DecoderError::SymphoniaDecoder(format!(
                 "Unsupported sample rate: {}",
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ impl SymphoniaDecoder {
             )));
         }
 
+        let channels = decoder.codec_params().channels.ok_or_else(|| {
+            DecoderError::SymphoniaDecoder("Could not retrieve channel configuration".into())
+        })?;
         if channels.count() != NUM_CHANNELS as usize {
             return Err(DecoderError::SymphoniaDecoder(format!(
                 "Unsupported number of channels: {}",
@@ -85,8 +89,8 @@ impl SymphoniaDecoder {
         }
 
         Ok(Self {
-            decoder,
             format,
+            decoder,
 
             // We set the sample buffer when decoding the first full packet,
             // whose duration is also the ideal sample buffer size.

playback/src/player.rs

@@ -875,17 +875,11 @@ impl PlayerTrackLoader {
         };
 
         let bytes_per_second = self.stream_data_rate(format);
-        let play_from_beginning = position_ms == 0;
 
         // This is only a loop to be able to reload the file if an error occured
         // while opening a cached file.
         loop {
-            let encrypted_file = AudioFile::open(
+            let encrypted_file = AudioFile::open(&self.session, file_id, bytes_per_second);
-                &self.session,
-                file_id,
-                bytes_per_second,
-                play_from_beginning,
-            );
 
             let encrypted_file = match encrypted_file.await {
                 Ok(encrypted_file) => encrypted_file,