DFPlayer Mini - Playing every other track

Hey everyone, im using a DFPlayer mini on a game that im making and I'm pulling my hair out with this one, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't which makes this more irritating. I'm using it to play sound effects when a button is pressed and during an intro animatiion but most of the time it'll play the track once, then it won't play the track again, then it'll play it the next time. I'm not using alibrary now as I get the same results regardless but this is what I'm sending it:

void playAudio(byte x) {
Serial1.write((byte)0x7E);
Serial1.write((byte)0xFF);
Serial1.write((byte)0x06);
Serial1.write((byte)0x03);
Serial1.write((byte)0x00);
Serial1.write((byte)0x00);
Serial1.write((byte)x);
Serial1.write((byte)0xEF);
}

Cycling the power will sometimes remedy the issue but I need it to be consistant, I can't understand what is going wrong!

Me neither. Post your code or a minimum sketch the compiles, runs and illustrates the problem.

Please draw a schematic or at least tell us what all else is hooked up, and how, to the Arduino.

a7

Use a library, and this sketch from https://wiki.dfrobot.com/DFPlayer_Mini_SKU_DFR0299

/***************************************************
 DFPlayer - A Mini MP3 Player For Arduino
 <https://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1121>

 ***************************************************
 This example shows the all the function of library for DFPlayer.

 Created 2016-12-07
 By [Angelo qiao](Angelo.qiao@dfrobot.com)

 GNU Lesser General Public License.
 See <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> for details.
 All above must be included in any redistribution
 ****************************************************/

/***********Notice and Trouble shooting***************
 1.Connection and Diagram can be found here
<https://www.dfrobot.com/wiki/index.php/DFPlayer_Mini_SKU:DFR0299#Connection_Diagram>
 2.This code is tested on Arduino Uno, Leonardo, Mega boards.
 ****************************************************/

#include "Arduino.h"
#include "SoftwareSerial.h"
#include "DFRobotDFPlayerMini.h"

SoftwareSerial mySoftwareSerial(10, 11); // RX, TX
DFRobotDFPlayerMini myDFPlayer;
void printDetail(uint8_t type, int value);

void setup()
{
  mySoftwareSerial.begin(9600);
  Serial.begin(115200);

  Serial.println();
  Serial.println(F("DFRobot DFPlayer Mini Demo"));
  Serial.println(F("Initializing DFPlayer ... (May take 3~5 seconds)"));

  if (!myDFPlayer.begin(mySoftwareSerial)) {  //Use softwareSerial to communicate with mp3.
    Serial.println(F("Unable to begin:"));
    Serial.println(F("1.Please recheck the connection!"));
    Serial.println(F("2.Please insert the SD card!"));
    while(true);
  }
  Serial.println(F("DFPlayer Mini online."));

  myDFPlayer.setTimeOut(500); //Set serial communictaion time out 500ms

  //----Set volume----
  myDFPlayer.volume(10);  //Set volume value (0~30).
  myDFPlayer.volumeUp(); //Volume Up
  myDFPlayer.volumeDown(); //Volume Down

  //----Set different EQ----
  myDFPlayer.EQ(DFPLAYER_EQ_NORMAL);
//  myDFPlayer.EQ(DFPLAYER_EQ_POP);
//  myDFPlayer.EQ(DFPLAYER_EQ_ROCK);
//  myDFPlayer.EQ(DFPLAYER_EQ_JAZZ);
//  myDFPlayer.EQ(DFPLAYER_EQ_CLASSIC);
//  myDFPlayer.EQ(DFPLAYER_EQ_BASS);

  //----Set device we use SD as default----
//  myDFPlayer.outputDevice(DFPLAYER_DEVICE_U_DISK);
  myDFPlayer.outputDevice(DFPLAYER_DEVICE_SD);
//  myDFPlayer.outputDevice(DFPLAYER_DEVICE_AUX);
//  myDFPlayer.outputDevice(DFPLAYER_DEVICE_SLEEP);
//  myDFPlayer.outputDevice(DFPLAYER_DEVICE_FLASH);

  //----Mp3 control----
//  myDFPlayer.sleep();     //sleep
//  myDFPlayer.reset();     //Reset the module
//  myDFPlayer.enableDAC();  //Enable On-chip DAC
//  myDFPlayer.disableDAC();  //Disable On-chip DAC
//  myDFPlayer.outputSetting(true, 15); //output setting, enable the output and set the gain to 15

  //----Mp3 play----
  myDFPlayer.next();  //Play next mp3
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.previous();  //Play previous mp3
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.play(1);  //Play the first mp3
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.loop(1);  //Loop the first mp3
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.pause();  //pause the mp3
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.start();  //start the mp3 from the pause
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.playFolder(15, 4);  //play specific mp3 in SD:/15/004.mp3; Folder Name(1~99); File Name(1~255)
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.enableLoopAll(); //loop all mp3 files.
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.disableLoopAll(); //stop loop all mp3 files.
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.playMp3Folder(4); //play specific mp3 in SD:/MP3/0004.mp3; File Name(0~65535)
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.advertise(3); //advertise specific mp3 in SD:/ADVERT/0003.mp3; File Name(0~65535)
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.stopAdvertise(); //stop advertise
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.playLargeFolder(2, 999); //play specific mp3 in SD:/02/004.mp3; Folder Name(1~10); File Name(1~1000)
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.loopFolder(5); //loop all mp3 files in folder SD:/05.
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.randomAll(); //Random play all the mp3.
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.enableLoop(); //enable loop.
  delay(1000);
  myDFPlayer.disableLoop(); //disable loop.
  delay(1000);

  //----Read imformation----
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readState()); //read mp3 state
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readVolume()); //read current volume
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readEQ()); //read EQ setting
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readFileCounts()); //read all file counts in SD card
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readCurrentFileNumber()); //read current play file number
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readFileCountsInFolder(3)); //read fill counts in folder SD:/03
}

void loop()
{
  static unsigned long timer = millis();

  if (millis() - timer > 3000) {
    timer = millis();
    myDFPlayer.next();  //Play next mp3 every 3 second.
  }

  if (myDFPlayer.available()) {
    printDetail(myDFPlayer.readType(), myDFPlayer.read()); //Print the detail message from DFPlayer to handle different errors and states.
  }
}

void printDetail(uint8_t type, int value){
  switch (type) {
    case TimeOut:
      Serial.println(F("Time Out!"));
      break;
    case WrongStack:
      Serial.println(F("Stack Wrong!"));
      break;
    case DFPlayerCardInserted:
      Serial.println(F("Card Inserted!"));
      break;
    case DFPlayerCardRemoved:
      Serial.println(F("Card Removed!"));
      break;
    case DFPlayerCardOnline:
      Serial.println(F("Card Online!"));
      break;
    case DFPlayerPlayFinished:
      Serial.print(F("Number:"));
      Serial.print(value);
      Serial.println(F(" Play Finished!"));
      break;
    case DFPlayerError:
      Serial.print(F("DFPlayerError:"));
      switch (value) {
        case Busy:
          Serial.println(F("Card not found"));
          break;
        case Sleeping:
          Serial.println(F("Sleeping"));
          break;
        case SerialWrongStack:
          Serial.println(F("Get Wrong Stack"));
          break;
        case CheckSumNotMatch:
          Serial.println(F("Check Sum Not Match"));
          break;
        case FileIndexOut:
          Serial.println(F("File Index Out of Bound"));
          break;
        case FileMismatch:
          Serial.println(F("Cannot Find File"));
          break;
        case Advertise:
          Serial.println(F("In Advertise"));
          break;
        default:
          break;
      }
      break;
    default:
      break;
  }
}

Then just suss out the parts of the example you need.

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