VS1053 MP3 Codec

Hello, I recently bought a breakout board for the VS1053 MP3 Codec, I'm trying to test it but I seem to be failing. I used adafruit's code for it, it partially works. The codec itself is detected successfully, the SD card as well. But when it comes to playing a file from the card, I says "Playing track 001", after a minute or two (less than the track's length) it says "Done Playing" (indicates that the arduino isn't freezing) and nothing comes out the speakers. My SD card is 8 GB and due to it's size being largr than 2 GB, I can't format it to FAT16 so I'm stuck with FAT32. Although, the SD library can dump the file to the serial monitor. Please help me.

/*************************************************** 
  This is an example for the Adafruit VS1053 Codec Breakout

  Designed specifically to work with the Adafruit VS1053 Codec Breakout 
  ----> https://www.adafruit.com/products/1381

  Adafruit invests time and resources providing this open source code, 
  please support Adafruit and open-source hardware by purchasing 
  products from Adafruit!

  Written by Limor Fried/Ladyada for Adafruit Industries.  
  BSD license, all text above must be included in any redistribution
 ****************************************************/

// include SPI, MP3 and SD libraries
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Adafruit_VS1053.h>
#include <SD.h>

// define the pins used
//#define CLK 13       // SPI Clock, shared with SD card
//#define MISO 12      // Input data, from VS1053/SD card
//#define MOSI 11      // Output data, to VS1053/SD card
// Connect CLK, MISO and MOSI to hardware SPI pins. 
// See http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/SPI "Connections"

// These are the pins used for the breakout example
#define BREAKOUT_RESET  9      // VS1053 reset pin (output)
#define BREAKOUT_CS     10     // VS1053 chip select pin (output)
#define BREAKOUT_DCS    8      // VS1053 Data/command select pin (output)
// These are the pins used for the music maker shield
//#define SHIELD_RESET  -1      // VS1053 reset pin (unused!)
//#define SHIELD_CS     7      // VS1053 chip select pin (output)
//#define SHIELD_DCS    6      // VS1053 Data/command select pin (output)

// These are common pins between breakout and shield
#define CARDCS 4     // Card chip select pin
// DREQ should be an Int pin, see http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/attachInterrupt
#define DREQ 2       // VS1053 Data request, ideally an Interrupt pin

Adafruit_VS1053_FilePlayer musicPlayer = 
  // create breakout-example object!
  Adafruit_VS1053_FilePlayer(BREAKOUT_RESET, BREAKOUT_CS, BREAKOUT_DCS, DREQ, CARDCS);
  // create shield-example object!
  //Adafruit_VS1053_FilePlayer(SHIELD_RESET, SHIELD_CS, SHIELD_DCS, DREQ, CARDCS);

uint8_t volume = 20;
  
void setup() {
  /*
  pinMode(A0,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(A4,OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(A0,LOW);
  digitalWrite(A4,HIGH);
  */
  
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("Adafruit VS1053 Simple Test");

  if (! musicPlayer.begin()) { // initialise the music player
     Serial.println(F("Couldn't find VS1053, do you have the right pins defined?"));
     while (1);
  }
  Serial.println(F("VS1053 found"));
  
  SD.begin(CARDCS);    // initialise the SD card
  
  // Set volume for left, right channels. lower numbers == louder volume!
  musicPlayer.setVolume(volume,volume);

  // Timer interrupts are not suggested, better to use DREQ interrupt!
  //musicPlayer.useInterrupt(VS1053_FILEPLAYER_TIMER0_INT); // timer int

  // If DREQ is on an interrupt pin (on uno, #2 or #3) we can do background
  // audio playing
  musicPlayer.useInterrupt(VS1053_FILEPLAYER_PIN_INT);  // DREQ int
  
  // Play one file, don't return until complete
  //Serial.println(F("Playing track 001"));
  //musicPlayer.playFullFile("track001.mp3");
  // Play another file in the background, REQUIRES interrupts!
  Serial.println(F("Playing track 001"));
  musicPlayer.startPlayingFile("track001.mp3");
}

void loop() {
  // File is playing in the background
  if (musicPlayer.stopped()) {
    Serial.println("Done playing music");
    while (1);
  }
  if (Serial.available()) {
    char c = Serial.read();
    
    // if we get an 's' on the serial console, stop!
    if (c == 's') {
      musicPlayer.stopPlaying();
    }
    
    // if we get an 'p' on the serial console, pause/unpause!
    if (c == 'p') {
      if (! musicPlayer.paused()) {
        Serial.println("Paused");
        musicPlayer.pausePlaying(true);
      } else { 
        Serial.println("Resumed");
        musicPlayer.pausePlaying(false);
      }
    }
  }
  //volume = map(analogRead(A2),0,1023,0,255);
  //musicPlayer.setVolume(volume,volume);

  delay(100);
}

Hi

did you ever get to the bottom of this problem. I to have this problem and have no clue how to resolve it at this time ? :confused:

I know this problem is a year old, I will probably get pointed out for that. Being a Punk, I don't really give crap for their 'authority'.

So here is a project to give your VS10x3 a real test drive. Ed says it's for VS1053, But I got it working with VS1003, so I say VS10x3. It's actually pretty much the only serious MP3 project on the OPEN market. Here is the link.

Internet Radio + network MP3 player using VS1053

This project works. Hope you have fun