# HG changeset patch
# User Drew Perttula <drewp@bigasterisk.com>
# Date 1182121063 0
# Node ID 26a73a4647cbfa1e2225b77df9c2974123132a8b
# Parent  e748d6edd37574a3a7896f7f0e7e281c2a7b0bc7
ascoltami cache filling

diff -r e748d6edd375 -r 26a73a4647cb bin/ascoltami
--- a/bin/ascoltami	Sun Jun 17 22:42:25 2007 +0000
+++ b/bin/ascoltami	Sun Jun 17 22:57:43 2007 +0000
@@ -196,12 +196,22 @@
         self.mpd.add(showconfig.songInMpd(MUS['preSong']))
         self.mpd.add(showconfig.songInMpd(song))
         self.mpd.add(showconfig.songInMpd(MUS['postSong']))
+
+        self.fillCache(song)
+        
         self.filename_var.set(graph.value(song, L9['showPath']))
         self.song_uri = song
 
         self.set_total_time(song)
         self.seek_to(-4)
 
+    def fillCache(self, song):
+        """read the song's entire wav file into memory just before
+        playing, so that mpd should never hit the disk during
+        playback. On score in 2007, we had some mpd stutters that were
+        always timed with a disk read."""
+        open(showconfig.songOnDisk(song)).read()
+
     def check_autopause(self):
         pause_time = self.total_time.get() + self.song_pad_time
         t = self.current_time.get()