Thomas64

Hi @Miska and @antonellocaroli I love the products of both of you and would like to combine them in my setup: HQPlayer on RPi5 and GentooPlayer on RPi3 (=Magna Mano Ultra Player, no USB input). At the end of the digital chain I need AES/EBU for the DAC. I think I understand so far (please, correct me if wrong) the current approach would be Diretta, but is too complicated to me and the Diretta ASIO driver would require USB HQPlayer uses NAA (which e.g. in Ropieee I just need to switch on) GentooPlayer has a configuration switch to see HQPlayer but only on the same machine (?). To have HQP on the RPi3 in addition would lack performance. GentooPlayer goes towards Diretta, which I find an information nightmare so far (if there was proper docu for a non-Linux-specialist I would try) Any idea for a solution? Can you imagin to make access to the NW protocol of each other easier? To switch NAA on/off in GentooPlayer would be a great solution.

@Miska I tried it playing from my phone as I don't use streaming services: same issue, difference in audibility. I found users with similar problems in other forums. They seem to gravitate mainly around BubbleUpnp. I will leave it for now, use mConnect and see if I can live with the frequency of errors. Thanks so far.

@Miska I tried mConnect and Hi-Fi Cast as Control Point: Logs Same structure with all 3 CP's: one request with manual transition, two requests with automatic transition Audibility Hi-Fi Cast: no audible problem so far mConnect: it happens but fewer than with BubbleUpnp

@Miska Minim Transcoding: not activated, did a reset of the profile to be sure AAC: I was surprised myself. Those are Youtube downloads with JDownloader. Maybe something strange happens there Remark: with HQP Desktop/Client the problem never occurs ( I assume this is a weak test as on different HW) I checked the logs If I use Transport Control or Playlist (problem does not occur) it looks like this & 2024/09/16 07:28:00 Idle & 2024/09/16 07:28:00 Play next URI: http://192.168.178.100:9790/minimserver/*/music/*23*20Jazz/*23*20Jacques*20Loussier/My*20Personal*20Favorites*20The*20Jacques*20Loussier*20Trio*20Plays*20Bach/6-Italian*20ConcertoAllegro.wav 2024/09/16 07:28:01 Stream buffer 2646000/26460 & 2024/09/16 07:28:01 Play 2024/09/16 07:28:01 Stream reader freewheel mode disabled With automatic transition (problem occurs) it looks as if the new track is fetched twice and depending on the timing of the idle request this bug is audible or not (I don't want to pretend I understand your programming) 2024/09/16 07:41:46 End of track at 205.372/205.372/0 & 2024/09/16 07:41:46 Next (133) 2024/09/16 07:41:46 Idle request & 2024/09/16 07:41:48 Play next URI: http://192.168.178.100:9790/minimserver/*/music/*23*20Jazz/*23*20Jacques*20Loussier/My*20Personal*20Favorites*20The*20Jacques*20Loussier*20Trio*20Plays*20Bach/9-Partita*20in*20E*20majorPartita*20in*20E*20major.wav 2024/09/16 07:41:48 Stream buffer 2646000/26460 & 2024/09/16 07:41:48 Play 2024/09/16 07:41:48 Stream reader freewheel mode disabled & 2024/09/16 07:41:48 Play next URI: http://192.168.178.100:9790/minimserver/*/music/*23*20Jazz/*23*20Jacques*20Loussier/My*20Personal*20Favorites*20The*20Jacques*20Loussier*20Trio*20Plays*20Bach/9-Partita*20in*20E*20majorPartita*20in*20E*20major.wav 2024/09/16 07:41:48 Stream buffer 2646000/26460 & 2024/09/16 07:41:48 Play 2024/09/16 07:41:48 Stream reader freewheel mode disabled

I have started using HQP image on RPi5. All works fine and SQ is great There is an annoying problem, though when going from one track to the next automatically it sounds as if the new track starts twice within some ms (or there is a full drop after some ms) I get music from Minim on NAS, playing to Ropiee on Rpi via NAA, using BubbleUpnp as control I play PCM, output 24/192 (problem occurs with 24/96 too) HPQ is on same switch as NAS connected to another switch with the player What I tested so far problem seems to depend on source file: it occurs with wav/flac 44,1 16 and 24bit (>50%), but not all of them. If a file is affected the problem is reproducible. It seems not to appear with aac128kb, but I found 24/96 files where it does not appear either. It seems NOT to depend on the CD/album. I found albums where most tracks are affected but not all (again reproducible) I NEVER hear this problem when selecting the next track from the playlist manually, or jumping back and forth with the Bubble transport control problem is independent from selected filter, even if none any idea? Thanks Thomas