KeBul wrote: > Wow, I've battered my setup with testing for over 10 hours now, trying > to reproduce the issue and I think I've made some sort of progress, I've > gone from rough memory, trying to replicate what I'd done when the > volume dropped to 49% to actively abusing the setup trying to break it. > (I used to be a software tester... ah!! those good old days!!) > > I've managed to get the volume to change seemingly on it's "own", as > Michael thought, initiating a connect and play from the Spotify App > which previously had a different volume level set and the volume change > was immediate on playing... > > > > - So Touch volume = 85 - Open Spotify App (on MacOS) and connect to Touch - Spotify App > volume slider moves up to a higher level, Touch volume remains at > 85% - Reduce volume using slider in Spotify App, there's no % indication > in the App but Touch volume level follows and drops to a lower > level, in this test 44% - In LMS Web UI switch to playing a local file - Touch volume > remains at 44% local file plays, Spotify App playing is paused but > connect remains "listening" to Touch player - Increase Touch volume back to 85% in LMS Web UI - Go back to Spotify App and click on play for the paused track - > Play on Touch swaps from local file to Spotify track and volume on > Touch drops back to 44% - > > > > > This, from Michael's comments is probably expected behaviour, although > re-synching of volume does seem inconsistent depending how you > initiate the connection, sometimes Spotify App will change to > LMS/player volume setting, sometimes LMS/player volume will change to > Spotify App volume. > > However, I've also managed to get volume changes whilst playing > outside of Spotify Connect and that's from further testing around this > concept of getting Spotify App and LMS/Spotty out of sync, especially > by direct selecting a non-Spotify track or stream in LMS Web UI whilst > a Spotify Connect is still in progress (Step 4 above), in this state, > play from the Spotify App via connect is paused *but the connect > remains in place* and the volume of the player can still be changed > from the App even though it's not actually playing through the App... > Obviously this may not be everyone's issue - but I'm fairly sure I've > managed to replicate my volume change issue... > > Being new to this Spotify thing and not being overly familiar with the > App or connect, but wanting to explore the integration with LMS, I > first tried to find Plant & Krauss Raise the Roof using search in LMS > Web UI, that didn't find anything, so I used the Spotify App on my Mac > and selected my SB Touch through the devices menu. After listening to > that album Spotify continued to queue up more tracks, I then tried the > search artist option in LMS Web UI managing to find another artist and > browsed for albums on Spotify, found the album I was after and played > it. > This, as I've subsequently found out, pauses the play on the Spotify > App but leaves the player connected to the App. At some time whilst > listening to this second album I must have gone back to the Spotify > App (I may even have exited the App and then re-opened it later, the > connect but not playing state remains), and whilst in the App must > have adjusted the volume - which reduced the volume on the Touch, > (mute in the App doesn't mute the player but then un-mute will then > change the volume of the player to match the App volume). Bear in mind > I was new to, and playing around in, the App and probably wasn't aware > of the significance of the connected status. > > Along similar lines, I tested whether this behaviour occurs with the > IOS App - having put the setup back into the connected but not playing > state on the MacOS App I then closed that App and opened the Spotify > IOS App on my iPhone - that also picked up the connected but not > playing state (Spotify user cached state), in this case though one > "innocuous" click on the volume down button on the side of the phone > saw the volume on the player drop to 23%. > > I have log files for these incidents, but would probably need to > notate to indicate what I did where in the log file, but I think it's > easily reproduced following the steps above and having a little play > around. > > Thoughts?? > > KevIn my case the volume always jumps to 49 or 50% though. It never jumps to any other value.
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