I noticed non-gaplessness with AAC a few months back and found that the
problem only occurred with synced players. Streaming to a single player
worked fine.
As others have pointed out the issues with M4A file layout, I'll mention
that recent versions of Foobar2000 have an option under utilities
AndyTwizzle wrote:
> As I stated in my original post, I have no problem with any CDs at all -
> they all play perfectly in my digital collection having been converted
> into Apply Lossless ALAC using iTunes. It's the gapless albums
> downloaded from iTunes that have momentary gaps in between
pinkdot wrote:
> That would trigger transcoding on your nas. Something you don't want
> according to bpa.
>
> IMO, the best option here would be to find the CD's where gapless
> playback is wanted.
> Convert these files to FLAC.
> This way your nas doesn't have to do any transcoding, and FLAC
pinkdot wrote:
> Sorry, yes you are right. Are you referring to this post?
> http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?93714-Gapless-playback-no-longer-working-properly=691896=1#post691896/QUOTE]
> yes.
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bpa wrote:
> NO - I said the only way to get gapless is to USE transcoding and
> disable native. This is according to [Andyg LMS developer? ] advice in
> the other referenced thread.
Sorry, yes you are right. Are you referring to this post?
And to chime in with the rest of the guys .
The NAS migth not be upp to it (memory and cpu) .
So test nr 2 was to run LMS on more powerfull machine (any other
computer you migth have ) and do the same test .
Main hifi: Touch
AndyTwizzle wrote:
> What should that achieve? And what do the other stream type options do?
For the AAC exemple it would NOT send AAC to the players it would pick
one of the remaining alternatives (in qualaity order and if the player
supports it)
It would then try to send FLAC and doing that
pinkdot wrote:
> That would trigger transcoding on your nas. Something you don't want
> according to bpa.
>
> IMO, the best option here would be to find the CD's where gapless
> playback is wanted.
> Convert these files to FLAC.
> This way your nas doesn't have to do any transcoding, and FLAC
That would trigger transcoding on your nas. Something you don't want
according to bpa.
IMO, the best option here would be to find the CD's where gapless
playback is wanted.
Convert these files to FLAC.
This way your nas doesn't have to do any transcoding, and FLAC is
supported natively by all
Mnyb wrote:
> For example AAC the first tab says native turn that to disabled
> Do the same for ALAC.
What should that achieve? And what do the other stream type options do?
My setup:
- LMS 7.9.1-166 running on Synology 213air connected to Wi-Fi router
via LAN cable
- 1 x
For example AAC the first tab says native turn that to disabled
Do the same for ALAC.
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel
Thanks for the tip - I'd turned off Beta upgrades in DSM. Now have
versiojn 7.9.1-166 (although have yet to test out gapless AAC/M4A).
I've never played with Settings>Advanced>File Types before (screenshot
below). In fact, I'm not exactly sure what it is I'm setting. I
understand that it is
Thanks for the tip - I'd turned off Beta upgrades in DSM. Now have
versiojn 7.9.1-166 (although have yet to test out gapless AAC/M4A).
I've never played with Settings>Advanced>File Types before (screenshot
below). In fact, I'm not exactly sure what it is I'm setting. I
understand that it is
AndyTwizzle wrote:
> I'm on DSM 6.1.5-15254-1, released on 27 Feb 2018. I haven't updated to
> the latest LMS as I only upgrade when there's a new packaged-up Beta
> version available from Synology's Package Center (plus I don't know how
> to manually install it myself).
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
pinkdot wrote:
> I don't know if AAC is gapless in every setup or not, but what DSM
> version is installed on your nas?
> Why don't you update LMS to 7.9.1 166?
I'm on DSM 6.1.5-15254-1, released on 27 Feb 2018. I haven't updated to
the latest LMS as I only upgrade when there's a new
I don't know if AAC is gapless in every setup or not, but what DSM
version is installed on your nas?
Why don't you update LMS to 7.9.1 166?
-LMS on Raspian Stretch -> 2x Radio
-RPI 3 ('Mopidy' (https://www.mopidy.com/)), Aune S6 - Exposure 3010S2
- PMC FB1i
Accordinging to
https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/General/What_kind_of_CPU_does_my_NAS_have
The processor on your LMS server seems to be a Marvell Kirkwood 88F6282
which a single core prcoessor with no hardware Floating point support
(i.e. no FPU) . Transcoding does
Hi yeah, I disabled all native AAC/M4A in the settings, but gapless AAC
albums still have a momentary gap between tracks. Any other ideas?
Andy
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AndyTwizzle wrote:
> Just a thought... I disabled (what I thought were) unused plugins a few
> months ago. Is it possible I've disabled one (3rd party or otherwise)
> that may have prevented this bug)?
Plugins generally enable playback. So if playback happens (albeit with
gaps) and plugin is
Just a thought... I disabled (what I thought were) unused plugins a few
months ago. Is it possible I've disabled one (3rd party or otherwise)
that may have prevented this bug)?
AndyTwizzle's Profile:
Thanks for the replies. Just tested the changes both threads mentioned
(turning off sync between players and turning off native AAC
transcoding) and neither worked. With both changes, CDs scanned in as
ALAC play perfectly gaplessly, but AAC doesn't.
I mostly listen to shuffled playlists on my
Mnyb wrote:
> Over the years some shortcomings of the built in alac and aac decoder in
> Touch has been discussed.
> Im not sure if this gap issue is one of them .
Gapless AAC has been discussed a numebr of times - one of the issues is
the file format - IIRC unlike MP3,AAC in a M4A format has
Experiment for you .
Disable native AAC in file types and see if the server does a better job
decoding AAC than the Today h itself ?
Hopefully your NAS is a recent model that have the grunt to run faad and
SoX.
( otherwise test with a computer based lms ).
Over the years some shortcomings of
Setup:
LMS 7.9.0-163 running on Synology 213air connected to Wi-Fi router via
LAN cable
1 x Squeezebox Touch, 2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 x Squeezebox Receiver -
all connecting over Wi-Fi
LMS library either ALAC Apple Lossles (scanned in on iTunes) or
AAC/M4A 256kbps downloads from iTunes
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