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
Been listening to my digitised + iTunes music colleciton as one library via LMS for many years around the house. Much of my collection is scanned in from CDs, but for the last three years I've mostly been downloading from iTunes to save physical space in the house. I downloaded David Bowie's live album 'Stage (2017 Remaster)' as 256kbps AAC from iTunes recently and noticed split second audible gaps between the tracks when there is crowd noise. This really surprised me, as I know LMS is gapless and I have many, many mix, live and continuously-segued CDs that play perfectly gapless in their ALAC Apple Lossless digitised versions. The album plays gaplessly on my iPod Nano, so it's not a problem with the album's actual audio.
Now I stop to think about it, I guess most of my downloaded iTunes collection has silence between album tracks, so buying this particular live album could be the first time I've really noticed that an album from iTunes doesn't play perfectly gapless on my Squeezeboxes via LMS. Guessing it's not a pre-buffering issue, as ALAC files are much larger than 256kbps AAC, and transition gaplessly with no problems.
Anyone experienced this with iTunes downloads or other M4A/AAC tracks on LMS? Anyone know of any LMS or Squeezebox settings that might prevent it? Any other tips?
Thanks
Andy
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
Been listening to my digitised + iTunes music colleciton as one library via LMS for many years around the house. Much of my collection is scanned in from CDs, but for the last three years I've mostly been downloading from iTunes to save physical space in the house. I downloaded David Bowie's live album 'Stage (2017 Remaster)' as 256kbps AAC from iTunes recently and noticed split second audible gaps between the tracks when there is crowd noise. This really surprised me, as I know LMS is gapless and I have many, many mix, live and continuously-segued CDs that play perfectly gapless in their ALAC Apple Lossless digitised versions. The album plays gaplessly on my iPod Nano, so it's not a problem with the album's actual audio.
Now I stop to think about it, I guess most of my downloaded iTunes collection has silence between album tracks, so buying this particular live album could be the first time I've really noticed that an album from iTunes doesn't play perfectly gapless on my Squeezeboxes via LMS. Guessing it's not a pre-buffering issue, as ALAC files are much larger than 256kbps AAC, and transition gaplessly with no problems.
Anyone experienced this with iTunes downloads or other M4A/AAC tracks on LMS? Anyone know of any LMS or Squeezebox settings that might prevent it? Any other tips?
Thanks
Andy