MConnect Lite Gapless Playback Issue

Function TIDAL / QOBUZ / SPOTIFY
#1

While I wait for the Rose software team to find a fix for the Qobuz Connect problems, as well as the random track skipping issue, I thought I would try MConnect Lite UPNP as an interim solution.
It works fine and connects with my RS520 via iPad/iPhone instantly.
However, there is just one problem spoiling the experience - gapless playback.

The MConnect App has two gapless playback options, “ Gapless by App” and “Gapless to Renderer”. The former does not work at all but “ Gapless to Renderer” works perfectly until it reaches the second gapless track when it just stops playing, pauses for about 15 seconds, and then starts playing the track it has just played !!

I have tried different albums which feature gapless playback but the result is the same each time.

If anybody has any suggestions for a solution it would be highly appreciated.

#2

Asked Hifi Rose some years ago about implementing OpenHome in their products and they say: Not interested…
Without OpenHome you will never be able to use the rendering in a gapless way.
Some solutions are:

  • use Roon
  • use the Rose device as SqueezeClient and in LMS/Lyrion plugin for Qobuz
  • use streaming over BubbleUpnp server (here you’ve a caching)
  • use an audio casting app (here your device will cache)
#3

I tried Qobuz Connect with my RS130 for an hour or so before concluding that the compatibility issues made it unusable. I had to revert to Rose Connect to listen to Qobuz. I don’t understand the purpose of having the 256 GB of built-in SSD cache if it is not going to be used to eliminate the gaps and music skips that we are experiencing. Instantaneous playback of the first track is not nearly as important to me as tracks transitioning one to the next without any gaps or skipped musical content.

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#4

@burki

Many thanks for your feedback and suggestions.
I think I’m getting a little bit out of my depth and have decided to wait for Rose to resolve the Qobuz issues with an OTA update.
I was hoping for a simple solution to the gapless playback issue via MConnect but it seems there still needs to be a “handshake” between Rose & MConnect !!