Network Details (Including networking gear model/manufacturer and if on WiFi/Ethernet)
Virgin cable internet, Virgin router, Ethernet connection to Roon Core.
Audio Devices (Specify what device you’re using and its connection type - USB/HDMI/etc.)
NAD C338 amplifier with Chromecast built-in.
Description Of Issue
Chromecast playback is not gapless. I reported this back in the autumn of last year and you replicated the problem and it was resolved in an update and playback was gapless. Now, it is once again not gapless. Same recordings streamed via RoPieee to same amp are gapless. Thanks for your help.
Hi there. Genuine question — how long is reasonable to wait for a response? I’m happy to wait longer but I wonder if you have any kind of aim for yourselves in getting back to people? Is this the best way for me to ask for help?
In summary — Roon is not currently gapless via Chromecast. This was a problem last autumn and then it was fixed and now it is a problem again. You advertise that Chromecast is gapless with Roon.
Chromecast is not gapless with Roon. My expectation that Chromecast will be gapless with Roon is set by your information here and elsewhere. By not gapless, I mean that recordings (such as live recordings) play with gaps inserted between tracks. This is also the case when two tracks play continuously – such as on this Kate Bush record, where The Dreaming should play gaplessly into the next track (Night Of The Swallow).
I have reported this in the past and on the first occasion was told that you had replicated the problem. There have been periods when Chromecast has been gapless with Roon, so I know it can work – gapless vs. not gapless appears to me to fluctuate with updates to Roon.
Although connection to Chromecast is wireless, there are no issues I would associate with poor connectivity – as in drop-outs (never) or Roon being slow to start a track with Chromecast playback (also never).
The problem is the same if I use local files or Qobuz files – and of course all the music on my other endpoints (mixture of Linn and Bluesound) is gapless.
