How can I tell which mp3 codec Roon is using when it decodes playback? I’m trying to debug micro-gaps between tracks. When I play tracks in foobar2000 and MediaMonkey there aren’t any audible gaps, but when I play the same tracks in Roon, I get microgaps. I’m thinking either they are using different codecs or Roon isn’t reading the mp3 metadata on playback.
The issue occurs on my local machine and in ARC.
It began happening a couple of months ago when I switched from an older machine to my new platform.
There isn’t different mp3 codecs mp3 is the codec, there are different mp3 decoder algorithms that if included in a commercial product need to be licensed in case of Roon it lets the licensed os decoder do it, foobar uses Lame I believe and media monkey uses Windows decoder like Roon by default.
Can’t say I have noticed any gaps with mp3 gapless I have just tried now no gaps. I don’t use windows though as I use a ROCK based core which requires ffmpeg mp3 decoding.
Ha!
WIN11 here also - if needed, retrieve my full system configuration by clicking my avatar.
Triggered by this report, I just tested my setup and…
there are MP3 albums with about a tenth of a second gap between songs that, I’d almost swear, used to be gapless in Roon in the past.
BTW, these also play with gap in current WIN11 media player, as well as using LMS on same server.
there are MP3 albums that do still play gapless!
Happy to supply sample albums to support, if needed to investigate…
Thank you for the reply. That’s exactly what I’m hearing. A tiny gap between tracks. Maybe Microsoft changed the codec. I’m also hearing it in the Win11 media player and the legacy, but not foobar nor MM.
I see you’re still running Squeezebox radios. I had one, but it died about 4 years ago I’m still running a Touch and a Slim Devices Classic though. Those are great products.