Intermittent playback issue with Roon ARC on Google Pixel 8a (ref#C5VM4V)

What’s happening?

· I'm having trouble with Roon ARC

What best describes your issue with ARC

· Other

Describe the issue

I can't work out how to untick the solved checkbox as suggested, but this issue has come back: https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-arc-intermittently-stops-playback-on-google-pixel-8a-ref-ta6rf8/284802

I now understand that ARC isn't pausing the music, it's simply cutting out the volume while the track continues playing. This happened in all cases below.

I've got a hopefully helpful breakdown of events:

6 November 2024
Offline mode enabled

18:44 GMT - sudden silence
Love Supreme Part 3 - 4:24
Track was playing when I refocused the app
Pressed play, pressed pause, it started playing again

18:46 GMT - sudden silence
Love Supreme Part 3 - 5:44
Track was playing when I refocused the app
Started playing again by itself while I was writing this, around 6:13

18:50 GMT - Turned off offline mode

After Part 3 finished, a different Coltrane song from another album unexpectedly started playing

18:51ish GMT - I started playing Part 4

18:54 GMT - sudden silence
Love Supreme Part 4 - 1:30ish
Track was playing when I refocused the app
Went back to 0:35, track started playing again almost immediately

18:56 GMT - sudden silence
Love Supreme Part 4 - 1:53
Track was playing when I refocused the app
Silence continued despite pressing play and pause a few times
Track started playing again by itself at 2:34 as I was writing this

18:58 GMT - Sudden silence
Love Supreme Part 4 - 3:50
Track was playing when I refocused the app
Track started playing again by itself at 4:34 as I was writing this

There was another silence at 19:00ish but at that point I'd given up.

Needless to say it makes ARC unusable and ruins Coltrane quite thoroughly!

Describe your network setup

N/A

I was listening on a pair of Bluetooth headphones.

3 posts were merged into an existing topic: Roon ARC intermittently stops playback on Google Pixel 8a (ref#TA6RF8)

Hi @lowercasename,
I have reopened your old thread and will merge this report in with your previous post.

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