Send correct metadata to Chromecast Audio devices

[mike (Mike Fass)]

When I play the same track to the device from Roon I receive rather less information and no artwork…

Due to how the Chromecast protocol currently works, we can’t send more detailed information.

I explained why here:

Album, Artist and Track name not shown on Chromecast built in receiver

Right now, Chromecast devices do not support updating metadata during playback, so this information can only be updated when a track stops or starts. In order to support gapless playback, Roon sends audio to Chromecast devices (and other protocols) as a continuous audio stream, so there are no track boundaries at which we could update the information displayed. Unfortunately, there’s no way Roon could send this information and keep it up to date on these devices while also supporting gapless pl…