Gap between tracks

[Peter StreamMagic]

(24-11-2014 20:44)simoncn Wrote:  

(24-11-2014 20:04)DavidHB Wrote:  Which devices have you found? I presume you would exclude from your list any devices that achieve gapless play by means other than the standard UPnP service action. Now I think about it, your and my Linn players may come in this category; the documentation for my Akurate DSM indicates that gapless may not be available if the reversionary UPnP AV source is used, rather than the standard Playlist (which presumably uses Linn's OpenHome protocol).

We are also bedevilled by changing and sometimes ambiguous specifications. For instance, a post in the thread to which you linked indicates that the Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6 lacks the gapless capability, but the specification on the Cambridge Audio states without qualification that this device does play gapless. The thread is well over a year old and there may have been a firmware update in the meantime, so it is not necessarily the case that the posted advice was incorrect at the time.

David

It is said that there's a first time for everything, and this is the first time I have posted a Twitter link. This seems to indicate that like many other DLNA players, the Stream Magic 6 supports gapless playback in "pull mode" from its own UI but not in "push mode" using standard UPnP interfaces from other UPnP or DLNA control points.

The Linn devices that support gapless playback do so by implementing the Linn OpenHome ohMedia extensions to the UPnP standards. These extensions are also supported by some other players and by a few control points. Unfortunately, these players all seem to be fairly expensive.

The OP was concerned about spending more than €1000, so I have been looking for players costing less than this that definitely support either OpenHome gapless or SetNextAVTransportURI gapless. So far, the only one I have found is the Denon DNP-F109.

The StreamMagic 6 only plays gapless using either Bubble UPnP or the Cambridge Audio app.
Common used controlpoints such as PlugPlayer won't work with the SM 6.
There are also issues with volume control using other than CA apps.

Peter