ffmpeg + sox transcoding and gapless playback

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(23-10-2016 21:01)simoncn Wrote:  I have tested this many times and I have never found a difference between the output from on-the-fly conversion and offline conversion.

I believe you... so, is this:

a) a network latency problem,

b) a CPU and/or storage performance issue at the server end (I need a faster Mac Mini or faster locally attached storage),

c) a renderer issue (the renderer is waiting too long to request the initial packets for the next song)?

I get it that your answer above was c), but I am struggling with that, simply because there appears to be NO delay between track transitions, that I can hear, with my current setup - just a the addition of a tick/pop.