Latency using HQPlayer Embedded (hqplayerd)

[simoncn]

Transcoding always creates a slight delay in starting to stream the data. For gapless playback, the control point/renderer must request the next track a short time before the previous track has finished playing. If the control point/renderer doesn't request the next track soon enough, playback will not be gapless.

With the OpenHome protocol, the renderer makes the request for the next track based on the playing queue information that it holds. Without the OpenHome protocol, the control point and renderer exchange protocol messages to make this happen.

Does hqplayerd support the FLAC format? If so, you can remove MinimServer transcoding and stream FLAC files with no delay. It sounds like you have tried this and there is still a problem. In this case, MinimServer would not be causing the issue.

To narrow down the cause of the problem, please try removing BubbleUPnPServer and using BubbleUPnP instead of the LUMIN app. Do you still have the problem when you do this?