(11-06-2021 10:03)MarmiteSandwich Wrote: Outstanding issues:-
Unless I re-rip all albums which have gapless music into ALAC or FLAC, I will have annoying blips when tracks change on some albums, until the engineering team sort it out.
There is an irritating problem with BubbleUPnP Server, whereby the OpenHome version of the CXN does not always appear on all control points, in particular 2 different installations of Android BubbleUPnP. It comes and goes, although other OpenHome versions of renderers via the server appear constantly. This is probably not helped by the Chromecast Built-In function which advertises itself on the network with the same IP address and friendly name as the CXN UPnP renderer. If you change it in Google Home to something else, the CXN changes its name to the same as the Chromecast. I have enquired about a feature to name it something else (or just turn it off when not required), and I will investigate ways of making the OpenHome renderer appear more readily and consistently on BubbleUPnP control points.
The Windows UPPlay control point has a tendency to lose track of where the renderer is up to in the queue and current track. I have noticed this on other occasions with this control point and other Server/OH renderers and may be related to the BubbleUPnP Server issue above. If not, I can refer it to the developer.
Overall still not decided, since one of the reasons for opting for CA was to minimise technical faffing about and bodging to get things to work how I want/how they should. The Pi with upmpdcli/mpd is currently working fine! The devices suggested by Peter StreamMagic are still an option.
Marmite.
Final assessment:
I have given up with this device as a UPnP renderer, since I need OpenHome, which it does not support, and it does not interact well with Control Points (BubbleUPnP, UPPlay) via BubbleUPnP Server emulating OpenHome. I updated BubbleUPnP Server and UPPlay to the latest versions which did not improve things. The inbuilt DAC is very good, and the product has many other useful features like airplay, Chromecast built in, and streaming service connectivity.
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