Gapless (groan) with RoPieee and BubbleUpnp

[simbun]

Firstly, just wanted to thank you both for outstanding products and support!

(05-10-2023 12:01)bubbleguuum Wrote:  Finally, if you play to an OpenHome renderer not managed by BubbleUPnP Server (such as upmpdcli), all of the above do not apply and Android BubbleUPnP never transcode.

I accepted @simoncn's supposition that the Ropieee OpenHome playlist would also require BubbleUPnP transcoding blindly, mainly because he's always bloody right but also because it fit the bill, however, I did test it last night and BubbleUPnP doesn't modify the playlist at all, it still points to MinimServer so thanks for that confirmation. I was going to update the thread this morning but time got away from me.

I reset all the BubbleUPnP settings and captured a log, and it didn't transcode!
Fortunately I kept the log I captured a couple of days ago and when comparing it to today's I saw:

Code:

INFO     - 0:00:12.814    - converting mono to stereo

I was playing a set of 5 second tracks that consisted of a tone I'd created in Audacity (obviously mono), which I used for testing gapless playback. I assume this is by design?

At this point then I'm no clearer as to why BubbleUPnP wasn't playing gapless but mconnect and Hi-Fi Cast were! If @dartmoor is still around and has his original setup would it be worth looking at a log (assuming it's still not gapless)?