Missing first 1-2 sec. when playing music

[jfrickmann]

I play music via DLNA from my NAS drive to a set of speakers connected with a TOSLINK cable.
But when I start playing, I miss the first 1-2 sec. of the first track. Really annoying e. g. for Beethoven’s 5th.
I am guessing it happens because my speakers take 1-2 sec. to turn on. I have tried the option that should eliminate popping sounds for certain DACs but it only made it worse.
My feature request is therefore an option to insert a couple of seconds of silent signal before it starts playing the first track.
I have the WiiM Pro.

 

[andrew01]

Try to disable Fade in / fade out effects option in Audio settings menu.

 

[jfrickmann]

I do not use fade in/out - of course!

 

[MrSoul4470]

I'm not sure if the solution is as simple as you imagine it to be. My Genelecs need 1 or 2 seconds too to turn on. I start playing music and let the speakers turn on. Then I simply restart what's playing. I agree that isn't the nicest solution, but clearly it's not the Wiim's fault that my speakers are not ready. I understand your frustration though.

 

[cooky560]

I find if I start streaming and the press pause immediately I can avoid this issue. My old vintage amps take between 8 seconds to close to a minute with the tube ones to turn on. So I just pause and wait

 

[BowsAndArrows]

maybe @ wiim team could add this function as a configurable option. "delay playback when waking from sleep" + you choose the duration to suit your system??

so a silent tone plays for however many seconds you want when you are waking up from "sleep"

 

[jfrickmann]

maybe @ wiim team could add this function as a configurable option. "delay playback when waking from sleep" + you choose the duration to suit your system??

so a silent tone plays for however many seconds you want when you are waking up from "sleep"

Yes exactly! I hope that the @WiiM Team will respond.

 

[WiiM Team]

maybe @ wiim team could add this function as a configurable option. "delay playback when waking from sleep" + you choose the duration to suit your system??

so a silent tone plays for however many seconds you want when you are waking up from "sleep"

Thanks for your suggestion; I will discuss it with our team to check how to implement it.

 

[jfrickmann]

Thanks for your suggestion; I will discuss it with our team to check how to implement it.

Hi,
Are there any news on this issue?
Thanks!

 

[jfrickmann]

Update: I made some sound tracks with a few seconds silence and track #0, name "0", so they played before the first music track. That did not work; apparently, my sound system needs a non-zero signal before it turns on. So I made a track with 1 sec. white noise at -39 dB, and it worked like a charm! I have hereby solved the problem myself. But if you want to add a feature to help others having the same problem, then I suggest that you add an option where it sends 0-3000 ms white noise at -24 to -72 dB before it starts playing the first track after being activated.