Qobuz Qobuz Connect released

[felsby]

Minor Connect quibble: iOS and MacOs apps forget the latest output device (=WiiM connect streamer) and reverts to internal phone and mac speakers next day. I would expect the apps to select the last chosen output device.

 

[mlsstl]

Minor Connect quibble: iOS and MacOs apps forget the latest output device (=WiiM connect streamer) and reverts to internal phone and mac speakers next day. I would expect the apps to select the last chosen output device.

I've got the Android Q Connect version on my phone. It most often starts with the phone as player, especially if there has been any period of time between sessions.

 

[felsby]

I've got the Android Q Connect version on my phone. It most often starts with the phone as player, especially if there has been any period of time between sessions.

I guess this is soon sorted out. Anyway, I could post a ticket in a month or so (but I guess it will be fixed by then).

 

[Horsey]

Do I have to download something new from the iOS and Mac Appa stores to use connect?

Yes, the IOS Apple Store has Qobuz and visited it seeing "update" to the new version for QC.

On the Mac OS desktop, I restarted the Qobuz application and then it showed atop that an update awaited.
So I hit that and restarted again with the QC download version. In about it says, "8.0.0-b009 (Apple)."

Desktop then shows the version history saying the desktop app is the "Initial release of Qobuz Connect."

 

[huw]

I've got the Android Q Connect version on my phone. It most often starts with the phone as player, especially if there has been any period of time between sessions.

I think this is deliberate - starting a new session requires the controlling device and streamer to be connected to the same network. Once the session is active both devices need only be connected to the internet. So the session timing out helps prevent the Spotify Connect issue of being able to accidentally (or not-so-accidentally) play music on the streamer at home when away from the house).

 

[timiambeing]

Using the app with Qobuz Connect, I had one slight hiccup when it changed to the next track on a gapless piece of music. I couldn’t repeat this though, so maybe just a glitch.

I'm getting this big time! The last few albums gapless I listened to had gaps inserted, minute gaps, but gaps... its not repeatable in that it isn't the album, its probably something to do with caching on the Wiim maybe? This is using the Mac OS desktop app by the way, be interesting to see how many are noticing this? I'll post a mention here as well as answering your post...

 

[timiambeing]

Not sure where to drop this, but I’m still getting gaps between tracks that shouldn’t have gaps, nothing repeatable, which leads me to believe it might by WiiM end of things just not buffering enough data from the stream? I've reported to Qobuz and via the WiiM Home App.

If I go back to the previous track and wind to nearly the end there isn’t a problem usually.

Recently had loads of gaps listing to https://open.qobuz.com/album/5099952205552 but like I say I don’t think this is album specific really, maybe network traffic, latency, who knows… something somewhere just needs to store a few extra seconds of data methinks!

 

[Burnside]

Not sure where to drop this, but I’m still getting gaps between tracks that shouldn’t have gaps, nothing repeatable, which leads me to believe it might by WiiM end of things just not buffering enough data from the stream? I've reported to Qobuz and via the WiiM Home App.

If I go back to the previous track and wind to nearly the end there isn’t a problem usually.

Recently had loads of gaps listing to https://open.qobuz.com/album/5099952205552 but like I say I don’t think this is album specific really, maybe network traffic, latency, who knows… something somewhere just needs to store a few extra seconds of data methinks!

Best place to drop this is to raise a ticket to WiiM when it happens via the more/feedback section in the app so they can inspect your device logs and hopefully identify the root cause.

 

[mlsstl]

Not sure where to drop this, but I’m still getting gaps between tracks that shouldn’t have gaps, nothing repeatable, which leads me to believe it might by WiiM end of things just not buffering enough data from the stream? I've reported to Qobuz and via the WiiM Home App.

If I go back to the previous track and wind to nearly the end there isn’t a problem usually.

Recently had loads of gaps listing to https://open.qobuz.com/album/5099952205552 but like I say I don’t think this is album specific really, maybe network traffic, latency, who knows… something somewhere just needs to store a few extra seconds of data methinks!

Seems if the gap problem was at the Wiim end of things it would affect all music played through the devices with any program. I have a number of gapless albums on my local server that I created. I have zero problem playing them gapless whether using the Wiim App or LMS. However, since they are not streamed from Qobuz, it is impossible to test them with the Qobuz Connect app. I don't recall having any gapless issues with commercial albums when using the Wiim app, LMS or Qobuz, but then I've only had the Qobuz Connect app installed for a few days at this point so my experience with that app is very limited at this point.

 

[Balthazar B]

Seems if the gap problem was at the Wiim end of things it would affect all music played through the devices with any program. I have a number of gapless albums on my local server that I created. I have zero problem playing them gapless whether using the Wiim App or LMS. However, since they are not streamed from Qobuz, it is impossible to test them with the Qobuz Connect app. I don't recall having any gapless issues with commercial albums when using the Wiim app, LMS or Qobuz, but then I've only had the Qobuz Connect app installed for a few days at this point so my experience with that app is very limited at this point.

Perhaps the right question is whether this intermittent gapless issue on Qobuz Connect manifests on any non-WiiM renderers. If not, and it's limited to Qobuz Connect on WiiM, then it could require a fix on WiiM's end, on Qobuz's end, or perhaps on both. There were a few issues that showed up with QC-WiiM during the beta testing process, that were mostly if not completely addressed via a firmware update pushed by WiiM.

I've asked the question over at Qobuz Club to see if anyone has seen this issue on any non-WiiM renderers. Will let you know what responses I get.

 

[timiambeing]

Perhaps the right question is whether this intermittent gapless issue on Qobuz Connect manifests on any non-WiiM renderers. If not, and it's limited to Qobuz Connect on WiiM, then it could require a fix on WiiM's end, on Qobuz's end, or perhaps on both. There were a few issues that showed up with QC-WiiM during the beta testing process, that were mostly if not completely addressed via a firmware update pushed by WiiM.

I've asked the question over at Qobuz Club to see if anyone has seen this issue on any non-WiiM renderers. Will let you know what responses I get.

Thanks, I’ve raised the issue there as well… I’ve had the WiiM Pro playing as a Roon endpoint for a year or so and not had any issues, but RAAT is a very different kettle of fish I would have thought? I would have thought the same WiiM bit of software that pulls Qobuz down directly and is controlled by the WiiM Home app, would be used for the basic work undertaken by Qobuz connect - I haven’t used that to any extent so I’ll give it a go with the album I was listening to yesterday.

I’m sure it will be fixed but it’s a shame as the Chromecast issue with gapless playback is why I have been waiting for Qobuz Connect for so long.

Edit: ah sorry I didn’t notice it was you @Balthazar B