Spotify Spotify Lossless is here, it's official!

[steam8985]

I greyed out at first too. I think you can make the lossless change after a bit of time, but you could also try rebooting the Amp and clearing the Spotify app cache (or reinstalling it).

My WiiM Amp can play lossless, so I don't think there is anything wrong with the device.

That worked, restarted the Amp and cleared the Spotify app cache. I should have thought about restarting the amp first myself .
Thank you very much

 

[slartibartfast]

He doesn’t even mention streamers in the video which makes it incomplete if not close to irrelevant imho…

My first impression was a ten year old Josh Widdicombe lookalike

 

[Deleted member 24058]

if you do not look at the technical side i would strongly recommend viewing at least the last minutes. even when surrounded from adults who can make their own decisions which service they use. keep eyes closed.

 

[Burnside]

My first impression was a ten year old Josh Widdicombe lookalike

A few people in the video comments compliment him on having lost weight, but I still think Josh wouldn’t thank you for the comparison

 

[slartibartfast]

A few people in the video comments compliment him on having lost weight, but I still think Josh wouldn’t thank you for the comparison

He has been compared to Zippy from Rainbow on "The Last Leg"

 

[Deleted member 24058]

just received this screenshot from a friend. she has a premium account. what will happen when 1gb is reached? pay per minute?

 

[Erebus]

1gb is reached

Doesn't that mean up to 1gb of data per hour?

 

[Deleted member 24058]

no idea. she is here for 'konditoring' with my wife only and i took the chance to ask her. she is not interested in lossless. so it will never be an issue for her.

 

[Erebus]

no idea

Seems pretty obvious to me that it refers to data transfer, but I'm far from being an expert.

 

[Deleted member 24058]

THIS TIME my post with the screenshot was not meant as another con for spotify. it is curiosity only.

 

[slartibartfast]

no idea. she is here for 'konditoring' with my wife only and i took the chance to ask her. she is not interested in lossless. so it will never be an issue for her.

I hope you told her that she will rot in hell for choosing Spotify

 

[Deleted member 24058]

I hope you told her that she will rot in hell for choosing Spotify

she knows my standpoint very well. but it is all about laziness by many people. myself waited also too long. i blame my wife. she is doing all the bills and creditcards stuff

 

[slartibartfast]

she knows my standpoint very well. but it is all about laziness by many people. myself waited also too long. i blame my wife. she is doing all the bills and creditcards stuff

I left Spotify after the podcast furore.

 

[MrSoul4470]

I just got the lossless option too here in Germany! I didn't get a notification or anything, but I just checked the options and there it was. First it was greyed out for Spotify Connect through my WiiM Pro and I had to reboot. Now it works fine. It feels a bit like Christmas, doesn't it?

 

[Deleted member 24058]

Doesn't that mean up to 1gb of data per hour?

i checked. it is a warning for those using it the feature without wlan of flatrate. good boys. in that case.

 

[Wiimer]

i checked. it is a warning for those using it the feature without wlan of flatrate. good boys. in that case.

You can see that one line up, can't you?

Sehr hoch
Bis zu 320 kbit/s 0,14 GB/Stunde

 

[Deleted member 24058]

You can see that one line up, can't you?

Sehr hoch
Bis zu 320 kbit/s 0,14 GB/Stunde

my eyes are pretty good. still. probably better than my ears. but thank you anyway

 

[Deleted member 24058]

to make that clear. again. my aversion for sp. has nothing to do with sound quality!

 

[jiffy]

Lossless arrived for me this morningHave since been playing around and it does sound very good. However, if I look on the windows app for Wiim, the bitrates are always exactly the same, as per this screenshotWhen I had Tidal for awhile some songs were up to about 5,000 kbps! I also play FLAC files from my Brennan B2, they always come up with their own bitrates, which are higher than Spotifys.Just wondered if anyone has bitrate above 700 kbps on their setup?
listening to Alabama3, aint going to goa just now, sounds great! So i'm happy.

 

[Burnside]

Lossless arrived for me this morningHave since been playing around and it does sound very good. However, if I look on the windows app for Wiim, the bitrates are always exactly the same, as per this screenshotView attachment 27502When I had Tidal for awhile some songs were up to about 5,000 kbps! I also play FLAC files from my Brennan B2, they always come up with their own bitrates, which are higher than Spotifys.View attachment 27503Just wondered if anyone has bitrate above 700 kbps on their setup?
listening to Alabama3, aint going to goa just now, sounds great! So i'm happy.

Wiim responded re the 700kbps figure: "The 700 kbps value is obtained from the Spotify eSDK. While we considered calculating the bitrate based on file size and duration, Spotify officially recommends not displaying the bitrate. This is why the WiiM app does not display it.
In the future, it’s possible that bitrate information will not be shown on the screen when playing Spotify."

Indeed, the bitrate has been removed from the mobile app for lossless in line with what was previously done for Spotify lossy. This is in line with what they do with Chromecast - rather than display erroneous info like that 700kbps, they prefer (Spotify eSDK aside) to not display it at all. I'd therefore ignore what the Windows app says.