Spotify lossless not working?

[Stegtir]

Just thought I would share my solution

After many reboots, cache clears etc I still couldn't get lossless to work on my Pro Plus.

I hit up Google and found that Chromecast doesn't support lossless audio as it compresses all streams.

So I went into settings on Wiim home and disabled Chromecast and went back to Spotify App and the Spotify Connect logo showed up for the Wiim and I can now use lossless.

To think Ive been using Chromecast into Meridian DSP7200s all this time as well...

Hope this helps

Steve

 

[Wiimer]

@harkpabst A general problem: Maybe it isn't but we don't know for sure I think. What do you mean by" depending on certain (probably non-current) component versions."?

The workaround is great news offcourse and no problem to us mostly technical folks but a generic user will not look for a workaround an expect it to work as it did earlier.

As my Android phone has not encountered any issues, I believe it is clear that this is a bug occurring on certain phone models.

 

[Soundchasr]

Yea, what is "depending on certain (probably non-current) component versions." LOL. Everything up-to-date here. Possibly device specific. Running Samsung Fold 7.

I'm just happy that Wiim support is able to recreate it in the lab. It's not like when I take the car in to have it fixed and I get "we were unable to reproduce the problem".

 

[GuitGuy]

I am seeing this issue on my Samsung Galaxy S10. At least I can make it work by disabling Google Cast on the device.

 

[harkpabst]

Yea, what is "depending on certain (probably non-current) component versions." LOL. Everything up-to-date here. Possibly device specific. Running Samsung Fold 7.

I'm just happy that Wiim support is able to recreate it in the lab. It's not like when I take the car in to have it fixed and I get "we were unable to reproduce the problem".

Yea, what is "up-to-date" regarding Spotify in your case? LOL?

As my Android phone has not encountered any issues, I believe it is clear that this is a bug occurring on certain phone models.
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Most probably yes.

 

[Soundchasr]

Yea, what is "up-to-date" regarding Spotify in your case? LOL?


Most probably yes.

Ver 9.0.86.1358

 

[harkpabst]

Ver 9.0.86.1358

That's helpful. And it supports @Wiimer's suspicion that the issue is limited to certain combinations of Android phones and Spotify.

Note, that this does not apply to iOS devices. This indicates to me that this is less likely to be a specific WiiM issue.