02-17-2020, 06:56 PM
Hello,
First I want to thank Tim and everyone here for a great piece of software and excellent support. I have a new KEF LSX speaker that I am driving with my Raspberry Pi 3B with HiFiBerry Digi+ via its optical output (16bit, 44.1kHz), loading FLAC files from a SMB share on my NAS, using v4.4 of MoodeAudio. (yes, I realize I should update) The problem is that the first 1-2 seconds of each song gets cut off due to the handshake time required for the LSX optical input to lock onto the data stream. (in a gapless playlist this happens only with the 1st song)
Some notes:
- It doesn't happen on all my DACs. (Chord and Dynaudio products don't have the issue)
- I contacted KEF technical support and they said they believe the optical output drops off when no signal is being played. He felt this was unusual as most devices with an optical output operate in an "always on" mode. (a stream of zeros is output instead of no signal) He suspected I don't see it on all my DACs because they have a faster handshake.
It seems others have had this issue too but it's very dependent on the hardware & software (e.g., MPD with Moode with HiFiBerry Digi+) and I haven't found a clear solution yet. I was hoping someone with much more experience might have some ideas?
Thank you very much in advance!
- Chris -
First I want to thank Tim and everyone here for a great piece of software and excellent support. I have a new KEF LSX speaker that I am driving with my Raspberry Pi 3B with HiFiBerry Digi+ via its optical output (16bit, 44.1kHz), loading FLAC files from a SMB share on my NAS, using v4.4 of MoodeAudio. (yes, I realize I should update) The problem is that the first 1-2 seconds of each song gets cut off due to the handshake time required for the LSX optical input to lock onto the data stream. (in a gapless playlist this happens only with the 1st song)
Some notes:
- It doesn't happen on all my DACs. (Chord and Dynaudio products don't have the issue)
- I contacted KEF technical support and they said they believe the optical output drops off when no signal is being played. He felt this was unusual as most devices with an optical output operate in an "always on" mode. (a stream of zeros is output instead of no signal) He suspected I don't see it on all my DACs because they have a faster handshake.
It seems others have had this issue too but it's very dependent on the hardware & software (e.g., MPD with Moode with HiFiBerry Digi+) and I haven't found a clear solution yet. I was hoping someone with much more experience might have some ideas?
Thank you very much in advance!
- Chris -
