Need help with Chromecast Audio gapless playback, if possible

[markebrauer]

Hi,

I see I am very late to this discussion but I recently discovered the Hi-Fi Cast app for Android and can add some detail to Hopkins suggestion.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.findhdmusic.app.upnpcast

Hi-Fi Cast indeed does gapless playback of local network files to the Chromecast Audio. The price you pay is all the music is channeled through the Android device where it is then streamed to the Chromecast using the native Android casting capability.  This disturbs the audiophile in me, but it works very well.

 

I use an old smartphone as a controller. Careful listening uncovers no degradation in audio quality compared to BubbleUPnP (using 96/24, 44/16 and MP3 files). The phone is set to "airplane mode", with only WiFi turned on,  and increased battery use has not been an issue. So there are no real downsides to this setup, at least in my system.

Mark