Just got my SONY home stereo receiver connected to my desktop computer MC21 via DLNA and it works beautifully...except for two major flaws that I believe are related:
1) My receiver will accept FLAC, WAV, MP3...basically ANY music file format. However, when I play a FLAC file to the receiver, the display shows it is being converted to MP3 @ 320 kbs. I have gone into the MC21 settings and set it to NEVER convert format - so what is going on? If I play any native MP3 files at different bit rates, there is no conversion - and the display shows the proper bit rate.
2) If I play a FLAC album with gapless track number changes (the last side of "Abbey Road" for example), there is a one-second gap inserted between tracks, which totally disrupts the music. Again, I have all the settings made to allow gapless playback. If I play the same album with MC21 locally on my home PC - it plays flawlessly - with no gaps inserted between tracks. What the heck???
I think that the gap might be introduced because of the transcoding from FLAC to MP3...the system is handling one track at a time and it takes a second for it to transcode and/or settle in.
Can somebody PLEASE help me with these problems?
THANK YOU
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