In-Progress Emby Server - Gapless Playback

[Max555 0]

Hi, I'm new to Emby. I think Emby is really cool, and I've purchased a monthly pass. Unfortunately, when I play audio from my iPhone 17 with the Emby app on Live albums or on an album like Dark Side of the Moon, I hear a little pop between tracks. It's not 100% smooth. Haven't you implemented gapless audio yet? Sorry, but this must be the last audio app in the world that doesn't have gapless playback yet, and I'm really sorry. Thanks.

[Luke 42140]

On 1/26/2026 at 8:41 PM, Max555 said:

Hi, I'm new to Emby. I think Emby is really cool, and I've purchased a monthly pass. Unfortunately, when I play audio from my iPhone 17 with the Emby app on Live albums or on an album like Dark Side of the Moon, I hear a little pop between tracks. It's not 100% smooth. Haven't you implemented gapless audio yet? Sorry, but this must be the last audio app in the world that doesn't have gapless playback yet, and I'm really sorry. Thanks.

Hi, we’ll take a look at it. Thanks.

[rmongiovi 0]

Count me in.  I've got my entire CD collection ripped and I play it with the emby app on my roku ultra.  The gaps between tracks when I play an album are quite unfortunate, especially when the actual album has consecutive tracks that are supposed to lead seamlessly from one track to the next.  Having a gap in the intro to a song isn't good.

This doesn't seem like it ought to be that tough a problem.  I for one would appreciate an explanation of the difficulties.  Putting all my albums in emby was a breeze.  It automatically created playlists from my m3u files and I added them to collections to make them easy to find.  The album cover art makes it look remarkably like the CDs on my shelves.  All that's lacking is the ability to play them back the same way they sound when I play the CD.  Unfortunately, that's a really important deficiency.

[ebr 16299]

14 hours ago, rmongiovi said:

on my roku ultra

Hi.  Unfortunately, the Roku is not going to be a great device for this as we have only minimal control over that player operation and it doesn't support true gapless playback.

[rmongiovi 0]

Is there a better alternative for emby to get the music to my audio system?

[Luke 42140]

14 hours ago, rmongiovi said:

Is there a better alternative for emby to get the music to my audio system?

Hi, have you tried Emby for Android?

[rmongiovi 0]

No, nothing in my stereo system runs android.  What device are you suggesting?

[vdatanet 1618]

On 2/18/2026 at 4:16 PM, rmongiovi said:

Is there a better alternative for emby to get the music to my audio system?

A DLNA device, I use Wiim Pro Plus to cast music from my Emby server. I get gapless playback and high quality audio.

[rmongiovi 0]

Thanks!  I've tried DLNA directly to my Panasonic TV and to my OPPO blu-ray player and they both have gaps.  It's really helpful to know a DLNA device that works.