Bahady30 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Hello Poweramp users, This is my first post and hopefully you can help me with this. In my current set up in the living room I stream my flac files from my Huwei P30Pro phone to a Chromecast Audio witch goes to a external DAC . That signal goes to my amplifier/speakers .It works like a charm, no complaining at all. I activate the chromecast audio in Poweramp and my vintage audio set will do the rest. Nothing to complain. With Hi-Res headphones Poweramp is also unbeatable. I wanna purchase some wifi speakers with chromecast integrated for my bedroom. It will be Sonos One or Harmen & Kardon Citation One or Citation 100 speakers. To much to choose from these days....😁. My question is if Poweramp will detect this chromecast compliant speakers so I can cast my music ? I know that I can mirrorcast my phone by using the Google Home app but the sound of the casting option in Poweramp gives me a better, fuller sound in my opinion. And maybe , hopefully, I can use the very good eq in Poweramp too to alter the sound even further because the Harmon & Kardon speakers don't give you that option in the Google Home app. They advertise it should be possible but it isn't....lots of people are complaining about that. The Harman & Kardon speakers a very bass heavy so if I could alter that bass that would be perfect. Thanks in advance. Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Sonos is not Chromecast compatible and cannot be streamed to from PA. Which is a shame as the speakers sound pretty good. Andre Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-85288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahady30 Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Thanks Andre. I didn't knew that. The Sonos One will be no option then... I didn't like their sound characteristic in comparison to the Harmon & Kardon speakers. The Citation One sounds a lot more mature but it has overpowering bass levels in my humble opinion. The intergation of Chromecast in the Citation It should make it work on paper with Poweramp but I'm not sure.... Are there any wifi speakers with Chromecast Integration that are proven to work with Poweramp? Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-85295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeilerHeinz Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Streaming Poweramp audio via chromecast onto Harman Kardon Citation 500 and 300 works at my place - even though with constant interruptions for unknown reasons (wifi network?, unstable wifi connection of my Huawei p9?, Poweramp?) If you don't have problems streaming to your DAC it should probably work. Regards Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-85312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahady30 Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 @GeilerHeinz , thanks for the info. I decided to take no risk and I purchased a second Chromecast audio on the Second hand market. I will connect the chromecast to a set of powered monitor speakers. I think they sound way better then what's on the market right now according wifi speakers. Maybe combine it with a google home nest and then it's as smart as a dedicated wifi speaker. Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-85433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niggle Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Hi Bahady, I don't suppose you've had any issues with PA casting to Chromecast Audio, have you? I've just started using PA, having used other android music players with native CCA support (Pulsar, BubbleUpNp, Astiga, ...), but with PA the playback just stops, ~30 seconds after starting to cast. Every time. If I then hit play, playback starts on the local device, as if it's dropped the CCA connection. PA is playing in the foreground the whole time. I've tried a phone and a tablet, and three different Chromecasts, all the same. Strange thing is that if I mirrorcast the PA playback using Google Home instead, this keeps playing, no problem. Thanks Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Niggle said: I've just started using PA, having used other android music players with native CCA support (Pulsar, BubbleUpNp, Astiga, ...), but with PA the playback just stops, ~30 seconds after starting to cast. Every time. What Chromecast version are you using? While listening during that 30 seconds, long-press on the metadata line and scroll down the info displayed until you see the output device. Andre Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niggle Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I've tried three Chromecast Audios, cast firmware 1.23.85114. Which is presumably the latest, since they're always online. Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, Niggle said: I've tried three Chromecast Audios, cast firmware 1.23.85114. Which is presumably the latest, since they're always online. In previous cases where this has happened, it was caused by an older Chrome version within the Chromecast receiver firmware (I was running 62.x.xx.xx on my Onkyo amp, and that caused the same 30-seconds-then-fail issue). Could you post a screenshot of your Output Device info in PA, which should look something like this which is from my ancient early-release Chomecast dongle: Andre Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niggle Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Hi Andre, attached screenshot. Thanks !! Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niggle Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 According to support.google.com ... Current production firmware version Chromecast Audio — Firmware version 1.42.172094 Current Preview Program firmware version Chromecast Audio — Firmware version 1.44.185164 I have no idea why mine haven't updated from 1.23.85114, but I guess this is the issue. Thanks, Nigel Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Yes, that Chrome/56.x.xxxx.xx version is most likely your problem. Need to see if you can update them. Andre Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niggle Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Andre, thanks. I've factory reset all the CCAs, and that seems to have forced them to migrate to latest FW and Chrome. And now it doesn't stop after 30 seconds, but I am getting bad stuttering. By which I mean that the audio momentarily goes silent and I think the playback jumps back a little (50ms to 200ms approx.), every 10 or 20 seconds or so. Progress of a sort 😉 Thanks, Nigel Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Try increasing the buffer settings in PA Settings > Audio > Output > Chromecast. Andre Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niggle Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I found one buffer size setting, which was on the 1500ms default. I increased this to 3000ms and this is definitely helping. Any downsides to whacking it all the way to 4000ms? What's the issue here? Is the phone/tablet buffer under-running? Does it depend on the speed of the android device? Thanks so much, Nigel Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Turn it up to whatever works best for you, modern phones are unlikely to have any problems other than possibly a bit of lag/latency I guess? Andre Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niggle Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Andre, thanks so much. I think it's all good now. Link to comment https://forum.powerampapp.com/topic/19249-question-about-wifi-speakers-in-combination-with-poweramp/#findComment-86064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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