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Enthusiast II
October 18, 2024
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Crossfade not working

Updated Sonos yesterday and now crossfade is broken.

Has anyone else experienced this and do you know of any workarounds?

 

Version 16.4.2

Build:  81158074

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Corry P
Corry PAnswer
Sonos Staff
October 23, 2024

Hi @gmbardman 

A small, but important, update: it does not seem to matter if Crossfade is on or not - I can reproduce this issue with it off, but only with certain tracks, as you said.

It seems to be the same issue that is being discussed here:

It has been reported and we will investigate - thanks for reporting!

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

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Master T
Prodigy I
October 23, 2024

Same issue here.

Corry P
Sonos Staff
October 23, 2024

Hi @gmbardman & @Master T 

Thanks for your posts!

Sorry to hear about the issue you are both having with Crossfade not working. I’d like to investigate this for you.

In my own testing with YouTube Music, I was unable to reproduce this issue.

Could you both please follow these steps?:

  1. Reboot the speaker you are about to use by removing power for a moment, then wait for the white light to stop flashing.
  2. Recreate the issue you are having (if you can - reboot might have helped).
  3. Then submit a support diagnostic immediately afterwards.
  4. Post here, letting me know the room you tested in.
  5. And post which music service you tested with.

Please don’t post the diagnostic numbers you are given - I’ll find them without.

Thank you.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
gmbardmanAuthor
Enthusiast II
October 23, 2024

Thank you Corry P.

It is with my Music Library.  Amazon Music works fine.

I unselected CrossFade on both my Mac and IPHONE and selected again.  It helped.  Some songs are OK (very few) but it seems to stop a song abruptly and then start playing the next.

 

I will perform the steps outlined and submit diagnostics.

 

 

Corry P
Sonos Staff
October 23, 2024

Hi @gmbardman 

Thanks - I’ve started playing some Music Library now to see if I can replicate.

If you are able to spot any kind of pattern with which tracks will crossfade and which won’t, that would be very helpful - I’m thinking track length, file type, bitrate, bit-depth - anything that might vary, basically.

One more thing - please let me know what device your Music Library is stored on, including the brand name if it is a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device. Thanks.

 

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
Prodigy III
October 23, 2024

There's a similar crossfade issue reported years ago when playing Atmos songs. It was never fixed.

Prodigy III
October 23, 2024

I reported Atmos crossfade issues a long time ago but nothing was ever sorted. 

Crossfade works fine on my Ones, even after the various updates. Just not in Atmos or Lossless on my Arc/Sub/Symfonisk home theatre...

Corry P
Corry PAnswer
Sonos Staff
October 23, 2024

Hi @gmbardman 

A small, but important, update: it does not seem to matter if Crossfade is on or not - I can reproduce this issue with it off, but only with certain tracks, as you said.

It seems to be the same issue that is being discussed here:

It has been reported and we will investigate - thanks for reporting!

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
Master T
Prodigy I
October 23, 2024

It is reproducible while playing from my Music Library as well.  If you still need the diagnostics, let me know and I can provide them tomorrow.

Corry P
Sonos Staff
October 24, 2024

Hi @Master T 

Yes please - the more the merrier!

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
gmbardmanAuthor
Enthusiast II
October 24, 2024

Good morning Corry P!

 

Here is the diagnostic information.  I turned off all speakers (10), ungrouped Kitchen by Refrigerator and reboot the “Kitchen by Refrigerator as you suggested.

Your confirmation number is: **********.

It did not abruptly stop but crossfade is not working correctly at all from what I can tell.

 

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