Audio Drops While Streaming via UPnP from Raspberry Pi 5 to Arcam AVR390

[Argeento]

What version of Music Assistant has the issue?

2.3.0b2

What version of the Home Assistant Integration have you got installed?

No response

Have you tried everything in the Troubleshooting FAQ and reviewed the Open and Closed Issues and Discussions to resolve this yourself?

• [X] Yes

The problem

I am experiencing an issue while streaming audio using UPnP from my Raspberry Pi 5 to my Arcam AVR390. The audio intermittently cuts out, although the playback in the UI continues to show as playing.

Details:

• The audio on my Arcam AVR390 drops out randomly; sometimes it happens after 10 seconds, sometimes after a minute, and other times after several minutes.
• When the audio stops in the middle of a song, the timer continues counting down and does not stop. For example, if a song is 3 minutes long and the audio cuts out, the timer may show 10 minutes out of 3.
• Volume control remains functional at all times.
• If I manually stop and start the playback or skip to the next track through the UI, the audio resumes.
• The Arcam AVR390 has an indicator icon that flashes when the stream is active. During the issue, the Arcam continues to show that it is receiving a stream, even though no sound is being produced.

Troubleshooting Attempts:

• I tried streaming audio from my PC using foobar2000 to the Arcam AVR390 via UPnP, and everything worked perfectly (Also streaming from Music Assistant to my smartTV via UPnP works fine)
• Also experimented with different sample rates in the provider settings, but the issue persisted regardless of the sample rate configuration.
• I have tested both the stable and beta versions of the server, but the problem occurs on both versions.
• In the provider settings for the Arcam, I tried enabling and disabling the following options:
  • "Enable queue flow mode"
  • "Player supports enqueue next/gapless"
• I changed my router, but the issue persists.

How to reproduce

I am unable to provide a specific set of steps to reliably reproduce this issue.

Music Providers

• Tidal (HI_RES)
• RadioBrowser

Player Providers

I have only used the UPnP/DLNA Player provider, which results in the issue described. I am not using grouped players.

Full log output

The logs are empty during the occurrence of the issue. No relevant entries are generated at the time of the audio dropouts.

Additional information

No response

What version of Home Assistant Core are your running

2024.8.2

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

On what type of hardware are you running?

Raspberry Pi