Lack of gapless playback in IOS

Hi,
Did you ever get a response to this? I am also bugged by there being no sound for the first second of some tracks, which seems linked to the same problem.

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Is it possible to transfer (export) the playlist from Apple Music into Amazon music, or is it a manual task?

I too have been plagued by this problem on my iPhone 12 Pro Max and it still occurred on iOS 15. It does not matter whether the album is downloaded to the device or streamed. I know other people that have the same issue. I have done a reset and set up as new device I have disabled all the enhancements such as lossless playback but I cannot resolve this problem.

Please could you tell me what DAC you are using (hi-fi DAC, Apple TV, Chromecast etc) just in case it is a receiving device problem rather than a sending device (IOS) problem?

My set up is iPad mini 5 or iPhone 12 mini, to iFi Zen Stream, to RME ADI-2 DAC

Hi,
This is a long-standing issue with Lossless Audio. Have you enabled that option under Settings > Music > Audio Quality?

Hi,
Yes I am using lossless.
Is it understood and Apple will fix, or is the issue off the radar?

I have tried disabling lossless audio but this has had no effect for me. I have tried a variety of devices and the bug is even apparent when playing music through the iPhones internal speakers.

Wow - that is a revelation that it happens when not ‘sending’ the audio anywhere. I must try that.

This appears to help on albums I have tried so far.

Go into Settings and Music.

Swipe to Audio Quality. In here leave Lossless as on. Continue to swipe right and you’ll have options for Mobile Data, Wi-Fi and Stored Music. Set each of these to High Quality, AAC 256 kbps. See if this resolves the problem.

OK. In the middle of this Apple Music discussion, just one question. What does lossless mean?

@Malcolm13 - My experience is different - if I play to my ‘earfun’ bluetooth IEMs I don’t have any incidents of the first half a second or so of a track being silent. But if I am using Airplay to my DAC then I do (using the same music played on Apple Music - lossless). That suggests to me it is an Airplay issue. However @Graham was presumably using Bluetooth to his Sony Headphones, so can’t be just Airplay. Confusing. We need more insight into the different set-ups and symptoms from others. Keep it coming …..

@gailisaiah - Lossless is an audio format whereby there has been no loss in audio detail between the (at least) CD quality recording and the streamed or downloaded music file. For example, if you listen to mp3, these are compressed files in which some detail is thrown away in order to make the file smaller. Lossless files are larger because nothing is thrown away, though they may still be delivered in a compressed file, but the file is reconstituted to full size (no detail lost) by the client. WAV - lossless file uncompressed. FLAC, ALAC - lossless files that are compressed for transport / storage. MP3, AAC - compressed files with some loss of detail.

Thanks, Crunchynut! Great explanation.