Qobuz.com streaming plugin

[d6jg]

Hmmm... Well it's not for all tracks but I'm seeing the same thing for that one and some others. Definitely something to look into.

It is from a DSTM generated playlist. It seems to be a common thing but not all.

[SamY]

I can't seem to recreate this. Staring from the home page, how are you navigating to this display?

Actually, navigation seems to be the key. Try adding a track to the playlist from a list of songs for an artist rather than going through the album listing. It probably comes from trying to access the genre from a non-existent parent album object.

[darrell]

Actually, navigation seems to be the key. Try adding a track to the playlist from a list of songs for an artist rather than going through the album listing. It probably comes from trying to access the genre from a non-existent parent album object.

Yes, that does it.

[d6jg]

Yes, that does it.

Agreed. I'm seeing it on every Qobuz track that DSTM is adding to my playlist but not when I add from an album in library.

[darrell]

Agreed. I'm seeing it on every Qobuz track that DSTM is adding to my playlist but not when I add from an album in library.

I've had a look at the metadata structures we build in each case and I think I have a fix.We've a couple of other changes in progress at present but we'll get this released asap.

[mherger]

I've had a look at the metadata structures we build in each case and I think I have a fix.We've a couple of other changes in progress at present but we'll get this released asap.

Thanks for looking into this! Could you please come up with separate PRs for separate concerns (if possible)? This would simplify the reviews.

[darrell]

Thanks for looking into this! Could you please come up with separate PRs for separate concerns (if possible)? This would simplify the reviews.

OK, I have managed to create a new branch in my repository containing only this change. PR 39 has been created.

[cortegedusage]

Hi guys,

Great to see some action on this awesome plugin! Good work.
I'm using Qobuz regularly, which is great.

As for the use of replay gain, indeed squeezectrl seems to get the data from the Qobuz API, but I'm prety sure it doesn't get passed on to the player.
If I check with track gain on, AND "Default Adjustment for Remote Streams" on 0, both in audio settings of the player. I don't hear any difference when i switch between track gain on and off.
I took a track:
qobuz://122257696.flac

which has -10db trackgain, which I think should be audible.

So although the information is there, the player doesn't seem to get it.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Dennis

The Qobuz plug-in gets replaygain_track_gain and replaygain_track_peak tags from Qobuz for each track. I'm not sure we're doing much with them though, but I'm pretty hazy on how such data is passed to the player.

[SamY]

Hi guys,

Great to see some action on this awesome plugin! Good work.
I'm using Qobuz regularly, which is great.

As for the use of replay gain, indeed squeezectrl seems to get the data from the Qobuz API, but I'm prety sure it doesn't get passed on to the player.
If I check with track gain on, AND "Default Adjustment for Remote Streams" on 0, both in audio settings of the player. I don't hear any difference when i switch between track gain on and off.
I took a track:
qobuz://122257696.flac

which has -10db trackgain, which I think should be audible.

So although the information is there, the player doesn't seem to get it.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Dennis

I observed the same behavior, although I used a sound meter Android app to measure the dB levels. I also restarted LMS after changing the replay gain settings, just to make sure. Do you have any local tracks with a substantial track gain that you could test with in order to determine whether this is limited to Qobuz tracks? I don't seem to have any that I can find. Thanks.

EDIT: Never mind. I found a local track to test with and it reacted as expected (no LMS restart required). So this does appear to be Qobuz specific, or at least remote track specific.

[SamY]

COMING SOON: Qobuz Replay Gain Support!

I've got it working. Just need to add an option to the plugin prefs for those who choose not to use it or want to experiment. As with all streaming service plugins that provide their own protocol handler, the LMS Replay Gain settings for the player are ignored and it is up to the plugin to control RG for each track, i.e. track gain, via a callback routine in the protocol handler that the Qobuz plugin wasn't making use of. The next step is to figure out why the RG metadata is not being picked up and displayed with the track info, even though the Squeeze Ctrl app shows it.

[d6jg]

COMING SOON: Qobuz Replay Gain Support!

I've got it working. Just need to add an option to the plugin prefs for those who choose not to use it or want to experiment. As with all streaming service plugins that provide their own protocol handler, the LMS Replay Gain settings for the player are ignored and it is up to the plugin to control RG for each track, i.e. track gain, via a callback routine in the protocol handler that the Qobuz plugin wasn't making use of. The next step is to figure out why the RG metadata is not being picked up and displayed with the track info, even though the Squeeze Ctrl app shows it.

Great stuff Sam!

[slartibartfast]

COMING SOON: Qobuz Replay Gain Support!

I've got it working. Just need to add an option to the plugin prefs for those who choose not to use it or want to experiment. As with all streaming service plugins that provide their own protocol handler, the LMS Replay Gain settings for the player are ignored and it is up to the plugin to control RG for each track, i.e. track gain, via a callback routine in the protocol handler that the Qobuz plugin wasn't making use of. The next step is to figure out why the RG metadata is not being picked up and displayed with the track info, even though the Squeeze Ctrl app shows it.

Is it only "track gain" or is "album gain" catered for?

[SamY]

Is it only "track gain" or is "album gain" catered for?

Qobuz only supplies track gain values.

[slartibartfast]

Qobuz only supplies track gain values.

So you would need to turn off replaygain and turn down the volume for albums 🤣

[SamY]

So you would need to turn off replaygain and turn down the volume for albums 🤣

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