music-assistant-server
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Crossfades no longer shrink to a few seconds on slower sources (#6128)
# What does this implement/fix? With smart fades on, crossfades were often barely audible and on shorter tracks disappeared entirely. Reported on a Sonos sync group playing Spotify. A fade may only hold back audio the player is already ahead by, and that lead was measured from scratch on every track. A source delivering just above playback pace (librespot runs at ~1.09x) can only bank a few percent of a track's length, so every boundary started from nothing. Measured on real hardware: 8.4s on Spotify where the same speakers give 44.5s from a local file. Under ~103s of track the window falls below the 3-second floor and there is no fade and no log line at all. The lead a track earns is now carried into the next one, in both the single-item and the flow stream, so it grows through the queue. Measured on a Sonos sync group with the source paced at Spotify's 1.09x: the window went 8.4s, 36.7s, 44.5s as the lead grew 0 -> 14.0s -> 45.0s, instead of resetting to nothing every track. **Related issue (if applicable):** - reported directly ## Types of changes - [x] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) — `bugfix` - [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality) — `new-feature` - [ ] Enhancement to an existing feature — `enhancement` - [ ] New music/player/metadata/plugin provider — `new-provider` - [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected) — `breaking-change` - [ ] Refactor (no behaviour change) — `refactor` - [ ] Documentation only — `documentation` - [ ] Maintenance / chore — `maintenance` - [ ] CI / workflow change — `ci` - [ ] Dependencies bump — `dependencies` ## Checklist - [x] The code change is tested and works locally. - [x] `pre-commit run --all-files` passes. - [x] `pytest` passes, and tests have been added/updated under `tests/` where applicable. - [ ] For changes to shared models, the companion PR in `music-assistant/models` is linked. - [ ] For changes affecting the UI, the companion PR in `music-assistant/frontend` is linked. - [x] I have read and complied with the project's [AI Policy](https://github.com/music-assistant/.github/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md) for any AI-assisted contributions. - [ ] I have [raised a PR against the documentation repository](https://github.com/music-assistant/music-assistant.io/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) targeting the main or beta branch as appropriate.
Author
Marcel van der Veldt<[email protected]>
August 31, 2026 at 02:14 PM UTC
Committer
Marvin Schenkel<[email protected]>
September 4, 2026 at 07:55 AM UTC
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music_assistant/controllers/streams/
tests/controllers/streams/
music_assistant/controllers/streams/audio.py
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tests/controllers/streams/test_realtime_sources.py
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