[MarkParity]

I am surprised that your company is so lax regarding cybersecurity.

My workplace has a separate “visitor" WiFi network for public devices, I just choose not to use it. I suppose my device would be more exposed to attack from other devices sharing the visitor WIFi but that doesn’t bother me, it’s just that I have plenty of data (160gb) on my plan.

 

[Sral94]

Yes it will but what we assumed would be a simple process has turned into months of work with Spotify to get code and licensing. We still have more work to do but it's
much close now.

This was back in August 2019...

With this follow-up in July 2020:

We are still tackling this with Google but Spotify is a separate case and we are making some progress now.

When the 2go launched it was stated that it would get spotify connect in a future firmware as well.

Are there any news on this?

 

[User9876]

Good idea! Any link for the wifi dongle?

I use the ZTE MF8333U1 myself but any 4G Wifi dongle will work, its not Poly connecting to the dongle its your phone, Poly connects to the phone's hotspot.

 

[User9876]

Are there any news on this?

 

[rmkjr]

I’ve heard conflicting reports. It seems as though Apple Music via Airplay 2 sends AAC 256 no matter what quality setting is selected. It seems that it was a software decision by Apple for Apple Music specifically even though Airplay itself can do 16/44.1 for audio, 16/48 when sending video, and 24/48 for HomePods communicating between each other in a stereo pair or multi room. However I have then seen that Apple Music via Airplay 1 doesn’t convert to AAC and can send up to 16/44.1 if the track is that or higher (granted it will have to down convert potentially via non integer math and I’m guessing truncated bits if the track is higher than 16/44.1). The mojo 2 shows the received sample rate only. I’m curious if anyone knows how to confirm what codec and bit depth the Poly receives via Airplay during playback? It honestly sounds great, but I couldn’t help but wonder

 

[User9876]

I’ve heard conflicting reports. It seems as though Apple Music via Airplay 2 sends AAC 256 no matter what quality setting is selected. It seems that it was a software decision by Apple for Apple Music specifically even though Airplay itself can do 16/44.1 for audio, 16/48 when sending video, and 24/48 for HomePods communicating between each other in a stereo pair or multi room. However I have then seen that Apple Music via Airplay 1 doesn’t convert to AAC and can send up to 16/44.1 if the track is that or higher (granted it will have to down convert potentially via non integer math and I’m guessing truncated bits if the track is higher than 16/44.1). The mojo 2 shows the received sample rate only. I’m curious if anyone knows how to confirm what codec and bit depth the Poly receives via Airplay during playback? It honestly sounds great, but I couldn’t help but wonder

I simply avoided the whole issue and used another music app when streaming via Airplay but who knows if that app (Qobuz) encodes stuff before sending it so now I tend to avoid Airplay totally if I'm at home and only use Airplay when walking, where it would be difficult to tell the difference.

The only way to know for sure would be to get a packet sniffer and capture all the packets, or perhaps look at the size of the transmitted data for a single track to determine if its been recompressed.

Wireshark could probably do this, I have used it in the past but I can't be bothered to look at this Airplay music data.

 

[Cymruambyth]

I’ve heard conflicting reports. It seems as though Apple Music via Airplay 2 sends AAC 256 no matter what quality setting is selected. It seems that it was a software decision by Apple for Apple Music specifically even though Airplay itself can do 16/44.1 for audio, 16/48 when sending video, and 24/48 for HomePods communicating between each other in a stereo pair or multi room. However I have then seen that Apple Music via Airplay 1 doesn’t convert to AAC and can send up to 16/44.1 if the track is that or higher (granted it will have to down convert potentially via non integer math and I’m guessing truncated bits if the track is higher than 16/44.1). The mojo 2 shows the received sample rate only. I’m curious if anyone knows how to confirm what codec and bit depth the Poly receives via Airplay during playback? It honestly sounds great, but I couldn’t help but wonder

AirPlay sends up to 16/44.1. It doesn’t compress the file. So if you send a hi-res file it will convert it to 16/44.1. If you send a lower resolution file, that’s what you’ll get.

 

[pavoni]

It’s quite a few years ago - but I tested an AirPlay 1 Apple TV (the one with the optical out) and it always outputted at 48kHz - but it did 24 bit, when the input was >16 bit.

 

[pavoni]

I’ve heard conflicting reports. It seems as though Apple Music via Airplay 2 sends AAC 256 no matter what quality setting is selected. It seems that it was a software decision by Apple for Apple Music specifically even though Airplay itself can do 16/44.1 for audio, 16/48 when sending video, and 24/48 for HomePods communicating between each other in a stereo pair or multi room. However I have then seen that Apple Music via Airplay 1 doesn’t convert to AAC and can send up to 16/44.1 if the track is that or higher (granted it will have to down convert potentially via non integer math and I’m guessing truncated bits if the track is higher than 16/44.1). The mojo 2 shows the received sample rate only. I’m curious if anyone knows how to confirm what codec and bit depth the Poly receives via Airplay during playback? It honestly sounds great, but I couldn’t help but wonder

The document linked here has good info on airplay 2 with some evidence. https://community.roonlabs.com/t/airplay-2-not-lossless/249574/13?u=gregd

Also useful info from the Software Director at Naim https://community.naimaudio.com/t/apple-music-hifi-tier-incoming/16445/1062?u=gregd

 

[User9876]

The only way to avoid the Airplay issue, if anyone is bothered, is to use an app like MConnect and stream music using DLNA, unless anyone tells me any different, DLNA is always lossless. So that is what I currently do when I want the best wireless possible.

I believe that Airplay beats Bluetooth but, probably even that isn't 100% true.

Roon, can't we have portable RAAT? That would be awesome.

 

[rmkjr]

The document linked here has good info on airplay 2 with some evidence. https://community.roonlabs.com/t/airplay-2-not-lossless/249574/13?u=gregd

Also useful info from the head of Software Director at Naim https://community.naimaudio.com/t/apple-music-hifi-tier-incoming/16445/1062?u=gregd

Super useful! That describes it perfectly, thank you!

 

[PhenixS1970]

With the new Poly update, it no longer flashes when charged, but the charging light goes out completely. Not sure if it shuts down or just stops flashing.

Been a while that I used Poly so battery is drained. Having the same, no flashing led while charging (if it is…..). Is this normal?

 

[rwelles]

Been a while that I used Poly so battery is drained. Having the same, no flashing led while charging (if it is…..). Is this normal?

I suggest you leave plugged in overnight. If you still don't see any LEDs come on or flash, then contact Chord.

 

[PhenixS1970]

I suggest you leave plugged in overnight. If you still don't see any LEDs come on or flash, then contact Chord.

Thank you, I just did that .

 

[grasshopperuk]

I bought a poly a few days ago, charged it all day using a 2A charger, connected to a fully charged Mojo2. The M status light indicates Mojo2 is fully charged, the P status light has not illuminated at all, in any colour. I think mine may be dead or damaged as the P status light appears to be a hole rather than an LED, on the M status light there is a small plastic lens that is missing from the P light. This is supposedly a new unit from a well known retailer. They're swapping it for me no questions but the lack of P status light interests me. I was never able to get Gofigure to connect to the Poly in normal or alternate mode, I activated BT discovery on phone, disconnected my watch from phone etc.