Chromecast large gaps between songs when screen off

[bkev]

I'm running GoneMAD on Android 11. 

I've added the app to "Never sleep" and when listening using bluetooth earbuds or via the speaker on the phone there don't seem to be any issues.

But, if I am Chromecasting and the screen is off it seems to play a few songs and then not be able to start playing another song. It's like it pauses but if I open up the app again it resumes. 

I'll keep testing to see if I can find anything further, but just wondered if there is anything I can check to see why this might be happening?

[bkev]

Ok, my apologies.
It seems this may have been the battery optimizer.

I did check the links that are posted and I did change a setting that fooled me into thinking that it was OK as when using bluetooth or the phone speaker it seemed ok.

But, I've changed the settings so that GoneMAD isn't optimized and so far it seems ok.

[GoneMAD]

my guess is the music service is being killed by the OS/battery saver. Chromecast will buffer the track, so there are periods where GMMP is doing nothing since the CC has the entire track. The only thing gmmp can do is stay listed as a foreground service (if you see a notification it should be in the foreground, but i can verify the code) which tells the OS to not kill it (but many phones completely ignore that)

[bkev]

I tested it for most of the day and making it so GoneMad wasn't optimized in the battery settings seemed to fix it thanks

[GoneMAD]

awesome. thanks for the update

[bkev]

No worries thanks for a great app!

I'm just hoping that there will be a fix coming from the chaps who maintain the MusicBee WiFi sync app to get the GoneMAD ratings and playcounts syncing back to MusicBee again now!