Option to delay audio for a Media Player part of a Group Player

[Verguldebarman]

I like the Group Player option very much. It has unfortunately one big issue:

--> unable to sync/delay individual Media Players

Therefore the Group Player option is useless in case the Media Players are out of sync. That produces a lot of unwanted echo in the audio....

Similar to the Group Delay Correction option in Google Chromecast devices.

[OzGav]

If you use the native MA players they play in sync. There will be some HA players in the future (integration dependent) that will also play in sync

[Verguldebarman]

Yeah, I guess MA plays in sync, however...the speakers (Media Players) play the music out of sync ;-)

MA cannot currently account for distance (or individual speaker delays, caching, etc.). Therefore, you need a delay option per the Media Player part of the Player Group.

In my case I have created a Player Group with the following (native) MA Media Players:

• 1x Chomecast Utra
• 2x Google mini's

There is an unfortunate delay between the Chromecast Ultra and the mini's..... the Utra is 60ms ahead.

[OzGav]

Cast works differently. That link you posted above would be the solution I would expect

[OzGav]

This may also be of interest https://music-assistant.io/faq/tech-info/#player-perfect-sync