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MA has 2 ways of enqueuing tracks to players:
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**NATIVE ENQUEUE SUPPORT**
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The player has native enqueue support so we tell it what the next track will be right before the current one ends. This is a special feature that not all players support. Its supported (and by default enabled) for example on Slimproto, Google Cast and Sonos players. Some DLNA players support it but others don't so we offer a player setting to enable it so a user can try himself if the player accepts it. The benefit of this is full support gapless playback and, in the case of Slimproto and Sonos, also crossfade. Full metadata will also be sent to the player which is currently playing.
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The player has native enqueue support so we tell it what the next track will be right before the current one ends. This is a special feature that not all players support. Its supported (and by default enabled) for example on Slimproto, Google Cast and Sonos players. Some DLNA players support it but others don't so we offer a player setting to enable it so a user can try and see if the player accepts it. The benefit of this is full support gapless playback and, in the case of Slimproto and Sonos, also crossfade. Full metadata will also be sent to the player which is currently playing.
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**FLOW MODE**
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As an alternative to native enqueuing we can also send one stream of audio to the player and let Music Assistant stitch the songs together (with gapless or crossfade). This mode is used by default for Airplay, Snapcast and any mediaplayers you import from Home Assistant, and flow mode will also be used by DLNA and Cast if crossfade gets enabled. The downside of this approach is that most players lose metadata display (on the speaker itself). Some DLNA players however support "icy metadata" which is what we send to inform what is playing.

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