Spotify bitrate

Also possibly heresy. The Spotify playing on the WiiM does not show bitrate, as noted by others.I can however hear a clear difference between Tidal and Spotify. Just listen to the keyboard in beginning. It sounds much more clear and "real" on Tidal. #17 This thread may be helpful.I don't think I've seen spec sheets for developers shared externally. However there are some resources below that show a difference in bitrate between the streams:Spotify Connect streams at 320Kbit/sChromecast at 256Kbit/s Chromecast Bitrate What bitrate does the Chromecast Audio stream at? There have been other threads addressing this problem, but they all seem to give contradictory answers. This thread says that the Chromecast automatically streams at 320 kbps: Bitrate on Chromecast? This thread says that the audio quality is... community.spotify.com I am unable to confirm this because the Wiim app only shows the bitrate for Spotify Connect streams, not Chromecast. They also use different codecs. I could be wrong, but it does sound different... Following on from a comment there by some abscondee , here’s another link that may be of use #19 It is the link that Mr Brantome mentioned back in the good old days? It’s a related link tbh. I wonder where he disappeared to? sNc Active member #20 Soo many years later, and Spotify and Youtube Music - such a huge music services, cannot go beyond 320 / 16b ...

The WiiM app I can see the current bitrate of the song that is being played, as per one of the above comments. It’s already been mentioned in the forum that WiiM don’t show the bitrate from Spotify as that seemingly goes against Spotify Connect’s UI guidelines for some weird reason… #10 It’s already been mentioned in the forum that WiiM don’t show the bitrate from Spotify as that seemingly goes against Spotify Connect’s UI guidelines for some weird reason… It's probably because it is so poor, and certainly Not High Quality. #11 I’d expect auto - see this Spotify page where it states “You can’t change audio settings when using Spotify Connect to play on another device.”It’s already been mentioned in the forum that WiiM don’t show the bitrate from Spotify as that seemingly goes against Spotify Connect’s UI guidelines for some weird reason… Thanks for your response. But I don't interpret that as that they default to a particular setting. If they did I would expect them to say it defaults. What is also possible is that you can only adjust quality when not on Spotify Connect. That kind of makes more sense because even though it's greyed out it maintains the previously chosen setting. But I'd love confirmation. I think I might also try our Tidal to see if there's a noticeable difference. The only issue is that I always preferred Spotify for its suggestions. #12 Spotify Connect uses the highest quality available when streaming to WiiM.If you select normal quality on your phone and then use the app to control Spotify on your WiiM, the WiiM will still play at the highest quality which is 320 kbps.This is because the WiiM is streaming Spotify directly from the servers, and not from your phone.You are only using your phone as the remote to control it.Compared to that Tidal may stream with more than 5000 kbps for some tracks.This article tries to compare the streaming services: Last edited: Jan 29, 2025 #13 Spotify Connect uses the highest quality available when streaming to WiiM.If you select normal quality on your phone and then use the app to control Spotify on your WiiM, the WiiM will still play at the highest quality which is 320 kbps.This is because the WiiM is streaming Spotify directly from the servers, and not from your phone.You are only using your phone as the remote to control it.Compared to that Tidal may stream with more than 5000 kbps for some tracks.View attachment 16823This article tries to compare the streaming services: Thanks for your response. My WiiM app isn't showing the bit rate and codec. I see that you've taken a screenshot of the WiiM playing Tidal and not Spotify so do you also see it when playing Spotify?I did see that What HiFi article that suggests that Sportify Connect always plays at the highest quality but I couldn't find anywhere else that says that. I.e. on the Spotify website. So I'm not entirely convinced.The article

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