Great questions! Our main goal at the moment is to push our XiiaLive Beta FFmpeg stream engine out to XiiaLive and XiiaLive Pro as default. The version of FFmpeg stream engine that we use on XiiaLive Beta is completely different than what is available on XiiaLive and XiiaLive Pro. It is fast, smart and solid!

Here are some of the main differences between Android and FFmpeg stream engines.

Android:
It uses hacks to get radio streaming to work on Android. This causes various limitations for us and cross device compatibility is not great. It doesn't allow us to optimize every single corner of the radio streaming process.

FFmpeg:
It uses open source code which allows the app to support just about every single popular audio format available on the internet. It is also the best stream engine available in the world. Yes, we are very pumped about the quality we are bringing in. :)

Closing thread. Issue should no longer happen with latest release of XiiaLive.

Closing thread. Feature already available with latest release of XiiaLive.

Please send me an email at support@xiialive.com I would like to provide you with a new app version to see if this issue is resolved.  Thanks!


Update 06/16/11:
I tested the radio on my PC using WinAmp and I heard the gaps you talk about, but they rarely happen.  This suggests that it's an issue with the actual broadcaster.

Closing thread. Issue should no longer happen with latest release of XiiaLive.

Closing thread. Issue should no longer happen with latest release of XiiaLive.

Closing thread. Issue should no longer happen with latest release of XiiaLive.

Closing thread. This issue should be resolved with the latest available version of XiiaLive.

Update 02/19/14:
This issue ended up being a problem with the installed Android version. Simply closing this thread as fixed.

Update 05/16/11:
Please check with the latest update v2.1.8. We have added a new power managing flag that hopefully resolves this issue.


Update 05/18/11:

There have been a few improvements in this area which I'm hoping will resolve this issue on update v2.1.9 coming next week.

Closing... Issue should no longer be seen with latest releases of XiiaLive.