From: Marcel van der Veldt <m.vanderveldt@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:14:05 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Small fixes to grouped airplay playback and late joining
X-Git-Url: https://git.kitaultman.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=53df33761f9ec3b180ccc4e2ccd83124a0bb5034;p=music-assistant-server.git

Small fixes to grouped airplay playback and late joining
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diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/airplay/stream_session.py b/music_assistant/providers/airplay/stream_session.py
index c5a2f99b..0ac9625d 100644
--- a/music_assistant/providers/airplay/stream_session.py
+++ b/music_assistant/providers/airplay/stream_session.py
@@ -153,8 +153,19 @@ class AirPlayStreamSession:
             return
 
         async with self._lock:
-            # Get all buffered chunks to send
-            buffered_chunks = list(self._chunk_buffer)
+            # Get buffered chunks to send, but limit to ~5 seconds to avoid
+            # blocking real-time streaming to other players (causes packet loss)
+            max_late_join_buffer_seconds = 5.0
+            all_buffered = list(self._chunk_buffer)
+
+            # Filter to only include chunks within the time limit
+            if all_buffered:
+                min_position = self.seconds_streamed - max_late_join_buffer_seconds
+                buffered_chunks = [
+                    (chunk, pos) for chunk, pos in all_buffered if pos >= min_position
+                ]
+            else:
+                buffered_chunks = []
 
             if buffered_chunks:
                 # Calculate how much buffer we're sending
@@ -209,7 +220,10 @@ class AirPlayStreamSession:
                 if not self.sync_clients:
                     break
 
-                await self._write_chunk_to_all_players(chunk)
+                has_running_clients = await self._write_chunk_to_all_players(chunk)
+                if not has_running_clients:
+                    self.prov.logger.debug("No running clients remaining, stopping audio streamer")
+                    break
                 self.seconds_streamed += len(chunk) / pcm_sample_size
         finally:
             if not watchdog_task.done():
@@ -237,7 +251,9 @@ class AirPlayStreamSession:
             silence_duration = 0.1
             silence_bytes = int(pcm_sample_size * silence_duration)
             silence_chunk = bytes(silence_bytes)
-            await self._write_chunk_to_all_players(silence_chunk)
+            has_running_clients = await self._write_chunk_to_all_players(silence_chunk)
+            if not has_running_clients:
+                break
             self.seconds_streamed += silence_duration
             silence_inserted += silence_duration
             await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
@@ -248,12 +264,15 @@ class AirPlayStreamSession:
                 silence_inserted,
             )
 
-    async def _write_chunk_to_all_players(self, chunk: bytes) -> None:
-        """Write a chunk to all connected players."""
+    async def _write_chunk_to_all_players(self, chunk: bytes) -> bool:
+        """Write a chunk to all connected players.
+
+        :return: True if there are still running clients, False otherwise.
+        """
         async with self._lock:
             sync_clients = [x for x in self.sync_clients if x.stream and x.stream.running]
             if not sync_clients:
-                return
+                return False
 
             # Add chunk to ring buffer for late joiners (before seconds_streamed is updated)
             chunk_position = self.seconds_streamed
@@ -287,6 +306,10 @@ class AirPlayStreamSession:
             for player in players_to_remove:
                 self.mass.create_task(self.remove_client(player))
 
+            # Return False if all clients were removed (or scheduled for removal)
+            remaining_clients = len(sync_clients) - len(players_to_remove)
+            return remaining_clients > 0
+
     async def _write_chunk_to_player(self, airplay_player: AirPlayPlayer, chunk: bytes) -> None:
         """Write audio chunk to a player's ffmpeg process."""
         player_id = airplay_player.player_id