[Connect] ALSA device not released if no device is connected / no music is playing

[innir]

Hi,

I run qobuz-player-connect on the same host as kodi on a raspberry pi 4. It seems, kodi can't open the ALSA device anymore after qobuz-player-connect played music once. The only way to make audio in kodi work again is to restart / stop qobuz-player-connect - but that's quite annoying. I used librespot before and it worked just fine.

[SofusA]

Hi.

I think at the moment once the the audio device has been claimed, it is not released again before closing.

Maybe it would be sense to release the device after a queue is completed

[SofusA]

It seems like the device is released after the queue is completed.

Can you try if this issue persist, if you allow qobuz-player to complete the queue?

[innir]

Yes, that's true, if the queue is empty, the ALSA device is released. That's a good workaround, thanks!
I guess it would be good to release the ALSA device when a device disconnects from qobuz-player-connect as well.