# No gapless playback on iOS
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-gapless-playback-on-ios/942599
**Category:** Plex Labs
**Tags:** ios-beta, plexamp, ios
**Created:** [September 6, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-gapless-playback-on-ios/942599 "2026-09-06T12:24:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@grahamberks](https://forums.plex.tv/u/grahamberks)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-gapless-playback-on-ios/942599/1 "2026-09-06T12:24:21Z")
On iOS 27b7 and plexamp 4.50.7
Tried a couple of albums and there is no gapless playback.
Using downloaded Flac files.
Some specific options I’m meant to turn on ?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@grahamberks](https://forums.plex.tv/u/grahamberks)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-gapless-playback-on-ios/942599/2 "2026-09-06T13:11:03Z")
Issue appears to happen when I have ‘sample rate matching’ in ‘Strict’ mode.
If I put it to ‘Smart’ I get correct gapless playback.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-gapless-playback-on-ios/942599/3 "2026-09-06T13:14:44Z")
> [@grahamberks](#):
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> Issue appears to happen when I have ‘sample rate matching’ in ‘Strict’ mode.
Switching of sample rate between tracks does prevent gapless playback.
You can’t have both.
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### Author:  [@grahamberks](https://forums.plex.tv/u/grahamberks)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-gapless-playback-on-ios/942599/4 "2026-09-06T13:25:58Z")
Even if the tracks the same rate ?
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-gapless-playback-on-ios/942599/5 "2026-09-06T13:27:07Z")
Unfortunately yes. The code paths are different.
Either you have sweet fades working always, or never.
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### Author:  [@grahamberks](https://forums.plex.tv/u/grahamberks)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-gapless-playback-on-ios/942599/6 "2026-09-06T13:31:18Z")
ah good to know, thanks
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### Author:  [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-gapless-playback-on-ios/942599/7 "2026-09-06T14:47:01Z")
if the tracks are the same rate then there shouldn’t be pause between them.
if you provided logs we could help you
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### Author:  [@grahamberks](https://forums.plex.tv/u/grahamberks)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-gapless-playback-on-ios/942599/8 "2026-09-06T15:05:49Z")
[Plexamp-Logs-2026-09-06-1.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/9R7LvXrLrl2VoZxXIwr3dlawccR.zip) (291.1 KB)
Logs attached.
I went to a track, moved to near the end of the track and was gapless when in Smart.
Then went to strict, repeated above and wasn’t gapless.
Thanks