diff --git a/music_assistant/server/providers/snapcast/__init__.py b/music_assistant/server/providers/snapcast/__init__.py
index c2916893c..c5a2da135 100644
--- a/music_assistant/server/providers/snapcast/__init__.py
+++ b/music_assistant/server/providers/snapcast/__init__.py
@@ -559,12 +559,17 @@ async def _streamer() -> None:
                 self.mass.players.update(player_id)
                 self._set_childs_state(player_id)
             finally:
-                with suppress(TypeError, KeyError, AttributeError):
-                    await self._snapserver.stream_remove_stream(stream.identifier)
+                await self._delete_current_snapstream(stream, media)
 
         # start streaming the queue (pcm) audio in a background task
         self._stream_tasks[player_id] = asyncio.create_task(_streamer())
 
+    async def _delete_current_snapstream(self, stream: Snapstream, media: PlayerMedia) -> None:
+        with suppress(TypeError, KeyError, AttributeError):
+            if media.duration < 5:
+                await asyncio.sleep(5)
+            await self._snapserver.stream_remove_stream(stream.identifier)
+
     def _get_snapgroup(self, player_id: str) -> Snapgroup:
         """Get snapcast group for given player_id."""
         snap_client_id = self._get_snapclient_id(player_id)
@@ -628,7 +633,9 @@ async def _create_default_stream(self) -> None:
         """Create new stream on snapcast server named default case not exist."""
         all_streams = {stream.name for stream in self._snapserver.streams}
         if "default" not in all_streams:
-            await self._snapserver.stream_add_stream("pipe:///tmp/snapfifo?name=default")
+            await self._snapserver.stream_add_stream(
+                "pipe:///tmp/snapfifo?name=default&sampleformat=48000:16:2"
+            )
 
     def _set_childs_state(self, player_id: str) -> None:
         """Set the state of the child`s of the player."""