diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_0_i2s_3_lib_idf51.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_0_i2s_3_lib_idf51.ino
index 65466f716..f77bbdfb8 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_0_i2s_3_lib_idf51.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_0_i2s_3_lib_idf51.ino
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public:
 
   void setSlotConfig(i2s_port_t i2s_port, uint8_t tx_slot_config,
                      uint8_t tx_slot_mask, uint8_t rx_slot_mask) {
-    _i2s_port = i2s_port;
+    // _i2s_port = i2s_port;
     _tx_slot_config = tx_slot_config;
   }
   void setRxFreq(uint16_t freq) { _rx_freq = freq; }
@@ -323,14 +323,9 @@ bool TasmotaI2S::beginTx(void) {
   } else
 #endif // SOC_DAC_SUPPORTED
   {
-    uint8_t zero_buffer[240] = {0};
-    size_t sz;
-    for(int i = 0;i < 6;i++){
-      i2s_channel_preload_data(_tx_handle, zero_buffer, sizeof(zero_buffer), &sz); // preload DMA buffer with silence
-    }
     err = i2s_channel_enable(_tx_handle);
   }
-  AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "I2S: Tx i2s_channel_enable err=0x%04X", err);
+  AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "I2S: Tx i2s_channel_enable err=0x%04X", err);
   if (err != ERR_OK){
     return false;
   }
@@ -349,6 +344,11 @@ bool TasmotaI2S::stopTx() {
       dac_task_stop();
       err = dac_continuous_disable((dac_continuous_handle_t) _tx_handle);
     } else {
+      uint8_t zero_buffer[240] = {0};
+      size_t sz;
+      for(int i = 0;i < 6;i++){
+        i2s_channel_write(_tx_handle, zero_buffer, sizeof(zero_buffer), &sz, 0); // fill DMA buffer with silence
+      }
       err = i2s_channel_disable(_tx_handle);
     }
     AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "I2S: stopTx i2s_channel_disable err=0x%04X", err);
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ bool TasmotaI2S::stopTx() {
       AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "I2S: stopTx i2s_del_channel err=0x%04X", err);
       _tx_handle = nullptr;
     }
-    AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "I2S: stop: I2S channel disabled");
+    AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "I2S: stop: I2S channel disabled");
   }
   return true;
 }
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ void TasmotaI2S::flush()
         delay(1);
       }
     }
-    AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "I2S: flush DMA TX buffer");
+    AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "I2S: flush DMA TX buffer");
 }
 
 bool TasmotaI2S::delTxHandle(void) {
diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_0_i2s_audio_idf51.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_0_i2s_audio_idf51.ino
index 7b0545856..f65d7c722 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_0_i2s_audio_idf51.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_0_i2s_audio_idf51.ino
@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ void I2sInit(void) {
                       audio_i2s.Settings->tx.slot_mask, audio_i2s.Settings->rx.slot_mask);
     if (tx) {
       i2s->setTxMode(audio_i2s.Settings->tx.mode);
-      i2s->setTxChannels(audio_i2s.Settings->tx.channels);
-      i2s->setRate(audio_i2s.Settings->tx.sample_rate);
+      // i2s->setTxChannels(audio_i2s.Settings->tx.channels);
+      // i2s->setRate(audio_i2s.Settings->tx.sample_rate);
     }
     if (rx) {
       i2s->setRxMode(audio_i2s.Settings->rx.mode);
@@ -786,20 +786,7 @@ void I2sInit(void) {
 //
 // Returns `I2S_OK` if ok to send to output or error code
 int32_t I2SPrepareTx(void) {
-
-  if(audio_i2s_mp3.task_running){
-    audio_i2s_mp3.task_running = false;
-    while(!audio_i2s_mp3.task_has_ended){
-      delay(1);
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (audio_i2s_mp3.mic_task_handle) {
-    audio_i2s_mp3.mic_stop = 1;
-    while (audio_i2s_mp3.mic_stop) {
-      delay(1);
-    }
-  }
+  I2sStopPlaying();
   
   AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "I2S: I2SPrepareTx out=%p", audio_i2s.out);
   if (!audio_i2s.out) { return I2S_ERR_OUTPUT_NOT_CONFIGURED; }
@@ -835,13 +822,12 @@ void I2sMp3Task(void *arg) {
   audio_i2s_mp3.task_running = true;
   while (audio_i2s_mp3.mp3->isRunning() && audio_i2s_mp3.task_running) {
     if (!audio_i2s_mp3.mp3->loop()) {
-        audio_i2s_mp3.task_running == false;
+        audio_i2s_mp3.task_running = false;
     }
     vTaskDelay(pdMS_TO_TICKS(1));
   }
   audio_i2s.out->flush();
   audio_i2s_mp3.mp3->stop();
-  I2sStopPlaying();
   mp3_delete();
   audio_i2s_mp3.mp3_task_handle = nullptr;
   audio_i2s_mp3.task_has_ended = true;
@@ -853,8 +839,7 @@ void I2sStatusCallback(void *cbData, int code, const char *string) {
   const char *ptr = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(cbData);
   (void) code;
   (void) ptr;
-  //strncpy_P(status, string, sizeof(status)-1);
-  //status[sizeof(status)-1] = 0;
+  AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "I2S: -> %s", string);
 }
 
 #ifdef USE_I2S_MP3
@@ -870,7 +855,7 @@ void I2sMp3WrTask(void *arg){
     }
   }
   audio_i2s.out->flush();
-  I2sStopPlaying();
+  I2sWebRadioStopPlaying();
   audio_i2s_mp3.mp3_task_handle = nullptr;
   audio_i2s_mp3.task_has_ended = true;
   vTaskDelete(NULL);
@@ -879,11 +864,23 @@ void I2sMp3WrTask(void *arg){
 #endif // USE_I2S_MP3
 
 void I2sStopPlaying() {
-
-#ifdef USE_I2S_WEBRADIO
-  I2sWebRadioStopPlaying();
-#endif
   I2SAudioPower(false);
+
+  if(audio_i2s_mp3.task_running){
+    audio_i2s_mp3.task_running = false;
+    while(audio_i2s_mp3.task_has_ended == false){
+      delay(10);
+    }
+    while(audio_i2s_mp3.mp3){
+      delay(10);
+    }
+  }
+  if (audio_i2s_mp3.mic_task_handle) {
+    audio_i2s_mp3.mic_stop = 1;
+    while (audio_i2s_mp3.mic_stop) {
+      delay(10);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 #ifdef USE_I2S_MP3
@@ -891,9 +888,9 @@ void I2sStopPlaying() {
 //
 // Returns I2S_error_t
 int32_t I2SPlayMp3(const char *path) {
-  int32_t i2s_err = I2S_OK;
-  if ((i2s_err = I2SPrepareTx()) != I2S_OK) { return i2s_err; }
-  if (audio_i2s_mp3.decoder || audio_i2s_mp3.mp3) return I2S_ERR_DECODER_IN_USE;
+  int32_t i2s_err = I2SPrepareTx();
+  if ((i2s_err) != I2S_OK) { return i2s_err; }
+  if (audio_i2s_mp3.mp3) return I2S_ERR_DECODER_IN_USE;
 
   // check if the filename starts with '/', if not add it
   char fname[64];
@@ -926,13 +923,14 @@ void mp3_delete(void) {
   delete audio_i2s_mp3.file;
   delete audio_i2s_mp3.id3;
   delete audio_i2s_mp3.mp3;
-  audio_i2s_mp3.mp3=nullptr;
+  audio_i2s_mp3.mp3 = nullptr;
 
-  if (audio_i2s_mp3.decoder) {
-    audio_i2s_mp3.decoder->stop();
-    delete audio_i2s_mp3.decoder;
-    audio_i2s_mp3.decoder = NULL;
-  }
+  // if (audio_i2s_mp3.decoder) {
+    // audio_i2s_mp3.decoder->stop();
+    // delete audio_i2s_mp3.decoder;
+    // audio_i2s_mp3.decoder = nullptr;
+    // AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "I2S: audio_i2s_mp3.decoder = nullptr");
+  // }
 }
 #endif // USE_I2S_MP3
 
@@ -974,16 +972,12 @@ void CmndI2SStop(void) {
     ResponseCmndChar("I2S output not configured");
     return;
   }
-  I2sStopPlaying();
+  audio_i2s.out->setGain(0);
   ResponseCmndDone();
 }
 
 #ifdef USE_I2S_MP3
 void CmndI2SPlay(void) {
-  if (I2SPrepareTx()) {
-    ResponseCmndChar("I2S output not configured");
-    return;
-  }
   if (XdrvMailbox.data_len > 0) {
     int32_t err = I2SPlayMp3(XdrvMailbox.data);
     // display return message
diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_7_i2s_webradio_idf51.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_7_i2s_webradio_idf51.ino
index 1f0a8e7e4..c88c14514 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_7_i2s_webradio_idf51.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_42_7_i2s_webradio_idf51.ino
@@ -75,11 +75,18 @@ void Webradio(const char *url) {
     I2sWebRadioStopPlaying();
     return;
   }
-  
+  AddLog(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "I2S: did connect to %s",url);
+
   I2SAudioPower(true);
   Audio_webradio.buff = new AudioFileSourceBuffer(Audio_webradio.ifile, Audio_webradio.preallocateBuffer, preallocateBufferSize);
+  if(Audio_webradio.buff == nullptr){
+    return;
+  }
   Audio_webradio.buff->RegisterStatusCB(I2sStatusCallback, NULL);
   audio_i2s_mp3.decoder = new AudioGeneratorMP3(Audio_webradio.preallocateCodec, preallocateCodecSize);
+  if(audio_i2s_mp3.decoder == nullptr){
+    return;
+  }
   audio_i2s_mp3.decoder->RegisterStatusCB(I2sStatusCallback, NULL);
   audio_i2s_mp3.decoder->begin(Audio_webradio.buff, audio_i2s.out);
   if (!audio_i2s_mp3.decoder->isRunning()) {