We use chromaprint and musicbrainz to load the tags for CD. Maybe the CD you tested is not in the database. I just tested 2 CD's by Bob Dylan here and they worked.

Fading won't work properly without dmix/resampling on Linux, that's why the option are disabled when ALSA is used and a device is selected. Because when fading, 2 tracks will be played at the same time and that's not possible without resampling. If you select ALSA but automatic for device or use pulseaudio fading will work since then the audio is resampled to 48k.

@jonas - Working A1 for me so far. Keep up the good work

I've seen similar issues myself. The problem might be in GStreamer, I'm not sure.

I have never tested with an iPod Touch. But there are issues related to the library imobiledevice that is used by Strawberry.
You can try to start strawberry from the terminal and see if there are any output.
Also running strawberry as snap has restrictions, you have to connect the correct plugs/slots.

Thank you for the quick reply. I installed the good plugins and I am having more success now.

We don't really have that. But you can select all songs in the playlist with CTRL + A, then right click and select queue, it will show a number in blue on the right side of the song title. However this will go away when the song is played.