Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

[Spoon]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

Now released, see:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?p=93574

[Spoon]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

Updated to RC2

Library scanner could previously rescan multiple times,
PS3 'pop' fix when transcoding

Full release should be next week.

[bhelton]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

Got quick observation - I think it might be related to the RC2 change for "Folder & file Browsing - the folders are exposed as a SotrageContainer so can be added in one go to a playlist" but I wasn't sure if this was the expected result.

I believe as noted - in the 'Recently added albums' playlist the containers are "object.container.storageFolder". I was a bit surprised that they still have albumArtURI's and an artist element - but the artist is empty. Figured I'd mention it in case that wasn't intentional.

Thanks
Bill

[Spoon]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

It has been reported before (PS3 popping):

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=19524

But I could not find it...

Pressing Next gives the pop, do you get the pop when playing the 2nd track on its own (when no other tracks were playing)?

[BadCommand]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

Also does it with Apple Lossless. This is of course transcoding to Wave. If you hit the next track key it will pop at that point as well.

[BadCommand]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

WMA lossless seems to pop in between each & every track while streaming to PS3- which I don't believe was happening with prior revs. It's just a short very light pop- kind of reminds me of listening to vinyl

I'll try Apple lossless tomorrow.

[quenthal]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

My Yamaha DSP-Z7 claims that there is "No Content" in my NAS. With Twonky or Fuppes there is no such problem, however I'm becoming so accustomed with Asset that I'd like to start using it.

[ServerBaboon]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

All my files are currently mp3.

Will look at the asset tree.

[Spoon]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

>I select the album the track list some times has the same track listed 3 or four times.

WMP 11 has many changes which are not for the best... You would have to edit the browse tree in Asset removing all Album and A to Z entries in any subtrees.

The playing of tracks, first try a mp3 file to rule out the audio format.

[ServerBaboon]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

I don't know if anyone else has tried it yet but I am having some issues with Windows 7 (x64) connecting to asset on a WHS box. If I load up Windows Media player and select the asset server the albums are not always displayed with the album art and when I select the album the track list some times has the same track listed 3 or four times. When I try and play a track it attempts then says its chaging media and then after some sort of time out it displays a failure message. All the while it works with my Vista (x86) laptop with no issues.

Weirdly when I joined my WHS box to my domain at home (I work in IT) everything worked ok, except for the WHS messages about shutting down unless removed it from the domain.

I have removed my WHS box from the domain again and the media playing on my W7 box has stopped working. Also I am getting an incomplete list of albums.

I have tried disabling the FW on the WHS box but that made no difference.

I do not know enough ( nothingreally) about UPNP so not sure where to start except for firewalls... any further ideas?

[ocoro02]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

I have problems with KinskyDesktop when I bring the PC (running Vista) out of standby and never quite pinned down why. It just seems to lose either the Linn DS or the media server and multiple restarts of KinskyDesktop often don't help (and 'rescan network' doesn't seem to work either). I always make sure I quit KinskyDesktop before putting the PC in standby now.

[paulwa]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

One thing I do want to congratulate you on, Spoon, is the ability of the Asset server to survive WHS Hibernation cycles. I've tried to run Twonky and Firefly in the past, but both simply disappear from view on the Roku when my WHS comes out of hibernation. I need to do a full system restart to restore them.

I'm not sure if this is peculiar to the Roku - does anyone else see this happening with other client devices? I run my WHS as a proper static IP address, outside of the routers DHCP range, as I read that DHCP leases can expire. I also have Windows Firewall turned off on the Home Server.

Sorry, I didn't mean to get into trouble-shooting other people's servers here, it was meant to be a slap on the back for Asset!

[Spoon]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

It is a current limitation of the design, Asset was originally built as an internal database, file system, internet radio and playlists are all outside the main database so getting the extra info out to the player (which calls BrowseforMetadata as the roku does) is tricky. It will be addressed in Asset R3.

[paulwa]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

Hi Spoon. I checked the playlist issue for Roku Soundbridge devices. RC1 displays the playlists, which you could do previously, and also lets you play the tracks, which you couldn't.

There still seems to be a tag-reading issue. When you start a track, the filename briefly flashes on the screen of the Roku (e.g. 03 - Ethanopium), but then it immediately changes to something like the following:

[FILE-SYSTEM]176-au192 - (Unkown Artist)

The numbers are different for every track played, so it looks like it's presenting database info rather than the track and artist name from the tags. It will enable to the Roku to play through the playlist now though, so it seems to work from a musical perspective. Cheers!

[dvdr]

Re: Asset UPnP (DLNA) Release 2

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