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Hi All,
Am currently trying Asset UPnP with Lightening DS controlling my Auralic Altair and the first track seems to skip on any album and it randomly plays 10 seconds of a song and skips to the next song. I have tried Minimserver on the same computer with the same audio source files and no issues.
Has anyone experienced this and if so, would appreciate some guidance on how to fix this issue. Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Vin.
What is Asset running on?
Running on a Mac Pro early 2008 with El Captain Mac OS 10.11.
The audio is stored locally on the mac?
[QUOTE=Spoon;194666]The audio is stored locally on the mac?[/QUOTE]
No, the audio is stored on an external Fire Wire Drobo drive.
As a test move a few albums locally, and set asset to only scan the local folder.
[QUOTE=Spoon;194681]As a test move a few albums locally, and set asset to only scan the local folder.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried local files and still songs skipping all over the place. I have not played with any Asset UPnP settings, but does it perform any transcoding by default? If so, is there a simple way for me to disable as this may be causing the issue based on some feedback I have from the Auralic developer. Thanks in advance.
Edit:
Just to add to the above, I am also able to replicate this using the Lumin application - with tracks skipping all over the place through the playlist. I think this issue may be a combination of wi-fi speed and the Asset UPnP app as I don't experience this with MinimServer at all - playback is just fine with MinimServer with the same exact setup.
If you think is Wifi speeds then as a test browse in Asset to:
Additional >> Stream As >> mp3
add some tracks and try to play them.
[QUOTE=Spoon;194764]If you think is Wifi speeds then as a test browse in Asset to:
Additional >> Stream As >> mp3
add some tracks and try to play them.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, but not following you. Can you please expand on this for me as I am still very green with Asset UPnP? :) Thank You.
You should be able to browse in the tree as:
Additional
then select:
Stream As:
then select:
mp3
Then choose an album to play. This will play the album encoded to mp3 which uses much less bandwidth than lossless.
Sorry Spoon - being a bit thick here :eek:
Under 'Stream As' I see 'root' - I don't see anything about 'MP3' - do I need to add that manually and if so, how do I do that, as its not available from the 'Selected' drop down menu?
Which version of Asset do you have?
You should see an option for Mp3 directly under stream as
What you're seeing doesn't look like the normal intended behavior of Asset.
Please export your Asset UPnP configuration:
[Configure] in status window
Select the Asset instance, [Configure]
General settings tab
Configuration snapshot (normal) [Save]
.. and email the file to [email]peter@dbpoweramp.com[/email] for analysis.
Thanks.
[QUOTE=PeterP;194860]What you're seeing doesn't look like the normal intended behavior of Asset.
Please export your Asset UPnP configuration:
[Configure] in status window
Select the Asset instance, [Configure]
General settings tab
Configuration snapshot (normal) [Save]
.. and email the file to [email]peter@dbpoweramp.com[/email] for analysis.
Thanks.[/QUOTE]
Thanks Peter. I have sent the log file as requested. Appreciate your time/efforts on this as I would ideally like to use Asset UPnP for my streaming needs if possible.
Cheers,
Vin.
Thanks for the debug information.
Let's go over it step by step again to confirm what you're doing-
[list][*]Open your app used to control playback, such as BubbleUPnP.[*]Browse Asset's library - the top level view: "Arist", "Album", "Title" and so on.[*]Choose "Additional" from the top level view, then "Stream As".[/list]You should now see the relevant views (mp3/LPCM/Wave); each of them will present your whole library but with forced streaming as one of these formats.
Are you able to find the mp3/LPCM/Wave views or are you seeing something completely different there?
There's no need to change anything in Asset settings.
[QUOTE=PeterP;194860]What you're seeing doesn't look like the normal intended behavior of Asset.
Please export your Asset UPnP configuration:
[Configure] in status window
Select the Asset instance, [Configure]
General settings tab
Configuration snapshot (normal) [Save]
.. and email the file to [email]peter@dbpoweramp.com[/email] for analysis.
Thanks.[/QUOTE]
Hi Peter - just to let you know that I have sent over the config information to your e-mail address. Thanks in advance.
[QUOTE=PeterP;194937]Thanks for the debug information.
Let's go over it step by step again to confirm what you're doing-
[list][*]Open your app used to control playback, such as BubbleUPnP.[*]Browse Asset's library - the top level view: "Arist", "Album", "Title" and so on.[*]Choose "Additional" from the top level view, then "Stream As".[/list]You should now see the relevant views (mp3/LPCM/Wave); each of them will present your whole library but with forced streaming as one of these formats.
Are you able to find the mp3/LPCM/Wave views or are you seeing something completely different there?
There's no need to change anything in Asset settings.[/QUOTE]
Hi Peter - Yes, I am able to see the MP3/LPCC/Wave views/options to select from. Am I supposed to use one of these modes/formats? I thought I would just be able to simply select from my artist list and navigate from there and playback as I can do with no issues using MinimServer. Again, I am trying to play an album and it plays the first 3-5 seconds of a song and then skips to the next through the entire album. Not sure why this is happening as I cannot reproduce this using MinimServer. I am going to be updating my wireless router which I hope helps in this situation but again, not sure why this would be happening with your tool and not another...
Thanks and Happy New Year!
Cheers,
Vin.
Hi Peter,
Just to provide an update. I have now upgraded to a much better wireless router and signal is great between my Auralic Streamer DAC and router. Unfortunately, this did not solve the playback skipping issues with AssetUPnP. I thought this was maybe limited to higher res larger DSD files but I also got a skip into the first track of a 24/192 file. Playback is flawless with MinimServer. If I can get some support to resolve this which I would appreciate, then I'll look to purchase the product as I like the added features and interface but while it performs substandard for me, I am sticking with MinimServer.
Cheers,
Vin.