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Volume slider in app resets to zero

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bob:

--- Quote from: celt16 on April 08, 2022, 10:28:58 am --->>What is your actual playback device when the volume can't be controlled?<<

Static setup - JRiver and music stored on a Mac Mini (headless) sends music to my Classe Sigma SSP via network cable, and the iPhone JRiver app on my iPhone 11 controls what I play and (should be) volume.

When needed, I can see what's going on in the (headless) Mac Mini using my MacBook Pro to SHARE SCREEN - so the MacBook becomes the monitor for the Mac Mini.

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So since you are playing over the network, you are playing to the output device via DLNA.
In this case it's the device that presents the option of Volume control to MC.
There aren't many options here. Either it works or not. The Mute is really the only control other than volume you have (see attachment)

If it's not muted and you provide a log of trying to change the volume we could look at it but note that there are some devices which simply won't give you a software volume control.

Also, if you are playing DSD you are even less likely to get a volume control.

celt16:
Spending time diagnosing issue - looked at SOUND / OUTPUT settings on Mac mini - it lists

Name.                               Type
Internal Speakers.              Built-in
Sigma SSP                         HDMI
Sigma SSP                         USB
Sigma SSP.                        Airplay

USB is highlighted as default, when I press PLAY of any song on JRiver iPhone app, is switches to the previous choice (HDMI) If I remove the USB cable, it disappears as a choice (dynamic list) so HDMI becomes default highlight. When I press play on iPhone now, it switches from HDMI to Internal Speakers.

Any thoughts on how / why JRiver is doing that / how to stop it from happening? I can't be sure its the cause of inconsistent results, but it surely is suspect.         

bob:

--- Quote from: celt16 on April 08, 2022, 12:52:30 pm ---Spending time diagnosing issue - looked at SOUND / OUTPUT settings on Mac mini - it lists

Name.                               Type
Internal Speakers.              Built-in
Sigma SSP                         HDMI
Sigma SSP                         USB
Sigma SSP.                        Airplay

USB is highlighted as default, when I press PLAY of any song on JRiver iPhone app, is switches to the previous choice (HDMI) If I remove the USB cable, it disappears as a choice (dynamic list) so HDMI becomes default highlight. When I press play on iPhone now, it switches from HDMI to Internal Speakers.

Any thoughts on how / why JRiver is doing that / how to stop it from happening? I can't be sure its the cause of inconsistent results, but it surely is suspect.       

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Instead of choosing the audio device in system preferences, choose it in MC's Audio Device settings.
If you want more than one way to access the device you can create multiple zones in MC with each one configured using a different audio device.

celt16:
and building on last post ... sound choice toggles from HDMI to USB when I hit PLAY on JRiver iPhone app, and when I hit square box to right of play button (don't know what its called) it toggles back to HDMI.

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