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Random disconnects from DLNA server / Renderer - How to troubleshoot? [Solved}
jctcom:
I think part of the issue with troubleshooting this is that there are so few people that have receiver's that even know they are capable of this functionality. And also how much better the audio quality is when using it.
Let me know what you find out though.
Carl.
larryincmh:
So since we started chatting about this I decided over the last few days to do a deeper dive. I’m not sure I learned anything. I tried using JRiver on my PC as well as on my Mac laptop sending to my Yamaha A6A. This was utilizing my library which is on my Synology NAS. Same experience as I have had in the past and which you report in which it plays and just randomly disconnects. I did come to realize that when it disconnects the receiver then reverts back to playing the last thing that was played via the network through the MusicCast app (in other words it goes back to playing the last thing that was pulled to the receiver by the MC app as opposed to push from another app on a computer or elsewhere). Not sure why that happens.
Wondering if it had anything to do with the library being on the NAS I then went to JRiver on my PC and loaded some music on my PC hard drive into the player and played to the Yamaha. No change in the experience it would just play some and then randomly disconnect, no pattern as to when and why.
Wondering if JRiver had anything to do with it I switched over to Windows Media Center which I came to discover can also send via DLNA to the Yamaha. So I queued up a couple of albums and played them that way. The experience was slightly different in that every so often a song would quit at some point in the middle of the tune but instead of disconnecting altogether it would go to the next song in the playlist. I had that happen a couple of times. I also did have it totally disconnect but that was less frequent than the switching songs.
I don’t know that I have anything more to add right now. I did find a website that talked about DLNA in general and people reporting disconnects. In that thread there was discussion that enabling IPv6 on your local area network could solve the problem. I have just done that on my router because it was turned off and will see tomorrow what happens when I play some albums.
jctcom:
Wow. That's great and a great deal farther than I got.
It is good to know that it happens when music is played locally as that was one of the things someone at JRiver wanted me to try. But I didn't have enough local hard drive space to make a worthwhile attempt.
I still find it strange that I can play to my Panasonic DP-UB820 as well as a few other DLNA adapters and / or speakers for hours with no problems. But I think I am sending native song only to the DP-UB820 and the Yamaha. Others are I think sent via PCM after JRiver converts them. Also my DP-UB820 receives the raw music data but the DSF files are converted to PCM 176.4. The PCM files are sent to the Yamaha raw though for it to decode.
I also think it's probably applicable that when the Yamaha stops playing it completely drops off of JRiver's list of players. Whereas the DP-UB820 is always there. Even when it is turned off and I can't actually play to it.
There must be some sort of "Persistent" option that Allows JRiver to permanently remember when a DLNA device was once available and whatever that switch is is turned off for the Yamaha.
I have some DLNA devices in my list that have been turned off for months and they are still listed in the JRiver player list even though I would not be able to play to them without turning them on first.
Carl.
JimH:
There are some settings in MC's DLNA for "broken renderers". Worth trying.
jctcom:
--- Quote from: JimH on March 07, 2024, 07:27:28 am ---There are some settings in MC's DLNA for "broken renderers". Worth trying.
--- End quote ---
Hi Jim. I don't see anything in the settings mentioning "Broken renderers"?
Carl
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