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Atmos music files
TheShoe:
--- Quote from: kritike24 on July 22, 2023, 11:20:14 am ---I figured out the issue, the device that is connected to my receiver is running as a jriver client pulling from the server that is on another device. When trying to play the file that is when i get the error, i tried to download an atmos song and then i played it and it worked. Anyone know how to play atmos files as a client?
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I have a MC client connected to an MC server using an access key. In this case, the library is shared, and that library contain paths to all the files. so I don't believe it's actually playing from the server, but rather using the library on the server, which the client can then use to source the file being requested (which are all SMB mounted drives). In my case, all paths in the library use UNC paths, e.g. \\server\some folder\some file.mka
So MC in my case is just a library server to the MC client. Transcoding is different and there the MC server is truly streaming the file in whatever transcoded format I've configured it for.
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So if I understand you, playing an atmos file from the client works? how about playing your m4a file from the client? does that also work?
kritike24:
correct i have the nuc hooked up to the receiver as a client to the mc server using an access key. On the mc server the smb shares are mounted, on the client hooked up to the receiver there are no mapped drives. If i right click download a .m4a atmos file locally to the nuc hooked up to receiver then play that .m4a it plays and shows dolby atmos. if i don't download it says error with playback or the message i wrote above.
TheShoe:
I suspect you are streaming from the server to the client in that case and it's transcoding the file...
On the server, are your files using mounted drive paths, e.g. "Y:\xyz\somefile.m4a" or "\\server\diretory\somefile.m4a" ?
If the latter (a UNC path), then I think your NUC will just attempt to play that file directly using the UNC path vs. looking for a local mapped drive in the formar, which does not exist and will not be auto-mounted by Windows to that path. In that case, the server will just stream it to the client (if it plays it at all?)
not sure - others more knowledgeable would know, but the fact that it plays fine from the NUC directly leads me to believe you're just streaming/transcoding from the server and you lose Atmos that way.
tzr916:
Go to the MC Server: Tools > Options > Media Network > Client Options > Audio/Image/Video Conversion > set them all to Don't Convert / Original.
Do the same on the Client.
Just to be sure, close MC on the Client, close MC + MC Server service on the Server machine. Restart MC + MC Server service on the Server machine, open MC on the Client, test.
JimH:
Split SMB, Network Shares, & Drive Letters
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