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[macattack963]

Hi, I"m using linux mint. About 2 months ago I started to have this problem, but am not able to resolve. Bascially, when sending music to my receiver, the song plays (no sound) for exactly 5 seconds then stops. As an experiment, I used spotify on same computer, to send a song to same receiver and it played fine. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks!

[JimH]

What is the connection?  Same as Spotify?

What is the file type?  Same?

[macattack963]

Jim, I set spotify to 320bps and re-tried-it still works. On JRiver re-tried with a 320bps and still stops. On JRiver Im using MP3. ON spotify it's whatver their default is.

 It's a desktop computer. I've tried both wired and  wireless, but no difference. I'm not sure what is mean by connection type? Is it wireless vs wired?

[JimH]

Are you using the UPnP or DLNA capabilities of your receiver?  In other words, is it a network connection?

If so, you'd see the receiver under Playing Now as a renderer.  Right click on it and change the settings.  Look for "broken renderer".

[macattack963]

I'm using DLNA. Yes, my receiver is listed under Playing Now. I right click, but don't see "broken renderer".  But under DLNA Controller Options, i see some options to disable/ignore for broken renderers. I tried disabling these but made no difference (I had seen this in a different post relating to the same problem)

[JimH]

Reboot and power cycle the receiver.

Receiver specs may appear to support a format, but not support it when you're using a network connection.  You could test an HDMI connection.

[macattack963]

Hi Jim, i tried rebooting the receiver, but made no difference. I've been using the same computer & receiver with JRiver for several years. My setup is very simple.  One thing I noticed which is different from what I remembered is that under options->audio->receiver name, there's just a single line saying..Configure Audio using options-> Media Network etc.... Whereas under Player it has many options. BTW the music plays fine under Player.  I guess messing with the options under Player will not affect the receiver playback.

[JimH]

Reboot and power cycle the receiver.

and Mac and all other network devices, including the cable modem.

[macattack963]

Hi Jim, I rebooted router and receiver etc, no change. I completely removed and reinstalled meda center and no change. Music still plays for exactly 5 seconds (no sound) and stops. Another piece of information...I ran media center on a PC, and it worked fine.  All computers are set up for DLNA.

[JimH]

Try other audio output settings. 

[macattack963]

Can you give me an idea of which audio settings to try. One thing I notice is that if I’m playing music from Spotify on my phone to the receiver, and then I start playing a track on media center, then my receiver will stop playing Spotify, ie, media center is definitely sending a handshake(or something) signal to the receiver.

[JimH]

Audio output settings won't help on a DLNA connection.  My mistake.

Are you sure you were using DLNA before?  Maybe a USB or HDMI connection?

[macattack963]

Hi Jim, positively sure it’s always been dlna, and my windows pc is Dlna as well. I never use usb or hdm for music. I also tried a lower resolution mp3, 128bps, but it made no difference

[bob]

What is the output format set to in your DLNA server settings?