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johnkaess:
I am using Media Center 32.0.45 but this issue has existed for a very long time, at least a year, maybe longer. I'm on a 2020 intel iMac running Sonoma 14.5 and my stereo receiver is an Onkyo TX-8270.

This issue applies ONLY to using Media Center for DLNA to my Onkyo Stereo. None of my playlists exhibit this following problem playing directly in Media Center to my iMac, to Airplay or to my DAC. The issue only occurs when my stereo is accessing a playlist via DLNA.

I have been working diligently for some months trying to find out why only SOME of my Playlists will not progress from song to song, but just continually repeat the same song over and over. I have around 100 or so playlists I've constructed over the years and some are pretty complex, but the problem only occurs in a few of them. They all play fine directly on my iMac in Media Center, but SOME seem to hang over DLNA to my stereo.

After months of playing with my various playlist parameters, I've finally found the culprit. If i use the "Last Played" is "Not in the last" and then set a number of weeks, the playlist will function perfectly directly in Media Center, but only play a single song over DLNA and keep repeating it. If i remove this paramenter from the Playlist, it then functions normally over DLNA.

I'd appreciate confirmation and/or a solution.

johnkaess:
It's been a week since i posted this problem. Can someone at least confirm that they can duplicate the problem:

If i use the "Last Played" is "Not in the last" and then set a number of weeks, the playlist will function perfectly directly in Media Center, but only play a single song over DLNA and keep repeating it. If i remove this paramenter from the Playlist, it then functions normally over DLNA.

My best recollection is that in MC 29 and earlier i did not have this problem, but that it exists now and has for the past 6 months or more.

johnkaess:
So after 2 full weeks, not a single person has replied to say, NO, I don't see that problem using Last Played as a Playlist criteria over DLNA, or to confirm, YES, i also have that problem.

The lack of any kind of response after 2 weeks is very disappointing. I can repeat this issue 100% of the time and solve it by removing the Last Played criteria from a playlist.

JimH:
Sometimes nobody knows the answer.  Try playing jiust one filetype.  The device may not be able to play what you're sending.

johnkaess:
I have over a hundred playlists with FLAC, Apple Losless and mp3 files. The ONLY playlists to hang after playing one song are the playlists with the 'Last Played' attribute. When i remove the Last Played attribute from the playlist criteria, the playlist plays without any problems. It can not be the file type.

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