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[Samuel Bruce]

I installed Linux Mint 22.1 on a Windows 10 machine to stay ahead of Windows 10's demise. Audio worked fine in Mint, but when I installed JRiver 34 and used the suggested default in Playback options - [ALSA] default ALSA Output (Currently PipeWire Media Server), and tried to play something, it reported that 'Something went wrong with playback'.  I then tried the next option on the list with the same result.  Having patience, I tried the 20 or so output device options with no joy!  Since I'm new to Linux Mint I'm stumped. I tried using a USB Qudioquest Dargonfly and tried all of the permutations of output devices that listed it with no success.

Can anyone provide guidance here? I've used JRiver Media since its early implementations with no issues, but this was in Windows, beginning with W98 through W10, without issues, even had to use a drive for my Wadia DAC.  I've tried asking AI and also looked in this forum with no apparent success.  The only difference here is that this JRmeida implementation uses a MediaServer as its source. It loaded almost instantly using the Access Key.

The computer is an HP box with i3 and 6 GB of RAM too old for W11 but perfect in every way for Linux Mint. The audio works under all other programs, just not JRiver Media 34.

[mwillems]

I installed Linux Mint 22.1 on a Windows 10 machine to stay ahead of Windows 10's demise. Audio worked fine in Mint, but when I installed JRiver 34 and used the suggested default in Playback options - [ALSA] default ALSA Output (Currently PipeWire Media Server), and tried to play something, it reported that 'Something went wrong with playback'.  I then tried the next option on the list with the same result.  Having patience, I tried the 20 or so output device options with no joy!  Since I'm new to Linux Mint I'm stumped. I tried using a USB Qudioquest Dargonfly and tried all of the permutations of output devices that listed it with no success.

Can anyone provide guidance here? I've used JRiver Media since its early implementations with no issues, but this was in Windows, beginning with W98 through W10, without issues, even had to use a drive for my Wadia DAC.  I've tried asking AI and also looked in this forum with no apparent success.  The only difference here is that this JRmeida implementation uses a MediaServer as its source. It loaded almost instantly using the Access Key.

The computer is an HP box with i3 and 6 GB of RAM too old for W11 but perfect in every way for Linux Mint. The audio works under all other programs, just not JRiver Media 34.

So I know you said you tried all 20 output devices, but did you specifically try the "pipewire [ALSA]" output option?  That one should work no matter what, and is what every other program on the system is using.  The main issue is likely that you're trying to playback a combination of channel numbers and sample rates that don't work with the card, or the card is locked to a certain sample rate configuration by another program.  The pipewire output option resamples as necessary and works with multiple sources, so it should be maximally compatible.

If that doesn't work, as an experiment, can you try setting the OS default sound card to something other than the Dragonfly and then try a few different sound devices in JRiver?  You'd want to try the hardware direct output choices (the ones that start with something like "front:").  This may not work if the Dragonfly is the system default, but should work fine if it's not the system default, but if it fails that's another data point.

[Samuel Bruce]

Problem Solved .... I'm an idiot!  The server was down and therefore could not supply the source ... restarted and all is a go! Thank you for your ideas!