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mcollier:
Anybody have djmount working successfully with MediaCenter (I'm running v12.0.470)?

I have djmount working properly with Tversity media server.

I have experimented with various combinations of the server options.  So far, I have not struck upon the combination that works 100%.

The highest level of operation I have acheived...

First, I have MediaCenter configured to convert audio to MP3.  In my case, most of the files in the library are in APE format.

I am able to browse the media library via UPNP and djmount successfully.  When I attempt to play a track however, no go.

Also, when I attempt to add files to a XMMS play list, XMMS appears to go into la la land while I see on the MediaCenter server UPNP queries.  At this time i believe XMMS is trying to discover track information (mp3 header) from the server such as artist/title/track time etc.  Perhaps MediaCenter is not providing the information XMMS is interested in.  I'm not sure how MediaCenter would respond to these type of requests since it is doing on the fly data conversion.

Thanks!

Matt

John Gateley:
If you'll make a sniff (see the wiki) of Media Center's attempt and Tversity's play of a track and send it to me, I'll try to figure out what's going on.

j (gateley at jriver.com)

mcollier:
I decided to take another run at this today.

Here's what I've discovered.

First, I'm using the "Advanced" receiver type in the UPNP server options.

Changing the various options on the options screen seem to have little effect.  I am consistently able to browse the library, however I am not able to play a track.

Finally, I decided to try NOT converting the audio.  With every option checked on the UPNP settings screen and no media conversion, I am able to successfully play files that are already MP3 files in my library.

This reinforces my hypothesis that XMMS is requesting information about the media files that MediaCenter is not providing when media conversion is enabled.

Can anyone suggest additional troubleshooting steps?

Thanks again,

Matt

mcollier:

--- Quote from: John Gateley on April 24, 2008, 12:42:36 pm ---If you'll make a sniff (see the wiki) of Media Center's attempt and Tversity's play of a track and send it to me, I'll try to figure out what's going on.

j (gateley at jriver.com)



--- End quote ---

Hi John,

I'll work on this.

Matt

John Gateley:
I'll take a look at the sniff, thanks.

At a guess though, XMMS may be relying on a ContentLength header, which we cannot provide while converting.

I'll let you know...

j

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