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[chriswatson]

I have a ASUS Xonar DX as my primary sound card and a WDTVLIVE DLNA device attached in a second location.
I can listen to audio or view movies to either device. However when I link the zones I get an odd behaviour where the sound starts in the slave zone (the DLNA zone) and then stops and switches to playing in the sound card zone. When the zones are linked I get sound only in one zone at a time and it switches between the two whenever a new song is played. For example:

Song 1 starts: DNLA zone plays.... midway through the song, the PC "master zone" starts and the DNLA zone stops.
Song 2 starts: DNLA zone plays.... midway through the song, the PC "master zone" starts and the DNLA zone stops.


I have a log file of of this but it is too large to post.

Thanks, Chris
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Media Center; Version: 15.0.92; Types: 16383

[JimH]

This should be working in that build.  But try updating to build 95 at the top of the MC15 board.

Try linking (drag one zone onto the other), and then starting playback from the link.

[chriswatson]

Thanks for the quick reply. I installed .95 and I now sometimes get the following message when I drag to create the link:
"there was a problem controlling the selected DLNA device. Double-check your device, server, and network settings".

One time I got it MC froze and I had to restart. the next time I was able to link the zones but the alternating behaviour with one zone playing and then the next is still there. I ran a log and looked for anything that might be interesting. I can send the full file to an email if you want, but here it is with what might be the interesting bits clipped out.

It's possible I might not have WDTVLIVE's DLNA connection configured correctly in MC, but I don't really see anything to configure besides the items in networks and for those settings I have played with the DLNAExtra setting turning it off and on and that's about it.

Thanks,

Chris
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0078001: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Start
0078001: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Start
0078001: 3796: Reader: CInternetReader::Open: Start
0078001: 3796: Reader: CInternetReader::Open: Opening http://10.10.20.109:59804/MediaRenderer_AVTransport/control
0078001: 1208: Reader: CInternetReader::Thread: Start
0078001: 1208: Reader: CInternetReader::Connect: Start
0078016: 1208: Reader: CInternetReader::Connect: Finish (15 ms)
0078016: 1208: Reader: CInternetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: Start
0078016: 2492: Sharing Plugins: CTCPSocketReader::Write: Write failed: 10054 (socket: 2604)
0078032: 2492: Reader: VHTTPMessage::Write (from reader): Finish (12714 ms)
0078032: 2492: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleRequest: Finish (12745 ms)
0078032: 2492: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Finish (12745 ms)
0078048: 5012: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Start
0078048: 5012: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleRequest: Start
0078048: 5012: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPRequestMessage::ReadPreamble: Start
0078048: 5012: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPRequestMessage::ReadPreamble: Finish (0 ms)
0078048: 5012: Reader: CHTTPRequestMessage::ReadPayload: Start
0078048: 5012: Reader: CHTTPRequestMessage::ReadPayload: Finish (0 ms)
0078063: 5012: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleRequest: Read succeeded
0078063: 5012: Reader: VHTTPMessage::Write (from reader): Start
0078063: 5012: Reader: CHTTPResponseMessage::WritePreamble: Start
0078063: 5012: Reader: CHTTPResponseMessage::WritePreamble: Finish (0 ms)
0078063: 5012: Reader: VHTTPMessage::Write (from reader): Wrote 75 bytes
0078063: 5012: Reader: VHTTPMessage::Write (from reader): Finish (0 ms)
0078079: 5012: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleRequest: Finish (31 ms)
0078079: 5012: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Finish (31 ms)
0078204: 1208: Reader: CInternetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: Success
0078219: 1208: Reader: CInternetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: Finish (203 ms)
0078219: 1208: Reader: CInternetReader::Thread: Finish (218 ms)
0078219: 3796: Reader: CInternetReader::Open: Finish (218 ms)
0078235: 3796: Reader: CInternetReader::Read: InternetReadFile returned true with zero bytes read: EOF
0078235: 3796: Reader: CInternetReader::Close: Start
0078235: 3796: Reader: CInternetReader::Close: Finish (0 ms)
0078235: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Finish (234 ms)
0078250: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Start
0078250: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Checking for not loaded playback engine
0078250: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Firing stop to playback engine
0078250: 3796: Playback: CMJPlayerCore::Stop: Start
0078266: 3796: Playback: CMJPlayerCore::Stop: Closing feeder thread
0078282: 3796: Playback: CMJPlayerCore::Stop: Closing main output bin
0078282: 3796: Playback: CWaveOutBinPlayThread::~CWaveOutBinPlayThread: Start
0078344: 4208: Playback: CWaveOutBinPlayThread::Thread: Finish (3510 ms)
0078344: 3796: Playback: CWaveOutBinPlayThread::~CWaveOutBinPlayThread: Finish (62 ms)
0078360: 3796: Playback: CMJPlayerCore::Stop: Closing rights object
0078360: 3796: Playback: CMJPlayerCore::Stop: Deleting output plugin
0078360: 3796: Playback: CWASAPIPlugin::Flush: Start
0078360: 3796: Playback: CWASAPIPlugin::Flush: Stopped audio client (hr: 0x0)
0078375: 3796: Playback: CWASAPIPlugin::Flush: Reset audio client (hr: 0x0)
0078375: 3796: Playback: CWASAPIPlugin::Flush: Reset audio render client buffer (hr: 0x0)
0078375: 3796: Playback: CWASAPIPlugin::Flush: Retrieved current buffer information (hr: 0x0) (padding blocks: 96000)
0078375: 3796: Playback: CWASAPIPlugin::Flush: Finish (15 ms)
0078391: 3796: Playback: CMJPlayerCore::Stop: Updating play state
0078391: 3796: Playback: CMJPlayerCore::Stop: Finish (141 ms)
0078391: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Processing internal previous / next
0078391: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Clearing display info
0078391: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Updating statistics
0078406: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Updating playback state
0078406: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Updating UI
0078406: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Applying database changes
0078406: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Finish (156 ms)
0078406: 3796: Playback: CPlayerZone::Stop: Finish (405 ms)

0078812: 4496: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Start
0078828: 4496: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleRequest: Start
0078828: 4496: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPRequestMessage::ReadPreamble: Start
0078828: 4496: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPRequestMessage::ReadPreamble: Finish (0 ms)
0078828: 4496: Reader: CHTTPRequestMessage::ReadPayload: Start
0078828: 4496: Reader: CHTTPRequestMessage::ReadPayload: Finish (0 ms)

[JimH]

I think you only need to select Generic DLNA in the DLNA list and make no other changes.

Try updating WD firmware.

If you have a problem, try powering the DLNA device off and on.

I wouldn't try synching zones unless the WD playback is solid.

[JimH]

Others are using the WD successfully:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=59135.msg399787#msg399787

[chriswatson]

Hmmm. I tried each step you suggested. The WDTVLIVE is working fine... by itself. once I try and link, I get the weird behavior.

Thanks,

Chris

[JimH]

We see the problem.  We'll investigate.

[Matt]

Zone linking of DLNA devices is not currently supported.

We'd like to add this ability to the new zone linking feature, but it's a little tricky since DLNA renderers aren't as precise or as well behaved as local (or even remote Media Center) zones.

[chriswatson]

Drats. Make sense, it would be very cool if you can get it working. I'll keep my fingers crossed and then in the meantime consider (shudder) pulling some wire to those speakers.

Thanks,

Chris