Re: Getting JRiver (Gizmo) to play in zone2 on AVP
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I think, reading between the lines, the issue is that the Marantz won't publish both its Zone 1 and Zone 2 as seperate renderers so you can't select one or the other via another DLNA controller. MC can play to any DLNA renderer that appears onthe network but it looks like your amp does not make any distinction between Zone 1 and 2 when it comes to being a DLNA renderer. Presumably, its DLNA renderer only plays through Zone 1. Have a look in its manual just in case. If it does allow this then Zone 2 should appear automatically in MC or you should be able to play to the amp from MC and select on the amp whether it's Zone 1 or 2, and there will be no problem, but as you're not able to do this I guess it doesn't.
>>>>>I think this is correct because zone1 changes to the media server, no matter it's prior state, when marantz used via jremote AND there is only Marantz visible to access
I think a possible solution might be not to use DLNA and use an audio output from your PC to go into the amp as an input. Then on the amp you can direct the source for Zone 2 to be that input. In MC, you could set up that audio output as a zone so, in effect, you would then be selecting the amp's Zone 2 from MC.
>>>not close physically
If your PC is not near the amp and you really want to use network protocol to play music to the Marantz (i.e. DLNA) then you could get a media streaming box such as the WD TV Live and plug that into the amp. MC will then see the media streamer as a DLNA device which you will play to instead of the amp. Obviously, on the amp you will then direct the input that the media streamer is plugged into to Zone 2.
>>>>actually have a couple of wdtvlives next to the amp, one just sitting there not in use This might work but I am tying to set up for spouse and will see if there are other issues with volume control and her ability to use zone 2 only
Fr now a more limited (1000 or so songs) play list for her to use may be workable