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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 21 for Linux => Topic started by: Afrosheen on January 15, 2016, 01:19:07 pm

Title: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: Afrosheen on January 15, 2016, 01:19:07 pm: Cross-posted here originally, thinking it was a JRemote issue. (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=102611.0)

When I enable "transcode audio" in JRemote when connected to my QNAP MC server, I get an "audio streaming error." When I'm connected to my Mac Mini MC server via JRemote with "transcode audio" enabled, I experience no such issue.

Thanks for the consideration
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: bob on January 15, 2016, 05:11:49 pm: Quote from: Afrosheen on January 15, 2016, 01:19:07 pm
Cross-posted here originally, thinking it was a JRemote issue. (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=102611.0)

When I enable "transcode audio" in JRemote when connected to my QNAP MC server, I get an "audio streaming error." When I'm connected to my Mac Mini MC server via JRemote with "transcode audio" enabled, I experience no such issue.

Thanks for the consideration
Probably missing lame on the QNAP. Is it downloadable in HDStation?
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: Afrosheen on January 16, 2016, 01:36:07 am: Under "Encoding" when selecting MP3 encoder, it says that for VBR and CBR MC uses LAME. Now how do I know that for the Media Network service that it can use the encoder when JRemote has it enabled to transcode the audio?
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: bob on January 16, 2016, 12:40:06 pm: Quote from: Afrosheen on January 16, 2016, 01:36:07 am
Under "Encoding" when selecting MP3 encoder, it says that for VBR and CBR MC uses LAME. Now how do I know that for the Media Network service that it can use the encoder when JRemote has it enabled to transcode the audio?
On the Windows and Mac platforms MC installs the encoder however in linux we expect it to be there (and it is a requirement in the debian package). There isn't a dependency requirement in the QNAP packages as far as I know so you need to install lame separately. Of course there wasn't a way to know this in advance and it's not clear that JRemote uses lame when transcoding.
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: Afrosheen on January 16, 2016, 04:44:38 pm: Ok thanks bob. How would I go about installing LAME on the QNAP for MC to use?
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: JimH on January 17, 2016, 01:35:04 am: Quote from: Afrosheen on January 16, 2016, 04:44:38 pm
Ok thanks bob. How would I go about installing LAME on the QNAP for MC to use?
Did you try the QNAP forum?
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: Afrosheen on January 17, 2016, 08:46:03 pm: Please excuse my ignorance, but why would this be a QNAP forum question when I'm trying to get a Media Center feature to encode files for playback to work properly? Isn't this something that should be resolved here so that other patrons of the software be able to use as intended?

I don't even know where to post this question on the QNAP forums either as encoding is with regards to specific apps like ffmpeg.
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: JimH on January 18, 2016, 12:40:19 am: You could start with a search.

We support MC. We don't support QNAP or Linux.
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: Afrosheen on January 18, 2016, 12:16:59 pm: LAME was already installed as the attached screenshot shows of the list of packages installed on my QNAP. It's installed as an Optware ipkg. So it's MC that needs to reference it properly like I said before with reference to ffmpeg.
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: bob on January 18, 2016, 12:30:45 pm: Quote from: Afrosheen on January 17, 2016, 08:46:03 pm
Please excuse my ignorance, but why would this be a QNAP forum question when I'm trying to get a Media Center feature to encode files for playback to work properly? Isn't this something that should be resolved here so that other patrons of the software be able to use as intended?

I don't even know where to post this question on the QNAP forums either as encoding is with regards to specific apps like ffmpeg.
It looks like it can't be installed in HDStation as far as I can tell and I don't think Optware packages can be accessed from the HDStation chroot container.

I'll check with the QNAP guys but I suspect we probably will have to provide a way for MC to install it.
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: Afrosheen on January 18, 2016, 01:22:09 pm: Ok sounds good! Thanks for the quick reply!
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: bob on January 18, 2016, 01:34:02 pm: Quote from: Afrosheen on January 18, 2016, 01:22:09 pm
Ok sounds good! Thanks for the quick reply!
In the meantime, you could try turning off transcoding in the JRemote settings. That works for me though I suspect it won't on high samplerate or multichannel tracks.
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: Afrosheen on January 18, 2016, 04:25:25 pm: Thanks, but I've reverted back to mounting the my NAS on my Mac Mini and connecting JRemote to my Mac Mini MC Server.
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: Afrosheen on February 23, 2016, 09:11:10 pm: Any news on this?
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: JimH on February 24, 2016, 07:02:48 am: Bob posted about this a day or two ago. We're waiting for a reply from QNAP.
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: VR6 on May 15, 2016, 02:53:25 pm: This is the same problem I am having. How do you disable transcoding?
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: bob on May 16, 2016, 10:48:05 am: Transcoding was fixed for QNAP several releases ago.
It does require that MC on the QNAP be able to reach the internet so it can automatically download an encoder.

When the Audio setting in the DLNA server configuration is set to "Original Format" no encoders are needed or used.
Title: Re: [QNAP NAS & JRemote] "Audio Streaming Error" when enabling "Transcode Audio"
Post by: VR6 on May 16, 2016, 07:03:49 pm: I did that and still cannot play my files.