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Networks and Remotes => Media Network => Topic started by: Shasta Mike on November 04, 2017, 08:52:37 am
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I can stream mp3 files with no problem through my Sony Media Player. When a FLAC song comes up MC23 stops and displays the message "There was a problem controlling your selected DLNA device......" I have been streaming FLAC successfully with this set-up on MC 22 and 23. No changes on my end to computer software/hardware except normal Windows updates. Everything seemed to play fine up to a month ago though I have a mixture of mp3 and flac going at any one time so cannot say exactly when this started because some playlists have flac and some don't. Looking over my playlists I can say streaming flac over my DLNA was working at least into the July timeframe.
Flac file plays fine in MC23 player.
Any ideas?
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Take a look at the FLAC files that cause problems. There are some high bitrate FLAC files and even multi-channel FLAC. The Sony player may not like them.
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as an experiment, I tried playing Flac from an older playlist I know for sure never stopped playing and those now cause it to stop. I have the setting on MC to convert when necessary to high mp3. I don't mind playing around with those settings to get everything to play. My ears cannot tell the difference between 320 and FLAC.
Should I try Audio Conversion to Always convert?
Answer: Tried it with older FLAC I have listened to a hundred times and it still stops.
Any other DLNA settings I should look at in MC?
Other ideas?
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Try “Always Convert” “PCM 16 bit No Header” (L16)
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My option is just PCM 16 - I don't see No Header (L16). Are those separate settings somewhere else? I tried the Always Convert/PCM16 and it still stops when playing a file I have listened to multiple times in the past.
BTW - I believed pcm 16 was lossless and more data so thought that was more likely to cause a problem than using the high bandwidth mp3 encoder
I tried both Low and Medium MP3 encoders with no success
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If you are on MC v23 then PCM 16 L16 No Header is the first option in the list.
This will transcode both FLAC and MP3 to a format that your renderer can play.
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Screenshot of what I am seeing attached. I don't see No Header (L16) in the label. Is this where I should be setting this option?
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No.
You need to look in Add or Configure DLNA Servers. (Towards the top of your screenshot).
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I would never have figured that on on my own. That works! Problem fixed. The Sony Media Player froze up after that change and I needed to do an unplug and plug back in to restart. All good. Thank-you Andrew!!!