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foo_upnp

Reply #1350 –
Just wanted to let anyone who read my post know I solved it, don't know what was fully going on but seemed to be a combination of things as usual >_>

foo_upnp

Reply #1351 –
Quote from: Shike on
Just wanted to let anyone who read my post know I solved it, don't know what was fully going on but seemed to be a combination of things as usual >_>


I am still having problems trying to stream from my Windows 7 machine to a WD TV Live in the LAN.

Can you please give some hint of what you did to solve your problem? Even if it's not an exact step-by-step resolution description, I am highly interested in which things you changed in Windows 7 and/or foobar2000/foo_upnp before it started working.

My suspicion is that Windows 7 is causing problems (although media streaming is enabled and the Windows 7 firewall is opened), because:

When I attach a Windows XP machine with the same versions of foobar2000 and foo_upnp to the same network switch my Windows 7 machine is connected to, everything is working fine.

Although I think Windows 7 is causing the headache, maybe you post your foo_upnp Streaming Profile settings here.

I am still trying to isolate the root problem by examining the log files and the Wireshark captures and by comparing the logs of the Windows XP machine with the logs from the Windows 7 machine. But until now, I could not find a promising trace, no matter if I choose finer oder coarser log levels...

foo_upnp

Reply #1352 –
I have just installed a DirecTV HR20 box and a couple of the remote players and connected them up to my home network. I have fb2k with foo_upnp running and the DirecTV boxes can see and browse my music collection however it doesn't seem to be able to play anything. I've got a profile set up and I've tried transcoding everything to mp3 as well as wav and lpcm. When set to lpcm I am able to get some random static, otherwise there is no sound output at all even though it appears to be playing by viewing the progress bar on the DirecTV display.

Has anybody else been able to successfully get a DirecTV setup to stream from fb2k? Is there some magic that I am missing?

foo_upnp

Reply #1353 –
Quote from: bubbleguuum on
Quote from: vassie on
I'm having trouble controlling my Sony BDV-L600 with foo_upnp, it shows up and I can queue up music, but as soon as I press play, foobar locks up
If you need any more info, please let me know
The same happens with BubbleUPnP too


With lockup do you mean total freeze of the app ?
DLNA TVs can be really annoying  and are not totally supported so I'm not surprised...


Hello
foobar2000 totally locks up whenever I try to play anything via the Blu-ray player (have to kill foobar2000.exe in task manager), there was a firmware update for it so I'll try again, BubbleUPnP also has trouble with it, I'll get the error code and post it
If you need any information from me to help support the device, just let me know
Ben

foo_upnp

Reply #1354 –
I'm having a dramatic blue-screen-of-death crash problem when using my upnp controller on my laptop to control another instance of foobar on my media PC - Both using W7. The crash happens after a delay of approx 1 minute. There is no warning - just instant switch off. Everything is stable if I don't adjust anything on the controller - and sometimes it will work flawlessly for 10 minutes or so. Do I need to get a crash dump or something? Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Thanks for your help
james
 

foo_upnp

Reply #1355 –
Just posting my finding while helping a friend conversing his itunes ripped AIFF library (~400G) on a MacBook Pro.

Using the same AIFF file, when conversing to ALAC on MacBook using itunes, the converted ALAC files does NOT show embedded cover art through foo_upnp. While the same ALAC files show cover art perfeclyt under Asset UPnP and XBMC server. Controller is iPad PlugPlayer.

Using the same AIFF file, then conversing to ALAC on Windows using itunes, the converted ALAC files show embedded cover art fine through foo_upnp, as well as under Asset UPnP and XBMC server. Controller is the same.

Took me a while to come to this finding. I don't know what's the different between conversing AIFF to ALAC under Windows and Mac, but foo_upnp has this problem while other UPnP servers work fine in both setups.

foo_upnp

Reply #1356 –
Quote from: psme on
Took me a while to come to this finding. I don't know what's the different between conversing AIFF to ALAC under Windows and Mac, but foo_upnp has this problem while other UPnP servers work fine in both setups.


The first thing to do is to check if you see album art for these ALAC files in foobar2000 itself using the Album Art viewer component.

foo_upnp

Reply #1357 –
Quote from: 57hsq on
I'm having a dramatic blue-screen-of-death crash problem when using my upnp controller on my laptop to control another instance of foobar on my media PC - Both using W7. The crash happens after a delay of approx 1 minute. There is no warning - just instant switch off. Everything is stable if I don't adjust anything on the controller - and sometimes it will work flawlessly for 10 minutes or so. Do I need to get a crash dump or something? Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Thanks for your help
james


blue screen of death is a bit severe. I'd try to see if there are up to date drivers for your network card.

foo_upnp

Reply #1358 –
Quote from: vassie on
Hello
foobar2000 totally locks up whenever I try to play anything via the Blu-ray player (have to kill foobar2000.exe in task manager), there was a firmware update for it so I'll try again, BubbleUPnP also has trouble with it, I'll get the error code and post it
If you need any information from me to help support the device, just let me know
Ben


The lockup is due to the blu-ray player not responding to some commands. It shouldn't block forever though. You can record a log with BubbleUPnP if you wish :

-  launch the app
-    go into the Advanced Settings page (Menu > Settings > Advanced Settings)
-    check "Enable logging to file".
-    IMPORTANT: Exit the app using the "Exit " menu item found in menu of tab "Now Playing"
-    restart the app.
-    run the app until the problem appears
-    connect your phone to your PC or MAC and mail me the file /Android/data/com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp/log.txt found on the SD Card.

foo_upnp

Reply #1359 –
Quote from: bubbleguuum on
Quote from: psme on
Took me a while to come to this finding. I don't know what's the different between conversing AIFF to ALAC under Windows and Mac, but foo_upnp has this problem while other UPnP servers work fine in both setups.


The first thing to do is to check if you see album art for these ALAC files in foobar2000 itself using the Album Art viewer component.


Yes, album art of those Mac itunes converted ALAC files display fine in foobar itself using the default "Colume UI". During my test, if I only put a few songs in the library, cover art usually worked through foo_upnp. But once the library contains a few albums or more, then all cover art are gone. On the other hand, since foobar2000's own UI shows only 1 album art each time, maybe that's the reason that it works? Anyway, it's annoying to keep testing different combination! The workaround is to copy the whole MacBook library to an external HDD and do the AIFF to ALAC on a Windows itunes...

foo_upnp

Reply #1360 –
hi bubbleguuum,

Hope you can help me out on this, I'm trying to modify the foo_upnp_ml_tree.xml to my liking. For example:

change the default "Artists" list from:

   <SubTree label="Artists">
      <spec type="object.container.person.musicArtist">%artist%</spec>
      <spec type="object.container.album.musicAlbum">%album%</spec>
   </SubTree>

to:

      <SubTree label="Artists">
                <spec type="object.container.person.musicArtist">%&lt;artist&gt;%</spec>
                <spec type="object.container.album.musicAlbum">['['%date%']' ]%album%</spec>
      </SubTree>

so that artists are listed uniquely, and album under an artist is sorted by release date.

change the default "Album Artists":

   <SubTree label="Album Artists">
      <spec type="object.container.album.musicAlbum">[%album artist% - ]['['%date%']' ]%album%</spec>
   </SubTree>

to:

        <SubTree label="Album Artists">
                <spec>%album artist%</spec>
                <spec type="object.container.album.musicAlbum">['['%date%']' ]%album%</spec>
        </SubTree>

instead of list all albums sort by "album artists" in a single level, it lists all "album artists" on the first level, then list all album under a "album artists" sorted by date in the next level.

The problem is the list by "Years"

   <SubTree label="Years">
      <spec>%date%</spec>
      <spec type="object.container.album.musicAlbum">[%album artist% - ]%album%</spec>
   </SubTree>

If all your album date is in YEAR ONLY, then this work as it group albums in each year.

But, I put all my album "date" as "YYYY MM DD" as long as I can find the actual album release date. That makes this "Years" list almost unless as it lists all my albums in separate entry on the first level.

If it possible to modify this list so that it only takes the left most 4 characters as the year of release, and group by that?

Thanks in advance.

foo_upnp

Reply #1361 –
I figured it out!

   <SubTree label="Years">
      <spec>$left(%date%,4)</spec>
      <spec type="object.container.album.musicAlbum">[%album artist% - ]%album%</spec>
   </SubTree>

It takes the left most 4 digits as the year value and group by that!

foo_upnp

Reply #1362 –
also, using mp3tag, I add a new tag field "AUDIOFORMAT" to label my non CD album, such as "DVD Audio", "Super Audio CD", "Vinyl (digitized)" etc.

Added this in the tree.xml to show these album types:

   <SubTree label="Audio Formats" query="audioformat PRESENT">
      <spec>%audioformat%</spec>
      <spec type="object.container.album.musicAlbum">[%album artist% - ]%album%</spec>
   </SubTree>

foo_upnp is wonderful when it works!

foo_upnp

Reply #1363 –
1 more thing, now I can make a proper list by Years, it's default to list in ascending order, with the oldest at the top and newest at the bottom (viewing in iPad PlugPlayer). Is there a way to make it list in descending order with the newest (current) year at the top? Thanks in advance.

foo_upnp

Reply #1364 –
Hello,

I have a problem with foo_upnp and my LG tv (PZ series).
  • If foo_upnp streams everything as MP3, the stream will end after 2:47
  • If foo_upnp streams everything as lpcm, the stream will end after 0:36
This is unrelated to the actual length of the file.


I've created a new profile for my tv, which is correctly used.
Did someone had the same problem, or does someone have an idea of what is causing the problem?

(On a sidenote: I have tried streaming mp3s with Serviio, it was playing the files fine. But I don't want to convert every file in my library to mp3 before I want to stream it.)

Thankyou!


foo_upnp

Reply #1365 –
WDTVLIVE: Buffering... and then nothing, though foo_upnp can communicate with WDTVLIVE, it's odd...

If I try to play a song from foobar2000/Windows 7 to a "WD TV Live" in the LAN, the UPnP Console first goes "Buffering..." and after a couple of seconds, it drops back to "Stopped", without playing the song.

This is what I found out so far:

- For comparing the situation on a Windows 7 and a Window XP computer, I did a portable foobar2000 installation on an USB stick. Some testing music media is also located on this stick.

- The versions of the WDTVLIVE firmware (1.06.15), foobar2000 (1.1.8) and foo_upnp (0.99.35) are NOT the problem, because when I attach a Windows XP machine with the same versions of foobar2000 and foo_upnp to the same network cable(!), everything is working fine.

- The Windows 7 firewall is NOT the problem, because it is completely disabled.


The odd thing is:

- Windows Media Player (12) streams Media (music and video) to the WDTVLIVE without problems.

- When I open both WMP and foobar2000, and I stream music or video from WMP to the WDTVLIVE (using the "Play to" feature), then the foobar2000 "UPnP Controller" displays correctly what is happening on the WDTVLIVE (first "Buffering..." then "Name of the media | Media type | bitrate | samplerate" and "Playing time / Total time"). I can even stop the WMP streaming from foobar2000!

Obviously, foobar2000 can communicate with the WDTVLIVE in both directions (because I can see what is happening AND I can stop the WMP stream).

What could be the reason why I cannot start to play an MP3 from foobar2000 under Windows 7? (consider: it's working on Windows XP under the same conditions!)

Any help would be highly appreciated.

foo_upnp

Reply #1366 –
@DerJohannes: very odd indeed. This behaviour indicates the WDTV connects to foo_upnp for streaming and drops the connection just after.
I cannot replicate it on my WDTV (same firmware), it works as expected. Can you try again after rebooting the WDTV and restarting foobar2000 ?

foo_upnp

Reply #1367 –
Quote from: psme on
1 more thing, now I can make a proper list by Years, it's default to list in ascending order, with the oldest at the top and newest at the bottom (viewing in iPad PlugPlayer). Is there a way to make it list in descending order with the newest (current) year at the top? Thanks in advance.


Not possible

foo_upnp

Reply #1368 –
Quote from: BenniP on
I have a problem with foo_upnp and my LG tv (PZ series).
  • If foo_upnp streams everything as MP3, the stream will end after 2:47
  • If foo_upnp streams everything as lpcm, the stream will end after 0:36
This is unrelated to the actual length of the file.


You can record a log as explained in the first post of this topic, and mail it to me (bubbleguuum@free.fr).

foo_upnp

Reply #1369 –
Quote from: bubbleguuum on
Can you try again after rebooting the WDTV and restarting foobar2000 ?


I just did following tests:

- Uninstalled anti virus software "AVG Free Edition 10.0.1415" and rebooted Win7 machine (just to be sure...)
- Win7 firewall is disabled

>>>>>>>>>> Test sequence 1:

### Win7 machine:
01.) WDTV off, foobar2000 closed, no other machines in the network
02.) First: WDTV on (and ready)
03.) Second: foobar2000 started from USB stick (as admin)
04.) UPnP Controller: Play on WDTV! -> Buffering... (about 30s) -> Failed. (foobar2000 drops back to "Stopped.")
05.) foobar2000 closed

### XP laptop:
06.) Connected XP laptop to the same switch as the Win7 machine is attached to
07.) foobar2000 started from USB stick (as admin)
08.) UPnP Controller: Play on WDTV! -> OK!
09.) Disconnected XP laptop from network switch

### Win7 machine:
10.) Windows Media Player (WMP) started
11.) Define media library: Copy of the same MP3s as on the USB stick, but on HDD
12.) Play (from WMP) to WDTV! -> OK!
13.) foobar2000 started from USB stick (as admin)
14.) UPnP Controller displays correctly what is going on with the WDTV (the song WMP is playing)
15.) UPnP Controller (foobar2000!): Stop the WMP stream! -> OK.


>>>>>>>>>> Test sequence 2:

### Win7 machine:
01.) WDTV off, foobar2000 closed, no other machines in the network
02.) First: foobar2000 started from USB stick (as admin)
03.) Second: WDTV on (and ready)
04.) UPnP Controller: Play on WDTV! -> Buffering... (about 30s) ->  Failed. (foobar2000 drops back to "Stopped.")
05.) foobar2000 closed


By the way: The other direction works! I can browse the "foobar2000 Media Server" running on the Win7 machine from the WDTV and play the songs without problems!

foo_upnp

Reply #1370 –
hi bubbleguuum,

today i freshly installed foobar2000_v1.1.10.exe and your plugin Version: 0.99.35, Compiled: Sep 26 2011.

after configuring the medialibrary and playing some music via upnp (locally from my pc to my iphone) i quitted foobar
and got this message:

unfortunately, its not stated, WHICH playlist and pressing "try again" about 20 times do not helped in any way.

any suggestions on how to stop that popup/problem to occur?

foo_upnp

Reply #1371 –
@bubbleguuum

Does foo_upnp allow internet access to BubbleUPnP? Or do I have to use BubbleUPnP Server?

foo_upnp

Reply #1374 –
If I choose a foreign server from the UPnP browser, I can playback only on an external device! I want to play the browser selection locally on the computer. How is this possible? Where is the UPnP renderer incorporated into the foo_upnp?