FLAC files drop out with server
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 12:16 am
My Windows 7 64x computer in the office has a large inventory of music on the hard drives, most of it ripped to FLAC from CDs. They play fine on the computer speaker system. It is attached to a router/WiFi in the living room media center with a cat-7 ethernet cable about 30 feet long. My Onkyo receiver and the Samsung TV are also connected to the router, about 5 feet away, with Cat-7 cable.
I turn on the computer and start MM4. In the living room from the TV I can see the MM4 server listed and I can open it up and see all files, folders, and playlists. I can also do this from the Onkyo receiver, but it doesn't display folder covers as large on the screen as the TV connection does so I usually use the TV as described. When I play back the FLAC music (from the TV or the receiver), it will play for anywhere from 5 - 15 minutes and then I lose the connection and must restart it. I checked to see if any screen savers or power savers might be interfering but could find nothing. I finally found that if I playback only mp3 files, there is no problem. I think it may be related to the size of the FLAC files
Is this a problem of the FLAC file sizes being too large compared to the mp3 files and it is loading down the router connection? The FLAC files range from about 10-25mb. I got the same results when I used a Wifi connection to the TV from the router instead of the cable. I also played the same FLAC files back from a USB flash stick connected to the TV or the receiver and I have no problems.
My MM4 is the Gold v 4.1.24.1883
Thanks,
I turn on the computer and start MM4. In the living room from the TV I can see the MM4 server listed and I can open it up and see all files, folders, and playlists. I can also do this from the Onkyo receiver, but it doesn't display folder covers as large on the screen as the TV connection does so I usually use the TV as described. When I play back the FLAC music (from the TV or the receiver), it will play for anywhere from 5 - 15 minutes and then I lose the connection and must restart it. I checked to see if any screen savers or power savers might be interfering but could find nothing. I finally found that if I playback only mp3 files, there is no problem. I think it may be related to the size of the FLAC files
Is this a problem of the FLAC file sizes being too large compared to the mp3 files and it is loading down the router connection? The FLAC files range from about 10-25mb. I got the same results when I used a Wifi connection to the TV from the router instead of the cable. I also played the same FLAC files back from a USB flash stick connected to the TV or the receiver and I have no problems.
My MM4 is the Gold v 4.1.24.1883
Thanks,