Apple Lossless files, local, won't play

Linux and NAS
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I have installed Audirvana on a Raspberry Pi4, using DietPi OS.

The local files are residing in the ‘music’ folder of a NAS synology, with I have mounted over Samba (SMB) on the Pi.

The files are scanned, the database is build, Audirvana is analysing the files.

I have a mixture of Apple lossless files and AIFF files. Some albums play, some albums appear to load the first track, stay grey and then jump to the last track of the album (queue) and won’t play.

I have noticed that the files that do play are stored in AIFF and the files that don’t are Apple Lossless file (.m4a).

I even converted one album from .m4a to AIFF using XLD and then let Audirvana rescan the mounted volume. Then the album plays, where it refused to do so.

I copied from another album all .m4a files to a new folder, deleted the old folder and let Audirvana rescan the mounted volume. The album won’t play.

I haven’t checked all Apple lossless files (too many albums), but is this something other people experience as well, or can they reproduce this by converting a file from FLAC to Apple Lossless?

The same files will play without a problem from the same mounted Synology NAS on a MacBook.

2

Strange, Most of my files are ALAC and they play without problems. What device are they played on? The device must be capable of decoding ALAC.

3

See my original post, the same files play without a problem on the same streamer/DAC using Audirvana on a MacBook, originating on the same location.

4

@Damien2 : is there a requirement for a codec or library to be present, which isn’t installed out of the box on some distributions and isn’t a dependency of the Audirvāna package?

5

@Damien : I have installed the latest version on my Raspberry Pi running the DietPi OS. The music files are on a samba share to the Synology NAS where are music files reside), Audirvana Studio indexes all albums and files.

It just won’t play Apple lossless files (.m4a). I have copied one file, that does play when using Audirvana Studio on a MacBook, to the Raspberry Pi, added the folder , went to ‘folders view’. It sees the files and reads all the metadata, but it still won’t play.

All other formats are playing fine (AIFF, AAC, MP3, FLAC), except Apple Lossless.

Any clue?

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Hi @jmtennapel,

Can you go into the Audirvāna settings and in the My Account section? You will see a ‘Start Log Session’ button; click on it and reproduce your issue. After you reproduce it, click 'Stop Log Session’ and post the logs by clicking on the 'Open Log Folder’ button.

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This is the part of today.

2024-05-29 18:46:37.194 [critical]: ============= Previous crash log =============
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: Audirvana Studio ARM64 2.8.1.7 crash log
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: Date: 2024-5-29 17:46:36
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]:
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: Signal: SIGSEGV
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]:
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: /opt/audirvana/studio/audirvanaStudio(+0xf0c4e0)[0x557386c4e0]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: linux-vdso.so.1(__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0)[0x7f9bd6b7a8]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: /opt/audirvana/studio/audirvanaStudio(+0x99b614)[0x55732fb614]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: /opt/audirvana/studio/audirvanaStudio(+0xa25960)[0x5573385960]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: /opt/audirvana/studio/audirvanaStudio(+0xa1e73c)[0x557337e73c]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: /opt/audirvana/studio/audirvanaStudio(+0xa1d77c)[0x557337d77c]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: /opt/audirvana/studio/audirvanaStudio(+0xa29e40)[0x5573389e40]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: /opt/audirvana/studio/audirvanaStudio(+0x8ab710)[0x557320b710]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: /opt/audirvana/studio/audirvanaStudio(+0x97ca3c)[0x55732dca3c]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6(+0xce9dc)[0x7f992be9dc]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x7ee58)[0x7f98fdee58]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.196 [critical]: /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0xe7f9c)[0x7f99047f9c]
2024-05-29 18:46:37.197 [critical]:
2024-05-29 18:46:37.197 [critical]:
2024-05-29 18:46:37.197 [critical]: Fault location: 0x2D66490030303030
2024-05-29 18:46:37.197 [critical]: ============= Linux system info =============
2024-05-29 18:46:37.197 [critical]: Linux version 6.1.21-v8+ (dom@buildbot) (aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc-8 (Ubuntu/Linaro 8.4.0-3ubuntu1) 8.4.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.34) #1642 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 3 17:24:16 BST 2023
2024-05-29 18:46:37.197 [critical]: ============= End of previous crash log =============
2024-05-29 18:46:37.197 [info]: ============= Started Logging, Audirvana Studio 2.8.1.7 Linux ARM64 =============
2024-05-29 18:46:37.198 [info]: No language set in settings, using system language: en_US.UTF-8
2024-05-29 18:46:37.257 [info]: RemoteServer: Server started and advertised on port 46399
2024-05-29 18:46:51.059 [info]: ============= Started Logging, Audirvana Studio 2.8.1.7 Linux ARM64 =============
2024-05-29 18:46:51.060 [info]: No language set in settings, using system language: en_US.UTF-8
2024-05-29 18:46:51.082 [error]: Not logged to Audirvana account: need to sign in
2024-05-29 18:46:51.089 [info]: RemoteServer: Server started and advertised on port 41089
2024-05-29 18:59:28.842 [info]: Audio device settings: retrieved 1 updated settings from user account
2024-05-29 18:59:28.896 [info]: UPnP stack initialized using default interface
2024-05-29 18:59:29.097 [info]: UPnP web server started on 192.168.1.221:49152
2024-05-29 18:59:29.110 [error]: UPnP select device: can’t find the device Naim Audio Ltd. ND5XS with UID: uuid:5F9EC1B3-ED59-79BB-4530-0011F6AB538A
2024-05-29 18:59:29.929 [error]: UPnP Error 401 getting audio dB volume
2024-05-29 18:59:31.406 [info]: Local Library Sync: inotify max_user_watches is set to 14962
2024-05-29 18:59:31.407 [warning]: Local Library Sync: Warning: inotify max_user_watches value (14962) is low, and may limit the number of music subfolders that can be monitored for changes.
You may want to increase this value by adding the line fs.inotify.max_user_watches=65536 (or more) to /etc/sysctl.conf then make the kernel reload the settings using sudo sysctl -p
2024-05-29 19:02:12.875 [debug]: UPnP Received AVTransportURI change to http://192.168.1.221:49152/audirvana/audioTest.pcm
2024-05-29 19:02:12.875 [debug]: UPnP AVTransportURI change notification DISCARDED as in starting phase
2024-05-29 19:02:12.875 [debug]: UPnP Received updated transport actions:Play,Next,Previous
2024-05-29 19:02:12.917 [error]: UPnP Error 501 setting play mode to normal
2024-05-29 19:02:13.043 [debug]: UPnP Received new transport state STOPPED
2024-05-29 19:02:27.628 [debug]: UPnP Received AVTransportURI change to http://192.168.1.221:49152/audirvana/audioTest.pcm
2024-05-29 19:02:27.628 [debug]: UPnP AVTransportURI change notification DISCARDED as in starting phase
2024-05-29 19:02:27.628 [debug]: UPnP Received updated transport actions:Play,Next,Previous
2024-05-29 19:02:27.671 [error]: UPnP Error 501 setting play mode to normal
2024-05-29 19:02:27.712 [debug]: UPnP Received new transport state STOPPED
2024-05-29 19:02:42.101 [debug]: UPnP Received AVTransportURI change to http://192.168.1.221:49152/audirvana/audioTest.pcm
2024-05-29 19:02:42.101 [debug]: UPnP AVTransportURI change notification DISCARDED as in starting phase
2024-05-29 19:02:42.101 [debug]: UPnP Received updated transport actions:Play,Next,Previous
2024-05-29 19:02:42.143 [error]: UPnP Error 501 setting play mode to normal

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Can you send us a copy of the "Debug Info“ when you have this issue? You can get it in Audirvana Settings>My account.

Note: When you click on the Debug Info button, Audirvana automatically copies all its content. Please paste it in response to this message.

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Audirvana Studio 2.8.1.7

Linux 6.1.21-v8+ with 1.9GB physical RAM

Connected account of : ************* (hidden by me in the reply)

NETWORK
Status: available

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

Polarity Inversion:
	Globally: OFF
	Per track: ON
Effects plugins NOT ACTIVE

UPSAMPLING:
r8brain not in use
r8brain filter parameters
Bandwidth = 99.5%
Stop band attenuation 218dB
Phase linear

AUDIO VOLUME:
Max allowed volume: 100
Replay Gain: None
SW volume control: OFF

LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 1 folders
AUTO: /mnt/samba/NasMM/music/
Library database path: /root/.local/share/audirvana/AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite

Folders synchronization in progress:
/mnt/samba/NasMM/music
Deep Synch: yes
Scanning 14042 files

Local audio files fingerprinting
Tracks with no MBID: 8901

Remote Control server:
Listening on on port 40925

ACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES
Qobuz: Connected as Qobuz Studio
TIDAL: Connected as PREMIUM

APPEARANCE SETTINGS:
UI theme: dark
Font size: regular
Language: System language
Show album covers in tracks list: yes
Source list sorted:
My Music
Local
Streaming
Radios
Podcasts
Startup view: My Music: Albums
Show local extended in source list: no
Use media keys: yes
Use media keys for volume control: yes
Number of paired remotes: 4
Remote pairing code required: no
Screen saver disabled: no

=================== AUDIO DEVICE ========================

Active method: UPnP

Preferred device: [UPnP] ND5XS-538A Model UID:Naim Audio Ltd. ND5XS UID:uuid:5F9EC1B3-ED59-79BB-4530-0011F6AB538A

Selected device:ND5XS-538A
Manufacturer: Naim Audio Ltd.
Model name: ND5XS
Model UID: Naim Audio Ltd. ND5XS
UID: uuid:5F9EC1B3-ED59-79BB-4530-0011F6AB538A
UPnP device at http://192.168.1.147:8080/description.xml

6 available sample rates up to 5644800Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
2822400
5644800

Volume control: Yes
Max volume alert: Enabled

MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: Yes
Not automatically detected, user set to not MQA

DSD capability
Raw DSD (msb)

Device audio channels
Preferred stereo channels L:0 R:1
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1

UPnP set capabilities
Maximum PCM frequency set: 96000Hz
Maximum PCM bitdepth set: 24
Maximum DSD rate set: DSD128
Avoid RAW PCM streams: No
Unwanted playback stop workaround: No

UPnP / DLNA supported protocols :
http-get::audio/L16;rate=44100;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L16;rate=44100;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L16;rate=48000;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L16;rate=48000;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L16;rate=96000;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L16;rate=96000;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L16;rate=88200;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L16;rate=88200;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=44100;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=44100;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=48000;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=48000;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=96000;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=96000;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=88200;channels=1:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/L24;rate=88200;channels=2:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM
http-get::audio/mpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=MP3
http-get::audio/wav:*
http-get::audio/x-mpegurl:
http-get::audio/x-ms-wma:DLNA.ORG_PN=WMABASE
http-get::audio/x-ms-wma:DLNA.ORG_PN=WMAFULL
http-get::application/ogg:
http-get::audio/mp4:
http-get::audio/x-flac:
http-wavetunes::audio/x-ms-wma:
http-get::audio/x-aiff:
http-get::audio/x-m4a:
http-get::audio/dsd:
http-get::audio/x-dsd:
http-get::audio/x-dsf:
http-get::audio/x-dff:
http-get::application/x-mpegurl:
DLNA 1.5: No
Native Gapless playback: Yes
Universal Gapless playback active: No
Missing events workaround: Yes
Can play native DSD: Yes
Volume Control: scalar
Number of channels: 2
Use as stereo device only: No

1 output streams:
Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s)
Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0
Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit big endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit big endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit big endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit big endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit big endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit big endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit big endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit big endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 44.1kHz finite length
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 44.1kHz finite length
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 88.2kHz finite length
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 88.2kHz finite length
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 48kHz finite length
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 48kHz finite length
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 96kHz finite length
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian 96kHz finite length
2 ch DSD 8bit little endian in 8bit chunk 2822.4kHz finite length
2 ch DSD 8bit little endian in 8bit chunk 5644.8kHz finite length

Current device transportInfo:
CurrentTransportState: STOPPED
CurrentTransportStatus: OK
CurrentSpeed: 1

Current device MediaInfo:
NrTracks: 1
MediaDuration: NOT_IMPLEMENTED
CurrentURI: http://192.168.1.221:49152/audirvana/audioTest.pcm
CurrentURIMetadata:

dc:titletestTitle</dc:title>
upnp:classobject.item.audioItem.musicTrack</upnp:class>
http://192.168.1.221:49152/audirvana/audioTest.pcm

nextURI: 
nextURIMetadata: 
PlayMedium: NETWORK
RecordMedium: NOT_IMPLEMENTED
WriteStatus: NOT_IMPLEMENTED

Current transport actions:
Play,Next,Previous

Current device AVT service description:

<?xml version="1.0"?> 1 0 urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaRenderer:1 ND5XS-538A Naim Audio Ltd. http://www.naimaudio.com Naim ND5XS network audio player ND5XS 20-015-0021 https://www.naimaudio.com/product/nd5-xs 0011F6AB538A uuid:5F9EC1B3-ED59-79BB-4530-0011F6AB538A 123810928305556upc urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:RenderingControl:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:RenderingControl /RenderingControl/desc.xml /RenderingControl/ctrl /RenderingControl/evt urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ConnectionManager:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:ConnectionManager /ConnectionManager/desc.xml /ConnectionManager/ctrl /ConnectionManager/evt urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:AVTransport:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:AVTransport /AVTransport/desc.xml /AVTransport/ctrl /AVTransport/evt urn:schemas-dm-holdings-com:service:X_HtmlPageHandler:1 urn:schemas-dm-holdings-com:serviceId:X_HtmlPage /HtmlPageHandler/desc.xml /HtmlPageHandler/ctrl /HtmlPageHandler/evt http://192.168.1.147:80/index.asp urn:rhapsody-real-com:device-id-1-0:rdk_dev_2:0011F6AB538A

Current device RootDevice description:

<?xml version="1.0"?> 1 0 urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaRenderer:1 ND5XS-538A Naim Audio Ltd. http://www.naimaudio.com Naim ND5XS network audio player ND5XS 20-015-0021 https://www.naimaudio.com/product/nd5-xs 0011F6AB538A uuid:5F9EC1B3-ED59-79BB-4530-0011F6AB538A 123810928305556upc urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:RenderingControl:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:RenderingControl /RenderingControl/desc.xml /RenderingControl/ctrl /RenderingControl/evt urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ConnectionManager:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:ConnectionManager /ConnectionManager/desc.xml /ConnectionManager/ctrl /ConnectionManager/evt urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:AVTransport:1 urn:upnp-org:serviceId:AVTransport /AVTransport/desc.xml /AVTransport/ctrl /AVTransport/evt urn:schemas-dm-holdings-com:service:X_HtmlPageHandler:1 urn:schemas-dm-holdings-com:serviceId:X_HtmlPage /HtmlPageHandler/desc.xml /HtmlPageHandler/ctrl /HtmlPageHandler/evt http://192.168.1.147:80/index.asp urn:rhapsody-real-com:device-id-1-0:rdk_dev_2:0011F6AB538A

UPnP devices found : 2
Device #0: ND5XS-538A
UID: uuid:5F9EC1B3-ED59-79BB-4530-0011F6AB538A
Location: http://192.168.1.147:8080/description.xml
Manufacturer: Naim Audio Ltd.
Model name: ND5XS
Device #1: AMBEO Soundbar
UID: uuid:3578d37c-bc6a-47da-9ce7-d69499d5d0bd
Location: http://192.168.1.116:56604/3578d37c-bc6a-47da-9ce7-d69499d5d0bd.xml
Manufacturer: Sennheiser
Model name: AMBEO Soundbar

Local

Max. memory for audio buffers: 874MB

Local Audio Engine: Linux ALSA library1.2.8

Local devices found : 0

Chromecast

Chromecast devices found : 1
Device #0: AMBEO Soundbar
ID: AMBEO-Soundbar-690d3ab856b148e144336b5ba80a84a8
Model name: AMBEO Soundbar

10

Do you have this issue with the AMBEO?

11

No.

12

Can you go to your device settings in Audirvāna and enable those options?

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13

No, this doesn’t fix the problem.

Like I said before:

  • the same files play without problem from the Synology NAS that is mounted on the Mac to the same Naim streamer
  • it is only .m4a files that don’t play. All other formats I tried from the same NAS location are playing fine.
  • The NAS drive is mounted as a samba share on the Raspberry Pi 4B that runs the DietPi OS.
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Hi @jmtennapel,

Can you go into the Audirvāna settings and in the My Account section? You will see a ‘Start Log Session’ button; click on it and reproduce your issue. After you reproduce it, click 'Stop Log Session’ and send me the audirvana_studio.log file you can find by clicking the 'Open Log Folder’ button.

15

I have sent you an e-mail on the support address.

16

Are you sure you play ALAC files from a Linux version? I’m starting to believe it is a Linux problem.

17

This issue is resolved by the latest Audirvana update that has just been pushed on the APT repository.

Wonderful that the people of Audirvana have found a fix for this issue on Raspberry Pi, and maybe even different hardware running the same Linux distribution, or Linux in general.

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