Can't connect to DNLA Streamer

Legacy versions MacOS
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From my local hi-fi dealer, I’ve taken out on loan for assessment: an Arcam rPlay streamer and Arcam irDac-II. The rPlay uses DNLA and is controlled by the DTS Play-Fi app on my iPhone. As the Mac doesn’t appear to provide a Media Server like PCs, I’ve installed Audirvana as it claimed to interface to DNLA.

However, whilst the irDac (connected by USB), can be selected as the Preferred Audio Device and works; the rPlay streamer does not appear in the pick-list. When I select Media Server for the rPlay in the Play-Fi app, it only locates the PC media server and nothing for the Mac.

How do I get the Mac to interface with the DNLA streamer?

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PS: I’m using a Mac Mini (late 2012 model) running macOS High Sierra 10.13.1

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If all you want is a server, the free Serviio UPnP player works well on Mac Mini, though I have no idea how well it would interface with your player. Doubtless there are others, and some will have other functions like transcoding between formats if desired. A+ doesn’t really bring anything to the show unless you want its MQA capability or use it to separately output via usb to a DAC for best sound quality.

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I’m having a similar problem. I have a Cambridge Audio 851n. I can see it in the menu, but when I select it, A+ switches back to built-in output. I tried a variety of other switches (MQA, non-MQA, etc.) but the result is always the same. Running on iMac High Sierra 10.13.1

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So what is the support that Audirvana provides for DLNA?

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Audirvana Plus since its version 3.1 brings playback to UPnP/DLNA network players.
Namely when they are set to receive audio data on their network input, being a so called Media Renderer.
In the DLNA terminology, Audirvana Plus is then a Control Point with an ad-hoc Media Server. Thus it controls completely the playback of the Media Renderer that appears to the user as any locally connected audio device (in the list in the Audio System page).

Some need to be configured/set in this Media Renderer (usually called network input) mode.
The other mode it is confused with is the one where a proprietary app supplied by the network player manufacturer is used to remote control the network player that does the control of the playback, fetching data from a passive server.

Regarding the Cambridge 851N its media renderer implementation is incomplete, missing support for wav files support. That’s why it is discarded by Audirvana Plus.
You may want to contact Cambridge to ask them for offering this basic wav file support.

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Hi Damien,

I would appreciate some help please.

I am having problems connecting my SOtM sMS-200 to Audirvana using MPD/DLNA.

I am on Mac OS 10.13.3

I can’t see the sMS-200 as a “preferred device’ in the Audirvana preferences Audio System setup page even though I’ve made sure that it is MPD/DLNA mode.

I have done multiple reboots of sMS-200 and my MacbookPro with no success.
Could it be a software upgrade issue?
I am on the latest version of Audirvana 3.2.5
My sMS-200 is on V4.0
The MPD version is 0.19.14
UPMPDCLI version 1.2.9

I am using Chord Blu MK2 as the “DAC” and it works fine when I connect the Mac direct via USB.

Regards,

Geoff

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Hi Geoff,

Can you see your sms-200 listed as a UPnP device, looking at the bottom of the “Debug Info” (Audirvana Plus menu command)?
If you see instead “UPnP not started”, then there is another application running that uses the 1900 UDP network port used for UPnP discovery. You’ll then want to stop this other application.

Damien

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Hi Damien,

Yes, I can see sMS-200 USB as a Preferred device information UPnP device connected on the Debug page but I can’t see it listed as a preferred device in Preferences.
I only gives me the Built in Output.

Geoff

Audirvana Plus rev. 3.2.5 (3136) debug information:
running on Mac OS X 10.13.3 with 8192MB RAM

User preferences:
Remote control: IR: off, Media Keys: on (with volume control: off)

Playlists
Use UTF-8 for all: on
Start playback at launch with audio file: on

Volume knob control in rotation axis

Sample rate converter
iZotope SRC with no forced upsampling
Polarity inversion: global=off, per track=on

Volume control
DAC only
Max volume limit = 99.8%

AudioUnits not in use

SysOptimizer is disabled

iTunes settings:
iTunes integrated Mode: off
Completely deactivate iTunes playback: on
iTunes volume control: active
iTunes play position control: active
iTunes safe factor: 1

Library settings:
Sync list : 3 folders
Manual (2017-11-21 09:58:51 +0000): /Volumes/Samsung SSD Music/Samsung/My HDTracks Music
Manual (2017-11-21 09:59:06 +0000): /Volumes/Samsung SSD Music/Samsung/iTunes Music
Manual (2018-01-21 11:22:42 +0000): /Users/geoffhee/Music/iTunes/Music
Database path: /Users/geoffhee/Library/Application Support/Audirvana
iTunes Synchronization: inactive

Audio settings:
Hog Mode: on
Direct Mode: off
Integer Mode: on Mode 1
Max Mem for audio buffers: 4096MB
Max Sample rate limit: None
Sample rate switching latency: None

CoreAudio audio path, buffer I/O frame size: 512

Preferred device: UPnP: sMS-200-USB Model UID:JF Light Industries sMS-200-USB UID:uuid:49fa9abc-6b70-7daf-7390-02c20602a2fb

Active Sample Rate: 44.1kHz
Hog Mode is off
Selected device:
Local audio device
ID 0x30 Built-in Output Manufacturer:Apple Inc.
Model UID:AppleHDA:40 UID:AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,1:0

4 available sample rates up to 96000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000

Audio buffer frame size : 14 to 4096 frames
Current I/O buffer frame size : 512
Physical (analog) volume control: No
Virtual (digital) volume control: Yes
Auto-detect MQA devices: No
Not a MQA device, user set to not MQA
DSD capability: DSD via PCM 1.0
Preferred stereo channels L:1 R:2
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1
Number of channels: 2
Use as stereo device only: No
Simple stereo device: Yes

1 output streams:
Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s)
Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0
Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1

Stream ID 0x31 2 channels starting at 1
4 virtual formats:
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 44.1kHz

16 physical formats
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 20 little endian Signed Integer aligned low in 32bit 44.1kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 96kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 88.2kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 48kHz
2 ch Mixable linear PCM Interleaved 32 little endian Float 44.1kHz

Local devices found : 1
Device #0: ID 0x30 Built-in Output Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Model UID: AppleHDA:40 UID: AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,1:0

UPnP devices found : 1
Device #0: ID 0x0 sMS-200-USB UID: uuid:528C8E6C-D4A3-C659-8999-A0E9DF15AD32 Location: http://10.0.0.98:9000/plugins/UPnP/MediaRenderer.xml?player=00%3A00%3A00%3A00%3A00%3A00

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Yes, I can see sMS-200 USB as a Preferred device information UPnP device connected on the Debug page but I can’t see it listed as a preferred device in Preferences.
I only gives me the Built in Output.

Try powering the DLNA endpoint AFTER you start Audirvana.

Steve N.

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Does anybody know what the 1900 UDP network port is? I don’t understand what Damien is talking about. I have no other applications running. I don’t know where to go to check what is using the port.

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I have finally resolved the issue with MPD/DLNA playback via SOtM sMS-200. It turned out to be a network issue. I simply configured the sMS-200 to manual IP address and subnet mask and my server accordingly and everything is fine.