Loading First Track problem with AV Studio

I am totally hung up with a prompt “loading first track” and then nothing plays, either from my HD or my Tidal stream. I have tried to contact AV a half dozen times with no response. Terrible customer service. Any ideas?

Have you tried playing to the local audio device? Can you describe your setup and post the debug info here?

Hi Alex,

I had the same problem which remained unresolved so I upgraded to Studio and the problem remains. I run AV on my iMac into a Micro Rendu into my Aqua La Voce DAC. My digital music is in an external HD and my Tidal Hifi connects to my iMac via its cable modem. Here is my debug information:

Audirvana Studio 1.7.1 (10701)

macOS 10.15 with 24GB physical RAM

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

Polarity Inversion:

Globally: OFF

Per track: OFF

Effects plugins NOT ACTIVE

UPSAMPLING:

SoX not in use

SoX filter parameters

Bandwidth at 0dB = 99.5%

Filter max length = 30000

Anti-aliasing = 100

Phase = 66%

AUDIO VOLUME:

Max allowed volume: 100

Replay Gain: None

SW volume control: OFF

LIBRARY SETTINGS:

Sync list: 7 folders

Manual: (OFFLINE) /Volumes/My Book 1/(HiRez) Music

Manual: (OFFLINE) /Volumes/My Book 1/All My Music

Manual: (OFFLINE) /Volumes/My Book 1/Dr. Black 2

Manual: (OFFLINE) /Volumes/My Book 1/Dr. Black 3

Manual: (OFFLINE) /Volumes/My Book 1/Dr. Black 4

Manual: (OFFLINE) /Volumes/My Book 1/Mostly Dr. Black Collection

Manual: (OFFLINE) /Volumes/My Book 1/My CD collection

iTunes/Music library synchronization: last synchronized on Mon Jul 19 16:11:47 2021

Library database path: /Users/markwhite/Library/Application Support/Audirvana/AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite

Remote Control server:

Listening on 127.0.0.1 on port 61588

ACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES

TIDAL: Connected as HIFI

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

Preferred device: JF LIGHT INDUSTRIES MRENDU-027EF0-UPNP/AV Model UID:JF Light Industries mrendu-027EF0-UPnP/AV UID:uuid:cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0

Selected device:

UPnP device at http://10.0.0.230:49152/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/description.xml

ID 0x0 mrendu-027EF0-UPnP/AV

Manufacturer: JF Light Industries

Model Name:

Model UID: JF Light Industries mrendu-027EF0-UPnP/AV

UID: uuid:cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0

6 available sample rates up to 192000Hz

44100

48000

88200

96000

176400

192000

Volume control: No

MQA capability

Auto-detect MQA devices: No

Not a MQA device, 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

Avoid RAW PCM streams: No

UPnP/DLNA supported protocols:

http-get::application/flac:

http-get::application/x-flac:

http-get::application/ogg:

http-get::audio/flac:

http-get::audio/x-flac:

http-get::audio/aac:

http-get::audio/x-aiff:

http-get::audio/aif:

http-get::audio/aiff:

http-get::audio/dff:

http-get::audio/x-dff:

http-get::audio/dsd:

http-get::audio/x-dsd:

http-get::audio/dsf:

http-get::audio/x-dsf:

http-get::audio/m4a:

http-get::audio/x-m4a:

http-get::audio/matroska:

http-get::audio/x-matroska:

http-get::audio/mp1:

http-get::audio/mp3:

http-get::audio/mp4:

http-get::audio/mpeg:

http-get::audio/x-mpeg:

http-get::audio/ogg:

http-get::audio/vorbis:

http-get::audio/x-ape:

http-get::audio/ape:

http-get::audio/x-monkeys-audio:

http-get::audio/wav:

http-get::audio/x-wav:

http-get::audio/wave:

http-get::audio/x-ms-wma:

http-get::audio/x-ogg:

http-get::audio/x-scpls:

http-get::audio/x-vorbis+ogg:

http-get::audio/x-vorbis:

http-get::audio/x-wavpack:

http-get::video/mp4:

DLNA 1.5: No

Gapless playback: Yes

Missing events workaround: No

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

Stream ID 0x0 0 channels starting at 0

12 virtual formats:

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz finite length

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 44.1kHz finite length

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz finite length

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 88.2kHz finite length

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz finite length

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 176.4kHz finite length

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz finite length

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 48kHz finite length

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz finite length

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 96kHz finite length

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 16 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz finite length

2 ch Non-mixable linear PCM Interleaved 24 little endian Signed Integer 192kHz finite length

0 physical formats

Current device transportInfo:

CurrentTransportState: PLAYING

CurrentTransportStatus: ERROR_OCCURRED

CurrentSpeed: 1

Current device MediaInfo:

NrTracks: 1

MediaDuration: 0:04:27

CurrentURI: http://10.0.0.64:49152/audirvana/audio_28.wav

CurrentURIMetadata:

dc:titleFeed the Fire</dc:title>

dc:creatorHelen Sung</dc:creator>

upnp:artistHelen Sung</upnp:artist>

upnp:genre</upnp:genre>

upnp:albumArtURIhttp://resources.tidal.com/images/7207e72f/10b1/4c02/8ae4/4d2fba4ece05/640x640.jpg</upnp:albumArtURI>

upnp:albumQuartet+</upnp:album>

upnp:originalTrackNumber1</upnp:originalTrackNumber>

upnp:classobject.item.audioItem.musicTrack</upnp:class>

http://10.0.0.64:49152/audirvana/audio_28.wav

nextURI: http://10.0.0.64:49152/audirvana/audio_30.wav

nextURIMetadata:

dc:titleLament for Kalief Browder</dc:title>

dc:creatorHelen Sung</dc:creator>

upnp:artistHelen Sung</upnp:artist>

upnp:genre</upnp:genre>

upnp:albumArtURIhttp://resources.tidal.com/images/7207e72f/10b1/4c02/8ae4/4d2fba4ece05/640x640.jpg</upnp:albumArtURI>

upnp:albumQuartet+</upnp:album>

upnp:originalTrackNumber11</upnp:originalTrackNumber>

upnp:classobject.item.audioItem.musicTrack</upnp:class>

http://10.0.0.64:49152/audirvana/audio_30.wav

PlayMedium: HDD

RecordMedium: NOT_IMPLEMENTED

WriteStatus: NOT_IMPLEMENTED

Current device AVT service description:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

1

0

TransportState

no

string

STOPPED

PLAYING

TransportStatus

no

string

OK

ERROR_OCCURRED

PlaybackStorageMedium

no

string

PossiblePlaybackStorageMedia

no

string

RecordStorageMedium

no

string

PossibleRecordStorageMedia

no

string

CurrentPlayMode

no

string

NORMAL

SHUFFLE

REPEAT_ONE

REPEAT_ALL

RANDOM

DIRECT_1

NORMAL

TransportPlaySpeed

no

string

1

no

RecordMediumWriteStatus

string

CurrentRecordQualityMode

no

string

PossibleRecordQualityModes

no

string

NumberOfTracks

no

ui4

0

2000

1

CurrentTrack

no

ui4

0

2000

1

CurrentTrackDuration

no

string

CurrentMediaDuration

no

string

CurrentTrackMetaData

no

string

CurrentTrackURI

no

string

AVTransportURI

no

string

AVTransportURIMetaData

no

string

NextAVTransportURI

no

string

NextAVTransportURIMetaData

no

string

RelativeTimePosition

no

string

AbsoluteTimePosition

no

string

RelativeCounterPosition

no

i4

AbsoluteCounterPosition

no

i4

CurrentTransportActions

no

string

LastChange

yes

string

A_ARG_TYPE_SeekMode

no

string

ABS_TIME

REL_TIME

A_ARG_TYPE_SeekTarget

no

string

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

no

ui4

SetAVTransportURI

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

CurrentURI

in

AVTransportURI

CurrentURIMetaData

in

AVTransportURIMetaData

SetNextAVTransportURI

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

NextURI

in

NextAVTransportURI

NextURIMetaData

in

NextAVTransportURIMetaData

GetMediaInfo

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

NrTracks

out

NumberOfTracks

MediaDuration

out

CurrentMediaDuration

CurrentURI

out

AVTransportURI

CurrentURIMetaData

out

AVTransportURIMetaData

NextURI

out

NextAVTransportURI

NextURIMetaData

out

NextAVTransportURIMetaData

PlayMedium

out

PlaybackStorageMedium

RecordMedium

out

RecordStorageMedium

WriteStatus

out

RecordMediumWriteStatus

GetTransportInfo

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

CurrentTransportState

out

TransportState

CurrentTransportStatus

out

TransportStatus

CurrentSpeed

out

TransportPlaySpeed

GetPositionInfo

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

Track

out

CurrentTrack

TrackDuration

out

CurrentTrackDuration

TrackMetaData

out

CurrentTrackMetaData

TrackURI

out

CurrentTrackURI

RelTime

out

RelativeTimePosition

AbsTime

out

AbsoluteTimePosition

RelCount

out

RelativeCounterPosition

AbsCount

out

AbsoluteCounterPosition

GetDeviceCapabilities

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

PlayMedia

out

PossiblePlaybackStorageMedia

RecMedia

out

PossibleRecordStorageMedia

RecQualityModes

out

PossibleRecordQualityModes

GetTransportSettings

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

PlayMode

out

CurrentPlayMode

RecQualityMode

out

CurrentRecordQualityMode

Stop

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

Play

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

Speed

in

TransportPlaySpeed

Pause

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

Seek

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

Unit

in

A_ARG_TYPE_SeekMode

Target

in

A_ARG_TYPE_SeekTarget

Next

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

Previous

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

SetPlayMode

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

NewPlayMode

in

CurrentPlayMode

GetCurrentTransportActions

InstanceID

in

A_ARG_TYPE_InstanceID

Actions

out

CurrentTransportActions

Current device RootDevice description:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

1

1

urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaRenderer:1

mrendu-027EF0-UPnP/AV

JF Light Industries

https://framagit.org/medoc92

UPnP front-end to MPD

UpMPD

42

https://framagit.org/medoc92/upmpdcli/code/

upmpdcli version 1.5.12 libupnpp 0.21.0

image/png

64

64

32

/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/icon.png

/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/presentation.html

uuid:cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0

urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:AVTransport:1

urn:upnp-org:serviceId:AVTransport

/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/urn-schemas-upnp-org-service-AVTransport-1.xml

/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/ctl-urn-schemas-upnp-org-service-AVTransport-1

/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/evt-urn-schemas-upnp-org-service-AVTransport-1

urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:RenderingControl:1

urn:upnp-org:serviceId:RenderingControl

/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/urn-schemas-upnp-org-service-RenderingControl-1.xml

/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/ctl-urn-schemas-upnp-org-service-RenderingControl-1

/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/evt-urn-schemas-upnp-org-service-RenderingControl-1

urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ConnectionManager:1

urn:upnp-org:serviceId:ConnectionManager

/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/urn-schemas-upnp-org-service-ConnectionManager-1.xml

/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/ctl-urn-schemas-upnp-org-service-ConnectionManager-1

/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/evt-urn-schemas-upnp-org-service-ConnectionManager-1

UPnP devices found : 1

Device #0: ID 0x0 mrendu-027EF0-UPnP/AV UID: uuid:cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0 Location: http://10.0.0.230:49152/uuid-cc03d710-d47c-c188-136f-d063b4027ef0/description.xml

Direct Mode audio path, buffer I/O frame size: 0

Max. memory for audio buffers: 2750MB

Exclusive access: Enabled

Integer mode: Enabled

Local devices found : 2

Device #0: ID 0x3f Built-in Output Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Model UID: AppleHDA:16 UID: AppleHDAEngineOutput:1F,3,0,1,1:0 Model Name: Apple Inc. Built-in Output

Device #1: ID 0x2b ODAC Manufacturer: Binary Audio Model UID: ODAC :1852:7022 UID: AppleUSBAudioEngine:Binary Audio:UAC1 DAC:14740000:3 Model Name: Binary Audio ODAC

Your local repositories appear to be offline. Try to disable the iTunes/Music sync and try again.

Go step by step, First try to play to local audio device. Once this works, switch to microRendu.