UPnP/ DLNA device support

[Pascal29]

Hi all,

I would like to share my solution to use this plugin with my Limetree bridge.
I saw by the UPNP analyser on W10 that he Device type is like this: urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaRenderer:2
When the plugin is discovering the network it performs many string comparisons to add or not the device in a list.
So I just modify all tests in ControlPointManager.vb for instance ligne 300 to add my device.

If String.Compare(serviceType, "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:AVTransport:1", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) = 0 Then

replaced by

If String.Compare(serviceType, "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:AVTransport:2", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) = 0 Then

After recompiling the DLL is working fine.


Best regards

Pascal

[Bruno Banani]

Can you help me by Upnp Configuration for Folder Sorting in Smartphone App.
Folder Sorting is very importend for my Music Bibliothek.
I can only adjust the following: Albums, Artists, Album Artists, Composers, Genres, Years.
Not folder sorting.
Is Addition possible?
Best regards
Bruno

[AC2N]

Hi,
I have a little problem that I don't understand, when I play my music with this plugin, when the song ends I can hear the beginning of the song again just a few seconds then I find the next song, it Is very strange .. Do you also have this problem? How to solve this problem? Thanks in advance..

[phred]

Do you also have this problem? How to solve this problem? Thanks in advance..

Note that this plugin is no longer supported. While someone may have a suggestion or two to solve your issue, there is no support from the developer, nor will there be any updates/bug fixes.

[AC2N]

thank @phred.
It is a pity that this plugin is no longer developed because it is so useful for streaming music, I am looking for a reliable solution to stream to my upnp sound amplifier and above all while maintaining the audio quality but it turns out to be ultimately more complicated than expected .. This plugin is a real plus for MusicBee, in my opinion, this option of distribution on the upnp network should be kept and I hope that @Steven or some developers will have the same reasoning. It is possible thanks to Github to have a great help from the developer community ... Thank you to you ..

[phred]

Steven started the plugin, but there are so many variables (as in devices) that he simply doesn't have the time to work on it. Over the years he has offered the code to anyone who wants to maintain it, but there have been no takers.

[AC2N]

I finally solved all my problems by changing my parameters a little, here is the configuration I use and which works at the top with my Harmann Kardon AVR265 amp.
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[henswurst]

Hi,

I used to stream my music with DLNA to my Onkyo receiver. Has there anything changed in handling the plugin by actual musicbee? I changed nothing in congiguration (generic) but musicbee is no longer shown as a DLNA source in the menu of the Onkyo receiver.
I am using the latest version 3.4.7561 but also tried the official download version 3.3.

[phred]

Nothing has changed with the plugin in years. It is no longer being maintained.
See reply #348 and 350.

PLEASE NOTE: Steven, the developer of this plugin (and of MB) no longer has the time to spend on further development or support of the plugin. He has made the source code available for anyone who wants to continue development. It is available here.

[henswurst]

Found the solution an try to explain it in my poor english - maybe it helps somebody else because it's a bit tricky:

For a reason I don't know my receiver was shown as unknown device in windows streaming options menu but was a correctly shown network device. I had access to the media library on pc from the receivers menu and were are able to play my music this way. Active streaming with the musicbee playto menu was impossible. because Musicbee library was not shown in the list of DLNA devices in receiver menu. Although windows is not able to identify the unknown device in media streaming options it can be found via the windows devices and printers menu. Searched for unknown devices and the receiver device appears correctly after a while. Now it's no longer a unknown device in windows media streaming menu and musicbee library is showing up in the receivers DLNA menu.

[Leo_Wolves]

Hi

I was hoping someone could help?

I've been unable to successfully connect Musicbee audio output to Sonos via the UPnP/DLNA device support Plugin for a while now, this used to work with no issues using the setting shown in the attached image.

I've tried playing around with the settings but I'm having no success, however, I it seemed to play via Sonos on one occasion for about 10-20 seconds, then stopped working again.

I'm thinking its just turning off/on the appropriate settings within Musicbee and/or the plugin - I've been trying this now for months and just can't figure it out.

Is anyone able to assist or can share what setting they are using to stream music from Musicbee to Sonos?

Cheers      

Setup:

Windows 10 Pro Laptop
MSI GE63 Raider RGB 8RE
Intel Core i7 8th Gen
Musicbee Version 3.4.7547 P
Sonos One Speaker

[gaz5021]

Hi

I was hoping someone could help?

I've been unable to successfully connect Musicbee audio output to Sonos via the UPnP/DLNA device support Plugin for a while now, this used to work with no issues using the setting shown in the attached image.

I've tried playing around with the settings but I'm having no success, however, I it seemed to play via Sonos on one occasion for about 10-20 seconds, then stopped working again.

I'm thinking its just turning off/on the appropriate settings within Musicbee and/or the plugin - I've been trying this now for months and just can't figure it out.

Is anyone able to assist or can share what setting they are using to stream music from Musicbee to Sonos?

Cheers      

Setup:

Windows 10 Pro Laptop
MSI GE63 Raider RGB 8RE
Intel Core i7 8th Gen
Musicbee Version 3.4.7547 P
Sonos One Speaker

Hi Leo_Wolves,


I decided the cleanest way of streaming to my SONOS via network was to remove the plugin and use the following free programs:


https://vb-audio.com/Cable/ (to create a new "virtual" audio output device)

https://www.streamwhatyouhear.com (to stream all output from the above virtual device over my network)


I created a "radio station" using the SONOS app and matched up the settings with the stream. When I want to stream to the SONOS, I simply change the output device on MB to the virtual cable, hit play, and then play the radio station on the SONOS app.

This works for me. I hope it might be useful for you, or someone else.

[Leo_Wolves]

Hi @gaz5021

You're awsome it totally works!!

Was quick to download & simple to configure, plus it's a lot better than just having something configured solely to MusicBee

I just find using the SONOS software/library irritating and lengthy! MusicBee is an all-rounder 100% with all the interface & plugins

Thanks for your response, really appreciate it , will definitely make life easier hehe     

[gaz5021]

No worries, I’m happy to have helped you out

[AC2N]

For stream all sound from your pc to upnp renderer you can try :

-> SWYH it's a little older but works fine on lot of renderer..
https://github.com/StreamWhatYouHear/SWYH
download app >  https://github.com/StreamWhatYouHear/SWYH/releases/download/1.5.0/SWYH_1.5.0.exe

-> LocalAudioBroadcast it's older too but work very good for me better than SWYH..
https://github.com/protyposis/LocalAudioBroadcast
download app > https://github.com/protyposis/LocalAudioBroadcast/releases/download/v1.2.3/LocalAudioBroadcast-v1.2.3.zip

-> and a clone of SWYH, SWYH-RS actually under development but that work very well and you can contribute to its development with github..
https://github.com/dheijl/swyh-rs
download app > https://github.com/dheijl/swyh-rs/releases

All is opensource..!