HAME soundrouter discovery issue about pulseaudio-dlna

[billsbro]

http://192.168.178.1 is the wifi modem
with WAN cable
dhcp server from http://192.168.178.10 on up

http://192.168.169.1/ is the soundrouter that has its own dhcp server, it is connected through wifi
(all you have to do, if I remember correctly, is connect to its splash page on that ip adress to set it up). It runs as a regular router to the internet as well but its less fast than the regular wifi modem, so I would prefer not to switch to it.

System Info
Version v.20141204200204
WiFi SSID HameMusic_517a
Internet Configurations
WAN IP Address 192.168.178.16
Default Gateway 192.168.178.1
Primary Domain Server 212.54.40.25
Secondary Domain Server 212.54.44.54
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

[masmu]

Well. I found finally some time to figure that out.

The device opens a second network (192.168.169.x) for its wifi devices. This is pretty unusual for that kind of devices. The solution is to set it to your current network (192.168.178.x)
But those kind of settings are not accessible via the normal web GUI.
But the device has a somehow hidden advanced configuration area. But due to their implementation is not possible to access this without some kind of hacks. This is clearly a bug in their firmware.

1. Open Chrome and goto the Settings Page.
   

2. Press F12 to open the Chrome developer extensions. Click on Console. Then add the following javascript in the console window and press ENTER.

parent.HomeFrame.document.getElementById('advanced_settings').click()

3. Press F12 to exit the Chrome developer extensions.
   

In the advanced settings goto Internet -> LAN Network and change the values like the following:

• IP Address: 192.168.178.50
• Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
• DHCP Type: Server
• Start IP Address: 192.168.178.51
• End IP Address: 192.168.178.254

After that the ip address of the device is changed to 192.168.178.50 and all the wifi devices get IP addresses from the accessible network 192.168.178.x and your problem should be solved. Works for me.

[billsbro]

Thanks a lot again for your effort. This aint working for me, the device doesnt save the made changes after clicking apply but keeps coming up with its default settings. I dont think its wise to run two dhcp servers in the same scope anyway, but I could work around that by using a split scope.

You can close this thread since this has nothing to do with your software.

What a piece of junk really, with its hidden config pages and all that. You get what you pay for I guess.

[masmu]

You are right. 2 DHCP servers is not a good idea. So disabling the one from the Hamesound Router should work. But I have no idea why it does not save your settings.

It clearly not the best device ... but it made me smile several times 😄

[billsbro]

rebooted both the device and the laptop and tried again, it now saves the settings

but the sound still drops when a new song starts :( never mind though I will buy something else some day

[masmu]

Are you using KDE or Amarok?

[billsbro]

gmusicbrowser

[masmu]

So, the topic of the issue is "HAME soundrouter discovery issue". Somehow i understood that this is solved now. But you are having issues with the sound being dropped after each track? Correct?
If thats so,

pulseaudio-dlna --debug 2>&1 | tee -a debug.log

will write a debug.log to the current directory.

Please upload / paste it somewhere (e.g. http://pastebin.com/) and paste the link here.
Another guy has the same issue and there is a fix for that.

[masmu]

I could completely reproduce this bug with gmusicbrowser. There will be a fix for it in 0.4.4.

[masmu]

• 0.4.4 - (2015-08-07)
  • Added --disable-ssdp-listener option
  • Fixed a bug with applications which remove and re-add streams all the time
  • Added a missing dependency python-psutil

Since your device uses a non standard HTTP 1.0 implementation, you will have to use:
pulseaudio-dlna --fake-http10-content-length

But it should work, tested with gmusicbrowser.

[billsbro]

sorry for messing up the topic in this thread. Network discovery is resolved indeed (but the device is still unstable when I change network settings, the paperclip reboot was needed three time today trying to disable its DHCP server).

The good news is though, I didnt toss the device out of the window and the stream continues playing!

So thanks again.