pulseaudio-dlna 0.4.1 stopped working about pulseaudio-dlna

[masmu]

I guess this is because of the codec. In 0.4.x pulseaudio-dlna chooses the codec depending on the devices capabilities and a priority list of available encoders. At the moment wav has the highest priority and is therefore chosen over mp3_ and others.

Could you check this by starting it with another encoder?
pulseaudio-dlna --encoder mp3 or
pulseaudio-dlna --encoder opus

[petereckhardt]

Hello Massimo,

that was a fast reply :-)

You are right using -e mp3 works nicely. In 3.5.1 - e wav did work also.

Anyway a great program. Makes streaming with pulse audio so much easier.

Take care and thanks a lot for the quick help.

Peter

engrea GmbH
Im Unterfeld 39
76297 Stutensee

Am 30. Juli 2015 12:41:36 schrieb Massimo Mund [email protected]:

I guess this is because of the codec. In 0.4.x pulseaudio-dlna chooses
the codec depending on the devices capabilities and a priority list of
available encoders. At the moment wav has the highest priority and is
therefore chosen over mp3_ and others.

Could you check this by starting it with another encoder?
pulseaudio-dlna --encoder mp3 or
pulseaudio-dlna --encoder opus

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[masmu]

I did not modify the wav encoder. Which version of kodi are you using?

[iBigQ]

Same problem here, just updated to the new version in the repository, Kodi was not modified. I also got the
sox WARN wav: Length in output .wav header will be wrong since can't seek to fix it
message. I started pulseaudio-dlna without any parameters. I will also try with the mp3 encoder

[petereckhardt]

Hello Massimo,

Kodi Version is 15. I tried to use flac. That works also. Seems problem
only appears with wav.

Greetings
Peter

engrea GmbH
Im Unterfeld 39
76297 Stutensee

Am 30. Juli 2015 15:55:27 schrieb Massimo Mund [email protected]:

I did not modify the wav encoder. Which version of kodi are you using?

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[masmu]

@petereckhardt
Thanks for your testings. Those were indeed very helpful 👍

I could track the problem down. Its a mix of my performance optimizations and kodi's way of detecting audio formats.
But currently i am not quite sure whats the best way to solve it.

In the meantime, please just use another encoder.

[petereckhardt]

Hello Massimo,

i can nicely live with flac. No problem.

Have a great weekend

Peter

engrea GmbH
Im Unterfeld 39
76297 Stutensee

Am 31. Juli 2015 12:29:16 schrieb Massimo Mund [email protected]:

@petereckhardt
Thanks for your testings. Those were indeed very helpful 👍

I could track the problem down. Its a mix of my performance optimizations
and kodi's way of detecting audio formats.
But currently i am not quite sure whats the best way to solve it.

In the meantime, please just use another encoder.

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[masmu]

• 0.4.2 - (2015-08-02)
  • The mp3 encoder is now prioritize over wav
  • Added '--disable-switchback' option
  • Wav encoders do not longer share their encoder process

[rog4l]

Hello,

I am receiving same error with the wav encoder and just wanted to ask if there is any chance for fix of that?
The encoder option set to mp3 work perfectly fine, but as an mp3 is a lossy compression doesn't that have an influence on the sound quality?
Also as it is mentioned in the documentation, the usage of wav encoder should cause a shorter delay in playback. In my case the delay is around 5-7 seconds for mp3.
Below are some couple lines from the log before the error occurs. After that stream gets closed and the DLNA renderer gets disconnected.
Installed version is 0.4.7

12-28 23:26:53 pulseaudio_dlna.streamserver INFO Client 192.168.1.2 registered to stream /dWRuPSJ1dWlkOjNiZjAxNzdhLWVmZGUtZDVmMi1mMDA1LTAxOTk1MjAxNTdGIix0eXBlPSJicmlkZ2Ui/stream.wav.
12-28 23:26:53 pulseaudio_dlna.streamserver DEBUG Starting processes "parec --format=s16le -d airtrymr_dlna.monitor | sox -t raw -b 16 -e signed -c 2 -r 44100 - -t wav -b 16 -e signed -c 2 -r 44100 -L -"
12-28 23:26:53 pulseaudio_dlna.streamserver INFO Processes of /dWRuPSJ1dWlkOjNiZjAxNzdhLWVmZGUtZDVmMi1mMDA1LTAxOTk1MjAxNTdGIix0eXBlPSJicmlkZ2Ui/stream.wav initialized ...
sox WARN wav: Length in output .wav header will be wrong since can't seek to fix it