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Title: UPnP not correctly identifying .m4a on 1.06
Post by: ttmcmurry on January 25, 2009, 05:17:50 PM

In another post I had noticed that none of my .m4a music was showing up properly on my Playstation 3. 

To test this thoroughly, I installed TVersity onto my Windows 7 laptop and shared a folder I copied from my 323 to the desktop and added it to the TVersity library. 

Immediately, the PS3 recognized the .m4a audio as music and it showed up on screen.  .mp3 was also correctly classified.  I also renamed a few files to AAC extensions and the same (good) thing occurs. 

The next step was to take the PS3 out of the equation and see if this was reproducable on another laptop.  I installed the 4u2stream UPnP client on my XP laptop and have confirmed it's the DNS-323 that's not classifying files appropriately.  Installing 4u2stream on Seven has the exact same result.

No files that are shared via the DNS-323 with the .m4a (or .aac) extension are showing up whatsoever on both the PS3 or 4u2stream on two different laptops.

edit:  Yes, I've rebooted the DNS-323 several times. :)

Title: Re: UPnP not correctly identifying .m4a on 1.06
Post by: mediocreJoe on January 26, 2009, 05:33:05 AM

I also have the same issue with .m4a not showing up on my PS3 with 1.06. Installed Twonky on the NAS this weekend and .m4a displayed and played no problem on the PS3. Would rather not use Twonky so I'm hoping this gets fixed.

Title: Re: UPnP not correctly identifying .m4a on 1.06
Post by: BluBear on January 26, 2009, 01:08:54 PM

According to D-Link
http://support.dlink.ca/faq/view.asp?prod_id=3270&question=DNS%2D323+UPnP
only the following music file types are supported by the UPnP server:
MP3, WAV/PCM, WMA, AIF/AIFF

Only the iTunes server supports the M4A file type.

Title: Re: UPnP not correctly identifying .m4a on 1.06
Post by: ttmcmurry on January 26, 2009, 02:22:10 PM

I see the support link on the USA's site as well:
http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=3270&question=DNS-321%20/%20DNS-323%20/%20DNS-343

Ok, so I read it, but don't understand it.  This seems more of an oversight issue than a technological issue.  If the UPnP server is able to serve up a .mp4 container in the Video profile, then there shouldn't be any technological reason why it can't serve up a .aac or .m4a (which IS a mp4 container) under the Audio profile. 

If I knew what open source packages D-Link was using for the UPnP server, perhaps I could look at it and come up with a suggestion.  Either way, if Twonkyupnpserver can do it.....

Title: Re: UPnP not correctly identifying .m4a on 1.06
Post by: ttmcmurry on January 27, 2009, 04:47:21 PM

I was able to get twonkymedia server installed on the NAS (version 4.. version 5 doesn't work) and it serves up the .m4a files perfectly.  The downside is 30 days from now I'll have to buy it to keep the functionality.

Are there any plans on bringing the 323's UPnP server up to date?