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Author Topic: UPnP Server with Nested Directories  (Read 4170 times)

blaitarch

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UPnP Server with Nested Directories
« on: February 08, 2010, 05:13:00 PM »
I just bought a network audio player so I can listen to my music all over my house.  I have the DNS-323 pointed at Volume_1\Music, under which I have all my music in the form of
Artist Name\Album\# - Song.ext
Most of these files are mp3s but I have a handful of WMAs as well.

I have five playlists located at Volume\Music along with a single mp3 file.  These playlists include files from Artist Name\Album, and they all work when loaded from the file system.  The DNS-323 serves the playlist names appropriately to my network audio player (as well as the software program 4u2stream) via UPNP.  However, 4 of the 5 playlists are empty and the one that isn't contains only the single file located at Volume_1\Music.  The software program 4u2stream returns the same results, which is why I believe the error belongs to the DNS-323.  How do I make the UPNP server serve these playlists appropriately without having to locate all my music at Volume_1\Music?

I am running beta 1.08 - that is why this is in the beta forum.

e: I am serving the files from my laptop as well, via the Windows 7 library.  The playlists share from Windows 7 properly.
« Last Edit: February 08, 2010, 05:56:15 PM by blaitarch »
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mobilejukebox

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Re: UPnP Server with Nested Directories
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2010, 10:30:28 PM »
As long as the playlist file is in .m3u format (the format the 323 suports), your issue sounds similar to mine with a DSM-520 and a DNS-323.  Check out http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=8901.0 and see what you think.  I know the post is in the DNS-321 area but the issue I'm having seems to exist on both devices.  The short answer is, I think there is an issue with the way the firmware parses the folder structure.  A playlist that lives on the 323 will only play the songs in the same directory as the playlist (unless you're using a computer to play the list).  If the playlist file is being accessed from the computer (meaning the playlist file is on the computer and is being accessed by your device) the songs in the playlist play fine.  Do you get what I mean?
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