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[ECF]

Try the update its supposed to be really good. Especially if your issue is with the organization of the files.

[dlandon]

I did some experimentation today and I found that when music tracks are in one directory, the DNS-321 organizes them correctly by Genre, Artist, Album, etc.  When tracks are in album sub-directories, the DNS-321 doesn't organize the tracks correctly by Genre, Artist, or Album.  It also lists the tracks by the file name, and not the track name.  When I ripped my CD collection to the DNS-321, WMP 11 organized the CDs by album in album sub-directories.

The music does stream properly to the xBox 360 and a Philips Streamium even if it is not organized correctly.

[xanadu]

Sorry, I was out of town and couldn't reply. I've replaced the xbox and my router, changed the media folder to something other than root, rescanned and it still refuses to work. Is there no logging that can be done to see where this is breaking down? It is reading the files fine, but when it tries to play it fails.

Any other thoughts?

landon

[xanadu]

Alright, moved ALL my data off. Reset the thing to defaults and re-formated both drives and made them separate disks. Created 1 folder and put 6 mp3's in there. Go to Xbox and it does the same thing.

Logging?

[dlandon]

I set up my DNS-321 UPnP to share some MP3 files under one directory.  Did a refresh and then successfully streamed the files to the xBox 360.

If I were you I would look for something subtle like read only MP3 files, or try different files.  Maybe there is an issue with the way the MP3 files were created and the xBox 360 can't sort it out.  Try to create an MP3 by ripping from a CD with WMP 11 and see if that works.  I created my MP3 files by converting from WMA files that were ripped with WMP 11.

So far it is working fine for me, with the exception of the way the DNS-321 organizes the Genre, artist, etc. when using sub-directories.

[rtmt5]

I am new to forum and have read the comments concerning XBOX 360 UPnP issues since I am having the same.

I am getting the same errors, as others,  in playing back music and video files from the DNS 321 that I play back using via WMP 11 OK.
(I get red error icon under OLD XBOX player tools (pre lastest XBOX 360 Update) and now after XBOX 360 update get yellow error icon with same error message prior to update).

I have two questions concerning your feedback for resolution:

1) How do I get and verify I have the XBOX optional update you suggest to apply? I have performed an XBOX update yesterday and received and applied the update; but, am not sure it contains the "optional" update you suggest.

2) How do I set the device back to default as you suggested? I have searched the ADMIN DNS 321 web facility for the means to reset the device to its defaults you suggested; but, do not see a menu option for this.

Thanks for any help.

[ECF]

Is your Xbox connected wirelessly to your network? 

[dlandon]

If someone would be willing to send me one of the errant mp3 files that don't work for them, I'd be happy to try it on my xBox 360 and DNS-321 system and see what happens.  the xBox and DNS-321 are hard wired, although I can't imagine why wired vs. wireless would make any difference.

I'll supply an email address if so.

[xanadu]

It is hardwired, 100 mb. Here's a file,

http://landonandtiffany.com/music/

Can anyone speak to any type of logging that we can look at?

Thanks,
Landon

[xanadu]

Here's a video of what the xbox is doing when trying to play the file:

http://landonandtiffany.com/music/DNS321.wmv

It's an 11mb file but it's on a hosted server so it should be quick.

Before the dashboard update it was telling me that there was no media sharing software running, even though it lets me browse to the file. Now it's telling me that the file isn't supported.
If you want to see the file playing on my windows server let me know.

-Landon

[dlandon]

OK.  I loaded your mp3 file on the DNS-321 and refreshed the UPnP.  The file played on my Philips Streamium NP1100 just fine.  Went to the xBox 360 and it also played just fine.

So we know that the DNS-321 can stream it properly.

The part that really has me bothered is why WMP 11 can stream it to the xBox, but not the DNS-321 UPnP.

Just shooting in the dark here - I have the mp3 files I store on the DNS-321 in the following sub-folder:

Volume_1/AV Media/MP3 Files

I don't set the UPnP on the root directory, but to this directory.

I'm scratching my head at this point.

[xanadu]

I've done the same thing, pointed it to a specific folder and what really irks me is that it can browse the index (I'm assuming) on the device but there seems to be a disconnect between where the file is and where the index thinks it is.

I'm really hoping that Dlink can offer some type of debugging or logging so this can be figured out.

Thanks for your help dlandon!

[dlandon]

Sorry I couldn't be any more help.

[thattallguy]

I am having the same exact problem with my DNS-321.  It shows up on my XBOX 360 as an accessible device, shows the media, but when you actually try to play, nothing.  It tells you that you have possibly lost connection to the device.  One thing I have noticed as well.  I am running a Linksys WRT610N and it shows the type of connection based on the light color.  So, Blue light=gigabit ethernet device attached and green=10/100 based device connected.  On two different WRT610N routers my DNS-321 shows green.  My entire network, the XBOX and DNS anyway, are hardwired using CAT6 cabling and nothing seems to work.  I have emailed the DLINK tech support, but of course I have received ZERO replies from them concerning this issue.  This hard drive is supposed to be XBOX 360 compatible, but is not as far as I can tell.
I have tried everything.  Resetting the DNS, re-flashing the firmware, refreshing the media list under UPnP, changing ethernet cable, uprgrading router, etc.  The media works with the XBOX since I can easily copy it to a thumb drive and play it from there.
So, DLINK this is your chance to help all of us out and get this working. 

[geo]

I was having problems with the DNS-321 and xbox playback before the firmware upgrade and was hoping it would be fixed with the new firmware release but it looks like the DNS-321 still has the same limitations. This is what I have found:
So far by process of elimination I have found out that files will show up correctly on the xbox 360 if arranged a certain way:

1. Names of folders have to be 24 characters or less & names of files must be 50 characters or less.

2. From the root directory - you can not put files more than 2 folders deep. Ex. Volume_1/My Media/My Movies/file.avi

3. Only the first 30 files will show up in each folder.

4. You can not use special characters in the file name. Example: (+,=,@,`) etc.

I'm sure there are more limitations I haven't run into yet, but so far I've gotten all my .divx / .xvid / .avi / .wmv / .mp3 files to play this way. It's a really inconvenient process but hopefully d-link puts out a fix for this.