08-15-2020, 05:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-15-2020, 06:14 PM by TheOldPresbyope.
Edit Reason: got too speculative
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You really need to provide specific configuration information for us to debug your situation. "Media server" is not a specific term. SAMBA, NFS, UPnP/DLNA---these are specific terms.
I am inferring from your description that 1) your Fritz!Box is functioning as a UPnP/DLNA server, that 2) you have enabled the UPnP Browser service in your moOde player, and 3) you have added one of the Fritz!Box-published endpoints as a Music Source in the moOde Library.
Is this true? (I'm basing my guess on your discussion of folder names.)
This is a complicated and inefficient way to use a NAS with moOde. Configuring it as a SAMBA or NFS server would yield superior performance.
The UPnP Browser functionality in moOde allows one to access a UPnP Media Server as if it were a regular NAS, but it isn't one really.
It takes figuratively forever for moOde/MPD to scan the folders using the UPnP Browser service because of all the virtual folders the service generates and the subsequent duplication of track entries. At a low level, even though one may want to access only one Media Server, all the Media Servers on the LAN are automagically added fuse'd to moOde's filesystem.
To add insult to injury, each Media Server can create its own virtual folder names. This can make debugging extra difficult because, for example, my UPnP Media Server folders will be semantically different from yours for the same files (and not just because of language: Deutsch oder English, es macht nichts!). I suspect as well that the UPnP Media Server may not be publishing the existence of image files among the track files.
Bottom line: I believe your problems are caused by the use of moOde's UPnP Browser to access a UPnP/DLNA Media Server. My personal bias is not to take this approach but if you require it then you'll have to configure your system carefully. Apart from some basic hints, I probably can't give definitive answers.
Regards,
Kent
I am inferring from your description that 1) your Fritz!Box is functioning as a UPnP/DLNA server, that 2) you have enabled the UPnP Browser service in your moOde player, and 3) you have added one of the Fritz!Box-published endpoints as a Music Source in the moOde Library.
Is this true? (I'm basing my guess on your discussion of folder names.)
This is a complicated and inefficient way to use a NAS with moOde. Configuring it as a SAMBA or NFS server would yield superior performance.
The UPnP Browser functionality in moOde allows one to access a UPnP Media Server as if it were a regular NAS, but it isn't one really.
It takes figuratively forever for moOde/MPD to scan the folders using the UPnP Browser service because of all the virtual folders the service generates and the subsequent duplication of track entries. At a low level, even though one may want to access only one Media Server, all the Media Servers on the LAN are automagically added fuse'd to moOde's filesystem.
To add insult to injury, each Media Server can create its own virtual folder names. This can make debugging extra difficult because, for example, my UPnP Media Server folders will be semantically different from yours for the same files (and not just because of language: Deutsch oder English, es macht nichts!). I suspect as well that the UPnP Media Server may not be publishing the existence of image files among the track files.
Bottom line: I believe your problems are caused by the use of moOde's UPnP Browser to access a UPnP/DLNA Media Server. My personal bias is not to take this approach but if you require it then you'll have to configure your system carefully. Apart from some basic hints, I probably can't give definitive answers.
Regards,
Kent
