01-19-2022, 12:25 AM
After successfully exploring moode audio as a DLNA client for a while, I started to investigate the multi-room feature which is the end-goal for my home.
I configured one receiver and the sender as described in the setup instructions.
The sender is installed on a Pi4 and the receiver on a Pi3B (not B+).
I enabled the DLNA/UPnP client on the sender to be able to control the playback from a different client (phone or laptop).
A high-level arch looks like shown below:
After I configured everything, I tried the setup and it worked beautifully
I configured the DLNA Ctrl app to access the DLNA server and play it to the DLNA client which is the MR Sender.
The music was played back on the MR receiver ... woohoo.
However when I let the system sit idle for a while the receiver "dies". I can still play songs to the MR server. I see on the MR server console that it plays the track but nothing comes out of the speakers of the MR receiver. However when I restart the MR receiver via the web console, suddenly the music starts to play.
I had a quick look in the logs via moodeutl -l and moodeutl -t but don't see anything which is useful for me.
What can I do to investigate this further or better to have this investigated further
The only difference between my setup and the multi-room setup guide which I saw after I compared the config a few times is that my MR receiver is connected via 2.4Ghz because the Pi3B does not support 5Ghz wifi.
I configured one receiver and the sender as described in the setup instructions.
The sender is installed on a Pi4 and the receiver on a Pi3B (not B+).
I enabled the DLNA/UPnP client on the sender to be able to control the playback from a different client (phone or laptop).
A high-level arch looks like shown below:
Code:
+-------------+
| MR Sender |
| DLNA Client |
+-------------+
|
| Ethernet
|
+-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+
| | WiFi 2.4Ghz | | WiFi 5Ghz | | Ethernet | |
| MR Receiver |-------------| Satellite |-------------| Router |------------| DLNA Server |
| | | | | | | |
+-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+
|
| WiFi 5Ghz
|
+-------------+
| DLNA Ctrl |
+-------------+After I configured everything, I tried the setup and it worked beautifully
I configured the DLNA Ctrl app to access the DLNA server and play it to the DLNA client which is the MR Sender.
The music was played back on the MR receiver ... woohoo.
However when I let the system sit idle for a while the receiver "dies". I can still play songs to the MR server. I see on the MR server console that it plays the track but nothing comes out of the speakers of the MR receiver. However when I restart the MR receiver via the web console, suddenly the music starts to play.
I had a quick look in the logs via moodeutl -l and moodeutl -t but don't see anything which is useful for me.
What can I do to investigate this further or better to have this investigated further
The only difference between my setup and the multi-room setup guide which I saw after I compared the config a few times is that my MR receiver is connected via 2.4Ghz because the Pi3B does not support 5Ghz wifi.
