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Facel · (This post was last modified: 12-15-2020, 06:54 PM by Facel.)

I am using Moode with the Usbridge signature as a DLNA renderer for audio files and it just sound great.

I also have a few video files with music (live concert) but when I play them (via an android box = shield TV) the audio is quite bad compare to the moode/usbridge combo.

Do you see any solution for (either)
- synchronising the audio through moode/usbridge with the video via the Shield TV ?
- getting audio + video from the moode/usbridge ?

By the way it seems the the MPD player only support one video format: MP4 and this is clearly an other issue !!

My audio and video config is :
- JRiver running on intel Nuc headless as media server /DLNA (audio files stored on the Nuc)
- "Synology" Nas hosting video files
- "Allo Signature Bridge" used as DLNA renderer connected via USB to My DAC
- DAC connected to stereo Hifi System (Amplifier + Loudspeaker)
- "Nvidia Shield TV" connected via HDMI to my Sony TV (Shield Tv is an android box) and running "Vimu" as video player
- "Sony TV" connected to my DAC via optical SPDIF

Facel

Is it possible to add some additional video format supported by Moode audio ?

(If yes => could you tell me how to proceed ?)

Please find below for info the DRM report for UpMPD for my Moode/USBRidge Sign

Code:
DMR Report (by Whitebear) for UpMPD

===================================

Device Description Url=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:49153/description.xml

HTTP Server Header=Linux/4.19.97-v7+, UPnP/1.0, Portable SDK for UPnP devices/1.6.25

Description=UPnP front-end to MPD

Friendly Name=Moode UPNP

Manufacturer Name=JF Light Industries

Manufacturer Url=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:49153/https://opensourceprojects.eu/u/medoc/profile/

Model Name=UpMPD

Model Number=1.0

Model Url=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:49153/https://opensourceprojects.eu/p/upmpdcli/code/

Presentation Url=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:49153/upmpd/presentation.html

Serial Number=42

UPnP Device Type=urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaRenderer:1

UPnP Media Renderer version=1

Unique Device Name=uuid:2dfea03c-6f8a-b387-b7bd-0017f700a866

Service Url for RenderingControl=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:49153/upmpd/RenderingControl.xml

Service Url for AVTransport=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:49153/upmpd/AVTransport.xml

Service Url for ConnectionManager=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:49153/upmpd/ConnectionManager.xml

AVT:GetDeviceCapabilities action=Supported

AVT:GetMediaInfo action=Supported

AVT:GetPositionInfo action=Supported

AVT:GetTransportInfo action=Supported

AVT:GetTransportSettings action=Supported

AVT:SetNextAVTransportURI (gapless play)=Supported

AVT:SyncPlay (synchronous play)=NOT Supported

RC:GetVolume action=Supported

RC:SetVolume action=Supported

AVT:Event Subscription=Succeeded

RC:Event Subscription=Succeeded

HTTP User Agent (client)=Music Player Daemon 0.21.16

Play test file result=Play success => Start Ok / Stop Ok

Media Center DLNA Server Advanced Settings

==========================================

DLNA=Off

DLNAExtra=Off

Enable bitrate Field=Off

Filter international characters=Checked

Include session ID=Off

Playstation 3 Compatible=Off

Present Caption Resources=Off

Present Small Artwork=Off

Present Subtitle Resources=Off

Skip Child Count=Checked

Use flat URLs=Checked

Use full URLs=Checked

WMC Compatible=Off

Declared Supported Audio, Image & Video Formats

===============================================

http-get:*:audio/L16:DLNA.ORG_PN=LPCM

http-get:*:application/flac:*

http-get:*:application/x-flac:*

http-get:*:audio/flac:*

http-get:*:audio/x-flac:*

http-get:*:audio/aac:*

http-get:*:audio/x-aiff:*

http-get:*:audio/aif:*

http-get:*:audio/aiff:*

http-get:*:audio/dff:*

http-get:*:audio/x-dff:*

http-get:*:audio/dsd:*

http-get:*:audio/x-dsd:*

http-get:*:audio/dsf:*

http-get:*:audio/x-dsf:*

http-get:*:audio/m4a:*

http-get:*:audio/x-m4a:*

http-get:*:audio/mp1:*

http-get:*:audio/mp4:*

http-get:*:audio/mpeg:*

http-get:*:audio/x-mpeg:*

http-get:*:audio/ogg:*

http-get:*:audio/vorbis:*

http-get:*:audio/x-ape:*

http-get:*:audio/x-monkeys-audio:*

http-get:*:audio/wav:*

http-get:*:audio/x-wav:*

http-get:*:audio/wave:*

http-get:*:audio/x-ms-wma:*

http-get:*:audio/x-ogg:*

http-get:*:audio/x-scpls:*

http-get:*:audio/x-vorbis+ogg:*

http-get:*:audio/x-vorbis:*

http-get:*:audio/x-wavpack:*

http-get:*:video/mp4:*

Evaluated Supported Audio Formats

=================================

audio/L16    LPCM    Dlna    48000    2    16    Yes

audio/flac    FLAC    Fuzzy    *    *    *    Yes

audio/x-flac    FLAC    Fuzzy    *    *    *    Yes

audio/x-aiff    AIFF    Fuzzy    *    *    *    Yes

audio/aif    AIFF    Fuzzy    *    *    *    Yes

audio/aiff    AIFF    Fuzzy    *    *    *    Yes

audio/dff    DFF    Fuzzy    *    *    *    Yes

audio/x-dff    DFF    Fuzzy    *    *    *    Yes

audio/dsd    DSD    Fuzzy    *    *    *    No

audio/x-dsd    DSD    Fuzzy    *    *    *    No

audio/dsf    DSF    Fuzzy    *    *    *    No

audio/x-dsf    DSF    Fuzzy    *    *    *    No

audio/m4a    AAC_ISO    Fuzzy    *    2    *    No

audio/x-m4a    AAC_ISO    Fuzzy    *    2    *    No

audio/mp4    AAC_ISO    Fuzzy    *    2    *    No

audio/mpeg    MP3    Fuzzy    *    2    *    No

audio/x-mpeg    MP3    Fuzzy    *    2    *    No

audio/wav    WAV    Fuzzy    *    *    *    Yes

audio/x-wav    WAV    Fuzzy    *    *    *    Yes

audio/x-ms-wma    WMABASE    Fuzzy    *    2    *    No

audio/aac        Undefined                

audio/mp1        Undefined                

audio/ogg        Undefined                

audio/vorbis        Undefined                

audio/x-ape        Undefined                

audio/x-monkeys-audio        Undefined                

audio/wave        Undefined                

audio/x-ogg        Undefined                

audio/x-scpls        Undefined                

audio/x-vorbis+ogg        Undefined                

audio/x-vorbis        Undefined                

audio/x-wavpack        Undefined                

Evaluated Supported Video Formats

=================================

video/mp4    MPEG4_P2_MP4_SD    Fuzzy    MPEG4    *    480    *    AAC

the_bertrum · 12-16-2020, 01:53 PM

Moode is an audio player. Not sure there will be much advice available for trying to watch TV on your radio Smile

vinnn · (This post was last modified: 12-16-2020, 03:51 PM by vinnn.)

Seconded, Moode Audio is an audio player geared towards Hi-Fi.
If you want to turn your Pi into an AV media centre capable of scraping/playing/hosting an audio and video library you're best looking at Libreelec.

**Tim Curtis** · 12-16-2020, 04:10 PM

(12-15-2020, 05:44 PM)Facel Wrote: I am using Moode with the Usbridge signature as a DLNA renderer for audio files and it just sound great.

I also have a few video files with music (live concert) but when I play them (via an android box = shield TV) the audio is quite bad compare to the moode/usbridge combo.

Do you see any solution for (either)
- synchronising the audio through moode/usbridge with the video via the Shield TV ?
- getting audio + video from the moode/usbridge ?

By the way it seems the the MPD player only support one video format: MP4 and this is clearly an other issue !!

My audio and video config is :
- JRiver running on intel Nuc headless as media server /DLNA (audio files stored on the Nuc)
- "Synology" Nas hosting video files
- "Allo Signature Bridge" used as DLNA renderer connected via USB to My DAC
- DAC connected to stereo Hifi System (Amplifier + Loudspeaker)
- "Nvidia Shield TV" connected via HDMI to my Sony TV (Shield Tv is an android box) and running "Vimu" as video player
- "Sony TV" connected to my DAC via optical SPDIF

MPD does not support nor can it play video formats. It's strictly an audio player.

I think your best bet might be to find some utility that can rip the audio tracks from your Music Videos into FLAC format and then add those tracks to your music collection.

If you want to also view the video then as others have suggested you would need to use one of players that supports Video for example Kodi or LibreELEC.

**TheOldPresbyope** · (This post was last modified: 12-16-2020, 04:24 PM by TheOldPresbyope.)

@Facel

As already stated, moOde is an audio player.

Quote:By the way it seems the the MPD player only support one video format: MP4 and this is clearly an other issue !!

Careful here. As described in the Wikipedia MPEG-4 article, MP4 is a "digital multimedia container format". Further,

Quote:While the only filename extension defined by the standard is .mp4, various filename extensions are commonly used to indicate intended content:

MPEG-4 files with audio and video generally use the standard .mp4 extension.

Audio-only MPEG-4 files generally have a .m4a extension. This is especially true of unprotected content.

MPEG-4 files with audio streams encrypted by FairPlay Digital Rights Management as were sold through the iTunes Store use the .m4p extension. iTunes Plus tracks, that the iTunes Store currently sells, are unencrypted and use .m4a accordingly.

Audiobook and podcast files, which also contain metadata including chapter markers, images, and hyperlinks, can use the extension .m4a, but more commonly use the .m4b extension. An .m4a audio file cannot "bookmark" (remember the last listening spot), whereas .m4b extension files can.[/url]

The Apple iPhone uses MPEG-4 audio for its ringtones but uses the .m4r extension rather than the .m4a extension.

Raw MPEG-4 Visual bitstreams are named .m4v but this extension is also sometimes used for video in MP4 container format.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14#cite_note-21]

So it's quite possible to encounter audio files with .mp4 extensions.

Is the MPD decoder clever enough to extract the audio data stream of an MP4 file? It should, given the structure of the container format, but I don't know that part of the codebase and I never tried the experiment. Must have a small file somewhere.

Regards,
Kent

**TheOldPresbyope** · 12-16-2020, 04:42 PM

To answer my own question-

Yes, moOde/MPD extracts and plays the audio data stream from a MP4 A/V file. Confirmed with sample from BIg Buck Bunny video from Blender.

That helps me for an obscure reason, actually, but sadly it doesn't help you synchronize the output of the audio stream and the video stream in the manner you described in the first part of your two-part question in the OP. Perhaps someone else has a clue.

Regards,
Kent

Facel · 12-18-2020, 06:48 AM

I am aware of all what you said /write
- moode is only playing audio
- moode is Hifi oriented

converting Video files to Flac won't allow you to watch a concert ... My goal is to be able to watch a music video with the best audio quality.

Transforming a PI into an audio/video player with Hifi sound and many video format supported is a real challenge.
that involve a dedicated hardware for audio (like the USBridge) and also for video

An alternative solution would be to play with full synchro audio on PI and Video on Shield TV. This does not involve MPD (as I said iniially) but the UpnP renderer.
After doing some testing Moode UpnP renderer is only able to play .MP4 video file (in fact it should bee AAC audio files embedded into the video)
but a product like GMrender is able to play audio embedded in .TS , .mkv, .avi files ..

This DLNA approach also need to have a DLNA server and DLNA controler in the chain allowing to select an play synchro audio and video on two devices (like the audio multiroom function ..)

**TheOldPresbyope** · 12-18-2020, 12:20 PM

I’m done here.

the_bertrum · 12-18-2020, 01:19 PM

(12-18-2020, 06:48 AM)Facel Wrote: An alternative solution would be to play with full synchro audio on PI and Video on Shield TV.

Yup, maybe so, but Moode is not and probably won't ever be part of that solution.

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