Foobar doesn't reach end of playback queue with UPnP output

2015-10-02 06:11:09

In fb2k, I've always experienced a strange phenomenon where, when I play songs to UPnP, the end of the last song is never reached.  Basically, after the end of the audio track is reached, foobar continues "playing."  At that point, what I hear are high-pitched, erratic beeping noises - which are quite annoying to say the least.  This issue affects 100% of my songs, without exception.

On the other hand, when I play to my sound driver, fb2k stops normally after the last song, and I hear no beeps.  This is what I'd prefer to happen when playing to UPnP


Any thoughts on the cause of my UPnP issue?

Re: Foobar doesn't reach end of playback queue with UPnP output

Reply #1 – 2017-11-25 20:40:01

Hi
I recently discovered this fantastic audioplayer that supports gapless, Upnp, ape files, ....
 I use the UPNP to send music to my HiFi amplifier through a connected WDTv Live box that acts as a Upnp renderer.
Unfortunately I have this exact same problem when playing a list : all tracks are OK, but the last track never ends, and I can hear a repeated sound (looks like last buffer sent to the renderer).
I tried to modify the buffer size, to add the Affix silence component, ... but nothing fixed the problem.
If I just open a single audio file, the problem is present.
I have windows 10 installed and using the windows 10 "Playto" feature, the problem does not exist.
So the problem looks to be linked to Fb2.
Does a specific configuration solve the problem, or is there any fix or workaround ?
Thanks in advance for your help.

Re: Foobar doesn't reach end of playback queue with UPnP output

Reply #2 – 2017-11-29 10:42:48

Sadly WDTV UPnP support is a bug fest, the noises are some funny feature on their end, and it's not the only stupid thing they do - for an example, last time I tested my unit, it failed to recognize mono streams and played mono as stereo at 2x speed.

We're certainly not sending the same data over and over to the renderer.

I suppose sending silence after the end of valid data will fix this, I'll add this behavior for the next update of the UPnP component.

Re: Foobar doesn't reach end of playback queue with UPnP output

Reply #3 – 2017-11-29 13:03:32

New version posted.

Re: Foobar doesn't reach end of playback queue with UPnP output

Reply #4 – 2017-11-30 16:22:47

Quote from: Peter on 2017-11-29 13:03:32

New version posted.

Hi Peter

Thanks for solving my problem !
With the last Upnp Media renderer Output component rev. 1.0 beta 16, my WD TV works great as media renderer :
. gapless is OK (after removing the affix silence component).
. last track ends OK without spinning on the last sounds    (Silence is the most important with music  ).
I think WDTV Live was a nightmare at the beginning (there where networking issues), but with the last FW it looks very stable for my usage.
Thanks again.

Re: Foobar doesn't reach end of playback queue with UPnP output

Reply #5 – 2017-12-02 14:17:08

Good to hear, thanks for confirming the fix.