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beckfield
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I am exploring the DLNA feature of Emby and my CS-N755 Network Hi-Fi Mini System.  I can connect, and see my libraries, including my music playlists (HUGE advantage over Plex, BTW), but when I play a playlist, it takes several seconds, perhaps a minute, to start the next track when one finishes.  Is this typical, or is there a fix?

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Hi, it's not typical. While we don't have a CS-N755 Network Hi-Fi Mini System for testing, I can say the overall performance of the next release of the server will be considerably faster, so this might help with that.

  • 3 months later...
beckfield
Posted (edited)

So I finally got around to looking into this.  I have installed the beta version of emby-server (Version 3.6.0.78 beta).  The behavior has not changed, and it is not exclusive to playlists - it also occurs just playing something from a library.

 

To see if this was just a fact of life with DLNA on my system, I also tried disabling Emby DLNA and enabling Plex DLNA.  Plex is able to play tracks with no more than 2 or 3 seconds delay, while Emby is typically well over a minute for each track.

 

I don't know if it will help, but I believe the attached log file includes a period where I was trying to play something over DLNA.

Emby DLNA Log.txt

Edited by beckfield
Posted

So this is just playing, or when browsing as well?

beckfield
Posted

Yeah, browsing is as responsive as I would expect.  Just when I start a track to play, it takes over a minute before it actually starts to play.  If there's a queue, there's over a minute delay from the end of one track to the start of the next.

beckfield
Posted (edited)

Like I said, it's not just playlists.  I could be starting a single track, or an album with 10 tracks, or a playlist with a few hundred tracks.  It always takes over a minute to start each track.

 

I just noticed I forgot to attach the log file to my earlier post.  It's there now.

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beckfield
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No idea. How do I tell?  My library is a mix of .mp3 and .flac.  I doubt that bitrates, etc., are consistent.

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Are ffmpeg logs generated?

beckfield
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Where would I find them?

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The regular server log folder, or the Logs section of the server dashboard.

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