vagskal;670325 Wrote: > Hmm. Do you mean that I have to first load my SBS library (by Whitebear) > in MC to be able to use the Send to command?Not particularly...
The world of UPnP Media (also called DLNA) comprises three elements: i) DMS Digital Media Servers (libraries), ii) DMR Digital Media Renderers (players), and iii) CP Control Points -- which do two things a) Browse the DMS Content Directory, and b) play music to and otherwise control DMRs. Whitebear represents your SBS library as a DMS, and it also represents each Squeeze player as a DMR. JRMC is has its own library (which it also represents as a DMS), it is a player via your PC's audio system (which it also represents as a DMR), and finally it is a CP too. Basically (at least in theory) any CP can browse any DMS and play to any DMR interchangeably as follows: A) JRMC can browse its own library and play to a Squeeze player DMR hosted by Whitebear. B) JRMC can browse an SBS DMS library served by Whitebear and play to itself. C) JRMC can browse an SBS DMS library served by Whitebear and play to a Squeeze player DMR served by Whitebear. vagskal;670325 Wrote: > What I want is to have the files on the MC PC sent for playback to my > SBs in full quality and with the info displayed on my SBs that I am > used to Yes that is possible. That would be option A) above. vagskal;670325 Wrote: > (as I said, I could point MC to the same files as SBS sees, if that > would make things easier).It would not make things easier ;-) vagskal;670325 Wrote: > I want to use MC, with all the info in the MC database and MC's powerful > options for building playlists etc., as a front end for full quality > playback on my SBs.You could do this either via option A) above or via option > C) above. There are some benefits in using C) because it allows tighter integration of tag meta data between the library and the players, but A) also works if that is what you prefer. vagskal;670325 Wrote: > Earlier this year you tried to help me to load my rather large SBS > library into MC but it never succeeded (import stalled or was at least > too slow to use), and the files I got imported into MC showed not even > all the info available in SBS.How large is your library? Mine has 10k tracks > and it takes about 30 minutes to load. However once JRMC has loaded it, it keeps a local database in cache so reloading is not needed. You only need to reload into JRMC when you have changed your SBS library, and most times this occurs automatically in the background anyway. vagskal;670325 Wrote: > I think I remember that the Send to command in MC worked earlier this > year for files in the MC library Ok, so we just need to work out what changed > since then. vagskal;670325 Wrote: > but then my flac files got transcoded and the info on the SBs looked > like an internet radio station was played. Now I was told in the MC > forum that full quality playback with all info available to SBS was > possible when using the Send to command.In option A) above, Whitebear causes > the playing track to show "TrackNr - Title - Album - Artist" (fixed format) and no AlbumArt. Whereas option C) provides tighter integration, so the player will show the meta data in whatever format you have selected in the Squeeze player settings, and it will also show the album art. This is why I recommend C) rather than A). -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG Try out Whitebear. The middleware that joins the two worlds of: 1. UPnP/DLNA media clients and media players, and, 2. Squeezebox Server and Squeeze Players Download it for free here: http://www.whitebear.ch/mediaserver ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AndrewFG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90842 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
