*Setting up Windows Media Player 12 to play FLAC files to a UPnP/DLNA Renderer (Player) via the "Play To" command*
-*Note*: the following only works on Windows Media Player 12 running on Windows 7 or Vista- 1) Uninstall any previously installed *DirectShow* codecs related to playing FLAC files; reboot the PC to make sure all is clean. 2) Install this *Windows Media Foundation* codec http://sourceforge.net/projects/mfflac/files/ on your PC; reboot the PC to make sure all is clean. 3) Install *WMP Tag Plus* http://bmproductions.fixnum.org/wmptagplus/ on your PC; reboot the PC to make sure all is clean. 4a) In Windows Media Player | Organise | Manage libraries | Music => Remove your music folder | Ok 4b) In Windows Media Player | Organise | Manage libraries | Music => Add your (same) music folder | Ok -- wait until the library has reloaded itself... 5) In Windows Media Player | Stream | Automatically allow devices to play my media 6) In Windows Media Player, select a flac file and Play To | Player (by Whitebear) -- for example 7a) Only if 6) does not work: In Windows Media Player | Stream | More streaming options | All Networks | click "unknown device" and if its MAC address is that of your Squeeze box, then Customise | Make all of the media in my library available to this device. 7b) Only if 6) still does not work: In Windows Media Player | Stream | More streaming options | All Networks | for Your Player (by Whitebear) | Customise | Make all of the media in my library available to this device. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
