netmax wrote: > Hi Philippe, > > the mystery is solved!!! :cool: > > Today Denon customer service called me back. Apart from all the bla bla > like "we only guarantee Airplay to work with Apple devices" the guy told > me that there have been an update in the first week of August which is > not yet listed on the website (changelog etc.). This update introduces > *Airplay 2* ... and that's what broke it! > > While I was checking the firmware history again (under the perspective > that the June update was *not* what did break it), I saw that the > November update on their website (which I've tested as a fallback) was > not complete! It only contained a "HWS update file" while the June > update contained in addition a HEOS update. So my though was that the > November update did downgrade the hardware/GUI part but not the HEOS > part (which likely contains the Airplay components). > > So I went back to the June update and voila - Airplay is working again > ;) > > I have the updates disabled now on my Denon to stay at this firmware - > at least until the Airplay Bridge maybe one day will be compatible to > Airplay 2. > > Also I need to WARN all forum members who are using similar AVR devices: > Stay away from updates which introduce AirPlay 2!!! This will break > things! > > Thank you for your help, Philippe! It's highly appreciated!
Excellent - That makes sense. Denon guys really did a bad job because airplay2 update should still work with airplay1 clients. Re airplay2 compatibility ... Apple does not seem to have any intention to release the protocol ... so very unlikely :( LMS 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBoxOne, XBMC, Foobar2000, ShairPortW, JRiver 21, 2xChromecast Audio, Chromecast v1 and v2, , Pi B3, B2, Pi B+, 2xPi A+, Odroid-C1, Odroid-C2, Cubie2, Yamaha WX-010, AppleTV 4, Airport Express, GGMM E5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ philippe_44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105198 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
