DLNA support

[jarome]

I have all my music files on an Emby server which has DLNA support. Wiim Home sees the server and imports files, but there are 2 issues:

• It does not get the album art in Artist View. I.e, if I open an Artist with many albums, I do not see the album art, which is in the same directory as the album tracks.
• 
• Album art is there since it is displayed as suggestions for more listening:
• Not all of my albums are available via DLNA. I have mp3, m4a and flac (from 16/44.1 to 24/192) albums. Are there restrictions on what files can be imported?

 

[Skybolt]

Strange, I am using Plex and all graphics are there and there much different between the two. Is your album art in the files or external? All of mine are separate from the files themselves. But when in folder view I have the same issue as you, but artist view displays as intended.

 

[jarome]

The pictures are both in the tags and in the folder with the tracks. Is there some setting for this?

 

[Skybolt]

I can't answer that, as Plex just worked for me. The only other thing I can think of is the file type not being MP3. You might want to try a small test and put only MP3 files in a few folders and see what happens. Just grab a few artist's and albums and try it that way. Or try using Plex, it's also free.

 

[simbun]

I've just had a quick look and whilst I do have album artwork in the Artist view (folder.jpg stored alongside FLAC) my multi-artist albums are being split and the Artist index isn't handling multi-value tags correctly. I think they've muddled AlbumArtist with Artist...again!

The issue with using DLNA to access Emby is that it's readonly, so you're better off using Symfonium.

 

[simbun]

I can't answer that, as Plex just worked for me. The only other thing I can think of is the file type not being MP3. You might want to try a small test and put only MP3 files in a few folders and see what happens. Just grab a few artist's and albums and try it that way. Or try using Plex, it's also free.

I assume you're accessing Plex via Browse > Music Services > Plex? Whilst it may look similar it doesn't use DLNA so it's a very different solution.

 

[simbun]

The pictures are both in the tags and in the folder with the tracks. Is there some setting for this?

There isn't a setting it's a bug in the WHA. If you want to use Emby in the WHA you'll need to raise a ticket (More > Feedback) - include my points whilst you're at it ;-)

 

[jarome]

So, I tried adding a samba share as in https://faq.wiimhome.com/en/support...nd-accessing-smb-shared-files-in-the-wiim-app. This share mounts in windows and Mac, but when I try it on my Pro Plus in WiimHome, it says "invalid Directory".
Any ideas?

 

[Burnside]

So, I tried adding a samba share as in https://faq.wiimhome.com/en/support...nd-accessing-smb-shared-files-in-the-wiim-app. This share mounts in windows and Mac, but when I try it on my Pro Plus in WiimHome, it says "invalid Directory".
Any ideas?

What version of Samba is being used? WiiM doesn’t support v1

 

[jarome]

Nor does my Linux server. It is the latest version.

 

[Burnside]

Nor does my Linux server. It is the latest version.

Maybe raising a ticket to WiiM via the more/feedback section in the app might be fruitful in that WiiM can diagnose the issue better from your device logs.

Is there anything unusual about the share name, is it very long for example?

 

[simbun]

Nor does my Linux server. It is the latest version.

You can check the smb version using nmap:

nmap -p445 --script smb-protocols <target>

WiiM doesn't support supplying sub-directories in the smb address, so make sure it's just \\host\sharename.

WiiM doesn't index SMB shares so only folder browsing is available.

 

[jarome]

Ah. subdirectories might be the issue. How was I to know?
But the examples show subdirectories. \\MyNas\Public\Music
Error is "Invalid driectory" for \\jarfx\data
Error is 'invalid hostname' for \\10.0.0.2\data
samba-4.19.8+git.404.38b26805d4-150600.3.12.2

│ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │Status │Read-Only│Name │Path │Guest Access│Comment │ │
│ │Enabled│No │homes │ │No │Home Directories │ │
│ │Enabled│No │dataMusic│/data │Yes │Music files │ │
│ │Enabled│No │profiles │%H │No │Network Profiles Service │ │
│ │Enabled│No │users │/home │No │All users │ │
│ │Enabled│Yes │printers │/var/tmp │No │All Printers │ │
│ │Enabled│No │groups │/home/groups │No │All groups │ │
│ │Enabled│Yes │netlogon │/var/lib/samba/netlogon│No │Network Logon Service │ │
│ │Enabled│Yes │print$ │/var/lib/samba/drivers │No │Printer Drivers │ │
│ │

 

[simbun]

Ah. subdirectories might be the issue. How was I to know?
But the examples show subdirectories. \\MyNas\Public\Music

I'll test it in the morning but I'm sure this came up recently.

Have you got it working on Linux?

 

[jarome]

My Mac and parallels windows can connect to the samba server. What does Wiim use for a WINS server?

 

[hoohoohoo]

@jarome - comparing notes after reading your adventure

I have both Emby and Plex running on the same music folders. My shares are nfs-mounted into a Plex container and an Emby container in docker. Plex DLNA was working just fine but Emby DLNA wasn't. In WHA, if you clip the top-right 3 dots, it pops up a dialog box (shown below) where I clicked on 'Switch to Legacy Mode' (it changes to 'Switch to Advanced Mode' immediately). So, then all my DLNA items showed up and I could click through on all the content. It's nicely organized. In the Artist view though (it could be because of Legacy Mode), the Artists are blank (nothing) where Albums has hundreds and songs has thousands.

 

[WiimyselfandI]

The pictures are both in the tags and in the folder with the tracks. Is there some setting for this?

Another Plex user here. They display in both, but much better when I select Plex within the Wiim app than natively in Wiim. Synology NAS/DSM 7.2 OS. Same setup as you, all individual files tagged with large album art (1400x1400 pixel or larger), and same image saved in the folder.

 

[simbun]

I'll test it in the morning but I'm sure this came up recently.

@jarome

Including a subdirectory in the smb address doesn't cause it to fail but it's stripped.

 

[simbun]

Ah. subdirectories might be the issue. How was I to know?
But the examples show subdirectories. \\MyNas\Public\Music
Error is "Invalid driectory" for \\jarfx\data
Error is 'invalid hostname' for \\10.0.0.2\data
samba-4.19.8+git.404.38b26805d4-150600.3.12.2

│ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │Status │Read-Only│Name │Path │Guest Access│Comment │ │
│ │Enabled│No │homes │ │No │Home Directories │ │
│ │Enabled│No │dataMusic│/data │Yes │Music files │ │
│ │Enabled│No │profiles │%H │No │Network Profiles Service │ │
│ │Enabled│No │users │/home │No │All users │ │
│ │Enabled│Yes │printers │/var/tmp │No │All Printers │ │
│ │Enabled│No │groups │/home/groups │No │All groups │ │
│ │Enabled│Yes │netlogon │/var/lib/samba/netlogon│No │Network Logon Service │ │
│ │Enabled│Yes │print$ │/var/lib/samba/drivers │No │Printer Drivers │ │
│ │

You're not using the share name, it should be \\10.0.0.2\dataMusic

 

[jarome]

You're not using the share name, it should be \\10.0.0.2\dataMusic

Wonderful. Thank you so much. But this goes against the example of \\MyNas\Public\Music