Home Music Share keeps skipping to next track

[Xidnpnlss]

Hello good people.

When using the Wiim iOS app to stream FLAC from my external hard drive it’s been skipping randomly to the next track. I’ve been trying to pay attention to anything going on on my phone or whatever to see if there’s something that’s triggering it, but it seems very random. I only occasionally use it to stream so can’t be sure if it started doing this after an app update

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

 

[harkpabst]

That external hard drive is connected to which device? Do you run a dedicated DLNA server or do you rely on WiiM's SMB support?

 

[Xidnpnlss]

That external hard drive is connected to which device? Do you run a dedicated DLNA server or do you rely on WiiM's SMB

The external hard drive is connected to my laptop in the basement.

I believe I’m running DLNA. Windows 11

 

[simbun]

When using the Wiim iOS app to stream FLAC from my external hard drive it’s been skipping randomly to the next track.

Have you ever been able to play one of the tracks that has skipped?
There were some enhancements specifically for Windows Media Sharing in the latest release so it's possible this has caused the issue. I don't have a Windows 11 install but I'll have a quick look at Windows 10 later.

MinimServer is the preferred UPnP server so you could try that. The free version will likely meet your needs.

 

[simbun]

@Xidnpnlss

I split a track into 5 second chunks so I could quickly test a number of track transitions and it played through successfuly, so unfortunately I can't replicate your problem.

Carrying out this test did remind me just how broken Windows Media Sharing (WMS) is. In DLNA/UPnP the server is responsible for sending the tracks to the control point (WiiM Home App) in the correct order, but WMS sends them in alphabetical order, and unless you number your tracks sequentially across a multi-disc album (1 - [last track in album] rather than 1-[last track on disc], 1-[last track on disc]) there's no way for the control point to reorder them (because disc number isn't part of the data that's sent).

What did surprise me is that @WiiM Team have wasted their time using WMS as a source and transforming it into their standard browsing interface (the same one you see for local and USB input), making it even worse than using WMS in its native form (fewer indexes and lost track artists). I hope they don't try and do this with other media servers as it's a feature that will never be used.

There are other problems like search, so just use MinimServer.

 

[imodi79]

Same problem here: randomly jumping to next track while playing. I have tried playback from Plex server (high speed local LAN with utp cable connection( and directly connected USB device. Same tracks plays normaly on further tries. Totally random and very annoying. Furmware is up to date, device is Wiim Ultra.

Anyone has any idea? Thank you.

 

[WiiM Support]

Same problem here: randomly jumping to next track while playing. I have tried playback from Plex server (high speed local LAN with utp cable connection( and directly connected USB device. Same tracks plays normaly on further tries. Totally random and very annoying. Furmware is up to date, device is Wiim Ultra.

Anyone has any idea? Thank you.

Hi imodi79,

Sorry for the inconvenience caused! Could you please send us a feedback ticket so we can troubleshoot this issue for you promptly? Thank you for your patience!

 

[waldo]

Very occasionally, this happens to me, too. I basically have to reboot the DLNA server (a linux machine running Universal Media Server), which apprarently repairs the server's file database. Since it's rare and that fixes it, I haven't delved into the details of what might be going on.

 

[WiiM Support]

Hi Team,

We identified the root cause of the FLAC-related issues on WiiM Ultra and applied a fix for users who submitted a feedback ticket. This fix will be included in the official firmware release within the next two days. Thank you once again for your assistance!

 

[imodi79]

Hi imodi79,

Sorry for the inconvenience caused! Could you please send us a feedback ticket so we can troubleshoot this issue for you promptly? Thank you for your patience!

Dear Wiim, i posted a ticket:

#516088 random jump of tracks​

looking forward for your answer. thank you.

 

[erictheperic]

I use Symfonium on Android to play FLAC files from a Plex server via DLNA and have issues with tracks skipping too early to the next track as well. Looking forward to this firmware release, because I'm relying on Google Cast (not gapless) at the moment.