Using DNLA

Neil Hickey

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Dec 30, 2021, 2:34:04 PM12/30/21

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Hi, hope someone can help with this.

Using DNLA on the Brennan and on my home computer i can open all the music on Brennan by searching for the Brennan as a DNLA device and then right click on the mouse on the DNLA Brennan device on the Network this permits me to open it in the Windows Media player. i can then play any track on any speaker including a none sonas smart speaker via the bluetooth. The only problem is that out of 600 cds on the Brennan the Windows Media player has only assigned 77 cds with artist name and all tracks on those artits albums. It misses some albums out but after each all tracks are under unknown album randomly listed. How do i get the windows media player to recognise all the cds properly on the Brennan?

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Daniel Taylor

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Dec 30, 2021, 2:45:28 PM12/30/21

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When you view the B2 with the WebUI, do all the Artists and Albums look correct?

Neil Hickey

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Dec 30, 2021, 2:55:24 PM12/30/21

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Hi Daniel,

If I open the Brennan on the web all the music is exactly as it should be and every album will play via the wired speakers.

Daniel Taylor

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Dec 30, 2021, 3:39:03 PM12/30/21

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I was hoping for something that I'd know how to fix on the B2. But it looks like from the B2's point of view, all is as it should be. The only thing I can think of on the other end is to force a refresh. Sorry I can't be of more help. Others may have some ideas.

Mark Fishman

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Dec 30, 2021, 4:02:10 PM12/30/21

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Windows media player is probably insisting on using metadata tags instead of filenames to identify the artists, albums, and tracks. When the B2 rips a CD (using a CD drive attached to or internal to the B2), IF it finds album information it applies a minimal set of tags intended for use with Sonos. If it didn't find album information and you renamed the ripped albums/tracks later, the B2 does not have any information to put in tags and it doesn't add or change them when you rename.

How did you get the music into the B2? Did you do something different for the 77 albums that are identified, as against the ones that aren't?

PMB

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Dec 31, 2021, 4:15:54 AM12/31/21

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Hi Neil...,

For one of the Albums that not showing any title info, try - find it via the front control >> Browse Albums and then select 'Retag Album' from the menu. Run Scan Disk (may not be necessary but run it for this test).

Refresh the DLNA view on your computer and look for the Retagged Album - does it help?