What is the file depth capability of the wd dlna? When I access some music files under Twonky going thru the “folder” method, twonky stops showing the loest depth.
e.g. MBL → music → Public share → shared music → music genre → music genre subfolder → “album folder” → album subfolders → audio file
the displays sortof stops at the album subfolder with the subfolders in “greyed out” display. Can the WD DLNA get down to the audio file itself? I think that’s what I have to go thru if I selected folders; if the “album folder” doesn’t have subfolders of the different artists, then I can play the album; but if not, then it is a dead end.
The same problem occurs on my Yamaha AVR’s dlna setup; just wonder if WD “enhanced” their version of their dlna server…
I’ve had some issues but it’s mainly random instead of the path depth. Just in case try to check if it exceeds 255 characters as that tends to cause issues.
ThePizzaMatrix wrote:
I’ve had some issues but it’s mainly random instead of the path depth. Just in case try to check if it exceeds 255 characters as that tends to cause issues.
Could be it’s likey you may be correct regarding the 255 path name BUT the convoluted way the album was accessed created the Twonky problem.
I just checked with foobar200 from the computer. The “album” can be selected to play. Foobar2000 goes thru the path for the directories directly whereas Twonky goes thru several different indirect steps to get to the album. hmmmm, the pc has the MBL as a mapped device at the “Public” level so that I get to select the “shared” music, video or photo.
When selecting the device, MBL Twonky, a menu is displayed to select music, video or photos; selecting music, one gets a menu of types of access;; selecting “byfolder” one gets the “shared music”(??!!??) for doing another selection, then a display of directories I created for my music classifications; after selecting the classification, I get a list of albums/directories; if the album has subdirectories for each composition artist, everything is greyed out & not selectable to play. Don’t know where the 1st selection of “music, video, photo” came from as it’s not on the MBL (could be inserted by Yamaha’s DLNA?).
This is more likely a Twonky problem that still exist for 6.039 & most likely 7.05 (had used but not tried the “byfolder” method). Doing by genre/album works directly to display the albums!
Anyway just wondering if WD’s version/implementation of DLNA will get me a more direct access.
