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Devices can't see Serviio without a restart
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Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:12 am
by archtaku
For a while now, some of my devices cannot connect to Serviio until I restart it. I either need to login to my Linux box and restart the service, or stop and start it from the ServiiDroid app. This has happened with both 1.0 and 1.1, and a full re-install (uninstall, remove all data from /usr/share/java/serviio, re-install) did not fix the issue.
I've had this problem with the following DLNA clients:
VPlayer (Android)
UPnPlay (Android)
Sony BDP-S580
XBMC
AirPlayer (iOS) does not seem to be affected, for some reason.
Additionally, it takes some DLNA clients that I use 60 seconds or so to see my Serviio source upon starting the client.
Has anyone else experienced either issue?
Re: Devices can't see Serviio without a restart
Posted:
Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:25 pm
by jim501
If you are changing between wired and wireless, or doing something so that the MAC address of the server changes, you will lose the connection. When experimenting with my laptop between wired and wireless connections, I have to wipe the dlna profiles from the dvd-dlna player via a reset and then let the dvd player find the new mac addresses on the serviio device on power up.
Re: Devices can't see Serviio without a restart
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Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:15 pm
by archtaku
The devices that are having issues are all on a wireless connection, and none of them have changed MAC addresses. When any of the affected devices does not try to play anything from Serviio for an extended period of time (a couple of hours or more), then the Serviio icon disappears from their list of available sources, and only shows up again if the Serviio service is restarted.
Re: Devices can't see Serviio without a restart
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Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:30 pm
by jim501
I'm just mentioning things to consider ...
Wireless is less stable than wired for the serviio server. My wireless starts at 2.4GHz and passes off to a 5GHz wireless bridge at the media end. If everything were at 2.4GHz I would be pessimistic about the results.
I'm assuming the serviio server is on
Is serviio configured to see your invisible device with the correct profile
Could there be an issue with your dlna player
Does your server have a proper configuration regarding processor and ram
Do you have a plugin library installed
My sony blu-ray dlna dvd is rock solid.
Re: Devices can't see Serviio without a restart
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Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:35 pm
by archtaku
jim501 wrote:I'm just mentioning things to consider ...
Wireless is less stable than wired for the serviio server. My wireless starts at 2.4GHz and passes off to a 5GHz wireless bridge at the media end. If everything were at 2.4GHz I would be pessimistic about the results.
2.4GHz only, it's a B/G wireless router
I'm assuming the serviio server is on
Yes, of course.
Is serviio configured to see your invisible device with the correct profile
Not sure what you mean by "invisible device". It shows up as a Generic profile though.
Could there be an issue with your dlna player
Doubtful, unless things are wrong with my tablet, raspberry pi, and blu-ray player, since all of these are affected.
Re: Devices can't see Serviio without a restart
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Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:38 pm
by jim501
Generic profile might e a problem. try using a sony related one.
Re: Devices can't see Serviio without a restart
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Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:42 pm
by archtaku
jim501 wrote:Generic profile might e a problem. try using a sony related one.
Just checked, and the Sony profile was already set for my blu-ray player. And it's one of the devices having trouble. So that doesn't seem to be the issue.
Would setting the profile to a Sony profile be the best thing to do for the Android and XBMC DLNA clients? Somehow I doubt this.