DLNA/uPNP based players

[marcelveldt]

Documentation https://music-assistant.io/player-support/dlna/

[joniks]

Onkyo TX-NR414 DLNA error on my Homeassistan

2023-03-15 10:59:48 INFO music_assistant.providers.slimproto -- Client connected on Telnet CLI
2023-03-15 10:59:48 ERROR aiohttp.server -- Error handling request
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/web_protocol.py", line 332, in data_received
messages, upgraded, tail = self._request_parser.feed_data(data)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "aiohttp/_http_parser.pyx", line 551, in aiohttp._http_parser.HttpParser.feed_data
aiohttp.http_exceptions.BadHttpMessage: 400, message='Expected HTTP/'
2023-03-15 11:03:40 INFO music_assistant.players -- Player registered: uuid:020c7600-bc76-0074-b20e-0078bc74c4b0/TX-NR414
2023-03-15 11:07:35 ERROR music_assistant.streams -- Player TX-NR414 is making multiple requests for the same stream, please create an issue report on the Music Assistant issue tracker.
2023-03-15 11:07:35 ERROR music_assistant.streams -- Player TX-NR414 is making multiple requests for the same stream, please create an issue report on the Music Assistant issue tracker.
2023-03-15 11:07:38 WARNING async_upnp_client.profiles.dlna -- Only InstanceID 0 is supported
2023-03-15 11:08:12 ERROR music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Error during call cmd_play_media: UpnpActionResponseError('Error during async_call(), status: 500, upnp error: 716 (Resource not found)')
2023-03-15 11:11:15 ERROR music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Error during call cmd_play_media: UpnpConnectionError("UpnpConnectionTimeoutError('TimeoutError()', None)", None)
2023-03-15 11:11:34 ERROR music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Error during call cmd_play_media: UpnpConnectionError("UpnpConnectionTimeoutError('TimeoutError()', None)", None)
2023-03-15 11:11:42 ERROR music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Error during call cmd_play_media: UpnpConnectionError("UpnpConnectionTimeoutError('TimeoutError()', None)", None)
2023-03-15 11:11:54 WARNING music_assistant.players -- Error while requesting latest state from player TX-NR414: 'DLNAPlayerProvider' object has no attribute '_async_release_event_notifier'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/aiohttp.py", line 204, in _async_http_request
async with self._session.request(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/client.py", line 1141, in aenter
self._resp = await self._coro
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/client.py", line 560, in _request
await resp.start(conn)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py", line 899, in start
message, payload = await protocol.read() # type: ignore[union-attr]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/streams.py", line 616, in read
await self._waiter
asyncio.exceptions.CancelledError
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/aiohttp.py", line 203, in _async_http_request
async with async_timeout.timeout(self._timeout):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_timeout/init.py", line 129, in aexit
self._do_exit(exc_type)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_timeout/init.py", line 212, in _do_exit
raise asyncio.TimeoutError
TimeoutError
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/aiohttp.py", line 170, in async_http_request
return await self._async_http_request(method, url, headers, body)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/aiohttp.py", line 224, in _async_http_request
raise UpnpConnectionTimeoutError(repr(err)) from err
async_upnp_client.exceptions.UpnpConnectionTimeoutError: [Errno TimeoutError()] None
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/providers/dlna/init.py", line 306, in poll_player
await dlna_player.device.async_update(do_ping=do_ping)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/profiles/dlna.py", line 334, in async_update
await self._async_poll_state_variables(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/profiles/profile.py", line 444, in _async_poll_state_variables
result = await action.async_call(**in_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/client.py", line 621, in async_call
) = await self.service.requester.async_http_request("POST", url, headers, body)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/aiohttp.py", line 172, in async_http_request
raise UpnpConnectionError(repr(err)) from err
async_upnp_client.exceptions.UpnpConnectionError: ("UpnpConnectionTimeoutError('TimeoutError()', None)", None)
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/players.py", line 538, in _poll_players
await player_prov.poll_player(player_id)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/providers/dlna/init.py", line 310, in poll_player
await self._device_disconnect(dlna_player)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/providers/dlna/init.py", line 376, in _device_disconnect
await self._async_release_event_notifier(dlna_player.event_addr)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'DLNAPlayerProvider' object has no attribute '_async_release_event_notifier'
2023-03-15 11:11:56 ERROR music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Error during call cmd_play_media: UpnpConnectionError("UpnpConnectionTimeoutError('TimeoutError()', None)", None)
2023-03-15 11:11:59 ERROR music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Error during call cmd_play_media: UpnpConnectionError("UpnpConnectionTimeoutError('TimeoutError()', None)", None)
2023-03-15 11:12:40 WARNING async_upnp_client.profiles.profile -- Failed subscribing to service: UpnpConnectionError("UpnpConnectionTimeoutError('TimeoutError()', None)", None)
2023-03-15 11:14:49 WARNING music_assistant.providers.slimproto -- No handler for (player: - args: [] - kwargs: {})
2023-03-15 11:14:49 WARNING music_assistant.providers.slimproto -- No handler for (player: - args: [] - kwargs: {})

[OzGav]

Which version of MA are you using?

[joniks]

2.0.0b6

[OzGav]

Ok please open an issue with this so it can be tracked. Fill out the template accordingly. I will delete these few posts once done.

[joniks]

Still not working on my Onkyo TX-NR414
Tested on Music Assistant v2.0.0b29
On Home Assistant in Media Browser all working fine.

Debug log output:
2023-04-21 10:51:43 DEBUG music_assistant.websocket_api -- [548152607760] Handling command players/cmd/volume_set
2023-04-21 10:51:43 DEBUG music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Received event for Player TX-NR414: <UpnpService(urn:upnp-org:serviceId:RenderingControl, uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68)>
2023-04-21 10:51:43 DEBUG music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Received event for Player TX-NR414: <UpnpService(urn:upnp-org:serviceId:RenderingControl, uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68)>
2023-04-21 10:51:43 DEBUG music_assistant.event -- player_updated uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68
2023-04-21 10:51:51 DEBUG music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Received event for Player TX-NR414: <UpnpService(urn:upnp-org:serviceId:RenderingControl, uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68)>
2023-04-21 10:51:51 DEBUG music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Received event for Player TX-NR414: <UpnpService(urn:upnp-org:serviceId:RenderingControl, uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68)>
2023-04-21 10:52:01 DEBUG music_assistant.websocket_api -- [548152607760] Handling command players/queue/play_media
2023-04-21 10:52:01 DEBUG music_assistant.event -- queue_items_updated uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68
2023-04-21 10:52:01 DEBUG music_assistant.event -- queue_updated uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68
2023-04-21 10:52:01 DEBUG music_assistant.websocket_api -- [548152607760] Handling command music/item_by_uri
2023-04-21 10:52:01 DEBUG music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Received event for Player TX-NR414: <UpnpService(urn:upnp-org:serviceId:RenderingControl, uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68)>
2023-04-21 10:52:01 DEBUG music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Received event for Player TX-NR414: <UpnpService(urn:upnp-org:serviceId:RenderingControl, uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68)>
2023-04-21 10:52:01 DEBUG music_assistant.event -- queue_updated uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68
2023-04-21 10:52:01 DEBUG music_assistant.websocket_api -- [548152607760] Handling command music/item_by_uri
2023-04-21 10:52:04 DEBUG music_assistant.audio -- start media stream for: filesystem_local://track/Robinicus - 2023 - Astrologicus [FLAC]/07 - Robinicus - Leo.flac
2023-04-21 10:52:04 ERROR aiohttp.server -- Error handling request
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1709, in feed
self.parser.Parse(data, False)
xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 751
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/web_protocol.py", line 433, in _handle_request
resp = await request_handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/web_app.py", line 504, in _handle
resp = await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/webserver.py", line 113, in _handle_catch_all
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/providers/dlna/helpers.py", line 36, in _handle_request
status = await self.event_handler.handle_notify(headers, body)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/event_handler.py", line 160, in handle_notify
service.notify_changed_state_variables(changes)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/client.py", line 442, in notify_changed_state_variables
self.on_event(self, changed_state_variables)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/profiles/dlna.py", line 373, in _on_event
dlna_handle_notify_last_change(state_variable)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/profiles/dlna.py", line 213, in dlna_handle_notify_last_change
service.notify_changed_state_variables(changes_0)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/client.py", line 442, in notify_changed_state_variables
self.on_event(self, changed_state_variables)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/profiles/dlna.py", line 378, in _on_event
self._update_current_track_meta_data(state_variable)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/async_upnp_client/profiles/dlna.py", line 1074, in _update_current_track_meta_data
items = didl_lite.from_xml_string(xml, strict=False)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/didl_lite/didl_lite.py", line 1065, in from_xml_string
xml_el = defusedxml.ElementTree.fromstring(xml_string)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/defusedxml/common.py", line 126, in fromstring
parser.feed(text)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1711, in feed
self._raiseerror(v)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1618, in _raiseerror
raise err
xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 751
2023-04-21 10:52:07 DEBUG music_assistant.streams -- Got GET request to /stream/uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68/df889b81ff154301816e0e532f3bc3fb/jtg6CNF2zXbNPxPfVDUTdo.flac from 192.168.31.29
headers: <CIMultiDictProxy('Range': 'bytes=0-', 'transferMode.dlna.org': 'Streaming', 'Host': '192.168.31.7:8095', 'User-Agent': 'Mediabolic-IMHTTP/1.8.225 UPNP/1.0 DLNADOC/1.50')>
2023-04-21 10:52:08 DEBUG music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Received event for Player TX-NR414: <UpnpService(urn:upnp-org:serviceId:AVTransport, uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68)>
2023-04-21 10:52:08 DEBUG music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Received event for Player TX-NR414: <UpnpService(urn:upnp-org:serviceId:AVTransport, uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68)>
2023-04-21 10:52:08 DEBUG music_assistant.event -- queue_updated uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68
2023-04-21 10:52:08 DEBUG music_assistant.event -- player_updated uuid:021c7600-7476-0074-6a1e-006874741c68
2023-04-21 10:52:08 ERROR music_assistant.providers.dlna -- Error during call cmd_play_media: UpnpActionResponseError('Error during async_call(), status: 500, upnp error: 716 (Resource not found)')
2023-04-21 10:52:08 DEBUG music_assistant.websocket_api -- [548152607760] Handling command music/item_by_uri

[amoshydra]

I have setup a DLNA Digital Media Renderer in Home Assistant. I am using the Android App "BubbleUPnP for DLNA/Chromecast"(com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp) as a media renderer.

I can play music to this renderer via the Home Assistant Media Tab.

However, Music Assistant is not able to discover this renderer it.

I am not able to find anything meaningful from the logs too.

---

Version: 2.0.0b4

[OzGav]

See if you can find anything in the logs. Turn on debug logging for the DLNA provider if you have to

[marcelveldt]

In the settings for the DLNA provider, turn on the setting "allow network scan for discovery" and see if that helps.
Music Assistant is using the exact same library/code for dlna players as HA so this should work. There either is an error in the logs or some other external condition causing it to malfunction.

[opapanik]

Will do. Thanks for the quick replies!

[roldengarm]

@marcelveldt @opapanik
I have exactly the same issue, got an Android Tablet with BubbleUPNP and works fine in Home Assistant. However, no matter what I try, it doesn't show up in Music Assistant.
I've also tried disabling it in HA, and restarted MA a couple of times. I'm running it as a docker container, just pulled the latest version.

I checked the logs but I can't seem to find any errors. When I search for the IP address of the tablet, it doesn't show up. I've enabled "Allow Network scan" but doesn't make a difference.
As I know the IP address, could I add it manually?

[roldengarm]

After I installed the "DLNA Server" app, it suddenly worked. It still uses BubbleUPNP so don't think it's related. Two minor issues:

1. The free version of UBubblePNP has max 30 minutes per session, MA doesn't seem to handle this, it just does nothing when you click play. This shows up in the logs:
   2023-11-23 02:35:33.513 DEBUG (MainThread) [async_upnp_client.client] Error calling action, error code: 501, error desc: Current state of service prevents invoking that action. Remote control of the local renderer 'BubbleUPnP (Lenovo TB-X304F)' is limited to 30 minutes per app launch in the free version of BubbleUPnP.
2. When I click Pause, it does pause the music, but the UI continues counting the time for ~10 seconds and then stops.

Hope this helps.

[ghger]

When I start mass I can play music on my DNLA player (Balenasound on a Rpi3). Then when I change the source it stops playing en never will play again unless I restart de add-on. I find this in the logs:
2023-04-15 17:19:02 ERROR music_assistant.streams -- Player Spotify GHG5 is making multiple requests for the same stream, please create an issue report on the Music Assistant issue tracker.
I have several Google Nests and they work fine.
Hope you can help.

[OzGav]

Yeah I think there might be an issue with the DLNA player at the moment. Lets see what happens with b28 which is due in the next 24 hours.

[ghger]

Unfortunately b28 didn't recognise the DNLA at all. And b29 doesn't work at all: 502: bad gateway. I am using Home Assistant 2023.4.5
Here is the log:
2023-04-20 20:04:57 INFO music_assistant -- Starting Music Assistant Server (0bfdd6b22d8f49d59cc42add7e5a9ae5) - autodetected IP-address: 192.168.1.11
2023-04-20 20:04:57 INFO music_assistant.web -- Starting webserver on port 8095
2023-04-20 20:04:57 ERROR asyncio -- Task exception was never retrieved
future: <Task finished name='Task-2' coro=<run..new_coro() done, defined at /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiorun.py:227> exception=OSError(98, "error while attempting to bind on address ('0.0.0.0', 8095): address already in use")>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiorun.py", line 237, in new_coro
await coro
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/main.py", line 106, in start_mass
await mass.start()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/server.py", line 96, in start
await self.webserver.setup()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/webserver.py", line 76, in setup
await self._tcp_site.start()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiohttp/web_runner.py", line 121, in start
self._server = await loop.create_server(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/asyncio/base_events.py", line 1525, in create_server
raise OSError(err.errno, 'error while attempting '
OSError: [Errno 98] error while attempting to bind on address ('0.0.0.0', 8095): address already in use

[MarcMTLDK]

Feedback: BEO Soundstage configured for using DLNA through the media_player and it works very well.

Guy's, you are making an amazing work with that beta version .. keep going we loved it

[gadgetbazza]

Hi, I have an Oppo-105 Blu Ray player that support DLNA playback. Initially it was working fine with MA, very quick to respond and even turns on the device from standby. However, after a few days it has stopped working and has an hourglass against it in the device list to say that it is unavailable. I've tried restarting both the player and the MA docker host but still it shows unavailable.

In my most recent attempt, I deleted the player from the MA settings to see if it would perhaps re-discover it. Following a restart of the MA container it still doesn't show. Is there a tips list I can work through to see why the player is no longer visible to MA?

Thanks for this great project.

[OzGav]

Please try again with beta 60. A complete uninstall and reinstall of the addon should be done as there have been significant database changes and other fixes.

[gadgetbazza]

Hi, I managed to get my Oppo105 to show again by following your instruction above... Basically, removing the DLNA provider and re-adding. However, when playing I was only getting about a minute of music per track before moving onto the next one. This afternoon, I have tried again and cannot get it to play anything, although Music Assistant does show that it's available.

In the logs for Music Assistant, I am seeing the following error when I try to play:
2023-08-01 14:09:54.278 WARNING (MainThread) [music_assistant.providers.dlna] Device disappeared when trying to call cmd_play_url

I have checked the URL noted for the Oppo105 player in the players section (http://192.168.4.106:2870/dmr.xml) and it is responding with what appears to be valid xml.

Any further tips would be gratefully received.

Thanks
Barry

[OzGav]

Could be a networking problem. How solid do you think the Wifi is there?

[gadgetbazza]

Hi, all cabled, I'm not a fan of wifi so it's reserved for portable devices such as Phones and Tablets only! I suppose that doesn't fully negate a networking issue though.

...

Actually, I just removed the DLNA Player Provider again and re-added it and it's working again.

I did capture this from the logs though when playing the first track.

2023-08-01 14:17:00.946 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded player provider UPnP/DLNA Player provider
2023-08-01 14:17:31.960 ERROR (MainThread) [asyncio] Task exception was never retrieved
future: <Task finished name='Task-96956' coro=<TracksController.add_item_to_library() done, defined at /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/media/tracks.py:114> exception=AssertionError()>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/media/tracks.py", line 160, in add_item_to_library
library_item = await self._add_library_item(item)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/media/tracks.py", line 375, in _add_library_item
return await self.update_item_in_library(cur_item.item_id, item)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/media/tracks.py", line 200, in update_item_in_library
await self._set_track_album(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/media/tracks.py", line 420, in _set_track_album
db_album = await self.mass.music.albums.get(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/media/albums.py", line 81, in get
album.artists = [
^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/media/albums.py", line 82, in
await self.mass.music.artists.get(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/media/base.py", line 200, in get
await add_task
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/media/artists.py", line 66, in add_item_to_library
await self.mass.metadata.get_artist_metadata(item)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/metadata.py", line 119, in get_artist_metadata
artist.mbid = await self.get_artist_mbid(artist)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/controllers/metadata.py", line 252, in get_artist_mbid
if mbid := await provider.get_musicbrainz_artist_id(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/providers/musicbrainz/init.py", line 110, in get_musicbrainz_artist_id
if mbid := await self._search_artist_by_track(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/providers/musicbrainz/init.py", line 161, in _search_artist_by_track
assert trackname or track_isrc
AssertionError

I don't however get any indication in Music Assistant that the Oppo105 is playing though, the player shows idle and I cannot see the queue of items setup for playing, but it is working it's way through an album that I have queued. Actual scratch that, it's repeat playing track 1 over and over.

[OzGav]

I know @marcelveldt has said before that the DLNA protocol isn’t great being old and full of hacks. I’ll move this to an issue though so it gets bit more visibility and we will see if we can look at it a bit more closely. If you find any more info then please add it.

[AlbrechtL]

I have an old Noxon A540+ (from 2011) which works with DLNA basically (audio, metadata). But after a few seconds or minutes (seems to be random) the audio stops. The player inside MA still reports playing audio and the logs are empty (log level debug). When I restart the file or internet radio the playback starts again. Sometimes a hear some distorted audio which sound like that something went wrong during transcoding (default settings flac).

MA version: 2.0.0b74
Home Assistant: OS 11.0
Home Assistant Core: 2023.10.5

Any hint?

[marcelveldt]

if you enable debug logging you should see the URL that is sent to the device. Make sure the device is able to access that url. You could even try that URL on your local machine but I'm pretty confident it will output audio. My best guess is that your device does not like the Chunked header and just aborts or needs a content length set. If that is the case we can add some advanced options to trick the player.

Would be great if you can catch the HTTP Headers of the audio stream that is working so I can replicate them.
For example if it is sending a (fake) Content Length or Chunked or just nothing at all, also there is a special DLNA specific HTTP header which I now fill based on my understanding of the specification but I could be wrong.

[AlbrechtL]

I sent you two Wireshark dumps to your private mail. One from MA with MP3 and enabled flow mode (not working) and one from pulseaudio_dlna (working).

[marcelveldt]

Thanks! I'll have a look.

[AlbrechtL]

Any update here?

[OzGav]

Not yet sorry

[taravasya]

I have very similar problems with discovering the DLNA renderer what based on Lyngdorf 1120 amp. My Bubblupn player on android, MusicBee and Roon player on windows, is always and with no problem can discover this renderer, but MA is constantly "loses" connection with it. Sometimes it works, but more often than not, when I log into MA in the evening after job or in the morning, expecting to stream music, I can only select "this device", and almost never Lyngdorf. Restarting HAos or the router usually helps. But that's incredibly inconvenient to do every time, so I just listen in a different way.

MA version is: 2.7.0b3 (at stable version the same behaviour)
Installation method Home Assistant OS
Core 2025.10.1
Supervisor 2025.10.0
Operating System 16.2
Frontend 20251001.0

This is my logs after reboot and trying [unsuccessfully] to discover DLNA renderer:

2025-10-06 13:52:25.400 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Starting Music Assistant Server (d9a916622a564f8c8a6dee75aa4d6901) version 2.7.0b3 - HA add-on: True - Safe mode: False
2025-10-06 13:52:25.413 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.cache] Initializing cache controller...
2025-10-06 13:52:25.498 INFO (MainThread) [ffmpeg] Detected ffmpeg version 7.1.1 with libsoxr support
2025-10-06 13:52:25.499 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.streams] 

################################################################################
Starting streamserver on  192.168.2.215:8097
This is the IP address that is communicated to players.
If this is incorrect, audio will not play!
See the documentation how to configure the publish IP for the Streamserver
in Settings --> Core modules --> Streamserver
################################################################################

2025-10-06 13:52:25.525 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.music] Migrating database from version 18 to 21
2025-10-06 13:52:25.544 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.cache] Clearing database...
2025-10-06 13:52:25.545 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.cache] Clearing database DONE
2025-10-06 13:52:25.985 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.webserver] Starting webserver on  0.0.0.0:8095 - base url: http://192.168.2.215:8095
#

2025-10-06 13:52:27.784 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded music provider Music Assistant
2025-10-06 13:52:27.788 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded player provider Music Assistant
2025-10-06 13:52:27.788 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded metadata provider The Audio DB
2025-10-06 13:52:27.793 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded metadata provider MusicBrainz
2025-10-06 13:52:27.794 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded metadata provider LRCLIB
2025-10-06 13:52:27.801 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded metadata provider fanart.tv
2025-10-06 13:52:27.817 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded player provider UPnP/DLNA Player provider
2025-10-06 13:52:27.848 WARNING (MainThread) [music_assistant] Error loading provider(instance) squeezelite: JSON-RPC CLI port 9000 is not available (will be retried later)
2025-10-06 13:52:27.925 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded music provider Filesystem (remote share)
2025-10-06 13:52:28.191 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.qobuz] Successfully logged in to Qobuz as taravasya
2025-10-06 13:52:28.192 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded music provider Qobuz
2025-10-06 13:52:30.839 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.players] Player registered: ma_suuf2luym6/This Device
2025-10-06 13:52:37.843 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.music] Sync task for Music Assistant/tracks completed
2025-10-06 13:52:37.883 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.music] Sync task for Music Assistant/playlists completed
2025-10-06 13:52:37.911 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.music] Sync task for Music Assistant/radios completed
2025-10-06 13:52:37.938 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.filesystem_smb] Started Library sync for Filesystem (remote share)
2025-10-06 13:52:38.131 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.filesystem_smb] Library sync for Filesystem (remote share) completed in 0.19 seconds
2025-10-06 13:52:38.136 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.filesystem_smb] Started Library sync for Filesystem (remote share)
2025-10-06 13:52:38.136 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.music] Sync task for Filesystem (remote share)/tracks completed
2025-10-06 13:52:38.332 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.filesystem_smb] Library sync for Filesystem (remote share) completed in 0.20 seconds
2025-10-06 13:52:38.337 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.music] Sync task for Filesystem (remote share)/playlists completed
2025-10-06 13:52:45.737 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.music] Sync task for Qobuz/artists completed
2025-10-06 13:52:47.014 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.music] Sync task for Qobuz/albums completed
2025-10-06 13:53:32.181 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.music] Sync task for Qobuz/tracks completed
2025-10-06 13:53:32.491 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant.music] Sync task for Qobuz/playlists completed
2025-10-06 13:54:27.864 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded player provider Squeezelite (slimproto players)
2025-10-06 13:56:07.486 ERROR (ThreadPoolExecutor-0_1) [music_assistant] Error doing task: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py", line 532, in start
    message, payload = await protocol.read()  # type: ignore[union-attr]
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohttp/streams.py", line 672, in read
    await self._waiter
asyncio.exceptions.CancelledError

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/async_upnp_client/aiohttp.py", line 217, in _async_http_request
    async with self._session.request(
               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        http_request.method,
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<3 lines>...
        timeout=self._timeout,
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ) as response:
    ^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohttp/client.py", line 1488, in __aenter__
    self._resp: _RetType = await self._coro
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohttp/client.py", line 770, in _request
    resp = await handler(req)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohttp/client.py", line 748, in _connect_and_send_request
    await resp.start(conn)
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py", line 527, in start
    with self._timer:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aiohttp/helpers.py", line 685, in __exit__
    raise asyncio.TimeoutError from exc_val
TimeoutError

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/async_upnp_client/aiohttp.py", line 185, in async_http_request
    return await self._async_http_request(http_request)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/async_upnp_client/aiohttp.py", line 242, in _async_http_request
    raise UpnpConnectionTimeoutError(repr(err)) from err
async_upnp_client.exceptions.UpnpConnectionTimeoutError: [Errno TimeoutError()] None

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/providers/dlna/provider.py", line 95, in on_response
    await self._device_discovered(ssdp_udn, discovery_info["location"])
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/providers/dlna/provider.py", line 161, in _device_discovered
    await dlna_player.setup()
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/providers/dlna/player.py", line 195, in setup
    await self._device_connect()
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/music_assistant/providers/dlna/player.py", line 101, in _device_connect
    upnp_device = await self.provider.upnp_factory.async_create_device(self.description_url)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/async_upnp_client/client_factory.py", line 100, in async_create_device
    root_el = await self._async_get_device_spec(description_url)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/async_upnp_client/client_factory.py", line 433, in _async_get_device_spec
    bare_response = await self.requester.async_http_request(request)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/async_upnp_client/aiohttp.py", line 187, in async_http_request
    raise UpnpConnectionError(repr(err)) from err
async_upnp_client.exceptions.UpnpConnectionError: ("UpnpConnectionTimeoutError('TimeoutError()', None)", None)
2025-10-06 14:02:53.449 WARNING (MainThread) [async_upnp_client.profiles.profile] Failed subscribing to service: UpnpConnectionError("UpnpConnectionTimeoutError('TimeoutError()', None)", None)
2025-10-06 14:25:55.477 INFO (MainThread) [music_assistant] Loaded player provider UPnP/DLNA Player provider

[peteS-UK]

I know uPNP is fraught with tweaks and player specific settings and you can never cover everything, but I wondered if it might be possible to add one of the more common tweaks for older players - stop rather than pause with live streams. In the uPNP squeezebox plugin which I use, it supports the option to send stop rather than pause for live streams because many older players don't allow pause for streams. I have 2 older devices and both need this setting, else trying to pause them via uPNP when playing a radio stream for example doesn't do anything.

[OzGav]

You should open a dedicated feature request for this