Won't play Mp3's

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imagiro1
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Won't play Mp3's

Post by imagiro1 » Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:30 pm

I just installed Windows Home Server (WHS) and tried a few different DLNA servers. Liked twonky the best. Formatted WHS to get rid of all the test programs/servers/etc I installed. Did a fresh install and now it won't play my mp3's. I can play the them fine in windows media center (so I know drivers are good). I know the directory is set correctly and the mp3s are good since they played the first time I installed WHS and twonky. I have tried both the twonky server for xp and for WHS and got the same results. Out of ideas of what I might be doing wrong. I also did another install and just make sure it was a fuke. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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Re: Won't play Mp3's

Post by DaemonBeetle » Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:56 pm

Is it that you can't see the MP3 files in Twonky, or that you select them and they don't play?

imagiro1
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Re: Won't play Mp3's

Post by imagiro1 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:12 am

Twonky won't see them at all.

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Re: Won't play Mp3's

Post by DaemonBeetle » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:32 am

After you rebuild, did you remember to add the folder the MP3s are in to the Twonky configuration?

imagiro1
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Re: Won't play Mp3's

Post by imagiro1 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:54 pm

I have added the folder with the mp3s from the web config page. Videos and pictures show up. Just no audio.

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Re: Won't play Mp3's

Post by DaemonBeetle » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:56 pm

Does that user have access to the MP3 files (ie, is it a permissions problem)?

Did you configure the MP3 folder (in Twonky) as an explicit file type?

imagiro1
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Re: Won't play Mp3's

Post by imagiro1 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:47 pm

I don't think permissions are a problem. The only account I have is an admin account and I can play the mp3's. What do you mean setting the mp3 folder as an explicit file type? If you mean, setting is to "Music Only", then yes.

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Re: Won't play Mp3's

Post by imagiro1 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:57 pm

Got it. I went back to check permissions. Except this time, I looked at folder permissions. The music sub-folder which contains the artist with my music was set to read only. I moved all my music from the sub folder to the music folder and they all appeared. Thanks for saying permissions. I checked each music file permission a hundred times, but never the folder permission.

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