Why is it so difficult to play .flac music files?

[kopkiwi]

It's advertised as playing flac audio so why is it such a hassle to get it working?

Set everything up, plugged my external HDD in to the SageTV HD300 and it played fine. Set the directory as a file path and it stopped playing the audio.

Then set up the extender and tried running it all through my laptop, again, wouldn't play any audio but the timer on the track showed as playing.

What do I need to setup? What do I need to install and what else must I do to get the simple task of playing my music working?

Lovely first up post huh?

[kopkiwi]

Originally Posted by cncb

Yes, I have some 5.1 FLAC files that I created from DVD-Audio discs and the HD300 sends 5.1 PCM to my AVR via HDMI. This is one of the reasons I got the HD300 (my HD200 would "downmix" to 2-channel). Not that it should make a difference, but I have only tested the extender mode and not standalone playback.

How have you managed to get FLAC play back on your music files in extender mode? I am having a real problem doing this. It shows the music and plays it, but with no audio.
HELP

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[_Demo_]

Originally Posted by kopkiwi

How have you managed to get FLAC play back on your music files in extender mode? I am having a real problem doing this. It shows the music and plays it, but with no audio.
HELP

Which audio output are you using and which audio output did you select in the output setup?

[kopkiwi]

Originally Posted by _Demo_

Which audio output are you using and which audio output did you select in the output setup?

HDMI. Tried all 3 possibilites.

[_Demo_]

Can you create debug logs by following the instructions at http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...671#post375671 and reproduce the issue by playing back your flac files. The interesting file will probably be the messages, you can simply attach it on the forum or send a bug report.

_Demo_

[kopkiwi]

Originally Posted by _Demo_

Can you create debug logs by following the instructions at http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...671#post375671 and reproduce the issue by playing back your flac files. The interesting file will probably be the messages, you can simply attach it on the forum or send a bug report.

_Demo_

Will give it a try tonight (am at work at the mo)

Thanks for your help

Why must playing flac files so difficult? I knew I should have gone with WDTV

[Taddeusz]

I know this might sounds stupid but have you tried increasing the volume on the extender itself? I assume you're using your TV or AVR to control the volume, however the extender has a volume of its own which often times gets stuck all the way down.

[kopkiwi]

I thought about that when I got home, but alas, it was turned all the way UP

[cncb]

Originally Posted by kopkiwi

How have you managed to get FLAC play back on your music files in extender mode? I am having a real problem doing this. It shows the music and plays it, but with no audio.

Nearly all my music is FLAC and in general I haven't had many problems so don't give up. I have had a few occasions when I got no audio output but this was cleared when I restarted my server and rebooted the HD300 (by pulling the plug).

[cncb]

I spoke too soon. This seems to be happening a lot with the recent Beta firmwares. It will play a flac file or 2 just fine and then all the sudden no audio until I pull the plug. I'm testing the last "non-beta" firmware now which doesn't seem to have the problem (yet).