"Play-to" network device keeps repeating same song

Anonymous
2010-10-14T21:06:27+00:00

When I move a group of songs to the play area on the right-hand panel and select the "play-to" drop-down item, my DLNA compatible AV controller appears. When I select it, a new window opens, and the first song on the list begins playing on the AV device. Fine.

The problem is that song just keeps repeating. It doesn't matter whether the "repeat" control is turned on or off. I can click on any song in the list and it happily plays that song - over and over and over :-(

If I select a saved playlist from the DLNA client, it plays just fine and doesn't repeat. Unfortunately, I want to control the device from WMP, not from the panel of the DLNA client.

Help appreciated.

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Barb Bowman 80,815 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2012-12-17T11:05:21+00:00

this is likely something that needs to be fixed by Denon. do they have a support

forum and are other users reporting the same issue?

Barb

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  1. Barb Bowman 80,815 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2012-12-18T11:05:25+00:00

    specifically, what is the model number and is it listed as certified or

    compatible for Windows on the MS site

    http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/win7/CompatCenter/ProductViewerWithDefaultFilters?TempOsid=win7&Locale=en-us&TextSearch=denon&Type=Both&CurrentPage=0&TotalPages=1&ShowCriteria=0&SortCriteria=Relevance&Compatibility=Unknown&LastRequested=14

    Barb

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-12-17T20:05:04+00:00

    Thank you for your quick response.  I did query Denon originally, but since the problem doesn't seem to occur with other media players (such as playing from my Android), it seems like it might be something wrong with Windows Media Player and in searching for updates I saw a few people reporting the same kind of issues with Windows 8 releases and Windows Media Player with Windows 8.  There must be some type of messaging that Windows Media Player is looking for from the device to know to advance to the next song rather than just replay the same song over again.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-12-16T19:35:03+00:00

    Okay - it's now been a year and a half since Windows Media Player "Play To" function actually worked without repeating the same song over and over.  It is definitely, in my opinion, an incompatibility between Windows Media Player 12 and the Denon since I tried playing from media players on my Android etc. and they have no problem, but Windows Media Player has this frustrating ""repeat the same song over and over until I manually advance it".  Did anyone from Microsoft ever investigate it?  Any ideas?

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-08-07T04:54:34+00:00

    I found one scenario causing above behaviour - and I am pretty sure this is not how it should work according to specs - unless this has never been specified:

    1. Assume you were lucky enough to get "Play To" to work and both devices recognize each other (in my case 2 PCs running W7-64bit)
    2. pick songs from shared library as visible in media player and play them remotely on the sharing device (Play To)
    3. First song in list starts playing remotely - nice! End of the song it sarts to play again - not so nice...
    4. Checking the little Play To Window - Repeat is turned off, but still it repeats over and over again - suX...

    Could not get this fixed and checked the forums. No answers but lots of frustration and given-ups.

    This is where I posted previous note. Seriously - when I see what the experts are throwing against average users.... Anyway, I tried a couple of alternative scenarious and found a simple solution - at least for my 2 PC scenario.

    The remote controlled PC had repeat turned ON! Turned it off, started all over again and - it works!

    Not sure about hardware players as the ones you guys mentioned. You may want to validate repeat settings there, too.

    In my opinion this is a BUG in MEDIA PLAYER and needs to be adressed - Remote control (Play To) needs to overwrite current repeat settings!

    But honestly there is a lot more that needs fixing for simple setup. This whole beast has not been properly tested in my opinion. Go and do some homework, guys!

    Leaning back, listening to some Johny Cash ...

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