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    Jellyfin Forum Support Troubleshooting Jellyfin 10.8.9 on Win 10 Home, Yamaha Receiver & Android Phone

     
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    Jellyfin 10.8.9 on Win 10 Home, Yamaha Receiver & Android Phone

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    2023-08-03, 09:43 PM
    Hi,
     
    New here, be gentle Smiling-face
     
    I've been playing with Jellyfin (just music at present). I have for a very long time, ripped my CDs to MP3 and I have a very organised way of storing them on a PC under appropriately named folders e.g. "Albums", "Classical", "Special", "OST" etc. Each specific collection has relevant M3U playlists.
     
    I have a Yamaha N-R303D receiver and what I wanted seemed, to me, to be simple enough:
    ·       Play music from the PC to my receiver.
    ·       Play any of my MP3s as single tracks, folders and, preferably, M3U playlists. I accept that systems differ and I might have to create different playlists using Jellyfin.
    ·       Remotely access my MP3s so that I can select, control (play, pause, skip, fast forward, rewind etc.) and, perhaps above all, see what is playing.
     
    I have installed Jellyfin on my Test PC (Win 10), put some test music on it, checked it works locally and then the following:
    ·       Tried to connect my receiver to my PC via Bluetooth (it's physically close enough). This didn't work but it wasn't Jellyfin's fault.
    ·       Installed Jellyfin client on my Android phone and connected a Bluetooth speaker to it. This worked but I couldn't get the streamed music to play for any period of time, it seemed to lock up and lose connection to the host (my test PC) whenever the phone locked.
    ·       I tried to play MP3s directly on the Test PC and that works except that sometimes Jellyfin stops playing. I don't know why that is.
     
    Is there a way I can simply remote control what's playing? Connection issues aren't that big an issue as I can run a physical lead from my Test PC to my receiver... as long as I can control Jellyfin remotely (preferably from my Android phone) and get information about what's playing, I'd be happy.
     
    I'm not inexperienced (ex-IT support) but never really dealt with comms or with streaming all that much. Mainly a Windows person.
     
    Thanks
     
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    2023-08-03, 10:40 PM
    I am not aware of any remote control function other than Casting to a Chromecast compatible device. Hook up a Chromecast to your receiver?

    As for your phone related problems, that is possibly due to either battery saver/battery optimization or data saver. You need to allow the app unrestricted data and power/battery usage so Android doesn't try to kill/pause the app when the screen is off.

    For playback directly from the Windows PC, are you using Jellyfin in a browser? The standalone Jellyfin Media Player?
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    2023-08-05, 02:07 PM
    (2023-08-03, 10:40 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: I am not aware of any remote control function other than Casting to a Chromecast compatible device.  Hook up a Chromecast to your receiver?

    Thanks. There's stuff there I wasn't aware of but, being brutally honest, the lack of a remote control function probably means Jellyfin isn't for me. The ability to remotely control the application and get info from it (probably on my phone) is the most important thing.

    Thanks for replying Smiling-face

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