Bugzilla – Bug 8142
Upnp does not work in v. 7.0
Last modified: 2008-05-14 07:52:36 UTC
Squeezecenter does not support UPnP prototocal. On v. 6.54 it worked just fine. Please see the description of the problem below: The current and previous version of SlimServer has a configuration (somewhere under the "Network" settings) named something like "Should SlimServer look for other UPnP media servers on your network?". In the old version (6.54) this option works; in the new version it does not work. Meaning the old version will connect to Rhapsody via UPnP and play songs imported into Rhapsody from the hard drive, the new version on the other hand, even with this option enabled, does not access anything from the harddrive thru Rhapsody. All of the files that come directly from the Rhapsody server are OK and play fine, but thinking of my computer as as the server for the files on my harddrive that I have imported into Rhapsody, these do not play through squeezebox. The reason I want this function back is to make a playlist with music that I get from the Rhapsody server and music that I get from my hard drive that is not available thru Rhapsody. For instance, Rhapsody has a great collection of music, but no Beatles. To get those on a combined playlist, I buy the CD rip it to my hard drive in MP3 format and then import those into Rhapsody. I don't think the MP3 files are copied into Rhapsody, but that Rhapsody creates a link or pointer to the files so that they can be played through their player and included in a playlist with Rhapsody music as well.
We no longer support Rhapsody over UPnP. Please use Rhapsody Direct. I think you'll find it much better.
To answer your question about playlists containing local files and Rhapsody files, you can do this just fine. Just point SC at your directory containing your mp3 files.