Roku Soundbridge with MediaMonkey on Windows 10
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 8:24 pm
I am still using several Roku Soundbridges in my home. For many years I have used Windows Media Player on a Windows 7 PC and had no problems accessing and playing music. With Windows 7 reaching end of life, I upgraded the Windows 7 PC to Windows 10. From what I have read, you cannot use WMP on Windows 10 to serve music to Roku Soundbridges. I was unable to get it to work.
After doing some research, I found that MediaMonkey was recommended for my situation. I have installed MediaMonkey and set up sharing for uPnP/DLNA. I have an Onkyo Receiver which can access MediaMonkey and play music files with no problems. However, none of my Soundbridges will play music from MediaMonkey. I have M500's, M1000's and M2000's (some wired and some wireless), and they all display the same behavior.
At first I was just using MediaMonkey Library. Given the problems I am having, I started up MediaMonkey Server. I have the same settings for both. I can connect to either the Library or Server. I can browse artists, and they all come back with the 669 artists in my library. If I select an artist, I get the choices of {Show All Matching Songs}, [All}, and then the names of the albums by that artist. No matter what artist or album I select, it always comes back with {0 items, Press EXIT to go back}. If I elect to browse albums, they all come back with the 3698 albums in my library. But, choosing any album results in 0 items.
Are there some configuration settings I need to make to get the Soundbridges to work? Or does MediaMonkey not support Soundbridges because of their age (and older firmware)?
After doing some research, I found that MediaMonkey was recommended for my situation. I have installed MediaMonkey and set up sharing for uPnP/DLNA. I have an Onkyo Receiver which can access MediaMonkey and play music files with no problems. However, none of my Soundbridges will play music from MediaMonkey. I have M500's, M1000's and M2000's (some wired and some wireless), and they all display the same behavior.
At first I was just using MediaMonkey Library. Given the problems I am having, I started up MediaMonkey Server. I have the same settings for both. I can connect to either the Library or Server. I can browse artists, and they all come back with the 669 artists in my library. If I select an artist, I get the choices of {Show All Matching Songs}, [All}, and then the names of the albums by that artist. No matter what artist or album I select, it always comes back with {0 items, Press EXIT to go back}. If I elect to browse albums, they all come back with the 3698 albums in my library. But, choosing any album results in 0 items.
Are there some configuration settings I need to make to get the Soundbridges to work? Or does MediaMonkey not support Soundbridges because of their age (and older firmware)?