playback failed: multi-zone cannot decode

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easybreather
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playback failed: multi-zone cannot decode

Post by easybreather »

Hi
Installed MM5 and now cannot play anything. MM4 was simply sweet and it has been my default player for many years. However, now :(
I get this error:

Playback failed: multi-zone cannot decode <local mp3.mp3>

What IS the issue I am missing here? What is multi-zone? Did I enable it? I cannot find any info anywhere (even from Dr. Google and Mr. DuckDuck)
Lowlander
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Re: playback failed: multi-zone cannot decode

Post by Lowlander »

You enabled this as Play To. Under Tools > Options > Streaming set Play back to to Internal Player and you should be able to play.
easybreather
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Re: playback failed: multi-zone cannot decode

Post by easybreather »

Wooof! Many thanks Lowlander... That has driven me nuts for a while...
Search/Help should at least *mention* multi-zone!
Lowlander
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Re: playback failed: multi-zone cannot decode

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Ludek
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Re: playback failed: multi-zone cannot decode

Post by Ludek »

You might probably accidentally switch to multi-zone by clicking the cast icon on the player and selecting multi-zone?
Rob_S
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Re: playback failed: multi-zone cannot decode

Post by Rob_S »

Lowlander, thanks for linking the above documentation, I finally learned how to cast to my Chromecast enabled Polk Soundbar.

The bluetooth from my laptop to the speakers is basically unuseable, and all I could find on the internet was that this is basically a weakness of windows 10 bluetooth implementation.

Bluetooth from my android phone to the speakers works just fine.

So, even though the polk speaker does not show up as a device in windows, somehow mediamonkey finds it under streaming, DLNA settings.

This appears to be new in MM5, and is a great new feature. :D
Using 5.1 LATEST alpha or beta build on Windows 10, HP laptop, managing 13k tracks
Lowlander
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Re: playback failed: multi-zone cannot decode

Post by Lowlander »

Yes, Chromecast support is new in MediaMonkey 5.
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