Duplicate tracks

Posted by: JasonJackson on 23 August 2012

Hi

 

I'm using a buffalo LiveStation NAS with a SuperunitI, burning CDs in Flac using DBpoweramp. In what appears to be a random basis but consistent across certain albums I keep getting duplicate tracks showing on the nstream. I've checked the actual folder on the NAS and it doesn't have duplicates - any ideas?

Posted on: 16 October 2013 by Nick Rich

I found this with a Google search; looks like there was no answer at the time.  I have the same problem, though only with one album where about half the tracks are duplicated.

 

Does anyone have any ideas 14 months later?!

Posted on: 16 October 2013 by skipper44

Am unable to offer an answer but wanted to communicate that I face the same problem. Two, sometimes 3 'copies' show up on nStream. 

I was wondering if it has to do with Transcoding?

(Uniti 2 + nStream + Universal Media Server (UMS) MBPro + Snow Leopard/Mountain Lion) + WD 1 TB USB Hard Drive connected to latest Time Capsule)

Posted on: 17 October 2013 by Nick Rich

Thanks Skipper.  At least I know I'm not alone.  I was just following exactly the same procedure as I have with many other albums: rip CD using DBPoweramp to flac files and copy over to my NAS drive.  Files all look quite normal, so why nStream thinks some of them exist twice is beyond me.

 

I might try deleting everything and starting again to see if that fixes it.  Just need to find the CD again.....

Posted on: 17 October 2013 by Bart

I am quite sure that it's something to do with the UPNP server settings.  Which settings they are . . . I really wouldn't know.  nStream really just "sees" what the server shows it, and these types of issues tend do pop up from time to time. 

Posted on: 17 October 2013 by AndyL

I have it too on just a few albums out of hundreds - always bugs me but I can't work it out, originally assumed it happened at ripping time but re-ripping didnt fix it

Posted on: 19 October 2013 by blythe

My HDX also shows some albums as duplicates. 

In my case, I realised these only show when my MacBook is also "on-line" and those albums are in my iTunes shared library.

Have you checked that the storage location is not another computer or NAS on your network?

Posted on: 19 October 2013 by Iver van de Zand

Strange !

 

I would double check the media directory set for the UpnP server. Isn't the server by accident looking at more directories, or are more than 1 directories defined ?

Also perform a purge on your NAS (=empty recycle in). Most NAS'es are set by default to not permanently delete a file that is flagged as deleted.

Furthermore do a rescan of UpnP and perform a full "library scan"

 

cheers,

Iver

Posted on: 20 October 2013 by Nick Rich

Thanks for all the suggestions.  After much messing about, I found that I did, somehow, have the tracks duplicated on my NAS drive in 2 different folders - probably as a result of editing the artist ID tags.  So "user error" in my case - I should have know!