Yamaha RX-V677 AVR crackling action time out UPnP DLNA issues

[steen]

I really hope people read and maybe ONE person has similar setup and found a fix.

On my NAS (homebrew Xpenology) I run minim server and bubbleupnp server. This server has about 1TB of FLAC/MP3 on it and runs 24/7 headless.

I run minimwatch on my Windows box.

I use BubbleUPnP droid client on phone or tablet and my primary receiver is Yamaha RX-V677.

NAS is hardwired GigE and Yamaha RX-V677 is wireless upstairs. Router is Netgear R7000.

I get RANDOM static/crackle/timeout/action error/unable to play/501, etc RANDOM errors on it when playing. Sometimes it will play an entire album perfectly, but in most cases when I enqueue more music to a playlist and attempt to play all I get is static. The FIX is to UNPLUG THE YAMAHA and plug it back in.

If anyone has had similar behaviour please advise. It's NOT minim and its not bubble and it's not the NAS, it seems to always point back to the YAMAHA and unfortunately I am not able to hard wire that piece.

Oddly, when I play INTERNET RADIO to it, I could play it all day long for 8 or 9 hours with zero problems at all.