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

[steen]

I have not tried yet, but temporarily running a 100' ethernet cable direct from R7000 Router to the Ethernet port of Yamaha is my next step since I have exhausted every other possibility. What is odd though is that I can play Internet radio to Yamaha with zero issues, the problems are strictly UPnP/DNLA related when using ANY media server or playback client. Even doing a right click on an .MP3 in Windows8 and selecting "Play To - Yamaha" makes the crackles and bad behaviour.

I did receive an email from Mr. Bubble who suggested that I:

"open the BubbleUPnP Server configuration file on your synology (/home/bubbleupnp/appData/configuration.xml) in a text editor
In the <renderers> list, locate your Yamaha renderer and change openHomeTimeTaskPollingIntervalMs to 3000, 5000, or a higher value.
save the file
- start BubbleUPnP Server"

I will try that later to see if it helps/fixes.... The problem now is, if the HARD WIRED connection works as opposed to using the WiFi then that really sucks since I will have to run the cable in my attic and in Arizona that attic is about 180 degrees!!