Newbie Questions About Sense Operation / Playback MP3 :)

[Krankor]

Hi Folks,
Looking for some help!

I've been a long time owner of a Innuos Zen Mini Mk3 but I've always had it configured for Roon.
With Sense 3.2 being released I thought I'd give it a try

My Zen Mini is not connected to any streamer directly, just sits on the network connected to modem.

When switching mode to Innuos Sense stand alone everything looks good.
A refresh of the available streamers shows everything I have around the house (including some unexpected devices like my Ruark RS1 and R4Mk2 radios).

I tried playback to some KEJ LS60's, a Ruark R410 and some SONOS speakers and again everything was good.

However, I then noticed a few albums wouldn't play, and on further inspection these are MP3 format (downloaded from Amazon Music store).
It appears all my FLAC files are fine but anything MP3 based just wont play.

Is this working as designed / a limitation / or perhaps a known issue (I was unable to find anything similar is the help forums)?
In ROON mode the MP3 albums play fine, so I guess I can rule out corruption with files.

Would love to hear any suggestions or what I may have done wrong?

Many Thanks!
Tony.

 

[mikehughescq]

Interesting. I’ve bought a few things which were only available as MP3 and they play fine.

 

[Stephen Healy]

Interesting. I’ve bought a few things which were only available as MP3 and they play fine.

I think the difference here is that you play directly out by USB, but @Krankor is using SenseUPnP so i suspect the issue is to do with this.

Please head over to my SenseUPnP feedback thread and feel free to post your findings there:

Thread 'SenseUPnP: Feedback Thread'

Feb 18, 2025

Hi everyone,

After the Sense 3.2 update, there has been a lot feedback regarding the SenseUPnP overhaul which is scattered across a lot of separate forum posts as well as support emails.

This thread is designed to centralise all of this feedback onto a single post, where we can look at specific UPnP models and systems and try to analyse these one by one.

We therefore invite you to post/comment here with the following information:
- Innuos model and OS version
- UPnP streamer you are streaming to
- The configurations that you have tested in the 'Configure Streamer'
- The...

• Stephen Healy
• Replies: 25
• Forum: Product Chat

As an aside, if you have the space and the relevant cabling available, I might recommend you take the ZENmini to your LS60 system and try running a coaxial cable straight from the ZENmini into the input stage of the master LS60 speaker, and playing through Sense that way. This will quite likely give you a better experience.

 

[Krankor]

Thanks Folks, really appreciated the feedback.
I will look to try a direct connection to KEF speakers when I have an opportunity.
I've currently switched back to ROON mode for the time being as no issues with playing from library, but I'm very impressed with the Sense app (albeit some snags).

Kind Regards, Tony.

 

[Krankor]

Quick Update:
Release 3.2.2 resolved playback of MP3 albums.

Thank you!