diff --git a/Emby.Dlna/Didl/DidlBuilder.cs b/Emby.Dlna/Didl/DidlBuilder.cs
index f2128d9c6d..338c69d8c2 100644
--- a/Emby.Dlna/Didl/DidlBuilder.cs
+++ b/Emby.Dlna/Didl/DidlBuilder.cs
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna.Didl
 
             var albumartUrlInfo = GetImageUrl(imageInfo, _profile.MaxAlbumArtWidth, _profile.MaxAlbumArtHeight, "jpg");
 
-            writer.WriteStartElement("upnp", "albumArtURI", NS_UPNP);
+            writer.WriteStartElement("albumArtURI", NS_UPNP);
             writer.WriteAttributeString("dlna", "profileID", NS_DLNA, _profile.AlbumArtPn);
             writer.WriteString(albumartUrlInfo.Url);
             writer.WriteFullEndElement();
diff --git a/Emby.Dlna/Service/BaseControlHandler.cs b/Emby.Dlna/Service/BaseControlHandler.cs
index 0125c0528a..2dc25f6bb5 100644
--- a/Emby.Dlna/Service/BaseControlHandler.cs
+++ b/Emby.Dlna/Service/BaseControlHandler.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna.Service
             var settings = new XmlWriterSettings
             {
                 Encoding = Encoding.UTF8,
-                CloseOutput = false
+                CloseOutput = false,
+                NamespaceHandling = NamespaceHandling.OmitDuplicates
             };
 
             StringWriter builder = new StringWriterWithEncoding(Encoding.UTF8);