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[Android Apps and Games] MCHL90:
I bought the license and I've been trying to get BubbleUPnP to connect my Samsung S7 to my PS4.

The peculiar thing is that video files will sometimes play, but other times not - or they'll stop playing part-way through.

I'm also trying to play my Google Play Music library via the same method, and again; sometimes a song will play, most often not, and usually they stop playing part-way through before it skips a few more unplayable songs and suddenly starts to play one of the next ones.

It seems very temperamental, and I'm not sure what the cause is nor how to remedy it. Searches online don't show much for this problem, and less still that I can follow the technicalities of.

I just really want to be able to play my videos and Google Music from my Galaxy S7 through my PS4, and BubbleUPnP seems the most recommended.
[Android Apps and Games] hornetster:
Wifi connection not dropping out/weak?
[Android Apps and Games] MCHL90:
Neither my phone or Playstation ever really have connectivity issues on their own, so I had suspected not.

Is there something I could be missing in regards to settings or set-up that could cause it to be so temperamental? It's entirely possible, since I've not found the whole DLNA thing very intuitive personally.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
New BubbleUPnP 2.8.2p3 beta available. Please test ! Especially if you use media on USB OTG storage, or if you'd

like to use the external SD card for the BubbleUPnP Server music cache.

Download and Changelog

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[Android Apps and Games] patzeoli:
Playlist

Hi,

I just bought the license for the app. But something doesn't work. It plays only one track then I have to play the next track manually. Is there a solution to that problème ?

Thanks

Patrick
[Android Apps and Games] jaaptina:
I just bought an AudioQuest Dragonfly Red thinking I could use a headphone connected to my Galaxy S5 and BubbleUPnP to listen to music on my phone, NAS and Tidal streams. However this won't work. The notification menu shows the Dragonfly is connected but there is no sound. This is also true for my other media player apps (Samsung music player and PowerAmp).

The only app that plays music with the Dragonfly on my phone is Onkyo HF player. This player has a USB-out setting.

Is BubbleUPnP not playing over USB OTG normal or has it something to do with USB host setting?

Greetings and thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Please send me a log file, playing a track until next one doesn't play. See first post of this topic for logging instructions.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
BubbleUPnP does not know if it is playing to an USB DAC or a headphone or the internal speaker:

audio is supposed to be routed transparently by Android to whatever current output.

I see that the Onkyo app description mentions specifically USB DACs so it is possible an app has to do something to play to such output (will

look into it).

As an alternative you should be able to play from BubbleUPnP to the 'USB Audio Player PRO' app configured to be an UPnP renderer.
[Android Apps and Games] jaaptina:
Thanks. Knowing it should work I'll keep trying. And keep USB Audio Player PRO at hand. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] dez93_2000:
Hi bubbleguuum,

I've been using bubbleupnp for ages with server & library on Synology NAS, android as control point, chromecast on TV as destination. And it's been great.

Recently I bought some cables and wired up my surround sound system with the audio source as my old nexus s, with bubbleupnp on it as the renderer, so I can use my nexus 5x as the control point. This is AWESOME. Just got it set up, so happy, so: thanks again!

Two small things:

1. I've noticed it's not possible to locate the nexus s renderer in Google Home (formerly Google Cast) as a device to cast music to. If this possible or is chromecast/casting a different protocol to upnp?

2. In My Cloud Player (soundcloud copy) the upnp list recognises both the nexus s & nexus 5x as renderer options but selecting them and hitting play doesn't cause any sound to come out. Play bar advances however. All are on the same wifi in the same room; any idea why this might not be working? Do we know if anyone's had any success with this setup?

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Yes, with BubbleUPnP Server (see first post of this topic for more info)
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Movies transcoded how ?

If you mean movies transcoded by BubbleUPnP Server, DICE Player, MoboPlayer or VPlayer will play them.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
I could not reproduce this issue using the same setup but on a Samsung Galaxy S running CM7. I think it is an issue of the Android Media Player streamer that gets confused by the transcoded stream somehow.

If you wish you can send me a log recorded with alogcat trying to stream such file (see post #1131 for instructions)
[Android Apps and Games] fp.ath.cx:
Hi,

I love the way I can access all my media (music, video, photos) when I'm on the go via the BubbleUPnP-App on my phone.

Now I'd like to have this functionality also on my laptop. I tried it with the plugin for foobar, which is also provided from bubble-soft and enables me to remotely connect to my UPnP-Server at home.

Connecting with foobar to the BubbleUPnP-Server works fine, I can browse all contents. Playing music works fine. I'm wondering now if it's possible to also access my video/photos contents via this program. I tried and searched also in the options if I can configure some kind of content-"handlers" for these kind of files, but did not succeed (foobar is designed for playing music only, afaik). Is there some trick or can you recommend another program for this functionality?

best regards,

airflow
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
As a trick you can investigate using foo_run to launch your favorite video player (for example, VLC) on video items.

But it is true that base foobar2000 is audio only.

EDIT: forget foo_run, it doesn't work on UPnP items...

Maybe I'll add the ability in foo_upnp itself to launch a video player on video items.
[Android Apps and Games] FearMeMortals:
Hey,

I just got a TF300 and I've been trying to get video streaming to work on the tab. I'm using your UPNP and I've tried about a dozen video players to go with it (dice player, vplayer, moboplayer etc etc).

The issue I'm having is that the video just randomly stops. I'm not having any issues relating to video quality or file formats. I'll be streaming a video and the video will just randomly stop, and because its streaming I can't resume at the same place I have to start again.

I have not yet managed to complete a single video without it being exited at a random interval. Its not always the same place, sometimes I'll get 20minutes in, other times 10minutes of the same video file.

Do you have any ideas how I could fix this? I'm using iSedora media center to stream across my internal LAN. I've been using this program to stream to my TV without issues for over a year.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Note that once the app has initiated playback between the video player app and your Media Server, everything happens between those two.

If you get this problem with all video player apps then the issue is either on the Media Server side or an intermittent WiFi issue.

Try another Media Server and if you get the same problem it is likely to be a WiFi issue.
[Android Apps and Games] FearMeMortals:
I've tried to stream with the tab right next to the WiFi so if this is the issue then I'm unsure why this would be the case. Here's how my network is set up:

phone socket -> Billion 7700N R2 -> Netgear GS108 -> Routed to Desktops / TV etc.

The modem is brand new, only had it a few days. I've tried to stream with the tab right next to the modem.

Also what other media centers could I try? The default windows one doesn't transcode AFAIK which is why I got iSedora in the first place to play .mkv files on my TV which doesn't natively support them.

Any advice on how to resolve the issue is greatly appreciated, even if its not a problem with your app (which I did buy, not the free version). I've been making a lot of posts on boards and not getting much in reply.

I'm not a pro at this sort of thing
[Android Apps and Games] simonbuschers:
this app is awesome

i come home from school/work switch on the tv , fire up the BubbleUPnP app and just select anything i want to hear or see on my tv directly from my phone.

a few iOS using friends of mine could not believe their eyes

:cool:
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
You may want to try the app "WiFi Analyser" to check that your WiFi signal level is good, and eventually to configure your WiFi router to use another channel.

Video stream randomly stopping likely points at a WiFi intermittent issue. You may want to check on XDA transformers forums if anyone else has such issue when streaming videos (UPnP or not).
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
BubbleUPnP Server 0.5.5.1 QNAP packages (QPKG) are available for ARM-x09, ARM-x19 and x86, thanks to the incredible work of abgestumpft who made them:

Download and install instructions
[Android Apps and Games] FearMeMortals:
my wireless signal sits on about -50dBm which is apparently good
[Android Apps and Games] rokc:
thx :)
[Android Apps and Games] bsmith1051:
I'm slowly making progress on my Denon receiver problem. I've been in touch with Denon tech support and they've shown enough interest that I already received one call-back to confirm which file-types I was playing (generic cbr and vbr MP3).

I think the primary problem is that the built-in DLNA renderer crashes or partly locks-up after you turn 'off' (Standby) the receiver. Which seems like an incredibly dumb bug. If I yank the power-cord, then reconnect it, the DLNA works great?! I was able to start/stop playback as well as switch back-and-forth between BubbleUPnP and Twonky, as well as using local render vs my LMS/Whitebear DLNA home-server. The only shortcoming I saw was that neither controller app could get the receiver to pause playback.

Then I pushed the main power-button and nothing worked properly again.

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There is one issue I've had with BubbleUPnP: If I'm in the middle of playback and I press the power-button on the receiver, BubbleUPnP auto-switches to another DLNA renderer? In my case it switches to the Logitech Squeezebox radio in my kitchen. This also happens if the Denon is flaking-out and finally just fails.

So I'm assuming this auto-switch is something BubbleUPnP is doing, rather than something the Denon is instructing it to do?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Interesting Denon shows some interest. Usually with company so large, good luck for getting support.

I also think this renderer may crash or become unresponsive due to bugs.

BubbleUPnP will auto-switch to another renderer if the current renderer signals its disappearance from the network which happens if the renderer is shutdown (power off if a hardware renderer). It is the renderer that is 100% responsible for announcing its disappearance, for whatever reason.
[Android Apps and Games] bsmith1051:
Please change the default behavior, or at least add a configuration option. It's very disconcerting for the speaker in another room to unexpectedly burst to life. If the current DLNA renderer disappears or announces its shutdown, I expect the music app to stop playback.
[Android Apps and Games] bjrmd:
First, thanks for the great work.

Is it possible to adjust the time out interval before the program errors?

I have noticed that I am getting various errors before tracks playing to either my onkyo receiver or android phone but only on tracks with album art. This is in a part of my house that is using a wifi repeater, so perhaps the latency is higher. Generally the playlist stops at the end of a track, an error is flashed and I just need to click on the next track again and it works fine, till the next track.

I have a log if you need it.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Indeed, I will definitely fix that. Switching renderer is intended but not continuing playback on the new renderer, this is an oversight.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Getting timeouts is not normal behaviour and will make control difficult or impossible.

Make sure you updated your Onkyo to use the latest firmware available for it.

If you still get timeouts please send me a log file.
[Android Apps and Games] bsmith1051:
Is there a way to skip the opening screen (where you select Music, Photos, Videos etc) if you only have Music files available? or, a configuration option to skip straight to Music?

I'm still pushing for maximum WAF, plus I have little kids :-)
[Android Apps and Games] M8R3t0f541:
ohMedia radio list not supoprted?

Hello there,

Thank you very much for the awesome control point!

I have a renderer based on MediaPlayer (URL: petemanchester.github.io/MediaPlayer/) and this renderer supports it's own radio list.

This radio list is supported by the Linn controllers, but it doesn't show up in the BubbleUPnP controller.

I have added the radio streams to the playlists on the Minimserver, but then I need to install the Minimstreamer plugin to solve some error about unsupported stream format that pops up on the BubbleUPnP controller.

To me it seems that the combination of Mediaplayer/Linn Kazoo controller is more elegant for radio streaming.

Did I overlook the feature on BubbleUPnP that supports the radio list on the ohMedia renderer?

Thank you very much!

Wilbert van Bakel

Screenshot of radio list in Linn Kazoo controller: URL: imgur.com/a/Gfyg5
[Android Apps and Games] MCHL90:
Still having a lot of frustration with trying to get my Google Play Music to stream to PS4. No wi-fi lag or issues otherwise, but songs just stop and start working as they please.

Is there a setting I could have wrong causing that or a set-up issue?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It's a known issue happening on some setups with no fix due to the difficulty I have to reprod it on my setup.

it is definitely not a bandwidth issue but I suspect it is an intermittent issue related to the rate at which the PS4 read and buffers

the stream and the rate at which BubbleUPnP buffers it from Google servers (which may have their own weird behaviour) for proxying it to the PS4.

The fact that the PS4 is one of the pickiest device ever when it comes to streaming, where it will abort playback

for the slightest thing it doesn't like, doesn't help.

I wish I could find the cause of this failure but it is not easy at all. Logs do not even help.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Radio is supported in BubbleDS Next, a spinoff BubbleUPnP geared toward Linn and OpenHome renderers.

It has a Radio tab.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
1. The latter.

2. Do you get sound on the Internal speakers of the Nexus if you unplug any audio cable from its 3.5 jack (assuming this is your setup) ?
[Android Apps and Games] dez93_2000:
When sending from My Cloud Player (hereafter MCP): No.

When sending from BubbleUpnp on the nexus5x: yes.

Having played around with "Blast Alive Messages" and other options, MCP now finds neither the S nor the 5x. Given bubbleupnp DOES, I suspect the problem is MCPs?
[Android Apps and Games] gene.pavlovsky:
New phone, new ROM, using BubbleUPnP actively again, and apparently this issue is still here.

Resurrection Remix 5.7.3 (based on CM13) running on Motorola Moto G3 (Osprey).

Rooted, Xposed framework, the only modules enabled are BubbleUPnP and Greenify. Greenify: Aggressive Doze enabled.

Battery optimisation: BubbleUPnP added to "Do not optimise" list to prevent it from dozing.

BubbleUPnP settings: Local Renderer - enable, allow remote control - off, Local Media Server - enable, advertise on LAN - off.

Last night I added one album from a remote foobar2000 media server to the playlist, set sleep timer for 1 hour, then turned the screen off. Kill on inactivity is set to 15 minutes (default), but in the morning BubbleUPnP was still running (playlist long finished, nothing playing), phone was awake all night.

Another issue (screenshots at lock screen and notification attached) is that track name text and volume level are completely black on dark background, while all the other text is okayish. Actually other text is same as in BubbleUPnP itself, which looks nice in "Now playing" but is low contrast compared to other notifications, can you add an option for text colors to match other notifications? Not sure if it's relevant, but I'm using "Swift Dark" CM13 theme.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
I need to audit the app again to verify that 'Kill on inactivty' works. Currently, I'm not too surprised it doesn't always work. It's best

to manually kill (Menu > exit) BubbleUPnP when you know you will not use it soon.

For the notifications you may want to try 'Settings > Look and feel > Lollipop dark notification'.

It should use proper light colors for the text, even if the ROM theme override the default (dark) background.

EDIT: can you confirm your phone was not plugged to power ? This disables 'Kill on inactivity'.
[Android Apps and Games] gene.pavlovsky:
Would appreciate if you put that on your todo list. The phone was not plugged in.

Since I was using Sleep Timer, I couldn't kill the app manually - I fell asleep (which is the point of Sleep Timer). Perhaps you could add an "exit app" checkbox to Sleep Timer's dialog?

`Lollipop dark notification` is the only option that I didn't try, duh... With it checked, the notification issue is gone and the fonts are other text is also lighted and better visible. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
New BubbleUPnP beta 2.8.2p4. Please test as it has a significant internal change that needs testing !

Changelog and APK

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[Android Apps and Games] just_matt:
Hey bubbleguuum-

Thanks for this app. By far the best solution I've found.

I'm having an issue where certain specific mkv files won't show up on my listing. For 99.5% of my files, everything works exactly as it should, but a very few mkv files (maybe a dozen out of thousands) are simply not shown when I go to their directories. I've spent the last hour searching for an answer, but my Google-fu is failing me, as every search result I've found has led me to some variation of "I can't see anything/nothing shows up," and as I said, my success rate is very nearly 100%. They're all good files when played natively on my PC or streamed to my PS3, but they're invisible to BubbleUPnP. There is no consistency that I can find to the files that fail; they vary by network, show, scene, and codec. Can you provide me any direction to correct this?

Thanks for any help you can provide.
[Android Apps and Games] NockLe:
Feature Request

Hi,

first of all I wan't to thank you for this lovely App. I'm using BubbleUPnP for my Android phones and also run an BubbleUPnP-Server on my QNAP-NAS. Both are working brillant.

This week I started to make my library accessible from my work. The restriction of open ports force me to use well-known ports like 21 or 80. So I simply start with the http one. That isn't an easy thing on an NAS, because of the webinterface for the admin. So my next thought was to redirect the incoming Port on my router to the standard Port of the BubbleUPnP-Server (58050). Which works well to browse through my library, but quickly come to an end while trying to stream the media, because of the streamingadresse is <ServerIP>:58050/stream/... which of cause come to an faulire. (Btw. When I start to request a stream and edit the answer to <ServerIP>:21/stream/... it works)

Now everythings works for me by using Port 21 (straigth, without router redirection), because I don't use the FTP-Feature of my NAS. (right now!)

May you can extend the serverconfiguration in a way to answer on streaming requests with an other port. Sure that's sounds confussing first, but allows the server to run on the standardport while being accesible through an other Port by redirection on the router.

Anyways, thank you for this great App-Bundle, keep going!
[Android Apps and Games] bigchuk00:
Folder view issue

Hello. I broadcast my media files on my tab with bubble app. It doesn't support folder view?
[Android Apps and Games] dez93_2000:
Hi, downloaded beta, getting this bug when trying to access my NAS. Gotta go but can give more details as required.

Browse error. Current state of service levers invoking that action. Connection error or no response received.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It has nothing to do with the beta.

Your media server is simply not responding. Restart it or reboot the machine on which it runs.

Speaking of which, there is a newer one (2.8.2p5) fixing issues introduced in the previous one .
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It does, if using the licensed version.

At the root of the Library tab (with the local media server being the current Library), choose folder 'Internal storage' or (if media is on sd card) 'External SD Card'.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It does, if using the license version.

At the root of the Library tab (with the local media server being the current Library), choose folder 'Internal storage' or (if media is on sd card) 'External SD Card'.
[Android Apps and Games] bigchuk00:
Thanks. I see the option. Just didn't think it was useful before. I use the licensed version. Thanks again
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=7838207]just_matt[/MENTION]

What is the media server holding these files ?

It is likely that the media server did not recognize the missing videos for whatever reason (codec, file permissions...), thus do not return them to BubbleUPnP when browsing.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Yes, when you play a remote BubbleUPnP Server track in Android BubbleUPnP, the latter overrides the hostname of the stream URL with the one that you set to connect to BubbleUPnP Server, but not the port because the streaming port is not always the same than the port used for connecting.

If you cannot run BubbleUPnP Server directly on a standard port (80, 21, 443, ..), I see no other solution than to have a setting in BubbleUPnP Server

for overriding the stream port. I'll have to think about it but no promise.

But you could try running BubbleUPnP Server on port 443 (aka the standard https port) as its http port, if it unusued on your NAS.
[Android Apps and Games] tezster:
Denon AVR recognized as unnamed device

Using licensed BubbleUPnP v2.8.1 on Moto G running Android 5.1

Under the renderer list, my Denon x4200w is displayed as "unnamed device". This has been working normally for the past several months.

On both the Moto G and Denon, I can browse the media library (Plex media server). I have uninstalled/re-installed BubbleUPnP, and power cycled the Moto G, and the issue persists.

Can you provide some assistance?
[Android Apps and Games] LastSilmaril:
ffmpeg process

Quick question - did something change with the latest versions of BubbleUPnP Server? When I watch transcoded content (and it must be transcoded, or else it playback at all), I no longer see ffprobe or ffmpeg come up in the Task Manager. Have they somehow been integrated into the larger process?
[Android Apps and Games] dez93_2000:
Sorted, thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] HungLu:
My new Tab A 10.1 running Marshmallow, the BubbleUPnp seems get the default player without prompt. I try to use MX Player no success, even uncheck Local Renderer-Launch default Player (it shows ES Explorer Pro but this has no default set). Anybody has a fix? Thank you.