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[Android Apps and Games] ringen00:
confused with BubbleUPnP Server and Foobar :)

Hi all!

I thought I could connect all my Foobar's in the house to one BubbleUPnP Server and controll the playlist from everywhere.

Meaning that the same music get's played everywhere without delay.

My hope was the OpenHome renderer but I guess I somehow missunderstood the concept :confused: :

I don't find a way to connect to the OpenHome renderer from my foobar installations.

All I can do is controll it's playlist through the UPnP Controller.

Please could someone be so kind and help me to understand a little bit more of the concept of BubbleUPnP and it's server system.

I just feel confused now :eek: but I guess it is just a matter of time to see it more clearly :)

regards ringen00
[Android Apps and Games] Mx123!:
Search on DLNA Server - how does it work?

Hi,

I may have a kind of weird question regarding the search functionality for DLNA servers in Bubble ;)

I guess this is a server-side search? Is it this "UPnP search" standard or something custom?

Background: Since I'm currently looking for a new DLNA server, I need to know if and to what extend my current media server supports UPnP search, so I know whether I need UPnP support for the new DLNA server as well in order to "maintain the current status"...

The search currently works perfectly fine, but I dont know whether Bubble makes it work (somehow ;) ) or whether it is supported by the server by default.

Thanks!!
[Android Apps and Games] typestar:
Access from Android to Synology 1513+ NAS as library

Hello!

my first posting here...

I LOVE your great Android app (runs on my Sony Xperia V, Android 4.2) and have purchased the full licence…

in the libraries I find my Twonky-server (Pro Version) and my PC and the files streams from it smoothly…

in addition it is fun to stream from google music play or google drive

My only problem with this: it does NOT recognize /show my Synology NAS 1513+ (DS 5.2 version) which is perfectly installed in my network...

Normaly from my Boxee I connect to it with the Samba-Protocol smb:\\ and have NO problems at all to my mediaboxes via LAN…

(whatching HD filmes with 25 GB size over LAN)

there is only one chromecast app at the moment, which uses SMB connection, so that I can connect to the synology (= Localcast)

but this app is not able to play .wma or .flac files...

I installed the Synology Media-Server with all DNLA protocolls, the Synology Audio-Server, all DNLA protocols

I even installed the bubblesoft UpnP server with this latest package for android on Hello!

I LOVE your great Android app (runs on my Sony Xperia V, Android 4.2) and have purchased the full licence…

My only problem with this: in the libraries I find my installed Twonky-server (Pro Version) and my PC and streams from it smoothly…

in addition it is fun to stream from google music play or google drive

BUT it does NOT recognize my Synology NAS 1513+ (DS 5.2 version)

Normaly from my Boxee I connect to it with the Samba-Protocol smb:\\ and have NO problems at all to my mediaboxes via LAN…

I installed the Synology Media-Server with all DNLA protocolls,

I even installed the bubblesoft UpnP server with this latest installation package;

It can be installed but is immediately stopped then as service…

Can you help me out, please…?

Is there a chance to access my Synology NAS from my Sony Xperia V (Android 4.2)

Best regards:

It can be installed but is immediately stopped then as service…

the NAS local adress is: 192.168.1.22:5000

I allways get an "error 404"

Can you help me out, please…?

the only way to play .wma and .flac files from the NAS (via SMB) with bubble UPnP is:

1) start ES explorer, connect to the Synology 2) doubleclick on the audiofile and "open with bubble...." ...

way to complicated and NOT in the bubble-workflow....

Is there a chance to access my Synology NAS from my Sony Xperia V (Android 4.2)

will SMB be implementet as it is a widely used protocoll for the access to a NAS

Thankyou very much for your help...!

Best wishes...!

typestar
[Android Apps and Games] audiomagnate:
What changed? Won't stream WAV, FLAC etc

WTF? You had a wonderful app until the recent update. After the update I can no longer stream WAV and FLAC files. Can I get the old version back. Now I get "Cannot play media not natively supported by Chromecast". Wave and FLAC were natively supported last week, what gives?
[Android Apps and Games] ringen00:
Ok, Easter-Holidays :laugh:

As much as I got it the server is good for:

1. Internet Access

2. consistent playlist on different LAN clients (especially with Android BubbleUPnP)

I'm using it now with foobar clients - quite nice :good:

(I'm sure there's some more stuff to know about . . . would be kind if someone could inform me if I'm missing something important :o
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Noted, will fix for next version.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=4501300]defim[/MENTION]

I found your crash reports on the Samsung. It is an xposed module crashing, whose package name is "de.defim.apk.unbelovedhosts.by" :
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
No plan to add subtitle synchronization tweaks: your subs must exactly match the video you are watching.

Impossible as Plex does not transcmit any subtitle information at all via UPnP.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Make sure the ffmpeg binary is in the install directory (eg where BubbleUPnPServer.jar is found) and that you start the server with the launch.sh script so it picks up the ffmpeg binary in the install dir.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Not possible as it is not an UPnP/DLNA media server.

See these instructions (the ffmpeg/ffprobe paragraph). Make sure to use the launsh.sh script to start the server.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
OpenHome renderers is not for multiroom audio if it is what you want to do.

It is for being able to control the same playing playlist (to foobar2000) from mutilple control points at the same time, and to not have to let the control point runnning to perform track advance.

The BubbleUPnP Server documentation explain this in more details.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
UPnP search (aka server-side search) is standardized but not all media servers support it. When it is not supported, BubbleUPnP displays a one-time popup explaining it is not supported, and will only search the current displayed folder in Library.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
First, BubbleUPnP does not support SMB/CIFS access and there's no plan to add it.

For movies, using ES File Explorer network folders to send to BubbleUPnP works.

The best solution is that you make the DLNA Synology media server work, and browse it in BubbleUPnP.

I cannot help you much as I do not have a Synlogy.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Chromecast cannot play FLAC natively. It must be transcoded to WAV (or something else it can play).

Unless your media server holding your FLAC is already transcoding FLAC to WAV, you need BubbleUPnP Server to perform the transcode to WAV.

If you already installed BubbleUPnP Server, make sure it is detected in Settings > Chromecast.
[Android Apps and Games] ringen00:
Thanks Bubble!

I think I got the concept now :) - finally! ! !

It's great!

BubbleUPnP is just amazing!

I'm now streaming to the other clients via Foobar.

Streaming means delay.

I can live with that.

The atmosphere stays alive somehow when changing rooms. I don't need to have a full house disco in Sonos style. And if I think of the costs...:)

And streaming like with No23 Live or so is not flexible enough. I only think of how difficult it it's to fix the volume with that setup...

Well, thanks for your quick reply! ! ! Very much appreciated!
[Android Apps and Games] sordna:
One of the best things about android is you can backup your installed apk's. No root needed. There are many apps to do that such as App Backup and Restore, App Monster, and others. They can even archive the multiple previous versions.

For me it's unthinkable to install updates for any program without having a backup. For example I rolled back Skype to the old good version before Microsoft ruined it -:)
[Android Apps and Games] Boogiedisco:
DS 214 Play

Hi,

I installed the BubbleUPnP server on the DS 214 Play. That was no problem at all.

Unfortunately when I start the app on my DS 214 Play it will immediately quit......?

Do you have a solution for this?

I look forward to your response.

Kind regards,

Eric

eric at delahaij.nl
[Android Apps and Games] gamling85:
Ok, thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] mpuckett54:
Streaming Recommendations

I am wondering about what the most effecient streaming settings are for streaming to a mobile device. How to get the best sound while consuming the least amount of power.

My library consists of all single image flacs managed by foobar and served by foo_upnp.

My current foo_upnp profile does server side flac decoding to LPCM which gets streamed to BubbleUPnP. Is this optimal for a sound/power consumption profile or would it be better to stream the flac directly and decode on the mobile side? Or is there another streaming profile which would be preferred?

Thanks for any feedback
[Android Apps and Games] wewen:
minidlna subtitles

I have dabbled around a little bit with different dlna servers. Servioo works good but I must have my pc turned on to use it.

In my router an Asus RT-AC66U I could use the internal minidlna app. But it bubbleupnp doesn't see the subtitles. Have asked around at asus and minidlna sites. They say it's up to the client to fetch the subtitles. If you have time maybe you could take a look at it? I do see that you get lots of questions to answer though. Thanks for a great app!
[Android Apps and Games] Mx123!:
Great! Thanks for your answer! And keep up the amazing work! I love it!!
[Android Apps and Games] ETFoneHome:
Not sure what media format you have but if you're running mp4 and .srt file, make sure the srt file has the exact name as the mp4 file and just place them together in the same folder.

This is, of course for the updated subtitle version of BubbleUPnP. Earlier versions require you to place the srt file in the BubbleUPnp folder on device.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
LPCM is the most efficient codec as it doesn't require decoding (CPU) by BubbleUPnP. The FLAC -> LPCM decoding is performed by foobar2000.

Sound quality is indentical to playing the original FLAC.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
For subs to work, minidlna would have to transmit the subtitles to BubbleUPnP when being browsed. Serviio (and others) do.
[Android Apps and Games] wewen:
I was under the impression that it does. Though when I browse minidlna from for example windows I only see the vodeofiles. But I will try your first suggestion when I come home. There's nfos, picture and so on in my videofile folders. I write back later.
[Android Apps and Games] teemo:
Tried to get it running on SlimKat. Bubble complain: "Xposed module initialization failed".

I guess I have an error in my ROM, could you help pinpoint it ?

There were some complians about being unable to create ../audiocast

Here are some logging, hope they can help, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Thanks for the report.

There's a specific problem with this ROM.

In a root shell, can you give me the output of:

ls -ld /data/data/com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp
[Android Apps and Games] teemo:
root@android:/ # ls -ld /data/data/com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp
drwxr-x--x u0_a140 u0_a140 2014-04-23 12:19 com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Permission on this directory looks good. You did not change it manually ?

Can you try to create the audio cast fifo manually in a root shell and let me know if you have any error.

Busybox is required for the mkfifo command:

cd /data/data/com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp

mkfifo audiocast

chmod 666 audiocast

if everything went well you should see:

And Audio Cast should work (after a reboot)
[Android Apps and Games] teemo:
Bingo!

Response in Audio cast library: "Free version limited to 20 minutes"
[Android Apps and Games] wewen:
I tried to remove all unnecessary files and let only the videofiles and .srt files remain. It didn't seem to work. Could see them mentioned in the minidlna db but nothing more. Well I guess I'll just use servioo then. I'll attach the db file you might see something. Thanks anyway!
[Android Apps and Games] Dostoewskiy:
Illegal mime type, code 714

Hi guys, I am writing through Google perevodchik.U me a question, use bubbleupnp in conjunction with Logitech Media Server and nexus in 7 2013 as a client application SqueezePlayer.Pri transmit audio cast on the nexus, bubbleupnp writes errror (Illegal mime type, code 714) as soon as possible fix to listen to audio castes?

The guy on the forum lms writes about the same problem with bubbleupnp. link to Messages h t t p://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?101298-Xposed-BubbleUPNP-module-with-LMS

Thanks!

Spoiler content hidden.
[Android Apps and Games] Byrneb:
As soon as I compiled the ffmpeg binary, I copied it into the BubbleUPnP Server start up directory. I also use the launch.sh script so that the server runs on every boot of the RP. Maybe I'll download a current ffmpeg binary from the link you provided elsewhere in the forum and replace the one I compiled??
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Send me a log file playing audio cast to this renderer (see first post of this topic for instructions)
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
In any case you can look at the log file (BubbleUPnPServer.log.0) to check which ffmpeg version is picked up (look at the version number).
[Android Apps and Games] mpuckett54:
Yes, I am aware of all this.

The tradeoff is streaming a file that is 2X the size of the FLAC. Is there a point where running the WIFI to stream the larger file uses more of the battery life than running the CPU to do the decoding?
[Android Apps and Games] Byrneb:
...Server.log.0 reports ffmpeg 0.8.10-6:0.8.10-1+rpil. Is that one too old?
[Android Apps and Games] Dostoewskiy:
Log file

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] Iwarsson:
I would like to thank you for your excellent service, it is most appriciated! :victory:
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
The log is unfortunately truncated. Can you record a new one making sure to exit the app (Menu > Exit) after recording?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Yes that one is too old.

Make sure you put your ffmpeg/ffprobe compiled binaries in the installation directory of BubbleUPnP Server (where launch.sh is located), that they are executable (chmod +x ffmpeg ffprobe) and that you start the server with launch.sh.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Audio decoding is more taxing than transferring 2x the data over the network which should be negligible (and will not take 2x longer since we're very far from reaching WiFi max bandwidth).

And for single FLAC + cue, you do not have the choice anyway: it can only be sent as PCM by foo_upnp for technical reasons.
[Android Apps and Games] r-l:
Works very good with my Samsung SmartTV..

Nexus 7 -> Showbox -> BubbleUpnp -> SmartTV

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Dostoewskiy:
Hello!

no problem)
[Android Apps and Games] ddejager:
Using BubbleUPnP with Hdhomerun HDTC-2US

I'm trying to use BubbleUPnP with the HDTC-2US version of HDhomerun. I'm able to use the HDTC as my DLNA Server, however I observe

1) The channels that are available are all listed only as MPEG

2) When I try to play to via the default video player on my Android Galaxy S3, I see the video but hear no audio.

I'd like to use the HTTC-2US with Chromecast.

This results in the following questions:

1) Why does the audio not play. (Video Plays fine).

2) Is there a recommended audio player?

3) Since the HDTC HDHomeRun allows for transcoding, why do only the MPEG streams show up?

4) Since the HDTC can transcode, could BubbleUPnP set up the proper transcoding and use Chromecast as a renderer without the need to transcode via the BubbleUPnP Server?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Thanks. I think I have fixed it.
[Android Apps and Games] pp78:
Pause command doesn't work with BubbleUPnP/Cyrus Stream X/MinimServer configuration

Hi

i'm trying to use the bubbleUPnP app as a control point with a MinimServer as a Music DLNA Server and a Cyrus Stream X as a renderer.

All is working except when i pause the playing track and play again, the player starts playing the track from the beginning.

Do you understand what's happening ?

THX
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
1) If it is live TV, probably because audio is in mp2 format

2) MX Player is recommended. Maybe you can get it to play mp2 audio. Try the various decoders: S/W, H/W, H/W+ until one eventually works. When changing decoder settings in MX Player, make sure to exit it and start playback of the video again in BubbleUPnP.

3) Because it is the first stream. MPEG-TS is fine for local playback (assuming you find a player that plays audio)

4) it would have to be able to transcode to h264 with mp3 or aac audio in a mp4 or mkv container. I doubt it is able to do that. I got reports of transcoding working fine with BubbleUPnP Server on the MPEG-TS streams.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
This renderer is probably closing the http connection on inactivity after some time (timeout on no data).

This behaviour is renderer specific. It can also be media server specific but I don't think it is due to MinimServer.
[Android Apps and Games] Dostoewskiy:
Thanks. when planning to release a new fixed version?
[Android Apps and Games] pp78:
Thank you for your reply but i've tried the same server/renderer and an another DLNA controller android application and the behaviour is different and it works as expected.

By the way, it cannot be a timeout because the replay starts from beginning even immediatly after the pause.

I've bought BubbleUPnP because it is the best DLNA application in the google store and i really want to use it...

How can i help you ?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Send me a log file with unpausing playing the track from the beginning (see first post of this topic for instructions).
[Android Apps and Games] mcaulifn:
With one of the recent updates, I can no longer see other devices running BubbleUPnP. All of the droids can see the media servers and can see the only other renderer on the network (playbar). I have WMP (Win8.1) that can see the droids. They just can't see each other. Any suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] thefunkygibbon:
for some reason my internet radio device which is upnp compliant doesnt play more than one song at a time when i tell bubble to play a bunch of songs.

I have switched on what i thought was the option in the advanced settings somewhere which is supposed to help but it doesnt. any ideas or debugs I could send to help?

also, i guess its been asked before, but is there any way of getting an airplay speaker i have to have some music sent to it via bubble? I hate using itunes

cheers
[Android Apps and Games] ddejager:
Thanks for your reply. I have two comments:

2) I found and installed VLC Player for Android and that solved the audio problem.

4) The HDHomeRun Plus (HDTC-2US) does transcoding to H.264 AVC but may not support the right audio codec or container...I'm not sure about this since I'm not a codec guru.

The nice thing about the HDTC for me is that my tuner is actually 5 miles away on the other end of a wireless link (Mikrotik) because my house is low and the tuner is on a hill. The wireless link seems a bit unreliable when I use the Native coding for the TV stations, so I use the hardware transcoding in the HDTC to go down to a profile that uses less bandwidth via H.264.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Try rebooting your WiFi router and all your devices.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
What device is it ?

Not possible
[Android Apps and Games] mcaulifn:
I've rebooted all droids several times. I rebooted the WAP and router. No improvement. Same situation.
[Android Apps and Games] sordna:
Can you check your router settings and make sure you don't gave client isolation turned on? The router should allow the wireless devices to see each other directly, as well as permit multicast traffic.
[Android Apps and Games] mcaulifn:
The WAP is separate. It is plugged in to the firewall but is on the same LAN as the wired network. I can see wired devices so that tells me both devices are passing multicast traffic.

This was working in my current network setup.
[Android Apps and Games] mpuckett54:
More info on streaming to DirecTV

So the plot thickens on getting streaming from foobar and foo_upnp to DirecTV working.

My server set up is foobar running foo_upnp and serving (mostly, and this is a key) single image flacs. The foo_upnp streaming profile for direcTV was set up to transcode everything to mp3. I brought up a minidlna server and discovered it was able to stream mp3s to my DirecTV box which was encouraging. So I tried streaming an mp3 from foobar which also worked. Then I tried to stream an mp4 which didn't work. Then a flac which also didn't work. So native mp3 streaming from foobar to the DirecTV box works but transcoding anything failed.

So, next I tried setting up BubbleUPnP Server to proxy the foobar server. This works just fine. Same streaming profile. Transcoding everything to mp3 is working as expected. The proxy works but foo_upnp doesn't if it has to transcode.

It would be interesting to understand what the difference is so that no proxy was required but I am pleased that it is finally working in any case.

Hopefully this might help someone who would like to get streaming working to a DirecTV box.
[Android Apps and Games] LazyBoot:
Is there any way to prevent automatic upnp port forwarding?
[Android Apps and Games] mackowiakp:
I have Serviio, Twonky and Bubble servers installed on my Linux server. I use paid version of Bubble on my Android tablet.

Bubble server is very new for me but I use Twonky for several years.

I want to access Twonky and Serviio form Internet via Bubble. So I just start Bubble on tablet and of course everything is fully playable when tablet is connected to the same home network. (Tablet, Twonky, Serviio in the same LAN.). MX player (plus MX Codecs) is used as final player

Next I started Bubble Server on my Linux machine and log in from tablet Bubble app to Bubble server via LTE. I can see all Twonky and Serviio resources. But all files are shown as music files and only music files (I tested only mp3 format) are playable. I can not play films, online resources from Serviio and photo files.

What I am doing wrong? Any idea?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
You meant upnp port forwarding done by BubbleUPnP Server ?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
What happens when you play such video ? Did you enable video transcoding in Settings > Network and settings ?
[Android Apps and Games] mackowiakp:
When I play such video, MX player rapports "Unsupported codec" (or similar, because it is translation from my language). But it occurs only when I use connection from Android Bubble client to Bubble Linux server. When I operate only with Bubble client in LAN - it works perfectly.

On tablet Buuble config I have 'No transcoding" for audio, video, photo both mobile and WiFi/Ethernet connections.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Do another UPnP app such as UPnPlay discover your devices ?

Was you router firmware updated recently possibly breaking something ?

Did you install a firewall app on your Android device ?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Can you send me a log file playing such video to MX Player (see first post of this topic for instructions) ?
[Android Apps and Games] mackowiakp:
Ok. When I will be back home I will send you
[Android Apps and Games] LazyBoot:
Yes, that's what I meant. I can't find any option to turn that off.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
If it was off, ports would not be automatically opened and BubbleUPnP Server not joinable from the Internet (unless you opened them manually).

Is that what you want because you do not need Internet access ?

I will add an option to disable it but in the meantime you could disable UPnP port forwarding in your router's configuration (this will disable it for all programs).