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[Android Apps and Games] johnlattanzio:
Android version on S4 not displaying artwork from Cary MS1

Hi All

apologies if this is not posted in the right place....!

I have been using Bubble on my S4 for a couple of years. It works nicely and sends the music either to the USB output of the MS1 (in one room) or to an Oppo player in another room.

But it has *never* displayed *any* artwork. I would really like to get this running also.

Bubble displays the artwork on the demo servers...but not on the Cary MS1 :(

Am I missing something? I was trying to upload a screenshot but could not see how...

THANKS!

John L
[Android Apps and Games] txchris86:
Doggcatcher Support

Hey guys I really love your app ☺ But one more thing would be great if it could be added: Direct access to the Podcasts loaded by my DoggCatcher like BubbleUPnP already does list downloads from PocketCast since a long time already. Would be awesome if this could get implemented too.

Any chance to see this function in the future maybe?
[Android Apps and Games] Kigsuha:
i have a hard time settings up bubble upnp server.

i have started bubbleupnp server on PC

i added the server to bubbleupnp app

i configured settings in "network and settings"

but the videos i play are not transcoded, is there something i'm missing ?

thank you very much
[Android Apps and Games] Uoppi:
Yeah, bubbleupnpserver.exe doesn't appear in the power requests query at any point.

Looking at "powercfg /requests", it seems at the beginning of playback two consecutive tracks are opened simultaneously, then after some time (after the FLACs are decoded to RAM?), the system erroneously appears idle to Windows power management.

The only workaround I've been able to figure out is to set the HTPC to sleep after one hour (the longest of my FLACs being 56 mins). It's not optimal power-saving-wise but better than premature sleep or no sleep at all.
[Android Apps and Games] purplet:
Hi there. I am using an acer phone that has some sort of greenify (calling it blacklist) functionality.*

Once I install my license I cannot use it anymore.*

Any way to fix it?
[Android Apps and Games] mikejclark:
Is there a way to cache an album for offline playing?

I see there is a download option but this doesn't seem to coincide with caching, i.e. you end up with two albums, one downloaded and the other cached (after being played)

I have an internet connection in my car for my android head unit with bubble installed. If I download the album first, the app will default to caching from the server before playing downloaded content. This is not ideal. I don't want to have to switch between downloaded and cached. Or am I missing something here...
[Android Apps and Games] BlackTornado:
Remote control + Chromecast

Hello,

I am trying to play music from my computer to a Chromecast Audio.

To overcome the the lack of a true Windows API for Chromecast, I was planning to use BubbleUPnP as a "bridge" between my PC (with a DLNA server) and the Chromecast.

I can use my DLNA server to play music on BubbleUPnP, and "remote control" BubbleUPnP from the server.

However, when I "remote control" the BubbleUPnP from the server, the song always start playing on the "local renderer", while I want it to play on the Chromecast.

If I try to change the render, BubbleUPnP starts playing (on the local renderer) the next song in the queue.

Everything works fine if I start and control the playing directly from BubbleUPnP on my phone, but this is of course less convenient than using the PC...

Is there a way to force ALL the output from a certain library to the Chromecast, even when BubbleUPnP is being remotely controlled?
[Android Apps and Games] Zoidroid:
Great app, very useful and Audio Cast function is amazing! Is it possible to set a renderer as default? I can't find this option..

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] M.WeWe:
problem in playing arabic sub on dlna dmr STB

am facing a trouble in playing subtitle on my tv vs Gi Sunbird Lite STB

here are the pics that describe what am facing

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[Android Apps and Games] oliverlj:
I have some enhancement to submit :

1. I have a chromecast on a 21/9 screen. Can you add a menu in the toolbar to choose the ratio ?

2 Can you add an option to choose the transcodeing audio format (mp3/flac) ?

3 I don't know if it is possible but do the app can stream the video to chromecast and the audio to one another dlna renderer ?
[Android Apps and Games] domg73:
[MENTION=3373153]bubbleguuum[/MENTION]

I got and NVIDIA Shield Android TV... it also work as a chromecast and supports way more formats but BubbleUPnP/Server keep trying to transcode files he knows are not supported by original chromecast and if I disable transcoding it refused to cast those files... Is there any workaround?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
The Google Cast part of the NVIDIA Shield has the exact same codec support than a regular Chromecast, even if the Shield otherwise supports more codecs.

That's why transcoding is still needed.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
1. Can you describe what the problem is currently regarding with the 21/9 ratio ?

2. Pure audio files formats are always tramscoded to WAV (thus with no loss of quality).

Audio in videos is tramscoded to either mp3 or aac, depending on cases. I have no plan to make this configurable.

3. Not possible. Even if it was, you would need to manually sync audio and video each time you play a video.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Normally, the renderer that you used last is the default renderer on startup, unless you disabled 'Settings > Control > Wait for renderer on startup' or if

the renderer is not discovered within 20 seconds.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
If your issue is that no subtitle is showing up it is probably due to your renderer

not supporting subtitles via UPnP/DLNA which is the most common case.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
No as this is not the intended use. When you play to BubbleUPnP as a renderer using an external control point, it always play audio locally on the Android device. Instead, you can achieve what you want with an app and desktop software that mirrors your Android device screen on your PC screen, and control BubbleUPnP (with the Chromecast being the active renderer) from there.

Alternatively, you could also run BubbleUPnP directly in android-x86 on your PC (in Virtual Box), thus not needing an Android device.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
As you noticed there is no overlap between cached and downloaded.

Both are for different usage scenarios.

Downloaded is for when there is no network connectivity available.

Cached is for accessing a remote media server over the Internet, with caching useful for reducing bandwith requirements.

You can avoid double entries for tracks that are both cached and downloaded, by disabling 'Settings > Network and Settings > Add to Android Library'
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Assuming you mean that on startup, BubbleUPnP is displaying a popup message about the license not working due to it

being freezed by Greenify or similar ? If that's the case, you need to find the Acer app that disabled the BubbleUPnP Licence

app (for whatever reason only Acer knows about) and remove it from that list.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
I'll need to test it but the fix can only be done in foo_upnp. I may look into it but no promise so your workaround is the best for now.
[Android Apps and Games] purplet:
It is the opposite, once i installed the license the acer app will not start. Bubbleupnp is working totally fine.

Could it be possible that the license doesnt like to be in any form stopped to keep it harder to crack?

BubbleUpnp without license is working fine.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
There's no direct support like for Pocket Casts, but it shouldn't be needed as you should be able to Share/Send a podcast from the Doggcatcher app to BubbleUPnP or maybe in Doggcatcher play a podcast to 'external player' (or similar). I haven't tried any of these.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Weird, probably a bug in that Acer app ? What is its name and what does it do ?
[Android Apps and Games] domg73:
But casting a divx/xvid file with a different app that does not support transcoding works just fine on the shield via google cast... On original chromecast all divx/xvid files needed transcoding.

Inviato dal mio LG-V500 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] niggle1:
Hi, I've gone with Behringer MS20s and Chromecast Audio. All set up today, and I'm very happy.

Works flawlessly with BubbleUPnP, and for a ~£120 solution (£89 for the speakers), sounds pretty darn good.

With the added bonus that I'm using my PC on the speakers' 2nd channel, so that sounds better as well.

Thanks again for the recommendation!!
[Android Apps and Games] Myhiding:
It does work fine for me with the wake lock app running. Is it possible wake lock is only active in the BubbleUPnP app when the local renderer is running? I had this disabled but track advance seems to work better/normal (need more testing) if the local renderer is running.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Using the current version (2.5.4) the wake lock is held for as long as the foreground service is running (that is, for as long as the notification is shown) which is usually as long as the app is running. In previous versions, it was held only for as long as the local media server was running, and since it could be disabled in the Settings, there was a possible scenario without the needed wake lock.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Interesting but unexpected (if true) as divx/xvid is not in the list of supported Google Cast codec/containers...

Can you send me a log file attempting to cast such xvid video with BubbleUPnP (with all transcoding disabled) ? See first post of

this topic for instructions.
[Android Apps and Games] sky176:
Why bubbleupnp close itself whenever I switch off my Android's screen? If I am going to listen an hour of music, I have to keep my screen on. Otherwise, it stops when the current song have finished . What can I do? Besides, can I set the playlist and close my phone and the renderer play itself according to the playlist?

Lastly, I have 2 Android devices and a desktop, but the other device's control points can never see the playlist. What can I do to make this happen? I am using Melco N1A as my renderer

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[Android Apps and Games] domg73:
Sure, log attached.... the same file works just fine on the Shield TV using the cast feature of Solid Explorer (no transcoding support).
[Android Apps and Games] xplod2841:
Renderer connected to Mobile Wi-Fi HotSpot

Hi!

Today I discovered this app and immediately bought a licence, it's just perfect! I have a RuneAudio and RaspberryPi2 based audio server with AirPlay/DLNA/UPnP support and BubbleUPnP works great with it when both devices are connected to my home Wi-Fi network.

But now I want to connect my device (RPi) and my phone directly (so I can use this device even when there's no available network to connect, for example on the beach), while keeping my mobile data internet access on my phone. The only way to achieve this is to connect my device (RPi) to Wi-Fi hotspot created on my phone. So I tried it and it works; I can access my device (RuneUI). But BubbleUPnP doesn't detect it (there are no renderers available).

Is there any way to achieve this? So once again, my renderer (RaspberryPi) is connected to Wi-Fi hotspot created on my mobile phone. And I want to use BubbleUPnP on that same phone. How can I achieve this?
[Android Apps and Games] knutmi:
Excellent

Very good. Install App and Server on Minix box. Hifi quality.
[Android Apps and Games] liendert:
So how do i get subs on the xbox 360 with showbox? Everything else works great.
[Android Apps and Games] krypton22:
Sorry if this has already been discussed, but videos created on my N5X show upside down in the renderer (guess this is related to the outdated camera API). Is there a fix in the works or am I just doing something wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] Gryzounours:
please let me know if it is possible

thanks a lot
[Android Apps and Games] txchris86:
Thanks for the quick reply. Yes you are absolutely right about the sharing feature. This was my solution to get some files working anyway a longer time already.

Sorry to hear that DoggCatcher misses some functionality to get it done better but when I look at internal folderstructures there I think there maybe wouldnt be any advantage for usage on desired paths anyway..

Should have recognized this before sry for bugging you in some way here
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
As far as I can tell it is not possible: the lowest position is hardcoded by the html5 video element and cannot go lower.

The app already already allow to go to the lowest position possible.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It's just your renderer not taking into account the orientation of the video.

There's nothing BubbleUPnP can do. Maybe there are settings in the Camera app to alleviate that to always

take videos with an orientation of 0.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
The Xbox 360 doesn't support subtitles over UPnP/DLNA.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
I think it can work but only with mobile data disabled on the phone.
[Android Apps and Games] xplod2841:
Hello, thank you for your fast answer :)

I will try but it doesn't make any sense? Why does mobile data disturb it's operation? And without mobile data, it's doesn't fit my needs. I have all my files on USB connected to RPi and there's no need to play local files from my phones, rather I want to play from Youtube on it, that's why I need mobile data on.

So there's no way to achieve this? Is it impossible or is not implemented yet?

Sorry for lots of answers, and thank you for your support.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Because with mobile data enabled, Android reports a MOBILE connection as the current network connectivity for routing etc.

Device discovery cannot be done on a mobile connection.

Maybe the app could be changed to have this scenario working but due to how Android networking works (it's different that regular OSes for routing network traffic on network inferfaces), this is not trivial at all for what is a corner case, and I have no plan to support it.
[Android Apps and Games] xplod2841:
Seems that I'll have to stick with classic bluetooth speaker.

I thought that there is some possibility to manually add renderer, without discovery, since I can access the device connected to my hotspot, even with mobile data on. I simply create a hotspot, connect RPi to my phone, open Chrome on my phone, type in IP address of the connected device (RPi) and I get it's UI interface and it works. So I thought that maybe it's possible to enter IP:Port manually and add manually a renderer but if it's that complicated, then I will just give up on this :) Or try to find another solution.

Thank you anyway, the app is really great!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It doesn't stop itself but some devices ROMs/battery optimization apps may do bad things when the screen is off, to save battery.

If your device is rooted, check that Greenify or similar is not obliterating BubbleUPnP or cutting WiFi.

Also, In your Android device settings, try to disable 'WiFi Optimization' in WiFi > 3-dot menu > Advanced > WiFi Optimization.

This setting doesn't exist in all Android versions so you may not have it.

Make you Melco renderer and OpenHome renderer with BubbleUPNP Server and control the OpenHome renderer.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
OK. BubbleUPnP just refuses to play the AVI because it considers all Google Cast devices do not support it natively. I can add an exception for the Shield TV.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Even if I did that, it would not be sufficient given how braindead Android network routing in apps is, in the presence of multiple network interfaces.

Unlike every other OS in existence, It doesn't route network traffic on the interface associated to the destination ip address, but on the default network interface (the mobile interface in your case, as Android always prefer a network interface that has Internet connectivity). So even a 192.168.x.x outgoing request go through the mobile network interface. Genius.

This can be overridden in code since lollipop but it is a total PITA to do so, and this should be handled transparently by the OS anyway.

Chrome uses mostly native code so probably go through regular kernel routing based on destination ip.
[Android Apps and Games] krypton22:
I see, so since we're talking a smart tv, I'm pretty much screwed unless they update their fw to take the orientation into account, correct?
[Android Apps and Games] misterdog:
Bubble DS next

Hi, I have just installed Bubble DS Next to control my Auralic Aries Mini as the company only offers control from Ipad (sorry for blaspheming in my first post ).

I wish to obtain the full license but Google play keeps throwing an error message at me.

Anywhere else I can purchase ?

Great App by the way, I am promoting it on the audio forums, as many wish to buy the Mini but not an I pad as well..
[Android Apps and Games] rzvny:
Bubble UPnP with Onkyo HF Player

Is there a possibility to use Bubble UPnP with Onkyo HF Player to play Tidal (like it is used with USB Audio Player Pro)?
[Android Apps and Games] xyberz09:
I'm not sure if this is a Bubble UPnP issue, but my LG Smart TV won't play M4A audio files (64 Kbps HE-AAC v2 encoded). I get a "file format not supported" error although the TV specifications say HE-AAC is supported. I tried with and without enabling 'Mime type check' in UPnP tweaks. Here's a link to the specs page of my TV: http://www.lg.com/in/tvs/lg-32LF581B/technical-specifications

Any idea how I could fix this problem? If it's an issue with the TV, would it be possible for Bubble UPnP to perform local audio transcoding to stream in a supported audio format? (I believe it currently does that for Chromecast?)
[Android Apps and Games] blindguyinanorgy:
When something is playing I can't see the text in the bottom row of icons. I'm in landscape mode on z2 tablet. I switched to list and the bar starts to auto disappear like its supposed to (stays working when I switch back to tile).
[Android Apps and Games] dexterjani:
VLC Stream to DMR via BubbleUPnP

Hi,

Is it possible to broadcast a live vlc stream from one of my servers, through bubbleupnp to my Digital Media renderer DMR DLNA1.0 device.

Have tried Add stream URL option in the Playlist, but it doesn't do anything.

Best Regards
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Answered by PM but copy/pasting in case it is useful to others:

To work it has:

- to be a http stream

- to be in a container/codec combination supported by your TV

Live stream are rather tricky to get them to play. You may want to try h264 or MPEG2 in MPEG-TS if your renderer supports that.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Screenshot please ?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Where do you see in the spec that HE-AAC v2 is supported ?

Most renderers do not support this codec.

Anyway you can send me a log file attempting to play such stream, it should give some indications but I do not really expect it to be supported. See

first post of this topic for logging instructions.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Normally yes if your Onkyo supports FLAC playback. Can you be more specific about the problem ?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Google Play is the only way. Getting an error message is unusual and you can try to google it for possible fixes.
[Android Apps and Games] Cemtas:
Hi,

I've been using BubbleUPnP on my Android phone and I'm very happy with it. I have also bought the license. The problem I've been experiencing recently is that the app forgets every few days that it has been licensed and starts showing ads. After I rerun the license app, it removes ads until this whole thing repeats again. Any ideas why this is happening? I'm running the latest version of the app on android 5.1.1

Thanks in advance.

Cem
[Android Apps and Games] kryzeK:
I can remove Local Renderer from the Direct Share?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Not currently but I will exclude it so it is never listed, for the next update.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
If this happen again please send me a log file, logging the first minute or so after app startup (see first post of this topic for logging instructions).
[Android Apps and Games] bsmith1051:
Unfortunately, the symptom seems to be specific to BubbleUPnP. First, I copied a handful of MP3s to my tablet, then used Local for the library. Skipping to the next song still caused my Yamaha receiver to crash, i.e., it was *not* caused by my JRMC server. Next I downloaded the trial version of Media Monkey and tried the same test; no crash. I skipped around repeatedly without incident.

Two points worth repeating:

1. This symptom has occurred on 2 separate receivers, the Yamaha RX-V477 and Denon X2000. Both receivers were up-to-date on their firmware.

2. In BubbleUPnP, I can work-around the crashes by stopping the current song, then starting the next. Is it possible that other renderers (like Media Monkey) already do that? It seems like it would improve compatibility in this case.
[Android Apps and Games] moviecut:
Any news how to fix this problem? I am still waiting for a solution either from synology or bubbleupnp. Or did i miss something?

Thank you so much!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
I ordered a DS115J to be able to fix it and maintain myself the Synology package.
[Android Apps and Games] moviecut:
Wow, cool! You will love it! ;)

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[Android Apps and Games] Methisfaction:
Thanks for this app! I also bought the license...specially for support.

I have one question. Is it in anyway possible to get audio through the headphone jack while streaming the video to the TV via DLNA?

would be cool if you can implement it in future updates...i'd love it :)

greetz and Peace
[Android Apps and Games] Frugipon:
Force audio transcoding to a given quality (e.g. 24bit/96kHz)

Hello,

is it possible through BubbleUPnP Server to force every hi-res audio file above 24bit/96kHZ to be transcoded into WAV 24bit/96kHz?

And how would I do that?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] benzo:
Hello [MENTION=3373153]bubbleguuum[/MENTION],

are there any chance for a version compatible with QNAP TS-231?

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] ouch:
Hi [MENTION=3373153]bubbleguuum[/MENTION],

I purchased your app recently, to use it with my Kodi-based music library. Kodi is my DLNA server

I have the problem described here:

>

>I have a lot of music files in flac/cue and ape/cue format. When I select from my android device a track after number 1 ( say track 2 or track 3 etc) I always get to play track number one, > even if the time displayed in both my phone and kodi is of the track I have chosen.

Do you know if this is a Kodi issue, BubbleUPnP issue, is there a workaround?

It's a bit frustrating because all my collection in Kodi is in single-FLAC + cuesheets - I can only play the first song of each album
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
What's the problem with the existing QNAP packages ?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It is a Kodi issue. I'm even surprised it recognize single FLAC + cue and expose it as multiple tracks.

Single FLAC + cue is not the most compatible format for use via UPnP/DLNA: very few media servers supports it.

foobar2000 + foo_upnp does. Maybe JRiver media center does too. At best with other media server, it will be exposed as single long FLAC.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Not possible. However you could use MinimServer as a media server and its flexible transcoding engine (MinimStreamer).
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Not currently possible and not planned, Even if it was , you would have to synchronize manually audio and video each time you play a video.