yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] smorks:
it's h264. i tried a few different h264 videos. i could probably get you a video where this happens, if that helps.

anyways, thanks for the workaround! i swapped out my v2 chromecast for a v1, and that appears to solve the issue for now, too. thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=6835376]jan-19[/MENTION]

Somewhat known issue, caused by the vertical slider (fast scroller) whose touch era is larger than what is visible and overlap the 3 dot menu.

BubbleUPnP has a workaround so it does not get in the way with the 3-dot menu but it seems to not work well on all devices.

Do you ever have this issue when the scroll bar is not displayed and tapping a 3-dot menu scrolls instead of showing the menu?

This problem is hard to fix without moving the 3 dot menu to left (not exactly great visually wise), or loosing some valuable horizontal space by putting it more to the right.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
h264/Opus should not cause a problem, assuming it is not a CPU usage issue on which BubbleUPnP Server runs (for info, what are its specs ?).

Chromecast v1 still supports multichannel AAC so transcoding audio is not necessary.
[Android Apps and Games] smorks:
i don't believe it's due to CPU usage, because the video isn't being transcoded, and when I was looking at the CPU usage it was between 0-5%.

It's a Core i5 2500K, with 16 GB of RAM, running Windows 10. And with the same videos, as soon as i manually downmixed the audio to 2.0, it played fine.
[Android Apps and Games] zekeblue:
I will take a look at BubbleDS Next tonight. I'll let you know how it goes. I realize this may only be experienced by a handful of people (only one echoed my experience on the Auralic forum). I appreciate your willingness to even look at the possibility of a fix.
[Android Apps and Games] alonwa:
Thanks for the quick response and for looking into this. I created a log file and emailed it to you
[Android Apps and Games] mhoo281:
Issue still with Spotify (8.4.24.871) . It does not work on oneplus 3 with Android 7.1.1 (oos 4.5.1)

It works with Spotify (8.4.2. 871)on galaxy note 10.1 2014 with Android 7.1.1 (Lineage).

So android version and Spotify is the same, maybe the architecture has something to do with that? Oneplus 3 has arm64 und the tablet has arm.
[Android Apps and Games] ThomasClancy:
Hi!

I used the "Windows installer for running as a single user" download on the support page. I'm not using an extender, haven't installed any 3rd party firewall/security software nor have I changed Windows' firewall settings. I don't see any rules restricting UDP 1900 nor javaw.exe inbound (or outbound). Router firmware is up to date. Android Bubble does not show Bubble server as detected in settings>Chromecast. That said, "Enable Chromecast transcoding" is turned on at server. To my knowledge, there have been no changes made to my network (I live alone) and the only software changes I implemented were updating server and the Android Client. I'll send the log file along to you.

Thanks for looking into this.

Thomas
[Android Apps and Games] ds22:
I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but are there any plans to expand the YouTube quality setting to (atleast) 720p60fps (specifically for non-Chromecast renderers)?
[Android Apps and Games] dez93_2000:
Hi Bubbleguuum, hoping you can help me troubleshoot a setup issue?

My setup is: media on synology nas ds213j, bubbleUPNP server installed on that, old mobile phone (nexus s) plugged into speakers with bubble app on it, and new mobile phone (nexus 5x) using bubble app as the control point to have the old phone play NAS media through the speakers. Also have a couple of chromecasts on the system.

All working well yesterday before I installed my new modem/router, which has 5ghz as well as 2.4 - the previous router only has 2.4.

I'm getting the "ERROR: Cannot connect. Check that the public host name is valid and that port 58050 is opened on your router" problem on bubbleUPNP server on the NAS.

Imgur album here with images of

1. Confirmation of server error & LAN IP address

2. Confirmation I've forwarded the correct ports in the router (did as separate lines rather than range but previous had TCP only and range and it didn't work either)

3. Confirmation by the NAS that ports are being forwarded by the router.

Any idea what the problem might be? I've set DNS to 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4 on NAS and router. Public ID & hostname are both correct. I've read the guide and googled around. Computer settings should still be the same, no firewall (linux).

Thanks, as always.
[Android Apps and Games] Cod3rror:
I would really like to be able to sort (A-Z, Z-A) and search the Playlist (the middle tab).

My use case is that I enqueue all the music from Dropbox on to the playlist, but after that I can't either sort it or search it.
[Android Apps and Games] hajkan:
[MENTION=3373153]bubbleguuum[/MENTION]

I get a white rectangle at the top in the DS app when using the dark theme, in the browse window.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Need to look if 720p60 is doable. As for higher resolutions (1080p and higher), it uses MPEG-DASH in HLS instead of mp4 and not many renderers (notably DLNA TVs) can play it over UPnP/DLNA.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
If that's between the app top bar and the folder listing, this is probably an ad that is failing to load, assuming you are using the free version of the app.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
No promise but will think about it. Though, the Playlist tab (aka the playback queue) is not meant to hold a huge number of tracks, such as a part or your whole collection. Why not simply browse Dropbox and add the tracks you want ?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=1496529]dez93_2000[/MENTION]

Can you try rebooting your router (then eventually restart BubbleUPnP Server) ? I've seen some routers that have been running for a while deny connections for added NAT rules, until rebooted. Also, if your router has UPnP IGD enabled, BubbleUPnP Server will attempt to add automatically the 2 NAT rules.
[Android Apps and Games] hajkan:
That makes sense. I was testing the free version for couple days.

Is it possible to limit Upnp Tethering to the local host device? So my apps on the device running the Bubble app can access those servers? The reason I want to limit is a matter of security and privacu given that one can forget to turn that feature of while being outside, using public wifis etc.
[Android Apps and Games] t#t:
Is there someone can help me with the problem I reported in #12929? :(
[Android Apps and Games] Cod3rror:
Thanks, and to answer your question: I want to have all tracks playing randomly. Going through folders one by one and adding them would be too arduous. I do the same thing with Foobar on my PC. Just add all the tracks in one list and play.
[Android Apps and Games] tdaitx:
Any chance to provide a flag to allow local transcoding (from the Android app) for any/other renderers? Audio incompatibility is usually a blocker on casting directly to some TV's. It used to be the same for casting to Chromecast (without a BubbleUPnP server), but the BubbleUPnP Android app local transcoding fixed that one. I am not sure if this as easy as I make it sound.

If such local transcoding for renderers other than Chromecast is not feasible or considered, could you please elaborate on why? Technical hurdles? Time? Nobody is paying for it? Too much troublesome to maintain?

I did search the thread and haven't found this question, my apologies if this is a duplicate somehow. Pointers to those would be highly appreciated. ;)

Thanks!

I have been a proud BubbleUPnP licensed user for years and it's only got better, many thanks for that!
[Android Apps and Games] dez93_2000:
Thanks for the reply. Rebooted, no change. I have UPNP enabled in the router, no mention of IGD, and I've just opened those same ports in 'port triggering' as well as virtual server (port forwarding). And rebooted again, still nothing. Seems strange. I Don't suppose you have any other guesses? Thanks again.

[IMG="port triggering"]https://i.imgur.com/ezE3YOt.png[/IMG]

---------- Post added at 11:40 ---------- Previous post was at 11:10 ----------

Hi again, completely different & very minor issue but since I'm on the forum (!):

Music > By Folder > G (my folders are in letters), first one is GZA (from the WuTang Clan)

Music > By Artist > G: GZA is last.

Similarly in R, By Folder: R.E.M. then RZA. By Artist: RZA is just before last, followed by Rosner & Royksopp (o's have umlauts / two dots)

Seems odd the listing process works differently in artist & folder views. Personally I would have expected GZA to be at the end, R.E.M. to be at the start, and Royksopp to have the umlaut-o treated as a normal o. Any idea what would cause the different listing orders?

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=3534233]tdaitx[/MENTION]

Supporting audio in videos transcoding for video for UPnP/DLNA renderer (mostly DLNA TVs) is problematic:

- each TV has different codec support (unlike Chromecast, except for Ultra). Some TV are super picky. MKV

or MPEG-TS has to be chosen as the container for transcoding, depending on TV models. Chromecast only needs MKV.

- inability for BubbleUPnP to determine for sure if audio must be transcoded (unlike Chromecast)

- no way for me to test (unlike Chromecast: I have all models)

- if transcoding support wants to be more than just basic transcode to stereo, it can get rather complicated

So this is rather a PITA to support. I suppose I could add a super generic and basic transcoding to stereo option, although I have no

plan for it currently.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=8754447]t#t[/MENTION]

Weird issue.

Can you confirm you are playing this FLAC on your phone (local renderer) ?

Could be the Sony FLAC decoder going bananas playing that samplerate/bitdepth combo over http (I think Sony

replace stock Android audio codecs by its own).

Can you try using using BubbleUPnP's FLAC decoder (enable Settings > Local Renderer > Use own FLAC decoder) and report

if you still have this issue.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=5336215]hajkan[/MENTION]

I will see although no promise. It's already limited to localhost on networks that do not have SSDP discovery (mobile data, and most public WiFi).
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=1496529]dez93_2000[/MENTION]

- Make sure the NAT rules for these ports redirect to LAN ip address of the machine running BubbleUPnP Server (

the screenshot does not show it)

- Make sure the Windows firewall is not blocking incoming TCP connections on these port for either BubbleUPnPServer.exe (if running

BubbleUPnP Server as a Windows Service) or for javaw.exe (if using the new single-user installer).

What media server (Library) are you browsing ? Folder order is determined by the server used. If that's an external media server,

you can try to override sort order with Settings > Library > Smart Sort.
[Android Apps and Games] t#t:
Yes, actually it happened on both locally or connecting to BubbleUPnP Server using local renderer. Thanks for the solution, I tried Use own FLAC decoder and it become much better than before! But I think the time still a little uneven in it (sometimes fast and sometimes paused a second). Didn't affect the sound so not a big problem.

youtu.be/FrR3ZmxM7O8
[Android Apps and Games] Locutus73:
I have to report that BubbleUPnP Server actually can and does request MQA files (basically FLAC files) from TIDAL. The MQA encoding is embedded in the least significant bits of usually 24bit/48KHz PCM streams encoded losslessly through FLAC. I use BubbleUPnP Server at home on a Raspberry Pi 3 with moOde Audio and at work on a Win8 PC with foobar2000+foo_upnp both controlled by Linn Kazoo. With both setups I can request MQA Master songs (e.g. “TIDAL Masters: 2L Highlights, Vol. 1” playlist) and play them through my full MQA decoding Meridian Explorer 2 DAC. The only problem is that the original 24bit/44|48KHz FLAC is downsampled to 16bit/44Khz. With specific MQA tracks encoded at 24bit/44KHz some part of the MQA encoding is retained after the 16bit depth reduction and I can see the leds on the Explorer 2 indicating an actual unfolding of an unauthenticated track (three leds (176KHz/192KHz) with a green one; with Tidal pass through I get three leds with a blue one indicating an authenticated track).

Please implement 24bit/48KHz support for Tidal, so we’ll get the same MQA pass through function as the Tidal client for full MQA decoding DACs.

Many thanks in advance.

Best regards.

Locutus73
[Android Apps and Games] wiak:
please add a option to save the renderer to the list permanently, on my network, some renders show up slowly and most of them are online

add a "remember" in the same list as "info" is that way you can pin it to the render list
[Android Apps and Games] Cebollazo:
Why do you think this means that the BubbleUPnP Server is explicitly requesting MQA audio file tracks?

What's more likely is that the TIDAL online server is seeing a request for a particular track from a client that's logged in with a token indicating that it requires 16/44.1 kHz standard FLAC (ie non-MQA) tracks from TIDAL HiFi and it's the TIDAL server that's downsampling the original MQA encoded FLAC tracks.

In fact what you've observed would explain the reports on the poor sound of many 16/44.1 kHz standard FLAC tracks, if TIDAL are actually sourcing them from doctored MQA, rather than the original CD rips!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=8767157]Locutus73[/MENTION]

Android BubbleUPnP and BubbleUPnP Server do not support requesting MQA: it requires a specific API app id from TIDAL. No plan for it currently.

Thanks for the nice write up on how it works though.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=4858957]wiak[/MENTION]

With well behaved UPnP/DLNA devices and networks there is no need to remember anything because devices can be discovered in a few seconds each time.

Renderers that are detected slowly are either not receiving SSDP discovery packets or they receive it but the reply does not reach BubbleUPnP. You may want to reboot all your renderers and WiFi router. Also make sure their firmware (including the router) is up to date. Finally if your router has a setting called 'IGMP snooping', disable it.
[Android Apps and Games] ssfas:
Qobuz

I loaded bubbleupnp with license on a Galaxy Tab E and of with my NAS and renderer.

However, when I try and log into my Qobuz account, says invalid username/password, even though they are correct.

Any ideas please
[Android Apps and Games] mellu72:
Track advance does not work well to new Yamaha AVR renderer

I use newest version of BubbleUPNP on android tablet and renderer is Yamaha RX-A860. If I use play controls like pause it almost always breaks the track advance on the album played and the play is stopped. Sometimes the track advance does not work even if Im not using any play controls. I have tried different settings on BubbleUPNP like turning on or off "enable gapless control" and "Use eventing" but regardless of the settings these have had no effect that track advance too often breaks. I have also sometimes enabled logging but havent found any clue that might effect track advance to break. Yamaha has the newest firmware.
[Android Apps and Games] gordievsky:
Thank you for this excellent program. I have searched the thread but have not found the answer to this question. Apologies if it has already been asked.

Generally your program works very well to stream videos stored locally on my phone to my chromecast, but occasionally the stream plays for a while (perhaps 30 minutes or an hour) and then becomes extremely choppy. Sometimes the chromecast "freezes" and I have to reboot it and BubbleUPnP.

Most recently this occurred with a 3 hour 1.2 GiB size x264 encoded video. The video was 720p.

Is a video of this size simply too unrealistically large to play problem-free with BubbleUPnP?

Are there any fixes or tweaks your recommend to make the video stored on my google pixel 2 play over chromecast without stuttering?
[Android Apps and Games] bmcelvan:
I don't think the size of the video has anything to do with...especially with a video that small in size (btw it's not about the file size per se but about the bit rate at any given time). I have full 1080p Bluray ripped to mkvs that I play on my phone via Bubble from a home desktop computer. Granted, that is receiving data and not sending it...but we're talking 10-20Mbps minimum. It probably has to do with your home network and/or the traffic that is on it...specifically your router. Is it relatively new? Do you know the specs?

Was your phone doing anything else while you were playing the movie...checking the web, email, etc. You were (obviously) using WiFi right...not cellular (data)?

With all of this said...the best thing you can do is to put these files on a (wired) PC and then use software on the computer like PS3 media server or PLEX to serve them...that will minimize any WiFi interference issues and give you the best possible steady streaming source.
[Android Apps and Games] gordievsky:
Thanks. I take your point about a media server... But I do want to be able to local cast over wifi as flawlessly as possible.

During the casts, I try not to use the internet and have no high bandwidth stuff going on (no bittorrent). I suppose there may be some stuff that occurred in the background that I didn't notice.

My current router, less than a year old, is a Comcast/Cisco XB3 DPC394IT Dual Band 802.11ac.

It's about 15 feet from the chromecast on a straight line, no walls or metal between em.

Any thought on how to tell if it is the router is the problem? If it is, what are the key specs I should be looking for?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=8771019]ssfas[/MENTION]

Do you still have this issue ? What is your renderer ? triple check you entered the login/password correctly.

If the problem persist, please send me a log file where you attempt to login to Qobuz (see first post of this topic for logging instructions).
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=8771508]mellu72[/MENTION]

Please send me a log file playing a track until next track in Playlist does not play. See first post of this topic for logging instructions.

Make sure to disable 'Use eventing' and 'Gapless control' for recording this log.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=3008255]gordievsky[/MENTION]

The Chromecast freezing and needing a reboot is not a good sign and hints at a problem here. What model is it ? Maybe it is overheating. Also make sure it is

powered directly to an outlet and not via an USB port (of your TV for example). If the problem persists you can send me if you wish a log file playing a video until the problem happen (see first post of this topic for logging instructions). Alternatively you can also send me (bubbleguuum@free.fr) a link to download the problematic video so I can test it on my system (in case this issue is caused by the video itself).
[Android Apps and Games] bmcelvan:
Your router seems like it should be just fine as it is an ac router...In reality it's probably terrific. I wouldn't start troubleshooting there other than making sure your phone is connecting to the router using the ac signal. You can check this by logging into your router when your phone is connected and checking the connection stats so see how it is connected. If it's a new phone it's probably an ac connection. Can always troubleshoot that later but a good way to check to see if your phone is the issue is to:

close all the apps on your phone and turn off all network connections (bluetooth, wifi, cellular, etc.)

Put phone into Airplane mode

Turn on and connect to Wifi (only).

Restart phone.

Load Bubble (only).

This should pretty much turn off activity the phone is trying to do other than what you want. (If you really want to go crazy go into settings--data usage--> Wi-Fi restrict networks--> and select your network. That will prevent any background apps from having network activity).

Try it this way and then you can pretty much guarantee that either something on your phone is the problem (you have no issues streaming this way) or that something else in your network is the issue (still have stuttering problems). We'll just have to assume that your "new" phone is good enough to do this which I have to believe it is.

There is one other potential thing to mention and that is the encoding settings of the file and more to the point are you just "serving" the file as is or is your phone transcoding it before sending it along? Do you know what those things mean?

If transcoding your phone might simply be getting over taxed. I would turn off transcoding in this case. If not transcoding the encoding settings might be a little too much for the chromecast to handle for long periods of time (although I doubt this is the issue).
[Android Apps and Games] haank:
Are there some news about this google home feature? Maybe with IFTTT or Google On Action?

It would be great to start streaming by "Ok, Google play <album> on BubbleUPnP on chromecast"
[Android Apps and Games] gordievsky:
Thanks Bubbleguuum (and thanks for the kickass app). Yes it is plugged into a wall socket. And yes, if the problem happens again, I'll send a log file!

Appreciate it!
[Android Apps and Games] ktrokar:
Playback hangs after playing first title.

Hi, I'm using BubbleUpnp since long time with galaxy s2 and s5. And all playlists were played without issue.

Now I've installed it on Huawei Mediapad M3 and Android 7.1.

I think I've set the same settings than before, but now playback hangs after playing the first title and I have to exit BubbleUpnp. After restart I can play again one title and it hangs again.

Gesendet von meinem BTV-DL09 mit Tapatalk

[Edit]While rendering from Nas-Server, local playing runs smooth[/edit]
[Android Apps and Games] gordievsky:
Many thanks. I suspect that as the router is pretty good and my phone is pretty good (it is not transcoding on the phone, just "serving")

I suspect it may be wifi interference --I live in a fairly congested area.

I'll definitely log the problem if it happens again.
[Android Apps and Games] chucky2002:
Thx for the quick answear. I will try it tomorrow.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Fixed in upcoming 1.4.4
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
If you mean AirPlay as making the app an AirPlay controller, no plan for that.

If you mean AirPlay like functionality in the sense of receiving audio like AirBubble, the app can already do something similar with the local renderer which is fully controllable on the network using another BubbleUPnP instance or any other Control Point.
[Android Apps and Games] ajamils:
I was thinking more like AirPlay controller and receiver that can not only control iTunes on the network but also stream music on the phone.

The way I currently do is that I use "Remote for iTunes" app to control iTunes running on my PC and AirBubble to stream music back to my phone.
[Android Apps and Games] l.a.r.s.:
I've tested a bit more. If i have the same video file on my local NAS like on my remote the TV and WMP plays the file--> local works fine

If I select a video file from the remote NAS nothing is added to the playlist. In WMP and bubbleupnp. I click on the file an nothing happens.

But only when the renderer is in the network(TV, WMP...). If I use the local renderer everything works fine.