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[Android Apps and Games] Mr. Odd:
Me three. Using Samsung S8+ with the latest updates, installed via the Play Store.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Crash reproduced, happens when the "additional Devices tab" is enabled in 'Look and Feel'.

Will try to push updated binaries soon.
[Android Apps and Games] drfr:
Also when changing theme.

Was my mistake
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
BubbleUPnP 1.4.4.1 is available on Google Play and includes a few hotfixes.

I will not be available to answer questions until Tuesday.
[Android Apps and Games] ajamils:
I am currently using Twonky Media Server (free version) and I would like to know there is any better/free alternative out there? If so, any recommendation. My primary use is streaming music but I would also like to stream my HD mkvs as well.
[Android Apps and Games] sebraseb:
Hi Bubblegum,

thanks, very quick answer, I appreciate.

"Edit profil and set it to the specs or the renderer" : done. No result.

Device tab, long click on the renderer : it shows "Audio : LPCM". This is maybe the reason? It means it does not advertise Flac hi-rez capability?

Then how can I force foobar to send him Flac 96/24 or 192/24 anyway, if the renderer is not smart enough to advertise its codec capabilities (it is stil flac up to 192/24 compatible, regarding its specs)?

Thank you again if you can help.
[Android Apps and Games] winxi:
Hello bubbleguum,

maybe you remember about my problem with bubbleupnp server running at my synology nas. i think the problem is related to the nas itself. i've now given up trying it at the nas, but i installed it at my pc/win 7 and here it works as intended (so i can exclude a network issue, since the nas is connected to the same switch as it is my pc). please let me know, if you have plans to investigate this further (i may provide you any logfile). if not, i will consider buying another nas hardware, because i'm so excited about the possibilities with your great software.

however, i think i've discovered another issue with the openhome renderer functionality, which may be specific to my renderer hardware (sony bravia tv and sony bluray system). i can reproduce this on both my renderers by doing the following steps:

1) switch on the renderer and create a playlist in bubbleupnp. start playing a track.

2) stop playback in bubbleupnp (by pressing pause longer). in the 'now playing' tab, the pause-symbol will switch to the play-symbol.

3) Do something other with the renderer (e.g. listen to the radio). The play-symbol in bubbleupnp will switch back to the pause-symbol.

4) Stop the other activity at the renderer (i.e. going back to the root level of the renderer's menu).

5) Problem: now, the renderer will start playback by itself (the track next to the track stopped in step 2).

cheers, winxi
[Android Apps and Games] zhlvf:
Internet streaming doesn´t work with Android 4.1

Hello,

I can browse the folders with my galaxy nexus JB 4.1, but the music doesn´t start playing. I´ve tested with Twonky and PS3 Media Server. It is working with LAN but not with Bubble UPnP Server.

Using HTTPS-connection.

Best regards,

zhlvf
[Android Apps and Games] chucky2002:
Perfekt. Smart Sort works great now.
[Android Apps and Games] felipes:
I am also looking for recommendations for the best audio streaming to install on my Windows Home Server.

I've been using PS3 Media Server (PMS) for years, but can't make it work with BubbleUPnP (and my Bravia TV) for songs (it does work for pictures, though). As a side note, the Bravia TV can play the PMS songs directly from its menu. I just can't use BubbleUPnP to stream music from PMS to it (I receive the 714 error).

Will try Twonky now.

Best.

Felipe.
[Android Apps and Games] blablaseb:
Local renderer not running

Hello bubbleguum,

I have successfully installed BubbleUPnP for Android and BubbleUPNP server and can now connect to my Plex Media Server from my phone. However, the local renderer seems not to be running and I can't find a way to enable it. Might this be a phone specific issue? I'm running on an XPeria U with Gingerbread.

Kind regards,

blablaseb
[Android Apps and Games] molitar:
What is a good PC Media server? Serviio is ridiculous and eats up a ton of memory because it's written in poor java as it's base language.

And why does this app keep locking up? While the spinning circle waiting for transcoding to happen it keeps locking up my phone!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Yes it doesn't. It doesn't even advertise mp3 which is even more surprising. Can you send me a log file so I can check a few things (first post of this therad for instructions).

With foo_upnp 0.99.40 you cannot. With foo_upnp 0.99.35 you can but you will also have to disable "Mime-type check" in BubbleUPnP (Advanced Settings).
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
No plan for investigating right now as it is dificult to troubleshoot and maybe device specific. Let me know if you can get it to happen on Windows though.

This is the symptom of the renderer being controlled by 2 controllers at the same time (The renderer's UI and BubbleUPnP Server). When the Stop in step 4. is kicking it, BubbleUPnP Server receives it and believes end of track is reached and do track advance. I must think on how to ignore this stop event in that case.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
What is your mobile network operator ? If it is Sprint have a look here on how to disable its http proxy preventing streaming from working:

http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=216692

Otherwise send me a log file as explained in the first post of this topic.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Do you mean that the Local Renderer is not listed at all in the Device List ?

Check that is not disabled in Settings > Local Renderer > Enable
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
No hurry but it would be interesting you send me a log file with that error 714 happening
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Twonky is generaly a good multi-purpose server, with good UPnP Search support.

Minimserver is free and good for audio. Quite configurable if you have particular needs. But no UPnP Search yet.
[Android Apps and Games] mekoor:
Hi,

I have a Samsung galaxy S2 and also a Samsung galaxy S3. I am running Plex media server at home.

My S2 picks up the server and plays videos absolutely fine. - Android Version 4.0.3

My S3 fails to play any videos - "no streaming URL available" - Android Version 4.0.4

Any ideas what the problem might be?
[Android Apps and Games] winxi:
correct me if i'm wrong, but i think the problem starts with step 3, when bubbleupnp server notifies the control points that the playlist is playing (even if it had been stopped before and i just turned on the radio or i watch a bluray). i think, bubbleupnp server should listen only to commands from openhome control points (if this is possible) and not to commands from the renderer itself (except for a stop command). this may prevent bubbleupnp server from starting playback by itself.

just my thoughts - sorry, if this should make no sense.
[Android Apps and Games] zcs72:
Hello Bubbleguum,

In regards to my problem with pictures not displaying over mobile network. It is dependent on file size. Low res pics like thumbnails, and some screen shots, display quickly. The pictures taken by digital camera and phone camera ( 1-2 MB)

Fail to display. 30-200 kb take a couple seconds, tops. 200-500kb take as long as 10-15 seconds.

Your addition to the share option works great. Super easy to look at recent pics on my tv instead of phone screen. Your apps just keep getting better. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Parodontose:
Auto exit not working anymore

Recently i noticed that the idle shutdown does not work anymore. I am not sure since when, cannot be that long perhaps since two versions.

Symptoms are that the lockscreen still shows the media control panel and BubbleUPnP is still running in the morning. I usually listen to some tunes when I go to bed. In the past BubbleUPnP shut down successfully once an album has finished. That drains battery quite a bit.

Device is Galaxy Nexus with ICS 4.0.4, JB is about to come in a few days here in Germany though.
[Android Apps and Games] nstant:
giving it a shot. thanks dev :D
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=4162497]drfr[/MENTION]

I assume you have the "additional Devices tab" disabled as well ? Can you detail which combination of theme settings make it crash ? I cannot reprod it on my Marshmallow test device.
[Android Apps and Games] drfr:
Checked again, changing themes is ok, my bad. Only "additional devices tab" causes chrash.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Ok thanks for confirming.
[Android Apps and Games] RealityRipple:
Any plans to support AMD hardware transcoding? Looks like FFmpeg has added AMF (VCE?) support via "-codec:v h264_amf", at least on Windows (https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro).
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
hello newbie here,just purchased this awesome app!just one question:is it possible or any future plans to add feature to change resolution of casting video to fit exactly to my smart tv's?like stretch feature on mx player.some movies have a really big blank gab on bottom and bellow.Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=7912595]RealityRipple[/MENTION]

No current plan, and if I did, I'd have no way to test it due to lacking the hardware. And experience shows that adding such stuff without in-depth testing never works.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=4955115]kos25k[/MENTION]

That's out of reach to BubbleUPnP. However some TV have such features accessible via their own UI while a movie is playing, using the remote.
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
thank you.One more question,as I can't figure it out.Is there any way to cast online movies through this app to my tv?Any player etc?I use popcorntime app,but the embedded cast option is almost useless.u can't even go backward-forward the movie.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=4955115]kos25k[/MENTION]

If an app support share/send to other apps, you can try it selecting BubbleUPnp as the target. Whether it will play or not depends on many factors though.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
BubbleUPnP 2.9p3 beta available, fixing the nasty crash and more

APK and Changelog

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[Android Apps and Games] sjmack:
Recommended Xbox One renderer for audio?

Hello, I'm using BubbleSoft UPnP on Android, and would like be able to use my Xbox One as a renderer.

I haven't installed many media apps on my Xbox, just the default movies and music apps. With this setup I can select the Xbox as a renderer in BubbleSoft, and initially it seems to work for video or music, but then will fail to track advance, either when I'm trying to skip through my playlist, or when a track has finished.

I've tried various setting combinations in the BubbleSoft UPNP Tweaks, but I don't thing any combination solved my problem.

Are there any recommendations for using Xbox One as a renderer, either settings or apps?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=4120594]sjmack[/MENTION]

Remotely controlling the Xbox One for playing music (hanled by the Groove app on the Xbox ) is rather unreliable currently and I need

to look at it to see what can be done. In the meantime and if your music is handled by the 'local and cloud' library, I suggest you use the

Xbox Media Player app instead to browse BubbleUPnP as a media server, and play stuff from there.
[Android Apps and Games] drfr:
Beta 2.9p3 flawless here.
[Android Apps and Games] gamma694:
Is the license on the Amazon appstore version a one time only purchase? I downloaded BubbleUPnP to my BlackBerry Z30 and bought a license via the settings menu. After upgrading to a BlackBerry Passport I can't buy a license because I get an already purchased message. As a result I'm stuck with limited functionality on my Passport which is a bummer. I don't mind paying twice because it's a great app.
[Android Apps and Games] EPa:
Regarding beta 2.9p3:

- Minimserver

- BubbleUPnP server created openhome renderer from a BubbleUPnP running on Kit Kat tablet (not standard practice, I know)

- on the tablet

FFmpeg audio decoding: apply to all audio formats

ReplayGain: Apply track ReplayGain

Downmix multi-channel to stereo: checked

Convert 24-bit to 16-bit: checked

I am sure no replay gain is applied (HQ flac files). Am I missing something?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=1622582]EPa[/MENTION]

FFmpeg decoding does not apply to OpenHome renderers managed by BubbleUPnP Server yet: this would have to be added to

BubbleUPnP Server itself, which I will probably do at some point after 2.9 is out. In any case the new FFMpeg decoding functionality

has been designed to be easily transplanted into BubbleUPnP Server.

However, if you enable the OpenHome local renderer on the tablet itself (Settings > Local renderer > OpenHome renderer), and control that renderer,

FFmpeg decoding settings in 'Settings > Local renderer' will apply to the OH local renderer.
[Android Apps and Games] simplydat:
Hi all, does anyone know where the BubbleUPNP Sever Log is stored when installed on a Synology NAS?

I'm trying to figure why a Synology NAS in a remote network (NAS in the local network transcodes fine) cannot transcode any HTTP link generated using TV show apps for my local Chromecast. The video file is a mkv with .h265/AAC5.1.

I get an error message: failed to extract video info (server) AV track selection will be unavailable.

The same file, when uploaded to a Cloud storage such as Google Drive will transcode normally.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It's in /volume1/homes/bubbleupnp/appData/BubbleUPnPServer.log.0.

[MENTION=2084427]simplydat[/MENTION]

The failed to extract error is often symptomatic of a stream that cannot be read, or a FFmpeg failure on that stream for extracting video info.

First cause (cannot be read) will cause the stream to not play at all while second cause will probably not.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
New BubbleUPnP 2.9p4 beta. Please test !

Download APK and detailed changelog

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[Android Apps and Games] blgk:
The problem was in the DNS servers configured in the Sondbridge from a previous ISP. Now works without activating the Proxy option.

I have some problems playing some albums from Qobuz, for example "Vers les lueurs" from Dominique A.. the error is:

Browse error:
Cannot process the request:
com.google.gson.u: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected long but was BOOLEAN at line 1 column 2086 path $.released_at
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
This is fixed in BubbleUPnP beta. You can receive it by subscribing to the beta on the BubbleUPNP store page in the Google Play app (at the bottom of the page),

or APK download on: https://plus.google.com/b/115387584836830082266/115387584836830082266/posts/TtycUbEdpN9
[Android Apps and Games] valued17:
Is it possible to play videos playing via, for example mx player on ps3 ?

I want to play Hotstar's videos on my ps3. Hows it possible ? I can play the hotstar app's videos on mx player but these dont show up on my ps3 under "videos". Can you please help ?

I am willing to pay if this works and is a paid feature, but want to know if its possible or not first.

Thanks a lot
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=6366322]valued17[/MENTION]

MX Player is not going to help for playing on your PS3.

The PS3 cannot be remotely controlled by BubbleUPnP: it is not listed as renderer because it isn't one.

However, from the PS3 XMB, in the Video section, you can browse UPnP/DLNA media servers, including BubbleUPnP.

So there's a possible trick to play Hotstar's videos on the PS3, but whether is plays or not will depend on a few things.

1. first, you must send/share the video from that Hotstar app to BubbleUPnP

2. Assuming it is possible and BubbleUPnP added the video to the Playlist tab:

- enable Settings > Local And Cloud > Enable remote browsing

- go to Settings > Local And Cloud > configure media allowed for remote browsing, and enabled 'Saved Playlists'. This will allow

to browse the content of the Playlist tab on the PS3

- on the PS3, go to the video section in the XMB and browse BubbleUPnP as a media server

- go to Saved Playlist > playlist. This is the content of the Playlist tab and you can try to play the video that is there.

if the PS3 doesn't like the codec/container of the video it will not play.
[Android Apps and Games] valued17:
1. first, you must send/share the video from that Hotstar app to BubbleUPnP

I did that. I was given an option to either select MX player OR BubbleUPnP and I selected BubbleUpnP

2. Assuming it is possible and BubbleUPnP added the video to the Playlist tab:

Now it does show up under "Playlist" Tab on my mobile. Named as some number and below it has "HLS" written

- enable Settings > Local And Cloud > Enable remote browsing

- go to Settings > Local And Cloud > configure media allowed for remote browsing, and enabled 'Saved Playlists'. This will allow

to browse the content of the Playlist tab on the PS3

- on the PS3, go to the video section in the XMB and browse BubbleUPnP as a media server

- go to Saved Playlist > playlist. This is the content of the Playlist tab and you can try to play the video that is there.

if the PS3 doesn't like the codec/container of the video it will not play.

But Playlists is a paid feature, so If I am good to go, I can just go paid and it will start playing on PS3 ??

EDIT - It ends with a .m3u8 I wonder if this can be played on PS3
[Android Apps and Games] elenhil:
I would like to ask for help troubleshooting a recurring bug that happens to me. I am using the latest Android app and Server version to stream videos to a tablet (to MX Player). The trouble is, MX Player often crashes back to the BubbleUPnP app without any explanation or anything. What could be the cause of such a bug?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=6366322]valued17[/MENTION]

I am pretty certain the PS3 cannot play HLS m3u8 (at least with DLNA), so it will not play.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=5173022]elenhil[/MENTION]

Can you send me a log file attempting to play such video to MX Player ? See first post of this topic for logging instructions.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
BubbleUPnP v2.9 published on Google Play.

Changelog and APK

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[Android Apps and Games] studavis:
Hi - thanks for the update and the latest set of features. Unfortunately, this hasn't fixed the Chromecast issue when using Android apps on my Asus C302 chromebook. I have the release of Bubble listed above and the Matrix TV app. Launching Matrix, I select my stream, play it in Bubble with my Chromecast selected as Renderer, with local transcoding selected. Bubble launches on Chromecast with the loading bar but never gets past that point and no picture or sound appears on the TV. The same setup and process on my Moto Z Play work fine and picture and sound appear on the TV.

There is progress though, as with previous versions of Bubble, it wouldn't even start buffering on the Chromecast when I tried on my Chromebook. If there's a log I can supply to help debug this just let me know - looks like you're getting close to solving this!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=5755019]studavis[/MENTION]

I could not test BubbleUPnP on Chromebook yet, because I have am old Chromebook that still has to receive Android support.

I suspect this is due to Android on Chromebook using NAT networking instead of bridged networking. Or in another terms,

Android can reach the outside (Internet, your Chromecast) but the reverse is not true, so the Chromecast cannot reach BubbleUPnP

serving the video transcoded. Can you send me a log file so I can look at the network ? See first post for logging instruction (use an email app

to use the log file).
[Android Apps and Games] studavis:
Great - thanks for the update. Will send the log over later. Not sure about Android networking - but there's no issue with other Chromecast apps running on Android on the Chromebook - all work fine (not sure how important that is to the issues with Bubble?!).
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Other apps do not run an http server that serves local/cloud content, eventually transcoded, which requires the Chromecast to be able to reach BubbleUPnP.

I'm really annoyed that Google used half-assed castrated NAT networking on Chromebook's Android, instead of bridged networking which would just work with BubbleUPnP.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=5755019]studavis[/MENTION]

i could finally test BubbleUPnP on my Acer C200M Chromebook as it is in beta. There is both good and bad news.

The good news is that even if Android networking on Chromebook uses NAT networking (that is, it doesn't have it's own separate ip address like any other device on the network), Google employ some advanced trickery to still make it possible from outside devices on the local network (Renderers in our case) to reach BubbleUPnP's http server for streaming.

The trick is that Android on Chromebook has a network interface on fixed ip address 100.115.92.2, that is reachable by other devices on the LAN (your PC, Chromecast, etc) using some trickery with guest OS (ChromeOS) to make it work.

Except that....it only works sometimes. That is, this ip address which should be reachable (pingable) from outside devices as soon as the Android subsytem is running and for as long as it is running, is sometimes pingable until it becomes unpingable, for unexplained reason (IMHO, a bug).

So, I was able to play a local mp3 to Chromecast and other UPnP/AV renderers but only sometimes: when 100.115.92.2 is pingable (easy to check from a desltop computer, letting ping run).

But things being not so simple, for some local Chromecast transcoding duties, BubbleUPnP can behave differently when it considers an ip address to be non local (which is the case for 100.115.92.2, which is not a private LAN ip although used as such), so I must make modifications to take that special case into account. But this will not solve the initial problem of Android being intermittently reachable on 100.115.92.2. It seems that it sometimes become reachable minutes after starting BubbleUPnP, but for how long I have not tested yet.

To conclude:

- if you can ping 100.115.92.2 from a PC, you should be able to play media managed by the local and cloud library to external renderers

- Chromecast local transcoding requires change in BubbleUPnP to work
[Android Apps and Games] studavis:
Ah, excellent work there. So how feasible is it to change Bubble for it to work? Or would it break other functionality and / or be considered a workaround?

Presumably, that overarching bug will be fixed at some point by the ChromeOS team.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Updating BubbleUPnP will not be difficult, and it seems to be only for fixing local transcoding although I need to audit all the code that check if an ip address is remote or not. But it will not fix the fact that accessing that special ip address works intermittently.

I will try to report it to Google hoping they can fix it and have the will to do it.
[Android Apps and Games] NewtPulsifer:
With 2.9, FLAC support stopped working for me. In the Local Renderer settings, I've selected option 2, "Non natively supported audio formats + FLAC". I get this:

[IMG="app screenshot with error"]http://hemisphire.com/tmp/Screenshot_2018-01-26-18-17-40.png[/IMG]

FYI, I have an LG G3 that doesn't support FLAC natively and in older versions of Bubble UPnP I've changed the settings to play FLAC files fine.
[Android Apps and Games] johnnybb777:
Thanks for developing this works great with chromecast
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
[MENTION=1125252]NewtPulsifer[/MENTION]

That error is unusual and not exactly supposed to happen.

Although we all know that stuff not supposed to happen do happen eventually.

Can you send me a log file replicating that error ? See first post of this topic for logging instructions.

FLAC is also a stock Android codec so should play (barring ROM specific bug) if you set option 1 (the same than option 2 minus FLAC). isn't it the case ?

Cheers,

Bubblesoft