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[Android Apps and Games] terrencebarr:
Music download fails most of the time

Hi,

I paid for the bubbleupnp app and so far it works well. I seem to have a problem with downloading music though.

I connect to a Plex Mediaserver and browse the music. When I long-press on a song I can select "download" - and the download notification says "downloading 2 files". Once the download finishes the download notification says "files downloaded: 1/2 (0.93 Mb/s), failed 1". Typically, the cover art png is downloaded but not the mp3 itself. In 10 attempts to download different songs only 2 have succeeded and then show up in the local device renderer.

I left the download folder unchanged and there is enough space on the SDcard.

This is an important feature for me. Any thoughts/advice to get this to work reliably? (This is on a Samsung Galaxy S2 with Android 4.1.2)

Thanks,

-- Terrence
[Android Apps and Games] jontp2:
BT home hub loosing some devices

Firstly many thanks for your help with the widget last week, both machines are working well now.

Unfortunately I now have a different problem after upgrading to the new BT Home Hub 4.

I have several devices and pic's running bubble but for some reason after installed the new hub the galaxy note 10.1 and tab 2 7.0 can no longer see each other in the devices tab.

They are both on the network, have access to my main media server and can be seen by my galaxy S4 and galaxy note 10.1 2014.

I did wonder if this is anything to do with the new hub being dual band and connecting some devices on 5ghz and some on 2.4 but doesn't really make sense?

Any help most great fully received.

Thanks

Jon
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It means the server is not running at all.

It is impossible to help you more with this if you cannot troubleshoot it yourself.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
You are probably right as I could not find any mention of the FLAC commit in the 4.4 -> 4.4.1 changelog.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
In both cases, the metadata is what the media server returns to BubbleUPnP. So the problem is likely on the media server.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
You need to install it on both devices. On the renderer to remove the 30 min limitation of the local renderer being remotelly controlled and on the controller to remove its limitations.

You can install the same license app on both Android devices as long as you use the same Google account than used for the purchase on both.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
I have an idea on what the problem could be but can you send me a log file, with a download that shows the problem (see first post of this topic for instructions) ?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It could. Discovery issues like theses are tricky to troubleshoot and you must proceed by elimination.

First, you may want to setup your youter to 2.4Ghz only.

Also make sure your router is updated to its latest firmware.
[Android Apps and Games] jontp2:
Thanks will investigate further, I did try turning of the 2.4 side leaving the 5ghz on but it didn't seem to like that so will try your suggestion.
[Android Apps and Games] terrencebarr:
Thanks for the quick reply. I sent you the log file. From the log it looks like the download ended prematurely:

com.bubblesoft.b.a.a.a: Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 4708764; received: 2651960

I checked the file on the Plex server and it is indeed 4708764 bytes in size.

Thanks,

-- Terrence
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Yes I've seen your log and this error is very unusual and this is the first time I see it.

It means that Plex claims correctly that the file size is 4708764 bytes but closed the connection during the download at 2651960 bytes !

Thus BubbleUPnP considers it as a failed download.

My guess is that it is a Plex issue as you would probably not get this error with another media server.

Can you monitor the progress of a failed download in the notification and tell me if a failed download goes to 100% or fails midway (here it would be arround 56%) ? I'm trying to determine if the failure above happens mid-download or at the very end (100%) when BubbleUPnP closes the http connection.
[Android Apps and Games] terrencebarr:
I also happen to have Logitec SqueezeBox server installed on the same machine. I tried downloading songs from there and it works reliably - 40 songs download with no failure. As soon as I switch to Plex it fails. I am using the latest Plex version but I would not be at all surprised if this were a Plex problem.

FYI: I watched some Plex downloads and they typically seem to fail around 50-60% of the download.

Thanks again for the quick replies!

Best,

-- Terrence
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Ok, So Plex closes the connection mid-download as I thought. Plex bug.
[Android Apps and Games] ninjakettle:
Hi, i've recently bought bubble after trying various apps and i think it's great. I'm even more pleased to see you're on XDA!

Apologies if this is a setting i've missed, but is viewing\sorting files in the library by Filename possible?

This would be nice when using the browse folder option from the server (twonky in my case)
[Android Apps and Games] szkzs:
Bug Report..

Dear Developers of BubbleUPnP!

First I like to Thank You for this wonderful software of yours,

Is really, really fantastic and almost perfect!

The following problems I encounter from the moment (3 or 4 updates ago) when you fix the "Mono Bug"

in HD Audio files.

When I playing HD Audio flac files with BubbleUPnP directly from my tablet , the player don't show me the

full meta data info!!

The songs title, is always "unknown" and some other info too is missing!!

This happening with HD Audio flac files with 24Bit / 88.2, 96, 192KHz..

Flac files of 16Bit / 44.1, 48KHz is not affected..

So.... One more time, this problem only exist in HD Audio flac files played through Local Media Server

(From my tablet HDD)!!!

When I playing the same HD Audio flac albums from my NAS, I have no problems with missing meta data information.!!!!!!!

I hope you understand the problems I try to explain!!!!!

Please forgave me for my bad English.!!!!!

If you need more info just ask!!!!!

All the Best, szkzs.:fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] nemany:
Sometimes cannot scan Win7 Windows media server, why?
[Android Apps and Games] impulse101:
The default view is sorted by filename. For example if you go to Library > Videos > All Videos you files should all be sorted by filename.
[Android Apps and Games] ninjakettle:
Ah ok, maybe i'd selected an alternate view first in settings. I'll look again, it was late.

I did notice that because i have almost no Genres set, on Now Playing it will always show 'unknown', with no way to turn off this. There's a toggle for composer and bitrate though. Would be nice to toggle genre too

Also, in the libray veiw, it would be nice to have an "album view" option much like in the Playlist section. So rather than bubble rendering the 'folder.jpg' or embedded art beside each file name, it would perhaps be faster (and tidier) to view the album art up the top only. Just a thought.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] mbze430:
With today's Chromecast firmware update... Are we closer for BubbleUPnP to stream to it?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
What Android version are you running and through which folder do you access to your high res flac (Music or Filesystem) ?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
That is the case when the media server flags a folder as containing a music album.

It will not if it is a generic folder (which is the case if you browse by filesystem folders in Twonky).
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Unlike Android, Chromecast is a locked down device and Google decide which apps are approved to work with it, and when.

The batch of apps that got approved are probably those of the attendants of the hackathon that took place last week-end in Google HQ.

And Google still hasn't released the final SDK.

So I don't know when BubbleUPnP will be approved for Chromecast, but it is unlikely to be this month (since I don't think Google will approve new apps before January).
[Android Apps and Games] szkzs:
Bug Report.. (Meta Data missing in HD A udio Flac)

Hello! STOP

My tablet Android version is 4.03 STOP

I access my music through Local Media Server - Music/Albums/???album??? STOP

Every single music album of my (HD Audio Flac 24/96/88.2/192. / SD Audio Flac 16/44.1/48)

has his own Folder, and 3 external cover art. (The same picture with 3 different names) STOP

The Meta data info of my music albums (HD/SD) is carefully made with foobar2000 STOP

I never use your software for streaming (Downloading) music from my NAS to my Tablet STOP

Usually I do it the transfer manually. (PC to SD Micro memory 32GB) STOP

Sorry for my English!!! STOP

Thank You for listening and Helping!!!!! STOP. Szkzs :)
[Android Apps and Games] schubi82:
Google Music All Inclusive

Hi,

is it possible to use Google Play Music All Inclusive directly via BubbleUPnP or do I need "Cast To UPnP/DLNA for GMusic"? I don't like the handling of Google Music, so it would be much better to choose whatever I need in BubbleUPnP.

Cheers

Schubi
[Android Apps and Games] zhuozhi211:
Apology if it has been asked before... can the uPnP server start automatically when the device boot?

I have a Android Box, and would like the service to run at all time.
[Android Apps and Games] ericelcano:
Menu Settings, Control, Start on boot.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Newer Android versions can extract metadata of high res flac. Not sure about 4.0.3.

And for album art, it must either be embedded or named Folder.jpg or AlbumArt.jpg.

I'm talikng about the Android media scanner here whose job is to extract tags and populate the music database.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
it is possible to play All Access tracks that you added to your music collections. They will be listed in the Album list along with the albums you uploaded yourself (if any).

For other All Access features (playing albums not added to your collection, radio) you must use Cast to UPnP/DLNA for GMusic
[Android Apps and Games] szkzs:
Hello Bubbleguuum!

Thank You for your help, and teaching, in this case I certainly learned something.!!!

" I'm talikng about the Android media scanner here whose job is to extract tags and populate the music database."

This is life........Your wonderful reputation depend on some Google Engineer.!!!! :)

Well...... It isn't important anyway!

I wish you guys all the Best.!!!! :)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!!! SzKZs.
[Android Apps and Games] gebla:
Hi Bubbleguum,

I was trying some more with your player. I added a USB HDD to the Volvo kit. I created a custom directory inside the settings to get access with local render to that USB disk. On the USB HDD I have several folders with music albums in FLAC format. On an album directory I do long press and select play. I can see that the files are added to the playlist but music never starts playing. Even when I try stop and play in the now playing tab the music does not start.

If I go into the folder and long press the first music file and select play the music starts playing almost imediatelly. Then I can long press the second music file and choose enqueue from here. Now the music keeps playing and the complete que is played.

Two questions on above:

1. Why does the music not start if I add the full folder

2. No ID3 tags or album art is displayed. The folder contains a 'folder.jpg' and the files are all tagged

I have sent you the log file by mail
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
1. In that folder you have the FLAC files and a m3u playlist file (displayed as a sub-folder).

When you play the full folder, the m3u is causing the issue because it contains relative paths to files and BubbleUPnP doesn't manage it correctly (it expects absolute paths). Thus the m3u entries are added to the Playlist and fail to play because of incorrect file paths.

I will fix that in the next version of the app. The m3u also prevents the folder to be potentially recognized as a music album (see below) and this need to be fixed too. If you rename the m3u file (with another extension) it will likely work as expected.

2. Files browsed via the Filesystem or Custom mount point folders (your case) are generally not scanned for tags, for performance reason (it is to slow).

The only case these folders are scanned for tags is if the foder is inferred to be a music album acording to some rules. In which case, album tags are extracted from the first track and assigned to all other tracks. Tracks keep their filename as track title.

There's a possible alternative: if you can mount your USB HDD as a sub-directory the /sdcard directory (for example /sdcard/usbhdd) then the Android Media scanner *should* scan all the files and you can browse them via the "Music" hierarchy with full tag info.
[Android Apps and Games] bohef:
Searched but didnt found yet. How do i enable fading song to next from playlist?

Gesendet von meinem LG-E980 mit Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] gebla:
Thanks for the m3u advise. I will remove these as my files are properly tagged and named to Ensure correct order when played.

Unfortunately the Android version is 2.3 and therefore FLAC is not scanned by the media scanner :(. What are the rules to Ensure the folders are seen as albums? I am happy to change the folder format/naming to ensure bubble UPNP picks it up. Will bubble upnp then also pickup the artwork?

---------- Post added at 04:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:01 PM ----------

Search is always your best friend, as found in this thread:

For a folder to be considered an album

- folder must contain only files <---- what do you mean with this???

- all filenames must start with the track number followed by _ or - : "01 - My Title.flac" or "1_My_Title.flac" (next version of the app also accept "01 My Title.flac")

- there must not be duplicates in track numbers as defined above

Moreover, embedded album art is used if exising, otherwise Folder.jpg is used if found.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
These are the rules for cloud filesystems (Google Drive, Dropbox etc).

And previously I said metadata was extracted only for the first file but it only true for cloud filesystems.

For local filesystems, whether a folder is inferred an album is a bit different than cloud, and will not work in your case (because 2. can't be done for FLAC on Android 2.x):

1. folder must contain only files and less than 32 music tracks (for performance)

2. tags must be extractable by the Android extractor API (require Android 4.x for FLAC)

3. all music files must have the same Album tag as extracted in 2.

For the next version of the app I'll see if can relax these conditions if 2. cannot be performed, so you'd get working album art (but no metadata as it

cannot be extracted)

When a local filesystem folder is inferred to be an album, album art is assigned to all tracks following these rules

- if Folder.jpg is found it is used

- otherwise the first jpg or png file is used (if found)

- otherwise embedded album art is used (if found, assume working Android metadata extractor for the audio file)
[Android Apps and Games] gebla:
It would be great if the extractor api can not extract flac files then display the artwork if a Folder.jpg file is available. It improves the now playing tab a lot if the artwork is displayed. Maybe re-use the folder name (or insist on specific folder/artist naming default) to display as artist and album.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Yes for album art, see my edited reply above:

"For the next version of the app I'll see if can relax these conditions if 2. cannot be performed, so you'd get working album art (but no metadata as it

cannot be extracted)"
[Android Apps and Games] ChrisGarner:
Hello,

I have started to see some other applications that now can be used with the Google Chrome cast, is that maybe Google opened their Chromecast Api by chance? Have you already seen that?
[Android Apps and Games] twochannel:
Back in post 4364 he addresses this.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48376768&postcount=4634

That said I wonder if DIAL support could be added pre-SDK. It seems other DIAL clients (e.g. Samsung TVs) can be used as targets for the Chromecast feature in existing apps. This could theoretically allow BubbleUPNP to 'cast' to Chromecast devices, Samsung TVs, etc (I hear even the new TIVOs support DIAL) in a method other than DLNA. It's only part of the equation and by no means utilizing the full potential of device/SDK.
[Android Apps and Games] gebla:
What I could do in this case is adding a 1 sec (silent) mp3 file with correct tags as the first file. According this logic the right tag data is picked up and then applied for all other files :)
[Android Apps and Games] ChrisGarner:
C'mon Google.... :(

Thanks for your reply anyway..
[Android Apps and Games] dlb4all:
when i wanna install the license it tells me "app not installed" or something similar ...

(main app is installed)

any solutions ?
[Android Apps and Games] nupi:
Similarly I wonder if it would be possible to get cast to upnp integrated into bubble? I have licenses for both but less is more
[Android Apps and Games] ninjakettle:
Is there an apk available for trying this on a kindle fire?
[Android Apps and Games] casper312:
edit nevermind
[Android Apps and Games] holger237:
Answer of Google's support: "There seems to be no error by downloading. We recommend to contact your request directly to the developer of the App."

Great support. Now I am back here. What can I do?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] djchainsaw:
google play access all music

Hi,

I just checked the Google Music playback and it works like a charm,... but after testing for a while and subscribing to access all music i switched the screen off and a few seconds later the playback stopped...

I checked with other local music and this behavior didn't appear.

Any Ideas?

Thanx in advance

-- djchainsaw
[Android Apps and Games] tommi.a:
Greenified or something similar?
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Since I have no idea why you get this Google Play error, your best bet is to Google the exact error message you get for possible solutions.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It is likely that networking is going berserk when the screen is off.
[Android Apps and Games] terrencebarr:
Display by "date/time added"

Hi again,

I am wondering if there is a way to display files/folders by "date/time added". I have an archive of video recordings and this gets displayed in BubbleUPnP by file name. I would like to see which videos got added recently. Any way to do this?

Thanks,

-- Terrence
[Android Apps and Games] djchainsaw:
google play access all music

First of all thanks for your fast replies!

I didn't greenify any related app. But for being sure I turned off greenify - no difference.

I think it is Android and its screen-off-network-bersek-behavior which drives me crazy... :eek:

- I tried the playback on different phones - no difference

- turned on "use proxy" and it worked on another renderer (Samsung SmartTV)

- checked this on Arctic renderer - didn't stop playing when screen turned off - but didn't resume playlist - again "weird" behavior

- now I used bubbleupnp Server to create an openhome renderer - one hickup and now it seems to work!

google music + "use proxy" + openhome renderer = success (till now) - UPDATE while writing this reply: NOT successful.. :(

Thanks a lot for your hints...

Any more ideas?

-- SAW

PS: which audio-renderer do you prefer? Which setup would you choose for a multiroom solution for synchronized playback (rasberry, sonos, pure,...)? Which one is compatible with bubbleupnp (because I really don't want to stop using this great app!)? :)
[Android Apps and Games] hearto0o0p:
Hi, I purchased this android app for use with netgear R7000 router ,the problem is I see the USB 3 hdd that connected to router only ,but I want also see other sharing hdd of my pc ( not appear in app ),plz fix it.

thanks,
[Android Apps and Games] diddle:
Hi Bubbleguuum,

Of course you are absolutely right (you should know better). Looks like I quite often switch over to "now playing" or "playlist"... end when you tap "back" from there, then you exit. When you now re-enter the app and go to library, then you are at the top of the tree. Annoying. ;)

So my sugestions would be, finally:

- add option "save last position in library", that is also respected after exiting.

And (although you don't like to change "back"):

- add option "double-tap back for exit". Many apps have such an option and it's very useful.

Thanks for listening

Diddle.
[Android Apps and Games] ninogui:
Hi Guys

Before I came across Bubbleupnp I never knew there was a whole thread on it here

My sound config is Synology DS212+ -> WDTV live streaming -> Pioneer LX-83

to stream music

Running Bubble on Galaxy S3 android 4.1.2

Yesterday bought and installed ZappoTV, lost a couple euros on this crap - long delays and crashes, plays mp3 but not wav, flac or 96khz files

Installed mediaconnect does not even work properly, same goes to skifta

Then installed Bubble latest 1.7.6.1, plays all these needed formats and seems to be on a totally different level than any of the other ones available on GP

Sorry if my issues are newbie like but I just started on this

- If my phone is in sleep mode (meaning screen off) the wifi disconnects although I have the android setup to /settings/wi-fi/advanced/keep wi-fi on during sleep (always). So if there is a playlist going on bubble it won´t play the next track, I guess because wi-fi is not on for bubble to send the command.

Is there an easy way to solve this on android 4.1.2, how can I keep my wi-fi on when phone is on sleep ? My memopad hd7 with android 4.2.2 keeps it on!

- If there is an incoming SMS while bubble is on the background it pauses streaming and will not continue, manual action is necessary, is there a workaround or option for this ?

- On the next playlist track I loose the first 3-4 seconds of the next one

Other than that I only needed gapless wav/flac playback for this setup to be perfect. Unfortunately WDTV live doesn´t and probably never will but of course there is a workaround by creating a single file from a full cd on foobar

This leads me to one other issue on foobar, I am able to create a single wav/flac file out of a list with a single cue file entry, but I could not find how to create a single sound file with multiple cue points with the available multi-track variables on the foobar convert menus. I am sure this might be possible ?
[Android Apps and Games] sordna:
Hi, could you make the priority for handling media buttons adjustable in the BubbleUPnP settings ? So we can give it higher priority? Also, can you make BubbleUPnP start if not previously running, when we hit "play" on a bluetooth controller, or is it totally impossible ?

After upgrading to kitkat, Media Button Router hasn't worked for me, that's why I'm asking :) . Or maybe you could take it over, looks like the developer has made this open source and is asking for contributors !

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
Ping your Android device with the screen off from a computer. If it is not responding or you get packet loss or high ping times, this is a network problem.

Also try to disable WiFi optimization in the advanced WiFi settings.

It is not possible to do synced playback to multiple renderers with UPnP.
[Android Apps and Games] bubbleguuum:
It can't be done by BubbleUPnP. Your media server must return items in the desired order (if possible).