Google Home is already covered and would appear with the speaker icon. Any device with Chromecast appear with that icon unless the device declares supporting video output.
[APP][7.0+][v4.3.6] BubbleUPnP - UPnP/DLNA/Chromecast Control Point and Renderer
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Google Home is already covered and would appear with the speaker icon. Any device with Chromecast appear with that icon unless the device declares supporting video output.
I've been using this app since the very beginning and it is mostly wonderful ... but recently it's failing to display artwork (embedded + folder jpg) and takes forever to add a whole genre to the playlist, maybe 4 or 500 tracks.
My library is on my phone, streaming to an AVR. The odd thing is that if I play from the library on my laptop (Bubbleguum Foobar server) to the same avr (controlled by bubbleupnp on my phone), those problems disappear; all artwork is shown correctly and playlists of 3500 tracks are created in no time - but that means keeping my laptop live to access files I already have on my phone.
Does this sound normal? Would a reinstall help?
My library is on my phone, streaming to an AVR. The odd thing is that if I play from the library on my laptop (Bubbleguum Foobar server) to the same avr (controlled by bubbleupnp on my phone), those problems disappear; all artwork is shown correctly and playlists of 3500 tracks are created in no time - but that means keeping my laptop live to access files I already have on my phone.
Does this sound normal? Would a reinstall help?
Slight problem when using the search function in playlist:
When I use a word that appears by predictive text, what I'm searching for does not appear.
If I type the words myself, what I searched for will appear.
When I use a word that appears by predictive text, what I'm searching for does not appear.
If I type the words myself, what I searched for will appear.
I suppose you refer to the 'Playlist tab > 3 dot menu > Add URL stream' dialog text field ?
Is what you are asking for, to automatically paste in the URL field a URL previously copied to the clipboard (if any) in another app ?
The URL points to phone (BubbleUPnP) to determine at playback time if it must be transcoded. If it doesn't, the app sends a http redirect of the original URL to the Chromecast for it to play it.
@KraftwerkElectro
Not sure I understand "a word that appears by predictive text". Is it that you type the beginning of a word and choose a word in the list of suggestions at the top of the keyboard ?
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@aangstrom
Is it the loading (display of content) of a folder genre in the Library that takes forever ?
Are you navigating to this folder via the 'Music > Genres' folder hierarchy, or something else ?
@Sid32
Ok, I've added that for next app update. It will populate the URL textfield with any http:// of https:// URL present in the clipboard. Currently you can of course do it manually with long-press in the textfield > Paste.
@KraftwerkElectro
OK. I believe this is because predictive text adds a space at the end. If you remove that space manually it should work. In the next update I will trim white space so this is not necessary.
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Sometimes when streaming a song using the app from a Foobar server through the Bubbleupnp server it will abruptly skip playback to the next song. Usually it happens somewhere towards the end of the song. If I play the song again it will play fine.
Wondering what could be causing this?
Wondering what could be causing this?
@JPZ14
Difficult to tell. You can if you wish send me (bubblesoftproducts@gmail.com) the 'BubbleUPnP Server' log file (BubbleUPnPServer.log.0) located in the installation directory, just after such situation happened (play a track that cuts before the end). Please mention the title of the track it happened.
Hi there, using the android app and f2k on a PC connected via DLNA, when I download selected songs from a playlist, it puts them each into a folder named 'playlist (number)' instead of directly downloading the song into the targeted folder that is chosen in settings, I don't have preserve folder checked.
It is meant to be this way? Should it not create a folder with the playlist's name (instead of 'playlist (number)') and place all these selected songs from that playlist into the same folder, instead of creating multiple playlists with only 1 song in it.
It is meant to be this way? Should it not create a folder with the playlist's name (instead of 'playlist (number)') and place all these selected songs from that playlist into the same folder, instead of creating multiple playlists with only 1 song in it.
I am using NAS Seagate GoFlex Home. It is only support SMBv1. So i cannot add it to Bubbleupnp.
@bubbleguuum Can you please add SMBv1 to your app? Thanks.
@bubbleguuum Can you please add SMBv1 to your app? Thanks.
Hi. I use Afwall with a custom script. Could you please tell me, which connections have to be accepted to get local DLNA/UPNP devices shown in BubbleUPNP? Thank you in advance!
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It's happening to me as well, starting last week.
If you reset the application preference using the control panel which also allow to uninstall apps and try again, you will notice that Tidal has introduced a "human" verification, but Kazoo cannot prompt the user properly. Then you will get the same error again.
Kazoo has been last updated in 2016 so I suppose won't be "fixed" (but I'd prefer to be wrong) so I am afraid we are out of luck here, at least with Kazoo. Unless Tidal changes something but this looks unlikely for a very old app like this one.
It's a shame, I still like to use Kazoo when I am on a windows laptop.1I've just downloaded the new Linn app on my phone and to my surprise it works!
Give it a go. -
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BubbleUPnP on Google Play [current version: 4.3.6, released on April 4th 2024]
BubbleUPnP on Amazon appstore [current version: 4.3.4, released on February 26th 2024]
BubbleUPnP latest APKs, Google Play version (notably for side-loading on Android TV)
BubbleUPnP latest APK, Amazon appstore version (notably for side-loading on Fire TV)
BubbleUPnP 'Audio Cast' Xposed Module. Only needed on Android < 10. (current version: 1.1, released on April 28th 2021)
BubbleUPnP Server home page (download and documentation) [current version: 0.9-update49, released on February 17th 2024]
BubbleUPnP home page
Stream all your music, videos and photos to various devices in your house:
- Chromecast
- DLNA TVs
- gaming consoles: Xbox, Playstation (from XMB)
- UPnP/DLNA renderers: XBMC, WDTV Live, other Android devices, ...
- various HiFi gear from Sonos, Denon, Pioneer, Onkyo and many more
- local Android playback
BubbleUPnP can access your media from a lot of sources, including:
- UPnP/DLNA media servers: most NASes, XBMC, Plex, Twonky, Serviio, Windows Media Player and many more
- local media stored on your Android device
- cloud media: Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, Google Music, Google+
- SMB Shares
- WebDAV (ownCloud, NextCloud, webserver...)
- media from other apps such as web browsers and file managers, using Share/Send
- captured audio from most other apps. Requires Xposed (root)
- Shoutcast radio (with XiiaLive)
BubbleUPnP is a versatile app packed with many features for you to discover, some of which are:
- extensive Chromecast support: play incompatible Chromecast media with transcoding (*), subtitles, audio/video track selection (*)
- fast and secure Internet access to your home media while on the go, from mobile and WiFi networks (*)
- playback queue, editable playlists, scrobbling, sleep timer, various shuffle modes
- integrated full screen image viewer and controller
- media download to your SD Card
- ...and much more!
(*) Some features are provided by BubbleUPnP Server, an optional software that can be installed on any machine on your local network to provide additional services. To learn more about BubbleUPnP Server, visit https://bubblesoftapps.com.
Some features are restricted and can be unlocked by purchasing the BubbleUPnP License app.
If something is not working, you can record a log file and mail it to me at bubblesoftproducts@gmail.com:
- launch the app
- go into More > Settings > Control
- Enable "logging to file" (at the end of the page).
- IMPORTANT: Exit the app (More > Exit)
- restart the app
- run the app and trigger the problem to troubleshoot
- exit the app (More > Exit)
- email me the files found on internal storage:
On Android 10 and below:
/Android/data/com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp/log.txt
/Android/data/com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp/prev_log.txt
On Android 11 and higher:
/Downloads/com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp_log.txt
/Downloads/prev_com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp_log.txt (if present)
You can access them with a file manager app and share them to your email app for sending them.
IMPORTANT: Make sure to not restart BubbleUPnP until you have sent or saved the log file as it is overwritten on app startup.9BubbleUPnP 1.6.8 and BubbleUPnP Server 0.6.5 are available
Thanks to everyone who contributed suggestions, bug reports, logs etc.
BubbleUPnP 1.6.8
Video transcoding enhancements with BubbleUPnP Server (requires upgrading to BubbleUPnP Server 0.6.5)
- transcoded video preserve embedded subtitles (mostly found in MKV). MX Player must be configured to use the H/W+ or S/W decoder to allow to select subtitles
- when playing a transcoded video, ability to choose interactively audio/video streams to be included in the transcoded video (when there is more than 1 audio/video stream)
- added ability to download transcoded videos (as MKV), preserving all audio/video tracks and subtitles of the original video
Transcode quality can be set in "Settings > Network And Settings > Video transcoding", in the "File downloads" transcoding section.
Requires licensed BubbleUPnP.
New features
- added Google Music auto playlists: "Thumbs up" and "Last added" (needs a Sync to appear)
- added exit button to rich JB notification. Exit the app the same way than Menu > Exit
- added option Settings > Library > Play displays Now Playing. If enabled, play actions in Library immediately switch to the Now Playing screen
- added option Settings > Now Playing > Keep screen on. If enabled, the screen is kept on when device is plugged to power and on the Now Playing screen. Enabled by default
- added "Music > Artists > All Albums" local media server folder, listing all albums sorted by album artist
- added "Show metadata" action in context menu of album folders in Library (useful to see long titles)
- added instructions for playing tunein radios from the Android web browser, in Settings > About/Help > Tips > Interacting with other apps
- added ability to edit an item's metadata (title, album, artist) with context menu > Edit metadata in the Playlist tab and in a saved playlist folder (in Library).
Useful to rename items having missing or incomplete metadata that have been sent to BubbleUPnP from third party apps (ex: tunein). This feature must only be used for items that will be added to a saved playlist. It *does not* modify metadata on the server - show album composer in album lists in Library, if composer is present and Settings > Display > Item size is set to Medium or greater
- downloading a video also downloads the external subtitle file if present
- local folder search also searches album name and artist instead of just title
Bug fixes
- fixed subtitle URLs sent by recent versions of Twonky (7.x) not recognized
- fixed download of non-media items (such as subtitles) giving an error
- fixed Stop (long-click on Play/Pause button) sometimes triggering playback of next track
- fixed "Settings > Display > Multiline items" not working properly in Library album folders
- fixed lock screen controls not showing when playing videos to external renderer
- fixed current LAN renderer lost when network connection switches from WiFi to mobile data or no network
- fixed error when playing podcast sent from Share action of Doggcatcher
- fixed broken playlist track advance on some Roku renderers
- fixed images displayed from Wild Media Server being low resolution (workaround WMS bug)
- fixed Search action not available on phones, in Library folders containing items only, such as playlists. Now available under menu > Search, allowing local search of these folders
- fixed possible crash when playing a video to a remote BubbleUPnP instance
- fixed obscure crashes, some of them involving old versions of Android
BubbleUPnP Server 0.6.5
- added support for transcoding videos to MKV instead of MPEG-TS in a number of cases. MKV is automatically used when embedded subtitles must be preserved, and
for transcoded video downloads (both require Android BubbleUPnP 1.6.8+). ffmpeg must have been compiled with MKV support - fixed proxy media servers not discovered by Windows Media Player
- added option -useNumericIpInStreamURL to force the server to return numeric ip stream URLs instead of a hostname.
This may be required for some specific renderers to accept to stream from a media server via tethering. This setting is forced if the browsing
client is a Samsung TV, which requires it - fixed small CPU spike every 30s on slow NASes
- fixed stream URLs becoming invalid if browsing large number of items (more than 3000)
- fixed Sony SA-NS310 renderer recognized as a media server instead of a renderer
- fixed proxies not carrying the X_MS_MediaReceiverRegistrar service
- libshine is used for mp3 transcoding if compiled in ffmpeg (useful on slow NASes as it uses way less CPU than libmp3lame)
- added missing Standby action support for OpenHome renderers (simply stops playback)
- fixed transcoded images rarely failing to load due to low read timeout
- Windows installer: updated ffmpeg to 1.2, added ffprobe, updated Java installer to 7u21
8Finally, it's there!
BubbleUPnP 1.8.0 is available on Google Play, bringing Chromecast support.
BubbleUPnP Server 0.8 is available as well, providing transcoding support.
All the details in this G+ post
.8BubbleUPnP 4.0 announcement
I've been working on BubbleUPnP 4.0.
It will refresh the UI with Material Design 3, including (optional) Material You support (on Android 12+). It's been a lot of work and there is still a lot to do as the app is huge (and old, 12 years and counting. First version was released on Android 2.3!). Converting the app settings to androidx.preference, fragments and tweak some prefs for MD3 took several days alone!
Here's a few work-in-progress screenshots until a beta is available later this month.
The screenshots show various combinations of material You in dark and light mode. There's also to the ability to combine a light theme with dark bars for a look close to the current Light + dark bars theme (last screenshot). Note that dynamic tinting of the Now Playing screen based on cover colors is not yet implemented (as in the current version) but this is planned.8
