[APP][5.0+][v3.8.0.1] BubbleUPnP - UPnP/DLNA/Chromecast Control Point and Renderer

Search This thread

bubbleguuum

Senior Member
Dec 23, 2010
6,903
2,659
BubbleUPnP on Google Play [current version: 3.8.0.1, released on March 11th 2023]
BubbleUPnP on Amazon appstore [current version: 3.8.0.2, released on March 16th 2023]
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-update46, released on February 4th 2023]

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 [email protected]:

- launch the app
- go into More > Gear icon > Control
- Enable "logging to file" (at the end of the page).
- IMPORTANT: Exit the app (More > "X" bottom left icon)
- restart the app
- run the app and trigger the problem to troubleshoot
- exit the app
- 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:

/Documents/com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp_log.txt
/Documents/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.
 
Last edited:

radeon_x

Senior Member
Jan 13, 2006
388
85
Looks like an awesome app - all the features I want... BUT it is not currently recognizing my Synology NAS (upnp/dlna). Win 7 media player works great.

EDIT - Sorry it did eventually show up. It would be nice to have some asynchronous loading notifications. Also, if I queue up an entire genre, for example, it takes a looong time to load/start playing (thousands of songs). Otherwise looking good.
 
Last edited:

bubbleguuum

Senior Member
Dec 23, 2010
6,903
2,659
Looks like an awesome app - all the features I want... BUT it is not currently recognizing my Synology NAS (upnp/dlna). Win 7 media player works great.

EDIT - Sorry it did eventually show up. It would be nice to have some asynchronous loading notifications. Also, if I queue up an entire genre, for example, it takes a looong time to load/start playing (thousands of songs). Otherwise looking good.

Thanks for the feedback.

I'll think again about async loading notifications (I suppose you mean loading of folders here), but I do not like the additional clutter they involve.

For the second point, the playlist is not designed to handle thousands of tracks. What what your exact use case ? Doing shuffle on an entire genre ?

--------

I updated the first post with an Android Market link to install the app.
 

radeon_x

Senior Member
Jan 13, 2006
388
85
For the second point, the playlist is not designed to handle thousands of tracks. What what your exact use case ? Doing shuffle on an entire genre ?

Yeah, exactly. But after using it for a while, I don't mind the delay all that much since it only happens on the initial adding the songs to the playlist. Once the songs are added there are no slowdowns.

No other complaints really - hands down the best functioning and looking UPnP audio player on the market.
 

jonengland

New member
Sep 12, 2008
2
3
excellent app, works great with PS3MediaServer

minor issues:
reports search as not supported but I guess that's a PS3MediaServer problem?
doesn't show any album art
I have a DLNA TV (LG_42LD790) but it doesn't show up as a renderer, only local renderer available

how much are you going to charge for the unlocker?
 

bubbleguuum

Senior Member
Dec 23, 2010
6,903
2,659
excellent app, works great with PS3MediaServer

minor issues:
reports search as not supported but I guess that's a PS3MediaServer problem?
Yes, it doesn't support searching at all.
I tried PS3MediaServer and it is not the best server you can find for audio (only folder browsing, no search, some bugs in returned data).
I found 2 bugs in less than 1h usage :p

doesn't show any album art

It likely doesn't expose any album art to the app.

I have a DLNA TV (LG_42LD790) but it doesn't show up as a renderer, only local renderer available

Most DLNA TV are not remotely controllable to push content. You can just browse from their interface to play content.

how much are you going to charge for the unlocker?

Undecided yet but it won't break the bank :).
 
  • Like
Reactions: [email protected]

adwinp

Senior Member
Jun 22, 2008
2,034
324
urandom
1: has the potential of being better than upnplay (although the latter is free & ad-free)
2: needs a landscape mode (or use system/sensor detection)
3: exit on back key press
4: ability to add WAN server
5: use built-in player (like you already do for music types) for divx+mp3,x264+aac,mpeg2 files (detect via 4cc and/or extension - avi,divx,mkv,mp4,mpg,mpeg,vob,m2v)
open external player for other file types (mov/qt/rm/ac3); the system, hardware renderer should be able to decode most of the aforementioned files, thus eliminating the need for an additional app expressedly for that purpose (vplayer/mobo etc)
This COULD give you an edge over the other upnp/dlna solutions, since none of them provide this functionality (yet).
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: [email protected]

debay

Member
Jan 21, 2011
48
3
My Setup: Twonky Media Server and WD TV Live as Renderer!

This setup works fine with other apps, also on iOS...

BubbleUPNP looks really good, BUT:
- the timeline / song progress bar (dont know how you call it) doesn't work (even if use the setting 'use other...')!
-> so as a result, the next song in the playlist doesnt play :)

So by now, the app is useless. Would like to use yours, all the others work, but yours seems more smooth and has a better usability.

Looking forward to some updates!

Would def. pay for this if the issue gets fixed!
 
  • Like
Reactions: [email protected]

bubbleguuum

Senior Member
Dec 23, 2010
6,903
2,659
1: has the potential of being better than upnplay (although the latter is free & ad-free)
2: needs a landscape mode (or use system/sensor detection)
3: exit on back key press
4: ability to add WAN server
5: use built-in player (like you already do for music types) for divx+mp3,x264+aac,mpeg2 files (detect via 4cc and/or extension - avi,divx,mkv,mp4,mpg,mpeg,vob,m2v)
open external player for other file types (mov/qt/rm/ac3); the system, hardware renderer should be able to decode most of the aforementioned files, thus eliminating the need for an additional app expressedly for that purpose (vplayer/mobo etc)
This COULD give you an edge over the other upnp/dlna solutions, since none of them provide this functionality (yet).

Thanks for the feedback

2. Not a priority for the initial stable version but in consideration for future versions. Landscape is mostly useful for tablets as it is the natural orientation.

3. You can exit the app via the "Exit" menu action found in the Now Playing tab.

4. definitely on the todo list although probably not in the first stable version

5 in consideration for a future verson
 
Last edited:

bubbleguuum

Senior Member
Dec 23, 2010
6,903
2,659
My Setup: Twonky Media Server and WD TV Live as Renderer!

This setup works fine with other apps, also on iOS...

BubbleUPNP looks really good, BUT:
- the timeline / song progress bar (dont know how you call it) doesn't work (even if use the setting 'use other...')!
-> so as a result, the next song in the playlist doesnt play :)

Would def. pay for this if the issue gets fixed!

Thanks for reporting, it is a sign that the app has trouble getting timing info from the WD TV Live. There's logging inside the app that should be able to tell why and allow me to fix it. Can you record a log file following the step below, and send me the log to [email protected]:

- launch the app
- go into the Settings page (Menu > Settings) and then in the Advanced Settings section
- check "Enable logging to file".
- IMPORTANT: Exit the app using the "Exit " menu item found in menu of tab "Now Playing"
- restart the app.
- handle the app to trigger the problem
- connect your phone to your PC or MAC and mail me the file /Android/data/com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp/log.txt found on the SD Card
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: jasonbrown86

jonolo

Member
Oct 27, 2009
36
2
Preston
Using as Renderer and Controller on two devices

Hi,

I am using your app to control my old HD2 (CM7) connected to external speakers with my Galaxy S2.

I am having some issues that when I start it up to control the renderer and the renderer have been running for some time, sometimes it will not find/connect to the renderer.

If I restart both apps then they will usually pick up and connect to each other again. I am not sure if this is my HD2 going to sleep in some way that makes it not being visible. But it will still continue to play music from my upnp server (WMP7) though I can't control or add new tracks...

I will put both devices to log when I am home later tonight and send you some log files that hopefully will help.

Thanks for all the hard work!

Cheers

Jonas
 

bubbleguuum

Senior Member
Dec 23, 2010
6,903
2,659
Hi,

If I restart both apps then they will usually pick up and connect to each other again. I am not sure if this is my HD2 going to sleep in some way that makes it not being visible. But it will still continue to play music from my upnp server (WMP7) though I can't control or add new tracks...

Jonas

I just upgraded my SGS from stock 2.2 to CM7 and fixed today a WiFi connectivity issues that is related to sleep mode. It is not CM7 specific but related to how the WiFi chipset operates when going into power save mode.
So look forward to the next beta which should be out soon.
 

[email protected]

New member
Nov 28, 2008
2
0
Using WMP as media player

Hi,

I just installed BubbleUPnP, and it looks really great. I already tested a few similar apps (2Player, Andromote, etc) but it's definetely the most impressive and promising one.

I just encounter a small problem when I enqueue a few music files and then launch the playlist. it sends each file to WMP but directly goes to the next one until the last one. So, only the last file is read.
A workaround is to launch the playlist with only 1 item, and then add other items while playing. Don't know if the problem comes from BubbleUPnP or WMP...

Also FYI, my Synology is well recognized, as well as my Samsung LED TV.
 

bubbleguuum

Senior Member
Dec 23, 2010
6,903
2,659
Hi,
I just encounter a small problem when I enqueue a few music files and then launch the playlist. it sends each file to WMP but directly goes to the next one until the last one. So, only the last file is read.
A workaround is to launch the playlist with only 1 item, and then add other items while playing. Don't know if the problem comes from BubbleUPnP or WMP...
TV.

Thanks for reporting, I can reproduce this issue so it will likely be fixed in the next beta.
Can you try playing a video on your Samsung TV an tell me if it works ?
 
L

lambomanx1

Guest
I haven't tried it as there is no point, being a BubbleDS user already (and loving it, might I add...feels like a factory app and works far better than anything on the Apple side). But just out of interest, will this be a separate product or will BubbleDS be merged with it?

Sent from my Desire HD
 

bubbleguuum

Senior Member
Dec 23, 2010
6,903
2,659
I haven't tried it as there is no point, being a BubbleDS user already (and loving it, might I add...feels like a factory app and works far better than anything on the Apple side). But just out of interest, will this be a separate product or will BubbleDS be merged with it?

BubbleUPnP and BubbleDS will remain separate apps (mostly to avoid to clutter BubbleDS with unneeded stuff).
The next major version of BubbleDS will be updated to use the same codebase than BubbleUPnP, which will bring some fixes and even some new functionnality (Shuffle Library).
As a bonus, BubbleUPnP will be a free app to use for BubbleDS owners, as it will act as an unlocker.
 
Last edited:

bubbleguuum

Senior Member
Dec 23, 2010
6,903
2,659
0.9.9.1 available on the Market.

WDTV Live as a renderer may be partially or totally fixed, needs testing.

  • Library: fixed "Browse timeout" errors specific to Android 3.0.1+ (tablets)
  • Library: faster browsing
  • Library: display spinning wheel while loading folders / searching
  • Library: browse compatibility fixes with some Media Servers
  • Library: tweaked album list layout to make more of the album title visible
  • fixed wifi issue (on some devices) preventing from playback advance in playlist (and possibly other network issues) after screen has turned off
  • fixed track advance in Playlist not working correctly with WMP and likely other renderers
  • videos can now be downloaded in the Videos subfolder of the download folder
  • Now Playing: display container format of videos
  • Settings: added rate app button, known issues button
  • obscure crash fixes
 

Top Liked Posts

  • There are no posts matching your filters.
  • 2
    Hi, found this app on the WiiM users forum to address current display issues that the WiiM Home App has with network music servers (no album art on many views). It's been working a treat (bought the license!) with one nagging issue. It's just my spouse and I in our home using your app to listen to our home music server (Serviio is the DLNA server) through the WiiM. But if I start a playlist, and then she accesses the app on her phone, it doesn't show my playlist, it shows her old play list and never refreshes with the current playlist. Same if she starts a playlist and I then start the app from my phone.
    Hi Mike,

    To share playlists you'll need to install BubbleUPnP Server and then create an OpenHome version of your WiiM that you'll use in the BubbleUPnP app to play to, rather than the normal WiIM e.g. if your normal WiiM is called 'WiiM Mini' you'll see another called 'WiiM Mini (OpenHome)'. You can hide the original WiiM via 'Settings > Hide/unhide renderers and libraries' in the BubbleUPnP app so it doesn't cause confusion.
    1
    Copy saved playlist to another phone. I copied all apps from old to new android phone and bubbleupnp with license came over with the other apps, but my saved playlist did not. Is there a way to import the playlist somehow so I don't have to recreate it? It is a list of xfinity tv channels (m card) from my hdhomerun prime.

    @gergev

    You can use 'More > gear icon > Import / Export data' to transfer data (including 'Saved Playlists') from one device to another either via a file generated by the app or between 2 devices with 'Import from running BubbleUPnP instance'.
    1
    @hteles

    Thanks for the details. Hardware button volume control is indeed broken (inoperant) in v3.8.
    And it has nothing to do with the app being in background or foreground, so sorry to have over-complicated it.
    I will make a hotfix ASAP.
    1
    Sweet! works well.

    One question: I don't need internet access to my home music. Should "Make this Media Server available in BubbleUPnP for Android and foobar2000 for internet access" be checked. Seems like it should be not checked but the help page shows an older version that doesn't have the "for internet access" as part of the description. I thought that maybe if unchecked it would disappear from my home LAN as well.
    It's not needed but equally I don't think it does anything without 'Network and Security > Allow to access the server from the Internet' checked.
    On the 'Media Renderers' page where you've configured the WiiM, make sure you've enabled 'Gapless playback', and personally I've set 'Decode audio to PCM for' to 'Never use', but that's because I prefer to have my music server do any transcoding.

    I think that's it really!
  • 269
    BubbleUPnP on Google Play [current version: 3.8.0.1, released on March 11th 2023]
    BubbleUPnP on Amazon appstore [current version: 3.8.0.2, released on March 16th 2023]
    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-update46, released on February 4th 2023]

    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 [email protected]:

    - launch the app
    - go into More > Gear icon > Control
    - Enable "logging to file" (at the end of the page).
    - IMPORTANT: Exit the app (More > "X" bottom left icon)
    - restart the app
    - run the app and trigger the problem to troubleshoot
    - exit the app
    - 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:

    /Documents/com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp_log.txt
    /Documents/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.
    9
    BubbleUPnP 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
    8
    Finally, 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


    .
    7
    BubbleUPnP 1.6.10 will be shortly available on Google Play:

    1.6.10

    • support for playing "All Access" tracks. For All Access tracks part of a Google Music playlist to be playable, the track must be part of your Google Music library
    • better buffering when the local renderer is using its own decoders (FLAC on older Android, ALAC, WAV, LPCM) to avoid potential audio skips
    • the local media server "Filesystem" folder now lists and loads supported playlist file formats (m3u and many others) as folders
    • added Settings > Local Media Server > Allowed remote clients, to specify clients that can remotely browse based on ip address
    • added Settings > Now Playing > Scale cover to fit > On (Keep aspect ratio). Will scale cover to fit to width or height, keeping aspect ratio
    • "Show metadata" context menu action on a video item now shows long description sent by some media servers (for example, movie summary)
    • Display > Show track numbers now apply everywhere a track title is displayed (Now Playing, notification, widget)
    • Display > Show thumbnails doesn't show the "no cover" image in Library when disabled (makes more room for the title on super small screens)
    • added UPnP search query listing all tracks whose artist match the query string
    • trim additional whitespace between words in UPnP search queries (useful with some custom keyboards adding extra whitespace)
    • the local media server "Filesystem" folder lists .mpo files (associated to image/mpo)
    • workarounded again Xbox 360 100% volume bug on track change, hopefully for good this time
    • fixed UPnP device discovery not working with bluetooth network connectivity (tethering) and failure to fetch devices from BubbleUPnP Server on bluetooth
    • fixed " and ' characters not displayed correctly on some renderers (T+A, Pioneer)
    • fixed some Sony BDP devices not listing BubbleUPnP as a media server in all media sections
    • fixed local media server "Filesystem" folder not listing some subfolders in some cases
    • fixed a few crashes
    • other minor changes
    7
    BubbleUPnP is available in the Google Play store:


    1.6.0

    • 4x1 and 4x2 widgets resizable horizontally on ICS+
    • rich notification on Jelly Bean with volume control
    • gapless playback (beta) support for the local renderer. Requires Android Jelly Bean. Must be explicitely enabled in Settings > Local Renderer. Changing this setting requires an app restart. The local renderer will play gaplessly if controlled by a gapless aware controller: BubbleUPnP 1.6.0+, JRMC, foobar2000 (foo_upnp 0.99.41).
    • support for controlling gapless renderers (all Android versions). tested renderers: local renderer (locally or remotely controlled), JRiver Media Center, foobar2000 (foo_upnp 0.99.41). Can be turned off in Settings > UPnP Tweaks > Enable gapless control
    • OpenHome local renderer (beta). Allow to control the local renderer remotely without requiring the Control Point to remain running for track advance (the playback queue is stored on the renderer side). Must be enabled in Settings > Local Renderer > OpenHome renderer. Appears on the network with the same name than the local renderer, with (OpenHome) appended
    • video subtitles support for local and external video renderers. For Android playback with subtitles, MX Player is required for either local or remote playback. For important information on this topic, refer to Settings > About/Help > Tips > Video and subtitles
    • support for third party equalizer / DSP apps applied to local renderer music playback (Now Playing > Menu > Equalizer)
    • slideshow to external renderer through the fullscreen image viewer, now able to control external renderers and providing a better UI for this purpose
    • added ability to exclude folders when the Local Media Server is browsed remotely (Settings > Local Media Server > Content > Exclude remote folders)
    • reorganized Settings screens
    • Now Playing screen uses cached covers on mobile connection
    • improved D-PAD navigation (GoogleTV)
    • improved accessibility
    • attempt at a workaround for error 501 on some Sony renderers
    • fixed app sometimes exiting after inactivity delay while local media server is busy streaming files
    • fixed Local Media Server and Renderer possibly disappearing after 30 mins in some external Control Points
    • fixed thumbnails sometimes not displaying (most likely happened on fast devices like the Nexus 7)
    • fixed searching local media server for videos not working
    • fixed local renderer and local media server not being disannounced on the LAN on Android shutdown or reboot
    • fixed layouting bugs
    • fixed rare ANRs and crashes
    • many other fixes and UI tweaks