[APP][5.0+][v3.8.0.2] BubbleUPnP - UPnP/DLNA/Chromecast Control Point and Renderer

[bubbleguuum]

Still miss native package of BubbleUPnP Server for Synology DSM 7 a lot.

I understand but still not happy with Synology breaking packages from DSM6 to DSM7 for no good reason except that they could.
Also not too fond of manufacturer specific packages these days, as it is a huge time sink (let alone that for Syno, you need a Syno NAS!) and Docker images are the way to go. Docker is usually supported on Intel and easy. Maybe less so on ARM although there are usually a solution to run it on various NAS but it can be rather technical.

 

[dark0shark]

I understand but still not happy with Synology breaking packages from DSM6 to DSM7 for no good reason except that they could.

Thank you for explaining, others have the same opinion: https://www.blackvoid.club/3rd-party-package-support-in-dsm-7/

As I own a DS218j I cannot run Docker on it, it's a pity.

 

[bubbleguuum]

As I own a DS218j I cannot run Docker on it, it's a pity.

@dark0shark

Might be possible to run Docker unofficially, although does not look like a piece of cake:

Synology DS218: unsupported Docker installation and usage...

Disclaimer I take no responsibilities for any damages or losses resulting from applying...

dev.to

If you can get Docker running, the BubbleUPnP Server images do support aarch64.

 

[dark0shark]

@dark0shark

Might be possible to run Docker unofficially, although does not look like a piece of cake:

Synology DS218: unsupported Docker installation and usage...

Disclaimer I take no responsibilities for any damages or losses resulting from applying...

dev.to

If you can get Docker running, the BubbleUPnP Server images do support aarch64.

Very interesting, but no way / no aarch64:

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name" | uniq
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l)

$ uname -m
armv7l

 

[bubbleguuum]

Very interesting, but no way / no aarch64:

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name" | uniq
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l)

$ uname -m
armv7l

BubbleUPnP Server has an armv7l Docker image.

I found this, but might not be a piece of cake either:

docker on synology DS218j armv7l synology_armada38x_ds218j

docker on synology DS218j armv7l synology_armada38x_ds218j - build_all_bins_for_armv7l.patch

gist.github.com

 

[alexinc]

Recently noticed that bubbleupnpserver starts running 200% cpu usage for no reason. Any hint to track it down?
Running 0.9update46 in chroot Ubuntu 22.04 on my mobile LG G5 with Android 11 (Snapdragon 820, 2,1GHz). Starting bubbleupnpserver without using high resources and no unusual behaviour, but over day/night it's up to constantly running at 200% without even using it once. First i noticed when battery went down although being plugged into wall, so charger didn't handle high power consumption of cpu.

Thanks i.a.!

PS: installed .deb version including Java 11 which gets used by MinimServer too without high CPU consumption, so i guess it's bubbleupnpserver related!?

 

[bubbleguuum]

Recently noticed that bubbleupnpserver starts running 200% cpu usage for no reason. Any hint to track it down?
Running 0.9update46 in chroot Ubuntu 22.04 on my mobile LG G5 with Android 11 (Snapdragon 820, 2,1GHz). Starting bubbleupnpserver without using high resources and no unusual behaviour, but over day/night it's up to constantly running at 200% without even using it once. First i noticed when battery went down although being plugged into wall, so charger didn't handle high power consumption of cpu.

Thanks i.a.!

PS: installed .deb version including Java 11 which gets used by MinimServer too without high CPU consumption, so i guess it's bubbleupnpserver related!?

@alexinc

Weird issue. Can you send me the log files (BubbleUPnPServer.log.0 and BubbleUPnPServer.log.1) to [email protected] ?

 

[alexinc]

@alexinc

Weird issue. Can you send me the log files (BubbleUPnPServer.log.0 and BubbleUPnPServer.log.1) to [email protected] ?

Will asap, just noticed that i disabled logging. ;-) Will wait till CPU is at 200% again...

 

[bubbleguuum]

Will asap, just noticed that i disabled logging. ;-) Will wait till CPU is at 200% again...

@alexinc

When this happens can you check if it is not systemd restarting BubbleUPnP Server repeatedly because it has crashed ?
Look at the pid of the Java process to check if it changes.

 

[alexinc]

@alexinc

When this happens can you check if it is not systemd restarting BubbleUPnP Server repeatedly because it has crashed ?
Look at the pid of the Java process to check if it changes.

mail just got send. forgot to mention that pid kept being the same, so no restart involved.

 

[salandreika]

hi. very good solution for my samsung phone and firestick 4k max. BUT, hot to make android server on my tv to use another video player like vlc or mx player? the problem is if i play a movie in 4k and after this switch to the next movie also in 4k the player on my tv becomes white and freezes. i need to restart the server to get rid of this error. i guess there are some problems with HW decoding.

UPD: ok that seems to be the internal tv player error. i found how to force use another player. but here is another question: by default, when i send a network stream from my phone (like iptv media) to tv, the app on my tv reads this media from the phone. how to make it to redirect the root stream link directly to tv instead casting it from phone? there is another app like local cast wich does this so after sending the media to tv i can even disconnect my phone from wifi, the media on tv will still play. because it reads original media link, not the link from the phone. is it possible to to the same with bubbleupnp on phone? thanks.

 

[msssm]

Beside the DLNA functionality, would you like to add playback speed factor for local playback with 0,01 factor steps like 1,15 speed? Just like NewPipe does?

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17365767/58871449-4ae7e680-86c2-11e9-81ec-df562da6a6c4.png

Are you planning to add real RSS-Feed support for Podcasts provided via XML feed? I wonder that this is not already there, as it would be the easiest way to add a playlist from a public website. Actually it could be implemented within the virtual folders, beside having Bookmarks, Saved Playlists, there could be Feeds, adding XML feeds with virtual folders to add items from there to my own playlist.
When using BubbleUPnP to control a remote BubbleUPnP or DLNA player, playing from my favourite podcases, I usually need a workaround to lookup a single content stream URL from my podcast app like "gReader Pro" and share it to BubbleUPnP, which is very annoying.

 

[jim_pap]

I miss the lyrics functionality so I installed the Musixmatch on my Samsung T580 Android (v 7?) tablet. But I am not impressed by the result: the floating lyrics window refuses to display lyrics on too many songs, even from the same album. These songs lyrics do appear when I listen the same songs via YouTube or YouTube Music so I suspect that something is (not permanently) broken in the notifications that BubbleUPNP btoadcasts (am I using proper terminology here?) or Android prevents them from reaching Musixmatch. Please note that I have enabled all those permissions that are required from Musixmatch.

Have you experienced something similar?

 

[bubbleguuum]

@msssm

Beside the DLNA functionality, would you like to add playback speed factor for local playback with 0,01 factor steps like 1,15 speed? Just like NewPipe does?

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17365767/58871449-4ae7e680-86c2-11e9-81ec-df562da6a6c4.png

No promise, but I will look into it since the MediaPlayer API used for local playback has this ability.

Are you planning to add real RSS-Feed support for Podcasts provided via XML feed? I wonder that this is not already there, as it would be the easiest way to add a playlist from a public website. Actually it could be implemented within the virtual folders, beside having Bookmarks, Saved Playlists, there could be Feeds, adding XML feeds with virtual folders to add items from there to my own playlist.
When using BubbleUPnP to control a remote BubbleUPnP or DLNA player, playing from my favourite podcases, I usually need a workaround to lookup a single content stream URL from my podcast app like "gReader Pro" and share it to BubbleUPnP, which is very annoying.

No plan for automatically updating RSS feeds, as podcast dedicated apps would do a better job at that.
However, BubbleUPnP can load RSS feed URLs into the Playlist tab. First way is to paste such link in Playlist tab > 3 dot menu > Add Stream URL. Second way is to share a RSS link from another app to BubbleUPnP.
Once the content of the RSS feed is loaded into the Playlist tab, you can save it to a 'Saved Playlist' if you wish ( Playlist tab > 3 dot menu > Add to Saved Playlist).

 

[bubbleguuum]

I miss the lyrics functionality so I installed the Musixmatch on my Samsung T580 Android (v 7?) tablet. But I am not impressed by the result: the floating lyrics window refuses to display lyrics on too many songs, even from the same album. These songs lyrics do appear when I listen the same songs via YouTube or YouTube Music so I suspect that something is (not permanently) broken in the notifications that BubbleUPNP btoadcasts (am I using proper terminology here?) or Android prevents them from reaching Musixmatch. Please note that I have enabled all those permissions that are required from Musixmatch.

Have you experienced something similar?

@jim_pap

Can you confirm the Android version of your device ? And the Musixmatch app version ?
On Android 10+ it is more practical as Musixmatch can just read (with proper permission) the BubbleUPnP media notification.

 

[thegios]

Hi @bubbleguuum
I am using Bubbleupnp to stream Qobuz on my Marantz.

Today I've been told that I have a second option: open Qobuz app, select song/album/playlist, from 3 dots select "share to" and choose Bubbleupnp, play. What would be the difference from playing Qobuz directly from Bubbleupnp?

 

[bubbleguuum]

Hi @bubbleguuum
I am using Bubbleupnp to stream Qobuz on my Marantz.

Today I've been told that I have a second option: open Qobuz app, select song/album/playlist, from 3 dots select "share to" and choose Bubbleupnp, play. What would be the difference from playing Qobuz directly from Bubbleupnp?

@thegios

Answered by email but there is no difference for audio quality between the 2 methods.
Sharing from the Qobuz app just require that you have setup your Qobuz account in BubbleUPnP first.

 

[jim_pap]

@jim_pap

Can you confirm the Android version of your device ? And the Musixmatch app version ?
On Android 10+ it is more practical as Musixmatch can just read (with proper permission) the BubbleUPnP media notification.

Android 8.1,
Musixmatch version I used is unknown (I uninstalled it after I found that it has similar problems even with YouTube Music). But, since I started using in this month, it must be fairly recent.

Another unpleasant detail about Musixmatch is that it requires a myriad of permissions. So this thing probably collects lot of user data. I might understand this attitude on a free app but there' s no guarantee that these permissions won't be required for the paid version as well.

Looks like I am one of the few (?) guys that consider lyrics display a serious thing? And I really miss Winamp's lyrics plugins. Purchased Media Monkey: it supports lyrics lookup only for local files and it does not compare to BubbleUpnp as it is a very very poor dlna renderer (very poor functionality since the app was designed to work with local files that have been synced with a MediaMonkey Server on Windows). Tried Hi Fi Cast: no lyrics, configurability inferior to BubbleUpnp. Tried Neutron: this is the only player with configurability comparable to BubbleUpnp but it has an awkward ui and still no lyrics I wish BubbleUpnp had a native lyrics lookup feature but afaik it was dropped a long time ago and wont be back again

 

[jim_pap]

Has anyone managed to play internet radio stations using BubbleUPNP? If so, what's the best way of integrating it?

Find a network station url by examing the source code of its web page (there are many tutorials about it). Then:
Playlist -> Add Stream URL
then Add to Saved Playlist
then play from More -> Saved Playlist

I wish BubbleUpnp had a radio station browsing function, with filters (Genre, Local) as Yamaha MusiCast does. TuneIn for collecting urls is not a very wise option imho, as its fee is much higher than BubbleUpnp cost itself.

 

[lordearl]

Find a network station url by examing the source code of its web page (there are many tutorials about it). Then:
Playlist -> Add Stream URL
then Add to Saved Playlist
then play from More -> Saved Playlist

I wish BubbleUpnp had a radio station browsing function, with filters (Genre, Local) as Yamaha MusiCast does. TuneIn for collecting urls is not a very wise option imho, as its fee is much higher than BubbleUpnp cost itself.

I've been using Transistor to get the station and URL. You can export to music play list as well from there.

The audio cast feature of BubbleUPNP should work with transistor, too.

Transistor - Simple Radio App | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Transistor is an app for listening to radio stations over the internet.

f-droid.org