Download Free BubbleUPnP for DLNA/Chromecast APK Mirror Update

- fixed several issues related to FFmpeg
- better defaults for 'Max samplerate' and 'Convert-24 bit to 16-bit' settings for many popular renderers
- Chromecast local mutichannel transcoding works again (needs 1.30.x firmware), added E-AC-3 passthrough support
- many other small improvements, tweaks and fixes
More details in in-app changelog

- new FFmpeg based audio decoding bringing the ability to play any audio format to any renderer (including local playback)
- ReplayGain support
- device tweaks are now device specific instead of global
- faster local Chromecast transcoding, especially on 64-bit ARM. Chromebook support
- ability to hide devices
- many bug fixes and enhancements (full changelog in-app)

- app targets API 27 (Oreo 8.1)
- On Marshmallow+, permission READ/WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE is not mandatory anymore 
- fixed inability to seek in some videos on Chromecast
- 'prev track' button behavior changes
- default download folder uses system defaults for each media type
- fixed download notification not displaying properly on Nougat+
- added ability to identify Qobuz Sublime high res albums
- removed collecting anonymous app usage analytics
- ...and more (full changelog in-app)

- added a separate setting for E-AC-3 passthrough for Chromecast transcoding
- fixed seeking not available when playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed failure to play local files whose path contained unicode supplementary characters (Emoji, mostly)
- fixed failure to play DSD on some renderers
- fixed issue playing to Neutron renderer
- fixed a few rare and obscure issues and crashes

- added a separate setting for E-AC-3 passthrough for Chromecast transcoding
- fixed seeking not available when playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed failure to play local files whose path contained unicode supplementary characters (Emoji, mostly)
- fixed failure to play DSD on some renderers
- fixed issue playing to Neutron renderer
- fixed a few rare and obscure issues and crashes

- fixed possible stuttering playing to Chromecast some videos requiring audio transcoding
- fixed Playlist track and video advance playing to Chromecast not always working
- fixed notification not always properly updated on Oreo 8.1
- new UPnP/DLNA renderers defaults settings for FFmpeg PCM audio decoding
- BubbleUPnP Server 0.9-update28 released, with support for off-loading FFmpeg PCM audio decoding for playback to external UPnP/AV renderers
- many obscure tweaks and fixes

- fixed several issues related to FFmpeg
- better defaults for 'Max samplerate' and 'Convert-24 bit to 16-bit' settings for many popular renderers
- Chromecast local mutichannel transcoding works again (needs 1.30.x firmware), added E-AC-3 passthrough support
- many other small improvements, tweaks and fixes
More details in in-app changelog

- fixed several issues related to FFmpeg
- better defaults for 'Max samplerate' and 'Convert-24 bit to 16-bit' settings for many popular renderers
- Chromecast local mutichannel transcoding works again (needs 1.30.x firmware), added E-AC-3 passthrough support
- many other small improvements, tweaks and fixes
More details in in-app changelog

- new FFmpeg based audio decoding bringing the ability to play any audio format to any renderer (including local playback)
- ReplayGain support
- device tweaks are now device specific instead of global
- faster local Chromecast transcoding, especially on 64-bit ARM. Chromebook support
- ability to hide devices
- many bug fixes and enhancements (full changelog in-app)

- fixed stutter playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed Audio Cast not working on Android 7.1.x and improved Audio Cast app support
- changed default behavior of the local media server for remote browsing
- other smaller fixes
more details in the in-app changelog

- fixed stutter playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed Audio Cast not working on Android 7.1.x and improved Audio Cast app support
- changed default behavior of the local media server for remote browsing
- other smaller fixes
more details in the in-app changelog

- added a separate setting for E-AC-3 passthrough for Chromecast transcoding
- fixed seeking not available when playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed failure to play local files whose path contained unicode supplementary characters (Emoji, mostly)
- fixed failure to play DSD on some renderers
- fixed issue playing to Neutron renderer
- fixed a few rare and obscure issues and crashes

- added a separate setting for E-AC-3 passthrough for Chromecast transcoding
- fixed seeking not available when playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed failure to play local files whose path contained unicode supplementary characters (Emoji, mostly)
- fixed failure to play DSD on some renderers
- fixed issue playing to Neutron renderer
- fixed a few rare and obscure issues and crashes

- fixed possible stuttering playing to Chromecast some videos requiring audio transcoding
- fixed Playlist track and video advance playing to Chromecast not always working
- fixed notification not always properly updated on Oreo 8.1
- new UPnP/DLNA renderers defaults settings for FFmpeg PCM audio decoding
- BubbleUPnP Server 0.9-update28 released, with support for off-loading FFmpeg PCM audio decoding for playback to external UPnP/AV renderers
- many obscure tweaks and fixes

- fixed several issues related to FFmpeg
- better defaults for 'Max samplerate' and 'Convert-24 bit to 16-bit' settings for many popular renderers
- Chromecast local mutichannel transcoding works again (needs 1.30.x firmware), added E-AC-3 passthrough support
- many other small improvements, tweaks and fixes
More details in in-app changelog

- new FFmpeg based audio decoding bringing the ability to play any audio format to any renderer (including local playback)
- ReplayGain support
- device tweaks are now device specific instead of global
- faster local Chromecast transcoding, especially on 64-bit ARM. Chromebook support
- ability to hide devices
- many bug fixes and enhancements (full changelog in-app)

- fixed stutter playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed Audio Cast not working on Android 7.1.x and improved Audio Cast app support
- changed default behavior of the local media server for remote browsing
- other smaller fixes
more details in the in-app changelog

- fixed stutter playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed Audio Cast not working on Android 7.1.x and improved Audio Cast app support
- changed default behavior of the local media server for remote browsing
- other smaller fixes
more details in the in-app changelog

- fixed stutter playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed Audio Cast not working on Android 7.1.x and improved Audio Cast app support
- changed default behavior of the local media server for remote browsing
- other smaller fixes
more details in the in-app changelog

- app targets API 27 (Oreo 8.1)
- On Marshmallow+, permission READ/WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE is not mandatory anymore 
- fixed inability to seek in some videos on Chromecast
- 'prev track' button behavior changes
- default download folder uses system defaults for each media type
- fixed download notification not displaying properly on Nougat+
- added ability to identify Qobuz Sublime high res albums
- removed collecting anonymous app usage analytics
- ...and more (full changelog in-app)

- added a separate setting for E-AC-3 passthrough for Chromecast transcoding
- fixed seeking not available when playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed failure to play local files whose path contained unicode supplementary characters (Emoji, mostly)
- fixed failure to play DSD on some renderers
- fixed issue playing to Neutron renderer
- fixed a few rare and obscure issues and crashes

- fixed possible stuttering playing to Chromecast some videos requiring audio transcoding
- fixed Playlist track and video advance playing to Chromecast not always working
- fixed notification not always properly updated on Oreo 8.1
- new UPnP/DLNA renderers defaults settings for FFmpeg PCM audio decoding
- BubbleUPnP Server 0.9-update28 released, with support for off-loading FFmpeg PCM audio decoding for playback to external UPnP/AV renderers
- many obscure tweaks and fixes

- fixed several issues related to FFmpeg
- better defaults for 'Max samplerate' and 'Convert-24 bit to 16-bit' settings for many popular renderers
- Chromecast local mutichannel transcoding works again (needs 1.30.x firmware), added E-AC-3 passthrough support
- many other small improvements, tweaks and fixes
More details in in-app changelog

- new FFmpeg based audio decoding bringing the ability to play any audio format to any renderer (including local playback)
- ReplayGain support
- device tweaks are now device specific instead of global
- faster local Chromecast transcoding, especially on 64-bit ARM. Chromebook support
- ability to hide devices
- many bug fixes and enhancements (full changelog in-app)

- fixed stutter playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed Audio Cast not working on Android 7.1.x and improved Audio Cast app support
- changed default behavior of the local media server for remote browsing
- other smaller fixes
more details in the in-app changelog

- fixed stutter playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed Audio Cast not working on Android 7.1.x and improved Audio Cast app support
- changed default behavior of the local media server for remote browsing
- other smaller fixes
more details in the in-app changelog

- fixed videos with multichannel audio not playing anymore on Chromecast v2 and Ultra due to new firmware
- on Chromecast Audio, do not transcode for samplerates > 96 kHz
- support sending Opus files to all Chromecast models
- fixed Chromecast Audio group volume being limited to 20 steps instead of 50
- fixed sometimes mismatched album art for tracks and albums where album title and/or album artist have non-latin characters
- fixed obscure crashes
- BubbleUPnP Server 0.9-update27 released

- fixed long subtitles lines not displayed on multiple lines on Chromecast
- removed unneeded permission READ_PHONE_STATE for pre-Marshmallow devices
- Local And Cloud folders that are alphabetically sorted now combine alphabetic and numeric sorting
- fixed sharing from Qobuz and TIDAL apps to BubbleUPnP not working with OpenHome renderers
- fixed audio tracks not resuming in some cases
- several other fixes (full changelog in-app)

- fixed 'Audio Cast' feature not working on Nougat
- fixed 'Settings > Control > Mute on phone call' not working on Nougat+. Permission READ_PHONE_STATE is prompted when enabling this feature (to determine phone is ringing)
- added ability to list Qobuz and TIDAL favorites alphabetically
- added ability to set the minimum media duration for enabling resuming support
- fixed a few obscure crashes
More detailed changelog in-app.

- on Nougat+, added support for USB OTG drives
- TIDAL favorites folders sorted in added order
- share tracks/albums/public playlists from the Qobuz and TIDAL apps to BubbleUPnP
- ability to set a 'custom mount point' on SD Card, USB OTG
- subtitles are passed to Android VLC
- workaround for Chromecast connection lost on some devices when the screen goes off
- fixed for downloads 'Preserve folder structure' not always working
- fixed obscure crashes
- other improvements (full changelog in-app)

- replacing Playlist content now asks for confirmation (can be disabled)
- added ability to always resume media without prompting
- better handling of HLS streams
- display details for multiple audio/video tracks when playing to Chromecast
- many other small improvements and fixes (full changelog in-app)

- replacing Playlist content now asks for confirmation (can be disabled)
- added ability to always resume media without prompting
- better handling of HLS streams
- display details for multiple audio/video tracks when playing to Chromecast
- many other small improvements and fixes (full changelog in-app)

- local folder Music > Genres now splits multiple genres into multiple folders
- fixed Plex items in a 'Saved Playlist' possibly not playing
- fixed sending tracks from the SoundCloud app to BubbleUPnP not working anymore
- fixed media link extraction failing on some setups
- fixed issue playing a content:// Uri videos with subtitles to Samsung and other DLNA TVs
- simplified 'Playlist tab > 3 dot menu > Add stream URL' dialog
- added volume broadcast intents for automation
- other minor fixes

- local folder Music > Genres now splits multiple genres into multiple folders
- fixed Plex items in a 'Saved Playlist' possibly not playing
- fixed sending tracks from the SoundCloud app to BubbleUPnP not working anymore
- fixed media link extraction failing on some setups
- fixed issue playing a content:// Uri videos with subtitles to Samsung and other DLNA TVs
- simplified 'Playlist tab > 3 dot menu > Add stream URL' dialog
- added volume broadcast intents for automation
- other minor fixes

BubbleUPnP 2.8.8p1 beta pushed to Google Play for beta subscribers (or bubblesoftapps.com/bubbleupnp/beta/BubbleUPnP.apk)
- slightly faster media link extraction
- fixed sending from SoundCloud app to BubbleUPnP not working anymore 
- fixed playing a content:// Uri video (eg added from 'Playlist > 3 dot menu > File Picker', or sent from some third party apps), with subtitles later associated to it via 'Now Playing > speech icon', resulting in subtitles not displayed on Samsung TVs and some other DLNA TVs
- fixed scrobbling some tracks with dash in the title being submitted with a truncated title
- added broadcast intents com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp.VOLUME_INC and com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp.VOLUME_DEC
- updated to Google Play Services 10.2.0, Android Support Library 25.3.0. App built with gradle 3.4.1, gradle android plugin 2.3.0

- download subtitles from opensubtitles.org, and other external subtitles improvements
- Chromecast local transcoding: do not transcode h265 videos on Chromecast Ultra and Nvidia Shield
- swipe Now Playing cover up/down to change volume
- fixed 'Settings > Control > Kill on inactivity' not working properly
- possible fix for the PS4 cutting Google Music tracks midway
- fixed 'failed to take read permission' error when sending media from some other apps
- many other obscure fixes and tweaks

- USB OTG storage support
- proper multi-window support on Nougat
- add files to Playlist from the Android system file picker
- support for 'Settings > Network and Setting > Cache folder' to use the external SD Card
- updated Dropbox API from v1 to v2 as v1 will be retired in 2017
- many other fixes and tweaks

2.8.2p5
Fix crashes and regressions introduced in previous beta
Visit the BubbleUPnP BETA Google+ community for full changelog, including previous betas.

2.8.2p3
- USB OTG support either from new "USB storage" folder in Library appearing when you plug it, or via 'Playlist tab > 3-dot > Add from File Picker' if not detected otherwise (requires licence)
- BubbleUPnP Server track cache folder can now be on external SD Card (Settings > Network and Settings > Cache folder)
- local and cloud root folders show a gear icon displaying their respective settings page
2.8.2p2
- See BubbleUPnP BETA Google+ community for full changelog

- free Qobuz HiFi 1 month trial
- TIDAL and Qobuz can be browsed and played from the PS4
- improved browsing of BubbleUPnP from the PS4
- 'View on IMDb' fallbacks to TMDB or Trakt if there is no match on IMDb
- 2x faster loading of Google Photos folders
- fixed regresson where some Samsung TVs would not show subtitles anymore
- fixed most TIDAL album art not showing up anymore
- other fixes

2.8p2
- improved identification of movies and tv show episodes
- updated many internal libraries
2.8p1
- Trakt support for scrobbling movies and shows, and synced resume playback. see Settings > Trakt
- view IMDb page for movies and shows: 3 dot menu on video > Show on IMDb. Also in the metadata dialog
- On Marshmallow, Audio Cast volume button override now works when BubbleUPnP is not the foreground app
- Many other fixes and tweaks. See the BubbleUPnP BETA Google+ community for details

2.8p1 beta
- Trakt support for scrobbling movies and shows, and synced resume playback. see Settings > Trakt. This feature requires licensed BubbleUPnP
- view IMDb page for movies and shows: 3 dot menu on video > Show on IMDb. Also in the metadata dialog
- On Marshmallow, Audio Cast volume button override now works when BubbleUPnP is not the foreground app
- Many other fixes and tweaks. See the BubbleUPnP BETA Google+ community for details

- in the navigation drawer, renamed 'Local Media Server' to 'Local and Cloud' for better clarity
- free version shows native ads instead of banner ads
- fixed some Samsung TV not always showing external subtitles for videos handled by the local media server
- fixed Nougat UI issues: tapping a device in the Devices tab was not reflecting the change.
Unreadable search history
- fixed 'Settings > Library > Smart Sort' not working if an album sorting option was previously set

- fixed failure to load Google Music Stations folder
- fixed Library Search screen not restored on orientation change
- fixed failure to load local filesystem .m3u playlists containing extended ASCII characters
- fixed JRiver Media Center failure to control BubbleUPnP (as a renderer) gaplessly
- fixed Chromecast local transcoding not working on Android Nougat
- local Chromecast v1 and v2 transcoding: 24 bit audio is not transcoded anymore to 16 bit WAV (due to fixed firmware)

- Direct Share support on Marshmallow
- fixed Audio Cast not working on 64-bit devices
- fixed  'Settings > Control > Youtube Quality' not working
- on Lollipop+, fixed 'Settings > Control > Lock-screen background album art' not working properly
- fixed failure to launch BubbleUPnP after install/update on certain launch scenarios
- allow sending AVI videos untranscoded to Google Cast devices (for NVIDIA Shield)
- other minor fixes

- fixed stutter playing some videos to Chromecast
- fixed Audio Cast not working on Android 7.1.x and improved Audio Cast app support
- changed default behavior of the local media server for remote browsing
- other smaller fixes
more details in the in-app changelog