Android Mobile

[Luke 37163]

The app looks great. At first attempt,however, I'm having an issue with AC3 5.1 audio when chromecasting a TV show. It works fine when played through my 2 channel TV speakers, but I seem to lose the dialog (center channel?) when listening though my stereo. The only thing that changed since it worked earlier this evening was the upgrade to the new android client.

 

Is this a known issue, or can I provide more details to help debug?

 

Thanks!

 

You can file this in the server area. You should see the same behavior from the web client if this is true. CC playback is controlled by the app hosted on the receiver, not the android app.

[Redshirt 1487]

I can't get it to direct play . I have a low powererd ARM server all my files are x264 and 2 ch AAC. I tried with HLS or without and there is always a transcode going on so I cannot listen to any movies.. Only if I use an external player everything is fine.. except that I loose seek position.

 

Any ideas on how I could enable direct play with the android client if the codecs are supported ? Thanks

 

is the h264 profile baseline? 

[cskyrme 0]

You can file this in the server area. You should see the same behavior from the web client if this is true. CC playback is controlled by the app hosted on the receiver, not the android app.

Thanks for the prompt reply, Luke. I figured it was a related to the android app as my Chromecast version only started showing up as 2.0.000 on the web client dashboard (as opposed to 1.0.7 i think) when I upgraded the android app on my tablet. I haven't been able to confirm that the behavior is the same when casting from the web client, but will try to replicate that tomorrow.

Edited October 6, 2014 by cskyrme

[Redshirt 1487]

One problem I am having with the new release is with subtitles

I get subtitles even if none is selected when streaming to my Samsung TV

What are your subtitle preferences set to in the server?

[Glyde62 48]

Where do I check that?

Another problem now, files that were laughing before, Now I get message file type not supported

 

Sent from the secret room in the back of your closet

[Redshirt 1487]

click your icon in the top right of web dashboard and select my preferences. Subtitle settings are there.

[randomizer 2]

The new version still doesn't like my Nexus 5. It's still locking up regularly (often more than once per minute), although unlike the old version it seems to recover after I get prompted to kill it. I've only managed to get a movie and TV show started a few times since it takes upwards of 10s to load the page for movies and TV shows and another 10s before the server starts transcoding. Music doesn't play at all because the server never starts transcoding, and the player just stops responding. I'll have to get some logs of course otherwise this is all just waffle.

[iam4uk 26]

If a user profile is hidden from login screens, when selecting that user manually, the login fails. Happens whether password protected or not. Unhide user in server, and the user can then be accessed in new android client. Please restore the ability to manually login to hidden user profiles.

[Redshirt 1487]

If a user profile is hidden from login screens, when selecting that user manually, the login fails. Happens whether password protected or not. Unhide user in server, and the user can then be accessed in new android client. Please restore the ability to manually login to hidden user profiles.

 

Fixed for next release.

[Glyde62 48]

Something is definitely going on with seeking/resume. We're looking into it. I don't believe it's android specific.

Yeah, Was working initially for me, But has stopped working now for some reason

 

One more thing, Still no saving of default short order?

Edited October 6, 2014 by Glyde62

[Vidman 589]

In the tunein plugin the labels are white on white hense unreadable

[speechles 1921]

Found another issue, with books.

 

In portrait it looks pushed off screen.

 

Also, nice effect with the lock screen.

 

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

[Vidman 589]

Just an observation... I don't know if having the user logout right above the home button is great idea for a touch screen mobile device especially with no confirmation dialog

[Redshirt 1487]

Found another issue, with books.

 

In portrait it looks pushed off screen.

 

Fixed. It'll be in tomorrows update.

[Redshirt 1487]

Just an observation... I don't know if having the user logout right above the home button is great idea for a touch screen mobile device especially with no confirmation dialog

 

I can increase the space between the user image and home image, but I don't think it's that bad as is. 

[TonkaTuff 6]

Hi Redshirt.

 

I've got a problem since updating the app.

The app freezes at the "Select a Media Browser Server" page immediately after launching.

 

Log Excerpt (full log coming via PM):

[Mon Oct 06 19:44:36 CEST 2014] , Error , Error loading last connected server. com.mb.android.utils.FileUtils.LoadSavedSessionInfo(FileUtils.java:69)

com.mb.android.ui.mobile.main.MainActivity.loadOrCreateSavedSessionInfo(MainActivity.java:112)

com.mb.android.ui.mobile.main.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:75)

android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5086)

android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1079)

 

Thanks for your hlep

 

 

[Redshirt 1487]

Does it actually freeze, or is it just not doing anything. Looking at the PM'd log it appears to survive the errors and carry on. If you click the icon beside the text you should be able to add your connection info.

[jordy 284]

Hey Red,

 

Just updated my sg3 and it looks great. seems to function quite well and at the moment plays my MKVs beautifully with HLS on. Very happy.

One question, when trying ti use play to, if I load MB Android before I start the target app - say MBT on my laptop, MBA does not see it as a play to device. There appears to be no way to refresh the available play to devices other than completely shutting MBA down - removing it from the phones list of "in use" apps and then re-starting the app. Any way of getting MBA to keep polling the server for new devices - seeing as the server picks up new connections pretty much instantly, as they become available or to do a manual refresh?

[TonkaTuff 6]

LOL, don't I feel like an idiot!

That's fixed it. I was tapping on the text, not the icon next to the text.

Thanks

[Redshirt 1487]

LOL, don't I feel like an idiot!

That's fixed it. I was tapping on the text, not the icon next to the text.

Thanks

 

Lol, it's still a valid point. That should look more like a button.

[Redshirt 1487]

Hey Red,

 

Just updated my sg3 and it looks great. seems to function quite well and at the moment plays my MKVs beautifully with HLS on. Very happy.

One question, when trying ti use play to, if I load MB Android before I start the target app - say MBT on my laptop, MBA does not see it as a play to device. There appears to be no way to refresh the available play to devices other than completely shutting MBA down - removing it from the phones list of "in use" apps and then re-starting the app. Any way of getting MBA to keep polling the server for new devices - seeing as the server picks up new connections pretty much instantly, as they become available or to do a manual refresh?

 

I'll see what I can do. I'm seeing it too.

Edited October 6, 2014 by Redshirt

[inkubux 7]

I can't get it to direct play  . I have a low powererd ARM server all my files are x264 and 2 ch AAC. I tried with HLS or without and there is always a transcode going on so I cannot listen to any movies.. Only if I use an external player everything is fine.. except that I loose seek position.

 

Any ideas on how I could enable direct play with the android client if the codecs are supported ? Thanks

 

is the h264 profile baseline? 

 

 

I donn know what baseline is sorry ;(

 

But this is a typical movie probe information :

ffprobe 'Robots (2005).m4v'
ffprobe version N-66454-ge113692 Copyright (c) 2007-2014 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Sep 25 2014 15:09:26 with gcc 4.6 (Debian 4.6.3-14)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-postproc --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-libtheora --enable-gray --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx
  libavutil      54.  7.101 / 54.  7.101
  libavcodec     56.  1.101 / 56.  1.101
  libavformat    56.  5.100 / 56.  5.100
  libavdevice    56.  1.100 / 56.  1.100
  libavfilter     5.  1.102 /  5.  1.102
  libswscale      3.  1.100 /  3.  1.100
  libswresample   1.  1.100 /  1.  1.100
  libpostproc    53.  1.100 / 53.  1.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'Robots (2005).m4v':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf55.12.100
  Duration: 01:23:39.58, start: 0.061000, bitrate: 3299 kb/s
    Chapter #0.0: start 0.000000, end 123.540000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:00:00.000
    Chapter #0.1: start 123.540000, end 264.139000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:02:03.540
    Chapter #0.2: start 264.139000, end 437.312000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:04:24.139
    Chapter #0.3: start 437.312000, end 650.984000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:07:17.312
    Chapter #0.4: start 650.984000, end 814.397000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:10:50.984
    Chapter #0.5: start 814.397000, end 952.827000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:13:34.397
    Chapter #0.6: start 952.827000, end 1144.894000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:15:52.827
    Chapter #0.7: start 1144.894000, end 1362.611000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:19:04.894
    Chapter #0.8: start 1362.611000, end 1484.191000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:22:42.611
    Chapter #0.9: start 1484.191000, end 1604.394000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:24:44.191
    Chapter #0.10: start 1604.394000, end 1764.513000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:26:44.394
    Chapter #0.11: start 1764.513000, end 1983.773000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:29:24.513
    Chapter #0.12: start 1983.773000, end 2098.346000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:33:03.773
    Chapter #0.13: start 2098.346000, end 2196.444000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:34:58.346
    Chapter #0.14: start 2196.444000, end 2463.336000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:36:36.444
    Chapter #0.15: start 2463.336000, end 2755.044000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:41:03.336
    Chapter #0.16: start 2755.044000, end 2993.199000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:45:55.044
    Chapter #0.17: start 2993.199000, end 3222.344000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:49:53.199
    Chapter #0.18: start 3222.344000, end 3549.004000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:53:42.344
    Chapter #0.19: start 3549.004000, end 3662.993000
    Metadata:
      title           : 00:59:09.004
    Chapter #0.20: start 3662.993000, end 3879.876000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:01:02.993
    Chapter #0.21: start 3879.876000, end 4014.761000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:04:39.876
    Chapter #0.22: start 4014.761000, end 4344.632000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:06:54.761
    Chapter #0.23: start 4344.632000, end 4572.902000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:12:24.632
    Chapter #0.24: start 4572.902000, end 4740.235000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:16:12.902
    Chapter #0.25: start 4740.235000, end 4884.213000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:19:00.235
    Chapter #0.26: start 4884.213000, end 5019.642000
    Metadata:
      title           : 01:21:24.213
    Stream #0:0(fra): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1280x696 [SAR 1:1 DAR 160:87], 2970 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 16k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
    Stream #0:1(fra): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 321 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SoundHandler

 and this is a part of the transcoding log in HLS:

usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -fflags +genpts -i file:"/mnt/Media/Movies/Movies/m4v/Robots (2005).m4v" -map_metadata -1 -threads 2 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 libx264 -preset superfast -crf 23 -maxrate 2970341 -bufsize 5940682 -vsync vfr -profile:v baseline -level 41 -force_key_frames expr:gte(t,n_forced*6) -vf "scale=trunc(min(iw\,1920)/2)*2:trunc(min((iw/dar)\,1080)/2)*2" -copyts -flags -global_header -codec:a:0 aac -strict experimental -ac 2 -ab 128000 -af "adelay=1,aresample=async=1" -hls_time 6 -start_number 0 -hls_list_size 1440 -y "/opt/mbserver/ProgramData-Server/transcoding-temp/cddee7ec60b1051bf74b62a7b6dae3cb.m3u8"


ffmpeg version N-66454-ge113692 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Sep 25 2014 15:09:26 with gcc 4.6 (Debian 4.6.3-14)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-postproc --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-libtheora --enable-gray --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx
  libavutil      54.  7.101 / 54.  7.101
  libavcodec     56.  1.101 / 56.  1.101
  libavformat    56.  5.100 / 56.  5.100
  libavdevice    56.  1.100 / 56.  1.100
  libavfilter     5.  1.102 /  5.  1.102
  libswscale      3.  1.100 /  3.  1.100
  libswresample   1.  1.100 /  1.  1.100
  libpostproc    53.  1.100 / 53.  1.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'file:/mnt/Media/Movies/Movies/m4v/Robots (2005).m4v':

Thanks for your help

[jordy 284]

Ok Ta.

[blade005 172]

Redshirt,

 

Nice to see DELETE functionality in Android app now. It will be quite useful when watching Recorded TV that can be deleted after viewing. However, the non-descriptive X on the screen may be confusing. Are you closing the screen or deleting a file?  A prompt that asks if you are sure you want to DELETE the file would be useful. Found that out the hard way while testing it out.  

 

Great job.

[Vidman 589]

Ditto., still issues with subtitles, seeking and remote control