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[Shasta Mike]

The M0 4Media app was working great for me until I upgraded my Id from MC29 to 30.  Now, the app on my Android and the wife's iPhone will not stay connected to the Id.  At most it stays connected for a song or two and then disconnects but usually only a few seconds.  It reconnects easily about 75% of the time but then disconnects again.  Sometimes it takes 3-4 tries for the app to reconnect.   

I've reached out to Id support but no fixes on that side.  The Id connected through RDP is acting fairly stable - wifi staying  connected but does have latency issues from time-to-time with keyboard buffering problems sometimes.  But, overall the Id on MC30 and the newer Linux engine is working ok and similar to MC29. 

Anything I can try on my end?  Unfortunately right now the app has become sort of useless with the constant disconnecting.  Forgot to mention that this is occurring at home on the home wifi system with everything connected through the same router.  We are basically using the M0 4Media as a remote to skip songs, adjust volume, load playlists, etc. on the Id.   

[DJLegba]

Are you using a mesh WiFi system? I've noticed that since switching to Amazon's eero, MO 4Media will stop playing when I move around and my phone switches access points.

[Shasta Mike]

Are you using a mesh WiFi system? I've noticed that since switching to Amazon's eero MO 4Media will stop playing when I move around and my phone switches access points. 

No - it is the hardware my cable company provided.  A single Eero and modem.  I got them a few months ago when going to a 1gb internet speed.  The app worked fine until upgrading the Id to MC30 though whether that is coincidence or not - IDK.   

[JimH]

The M0 4Media app was working great for me until I upgraded my Id from MC29 to 30.  Now, the app on my Android and the wife's iPhone will not stay connected to the Id.  At most it stays connected for a song or two and then disconnects but usually only a few seconds.  It reconnects easily about 75% of the time but then disconnects again.  Sometimes it takes 3-4 tries for the app to reconnect.   

I've reached out to Id support but no fixes on that side.  The Id connected through RDP is acting fairly stable - wifi staying  connected but does have latency issues from time-to-time with keyboard buffering problems sometimes.  But, overall the Id on MC30 and the newer Linux engine is working ok and similar to MC29. 

Anything I can try on my end?  Unfortunately right now the app has become sort of useless with the constant disconnecting.  Forgot to mention that this is occurring at home on the home wifi system with everything connected through the same router.  We are basically using the M0 4Media as a remote to skip songs, adjust volume, load playlists, etc. on the Id.   

That sounds like a network problem.  You might start a new thread.

[Awesome Donkey]

I got a new phone (Motorola Edge+ 2023) that I've been putting through its paces for a week, and wanted to post a couple thoughts and ask a question or two.

As expected, the app works beautifully with all bit-depths and sample rates, from 16/44.1 to 24/192 and everything in between. No more weird issues with certain sample rates not working like I had a few years ago. In fact, it's all a pleasure to use. That said, I've noticed a few things...

1) Is it possible the app could support the new music notification panel that Android 13 supports? I mean, I can understand how this could not be a priority (or even have a device running Android 13), but I thought I'd ask about it since it could be interesting. I can say that JRemote2 supports it though it has an issue where it displays pixelated/low quality cover art in the notification and I haven't checked Gizmo but I assume it likely wouldn't support it. I did find the developer guide info for the new music notification panel here: https://developer.android.com/media/implement/surfaces/mobile

2) The other thing is purely superficial and is probably going to be hard to explain. This phone has a 165hz screen (which is amazing if you guys never seen a screen like this, everything feels fast and smooth as butter) but I've noticed when scrolling down my list of artists list of 1,200+ that the scrolling is mostly smooth but does appear to 'hitch' or 'hiccup' at times during scrolling quickly which kinda breaks the illusion of smoothness. It seems like the frame rate, assuming there is one, drops and it's noticeable. From what I can tell, it seems to happen most when scrolling very fast and the app is loading cover art images. Scrolling back up through the list that already propagated the cover art for is better, but once you get a certain ways it does seem "frame drop" again and cause a noticeable of hitching (or whatever you want to call it). Maybe it's cached to a certain point or something? Maybe it's a thread thing or something? I can't honestly tell. I can say that even with a 60hz screen it can be noticable too (as I have noticed this before, but it's more apparent on a higher refresh screen), if you scroll fast enough through a large enough list.

Otherwise, the app runs great and if any of you ever have the chance of using a higher refresh rate screen phone, I highly recommend taking advantage of it.

[cncb]

1) I thought about doing this before but it would not work when playing to an MC zone so I thought it might be strange having different notifications based on what zone you are playing. I am also not sure if I can do the set rating stuff in the system music notification. But I will look into it some more.

2) Sorry, I cannot think of a way to fix this.  May I suggest using the “jump to” feature? 

[markf2748]

• Is there any way to have MO 4Media play audio files which are stored locally on my phone?
• Can MO 4Media be made the default audio player on the phone?

When I select a music file with a file viewer on the phone, I get 5 different "OPEN WITH APPLICATION" choices (BubbleUPnP, Files by Google, Sound player, VLC, foobar2000), but MO 4Media does not show up as an option.  (Aside:  JRemote2, JRiver Panel, and Gizmo do not show up either.)

If I go to the phone's Settings > Apps window, I don't see any options for setting default apps in my oldish Android version.

Uninstalling / re-installing MO 4Media from Google Play Store did not change matters.

Phone:  Samsung Galaxy S9 Model SM-G96RU1 - One UI version 2.5 - Android 10
MO 4Media v1.11.6

[cncb]

Is there any way to have MO 4Media play audio files which are stored locally on my phone?

It cannot be used as a system audio player.  The only local files it can play are ones that you download within the app.  The JRiver for Android app can do what you want.

[Awesome Donkey]

1) I thought about doing this before but it would not work when playing to an MC zone so I thought it might be strange having different notifications based on what zone you are playing. I am also not sure if I can do the set rating stuff in the system music notification. But I will look into it some more.

Ahh, yeah, it kinda makes sense that it would be different for a MC zone versus playing on the device. But I'd be fine with that, personally, as I rarely use MC zones outside of This Device. And it's something that can be made a note of here in case anyone asks about it.

2) Sorry, I cannot think of a way to fix this.  May I suggest using the “jump to” feature? 

Being indecisive is bad sometimes. Basically doom scrolling through the list, hahaha.

[cncb]

Ahh, yeah, it kinda makes sense that it would be different for a MC zone versus playing on the device. But I'd be fine with that, personally, as I rarely use MC zones outside of This Device. And it's something that can be made a note of here in case anyone asks about it.

Good news, I was able to get this to work for MC zones too.  Seeking is also working within the notification.  Pretty cool, now I can control an MC zone with my Samsung watch!  I have a few more things to do, but it should be available in the next few weeks.

[cncb]

Too bad.  I just tested out Plexamp too for the hell of it and it also sends cover art over to the car.

I think/hope I have this fixed for the next release which should be ready soon.  At least it is showing on my watch connected via bluetooth now.