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Developer(s) | Bubblesoft |
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Initial release | June 10, 2011[1] |
Stable release | 4.1.3
/ September 21, 2023 |
Operating system | Android |
License | Proprietary freemium |
Website |
bubblesoftapps |
BubbleUPnP is a DLNA-compliant UPnP media controller, server and renderer, designed to allow streaming of audio or video from and to an Android device with various external devices and software. [2] [3] Alongside the Android client, it also has a server middleware application that can be installed on Windows, macOS and Linux computers or network storage devices, [4] providing remote access through a web interface. BubbleUPnP also utilises ffmpeg and ffprobe for transcoding. [5]
The app has three menus: Library (browsing media files locally or another server), Playlist (enqueuing files/folders), and Now Playing (controls the active media playback). [6]
BubbleUPnP's integrated DLNA media server allows browsing of media of the Android device from other DLNA devices. [4] The integrated renderer makes BubbleUPnP act as a control point on a home network between a source server and the player. [7] [8] [9] According to the software website, it is able to play media to various external devices such as: [10]
There is also transcoding support for Chromecast devices and UPnP/DLNA music streamers. [12]
BubbleUPnP can play media from the local device itself, standalone UPnP/DLNA media servers (such as Kodi and Jellyfin) or those running on a NAS (including Synology, Western Digital and QNAP), local network SMB server shares (Windows and Mac), cloud storage services (such as Dropbox), WebDAV servers, and various third-party Android media and music apps. [10] [13] There is support for Internet radio streams like Shoutcast, which can be added in the Playlist menu by entering the URL of the stream. [6]
BubbleUPnP is free to use and ad-supported; a number of advanced features are offered when purchasing a license, such as filesystem browsing from remote devices, unlimited playlist size, remote access to home libraries and no ads. [14]
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Developer(s) | Bubblesoft |
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Stable release | 0.9
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Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux, Java-based |
License | Free |
Website |
bubblesoftapps |
BubbleUPnP Server is a server application to run on a PC or NAS on top of existing UPnP/DLNA devices. It allows the transcoding of media formats to be playable on a Chromecast if they are not natively supported, such as Xvid, AVI and FLAC. [15] [6] The server also provides secure remote access to existing media servers content from the BubbleUPnP app on Android, [15] and from foobar2000 (with foo_upnp plugin) on Windows. [16] [17] Streaming or downloading of media from a mobile or Wi-Fi connection is also permitted, removing the need of synchronisation or online services. [15]