The mobule UI is independant of the original UI and for now is accessed at There is also a fix to an occasional infrequent internet radio dropout that occurs in some environements - thank you Bob. Please let me have your feedback on the mobile UI via the forum. I'm pretty pleased with it so far and I still have a bunch of ideas to incorporate but it will help to hear about any compatibility issues and your thoughts.
Martin 21st December Seasons greetings! This release is for testers and others who want to take a look at the new Mobile Web UI that I am working on.
Its still very primitive - I haven't paid much attention to colours and styling and many of the functions have not been wired up yet but the basic structure is there. I'm hoping that the left right swipe will be a more natural way of using the UI on a phone. In my case This has been rectified. If your B2 was affected by the earlier release you can fix it by upgrading "blind". Turn the B2 off and on. Give it a moment to get started - ignore the display. Push the knob.
Turn clockwise five clicks to "Settings" though you won't see it. Turn the knob 13 clicks to "Web Upgrade". It should restart properly. Its fiddly so worth trying again if it doesnt work first time. Apologies for the inconvenience. It worked on the four machines I tested here. Thanks to the forum members who reported this so promptly and helped with the fix.
This function allowed me to transfer my entire iTunes and Amazon MP3 collections to a B2 in one operation - without needing a USB drive as a go between. Basically you select a folder and the function finds all music and album art held in that folder and any subfolders. Its not lightning quick but its convenient. You can cancel half way through and if you restart it will skip any that it already uploaded. It will stop when the B2 is full. The new feature exploits new browser capabilities so may not be available in all browsers - I tested on Chrome and Firefox.
There appear to be some differences in implementation and Chrome seems to be a bit overzealous in hiding folder names - in the name of security - so you may find some albums under Unknown - the Web UI will tell you if that happens. I increased the album limit to 11, albums for Keith A.
The limits are now 11, albums, 6, artists, , tracks. There is now a behind the scenes disk space monitor that runs on power up. It can take five minutes on a big disk but the disk space figure in info should now be more accurate. Plus transport buttons on mobile and iPad landscape mode improved. Improvements to prevent duplicate search results. This version disbles the seek functionality for test purposes. It also has significant changes to the web UI to make it simpler for new owners and better for mobile.
It was fixed at k. Now you can also encode at k. Fixed a problem that occurred when next or prev hit repeatedly and quickly. Moved some temporary files to reduce SD card wear. This loads playlists saved with Export. The reason that I do not load the playlists with Import is that you might for example want to Import music from a relative's B2 but not overwrite your playlists with theirs.
This new mechanism lets you backup and restore playlists flexibly. Track listing and playback order is now entirely alphabetic. There was a hybrid scheme before that used a track order number if present and the order on the disk if not. This led to problems if there was a mix or duplicate track order numbers. The new simpler scheme will honour the track order number but won't be upset by duplicates or mixtures of numbered and not numbered tracks.
Fix track display when two tracks share same number. Hide seek slider if browser window is too small was overlapping playlist panel. Speedup exit from compression. Fix bug in FLAC seek code can cause tracks not to start.
Cleanup in Maintenance has been extended to delete ". Use Scan Disk after Cleanup. Experimental work on Podcasts - type word "podcast" into the Search box. You will probably need a url that ends in mp3 let me know through the forum if you have Podcast urls that are different or don't work.
I'll find a better place in the Web UI for it later. Drag the button and release to jump to that part of the track. This function involved a significant rewrite so at the moment it is only being made available as an offline upgrade - download this file and follow instructions at the top of this page.
Let me have feedback on the forum or email. Martin PS if you run into problems just do a web upgrade and it will take you back 11th May New - much simpler - find album art function. There are two new buttons when you click on the dots next to an album name. These search either Musicbrainz or Amazon for cover art. Click on an image to load it. Small changes to now playing panel. Basically these messages just said that the B2 had run out of space for more USB music - but they locked the B2 - now it ignores any further USB music.
I increased the USB limit to albums for now. This could cause the B2 to freeze or misbehave after displaying on Web UI. Added screensaver 16 - turns off the clock display in standby. Search will now find and play music on the USB drive - currently limited to first albums. This will pave the way for improved handling of music on USB - like importing specific albums or folders. B2 scans any USB drive when first plugged in - you will see the green light flashing.
You can stop the scan by holding stop if you dont intend to play from USB. It will default to on. Dims the display and moves the clock around in Standby. Improved Web UI for "phablet" sized displays. Added a tagging function for FLAC files that will allow Sonos to show the correct names and any cover art. Its very new so test on one album from the album menu first. It will be slow the first time then after that it only changes files that have been renamed or new art.
You will need to update the Sonos Library after tagging. Increase memory limits 10, albums - more storage for Classical New Youtube cache improvements. Web change only software version will show 2nd Feb. Artists in playlists were corrupted if you renamed an artist to the same name as an already existing artist name - effectively merging them. Thanks to Chris for his patience and help and thanks to forum members for a few key observations.
Play buttons in playlist panel - lets you play the playlist from any item. Menu buttons in playlist - lets you reorder and delete playlist items if you don't have drag and drop. Guest mode track order fixed. Force desktop in settings - may help with some "phablets" - more to follow 23rd January Improved Youtube fix - for Safari and Internet Explorer. Refresh Web UI when playlist cleared. Improved Wifi switching. Don't display channels in Youtube Search results.
Aux mode - main menu replaced so new owners don't get stuck in Aux Mode. Remove invalid Network Down message. Added images to search and history. I was on holiday recently and a piece of music came to mind Procol Harum and I played it using Youtube on my laptop - its was a bit tinny on the laptop of course but I realised what a treasure trove of music Youtube has become.
Just type "youtube" into the search window and this box will magically appear. Paste the Youtube URL into the box and click start. Its very crude - for instance on some videos there is a lengthy pause at the start - but I wanted to get some feedback.
There are some obvious things to do next - like keeping a history or adding the Youtubes to playlists. Let me know what you think. Martin 7th July Added menus to Artist and Album panels to make the UI more uniform and help folk who are systematically organising their music.
Added a Cleanup function in Maintenance - removes empty artists and albums. Clear album art when playing radio.
Keep search results fixed after Art upload. Reload Guest Mode Playlist on power up. Guest Mode prevents you from making changes to the B2. So you can allow friends and children to use the B2 without fear that they will delete your music or rename something. In Guest Mode you can play CDs but not load them to disk. You can optionally select a playlist and the B2 will only allow acces to the music in that playlist. So for instance if you have some music for your kids then they will only hear their music.
Guest mode also make it easier to partition different music for different family members. Once Guest mode is selected - search will only show music from the selected playlist. Guest mode is best turned on using the web UI under the settings cog menu. Thanks to Vince and others for this idea. Let me know if there are any loose ends or side effects.
This is just the start - many thanks to Paul H for his help. More margin around menu button three dots in search results on mobile so its not so fiddly to rename and add to playlist. Thanks to Brian H for this. Now if there is no phone or tablet connected this button will toggle the Bluetooth connection to a Bluetooth speaker.
Basically its a quick way of reconnecting Bluetooth speakers without going through the menu. Enable through Settings panel on Web UI. Allows you to optionally play music simultaneously through wired and Bluetooth Speakers. You can control the volume, search, play and stop etc. Added to remote and rotary for Wifi passwords.
Further improvements to Bluetooth. Further work on working with screen readers. Oddly this makes Bluetooth a bit simpler because you don't have to select whether B2 is input mode or output mode. Support for difficult speakers like Taotronics is now built in so no special mode for that. Some experimental Bluetooth menu items have been removed. Album art is now displayed in now playing box - and you can paste images into the album panel heading.
So lets say you have an album by Van Morrison with no image. That image will be displayed when you play the album. You could use your own photos - it doesnt have to be the official artwork. Use small images. Some work on Vtuner panel for screen readers. Use Import to get music back.
This paves the way for a simplification of Bluetooth. I'll do some more work in the months ahead. Let me have your feedback. Its slow because it has to rewrite all the music file so you wouldn't do it unless you needed. See NAS and Sonos tab on left. Reduced delay on audio out - aux in and buttons will be less laggy. Thanks again to Keith for helping isolate this. Thanks to Pat for his blog on how to create an icon on iPhone. Also updated Playlist lengths after deletion.
Fixed a problem caused by very very long artist name on CD ripping. I think it included all the soloists, the woodwind section and some of the audience. Also Classical mode is now ignored when playling playlists. Added the date to the standby display. Classical mode turned off when you hit next in standby - to play everything at random. Useful for setting recording level.
Fixed "Rip Incomplete" message caused by bonus video tracks on some CDs. Removed snippet of sound on changing stations. Stops play at end of current album so you don't have a heart attack when Metallica follows Mahler. Accented characters displayed correctly in small text on B2 front panel. Large text was OK. Fixed refresh after rename on Internet Explorer. Let me know of any other IE problems - though Chrome is recommended on grounds of speed and popularity.
Improved presentation. Fixed infinite scroll. Removed playlists in info display. Fixed a problem with playlists when music deleted. Also if you want to experiment there is developmental new UI at Allows you to delete from Web UI. Better use of space. Will be better for touch - no need to drag and drop or double click. More to come. Feedback welcome as usual.
You could use this to backup Playlists that have taken a long time to build or even to manually create and edit playlists using a text editor. Fixed problem with deletions and new playlists. Thanks to Chris in Iowa for bringing this to my attention. Overflow on very long CDDB names fixed. New Bluetooth mode cleared when not in use. New function added to Y key - lets you restart the program - a bit like turning off and on but quicker and easier than unplugging.
This new mode will switch off the Wifi which should be plugged into USB A while music is playing to help with the problem. Fixed a problem with the Web UI causing rename to get slower and slower at every attempt if you press enter instead of OK button. Fixed handling of large playlists. NB only first items displayed - inifinite scrolling to come.
Added a delete backup utility to Maintenance menu to allow you to make a fresh backup without having to delete the old on on a PC. Thanks to Pete F. Update - the B2 Finder App is no longer available 5th May Now attaches to open wifi networks - just leave the password empty - or clear it if you have already tried a password.
More space for album names - only matters if you have loaded more than 5, albums - yes there are B2 owners who have. You can now play your B2 into Bluetooth speakers or headphones.
This changes the direction of the Bluetooth. You only really need this to switch back to using Bluetooth as an input. This puts Bluetooth into output mode and searches for Bluetooth speakers or headphones and lets you select one pairing for sending music to.
You usually have to press a button on the Bluetooth device to make it discoverable. Once pairing is complete the B2 will remember the choice and try and connect again when it is turned on again. In output mode the Bluetooth button on the B2 remote control can be used to tell B2 to reconnect to the speakers.
You might need to press this if the speakers were turned off. On some manufacturers you need to press the Bluetooth button on the speakers then on the B2 remote after they have been turned off. You can run scan again any time. It will remember your last choice. Find the sequence that works for you and let me know. If you have any difficulty with a particular brand of speaker let me know and we'll try and fix it.
At the moment Bluetooth is either input or output - it is possible to do both at the same time - but its a bit confusing. But let me know if that's something you would use. Martin 28th April You can now drag an artist into playlists. This is the start of a comprehensive rethink and enlargement of what playlists can do.
In the weeks ahead I will allow playlists to be combined, named and searched. Effectively allowing you to partition your music into subsets - that might reflect different moods, occasions or CDs belonging to different family members. Let me know what you'd like with the feedback form. Martin 25th April Support for accented characters from online CD lookup. Capitalisation change of album names fixed. Resizing of Web UI panels to fill browser height. Old test.
It appears that 4th April version had problems in the web UI for some. Web upgrade will take you back from 4th April to 23rd March. The improvements to the Chrome extension are independent of the B2. Update 15th April - it seems possible that some owners had bookmarked the test web page as it was called and that gave rise to the problem.
I have rewritten the core and it is far better. I anticipate a little more work at the B2 end to accomodate sample rate differences that can cause hiccups over a longer timeframe. B2 now displays the title of the tab - so if you play Spotify for instance you see the track playing on B2. Added a disk standby function to stop the hard disk in standby. Fixed problem with infinite scroll when window resized or tablet rotated.
Fixed pitch shift and stuttering with Chrome extension on some PCs - you should upgrade the Chrome extension to latest v0. Thanks to Tim for his help with this. Fixed snippet of sound on changing source from radio to hard disk. Fixed playlist item delete - the trash can - on web UI - broken when rearranged for handset use.
In this first method, we will use Blustacks Emulator to install and use the mobile apps. So here is a little detail about Bluestacks before we start using them.
BlueStacks is one of the earliest and most used emulators to run Android applications on your Windows PC. It runs apps smoother and faster compared to its competitors. So you should try this method first before trying other methods as it is easy, seamless, and smooth. If the above method doesn't work for you for some reason, then you can try this method - 2. MemuPlay is simple and easy-to-use software.
It is very lightweight compared to Bluestacks. If you face any issues or have any questions, please comment below.
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