Last Updated: July 10, 2015
Features
- What formats are supported?
- Is album covert art supported?
- Is there support for downloads?
- Is there a graphic equalizer?
- Does it support Last.fm scrobbling?
- How many color schemes or themes?
- Does it have any widgets? For lock screen?
- Will there be an easier way to exchange server credentials, i.e. server address, port and password?
- Can I add port forwarding on my router, so I can listen outside of my home?
- Do audiobooks work with this?
- DAAP stands for "Digital Audio Access Protocol." It was created by Apple for music streaming.
- Firefly Media Server (mt-daapd) is fully supported since it is used for development.
- Servers supported but not extensively tested:
- forked-daapd
- RPi forked-daapd seems to work on initial testing and is recommended as of 0.22.
- Servers with partial support:
- Rhythmbox - its DAAP implementation does not have permanent ids. You will have to refresh the catalog each time you restart Rhythmbox.
- Tangerine - it works well with Diapente but it's quite buggy. Not recommended.
- Untested
- FreeNAS - may work since it is forked-daapd or based on forked-daapd.
- You may find it in Resources section.
- Bonjour is an implementation of zeroconf by Apple.
- Firefly Media Server relies on mDNS, which is provided by Bonjour, to advertise itself as music server on your local network. It makes easy for music clients, such as Diapente, to find and configure music servers.
- Development ceased at around 2008. It is considered abandoned and is unlikely for new release.
- That cannot be answered, however since it hasn't been actively developed since 2008 it should not be considered as most secure.
- There's a few alternatives but none that we would consider viable.
- List of DAAP Servers on Wikipedia.
- It is currently in Beta testing stage.
- There is no planned date for release yet. Will be updated here once it is finalized.
- First, you have to join 'Cequals App Testing' Google+ community. If you don't have a Google+ profile, you'll have to create one first.
- Once you have joined, the community page has test app links to Google Play.
- If you click on a link to test app, you will be prompted to opt in for app testing and you'll proceed to Play store if you agreed.
- Diapente Audio Stream Player bug tracker is located here.
- Please note that you must use the same e-mail that you installed Diapente Audio Stream Player with to register on our bug tracker.
- MP3 is fully supported, including resume, seek and embedded album cover art.
- FLAC, M4A, OGG and WAV are partially supported. Playback is supported but no resume or seek and no embedded album cover art support, but online album cover art is supported.
- FLAC and M4A are planned to have full support on par with MP3.
- No support for ALAC or M4P (encrypted).
- Local downloads or air syncing is not available at this time. It may be implemented in future, depending on user feedback.
- Not at this time. It is planned to be implemented for Android 4.0+ devices.
- Not at this time. It is planned to be implemented.
- There will not be themes, but user selectable color schemes is a possiblity.
- Lock screen widget is available for Android 4.4+ devices. Widgets will be considered once all other outstanding features have been implemented and bugs ironed out.
- Your servers are sharable through NFC functionality. Not all phones support NFC however.
- Check the relevant manual section for more details.
- UPnP Port Manager can assist you with this task. Please look in Resources section for the link.
- However, recommended way to accomplish this is by port forwarding manually on your gateway router device. Please refer to your gateway router's manual or website.
- For the time being, MP3 format must be used for audiobooks because other formats lack seek and resume support.
- Bookmarking feature is planned for audiobook users.