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If you spotted a bug and you want to let us know about it, first try searching for OPEN bug posts with similar issues and add any details you think might help us with it. Also, make sure to up vote the OPEN bug post so we know how critical it is. If no OPEN bug posts are found simply post a new one.

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  2. What OS version is it running?
  3. What happened?
  4. What did you expect to have happened?
  5. What steps reproduce the issue?

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Answered

Quit button?

H MAN 13 years ago updated by Tim M 13 years ago 1
Hello there,
Am I completely blind, or is there no "quit" button to shutdown the program completely?

If there is, where is it?
If there isnt, can you add one please?

I'd trust your XiiaLive Pro program far more if I could quit it when I'm done using it.

Thanks :)
Answer
Tim M 13 years ago

No you're not blind :)

Please take a look at this post:

http://xiialive.userecho.com/topic/5805-need-an-exit-button/


Thanks!

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Fixed

Alarm bug perhaps?

Jonathan Middleton 12 years ago updated by Jona (Lead Developer) 12 years ago 0

 I've used Xiialive since my first smart phone but have just started using the radio both on old phone and new phone and have come across I guess its a bug or something as the player looks like its caught in a loop as it says its connecting and something about a building playlist but it never connects and just keeps going and going even turning the phone off does not stop the cycle and tends to use loads of battery and heats the phone up. I could not even get anywhere to kill the app itself as anything I clicked took me back to the Xiia app and only after a lot of trying to force it to stop I managed it but whats going on with it?

Answer
Jona (Lead Developer) 12 years ago

03/11/13

The alarms feature has been completely redesigned internally and should be a lot more efficient and reliable.  Could you confirm this issue no longer happens with the latest release v3.0.1.2?


PREVIOUS POST

Please reproduce the issue and while it's happening you could collect the logs. That should help me see what could be going on.


Here is how to collect the logs:

http://support.xiialive.com/topic/38494-how-to-collect-error-logs/

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Will be answered

tunein import

charliebrown 13 years ago updated by Jona (Lead Developer) 11 years ago 1
Is there any possibility of adding import of radio stations from tunein? I am using xiia and tunein simultaneously now, because not all stations are available in shoutcast library that xiia uses, and i have a feeling that searching is easier in tunein (i.e. by station language). To be honest it is one of few things that is holding me back from using xiia exclusively on my phone (alarm clock function is one of the others).
Answer
Jona (Lead Developer) 13 years ago
Thanks for your feedback!  Yes, we do realize SHOUTcast directory is not as complete and we are working on a few ideas to resolve that.

I don't think it's possible to import stations from TuneIn, however, in the mean time you could go to vtuner.com and find your station there.  Than you will be prompted to open it with XiiaLive.  Save it as a favorite and you are set! :)

New huge update is to be release soon! Alarm feature will be included on this release :).
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Answered

still no aac+ on droid incredible

Anonymous 14 years ago updated by Jona (Lead Developer) 14 years ago 0
Answer
Jona (Lead Developer) 14 years ago
Fix is available on the Android Market! v2.1.5!
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bitrate reduce

Lukas Kinza 11 years ago 0
Could you please build in the feature again to reduce the bitrate from a stream.
Or to play already reduced streams from a station on shoutcast.
Example technobase.fm.
If you search on the official shoutcast website there are three streams.
If you search on xialive there is only one with the highest bitrate.
But on sometimes slowly mobile connections you could just play the slowest with 48kb.
I'm sorry for my English but I am from Germany.
I hope you understand it.
I know it was asked 3 years ago but I think it's not really the same

Many thanks

Lukas
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Fixed

App crashes on Android 4.3

Marc Knaup 11 years ago updated by Jona (Lead Developer) 11 years ago 0

I updated to Android 4.3 today and whenever I hit play, the background service crashes. I'm unable to listen to anything. I already submitted crash reports to the Play Store.


Device: Samsung Google Galaxy Nexus

Android: 4.3


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Answer
Jona (Lead Developer) 11 years ago

Thanks for the report! Issues has been spotted and fixed.

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Stuttering and unexpecting closing issues

Denvernate 10 years ago updated 10 years ago 1
Galaxy S4 SCH-I545, Version 4.4.2 -- is stuttering on track changes and station switching.  The data connection is solid, I'm thinking the album art is causing the problem (didn't have this problem on prior version of XIIA)  -- I don't care about album art and would prefer there was an "OFF" option

Asus ME173x tablet, Version 4.4.2 -- app shuts down intermittently several times a day (unfortunately xiia has to shut down error) and I didn't have this problem on prior version of XIIA
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Under review

100 pvmf pending

Zoltan Seboek 13 years ago updated by Jona (Lead Developer) 11 years ago 2
aac and aac+ streams not playing on motorola milestone 2

"100 pvmf pending" as message is being displayed when starting to buffer an aac or aac+ stream. buffering stops immediately if that error occurs, and station can't be played. please give support. motorola milestone 2 A953 on gingerbread.
Answer
Jona (Lead Developer) 11 years ago

It's been a while since this post. I just want to check if you are still having the same issues. I know a lot of things have changed in XiiaLive since your original post.

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Answered

XiiaLive v2.1.7 release notes

Jona (Lead Developer) 14 years ago updated 14 years ago 5
This update was mainly a maintenance update.
Answer
Jona (Lead Developer) 14 years ago

Update changes:
  • Internal/External Volume control option added
  • AAC streaming choppy/shuttery, fixed
  • Rarely player starts playing automatically when going to the player, fixed
  • Widget broken, looses text information, fixed
  • Headset unplug stop sound fx disabled
  • BT disconnect auto stop sound fx disabled
  • Widget name 1x4 to 4x1
  • Updated flury library
  • Less intrusive licensing check*
  • Improved unlicensed warning message*
  • Updated mobclix library**
  • Added new permission GET_TASKS required by mobclix**

*Paid version
**Free version

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Under review

Suggestion that might reduce battery usage

Paul Wright 12 years ago updated by Jona (Lead Developer) 12 years ago 4
I really like XiiaLive. It has been quite reliable, and it uses noticeably less battery power than one of the other popular radio apps (that app also caused strange phone behaviour, like lock-ups). Nevertheless, XiiaLive still uses more battery power than I would like, and maybe more than it needs to. I can download 80MB of podcasts in 2 minutes, for no noticeable battery usage, and play back a 3 hour podcast for just a fraction of my phone's battery life. Using XiiaLive for 2 hours, involving a similar amount of data download (though admittedly higher bit-rate processing during playback) will use up almost all of my battery. It occurred to me that one difference between XiiaLive and a podcast download with separate playback, is that the podcast download is probably receiving full/large data packets, while XiiaLive is reading the data as fast as it comes in from a throttled stream. That means the same amount of data will arrive in many many small packets, resulting in a lot more radio activity accessing the Wi-Fi network. I don't know how hard it is to do this in an Android App (I know how I'd do it on a PC), but one thing you could try, in order to increase the packet sizes, and thus reduce radio activity and battery usage, is to add a delay before reading the input stream. Figure out what percentage of your buffer equates to a full Wi-Fi/TCPIP packet, then add the corresponding delay. For example, if 10% of the buffer equals a good packet size, then don't try to read more data from the input stream until the buffer drops to 90% full (either calculate the required sleep time based on buffer fullness, or have the playback function trigger the read event at the 90% mark). Again, I don't know how hard it is, or if it's even possible, to do this using Android software (it depends how much control the software gives you versus how much it does for you automatically), but I have my fingers crossed for you.