Looks like they need to continue development and add a custom USB audio driver (ala' UAPP). So while it certainly sounds at least good, there's no telling how much better it would be if this weren't being subjected to the Android audio stack and forced resampling of a decidedly non-audiophile pedigree. That 'Android Oboe' option yields a 192kHz sample rate output to the DAC, while Null predictably yields no sound at all. Instead, the two choices available are 'Android Oboe' (hilarious example of spell correct victimizing a software developer, this should be Oreo), and Null Output. Though there is a JRMC setting for Audio Device, the connected DAC is not one of the choices. Upon closer inspection, everything including Radio Paradise is actually being re-sampled to the Android device's native 192kHz sample rate. But to me this app is worth the 9 bucks just for the Radio Paradise FLAC stream, which according to the interface is playing back properly at 16-bit/44.1 kHz (900kbps). So for local file playback at native bit depth and sample rate, I will be sticking with UAPP unless there are some JRMC settings I missed on a cursory go through.

One DSD128 file actually crashed the app. Remaining bugs? Maybe, I haven't exhaustively checked all of the settings options or worse yet dug into the Android settings themselves, but right now local files stored on the microSD card are all playing back at 16-bit/44.1 kHz even if they are DSD, or 24/48 native resolution. This is something not offered by UAPP or any other apps I'm aware of, everyone else forces use of the 320kbps lossy MP3 version of that stream (including the Radio Paradise app itself at last check). Tonight I downloaded JRMC25 for Android and it is excellent, looks and functions pretty much just like their web browser controller app called Panel that is a feature of the desktop version of JRMC for Windows, Mac or Linux.įor me (and perhaps too?) the biggest feature just might be full support for the Radio Paradise FLAC stream in the internet radio section. I then proceeded to forget about it for about 8 months. While I already have what I'd call the world's best $9 media player app for Android (Universal Audio Player Pro or 'UAPP'), I figured I'd give JRiver for Android a try too, after some time had passed and any initial bugs were squashed. Some time ago I had seen mention on the JRiver forum of the development of a version of Media Center that would run on Android.

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