HibyMusic Android and iOS Music Player - Bit-perfect USB Output; Network and Dropbox Streaming

[noknok23]

Why is it so hard to have gapless on Android

 

[bibbs]

thank you for such an amazing player.

gapless works perfect for me but i use local files.

my OPPO A74 5G is a nightmare for OTG but works fine with Topping E30 and HiByPlayer

 

[bibbs]

just a small heads up. if there are other out there having a problem of the player closing after XX min on android phones then its the power settings on your phone. you need to turn off all power saving features.
my phone navigation is: (YMMV)

Settings/Battery/
Power saving mode's (off)
More battery settings/
High Performance mode (on)
Sleep standby optimisation (off)
Optimised night charging (off)
More battery settings/Optimise battery use/
HiByMusic App (Don't optimise)

also HiBy has an annoying habbit of not closing down properly and seems to pin itself to the lock screen. this can be fixed by:

Settings/Notification & status bar
Media playback control (off)

you must also close HiBy by using the exit on the main screen and also swipe it from "tasks" to completely close.

hope this helps

 

[TheUnknow]

Thanks , had the same problem and turning off battery consumption restriction did the trick.

 

[Hermano]

Anyway to stop it playing on launch?

 

[globobock]

Hiby Music App on Iphone 7 plus with BTR5 2021 wired: dff files were displayed as DSD on the BTR5 while dsf files were downsampled to 88khz pcm. It is an app problem, I suppose?

 

[OmniscientNihilist]

MageSound 8-ball:
1 -- Overall Temperature tilt of whole line to treble(cool) or bass(warm)
2 -- Bass extension 70Hz and below
3 -- Bass texture 100Hz (medium)
4 -- Note thickness 200Hz (wide)
5 -- Vocals 650Hz (very wide)
6 -- Female overtones 3kHz (tight)
7 -- Sibilance LF 5.8kHz (medium)
8 -- Sibilance HF 9.2kHz (medium)
9 -- Impulse response 7.5kHz (very wide)
10 - Air 10kHz sloped all the way to 20kHz

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Anyway to stop it playing on launch?

that's the in-car mode I believe, have you got it turned on / try turning it off?

 

[Seld]

Just a little question.
When using Hiby Music app in a smartphone/tablet (not a DAP) can I access the music files in a external drive/storage?
In my Hiby R6 2020 DAP, I can... in my android tablet I cannot even if I give all the permissions to the app.
Is this normal?
Thanks a lot!

 

[Seld]

...Anyone can help? Sorry for my insistence.
HibyMusic App does not recognize my external usb drive with the music... and I don't know if it is a problem of settings in my tablet or if it is a limit of the "general" android app when not using a Hiby DAP.
Thanks a lot!

 

[Joe Bloggs]

...Anyone can help? Sorry for my insistence.
HibyMusic App does not recognize my external usb drive with the music... and I don't know if it is a problem of settings in my tablet or if it is a limit of the "general" android app when not using a Hiby DAP.
Thanks a lot!

Hi Sorry for the late reply.

What's your android version?

This is with a USB stick going into the player / phone in both cases?

Were you able to access the files on your USB stick using other apps on your phone?

Cheers,
Joe
HiBy Music

 

[Seld]

Hi Sorry for the late reply.

What's your android version?

This is with a USB stick going into the player / phone in both cases?

Were you able to access the files on your USB stick using other apps on your phone?

Cheers,
Joe
HiBy Music

Sorry for the insistence.
Music is stored on a 2.5" exFAT hard disk drive connected to a powered USB hub.
If I connect it to my Hiby R6-2020 (Android 10 if I'm not mistaken) the app recognizes it and uses it, with or without the hub.
If I connect it to the Samsung phone (Android 12) the app recognizes and uses it (actually this is indirect information: a friend tried on his phone with a hdd of his own).
But when I connect it to a tablet with Android 12, with or without the hub, the app does not see it and only reports the internal storage.

In any case when I installed the app I gave the management permission to all files, including the system ones (thinking it was useful to mount the USB device).

The usb hdd has no problem with other apps like "file", "Onkyo HF", "Usb Audio Player Pro: I can browse and scan and play the songs without problems.
Since the system and other apps are recognizing the hdd I suppose it can't be a fault of the hub or of the cable.

Thanks for and help…

 

[Seld]

Hi Sorry for the late reply.

What's your android version?

This is with a USB stick going into the player / phone in both cases?

Were you able to access the files on your USB stick using other apps on your phone?

Cheers,
Joe
HiBy Music

A developer said that probably your app is not using the latest "storage API's" for Android...

 

[rarewolf]

First, my apologies for not browsing this entire topic, but I’m hoping for a link to a user guide for the HiBy Music app (iOS), and connecting it to DLNA. My apologies for being impatient, but I’ll browse this topic as soon as I send this general inquiry off.

I’m using it with a Topping M50 streamer, which is presently set up for and logged into my LAN. It is configured for also configured for HiByLink.

I’ve run the HiBy app, and I’ve connected to the M50 via HibyLink… but questions remain…

Primary question… how do I list available DLNA servers, and select one (I have 2, JRiver and MinimServer on a NAS)? That is, the app provides for “import music from wifi” but where it takes me does not seem to be associated with DLNA. I was expecting to see a list of DLNA servers, and to log on from there.

What is the app’s login for? That is, there’s no association with anything. What am I registering for? I realize I’ll have to log into my DLNA, but expected that later and after selecting it from the list (2). I did register, but the app responded in Chinese and I cannot seem to change the language, so I’m confused.

Lastly… the problems I’m having may be associated with a misunderstanding of the M50 streamer. I’ve connected the M50’s USB-A OTG port with the USB input for my DX3Pro+ DAC/amp, but the HiBy app wants to play music output via my iPad and not via the DAC/amp. I’d be particularly interested in hear from someone using the M50 as I’m trying to do, but I’ll be posting this also at another M50 forum, and will report back…

TIA

 

[rarewolf]

First, my apologies for not browsing this entire topic, but I’m hoping for a link to a user guide for the HiBy Music app (iOS), and connecting it to DLNA. My apologies for being impatient, but I’ll browse this topic as soon as I send this general inquiry off.

I’m using it with a Topping M50 streamer, which is presently set up for and logged into my LAN. It is configured for also configured for HiByLink.

I’ve run the HiBy app, and I’ve connected to the M50 via HibyLink… but questions remain…

Primary question… how do I list available DLNA servers, and select one (I have 2, JRiver and MinimServer on a NAS)? That is, the app provides for “import music from wifi” but where it takes me does not seem to be associated with DLNA. I was expecting to see a list of DLNA servers, and to log on from there.

What is the app’s login for? That is, there’s no association with anything. What am I registering for? I realize I’ll have to log into my DLNA, but expected that later and after selecting it from the list (2). I did register, but the app responded in Chinese and I cannot seem to change the language, so I’m confused.

Lastly… the problems I’m having may be associated with a misunderstanding of the M50 streamer. I’ve connected the M50’s USB-A OTG port with the USB input for my DX3Pro+ DAC/amp, but the HiBy app wants to play music output via my iPad and not via the DAC/amp. I’d be particularly interested in hear from someone using the M50 as I’m trying to do, but I’ll be posting this also at another M50 forum, and will report back…

TIA

I’ve heard back from Shenzhen Audio, presumably in response to the above questions submitted to Topping support. To quote…

Apple only supports Airplay

Android only supports DLNA

Which is a bit misleading because the Neutron player (available from the iOS app store) supports DLNA, and allows me to pull bitperfect high-res PCM from my NAS DLNA server.

However, I do understand this to mean that HiBy did include DLNA access/support in their Android version of HiByMusic, but not the iOS version.

Searching the internet, I cannot find where Airplay, even the latest version, supports delivering sound quality better than 16bit/48kHz