Hi-Fi Cast Tips

[Hi-Fi Cast Help Forum]

Tip 1. Back navigation

When navigating the containers of your media server you can get directly back to the top container by tapping the left pointing arrow in the app bar (at the top of the app).

To move back just one level in the container hierarchy, tap your device's back arrow.

Tip 2. Shuffle for servers that do not support search

If your DLNA/UPnP server does not support search, then the Shuffle Library option will not be shown in the Hi-Fi Cast app. However, you can actually shuffle your library if your server has a container that lists all the songs in your collection (if it exists, it will probably be named All Music or All Audio). Simply tap the play icon on one of the songs in your All Music container and then go to the Queue or Playing Now screen and turn on shuffle mode.

Tip 3. Excluding folders
The Hi-Fi Cast app does not have an option where you can include or exclude specific folders. This is because it relies on the Android media scanner (which is actually a system app named MediaStorage) to find the media on your device. However, if you add a file named .nomedia to a folder then the media scanner will ignore it. See: https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/04/disable-media-scanning-in-specific-android-directories-with-a-nomedia-file/

Tip 4. Quick access to settings
You can quickly get to the settings page for the Music Library and Now Playing screens by long pressing the toolbar on those screens.

[Igor Nikolic]

Under "Configure Media Derver" settings, what does the Albums Folder setting do?

Top Level Music Folder clearly changes the tabs on top of the Media Server view when in Music Library. Clearing this was helpful for easy access to tag/folder etc. 

Howerver no matter what I do for Albums Folder there is no difference when I get to the actual album? I am using Premium HiFi Cast and TVersity media server. 

Sorting of album tracks seems to work ok. 

Thanks for a great app. I was trying for years to find a similar one and was glad to find and buy yours. 

Igor

[Hi-Fi Cast Developer]

Under "Configure Media Derver" settings, what does the Albums Folder setting do?

Hi,

This is used by the app when shuffling with media servers that don't support search. ie. it tells the app where to find the albums. It doesn't affect what you see when browsing albums.

ie. It's a stupid and cryptic option and I should remove it :)

[Igor Nikolic]

Not really - Any option this app is a good option. Way more than other apps I tried in the past. Maybe add a short description in the menu and all good. Thanks!

[SoNic]

I managed to configure it in the Server settings to default to My Music folder instead of the default folder. 

I wish that was a little more user friendly and les tech oriented...

Thank you.