About Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player
Hi-Fi Cast is a music player that allows you to effortlessly stream music from Internet Radio stations, UPnP/DLNA media servers or your phone to your Chromecast enabled devices (including smart home speakers) or UPnP/DLNA...
Hi-Fi Cast is a music player that allows you to effortlessly stream music from Internet Radio stations, UPnP/DLNA media servers or your phone to your Chromecast enabled devices (including smart home speakers) or UPnP/DLNA media player (including Sonos speakers).
Key Features:
• Plays music from DLNA/UPnP media servers, SHOUTcast Internet Radio*, Internet Radio playlists or your Android device.
• Plays music to your Chromecast (including compatible smart home speakers), UPnP/DLNA media player (including compatible Smart TVs, PVRs, AV Receivers, Wireless Speakers, Media Streamers, Bose Soundtouch and Sonos speakers) or your local Android device
• Languages: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Polski, Русский
• Shuffle entire library and/or any combination of albums, artists, genres etc regardless of the size of your music library (when using DLNA/UPnP, this requires a server that supports searching - most do).
• Home screen widget
• Three themes to choose from including an ultra-dark theme designed to reduce battery drain on AMOLED screens.
• Sleep timer
• Last.fm scrobbling
• Android Auto*
Chromecast Features:
• Transcoding of formats not supported by Chromecast devices eg. DSD, ALAC.
UPnP/DLNA Features:
• Fast and efficient searching of your music collection regardless of size. Search for Albums, Artists and Songs (requires your UPnP/DLNA server to support searching).
• Designed for the largest (and smallest) music collections. Effortlessly scroll through thousands of albums, artists or songs at a time. Limited only by the capabilities of your UPnP/DLNA media server.
• Full shuffling capabilities (for UPnP/DLNA servers that support searching)
• Create local playlists
• Access your album booklets from within the app when using Minimserver as your Media Server.
Internet Radio Features:
• SHOUTcast Radio*
• Create, edit, import and export* radio station playlists
• Add your own custom radio station URLs
Chromecast Information*
• Gapless playback via Chromecast Audio devices is limited to WAV and FLAC files up to 24bit/96kHz and gapless compatible MP3 and AAC files. Gapless playback via Chromecast video devices is limited to 16bit WAV and FLAC files and gapless compatible MP3 and AAC files. Your phone/tablet must remain connected to the local network during Chromecast gapless playback.
• Volume normalization is limited to FLAC files containing ReplayGain tags. Volume normalization via the 'Original' Chromecast is limited to 16bit FLAC files .
SHOUTcast Radio Information*
• When playing SHOUTcast Radio to a UPnP/DLNA media player, the player must support playback of SHOUTcast streams.
In-App Purchase (Premium)*
Upgrading to premium will give you the following features:
• The app will no longer display ads
• Exporting playlists
• Android Auto support
Troubleshooting, Bug Reporting and Feedback
If you are having problems using Hi-Fi Cast or you have found a bug please contact us using the 'Send Feedback' menu item in the app (and tap 'Include system info').
Hi-Fi Cast Help and Discussion Forum:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/hi-cast-help-forum
Become a Beta tester:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.findhdmusic.app.upnpcast
Internet Radio in this app is powered by SHOUTcast Radio:
https://www.shoutcast.com
Images used in the screenshots are licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license:
https://www.pexels.com/photo-license/
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player since it was posted on our website on 2016-09-22 12:59:47.
The latest version is and it was updated on 2024-03-26 10:41:31. See below the changes in each version.
Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player version
Updated At: 2023-10-18
Changes: Android 14 compatibility
Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player version
Updated At: 2023-10-18
Changes: * Folders can now be browsed in Android Auto
* Option to specify the max. number of items to display in Android Auto.
Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player version 1.127
Updated At: 2022-01-22
Changes: * Long-pressing the toolbar will now take you directly to the Music Sources screen
* Updated French and Polish translations
* Improved accessibility labels (used by Screen Readers for the vision impaired)
* Fixed fuzzy icons in some headers
* Fixed some instances of missing artwork for local files
* Fixed issue where app wasn't working with some equalizers
* Fixed broken transcoding of local files on Android 10 and 11 devices
Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player version
Updated At: 2022-01-22
Changes: * Added Audiobooks tab when 'This Device' is selected as the Music Source (Android 10+).
* For Podcasts and Audiobooks stored on the Android device, playback will resume at the last position.
* When 'This Device' is selected as the music source, 'View album' and 'View artist' menu items will now be available in the 3-dot menu for tracks.
* When a UPnP/DLNA server is selected as the music source, 'Find album' and 'Find artist' menu items can be enabled via settings.
Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player version 1.124
Updated At: 2021-07-19
Changes: * Fixed issue where the play/pause buttons would sometimes stop responding after reconnecting to a cast device
* Fixed issue where the app would occasionally fail to connect to the selected cast device
* Fixed bug where some images and icons in the app would flash unexpectedly
Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player version 1.122
Updated At: 2020-12-02
Changes: * Number of albums listed in 'Recently Added' increased from 20 to 50.
* Added a setting to allow the app to send search requests to UPnP servers that claim to not support searching
Bugs fixed include:
* Album covers not displayed on the Now Playing screen on Android 11 devices
* Album duration not displayed for albums with more than 20 tracks
* Failure to cast to speaker groups containing one or more Nest Hubs
Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player version 1.119
Updated At: 2020-11-03
Changes: * Search and shuffle now work with foobar2000 upnp server
* Fixed playback of media on Denon DRA-800H devices
* Fixed bug where some custom radio stations would not play
* Fixed display of album grid affecting some media servers
* Other minor bug fixes
Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player version 1.118
Updated At: 2020-05-25
Changes: New Features:
* Premium upgrade is now available via subscription or one-time purchase.
Bugs Fixed:
* The wrong radio station would sometimes play if shuffle mode was on.
* Some WAV files would not play to some UPnP renderers.
* Music would stop when opening playback device settings screen.
Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player version 1.117
Updated At: 2020-03-14
Changes: * Android Auto Customization. You now have control over the content that is displayed when using Android Auto. Go to Settings > Android Auto.
* Previous/Next buttons now work with Internet Radio
Hi-Fi Cast - Music Player version 1.116
Updated At: 2020-02-21
Changes: * Backup/Restore local playlists (requires Premium)
* Added setting to show album cover on track lists instead of the play button
* Internet radio tabs can now be configured
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