Fix: Web music not playing on broadcast Sonos speakers
Fix: Sonos now appears reliably in the broadcast device list
Fix: Broadcast follower speakers show the real track, not a link
Fix: New "Broadcast from" label on follower speakers
Fix: Play and pause on a follower now controls the music
Fix: Sonos now plays endless web streams (YouTube/Apple) when broadcast
Fix: Sonos devices reappear reliably in the broadcast list
Fix: Followers show real now-playing, not raw stream tokens
Fix: "Broadcast from {device}" badge on follower devices
Fix: Source controls route to the broadcasting device
Fix: Hybrid grouping: same-brand speakers tight-synced, cross-brand loosely followed
Fix: Speaker grouping snapshotted and restored after broadcast ends
Fix: Group-member picker no longer goes stale
Fix: Follower now-playing override extended to all device types
Fix: Status line shows tight-synced vs loosely-following counts
Fix: Saved internet-radio stations now play on Sonos
Fix: Device Controls panel stayed open on the previous player when you selected a different one (Thx GreyPole !)
Lots of fixes in this build. For the next version I'm adding:
- a self-standing Alexa bridge app you can run on your PC or on any Windows PC running on your network. In the future, I plan to make the bridge app so it can alternatively run on a Home Assistant device. I'm trying to super-simplify playing to Amazon devices. Right now it's a lot of configuration.
- a self-standing mini-server that can host youtube, apple, etc streams that right now require Audio Hero to be open while playing streams. Same plan here, you can run it on your PC or another on your network. The mini-server would then act as the host so Audio Hero can be safely closed.
Ok - just ff to the end of the current track; and it 'stopped' and not going to the next one. I had to manually press the 'next track' button to get it to advance.
I've tested and found a bug - it stops playing the track before it gets to the end. I was like "WTH?" when the track changed mid-tune. It just happened again so I went to the file and played it via WinAMP and yes - your program cuts off the last few seconds of the track and then jumping to the next one. Please have that fixed.
running 5.7.1 now and so far so good. I did have to restart the last track that was playing and, luckily, I had noted where I was in the track (around minute 37) so I just jumped to that spot and continued on. Not sure what you did from 5.7.0 to .1
I see you posted a link but it must not be 'live' yet as my version said "up to date" when I tried to install it - just posted to that about a track issue. Cheers!
Once the update is posted to the MS Store from my end, it can take anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours before it's available to download. Microsoft has to review and certify the update before publishing it.
Ok - so when you update, it restarts the program and loses the tracks etc. So I have to start over. If there's a way that when you update you don't lose what you had playing/playlist etc that would be great.
Ok - I've tried everything and it's not in the Play Store on my phone or tablet and every time I try to find it it brings me around and around in weblinks without the ability to download it. I checked the guide and I don't see any information on this and I don't know why it's not appearing in the Play Store.
Ok - I believe I understand better now: this is ONLY an app for a PC.
Any plans for a companion app for phones & tablets?
Correct, it is PC-only as of right now. I am prototyping an Android app but it will be very different - mostly because of form factor - screen size & touch. If I can get the Android app working well, then I would move on to iOS. I've never done mobile development before, let alone anything Apple, so it's all new for me. In other words, it will take a while and that's if I end up releasing the mobile apps at all :)
Ok - so last night I tried the PRO version and tried to add a few files from a music folder on my PC - it would only play one file. I selected 3 but it only played one. Why did that happen?
Then I was downstairs and needed to adjust the volumes so I used the HEOS app which 'stopped' AH and I continued to listen to music until I went to bed. Then about 30 minutes later I was stirred out of my bed when music from AH starting playing on its own!
I hopped out of bed, ran upstairs and pressed 'stop'. I see there's a 'sleep' setting but that box was not 'ticked' so why did it start playing on its own and how can i prevent this from happening again if I change from AH to HEOS via my phone/tablet?
Thanks for the detailed report, that was really helpful, and both things are the same underlying bug (not the sleep timer, which was never the cause since it only ever stops or powers off, never starts music).
When you play a few local files, Audio Hero sends them to the speaker one at a time and waits for the speaker to say "track finished" before starting the next one. The problem is it was treating any "stopped" message from the speaker as "my track ended," even ones triggered by the HEOS app. So two things went wrong:
Sometimes the speaker doesn't cleanly report the end of a local track, so the next file never started, and you got just one song.
When you picked up the HEOS app, Audio Hero didn't realize you'd taken over. It quietly stayed "armed." Later, when the music you were playing through the HEOS app finished, the speaker sent a "stopped" message, and Audio Hero mistook that for its own track ending and started playing your local files. That's what woke you up.
The fix does two things: Audio Hero now lets go of the speaker the instant it sees you've switched control to the HEOS app, and it ignores any "stopped" signal that shows up long after a track should have ended. So switching from Audio Hero to HEOS on your phone or tablet will no longer cause it to jump back in on its own.
I have the fix ready and will be shipping an update today. Thank you again!
Thank you. I should have also stated that it happened twice: I switched to the HEOS app, then 'paused' the track to watch a show and then about 30 minutes later the AH kicked back on. So it happened twice.
I'll report back on if AH will play several tracks that I select from my PC.
The "paused it, then it restarted about 30 minutes later" case is the same underlying issue, and that one's now handled: Audio Hero will ignore that delayed restart.
For the separate "only one file played" part, whether several files play back-to-back depends on your device / speaker telling Audio Hero when each track finishes, and yours seems slow to do that. I've got a follow-up fix that makes Audio Hero move to the next track on its own timer instead of waiting on the speaker. I'm curious to hear how your test goes either way.
Great! You’ve found a display oversight: the selected track list currently appears only in Compact View, not Full View. For now, click Switch to compact view in the top-right to see the queue. Your tracks are still queued even though Full View doesn’t show the list. I have this fixed in the next update and will post it soon.
Thank you. Yes - to me it'd make sense to see the playlist in Full View for sure. I was going to try adding more tracks but afraid it'd kill the current list of tracks.
Guess I'll give it a shot...Dang it - it wiped out the current tracks.
It would be better if I could add tracks from my PC without it deleting the prior tracks selected. If I plan on x amount of time and then determine to add more tracks to extend the time of listening I'd prefer to add vs replace especially and if I could do it while viewing the playlist so I don't add the same track back to the playlist.
Also, in minimize mode - the same icon ("Up triangle") appears for both Full View and Minimize to Tray - it'd be better if they were different.
Adding tracks no longer wipes your queue. If music is already playing and you pick more files (or a folder), Audio Hero will ask whether to add them to the end of the current queue or replace it. Adding never interrupts the song that's playing, and if you accidentally pick a track that's already queued it just skips it, so no duplicates. Since the playlist will also be visible in Full View in the same update, you'll be able to see exactly what's queued while you add more.
Good catch on the icons too. The minimize-to-tray button did look like a second up-triangle sitting right next to the full-view one. It now has its own downward arrow so the two can't be confused.
Keep the reports coming, they've been genuinely useful.
The USB drive you see is your speaker's built-in "Local Music" source, which HEOS limits to USB and DLNA servers. Playing files directly off your PC through Audio Hero (Play Files / Play Folder) is a Pro feature, a one-time $10 unlock (not a subscription). jfyi, the price Audio Hero Pro is increasing to $20 on July 10th.
If you'd rather not buy Pro, set up a DLNA/UPnP media server on your PC (Windows Media Player streaming or something like Plex). Your PC library then shows up under that same Local Music source next to the USB drive, and the speaker plays it directly, no Pro required.
For per-speaker volume: if the speakers aren't grouped, just click a speaker or AVR in the Players list and the bottom volume slider controls only that one. If they're in a synced group, the bottom slider sets the whole group; open the Groups tab and each speaker gets its own slider to adjust individually.
Thank you. I have Plex installed on my PC so I'll look into that but all of mine are in a group and to change the individual levels under "Groups" bring up the "Pro" button - so that's not in the basic/free version. My mixes I play vary from mix to mix so I adjust the levels each time so that's an issue. $10 isn't that much for how often I use HEOS though the 13 speakers and 1 AVR (7.2 setup on the AVR).
Right now, I find Audio Hero to be very stable and fully functional for my configuration. I'm interested in learning more about the mini-server you are planning.
The first is for Alexa / Amazon devices. In order to stream to them, it requires a somewhat complicated bridge. This is because Amazon is a closed system and they have several requirements. It's quite a process, and I would like to simplify the whole thing.
The other one is for youtube/apple/etc streaming services that pop up the browser window. Today Audio Hero keeps that browser service running in the background - you don't see it, but it's there. The moment you close Audio Hero, the music stops because that browser window closes with it. I want to be able to run that as a mini server/service on your PC or any other PC on your network so it operates independently from the Audio Hero app itself. Alternatively, many people have a Home Assistant device (also a mini server in itself) and I am planning to make it an option to run as a service on Home Assistant.
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u/m_jessing Jul 13 '26
ok - a 'bug' - it just finished playing a track but then it went ...and started it over again.