What iphone app is the best for BS5/BM5?

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Hi, does this IPAD integration also work if you only have the BM5 (connected to BV7)? Or do you need the BS5?

Thanks,

Koert

Gustave wrote:

Hello B&O users,

I ended up here also to find answers on why my iPhone4/iPad2 app [ UPNP Songbook '11 ] doesn't see my Beomaster 5! And so I posted here. This post might be one answer to your question abour what App is best to use with BS5. My B&O dealer has UPNP Songbook '11 running flawlesly with his BS5. With me it's a bit unstable I still don't know why. Could be that I have my BM5 hooked to my LAN via a Devolo AV500 powerplug. Still trying to figure it out.

Cheerio!

[Update:]

I  noticed that when the BM5 is set to audiomaster both the server and the renderer are operational and are seen by Songbook. And this way it makes the software work. When audiomaster is set to off the renderer dissapears and the software stops functioning. Music server is on of course.

Thanks Razlaw, it dosen't matter, the playlist in Elyric is not working either..I put one song on, it playes that - and that is the end of it. strange if you dont have that problem.

peter

I may have the problem also. I have not spent much time with the playlists. I am traveling at present or I would go try it and see if it worked or not.
Playlists is working perfectly in PlugPlayer. I Foundation out it is a heavy app, so shut down other AppS before running it.

I have tryied alot of the players, 8player,imediacontrol, Elyric, playlist is not working - it playes one number and that is it ?

Anybody ???

Where is the B&O app? 😴

StUrrock wrote:

Where is the B&O app? 😴

 

I'm wondering if it would be in the pipe-line a B&O app?

I just noticed that with 8Player it is possible to see what format the music is in. Select a track a press the track witjout releasing it and a menu will appear. It will then display flac for instance.

How do you configure your system BS5/BM5 + BV7 to make eLyric power on the speakers? I didn't succeed so far. eLyric turns BS5/BM5 on, starts playing... but the speakers don't turn on. What's your setting?

I have also tried several Apps and my rank order would be eLyric > PlugPlayer > iMediacontrol (free!) > 8Player (not easy to navigate) > Twonky (the worst with bad cover art and the issue of not leaving the PAUSE mode, which makes the App completely useless!)

We're still waiting for a B&O Apps...

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