mconnect Player HD

What a piece of garbage software from Conversdigital I’ve installed on my iPad-Pro 12”. It crashes frequently, which at this time, no other apps are doing on this iPad running iOS v17.2.1. It plays music files stored on the iPad thru the iPad’s speakers OK, but crashes when asked to connect to visible and working fine Chromecast speakers on the same WiFi network. If I wanted to play music locally thru the iPad’s built in speakers I would have run Apple Music. Instead I purchased mConnect Player HD to send music over WiFi to my Chromecast speakers …. Which causes this awful app to crash immediately. Until Conversdigital fixes one of mConnect’s fundamental features - DO NOT purchase the app. Meanwhile I am going to try to get my purchase refunded. UPDATE — Discovered I can use GoogleHome app to stream Pandora to my Chromecast speakers without issue, so just avoid mConnect Player if you want to stream online music to Chromecast speakers.

mark-in-seattleSat, Dec 30, 2023

United States

I don’t know if it’s because there hasn’t been an update in a very long time to keep up with iOS updates, but this app is increasingly unstable and unreliable. I have had to resort to using airplay1 to my Yamaha renderer rather than using mconnect. Looks like a Bluesound Node is in my future since this app has become unusable. Every time I try to stream Qobuz playlists through mconnecthd it crashes or hangs. Using the Qobuz app works fine for the same playlists. Something in the network protocol within the app isn’t compatible with ios since 15.x. At 16.6.1 it’s absolutely useless.

12FretThu, Sep 21, 2023

United States

I would have submitted a support ticket if there was a link that anyone could share, like through the app maybe? Huh? Why isn’t there? This app started out like a buggy mine field a few years ago, got better, and now appears to have the same issues as earlier releases. It will consistently crash when trying to play an album to a renderer after hitting the play button. It will crash when going to queue and pressing play after selecting a different renderer. It will hang when trying to play playlists. All from Qobuz and the native app for Qobuz has none of these issues with its playlists. So, big problems with reliable connection to a renderer and then intermittent success. Going to switch to a Node and be done with this patch-work nonsense. If this app was reliable I could probably get at least 5 years more out of my Yamaha gear, but not with this crap going on.

12FretThu, Sep 7, 2023

United States

This app allows me to stream HD music from Qobuz and TIDAL which is fantastic, especially after Oppo stopped supporting their remote app. The only thing I wish they would add would be album cover pics as I like to see them on my TV. A small but aesthetic thing I miss. I also wish I could access my USB drive attached to the Oppo as their own app did, but I realize that’s asking a lot. I also think the GUI would be more elegant, but that’s another small quibble. Bottom line is this thing was a life saver for me and will continue to be until I purchase and newer receiver and/or Bluetooth streamer. My partner thinks wifi is bad for her, so she wants it permanently turned off. Rather than argue with her about it, I have found a workaround by installing ethernet ports in key areas around the house. Also, in order to play to my older Oppo, I have always had to turn on wifi. But up until recently, I always had to turn on wifi in order to access the streaming from mconnect HD. The good news is, all of a sudden, it now seems to stream perfectly thru my ethernet connection to the Oppo. So nice because I can listen to music while maintaining the peace. Thanks so much mconnect people. Now about getting that album graphic to show up on my TV…

music_fiendSun, Sep 3, 2023

United States

This app allows me to stream HD music from Qobuz and TIDAL which is fantastic especially after Oppo stopped supporting their remote app.The only thing I wish they would add would be album cover pics as I like to see them on my TV. A small but aesthetic thing I mess. I also wish I could access my drive on the Oppo as their own app did but I realize that’s asking a lot. I also think the GUI would be more elegant, but that’s another small quibble. Bottom line is this thing was a life saver for me and will continue to be until I purchase and newer receiver and Bluetooth streamer.

music_fiendSun, Apr 16, 2023

United States

Punch list for developers: Add scrubbing of the file being played. Improve stability of communication to renderers. Improve search capabilities to include categorical filters. Remove the button that maxes out the volume!!!!! Do not auto-max volume….ever! Happens at times and if not discovered can blow powered speakers. Simplify how Favorites are managed. Things make no sense and it’s never clear if I should expect favorites to appear in Qobuz, which they don’t even when in the Qobuz interface in Mconnect. So how is it different than just MConnect favorites?

12FretFri, Dec 9, 2022

United States

It would be perfect, except it takes 53 clicks to queue an album. Navigate to the queue, click clear, click OK, browse to the album, click on add, click on queue, click on select all, click on done, click on ok, go back to the player, click on play. Would it be that hard to have a “Play now” on an album like a sane music player?

Signals42Sun, Sep 18, 2022

United States