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DLNA Casting to Lumin U2

amsco15 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:38:21 +0000

Recently purchased the app for my iDevices. Looking forward to an alternative to JRemote. The app, in general, looks great.

I am having an issue. I can not cast to my Lumin U2. The device shows up fine but does not stream music. I can control the volume of the Lumin U2 so I know it is connecting. Below is a bullet point summary of information:

Can't stream music to my Lumin U2
The Lumin U2 is recognized and connected at some level since I can control the volume of the Lumin U2.
I can stream music directly to my iPhone and/or IPad
I select the Lumin U2 by using the cast button after selecting play.
The Lumin U2 is an extremely reliable device on my network. I use JRiver/Jremote, MO 4 Media, Lumin DLNA app, and Roon with near 100% reliability.
The Lumin U2 is connected, via USB, to a Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC
I assume I am casting to the U2 via DLNA and not Apple AirPlay. I have AirPlay disabled on the U2. The U2 shows up clearly as a device in Media Center under Playing Now.

Obviously, the main issue to be able to stream music to the U2. It is how I will use Whiskey River 99.5% of the time. One last comment, I would prefer a more obvious/permanent way to select the U2 as the device to play to.

Thanks for this app (think we're going to need it as a replacement for JRemote)!!!

64 bitrate files and server not found when on cellular connection

phleeb — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:55:37 +0000

I just got this app and I like it so far but have run into 2 problems. I have songs that only play silence and the only thing peculiar I have found so far is that they are 64 bitrate files.

I also cannot get the server to connect when I am miles away on a cellular signal ( it is a good signal) - any suggestions on that?

Thanks for your help!

Video playback issues

TheShoe — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 19:29:09 +0000

My Video collection is largely full BD backups and I use particles in JRiver Media Center extensively. Both JRemote and Mo4Media seem to have no problem playing back video, but WhiskeyRiver freezes.

this is with version 1.0, Build 14

Planned Updates for 1.5

Stevo — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:15:34 +0000

- New

More language packs

Free Trial Period

Shuffle All nearby Artists playing near you

Smart Artist filtering? (blacklisting)

Social tiles - show who you are sharing with plus mior UI changes

- Bugs/Improvements

Speed Improvements (Shuffling large collections, Image loading)

Some navigation quirk fixes (back button)

More Streaming continuity enhancements (for poor connections/transitions)

Update Notes 1.4.01-38-stable

Stevo — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:23:00 +0000

Language packs: Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish. Danish, Finnish, Portuguese

Genre to Preset EQ mappings plus all new presets

Listening mode: Home, Auto, Headphone

EQ Intensity: Low, Normal, High

Add multiple tracks to playlist (check boxes)

Implemented more streaming continuity techniques

Play/Shuffle with Play Doctor (for JRiver users)

Expanded Recent Imports # on dash and own screen (with more imports and a shuffle option)

Lots of small bug fixes

iOS (and Android) bug when trying to play to a JRiver access key server (not the device running WR) which is a client of another JRiver "main" library server

craigmcg1965 — Sun, 24 May 2026 16:12:24 +0000

The connectivity is Whiskey River on Ipad or S23 connected to JRiver access key jrJiax which pulls the library from "main" library server access key TmdofT.

When I ask WR to play to jrJiax the app screen shows playback but there's no audio output on the desire playback device jrJiax (my laptop) but the playback actually comes from the "main" library server TmdofT.

My expectation is that actual playback should be on the access key server specified in WR (jrJiax in this case) NOT the access key that is the main source of the music (TmdofT in this case). If I wanted playback to be on Tmdoft, I would connect to that access key.

Can this be corrected in both versions as dev time permits?

iOS Beta Screenshots

Stevo — Fri, 15 May 2026 21:13:57 +0000

2 3 4 1 5 6 7 8

Pixel 8 Pro JRiver Local Playback No Sound

mds6575 — Sat, 02 May 2026 20:43:21 +0000

Not sure if I'm overlooking something simple. I'm connected to my jriver server and can access my library. Playback is set to be on the phone but trying to play any audio I get no sound and the file does not appear to be playing as the progress bar shows the total track time but is stuck at 0:00.

If I set playback to be on the server that works fine.

Playing internet radio in the app works fine.

JRemote 3 and MO 4Media both work and playback fine on the phone.

iOS Development Update

Stevo — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:23:06 +0000

The development phase for the iOS version is 98% complete. All of the existing functionality (from Android) is there however I'm leaving it at 98% right now because I know I will have forgotten something. Testing will start as soon as Apple hands over the Developer License (still waiting) so we can use their Beta testing tools for distribution.

Planned Updates for 1.4

Stevo — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:16:55 +0000

Integrate Language Pack

Play/Shuffle with Play Doctor (for JRiver users)

Expand Recent Imports # on dash and own screen (with more imports and a shuffle option)

Allow for multiple tracks to be added to playlist in one call.

Refine Spotlight playlist logic to reduce duplicate spotlights as well as work on better ways to make more interesting

Preset EQ replacement/expansion AND Genre -> to -> EQ Preset/Custom matching (dynamic EQ based on Genre) - new screens

Bug: Found a logic bug when searching by name of a track. Producing 0 results when search term is more than 1 word.

Bug: found a bug in JRiver Play on Server mode. Can lose polling in some cases. Screen doesn't update and can't go to next or prev tracks

ANything else?