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#1
Many Bluetooth speakers especially when connected to an Apple device playing Apple music can be a serious pain with unexpected volume loss, missed playback of the song or the announcement or both.  I have tested with many and tried many different tricks and tweaks to try to get them to behave but they still act up more often than not. 

I finally found a pretty reasonable solution that i can share:

Buy this little Esinkin Bluetooth receiver from Amazon:
https://a.co/d/31BNP5V
Price was 23.99 when this was posted.

Put that device near your problematic Bluetooth speaker, attach the usb power adapter from the usb of the speaker to the Esinkin power input, connect from the Esinkin RCA out using the provided cable to the speaker aux port.  Put your speaker in aux mode, connect your apple device via Bluetooth to the Esinkin and Walkout Song DJ should play much more reliably through that combination. 

Note: You still may need the 'Send external speaker Wake-up' enabled on the settings page of the app for some speakers that want to go to sleep within seconds of the last playback regardless of how they are connected.
#2
Release Notes / New release 1.0.19
August 06, 2024, 10:15:10 AM
New release for the simple song collector

https://github.com/UpAllNite-Software/simple-song-collector/releases/download/v1.0.19/ssc-1.0.19.apk

- Select the highest quality m4a stream available for the selected item
- Provide better error message when download fails due to file already existing
#3
Release Notes / New release 1.0.18
August 01, 2024, 04:05:47 PM
New release for the simple song collector

https://github.com/UpAllNite-Software/simple-song-collector/releases/download/v1.0.18/ssc-1.0.18.apk

- fixes problem introduced in v1.0.16 that prevented searches from working and showed a never ending spinner
#4
Release Notes / New release 1.0.17
July 24, 2024, 12:10:14 PM
New update for the simple song collector

https://github.com/UpAllNite-Software/simple-song-collector/releases/download/v1.0.17/scc-1.0.17.apk

-fix another round of download errors
#5
During a recent waiting period for an update from the folks that do the base library for the Simple Song Collector,  I found a non platform specific option to get music files that can be accessed via a browser on either Apple or Android.

There is an open source YouTube front end portal called Invidious that is hosted on multiple instances by various folks around the world.   There are a list of instances here:  https://docs.invidious.io/instances/  The instances are all vetted by the authors of the software so they are free from advertising, tracking, malware, etc.  It seems some of the instances will disable downloads when bandwidth usage gets too high for the hosting provider so you may need to try a couple to find one that allows it.

I tried this instance https://invidious.darkness.services/ with my Android browser, searched for a song, picked the one I wanted, look below the video for a 'Download as' picker.  Select one of the audio only options, click download button and the song should be visible in Walkout Song DJ my music.
#6
Release Notes / New release 1.0.16
July 11, 2024, 08:14:56 AM
New update for the simple song collector

https://github.com/UpAllNite-Software/simple-song-collector/releases/download/v1.0.16/scc-1.0.16.apk

-fix recent download errors
#7
Release Notes / New release 1.0.15
March 13, 2024, 02:34:30 PM
New update for the simple song collector

https://github.com/UpAllNite-Software/simple-song-collector/releases/download/1.0.15/ssc-1.0.15.apk

-restore thumbnail functionality
-add artist to search results
#11
Version 3.0.1 of Walkout Song DJ for Android is now available from the Google Play Store

What's new?
-Added support of AI voice announcements generated by Murf.ai
#12
Version 3.0.1 of Walkout Song DJ for iOS is now available from the Apple App Store

What's new?
-Added support of AI voice announcements generated by Murf.ai
#13
Finally!  AI voices for Walkout Song DJ.  With help from Murf.AI we can finally use some realistic voices with some style instead of the lame Apple and Google text to speech.  The beta for the Apple version is released in the App Store.  If you would like to participate in the Apple beta and provide some feedback, please either pm here or via email to walkoutsongdj@gmail.com with your App Store email address and I will add you to the list.   I am starting now on the Android port of the same functionality so watch for that beta announcement in the coming weeks.
#14
Release Notes / New release 1.0.14
August 09, 2023, 10:01:49 AM
New update for the simple song collector


https://github.com/UpAllNite-Software/simple-song-collector/releases/download/1.0.14/ssc-1.0.14.apk

-use latest newpipeextractor library to fix "could not get any stream" error
#15
What's new:
- Added an external speaker wakeup option to avoid missing the start of announcements and music for ION and similar speaker models
#16
iOS version 2.6.15 released from the App Store on 4/24/23.  It is on a phased release so if you need it urgently, search for the app in the App Store and directly download it from the app page.

What's new:
- fixed 'No Decodable Audio Tracks Error' with Apple Music song playback
- Provide UI feedback during config import to avoid the app looking locked up while trying to add Apple Music songs to the device library
- avoid overlap of volume control on ipad display in portrait mode
- Share and import of data now includes your recorded and imported announcements
#17
A few users who recently updated to iOS 16.4.1 are reporting failure to play some specific songs that used to work.  When they try to play them now, they get a 'No decodable audio track error' 

I traced down the issue in the code and I am working on fix for release in the coming week.

In the meantime, you can workaround the issue by swipe killing the Walkout Song DJ app, and then going into the apple music app and removing the local download of the files that are generating the error.  That will force them to play from the cloud, but will avoid the error code condition.
#18
Three users have reported an issue where their Samsung devices have updated to Android 13 and the google text to speech engine is muted for doing player announcements.  If you switch the text to speech engine to the Samsung engine, the announcements work, but the voice selection and quality is limited.  I have a galaxy tab s8 on order that should arrive on November 23rd.  Hopefully, it will update to android 13 and I can debug this issue to see if there is some setting or workaround that can get the google engine working again.
#19
Version 2.6.11 of Walkout Song DJ for iOS was released from the App Store on 9/14/22

Changes for this release:
- fix import data error with iOS 16
#20
Found another nifty change they did in iOS 16 that broke the data import.  A fix has been prepared and submitted to the app store.  Should be version 2.6.11