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The AI vendor used by walkout song DJ recently removed the Lucas voice and possibly others leading to a confusing error message "unable to generate Murf. AI announcement.  Please check your internet and try again." 

The solution is to simply choose another voice and announcement generation should work again.

I will improve that error message in the next version of both the Apple and Android versions.

New release for simple song collector

https://github.com/UpAllNite-Software/simple-song-collector/releases/download/v.1.0.22/ssc-1.0.22.apk

- fixes error "IOS player response is not valid"

New release for simple song collector

https://github.com/UpAllNite-Software/simple-song-collector/releases/download/v1.0.21/ssc-1.0.21.apk

- uses formal NewPipeExtractor release
- fixes error "IOS player response is not valid"

New release for simple song collector

https://github.com/UpAllNite-Software/simple-song-collector/releases/download/v1.0.20/ssc-1.0.20.apk

- fixes error "IOS player response is not valid"

YouTube is mucking around with something in their api again causing the error in the title and failure to download some videos. It seems you can simply retry the download or another download and it will eventually work.  The maintainers at Newpipe that created the library that the simple song collector uses are aware of the issue.  Hopefully, they can resolve in short order and I can rebuild the song collector with their update to get it back working.  Watch this thread for updates.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

https://youtu.be/kMOlTrrcdgw?si=A4you8VzlHy7vCar

https://youtu.be/ACRZpToSjSo?si=ldhdIsmetv7xDipO

https://youtu.be/31Jsd0jd2Bw

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

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

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.

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

What's new:
- Added an external speaker wakeup option to avoid missing the start of announcements and music for ION and similar speaker models

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