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What model of speaker are you trying to use?  You mention 'this year' in your original comment...  did it work in previous years with usable volume and this same speaker and now it doesn't?

Nothing changed in that area and I have not received any other reports of low volume. Do you see the same volume issue when not using the Bluetooth speaker?

Not yet, but we are actively working on it now... It turns out to be pretty complicated to do the setup interface, as the teams and lineups change so much in the level of play for most users of the app.  If you have a few minutes and really want this feature, could you reply with some detail of how you envision how it works and how it could be setup?

The Newpipe extractor folks created tentative update to the library for testing another approach to fix the error.  It does seem to work on my test devices, so I went ahead and created a new release that will probably work for most people... check for newer release on this thread: https://upallnitesoftware.com/forum/index.php?topic=375.0

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"

It is broken again for some people.  Seems pretty random. Have you tried just retrying the download that fails for you?  In the original incarnation of this bug, that would get around it.

The writers of the library it is based on are working on a fix and I expect they should get something I can make a working release from within a day or so.

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"

Think we got it fixed:

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

Let me know if that avoids the errors.

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.

So.. you're kinda on the wrong thread here. This thread was regarding an issue with the actual Walkout Song DJ app where you couldn't browse files or cloud storage and one step import and add the song to a player.  That was fixed by the update mentioned above.

Now what you have discovered is a new issue with the song collector app that I wasn't aware of until just now.  I am able to duplicate the issue, but I don't have a solution yet.  It also doesn't seem to be consistent as I can simply wait a bit and try again and the same song will download successfully.  I will investigate the issue and see what I can figure out.

Are you trying to use the browse option to add songs for a player?  There was a bug there that was fixed with an update yesterday.  Try to update and see if it works for you.

The sort and shuffle buttons have been there for a while, and they shouldn't do anything unless you press them.  It has been requested that those are only enabled when the edit button is pressed.  Would that resolve the issue for you?

YouTube will occasionally block specific network addresses that it deems to be a high risk for bots extracting songs and videos.  Best way to avoid the issue is to use the Song Collector from another network address that YouTube has not blacklisted. If you are using a vpn, then try a different server.  If you are using a home internet, then try rebooting your router to get a difference address.  If you have the option for cellular, try that.

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.