USB Audio Player PRO (UAPP): 24- and 32-bit playback, ubiquitous USB audio support for Android (2024)

As discussed in the Android USB audio thread, thought I would start a thread about this great Android app so we could separate the discussion about it a bit from the general USB audio thread.

For those of us with Android devices this app is hugely important for a few reasons.

The first is that itopens up USB audio output for MANY Android devices that lack any kind of native support, almost any device that support USB OTG/USB host(those devices are limited to USB audio playback from UAPP only, but that's obviously a great deal better than having no way to do this at all without warranty-voiding Root and custom kernels and such like - if they evenexist for your device). The other thing it does is allow higher than 16-bit audio on Android, which is for the most part limited to that otherwise (if you believe in high res music, YMMV etc etc).

Here is a

to the app, current Play Store description below - note there are links to install the trial version to test if it is operational on your device/with your DAC of choice, and also a link to contact the developer directly (although hopefully they might keep an eye on developments in this thread also):

High quality media player for use with USB audio DAC's (or any other USB audio class compliant device).

Note: free trial here:http://www.audio-evolution.com/downloads/USBAudioPlayerPROTrial_1.0.8.apk

Features:

• Plays wav/flac/ogg/mp3/aiff files (even 24-bit or 32-bit wav's)
• Uses a USB audio DAC connected by a OTG cable (if your Android device supports USB host and is compatible)
• Plays natively up to 32-bit/384kHz or any other rate/resolution your DAC supports by completely bypassing the Android audio system. No other Android player can do this since they are limited to 16-bit and usually 48kHz.
• Uses Android play lists. Play albums or create your own play lists from a list of songs.
• Gapless playback
• Plays .m4a etc. files depending on your Android device
• Background playback (you can turn off the screen, go to other apps etc. while the app is playing)
• Sample rate conversion (if your DAC doesn't support the audio file's sample rate, it will be converted to a higher sample rate if available or the highest if not available)
• No root or custom kernels required
• Software volume control
• Shuffle / repeat

Warning:this is not a generic driver, you can only playback from within this app. It is not possible to use your USB audio device using this software with other apps!

Please have a look here for a list of tested devices and more information on how to connect a USB audio device:
http://www.extreamsd.com/USBAudioRecorderPRO

Make sure to connect your audio device BEFORE starting USB Audio Player PRO. If you get a message on start-up saying that the device failed to initialize, it is likely an incompatible Android device or a wrong cable since DAC's are usually class compliant. If your Android device does not supply enough power, please try a powered USB hub.

Please let us know if your Android/audio device combination works. These DAC's were tested in the past with USB Audio Recorder PRO, so will likely to function with USB Audio Player PRO as well:

• Alo Audio The International
• Audiolab M-Dac
• Audioquest Dragonfly
• Benchmark DAC 1 HDR
• Cambridge Audio DacMagic 100
• Centrance Dacport LX / HiFi M8
• Cypherlabs AlgoRhythm Solo
• DacPort LX
• FiiO E7/E10/E17/E18
• Go Vibe DAC
• HiFimeDIY Sabre U2
• HRT Microstreamer
• Ibasso D-Zero / D55 / D6 / D7
• iFi nano iDSD / micro iDAC
• M2TECH hiFace TWO / DAC / Joplin
• Meridian Explorer
• Musical Fidelity V-DAC II
• NAD PP 3i
• NuForce uDAC / Icon HDP
• NwAvguy ODAC
• Intruder DAC
• Stoner Acoustics UD100
• and many more!

Please contact us by email atinfo@audio-evolution.comto report any issues so we can solve them quickly!

Thanks for starting this thread specifically for UAPP. First off, awesome player. I can't believe how good this sounds with my GS4 - OTG - Dragonfly. Just bought an OTG cable for my Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and hope it sounds just as good. Harder to find a quality OTG cable for my tablet.

Anyway, a few things...

I still can't get AIFF to play and I have the latest update. The songs don't even show up. Anybody else have this issue?

Two quick recommendations: (1) ability to browse through files; (2) ability to use physical volume controls on the phone.

Thanks!

daniel_hokkaido said:

Has anyone here found thatUSB audio pro is a bit leaner and drier sounding than Audio Evolution usb recorder?

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UAPP defaults to the highest resolution and UARP defaults to 16-bit (if available). Otherwise, the USB code base is the exact same.

daniel_hokkaido said:

Thanks Davy

I asked Davy also in an email re audio player pro on cyanogenmod. I know it works but am less clear on whether it would sound better than on android.
Any info would be great on this as the lastest android (week or so ago) is glitchy with my apex glacier dac amp

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Try enabling USB debugging and see if it changes anything on the glitching.