There are some applications that, due to having many users and fans, thousands of examples of them have been produced and offered by different developers. Music players are among these applications. Thousands of music players with different looks and features can be found on Google Play and Farseroid. Each of these music players offers special features and has attracted a group of users. You must have had trouble choosing among all these music players, and of course you don’t want to install and test them all one by one. If you feel like this, having a versatile music player can solve all your problems. Hi-Fi Cast – Music Player is a music player with a variety of features and the ability to play from different sources, specifically for the Android operating system, which was developed by the findhdmusic.com software group and published for free on Google Play. This program is not just a music player like all other music players and in addition to the ability to play all kinds of audio files in the device’s memory, it has the ability to play Internet radios and UPnP/DLNA media servers. You can even cast from your phone to Google Home, Chromecast and UPnP/DLNA media players.
Some features and capabilities of the Hi-Fi Cast – Music Player Android program:
Playing music from DLNA/UpnP media servers, SHOUTcast internet radio and internet radio playlists on Android phone
Play music from your phone on Chromecast, Google Home and UPnP/DLNA media players (including compatible smart TVs, PVRs, AV receivers, wireless speakers, streamers, Bose Soundtouch and Yamaha MusicCast2 speakers)
Random playback of all existing music or their combination with different albums, singers, genres, etc., regardless of the size of your music archive.
You have a home screen widget for easier access to the player
Three different themes (including a dark theme) to personalize the app
Designed for less battery consumption on devices with AMOLED screens
It has a sleep timer to set the program to turn off automatically
Support fm scrobbling
Android Auto support
Non-stop playback of all kinds of audio files on Chromecast
Creating various playlists with the ability to output from them
Ability to add desired radio stations with URL
Beautiful and optimized user interface
Hi-Fi Cast is a music player that allows you to effortlessly stream music from Internet Radio stations, UPnP/DLNA media servers or your phone to your Chromecast enabled devices (including smart home speakers) or UPnP/DLNA media player.
Key Features:
- Plays music from DLNA/UPnP media servers, SHOUTcast Internet Radio*, Internet Radio playlists or your Android device.
- Plays music to your Chromecast (including compatible smart home speakers), UPnP/DLNA media player (including compatible Smart TVs, PVRs, AV Receivers, Wireless Speakers, Media Streamers, Bose Soundtouch and Yamaha MusicCast2 speakers) or your local Android device
- Languages: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Polski, Русский
- Shuffle entire library and/or any combination of albums, artists, genres etc regardless of the size of your music library (when using DLNA/UPnP, this requires a server that supports searching – most do).
- Home screen widget
- Three themes to choose from including an ultra-dark theme designed to reduce battery drain on AMOLED screens.
- Sleep timer
- Last.fm scrobbling
- Android Auto*
Chromecast Features:
- Gapless playback of MP3, AAC, FLAC and WAV files when playing to Chromecast devices (enable this feature via Settings > Chromecast)*
- Volume normalization (ReplayGain) when playing compatible FLAC files to Chromecast devices (enable this feature via Settings > Chromecast)*
- Transcoding of formats not supported by Chromecast devices eg. DSD, ALAC.
UPnP/DLNA Features:
- Fast and efficient searching of your music collection regardless of size. Search for Albums, Artists and Songs (requires your UPnP/DLNA server to support searching).
- Designed for the largest (and smallest) music collections. Effortlessly scroll through thousands of albums, artists or songs at a time. Limited only by the capabilities of your UPnP/DLNA media server.
- Full shuffling capabilities (for UPnP/DLNA servers that support searching)
- Create local playlists
- Access your album booklets from within the app when using Minimserver as your Media Server.
- Playback to UPnP/DLNA renderers. If your renderer supports gapless, enable this via Settings > UPnP/DLNA (even if your renderer does not support gapless, enabling this setting may reduce gaps between tracks).
Internet Radio Features:
- SHOUTcast Radio*
- Create, edit, import and export* radio station playlists
- Add your own custom radio station URLs
Chromecast Information*
- Gapless playback via Chromecast Audio devices is limited to WAV and FLAC files up to 24bit/96kHz and gapless compatible MP3 and AAC files. Gapless playback via Chromecast video devices is limited to 16bit WAV and FLAC files and gapless compatible MP3 and AAC files. Your phone/tablet must remain connected to the local network during Chromecast gapless playback.
- Volume normalization is limited to FLAC files containing ReplayGain tags. Volume normalization via the ‘Original’ Chromecast is limited to 16bit FLAC files .
SHOUTcast Radio Information
When playing SHOUTcast Radio to a UPnP/DLNA media player, the player must support playback of SHOUTcast streams.
In-App Purchase (Premium)
Upgrading to premium will give you the following features:
- The app will no longer display ads
- Exporting playlists
- Android Auto support
Troubleshooting, Bug Reporting and Feedback
If you are having problems using Hi-Fi Cast or you have found a bug please contact us using the ‘Send Feedback’ menu item in the app (and tap ‘Include system info’).
Hi-Fi Cast Help and Discussion Forum:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/hi-cast-help-forum
Become a Beta tester:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.findhdmusic.app.upnpcast
Internet Radio in this app is powered by SHOUTcast Radio:
https://www.shoutcast.com
Images used in the screenshots are licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license:
https://www.pexels.com/photo-license/
App Specs
- For ANDROID
- Update October 26, 2022
- Version Varies with device
- Android VARY
- Developers FHDM TECH
- Category Music & Audio
- View on Google Play