Android-client gets timeout

[pbr]

It worked before well over a month ago. But now when I get back it doesn't. Yes, I have donated and added the key. Yes, the android client is working fine when using the demo-server. Yes, I can use the web-interface, in fact I can telnet to the port from a remote server and see that Jetty is indeed giving a reply. So, what's up with this? Why isn't the Android client allowed to talk to the Jetty-server?

[GJ51]

If you want to send me a pm with a guest logon, I'd be happy to test to see if you site is accessible.

[morlock]

I am having connection issues every time I try to access subsonic on my android phone. I have donated and registered subsonic. I have changed the port to something other than 80, and I have enabled port forwarding on my router.

[GJ51]

It's clear from your post that you have issues.

Other than that, it's a bit vague.

Have you tried connecting to a known good server?

[stennie]

morlock, how many routers do you have?

I found myself fighting with Subsonic for a couple days. Enabled port forwarding, changed the port, and thought I did everything right. However, my parents use Vonage which apparently is a fully-functioning router. It was denying the connection before the packets even got to my real router. After routing the traffic around this Trojan router, everything was peachy for Subsonic.

The point? Make note of your network setup. Some devices that you may not expect may be blocking or misrouting traffic.

[GJ51]

morlock, how many routers do you have?

I found myself fighting with Subsonic for a couple days. Enabled port forwarding, changed the port, and thought I did everything right. However, my parents use Vonage which apparently is a fully-functioning router. It was denying the connection before the packets even got to my real router. After routing the traffic around this Trojan router, everything was peachy for Subsonic.

The point? Make note of your network setup. Some devices that you may not expect may be blocking or misrouting traffic.

I used to have Vonage before switching to OOMA. They all tell you to install the device between the ISP device and the router, but you don't have to. If you have good bandwidth, you can just attach it to a switch or router so that it won't interfere with the rest of the network.

[pbr]

It seemed that my issues was that the upstream connection was too slow. I'll report back to you when I'm on ADSL again, currently I use 3G with a router and get 384 Kbps up and 2 Mbit down.

[GJ51]

There seems to be a bit of consensus forming that many of the issues with Android problems are related to the upload capability of the server you connect to.

I've been playing around with XiiaLive to stream Shoutcast internet radio to my EVO. I can get 320kbps bitstream to perform very well pretty consistently as long as I have a solid 3g signal. If my bars drop off, I'll start to see buffering pauses.

I mention this as a good reference point for anyone having trouble. If you can connect to high bitrate internet radio without stuttering, you should be able to do the same withSS as long as the SS server can maintain reasonable upload speeds. By testing different internet radion stations that have different bit rates, you can get a good idea of what bitrate your phone can consistently recieve. That would then give you a clue as to what transcoding parameters might work best for streaming to your particular phone.

For example, if you can consistently get uninterrupted 128k stream from internet radio, but it breaks up at 192k, then you know you need to throttle back the bitrate in the transcoding for the Android player on your server.

If you still have problems after that, at least you know it's probably not an upload speed issue as long as your connection from your ISP is reasonably above 128k. I think most connection today are sufficiently above that, but you can always do a speed test at Speedtest.net to be sure.

[morlock]

stennie wrote:
morlock, how many routers do you have?

I found myself fighting with Subsonic for a couple days. Enabled port forwarding, changed the port, and thought I did everything right. However, my parents use Vonage which apparently is a fully-functioning router. It was denying the connection before the packets even got to my real router. After routing the traffic around this Trojan router, everything was peachy for Subsonic.

The point? Make note of your network setup. Some devices that you may not expect may be blocking or misrouting traffic.

I have one router. I also tried plugging my computer directly into the modem, and that did not fix the problem.

I have been able to connect to the demo server without problems.