"Starring not supported. Server too old" Android tablet

[recked]

Problem Description: On click to access folder contents, the error "Starring not supported. Server too old. Please upgrade" appears and blocks playback.
Troubleshooting Steps:
Playback Application and version: Subsonic Music Streamer for Android
Subsonic Version: app version 4.0
Server Version: 4.6 (build 2583) – December 6, 2011
Hardware Platform: w7 64-bit
Java Memory Limit: 162MB
Problem Filename: N/A
Output from ffmpeg -i: N/A
Last ten log file lines: N/A

I love and rely on Subsonic and have done so for years now. As of yesterday, this error appears only on my Nexus 7 running Android 4.3 tablet, not on my Samsung SGH-T989 phone. "Starring not supported. Server too old. Please upgrade."

I am not interested in "starring" or any of the other new features, in fact they seem like negative developments. What's more, I'm not interested in forever upgrading software that isn't broken, I don't have time to continually install new servers and then re-tweak the UI for my simple home stereo purposes. I just want to keep the functionality I've always enjoyed. My request is this, unless Sindre can remove this error check related to "starring" and allow me simple access to a legacy server... where can I find the previous version of the android app?

Fallback question, if I pay for the dsub app, will it have these same problems or can I expect legacy support?

Thank you!

[daneren2005]

Hi, DSub dev here. As far I know everything works fine on older servers, just the new functionality from newer servers won't work. I've never heard of that problem before, and I have enough users that are sticking with 4.6 that I think I would have heard about it if it did. Either way, if you aren't happy with your purchase of DSub, I will always provide a refund. So don't worry about buyer's remorse if you just want to try it out and see if it works the way you want it to

[frippee]

I have been having the same issue since the subsonic Android app updated. Cannot browse artists or albums without the message showing. The ultrasonic ago still works, but I like the official Android app much better.

[Glader]

Any way of simply disabling the starring functionality in the app? I'd like to listen to my music...

[joosemcgee]

Problem Description: I am experiencing the exact same problem, "Starring not supported. Server too old"
Troubleshooting Steps:None yet
Playback Application and version: Official Subsonic Android App v.4.0 on Nexus 7 and Samsung SM-N900V both running Android 4.3
Subsonic Version: 4.4 (build 2169) – February 6, 2011
Server Version: jetty-6.1.x, java 1.6.0_07, FreeBSD (50.7 MB / 99.2 MB)
Hardware Platform: i386-full on Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (FreeNAS .0.7.2)

Chiming in to add my experience.
As you can see I am not totally inclined to update once I have things running as I like.
Is there any alternative to upgrading the server?
App works as expected in offline mode.

[recked]

Thanks for chiming in, and thanks for the info on dsub, much appreciated.

And I just found an answer to my first question...
"Where can I find the previous version of the android app?"
http://sourceforge.net/projects/subsoni ... k/download

[joosemcgee]

Downloaded the 4.1 version of the Android app released today and all seems to be working as expected.
Can't say enough how superb this project is.
Thanks.