Version History
Here you can find the changelog of Neutron Music Player since it was posted on our website on 2014-06-13.
The latest version is 2.23.9 and it was updated on soft112.com on 01 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 2.23.9
posted on 2024-03-04
* New:
- Pseudo-stereo DSP effect: Creates a pseudo-stereo (fake stereo) effect from mono sources (mono/1-channel tracks only). Manage by profile, accessible via Playback -> DSP Effect -> Pseudo-stereo
* Improved overall performance
! Fixed:
- Category Widget not showing up when pressing the 3-dot button in the Media Library screen (bottom left corner)
- Occasional ANRs (Application Not Responding) when the app tries to connect to the network while opening the UI
version 2.23.6
posted on 2024-02-25
* Support for DoP (DSD) in FLAC
* Increased Audio Hardware - Oversampling to 32x to support devices with max 1.536 MHz PCM
* Improved memory usage when using SFTP (SSH)
! Fixed:
- misaligned Bode Plot on some specific screen aspects
- silence in 64-bit Processing on Shanling M6 pro 21 DAP
- fast scroller malfunctioning on collections with 50k+ tracks
- controls overlapped when sorting tracks in Landscape view
- various rare crashes
version 2.23.3
posted on 2023-12-20
New:
- ability to rate groups of tracks (multiselection, albums, ...) from properties dialog
- support for rating tag IRTD in WAV, POPM MusicBee in ID3v2
- Shanling DAPs: up to PCM 1.536 Mhz/DSD1024 on M9 Plus, native DSD support on Android 10+
- optional action User Interface -> Panel: Top: Power Off
* Show real-time Cumulative EQ Bode Plot in individual EQ filters
* Subsonic and Ultrasonic DSP: UI moved to Playback - DSP Effect, managed by Profile, Off in Bit-perfect
* Updated AutoEq
version 2.22.7
posted on 2023-10-21
New DSP UI widget mode: Waveform only with/without album art in background
* Use signal for Alarm if music is playing during the Alarm time
! Fixed:
- FLAC file reading could be stopped due to bitstream errors inside the file
- playback button does not change state to Stop if streaming to UPnP/Chromecast and breaking it by pressing the icon
- rare crash in UI
- reverted to max 8 I/O channels
version 2.22.5
posted on 2023-10-07
* New:
- tracks sorting type solely by filename
- ability to remove track from Recently Played, Most Played by -Playlist action
- support max 10 channels
* Increased size of EQ bands slider in Controls screen
* Show -fp for bits of floating-point format
* Improved Lyrics dialog
* Updated AutoEQ database to the latest (Oct 2023)
! Fixed:
- Recently Played behavior
- Most Played entry not counted if playing from Most Played list
- could not connect to some modern HTTPS WebDAV servers
- ...
version 2.22.3
posted on 2023-08-30
* New:
- Targeted Android 13: !!! make sure you created source entry via SAF, old Linux paths are no longer supported by OS !!!
- category option All Songs to switch off All Songs
- Tile View option for Albums, Artists, Genres, ... separately
- [+ Queue] to Songs for easier handling of random playback via Dynamic, Random Queue
- Czech translation
* Improved:
- resolving playlist's paths with SAF
! Fixed:
- Filter DSP: Q giving insufficiently steep slope for Shelf filters (HS, LS)
- ...
version 2.22.2
posted on 2023-06-03
* New:
- time label on Queue entry: to show total time of all tracks in the Queue
! Fixed:
- streaming to Chromecast Audio devices with latest firmware (1.56.281627+)
- looping of the first track in the Queue when more tracks were enqueued after the first one and Loop Track List is On
version 2.22.0
posted on 2023-03-28
* New:
- AH - Direct USB Access - Release Inactive Device: release USB device to the OS and other apps when paused
- UI - Optional Features - Recently Added: to disable/enable Playlists -> Recently Added
- Playlists - Most Played in Android Auto
* Improved:
- album-art lookup for Albums list by using album-art image from the first music track
! Fixed:
- hi-res for FiiO 11 Pro
- interrupted playback for 1-2 seconds when resumed after focus loss
version 2.20.0
posted on 2022-04-28
* New:
- PM - Sequential - Rewind Tracklist: to rewind tracklist to the beginning when reached its end
! Fixed:
- fixed Bluetooth device frequencies not listed
- noise when switching gapless DSD tracks
- UPnP: incompatibility with devices using [Range: bytes=0-] header in request
- playing Ogg/Opus files from SAF source
- missing support for DPAD CENTER button (as Enter)
- could not clear Chromecast devices from Output To list
- USB Driver: use volume resolution reported by device
version 2.19.5
posted on 2022-03-08
Neutron is now targeting Android 11 as per Google Play requirement, so your media library could become inaccessible after an update:
1) You can get old unrestricted behavior by downloading Generic package from Neutron's web site:
http://tiny.cc/i60puz
or
2) You have to re-create sources and use SAF, see full FAQ:
http://tiny.cc/zm4puz
All release notes are available on Neutron forum.
version 2.18.5
posted on 2021-10-31
* New:
- support SAF storage: Sources - + - File System - + [bottom], adds support for USB Storage on some firmwares
- option:
# Audio Hardware - Upmix
# Network - Prefer Direct
- DSD256 option for PCM to DSD mode (only for powerful devices!)
- IPv6 support
- support 705.6 and 768 kHz frequencies on HiBy R6 DAPs
- support DSD256 on FiiO M11
- bind Audio Hardware - Follow Source Frequency to Profile
* Improved USB driver compatibility with Rockchip SoC
* Updated FRC - AutoEq database
version 2.18.3
posted on 2021-10-26
* New:
- support for SAF storage: Sources - + - File System - + [bottom], adds support for USB Storage on some firmwares
- Audio Hardware - Upmix option
- DSD256 option for PCM to DSD mode (only for powerful devices!)
- IPv6 support
- support 705.6 and 768 kHz frequencies on HiBy R6 DAPs
- bind Audio Hardware - Follow Source Frequency to Profile
* Improved:
- USB driver: compatibility with Rockchip SoC when frequency is above 96 kHz
- support for iBasso DX330MAX DAP
! Fixes:
- ...
version 2.17.4
posted on 2021-05-29
* New:
- sorting Albums list by Artist and Date: Albums - Sort By: Albums - Artist
- support ID3v2 POPM (Popularimeter) tag (re-scan library)
* Improved handling of BT connect/disconnect events
! Fixed:
- could not bind EQ, FRC, Profiles to BT device by its name
- BT device names too long (clean device list manually)
- binding of EQ preset to output device type
- shuffle when Loop Track is active
- BT A2DP device could have one frequency on DAP
- reading of RATING Vorbis tag
- ...
version 2.17.2
posted on 2021-05-10
* Support fractional time below 0 for Attack and Release of Compressor DSP
* Indicate when reached tracklist's start/end when switching with Prev/Next
* Improved handling of the Shuffle mode when switching Prev/Next
* Show category icon in Playing Now when Album-Art is visible
! Fixed:
- Dither and AGP UI can be indicating stale On state
- rare crash when disabling local FTP server
- occasional crash when clearing tracklist with Clear from UI
- crash if switching tracks quickly
- ...
version 2.17.0
posted on 2021-04-15
* New:
- bind individual devices to Profile, EQ or FRC presets
- full hi-res support for Shanling DAPs
- native DSD256 for Fiio M15
- hi-res for Meizu PRO 5,6,7
* Recognize VOB as audio source (Video DVDs)
! Fixed:
- rare incompatibility with UAC1 with feedback DACs
- compatibility with some WebDAV servers delivering inconsistent root path
- respect Folder -> Filename option when pushing to Queue
- crash of SMB connection if incomplete reply
- playlist not read correctly
- ...
version 2.16.2
posted on 2021-02-23
* New:
- full support for HiBy R6/R8 DAPs;
- Frequency Response Correction (FRC) DSP button in the top panel and bottom panel in the Controls (optional);
- tap small DSP plot in DSP config dialog to expand it to a full-screen version;
- Clear queue action for Enqueue for the track.
! Fixed:
- profile change does not set FRC preset correctly;
- Chromecast renderer could not be found inside complex network;
- compatibility with USB DACs;
- output to BT A2DP (limit to 2 channels);
- ...
version 2.16.1
posted on 2021-02-15
* New:
- possibility to import user EQ preset into Frequency Response Correction DSP;
- Non-oversampling (NOS) filter option for iBasso DX160 DAP.
* Speedup showing AutoEQ presets list in FRC DSP settings.
! Fixed:
- USB driver: compatibility issues with some DACs;
- Generic Driver: no output to some Bluetooth devices;
- empty WPL playlist;
- crash when trying to add new FRC preset in Landscape mode;
- ..
version 2.16.0
posted on 2021-02-07
* New:
- Frequency Response Correction DSP (Playback - DSP Effect): to correct FR of the output device, collection of 5000+ AutoEq presets for 2500+ headphones for flattening their FR.
* Improved:
- USB driver performance and compatibility: support for Qudelix-5K DAC;
- limit BT A2DP output format to hw max supported 24/96.
! Fixed:
- crash when Reverse Stereo is activated for > 2 channel output;
- crash if current track is sourced from SFTP and connection changed when paused;
- ...
version 2.15.5
posted on 2020-12-08
* Do not try to load network file's tags when opening playlist file to avoid large delay.
* Do not invalidate SMB source if shares were not detected but server is responding.
* Improved SMB source health detection on start and prevented SMB track unloading during it.
! Fixed:
- hi-res audio missing on some devices;
- external SD not detected on Samsung's Android 11;
- do not read ALBUMARTISTSORT tag to avoid incomplete Artist name (rescan source);
- compatibility with some streaming servers.
version 2.15.3
posted on 2020-11-22
2.15.1:
* New:
- support for Profiles (profile affects which DSP effects are active, see settings - Profiles).
* Improved compatibility with some WebDAV/HTTP and FTP servers.
* Support ALBUMARTISTSORT tag in Vorbis tags.
! Fixes.
2.15.2-3:
! Fixed:
- fixed AGP is always set to On when restarted;
- Rms widget could become unhidable;
- provide Album Artist to the Last.fm scrobbler instead of Artist of the track for correct scrobbling.
version 2.15.2
posted on 2020-11-19
2.15.1:
* New:
- support for Profiles (profile affects which DSP effects are active, see settings - Profiles).
* Improved compatibility with some WebDAV/HTTP and FTP servers.
* Support ALBUMARTISTSORT tag in Vorbis tags.
! Fixes.
2.15.2:
! Fixed:
- fixed AGP is always set to On when restarted;
- Rms widget could become unhidable;
- provide Album Artist to the Last.fm scrobbler instead of Artist of the track for correct scrobbling.
version 2.15.1
posted on 2020-11-10
* New:
- support for Profiles (profile affects which DSP effects are active, see settings - Profiles);
* Improved compatibility with some WebDAV/HTTP and FTP servers;
* Support ALBUMARTISTSORT tag in Vorbis tags;
! Fixed:
- crash while scanning WebDAV source;
- Waveform & Rms widgets not restored if Clock mode was active;
- not listed as music player for music files;
- album-art icon could be wrong sometimes when in DSP mode view;
- system background visible under the transparent panels.
version 2.15.0
posted on 2020-10-12
* New:
- DSP visualizer mode: Waveform and RMS widget (use DSP icon in Playing Now, inherited from Neutron Audio Recorder);
- tag editing for MP3,FLAC,OGG,APE,SPEEX,WAV,WV,M4A,MP4 (supported storage: internal, SD [partial support, in dev.], SMB, SFTP);
- DSP visualization for DSD track sent as DSD to hardware;
- show album-art icon in place of category icon in Playing Now when album-art is hidden.
! Fixed:
- Android 11 music files access;
- reading of AIFFs with ID3v2 tags;
- ...
version 2.14.6
posted on 2020-08-15
2.14.5:
* New:
- option UI - DSP Effect: Button: to rearrange effect buttons in Controls screen;
- option Compressor - Filter: to filter out frequencies from the Compressor's analysis.
* Enabled hi-res Bluetooth for Fiio M DAPs.
* Improved SFTP source operation.
* Show multiselect button in the bottom panel when active.
! Fixed:
- USB driver: interruptions on Meizu DAC;
- FTP scanning.
2.14.6:
! Fixed:
- crash on Android 5-6;
- next/prev not working for streaming entries inside playlist.
version 2.14.5
posted on 2020-08-11
* New:
- option UI - DSP Effect: Button: to rearrange effect buttons in Controls screen;
- option Compressor - Filter: to filter out frequencies from the Compressor's analysis.
* Enabled Hi-Res Audio for Bluetooth output on all M model Fiio DAPs.
* Improved performance/stability of SFTP source scanning and streaming.
* Show multiselect button in the bottom panel if it is active.
! Fixed:
- USB driver: fixed interruptions on Meizu DAC and similar;
- compatibility with some FTP servers.
version 2.14.4
posted on 2020-07-10
* New option UI - Spectrum Analyzer:
- Flat: to switch on/off flattening spectrum for a pink noise;
- Scale: to scale the spectrum's response.
Improved:
- ability to detect Hi-Res Audio output on some firmwares (SPDIF/HDMI TV boxes);
- Spectrum Analyzer calibration to match real power of frequencies;
- reading of broken DFFs.
! Fixed:
- crash on start on Fiio DAPs (M9, M11);
- Compressor DSP UI not live while playback is active;
- channels swapped on Cayin N6ii DAP during DSD output.
version 2.14.3
posted on 2020-07-04
* New:
- UI - Spectrum Analyzer - Delay option: to delay spectrum for N milliseconds;
- support for COVERART tag in Vorbis tags;
- display track title - album - artist when playback control panel is hidden.
* Optimize EQ plot drawing performance.
* Improved speed of Chromecast Audio device detection.
! Fixed:
- Chromecast: could not change frequency while playing;
- discovery of Chromecast Audio groups;
- Opus Replay Gain reading (using Q7.8 version as per RFC7845);
- CUE reading bug.
version 2.14.1
posted on 2020-05-25
2.14.0:
* New:
- SFTP (FTP over SSH) as new network source type: can replace SMB on Windows 10 with possibility of external access over port 22;
- ability to assign universal path prefix (USDx://) to SD/USB storage: Sources - [+] - File System - long-press SD/USB storage - Bind to USDx.
...
2.14.1:
* New:
- support for Public Key authentication type for SSH/SFTP source;
- option Spectrum Analyzer - Follow Source Frequency: to scale spectrum analyzer window to the track's frequency.
...
version 2.14.0
posted on 2020-05-22
* New:
- SFTP (FTP over SSH) as new network source type: can replace SMB on Windows 10 with possibility of external access over port 22;
- ability to assign universal path prefix (USDx://) to SD/USB storage: Sources - [+] - File System - long-press SD/USB storage - Bind to USDx.
* Moved playback related settings into Playback group in the Settings list.
! Fixed:
- USB driver: compatibility with some DACs;
- source entries not sorted by Title if corresponding option is On;
- ...
version 2.13.4
posted on 2020-05-02
* Support for Tile view for the lists of groups (albums, artists, folders, ...): long-press top-level group header (Artists, Albums, Folders, ...) - Setup - Tile View to activate (experimental).
* Improved:
- hi-res audio driver compatibility with Samsung Galaxy S20 devices;
- reconnection routine if network is changed during listening.
! Fixed:
- compatibility with Samsung Galaxy A devices (silence if Hi-Res Codec is On);
- track info not visible in Playing Now if color set to Black;
- ...
version 2.13.2
posted on 2020-04-07
* New Connection and Controls -> Play on Start option: to auto-start playback when application launched (sub-option: delay of the playback start).
* Support hi-res output on Fiio M-family DAPs for Bluetooth connection.
! Fixed:
- native DSD support on LG devices (regression of 2.13.1);
- track title in Playing Now not shown on devices with ARM Mali-G77 MP11 GPU (Galaxy S20, ...);
- some IceCast streams not working (regression of 2.13.0);
- crash on inconsistent SMB/RPC packet.
version N/A
posted on 2020-03-02
* Increased EQ bands to max 60
* New:
- multi-channel native DSD
- options in UI - Playing Now:
* Scroll Track: to auto-scroll long tracks
* Group-switch Mode: to toggle on/off the group switch buttons
* On-screen Controls: to toggle on/off the buttons on top of album-art area
- memorize and restore volume of UPnP and USB DAC devices
- source SMB over VPN
- lyrics in APE2 tags
- Replay Gain info in Opus
See more in Release Notes!
version N/A
posted on 2019-11-01
* New Media Library option - Guess Metadata: to turn off tags guessing from the filename if they are missing in the file.
* Removed limit for EQ's max gain and Q for manual input.
! Fixed:
- external SD could not be detected on Android 10 (confirmed for Galaxy S10);
- disabled Hi-Res Codec for Samsung Galaxy A50 due to no sound when active (use Custom Format for experiments);
- Folder - Setup: Track Nr not working if Filename option active for a folder entry.
version N/A
posted on 2019-10-28
* Improved:
- PCM To DSD algorithm and resulting sound quality;
- interoperability of USB driver (Direct USB Access) with other apps or OS;
- support for USB Audio 3.0 DACs;
- performance on x86 and x64 platforms.
* Support for Disc Nr and Count for UPnP/DLNA source (rescan source).
! Fixed:
- 1st CUE track starting from Pregap;
- wrong duration reported for the multi-file CUE;
- Square layout misalignment in split-screen mode;
- Filename option not working for individual folder.
version N/A
posted on 2019-10-27
* Improved:
- PCM To DSD algorithm and resulting sound quality;
- interoperability of USB driver (Direct USB Access) with other apps or OS;
- support for USB Audio 3.0 DACs;
- performance on x86 and x64 platforms;
* Support for Disc Nr and Count for UPnP/DLNA source (rescan UPnP/DLNA source).
! Fixed:
- 1st CUE track starting from Pregap;
- wrong duration reported for the multi-file CUE;
- Square layout misalignment in split-screen mode.
version N/A
posted on 2019-10-03
* New:
- PCM To DSD options: DSD128 (for fast CPU only!), Multithreaded Processing (to lower interruptions if slow CPU), Dithering affects quality.
* Improved:
- PCM To DSD algorithm: better sound quality, lower CPU usage;
- iBasso DX160 support;
- UPnP/DLNA Renderer compliance to UPnP specification.
* Hide seek bar and time-left for endless streaming playback.
! Fixed:
- silence with some HDMI/SPDIF devices: use Custom Format (DIRECT, 16-bit Int,
version N/A
posted on 2019-09-16
* Improved:
- All To DSD audio quality due to more sophisticated algorithm;
- Hi-Res driver compatibility with Xiaomi devices;
* Support for native DSD with SaviTech USB controllers (e.g. support DSD256+).
* Show software gain slider in Blue.
! Fixed:
- could not bind EQ to folder located on external SD, local storage on Windows and iOS;
- All To DSD output for some USB DACs (where DoP is not supported);
- noise on LG Vx devices when All To DSD active.
version N/A
posted on 2019-09-10
* Improved hi-res output compatibility with Samsung S* and Note* series.
* Support ID3 tags in DTS WAV (rescan sources if you have such files).
! Fixed:
- All to DSD not activated if Native DSD option is off;
- Chromecast 30 second latency/delay;
- Recently Added could be populated again if re-scanning source with CUE;
- rare crash during SMB/CIFS end-point enumeration;
- recurring rare crash on UI exit.
version N/A
posted on 2019-09-02
* Support for output of all contents to DSD (to activate: Audio Hardware - DSD, DSD over PCM - All to DSD):
- +6 dB headroom for EQ;
- higher processing precision due to Oversampling.
* New Dynamic+Autostart Queue behavior: if playing and track/group is enqueued, playback will change to Queue and once finished will switch back to the previous list.
* Improved:
- performance of DST decoding;
- Audio Focus sub-settings not persistent;
- streched/compressed album-art in widget/notification.
version Varies with device
posted on 2019-07-31
* New:
- Setup - Sort By - Time (File): to sort tracks by file time;
- support Hi-Res Audio on FiiO M6 - M9 DAPs.
! Fixed:
- FTP source;
- interrupted playback of SACD ISO from SMB/CIFS source;
- opening CUE with file manager;
- Android Auto could not start process;
- track could stack in playing state if DSD, DoP option changed;
- UPnP/streaming album art not visible after orientation change;
- minor crashes.
version Varies with device
posted on 2019-06-02
* New:
- Streaming: Shoutcast radio directory
- Streaming options: to disable/enable radio directory
- Play Track List Once - Rewind: to manage rewinding to the 1st track behavior
* Support for:
- hi-res audio on Kirin SoC (Huawei)
! Fixed:
- Share and Ringtone
- playing wrong track if manually selected in the list
- correct bitrate for streaming FLAC
- EQ icon not shown when Album Art option is switched off for the category
- do not show [+ Playlist] button for a new streaming entry
version N/A
posted on 2018-01-09
* Cayin DAPs (i5, N5ii, ...) hi-res support (PCM, DSD).
* New:
- swipe Up/Down album-art image to switch groups;
- setting group UI -> Spectrum Analyzer;
- option:
* Spectrum Analyzer -> Delayed Peaks;
* Media Library -> Precise Duration;
* DSD, DSD over PCM -> Native DSD;
- DSD encoded in WavPack;
- play from a voice search 'Ok Google';
- detect MQA track and expand it to the original frame rate;
- group switching of Songs tracks when sorting by Artist/Album.
! Fixes...
version N/A
posted on 2016-12-20
1.92.7:,* Improved HTTP file seeking.,! Fixed master-mixer gain forced to +1 dB that results in overloaded sound if Hardware Gain is enabled.,1.92.6:,* Support for WebDAV protocol as music source (Sources -> Network -> WebDAV).,! Fixed:,- memory corruption in EQ effect (NEON version);,- manual editing of Attenuation value of STA effect;,- Bands and Channels sliders are 0 if accessing EQ preset editor settings;,- playback is paused if it was playing before audio device changed.
version 1.73.1
posted on 2013-06-17
Several fixes and updates