u/GreyPole

Audio Hero 5.4.5.0

Usually AH shows what is playing on the player you select in the left panel on the players tab. When you click the gear icon of a player it shows the device controls of the selected player. If you then select another player AH does not update the top right panel to display what is playing, but keeps showing the device controls of the previously selected player. You have to close the device controls yourself to see the current now playing panel.

Audio Hero 5.4.4.0

I clicked the Rescan button on the Players tab to ad da device to the list. It should have added a third Google Cast device to the list, but that did not happen. According to the diagnostics the device was found. The device, 'Slaapkamer TV' has been shown in the list some days ago, but it is not always live. It is powered from the TV it is connected to, so it loses power when I switch of that TV. The other 2 devices are always powered.

[2026-06-24 09:54:36.884] [chromecast] sweep starting; 14 IP(s) already in the discovered list
[2026-06-24 09:54:36.884] [chromecast] mDNS locator querying _googlecast._tcp.local
[2026-06-24 09:54:38.447] [chromecast] mDNS locator returned 3 receiver(s)
[2026-06-24 09:54:38.448] [chromecast] ignoring 'Slaapkamer TV' at 192.168.1.128 - already in the discovered list
[2026-06-24 09:54:38.448] [chromecast] ignoring 'Slaapkamer' at 192.168.1.164 - already in the discovered list
[2026-06-24 09:54:38.449] [chromecast] ignoring 'Huiskamer' at 192.168.1.165 - already in the discovered list
[2026-06-24 09:54:38.449] [chromecast] mDNS sweep produced 0 new Cast device(s)
[2026-06-24 09:54:38.449] [chromecast] sweep complete: 0 new Cast device(s) added
[2026-06-24 09:54:59.802] [chromecast] opening Cast control connection to 192.168.1.165:8009
[2026-06-24 09:54:59.903] [chromecast] Cast control connection to 192.168.1.165 established
[2026-06-24 09:55:00.830] [chromecast] opening Cast control connection to 192.168.1.164:8009
[2026-06-24 09:55:00.856] [chromecast] Cast control connection to 192.168.1.164 established
[2026-06-24 09:57:36.939] [chromecast] sweep starting; 14 IP(s) already in the discovered list
[2026-06-24 09:57:36.940] [chromecast] mDNS locator querying _googlecast._tcp.local
[2026-06-24 09:57:38.506] [chromecast] mDNS locator returned 3 receiver(s)
[2026-06-24 09:57:38.507] [chromecast] ignoring 'Slaapkamer TV' at 192.168.1.128 - already in the discovered list
[2026-06-24 09:57:38.507] [chromecast] ignoring 'Slaapkamer' at 192.168.1.164 - already in the discovered list
[2026-06-24 09:57:38.508] [chromecast] ignoring 'Huiskamer' at 192.168.1.165 - already in the discovered list
[2026-06-24 09:57:38.508] [chromecast] mDNS sweep produced 0 new Cast device(s)
[2026-06-24 09:57:38.509] [chromecast] sweep complete: 0 new Cast device(s) added

Edit: When I turn off Google Cast in settings and then enable it again, all 3 show up on the players tab

Audio Hero 5.4.2.0

I finally let Audio Hero do the roll-over of the diagnostics file.

It moved the file to diagnostics.log.1 Doing so it changed the file type for Windows. Is it possible to rename it to diagnostics-1.log instead? That would make managing and opening the file more convenient.

Does HEOS expose tone controls?

Audio Hero 5.4.0.0

In Music Sources the Qobuz entry lists me as signed in. But I don't have a Qobuz account

Audio Hero 5.2.0.0

@ u/bommerts : The fix on the internal updater in Audio Hero works as intended now. I had a stale cache file from MS Store and pressed the button to start MS Store. It installed the update to 5.3.0.0. Now the Store failed to restart Audio Hero, it only killed AH. But the update was correctly installed while Audio Hero was running. I restarted manually

See the attached diags:

[2026-06-17 21:45:09.469] [update] Display catalog reports v5.3.0 (installed v5.2.0)
[2026-06-17 21:45:09.470] [update] Display catalog reports newer v5.3.0 but the on-device Store cache is still stale (no installable package yet) - surfacing Store-only update banner
[2026-06-17 21:45:09.471] [update] Auto-install enabled but update was detected via display catalog only (no installable Store package yet) - leaving banner for manual update
[2026-06-17 21:45:33.412] [update] No installable Store package (catalog-only detection, canInstallViaStore=False) - opening Store listing
[2026-06-17 21:46:39.251] [startup] Audio Hero v5.3.0.0 starting

Audio Hero 5.1.0.0

DLNA/UPnP devices are scanned and displayed in the player list only when enabling that support in the settings panel. If AH is stopped and started again these devices dont show up in the player list.

Now that the list of players is growing, panels are filling up. I know I can collapse different sections of the player list. But sometimes it could be handy to see them all at once.

Is it an idea to make the window user-resizeable and change (some of) the panelsizes accordingly?
Or even better, make it also possible to let the user change the panelsizes?

Audio Hero 5.1.0.0

I tried changing the volume of my TV (Samsung QE55Q67RALXNN), it failed with this logging:

[2026-06-16 21:17:03.928] [sonos-soap] SetVolume HTTP 500 errorCode=501 body=<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><s:Envelope s:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><s:Body><s:Fault><faultcode>s:Client</faultcode><faultstring>UPnPError</faultstring><detail><UPnPError xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:control-1-0"><errorCode>501</errorCode><errorDescription>Action Failed</errorDescription></UPnPError></detail></s:Fault></s:Body></s:Envelope>

[2026-06-16 21:17:03.929] [dlna] volume failed: Action Failed (errorCode=501)

Maybe I need to change a setting in my TV, or is it something in AH?

Edit: The same happens when trying to mute :

[2026-06-16 21:17:47.945] [sonos-soap] SetMute HTTP 500 errorCode=501 body=<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><s:Envelope s:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><s:Body><s:Fault><faultcode>s:Client</faultcode><faultstring>UPnPError</faultstring><detail><UPnPError xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:control-1-0"><errorCode>501</errorCode><errorDescription>Action Failed</errorDescription></UPnPError></detail></s:Fault></s:Body></s:Envelope>

[2026-06-16 21:17:47.947] [dlna] mute failed: Action Failed (errorCode=501)

Today my Chromecast devices don't show up in the players panel.
Nothing about this is in the diagnostics

Edit: They still show up in Spotify and windows

Second edit: I could 'fix' it by disabling Chromecast support, stopping Audio Hero, starting Audio Hero and reenabling Chromecast support. But stopping AH and restart AH again removed them from the list again

I reported a while back that the HEOS stereo pairs are only listed as their pair master (is that the correct term?) In the HEOS app you can set a name for the pair, which is correctly displayed in f.i. Spotify, but not in Audio Hero.

Audio Hero 5.0.0.0

The now playing panel is not updated correctly if I switch from my DHT-S716H to the Google Nest Hub.

Now playing panel with DHT-S716H selected

The same after switching the player to my Nest Hub

The Nest Hub has no physical input whatsoever

Edit: The same happens when switching to another Chromecast device

I love the easter egg I just found: Legends List

Thank you u/bommerts!

After some time the sign-in token for OneDrive is no longer valid and you have to sign in again. At the moment you have to do that yourself, but most of the time you just forget that.

Is it possible to sign-in automatically whenever any setting gets changed? The routine to sign-in is already used when starting AH up. Maybe it's an idea to call that routine when a user changes a setting?

Updating to 4.8.6.0 broke the searchpath for the executable to load the icon. I made the desktop shortcut from the settings tab in 4.8.5.0. That version number is present in the searchpath in the config of the desktop shortcut.

From diagnostics file when starting AH:

[2026-06-03 21:15:48.712] [shortcut] Skipping first-run shortcut prompt (freshInstall=False, alreadyPrompted=True, shortcutAlready=True)
[2026-06-03 21:49:54.564] [startup] Audio Hero v4.8.6.0 starting
[2026-06-03 21:49:55.430] [diagnostics] Detailed debug logging restored from settings
[2026-06-03 21:49:55.661] [cloud-sync] Status changed to Disabled detail=Cloud sync is a Pro feature.
[2026-06-03 21:49:58.434] [cloud-sync] License changed (isPro=True, signedIn=False, enabled=False)
[2026-06-03 21:49:58.435] [cloud-sync] Status changed to SignedOut detail=
[2026-06-03 21:49:58.497] [cloud-auth] Silent sign-in starting scopes=Files.ReadWrite.AppFolder offline_access
[2026-06-03 21:49:58.549] [cloud-auth] Token cache loaded (payload=3686 bytes, plain=3469 bytes)
[2026-06-03 21:49:58.570] [cloud-auth] Token cache saved (stateChanged=False, payload=3686 bytes, plain=3469 bytes)
[2026-06-03 21:49:58.638] [cloud-auth] Silent sign-in startup: cached accounts=1
[2026-06-03 21:49:58.699] [diagnostics] Detailed debug logging restored from settings
[2026-06-03 21:49:58.835] [cloud-auth] Silent sign-in needs UI for cached account r***@outlook.com
[2026-06-03 21:49:58.836] [cloud-auth] Silent sign-in startup: no usable cached account
[2026-06-03 21:49:58.907] [cloud-sync] Status changed to Disabled detail=Cloud sync is a Pro feature.

If I read this correctly AH should login to OneDrive on startup. But it disables cloud-sync because, at that point, it doesn't know yet I have a Pro license. 3 seconds later it sees the Pro license. But later it fails again to login because there is no usable cached account. Is it, perhaps, looking in the wrong location?

I changed 2 of my speakers, the stereo sets, to display a friendly name. Both times after saving the friendly name the first time, AH 4.8.5.0 seemed to crash and didn't respond to any mouse click. I had to kill the task in the taskmanager or by right clicking the AH icon in the taskbar and select the option to kill the task. When changing the friendly name the second or more time AH would not freeze.

Edit: I tried the same on the DHT-S716H, now AH did not freeze

I'm running version 4.8.3.0
This afternoon I noticed that Audio Hero doesn't like it when you put your PC into hibernation.
Audio Hero is not restoring it's configuration and only closing and restarting AH fixes it the easy way

I tried the backup earlier today. I could login and a backup was actually made on OneDrive.
But, as I wrote earlier, the panel kept stating it was syncing and the last sync time kept changing according to the clock

I tried again a few minutes ago and now it's throwing a sync error.

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I removed the directory Audio Hero made on my OneDrive, but that did not help
I can login normally myself on Windows and OneDrive with the same account

Audio Hero 4.7.12.0

How long should a sync to OneDrive take?

Audio Hero keeps telling 'Syncing...' in the panel on the settings tab. The last synced is also constantly updating the time