r/Hiby

I'm having an issue where my R1 has suddenly made certain ranges and instruments really quiet, I end up with no vocals (except for backing vocals and secondary vocal layers?), and most times either no bass, no drums, or neither at all. Guitars are fine, but even other genres run into similar problems, almost the whole mix is quiet and muffled except for certain parts. I should also note that I haven't played with any audio settings other than gapless playback, it's that it never did this previously, and it only happens with wired earbuds. My files sound perfectly fine anywhere else, even my R1's bluetooth sounds great. I have tried using other sets of headphones and earbuds, I've tried updating it, but nothing has helped.

Has anyone else had this problem? If so, has anyone found a solution?

Hi all,

What would you recommend as a good pair of in-ear monitors for use of my HiBy R1, with a budget of around max $40?

I came across the Linsoul 7Hz Zero:2, but I'm not sure if they're a good choice for a beginner.
I'm using now JBL T110 and Sony BT WI-C100

I'd appreciate any recommendations. Thanks!

This is a repost from the discord server: https://discord.gg/f8uPd23pF

In my efforts to build a replacement for `hiby_player`, I've got to build a lot of features.

The core feature of a Digital Audio Player is playing digital audio (I know, right?).

But I can't figure out how to play sound without just using the original UI and hitting the play button.

The firmware has `aplay` built in. But whenever I run it, the device just restarts for some reason? Every time I try to play sound, it restarts. I have an R3Pro II. Endgame4 on the discord server has `aplay` working just fine on their system, but they have an R1. So we currently only have 2 conflicting data points.

So if anyone can figure out how to play an audio file through the command line on an R3Pro II (messing around through ADB shell should be the easiest way), that'd be really, really helpful.

Also if you have an R1, checking to see if it works as well for you or not will also provide useful information.

For anyone who doesn't know how to connect to the device's cli:

>Go into settings, then the about page at the bottom of the settings, tap the "about" text in the top left a bunch of times until the notification that test mode is enabled shows up. Then you plug the device into your computer, and on your computer run adb shell, and you should be connected to the device's cli.

I'm planning to buy Hiby R1.
My requirements are very simple

1. Small size
2. Bluetooth support (I only intend to use bluetooth headphones)
3. Dynamic playlist (that is "play next" and "add to queue" feature)

I think Hiby R1 with Rockbox installed could be a possible candidate for me but I need someone who already has tried it to tell me if the above 3 requirements are satisfied.

If you have any other suggestions, they are also more than welcome.

I have a couple of thoughts on the R1 interface and would be interested to see what others thought about it.

Fast double click of power button to immediately jump to \"home screen\" from anywhere

Replace the semi-redundant \"Album Artists\" button with a \"Playlists\" button.

Hi. I received a Hiby R1 as a birthday gift but I'm having some issues with it. I can't seem to get the music on there properly. Every time I put my music on there and try to update the database it says it's found the number of songs and then goes back to the empty albums folder asking me to scan again. I can find the music in my SD folder via the Hiby but sometimes it says no music found. Every now and again when I turn it on it'll have reset and I have to select the language again but honestly the main issue for me Is the music thing. I have tried adding music via WiFi and via usb. I have also tried formatting the SD card. Sometimes it does acknowledge my music but it won't stay like that.

Sorry for the big paragraph. I'd be unbelievably grateful if anyone knows how to resolve this. Thank you

Hello! I bought an M300 last September. I've never had this issue until this week, where it has shut down multiple times whilst listening to music, often after about at least 30 minutes of listening. No issues with the battery, as the device has been at a good battery level each time.

I have a 2TB sd card where I store all my music, 858gb currently being used, no music is stored on the device itself. 99% flac files. File structure is simple, just SD Card/Music/ then all the songs in seperate artist folders. System is up to date, I'm using PowerAmp and Niagra launcher, I don't do any streaming, theres nothing else on there apart from Hiby Player, Brave browser and the system apps. I play with aeroplane mode on to save battery, I listen on bluetooh Shokz Dots or hooked up via aux to one of those brick tabletop Soundcore speakers (the issue has happened with both).

It's getting really irritating now and I'd rather not buy a new one, so any help would be appreciated! Massive thanks in advance!

EDIT: Crossposted to r/Hiby. Anything to help narrow this issue down.

Hi everyone,
I'm hoping someone can help me with an issue I'm having with my HiBy R4.

The whole thing started because I was trying to fix another problem. One of my albums has two discs (Disc 1 and Disc 2), and HiBy Music doesn't sort the tracks correctly. Instead of showing them as:

Disc 1: 1, 2, 3...
Disc 2: 1, 2, 3...

it mixes both discs together like this:

1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3...

I assumed this was a metadata issue, so I removed the album from the HiBy Music library without selecting "Also delete audio source file." I only wanted to remove it from the library so I could edit the tags in MP3Tag and then rescan the album.
After editing the tags, I rescanned my library, but HiBy Music didn't detect the album at all.
I then deleted the album folder from the file manager and copied the original folder back from my PC. However, even after restoring the original files, HiBy Music still won't recognize the album during a library scan.
The strange part is that this album was detected perfectly before I started this process, and all of my other DAPs can still read it without any problems. This only happens on my HiBy R4 using the HiBy Music app.

Has anyone else experienced either of these issues?

HiBy Music incorrectly sorting tracks on multi-disc albums (showing them as 1,1,2,2,3,3 instead of Disc 1 followed by Disc 2).

HiBy Music refusing to detect an album after it has been removed from the library and its metadata has been edited with MP3Tag.

If you've found a solution to either problem, I'd really appreciate your help. Thanks!

I just tried to download poweramp from play store and the device starts boot looping because of that. Why can't I install poweramp on the R4?

Has anyone else had any issues connecting their R1 to a car audio system? I know this could be heavily dependent on the year and model but I have a 2014 and 2018 Toyota and it doesn't detect either vehicle in the scan at all. Is there a setting that I might be missing?

Just tried to use hiiby link so I could play from my phone but can't get it to connect. It appears on my phone but won't allow the connection for some reason

I recently bought an M500 x Hatsune Miku DAP and when using the similarly branded IEMs (the ones advertised as a pair with the M500) my mivrophone doesn't work on any app. Is this a known issue? Its really annoying that I can't use the provided voice memo app when I'm plugged in.

Running on the latest firmware.

UPDATE... I went back through the metadata and discovered a few issues. There was a whole cluster of music that was missing "title" in the metadata. I also found a couple of albums with ridiculously large cover art so I shrunk that down to more reasonable size.

The advice given about not using the album artist metadata also seems to have been valid.

My player is being very responsive now and showing all of my songs.

New HiBy R1 + Sennheiser reference headphones + FLAC copy of Annie Lennox's cover of "Whiter Shade of Pale" = goosebumps!

It's been far too long since I've enjoyed lunchtime music like this!

I do have one question though. The R1 seems like it might be a little fussy about tag information. Does anyone have guidelines about how music should be tagged to avoid friction?

Hiby M500 doesn't seem to detect LDAC, and it won't support lossless playback via usb c, on say a JBL Charge 6. I wasn't bothered at first but am I doing anything wrong? My phone detects LDAC properly and plays lossless via usb c. My Hiby M500 doesn't seem to recognize and do these things?

Are there any settings on the DAP that I need to configure for this to work? It just seems odd that these features aren't supported. They feel like basic functionality that should work as expected.