iPlayer Radio on Amundsen MIB2

[YMe]

I play iPlayer Radio recordings via my car radio's Bluetooth from a Samsung Galaxy S6 and although playback is OK all I can control from my car's radio is pause and volume up or down.

I recently used an iPhone for the same purposes and found that I could fast forward/backwards through programmes and change to another iPlayer Radio recording from my car's radio - can the Android version of iPlayer Radio be persuaded to do this?

Edited 12 March, 2017 by YMe

[mannyo]

The problem is not the app but the phone, I am guessing the Galaxy S6 does not support the required bluetooth protocol to allow control and the iPhone does. The protocol/profile for controlling remote bluetooth devices is known as AVRCP. The iPhone fully supports AVRCP, not sure on the S6 and Android.

Edited 12 March, 2017 by mannyo

[YMe]

Thanks, I suspected this but wasn't sure. I wonder if there is another App that can persuade the S6 to do this.

Edited 12 March, 2017 by YMe

[mannyo]

The problem is the hardware chip inside the device rather than App based.

[YMe]

1 minute ago, mannyo said:

The problem is the hardware chip inside the device rather than App based.

Bugger!

 

Looks like a new phone then! Any idea which phones do support this?

[mannyo]

Not sure to be honest on the Android side of things, it looks like the S7 and S7 edge have issues with AVRCP as well.

[YMe]

Can set the AVRCP on the media settings screen of Amundsen. Recorded content on my phone plays OK and I can control it recorded content from the BBC iPlayer Radio APP plays and I can start and stop it but no rewind or skip to next recording. It must be the BBC App and the DRM stopping what I want.

Edited 13 March, 2017 by YMe

[LewJo]

If you're willing to change phones to get this to work you could always buy an iPhone