Mobile Support

General

While Spotify is working on iOS and on Android OS9 and OS10, it is currently not working properly on Android OS11 and OS12 due to changes in the Android operating system. We are working on a fix and expect it to be available very soon. We are aiming for January 2022.

Luminant Music accepts audio files in the following formats: MP3, WAV, OGG, and AIFF.

Definitely! With an active subscription, you may use Luminant Music for any personal or commercial purpose.

Luminant Music was built to support single songs that are less than 15 minutes each in length. If you have the Grateful Dead’s 1978 Winterland Ballroom show as a single WAV file, it’s probably not going to work; that show was six hours long. We are actively working to implement support for long tracks in a future release. In the meantime, many variables determine what will and won’t work. If your device has enough memory, you can probably play a one-hour track. Save your playlist before you try to add extra-long tracks, just in case, and keep an eye out for future releases to fix the problem entirely.

Luminant Music 3.x and later have native support for Spotify and thousands of Internet Radio stations through Shoutcast. We are working on support for additional services.

License

Luminant Music is FREE with in-app purchases. For a while it was a subscription product but those days are over.

If you are an active subscriber, your subscription will be honored until it expires. Your subscription will not renew automatically. You may then purchase whatever in-app purchases you like. One-time purchases are far more affordable than the subscription model.

Download

Luminant Music 4.x is currently available for iOS and Android devices.

Luminant Music 2.x is currently available for computers running Windows and MacOS.

See the Pricing page for system requirements.

Luminant Music for mobile devices is available only through the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.

Luminant Music for desktop computers can be downloaded from our Download page.

Casting to a TV

You can cast to an AppleTV box or directly to a TV with built-in AirPlay 2.

  1. Connect your iOS device to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV.
  2. Open Control Center:
    • On iPhone X or later or iPad with iOS 12 or later: Swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen.
    • On iPhone 8 or earlier or iOS 11 or earlier: Swipe up from the bottom edge of any screen.
  3. Tap Screen Mirroring 
  4. Select your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV from the list. Need help?
  5. If an AirPlay passcode appears on your TV screen, enter the passcode on your iOS device.

Pairing with Android can be slightly more complicated. This may be called:

  • Screen Sharing
  • Mirroring / Screen mirroring
  • Screen casting
  • Smart View

On the Android device:

  1. Connect your device to the same network as your compatible Smart TV
  2. Drag the status bar down to open the Notification Panel
  3. Tap Screen Mirroring
  4. Select Your TV in the device list

Cabling to a TV

Yes you can if your iOS device has a Lightning or USB-C connection port.

Lightning:

You will need:

Follow these steps:

    1. Connect the Lightning digital AV adapter to your device
    2. Connect the Lightning digital AV adapter to your TV with the HDMI cable
    3. Make sure TV input is set to the correct source
    4. Select Screen Mirroring from the pulldown menu on your iOS device

USB-C:

You will need:

Follow these steps:

    1. Connect the USB-C digital AV adapter to your device
    2. Connect the USB-C digital AV adapter to your TV with the HDMI cable
    3. Make sure TV input is set to the correct source
    4. Select Screen Mirroring from the pulldown menu on your iOS device

Many (but not all) Android devices are capable of sharing their screen via a wired connection. Follow the appropriate steps below for your particular device.

USB-C device with DisplayPort support:

You will need:

    • USB-C cable with DisplayPort support
    • USB-C to HDMI adaptor
    • An HDMI cable

Follow these steps:

    1. Connect the USB-C cable to your device and adapter
    2. Connect the HDMI cable to the adapter and TV
    3. Make sure the TV input is set to the correct source
    4. Select screen sharing from the pulldown menu on your android device

MHL compatible device:

You will need:

    • USB to HDMI MHL adapter or cable (to find a list of compatible devices search for MHL cable [your device name])
    • HDMI cable
    • Power cable

Follow these steps:

    1. Connect the USB to HDMI MHL adapter or cable to your device
    2. Connect the USB to HDMI MHL adapter or cable to the TV with the HDMI cable
    3. Connect the (sometimes optional) Power cable.
      If not connected power will be taken from the device
    4. Make sure the TV input is set to the correct source
    5. Select screen sharing from the pulldown menu on your android device

SlimPort compatible device:

You will need:

    • A micro-USB SlimPort cable or adapter
    • Appropriate video cable for your display (HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, or VGA)

Follow these steps:

    1. Connect the SlimPort adapter to your device
    2. Connect theSlimPort adapter the TV with the appropriate video cable
    3. Make sure the TV input is set to the correct source
    4. Select screen sharing from the pulldown menu on your android device

See also: Mobile App Licensed Technology

For additional tech support, write to us at info@luminantmusic.com