Merlin Bird App sound id

Using /e/OS Applications
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I’m still having issues with the Merlin bird app

I have a FP5 e/os 4, latest version f merlin

the app opens OK, but if I try to use the sound id function it fails to open the spectrogram and does not record anything.

I’ve tried enabling the trackers , microphone permissions are on

Any brilliant ideas ?

Thanks

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Merlin has never worked for me on e/os. Many posts from others stating the same on here. whoBIRD is an open source alternative.

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@LostSole @barrysatan It’s worth contributing to Sapio then. It’s known to be working with microG: Merlin Bird ID without Google Play Services — Sapio

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I’m fortunate in that Merlin had always worked for me on my FP3+ and now my FP6.

Having said that, I’ve just started using BirdNet Live for sound ID, which comes from other developers at the same organisations (Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Chemnitz University of Technology).

May be worth trying if you can’t get Merlin to work.

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Thanks for the reply.

I had just downloaded the live version.

works fine.

I’m a bit concerned that it thought the wren that I could see was either a treecreeper or a spotted flycatcher tho’:slightly_smiling_face:

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Well, it’s a start…

I’ve not yet had a chance to compare apps in the field, but running a few recordings through both BirdNet Live and Merlin there appears to be close correspondence in the results. None of these sort of apps are perfect though, as your example shows!

A couple of things I like about BirdNet Live is that it gives a confidence value against each ID, like in the original BirdNet app, but performs live ID offline, like Merlin but unlike the original BirdNet.

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I have Fairphone 6 with e/OS and Merlin works on my phone. It won’t help you but maybe good to know as a reference.