preparations for 1.73.6

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### **Now developed at the GitHub site <https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay> (where ALL user issues should be posted, and latest versions can be found).**
- **NEW in v1.73, up to v1.73.5** (March 2026):
- **NEW in v1.73, up to v1.73.6** (March 2026):
- Some YouTube app HLS videos now offer alternative language tracks (generated by AI dubbing). Language choices will be made in order of
preferences set with option -lang (or by environment variable $LANGUAGE, which "-lang" overrides). Format is `-lang fr:es:en`, where French ("fr") is
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- Support for recording Mirror-mode/Audio-mode (but not HLS) Audio and Video to mp4 file (new option -mp4 [fn]).
- Support for **service discovery using a Bluetooth LE "beacon"** for both Linux/\*BSD and Windows (as an alternative to Bonjour/Rendezvous DNS-SD
service discovery) was introduced in v1.73 and improved in 1.73.5. This can be used on networks that do not allow the user to run a DNS_SD service.**
service discovery) was introduced in v1.73 and improved in 1.73.4 - 1.73.6. This can be used on networks that do not allow the user to run a DNS_SD service.**
The user must run a Bluetooth LE "beacon", (Bluetooth 4.0 or later is needed, a cheap USD "dongle" will do.). The
beacon is managed by a Python >= 3.6 script `uxplay-beacon.py`. Loadable Python modules provide appropriate Bluetooth LE support for Linux, Windows,
and FreeBSD; _macOS is only supported by the BleuIO USB dongle which uniquely has its own Bluetooth LE stack based on a Renesas SoC, and is seen by the
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what version UxPlay claims to be.
# Changelog
1.73.6 2026-03-22 Fix "not a socket" message uxplay bug.
Futher uxplay-beacon.py improvements (Only use GLib in BlueZ module)
1.73.4 2026-03-15 Modularize Bluetooth support for uxplay-beacon.
Add modules for BLeuIO serial-modem Bluetooth LE device, and HCI
access (Linux/FreeBSD). Fix broken -vol option.