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MP3 playback. anything that fits my needs?

hello guys.
i've tried a few music playback stuff, but there's always something i miss.
so, i thought i'll just list all my needs and see if some1 knows better than me
first, i'll list the few i tested and their drawbacks
a) windows media player: can playback from standby with a regedit, but button assignement and playlist management sucks big time
b) tcpmp: u notice it was more throught towards videos as soon as u see that the playlist management is not too good either AND it can not playback from standby afaik.
c) pocketmusic: so far the best option i had, but in order to have all options u need to pay AND it really drained my battery a lot (maybe because it didn't playback from a real standby but from some sort of own pseudo-standby, i don't know)
i would stick to pocketmusic if it wasn't for the battery problems i had and the $$$
this being said, here are my needs:
1) able to playback from standby mode. standby mode activated by pressing the on/off button or from slide2unlock (which in the end is the same result)
2) button assignement like pocketmusic, with all my P3300 buttons. would be super if even the darn headset button could be used for something
3) a decent playlist management, like pocketmusic has.
4) freeware if possible. this is not a 100% requirement but i'd prefer it
well, thx for your time, hope some1 can give me some advice

wow sounds like a good program i wouldnt mind finding one like that!

i currently use the core media player...
anyone know how to run it also in standby mode like windows media player? (reg setting?)
thanks

in the key settings, you can define a key to shut off the screen...

could you please tell me where i can find these settings?

In my opinion the best mp3 player is mortplayer, as I think it most of the things you are looking for, but most importantly it is stable and there are tons of user settings if you need them. I have just installed the latest version myself and there are options to assign to the hard-buttons, though I have never bothered to use this feature.
I forgot to mention it's freeware, obviously with a hope to a small donation to the developer.
http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?module=download&entry=mp_program&action=list

bababa said:
in the key settings, you can define a key to shut off the screen...
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thats what pocketmedia player does... and as it's not a "true standby mode" like windows media, it consumes much more battery.
at least that's what i assume, as i compared the battery use a bit.

funkspock said:
i currently use the core media player...
anyone know how to run it also in standby mode like windows media player? (reg setting?)
thanks
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i'd like this too, for tcpmp. and "turn screen off" is not the same than standby, it still consumes more cpu&battery then

What has this topic to do with Windows Mobile 6

TheOnly1 said:
What has this topic to do with Windows Mobile 6
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that i seek something that works with WM6 and not WM5 u nubcake
now go back to WM6 index and reply the same stupid crap to the other 897349857394534 posts there, because it's all the same.

Best Media Player (Must support AVRCP)

Okay, I've been using WMP as my media player instead of TCPMP lately, because TCPMP does not support AVRCP. I'm running a set of Motorola Stereo Bluetooth headsets, and I need to be able to pause, skip, all of that, with the headset.
I've been doing some searching, but haven't found a consensus on what the best program is for media these days, that supports AVRCP. I was trying "Core Player", but the trial has run out and I never got to really give it a go (installed it right after the rom flash, but never used it until there was like 1 day left on the trial).
Any recommendations? Preferably FREE.

I guess I should have noted why I want to move on.
1. WMP seems slow as hell.
2. WMP does NOT remember the position of my media. I have to go re add it all, and if I've got an 8 hour Mix MP3, it'll take an hour to get where I was previously.
3. I have to close WMP from celetask or task manager.

REDZMAN said:
I guess I should have noted why I want to move on.
1. WMP seems slow as hell.
2. WMP does NOT remember the position of my media. I have to go re add it all, and if I've got an 8 hour Mix MP3, it'll take an hour to get where I was previously.
3. I have to close WMP from celetask or task manager.
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8 hour mix mp3!?!?!?! Why not just chop it up yourself with an audio editing program?
I also have the motorola s9 rockr for working out; I also use WMP. I've found that overclocking the device to about 228mhz speeds it up a little.

The CorePlayer supports AVCRP and it's pretty nice....

^^^
Is it free though? I thought that was a paid for program?
How well does the AVRCP work? Does it work right out of the "box" or does it need extensive hacking?
crimsonblake said:
8 hour mix mp3!?!?!?! Why not just chop it up yourself with an audio editing program?
I also have the motorola s9 rockr for working out; I also use WMP. I've found that overclocking the device to about 228mhz speeds it up a little.
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Even doing that, I've still got hundreds and hundreds of 2 to 4 hour mix MP3's, and I want something that will remember it's place when I close the program, like TCPMP. Armin Van Buren A State of Trance FTW!
LOL
I take all my notes on my Dash at school, so I always close WMP because its' a bit of a memory hog.

Coreplayer is based on TCPMP. Do a google search and you'll find a copy...

I'm trying to. No luck yet.
Anyone else got a suggestion?

slow windows media player. Using kavana 6.1

Hi all, I'm using the remade version of Kavana 6.1, and I love almost everything about it. Sliding Panels, threaded SMS, etc. The only thing that drives me nuts is, I use my phone as my main mp3 player with Moto S9's. Whenever I change a song in windows media player, it is terribly sloooow to change the song. Usually a 6-7 second delay, but when I was using the original wm6 rogers rom, it was pretty quick and snappy.
Any ideas? Maybe a different media player? I have no other aps running in the background, only WM player. Thanks for all your help everyone

coop3422 said:
Hi all, I'm using the remade version of Kavana 6.1, and I love almost everything about it. Sliding Panels, threaded SMS, etc. The only thing that drives me nuts is, I use my phone as my main mp3 player with Moto S9's. Whenever I change a song in windows media player, it is terribly sloooow to change the song. Usually a 6-7 second delay, but when I was using the original wm6 rogers rom, it was pretty quick and snappy.
Any ideas? Maybe a different media player? I have no other aps running in the background, only WM player. Thanks for all your help everyone
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Have you tried overclocking it a little? Try running it at 216mhz. I wouldn't go past 240, seriously.

roloracer said:
Have you tried overclocking it a little? Try running it at 216mhz. I wouldn't go past 240, seriously.
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Or even better get a Music player like PocketPlayer and you will have no problems.

pocketplayer
stylez said:
Or even better get a Music player like PocketPlayer and you will have no problems.
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That's what I use

roloracer said:
That's what I use
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You can't beat it WMP is a resource hog with lack of codecs and when anyone brings up this lagy playback between tracks it eather WMP or AudioManager.

i noticed this problem as well with wmp mobile and a lot of songs on the SD device. are there updates for the player that could fix this issue or tweaks? i hate having to buy another player and then having to re-encode my tracks from wma pro 10.

TCPMP works great, great sound, EQ, light on the Ram, ohh yeeeaaaa.
Is there a way to make TCPMP the default to stream audio instead of the WMP?

I tried to get TCPMP to load today but get a message that it is not compatible with my device (a Dash with Kavana 6.1). Any thoughts? Do you have a link for a download or suggestions about what is up?

How does avi play on these other media players (if at all)?

TCPMP needs to be installed in the phone memory not the storage card.

avi plays great on tcpmp. i get dvd quality but they do take up alot of space

HTC Advantage and Steaming Media Player

hello everyone, im not new to the forums but this is my first time posting. My problem is that I wish to use TCPMP in order to view streams but cannot due to Streaming Media Player being a default program. Now I have all the correct plugins for TCPMP but no matter what I do everytime I click on a flv link streaming media player pops up. I see no way to uninstall this or get around it and its getting really irritating because the video is always choppy and never connects properly. My question to you all is if there was a way to get rid of this program so that I might actually be able to use TCPMP to stream?. Or maybe even a way to save flv files and launch them from the tcpmp player? (without having to sync with pc, im on the road alot due to work)
HTC Advantage x7501 , original rom

or could I use some kind of registry tool to change or erase it? I would really appreciate any kind of help

Try to set the file associations in TCPMP.

doesn't work tried it a hundred times

Best music player for TP2

So which one do u choose ?
CorePlayer
Nitrogen player
Windows media player
TF3D music player
or others?
Plz post your reasons too

so? 90 views and no answers

i'm using pocket player . it works great
and i'm using it with jabra stereo blutooth headset.

TF3D music player
I've been using the TF3D music player on my tp2 for about a month now and it seems to be doing all that i need from it.
Simple to use and good quality output as well. Can't say much about other music players as I haven't used any recently.

in order to get as much music on my phone as possible i am using aac compressed audio (with SBR). This format provides 128kbit/s-mp3-quality at 48kbit/s (at least to my ears).
The only players that i know supporting this format are WMP and TCPMP. As TCPMP does software decoding the device gets slow during playback. WMP seems to have something like hardware acceleration for aac. therefore i am using WMP (with another skin as the default one is not very finger friendly).

thanks yeah i like the TF3D default myself too Nitrogen is good but i think the volume is a little low compared to TF3D player,i use coreplayer for movies and TF3D for musics,just wanted to know other opinions

while the htc audio manager is nice, NITROGEN is now my player of choice despite minor bugs.

WMP works well for me. Don't like the skin but I have downloaded an HTC-like theme so it is all good.

pocket player too
wide variety of audio format support (4.x supports aac), AVRCP support, plugin to add pitch adjustment

Power Problems
Mesquire said:
while the htc audio manager is nice, NITROGEN is now my player of choice despite minor bugs.
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How did you get the player to play in power saving mode. with the screen off. Whenever I do this it stops the music, and some times, even unloads my memory card.
This has been my biggest bain and major issue with my tmobile tp2. I have tried Mortplayer and Nitrogen, the best IMHO and have had the same issue. I have tried different searches to enable the device to let the music play while the screen is off and none have worked. I am going to try S2P. My only gripe witht that program is that it does not play all file formats.
Oh well...

Coreplayer.
Has EQ, bass boost and pre-amp options and also is the best video player.

juliangun4ev said:
i'm using pocket player . it works great
and i'm using it with jabra stereo blutooth headset.
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yeah,Pocket Music Player is the thing,it can auto power off and power on,holy ****,which else can be as nice as this one?

+1 for Pocket Player.
My reasons: AVRCP support (a must have feature for me), wide format support (many free players don't support wma, which is a deal breaker for me), equalizer, gapless playback(!), quite finger friendly (some buttons are rather small on the default skin, but it has kinetic scrolling etc.)...
Video support is a bit lacking, but then again I only use it for audio.

I use Pocket Player as well, mostly because it works well for both music and audio books. I am frustrated with whatever method it uses for shuffle, though. I've had 6 different songs play 2-4 times in 4 hours. I have nearly 1000 songs and 66 hours of music! Seems like I should not be getting that kind of repetition.

Pocket Player problems with playing large MP3 files...
One thing guys - and anyone who uses Pocket Player on the TP2 may have seen this... I listen to a lot of voice audio. I prefer to combine the files for audio and can sometimes have long audio files of 300 megs all the way to 1.2 gigs (I use a 16 gig storage card).
The problem i have seen is that sometimes the control that shows where you are in the audio file goes haywire and slides from the correct position all the way to the right - making the bookmarking feature fail and impossible to navigate. Additionally it appears Pocket Player somehow miscalculates the size and length of the audio - but it originally has the size and length correct - this only happens after a certain point (for me it seems after about 240 minutes or so - about 4 hours in).
WHat is so strange is this does NOT happen for all audio files on this device. Some of the large files seem to play fine without problem. Additionally when I compare this to another TP2 that has an installation of the competitor program Pocket Music, this does NOT happen. Also this never happenedon our original HTC Mogul from Sprint.
The problem is we need the AVRCP controls and we all know that Conduits is the only company that has addressed this. It's also pathetic that HTC themselves has continued down this path and refuses to even comment on this issue.
2 questions to this wonderful community of genius people who take it upon themselves to fix what should have been included in the first place:
1. Has anyone seen a hack / mod that will fix the AVRCP controls so that programs like Pocket Music and other players can be used via Bluetooth remote controls?
2. Has anyone seen this specific issue with Pocket Player (which has that beautiful speed plugin that does not alter pitch - love that) and if so - is there a fix or workaround for large files 'breaking' in the middle of playing so that you can no longer save your position or know the correct position of the player in the middle of the MP3 being played?
Thanks in advance to all of you who have any suggestions on either issue.

I'm using Kinoma Play, though mainly for its integration with Orb and video abilities.
For music it supports album art, but only has bass and treble adjustments, not an equalizer.
There is a Kinoma Free you can try.

I am searching for the perfect player and have been testing several of them to see how they work. In addition to some of the normal music player requirements I have 2 pet peeves in particular:
1) The player must support the "Album Artist" tag so that compilations are listed properly in the library.
2) Proper alphabetization - "The Beatles" should be listed under the B's not incorrectly under the T's.
I am testing Pocket Player right now. So far it is the only music player that supports and uses the "Album Artist" tag and it does so by default. It does not support proper alpha. AVRCP works fine out of the box.
The HTC player has the advantage in that it is the only player that can be integrated on the TF3D tabs but does not utilize the "Album Artist" tag nor uses proper alpha. It also has a serious bug that prevents it listing and playing a albums tracks in the correct order. AVRCP of course works well.
WMP supports proper alpha but not the "Album Artist" tag. Strange since MS pioneered the use of the "Album Artist" tag in the desktop version of WMP. AVRCP works fine.
CorePlayer is an evil company. I will never buy or use any SW they make.
Kinoma is next up on my list.
I wish I could find a music player that addresses both of my pet peeves and could be integrated into the TF3D tab replacing the HTC one. That would be the perfect player for me.
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sleonard said:
2) Proper alphabetization - "The Beatles" should be listed under the B's not incorrectly under the T's.
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I understand what you're saying but I would argue that any player that puts that artist name under B is the one doing it incorrectly. If you want The Beatles under the B's then you should rename those tracks to the album artist "Beatles."

For the people that got the TF3D music to work, please share your magic on having it identify your library from a storage card.

moSess said:
How did you get the player to play in power saving mode. with the screen off. Whenever I do this it stops the music, and some times, even unloads my memory card.
This has been my biggest bain and major issue with my tmobile tp2. I have tried Mortplayer and Nitrogen, the best IMHO and have had the same issue. I have tried different searches to enable the device to let the music play while the screen is off and none have worked. I am going to try S2P. My only gripe witht that program is that it does not play all file formats.
Oh well...
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I know this question is like 2 months old but I use Nitrogen and its good enough for me...very finger friendly! And on the main screen there's a button that looks like a Power Button under the volume keys...thats how you put it into "sleep mode" and music will continue playing.