Does anyone here know where Google stores the offline music on the Note II? I'd like to be able to move it to the external SD card using DirectoryBind but not sure how to set up the correct path. Up until a few days ago I used this method which worked fine, but after Google Music was updated this no longer works. Thanks.
Edit: found it, I think. It's data/data/com.google.android.music/files/music/
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I could not find much on this.
However I need Apps2SD and it works perfectly fine, and should be setup fine. Although music stored on my SD Card is not detected when trying to listen to music when using the default android player. In fact I do not think any player detects it.
In Astro I see the sdcard partition just fine.
Here's the situation...
My wife wants to listen to music at work without using the data plan. She would like to have all of her music on the phone at all times. When she rips CDs (yes she still buys CDs) or buys new music on Amazon she'd like it to just show up on her phone. The CD rips and Amazon purchases go to a folder on a PC which automatically gets uploaded to Google. She has 9500 songs and a 128gb card so there's no space issue. I have tried two plans but am not happy with either one. If you have any ideas I'd appreciate it.
Plan 1:
Use Google Play Music. The only way I could figure out how to get all of her music to her phone was to create a playlist that had every song in it and then click on the download icon. That works but it's static. Any new songs aren't downloaded and she must manually go in and download any new songs. That doesn't make her happy. (Happy wife, happy life.)
Plan 2:
Use any other MP3 music player. Lots of good choices out there. However, maintaining the music is a pain in the buttocks. To get the files there initially I just put the 128g chip in my computer and drag all of the files to the chip. That works. But I can't find out a way to get new songs onto the chip without manual intervention. I thought I could use a folder sync application but none of them have the authority to write to the external SD card (thank you Google) and new files won't get to the SD card without a lot of manual hand holding. That's a no go. I guess I could root and then use a folder sync application but this is her phone, not mine, and I'm not going there.
So, if any of you have any brainiac solutions, I'd love to hear them.
Here's the situation...
My wife wants to listen to music at work without using the data plan. She would like to have all of her music on the phone at all times. When she rips CDs (yes she still buys CDs) or buys new music on Amazon she'd like it to just show up on her phone. The CD rips and Amazon purchases go to a folder on a PC which automatically gets uploaded to Google. She has 9500 songs and a 128gb card so there's no space issue. I have tried two plans but am not happy with either one. If you have any ideas I'd appreciate it.
Plan 1:
Use Google Play Music. The only way I could figure out how to get all of her music to her phone was to create a playlist that had every song in it and then click on the download icon. That works but it's static. Any new songs aren't downloaded and she must manually go in and download any new songs. That doesn't make her happy. (Happy wife, happy life.)
Plan 2:
Use any other MP3 music player. Lots of good choices out there. However, maintaining the music is a pain in the buttocks. To get the files there initially I just put the 128g chip in my computer and drag all of the files to the chip. That works. But I can't find out a way to get new songs onto the chip without manual intervention. I thought I could use a folder sync application but none of them have the authority to write to the external SD card (thank you Google) and new files won't get to the SD card without a lot of manual hand holding. That's a no go. I guess I could root and then use a folder sync application but this is her phone, not mine, and I'm not going there.
So, if any of you have any brainiac solutions, I'd love to hear them.
Have you played with Samsung link yet? It will allow you to link your (her) phone to your computer (provided it's turned on and connected to the internet) so any new music loaded on to the computer will be available to the phone.
TabGuy said:
Here's the situation...
My wife wants to listen to music at work without using the data plan. She would like to have all of her music on the phone at all times. When she rips CDs (yes she still buys CDs) or buys new music on Amazon she'd like it to just show up on her phone. The CD rips and Amazon purchases go to a folder on a PC which automatically gets uploaded to Google. She has 9500 songs and a 128gb card so there's no space issue. I have tried two plans but am not happy with either one. If you have any ideas I'd appreciate it.
Plan 1:
Use Google Play Music. The only way I could figure out how to get all of her music to her phone was to create a playlist that had every song in it and then click on the download icon. That works but it's static. Any new songs aren't downloaded and she must manually go in and download any new songs. That doesn't make her happy. (Happy wife, happy life.)
Plan 2:
Use any other MP3 music player. Lots of good choices out there. However, maintaining the music is a pain in the buttocks. To get the files there initially I just put the 128g chip in my computer and drag all of the files to the chip. That works. But I can't find out a way to get new songs onto the chip without manual intervention. I thought I could use a folder sync application but none of them have the authority to write to the external SD card (thank you Google) and new files won't get to the SD card without a lot of manual hand holding. That's a no go. I guess I could root and then use a folder sync application but this is her phone, not mine, and I'm not going there.
So, if any of you have any brainiac solutions, I'd love to hear them.
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I use iTunes and isyncr. Haven't tried it with an external SD but does what you want. Syncs just new tracks. Only had iTunes cause I came from iPhone but to me is the best for managing playlists.
stevenj05 said:
I use iTunes and isyncr. Haven't tried it with an external SD but does what you want. Syncs just new tracks. Only had iTunes cause I came from iPhone but to me is the best for managing playlists.
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I went with plan 1. Turns out that to download music a playlist can only have 1,000 songs. I created 10 playlist to get all of the filed to her phone. Sending new music is relatively easy as there's a "recently added" playlist to use to download new music.
Plan 2 doesn't work well as KitKat and external SD cards are not user friendly.
I use SyncMe Wireless to transfer all files to my phone anymore. You can set a schedule to automatically sync any file from a shared folder on your PC to any directory on your device (not sure about an external sd card, i just use the internal storage). It's worked seamlessly for me. I just drop files in my "Send to Android" folder I made on my computer and in the middle of every night it will check to see if files need to be sent over. It can work in reverse too and send files from your phone to your PC.
Here's the link to the app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bv.wifisync&hl=en
It's nothing too flashy but it works very well. :good:
I haven't gotten to play with one of these before. Just curious about this very important detail.
Streaming is bad, mmkay?
i guess only streaming unfortunately
wrong forum
Correct forum is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android-auto/android-auto-general
Local should work, but I've never tried it.
A few other music players are AA compatible and can do local or streaming.
The units will only store the downloaded media to the 'flash' drive. So you will be limited to 1gb or less of storage. I have tried to switch it to the SD card or a usb stick and I have not found a way to get it to work. My Samsung S5 has the ability to choose the storage location. However I can't get this function to show on the head unit. Or transfer the app to the SD card or USB stick to store the files there.
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I have a significant problem using an External SD card for storing and playing music. I've now tried doubleTwist, Mediamonkey, Poweramp and Google Play Music. I've also tried just copying my music onto the SD card via PC/USB. So far none of these solutions allows me to even play music, let alone sync. Now I am using a 128GB card, is that the problem? I notice that the specs vary as to whether 64 or 128 is the max size supported. Or is it just a failing of android?
Phil
Does your SD card get recognized normally on the "Storage" settings?
I never had any problems with my 32gb class 10 SD card on my P8000. Every music plays without any problem.
Rizera said:
Does your SD card get recognized normally on the "Storage" settings?
I never had any problems with my 32gb class 10 SD card on my P8000. Every music plays without any problem.
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Yes, it does and is recognized by my PC as a drive which I can copy files on to. Can I ask you what music app you use and how you get your music on your phone? Do you download it via the app? Do you use app2sd?
And I can load apps onto it with app2sd.
fillippe said:
Yes, it does and is recognized by my PC as a drive which I can copy files on to. Can I ask you what music app you use and how you get your music on your phone? Do you download it via the app? Do you use app2sd?
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I see. Well, do you have any other SD card to test into it?! Because I really wpuld guess it could be related to the humongous 128gb size!
I use the Stock music app (actually Eragon's, which is the same as stock) and never had any issues. Did not download via app, and never used app2sd.
Rizera said:
I see. Well, do you have any other SD card to test into it?! Because I really wpuld guess it could be related to the humongous 128gb size!
I use the Stock music app (actually Eragon's, which is the same as stock) and never had any issues. Did not download via app, and never used app2sd.
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I think you might be right about the SD card. I'll buy a smaller one.
fillippe said:
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I have a significant problem using an External SD card for storing and playing music. I've now tried doubleTwist, Mediamonkey, Poweramp and Google Play Music. I've also tried just copying my music onto the SD card via PC/USB. So far none of these solutions allows me to even play music, let alone sync. Now I am using a 128GB card, is that the problem? I notice that the specs vary as to whether 64 or 128 is the max size supported. Or is it just a failing of android?
Phil
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my 128GB Sandisk works perfect. I use the Shuttle Player, but many player work. You could try the Nexus ROM, maybe this can fix your problem. I will upload very soon the V2.3, i would recommend to test it.
dr_root said:
my 128GB Sandisk works perfect. I use the Shuttle Player, but many player work. You could try the Nexus ROM, maybe this can fix your problem. I will upload very soon the V2.3, i would recommend to test it.
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Thank you. Eragon dev says he also doesn't have any problems with music.
I had to format my SD card on my PC to exFAT and now everything works in Nexus Rom.
fillippe said:
I had to format my SD card on my PC to exFAT and now everything works in Nexus Rom.
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Thanks for sharing solution
I like to use Downloads2SD to change the defaults folders to sdcard