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What music apps are you using?

I currently am using the stock desire music app. I have not come across anything as good as the iphone/ipod app yet.
Just wanted your views and recommendations on the music apps you guys use?
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Definately, indisputably PowerAMP... no more words needed
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iLHaNroID said:
Definately, indisputably PowerAMP... no more words needed
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+1.
has built in eq, grabs album art automatically....
the best music player I've used.
worth the couple of bucks for the full version, but you can download a trial version for free.

folder based playlist (though u dont need to create and save; just play or shuffle all contents) + albumarts auto-download + prof equalizer with preamp + scrobbling + lyrics thanks to a separate plugin, + lock screen widget + user friendliness + aesthetic + etc + etc .. this is the only app I hv paid for, it is worth
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I'm using MIUI music player. PowerAMP isn't free and I dislike the UI, it's too overloaded.
Only tested it like 15 mins though.
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last.fm
hmm im a last.fm addic! for all of you who are last.fm friends i suggest the last.fm app unfortunately they disabled the live stream function for all versions > 1.5.6 so the new version sucks big-time if you are having trouble finding the 1.5.6 version and you want to try it - just let me know and ill send it to you!
tran

Winamp ftw. we all used it in our younger years, and im lovin' it!
And also, I think it's a good player!

I use "MortPlayer Music". Simple but efficient.

Mixzing
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I use two different players, for different purposes.
I use PowerAMP for music, that works really well. I love the auto-album art feature, and that it can play from selected folders.
I use Winamp for Audio books, witch I listen to allot.
The reason I use two different players, is so that I don´t have to interrupt where I came to, in the audio book, if I want to play a piece of music
Oh, btw Winamp works great to, maybe a little boring interface, but it works like a charm

I use astro player nova which is very customizable and also remembers where you are in each track/playlist which makes it great for long files.
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I've been using cubeplayer (or 3 or whatever it's called) for a little while now, but in text mode rather than in that cube format, and have been getting rather dissatisfied with it. It's not bad, but now I'm loading more music it's getting a bit too simplistic.
Think I'll look at PowerAmp, lots of people on this thread seem to like it.

I use Poweramp for the equalizer, pays off when you use a 2.1 PC speaker or airwalk headphones ... however when transmitting tunes via Bluetooth to my brothers car I use the stock version, seems to work better
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Music App
I've just started using Zimly after trying Cubed, Mixzing, Honeycomb and others and I'm impressed. Particularly like the lockscreen controls and the layout where you can swipe to change tracks and views. Seem to be actively developing the app as it's been updated a couple of times since I've installed it.

I use the stock one.....

I see a lot of people, use PowerAMP. I've been using doubleTwist because of it's fancy AirSync, where you can sync your music wirelessly. Can someone tell me if PowerAMP does this or not?

Using SubSonic to stream all of my 100Gb music from my computer directly to my phone!
It has transcoding options so if i want to play big music files (eg wav/flac) it transcodes it to whatever you want (eg 128kbps mp3).
You can even set some sort of buffer where it actually downloads music onto your phone for offline listening.

Winamp
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Music PlayerPro
I use Music PlayerPro, I like the GUI.
Trouble is it doesn't separate individual artist albums if searching via genre so a hassle if you have a lot of music.
I found, of the music apps I trialed, only Mixzing works as I'd like i.e. Genre-Artist-Album. Shame its GUI is ugly though.

[Q] Changing the music app on MildWild 3.5.5

I recently switched from using VillianRom to MildWild 3.5.5.
I really like MildWild's ICS themed take on a stable Gingerbread core. The only problem Im having is some issues with the newer Android Music app that comes included in that rom.
I tend to do the majority of my music playing through my car stereo via bluetooth. If I use the standard HTC music app on the standard rom, or the stock android 2.3.6 music app on VillainRom then I get the song titles displayed in my car stereo. If I use ANY other music player, the display remains blank (although the music still plays OK).
I think this issue is related to the music app more than the rom, as I did once try the android 4 music app under Villainrom and noticed this didnt stream track titles across - hence I ended up going back to the default 2.3.6 player.
Im wondering now if I can somehow install the 2.3.6 gingerbread music app on the MildWild 3.5.5 rom. It might fix my issues.

Why don't you use a third-party musuc app like PowerAmp (best music app for Android imho).
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MatDrOiD said:
Why don't you use a third-party musuc app like PowerAmp (best music app for Android imho).
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+ Infinity. Finally bought this after their recent sale, wasn't willing to pay so much before xD

bortak said:
+ Infinity. Finally bought this after their recent sale, wasn't willing to pay so much before xD
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Would also do if I had a credit card, but don't have one yet.
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3rd party apps don't stream track titles via bluetooth either.
MatDrOiD said:
Why don't you use a third-party musuc app like PowerAmp (best music app for Android imho).
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I tried power amp but it doesn't stream track and artist titles via Bluetooth, so its very difficult to operate the music app using my car's steering controls and display screen. I've not found an audio app other than stock android or stock HTC players that work in this respect.

Have you tried music mod app.. This uses the older standard music frame work with nice touch screen gestures
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music player suggestions
clouskipper
juke fox
double twist
rocket music player
all are free without ads not sure if they support the feature ure after eg track id on youre car stereo

Music Player with a2dp, id3 tag, and folder selection support

On the hunt for a music player if it exists, as far as I know only the stock music app and play music appear to show support for the id3 tags streaming via Bluetooth.
Now the only app I've really come across with good folder selection is still poweramp, but it appears poweramp doesn't play too well with a2dp as it takes a a few button fidgets to get the player to start playing when connected to Bluetooth.
So at the moment it's trading one feature for the other, id3 tags and somewhat normal music streaming with the stock players, but no folder support so I'm playing everything on my phone, ringtones, notification sounds and music.
Poweramp works well if I'm just using headphones as I can select just my music folder on my extsd. But the lack in id3 tags and initialization of music through a2dp are horrible, but not unbearable.
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Going to try UberMusic today as I completely forgot about it until I saw it's awesome ui again.
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Mort Player should be the best bet. The close second is winamp (it costs you to have folder function).

Thanks I'm going to look into that as I've been using PowerAmp and realized it has the selective folder function but still no bt id3 tags.
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Is there any third party music app that supports playing your google play music files?

Poweramp shows tags over Bluetooth just fine on my Pioneer deck.
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dzson said:
Is there any third party music app that supports playing your google play music files?
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Google play music lol.
bhazard451 said:
Poweramp shows tags over Bluetooth just fine on my Pioneer deck.
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Yep, after the update they're supporting it. Found 'the' player. Nice ui and does everything I need. And comes with an eq.
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try player pro. It can display id3 embedded album art.

Yep, after the update they're supporting it. Found 'the' player. Nice ui and does everything I need. And comes with an eq.
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I read this post and now i'm curious. I have a new Alpine car deck with bluetooth. My android 4.1 play's well with the stock app but with poweramp there is no id3 tags.
what Poweramp version do you use ?

Hello all, i was about to start a similar thread on another subforum...
I am looking for a player capable of almost everything you discussed here.
i have tried several but none has came close to what i need :
- Play mp4 (as video or audio -> vlc play it)
- Edit tags directly on the app (comments field in particular)
- display name of the artist - song name on the video during the playback (i am surprise how almost every player only show song name)
- SD Card
- If possible be able to continue to play even if close the book cover of my galaxy tab s
- good bluetooth integration
i can do without the last two but the others are really needed.
thanks for the heads up

DJCarlos said:
Hello all, i was about to start a similar thread on another subforum...
I am looking for a player capable of almost everything you discussed here.
i have tried several but none has came close to what i need :
- Play mp4 (as video or audio -> vlc play it)
- Edit tags directly on the app (comments field in particular)
- display name of the artist - song name on the video during the playback (i am surprise how almost every player only show song name)
- SD Card
- If possible be able to continue to play even if close the book cover of my galaxy tab s
- good bluetooth integration
i can do without the last two but the others are really needed.
thanks for the heads up
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I use poweramp. I'm not 100% sure but I think it does everything you asked for
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Shack70 said:
I use poweramp. I'm not 100% sure but I think it does everything you asked for
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Hi Shack !
sorry i realise that since 2012 i forgot to say thank you ! for the reply and the advice.
everything was great.
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DJCarlos said:
Hi Shack !
sorry i realise that since 2012 i forgot to say thank you ! for the reply and the advice.
everything was great.
better late, then ever
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No problem, glad it worked
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I underestimated the stock Music Player...

Seriously, it sounds awesome with Perseus audio tweaks and a little bit of tweaking within the player itself. I'm not a big fan of the UI, but it honestly just works.
The only reason I'm switching over is because PlayerPro's EQ and DSP pack were giving me issues. The "bass" knob was going...backwards.
PowerAmp is hideous IMO, but sounds good. Neutron isn't really user friendly, but it sounds epic.
Walkman is nice, but Ac!d audio along with it gave me FC's in Sound Enhancement. (Anyone know how to fix this?)
Anyway,
Perseus headphone amplification up to 63, a u-shaped EQ with +2 and -2 being the limits, negative gain on 1, stereo expansion on 6.
Mild bass/clarity adjustments in the music player, +1 on 3D, +1 on room size.
What can I say, I'm happy. My ATH-M50's suddenly have a new life.
I may flash Ac!d universal again and see how it sounds. I do feel like I can get a bit more sub-bass out of these cans.
Thoughts?

I love the stock music player. The only reason why I'm using poweramp (I like its asthetics fyi but let's ignore that for this discussion) is because of the ability to choose the folders that I want. With the stock music player, it pulls music from my dropbox and also voice recordings. With poweramp, I can prevent that which is better for me. I would use the stock music player otherwise. It also helps when I won a license key from poweramp a while back.

koreancanuck said:
I love the stock music player. The only reason why I'm using poweramp (I like its asthetics fyi but let's ignore that for this discussion) is because of the ability to choose the folders that I want. With the stock music player, it pulls music from my dropbox and also voice recordings. With poweramp, I can prevent that which is better for me. I would use the stock music player otherwise. It also helps when I won a license key from poweramp a while back.
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PowerAmp ftw. Been using it for a while. Well worth the price unless you won a copy like above lol.
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Since you guys seem to love it, and more to the point, use the stock player, I have a simple question.
When you open the player, say from the widget, how do you get back to a menu where you can open/switch-to a new playlist.
So far I only found that possibility when I open the app using the standard icon.
That annoyance has driven me to use apollo pro (a beefed up version of the player on CM9+ firmwares).

I have one major problem with the stock player (though it's really the os default behavior). I have a lot of music on my 64gb sd card (50gb?) and when I open the stock player it freezes while it rescans it all (about a min) - same on closing the player - very annoying. It does it every time so I use Player Pro which opens instantly for music and just use the stock player for podcasts. The other plus for me is Player Pro shows the album art on the lockscreen. I have no issues with the audio quality of either, though I also like and use the controls in Perseus stweaks.
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I have 38gb of 320kbps MP3's, no freezing issues here in any player at all!

Yeah combo of stock music and google play has replaced poweramp. Like the way google play creates playlist and stock player music squares.
Poweramp is in need of a major update. Been using it for years and its getting dated.
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If PowerAmp fixed its playlist issues, I'd probably use it again lol.

koreancanuck;37397874 said:
reason why I'm using poweramp is because of the ability to choose the folders that I want.
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This. The stock music player will happily play every media file on the damn phone, not just my music.
I haven't used a SINGLE stock music player in Android ever due to this issue.

I'm a playlist user. I use iSyncr for mac to get all my music on there, it all shows up fine.
I can agree about folders though. I have used them from time to time, PowerAmp did that job pretty well.

Cant u choose wich folder to play on stock player too? I like the stock player as well.
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I still haven't found a third party music app better than PlayerPro. Stock music player is actually quite good (probably the best stock player I've used) but I can't customize it in the same way I can with PlayerPro. And when you combine PlayerPro with the "Equalizer" app (paid version), it's a wrap!

No one likes winamp? I've been using it on pc since I was a kid and the app seems good. Shoutcast radio is also a plus.
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You guys know you can add a no media file for random music files like ringtones and game files.
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silentecho13 said:
I'm a playlist user. I use iSyncr for mac to get all my music on there, it all shows up fine.
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Ahh! That's why it was choking and scanning forever - I have no playlists and the music player interface always opened where I left it - on the Songs page/tab. If I leave the interface showing the Playlist tab, it opens without a lag! Now to add a playlist...
Ugh. Using the app to add the playlist is problematic, no impossible. I can choose individual songs to add to the playlist, but as soon as I choose "Select All" it freezes (and never completes the task). Then I tried to make the playlist with various apps but I couldn't get any to make a playlist of all songs given my directory structure (All Music > Genre > Artist > CD). Hmm... What should I call it - suboptimal? ...I finally did make a playlist with my PC version of Winamp (mounting the phone with SGS3 Easy UMS), but I'll probably keep using the Player Pro.
Thank you for that comment though as it explained my problem and gave a workaround (make a playlist with an external app), but I think I have to stick with the opinion that the stock player is poorly made... Though perhaps it would be more correct to say that the Android media scanning default behavior is just crazy bad and needs to be changed - then all the stock music apps would probably work fine. The Gallery app by the way suffers from similar problems for the same reason...

How do you get it to pull from dropbox?
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nemesis_9 said:
No one likes winamp? I've been using it on pc since I was a kid and the app seems good. Shoutcast radio is also a plus.
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I use Winamp Pro. Has an equalizer and plays FLAC. I also bought the Album Washer and Lyrics addons. Can't go wrong with that.

intruda119 said:
You guys know you can add a no media file for random music files like ringtones and game files.
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.nomedia files cause the system to ignore ringtones, and then you can't use them as ringtones.

Dr. Evo said:
"Equalizer" app (paid version), it's a wrap!
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This is a big plus, I'm using this Equalizer (unlock version) to save the presets + Power amp + Good quality headphones = Solved..

tpowell.ca said:
Since you guys seem to love it, and more to the point, use the stock player, I have a simple question.
When you open the player, say from the widget, how do you get back to a menu where you can open/switch-to a new playlist.
So far I only found that possibility when I open the app using the standard icon.
That annoyance has driven me to use apollo pro (a beefed up version of the player on CM9+ firmwares).
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When you open the player, say from the widget, how do you get back to a menu where you can open/switch-to a new playlist. I was confused by this too. If you use the widget, open the app with the lower right icon. Using the back button, you can move between main screen, playlist screen and song screen.

Music player recommendations/help

I am using a N 5X and the 7.1.1 developer preview and want to use one app for playing music on my device.
I have been using Play Music but find it a bit awkward to see what is on my device and what is on their cloud service. To get around this I have started to use Poweramp to play music stored on my phone and it is great but my phone does not recognise it as a music player app. So if I click on an mp3 file I get the option of Play Music or VLC to open it but not Poweramp. I have cleared all defaults etc but Poweramp isn't ever given as on option.
Likewise Poweramp isn't given as an option to associate with music on the android auto app.
Other than Play Music are there any good alternatives that are recognised as apps to set as a default for music files? Or am I (and Google search) missing something I can change in the settings to enable Poweramp as an option?
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I always use BlackPlayer EX. For me it's the best music player on android.
Great design, great customization, tag editing, everything.
The free version is 100% usable so you can try.

Shuttle Music Player is pretty sweet. It's been my favorite for a while now.

I use sony walkman is really nice looking

Just use Default App Manager Lite to set poweramp as the default (it should work with nougat but i haven't tried it)

Asus Music Player simple beautiful in theme and apps section in nexus 5x section

Alcolawl said:
Shuttle Music Player is pretty sweet. It's been my favorite for a while now.
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+1 For Shuttle, the Pro version has been my default for a while now

Zackptg5 said:
Just use Default App Manager Lite to set poweramp as the default (it should work with nougat but i haven't tried it)
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I have tried that, the app says it is default but when I tap on an mp3 file I still only get either play music or vlc
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Thanks for the recommendations, am currently giving Shuttle a go, solved all my issues so far ?
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One issue I have come across is that neither app is able to be prompted to play without manual intervention. So I have a task set within Trigger to open the music app when I connect to the car via Bluetooth, which it does, but when I press the media button in the car the track info comes up but doesn't actually start playing. Play Music does this and I am wandering if there is something I am missing?
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