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Does anyone use PowerAmp? I tried playing songs off of it on my new N7 and it keeps saying can't play files. I am able to open the files up with Google Music or the file explorer.
Aria807 said:
Does anyone use PowerAmp? I tried playing songs off of it on my new N7 and it keeps saying can't play files. I am able to open the files up with Google Music or the file explorer.
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My poweramp is working fine over here on stock, cleanrom as well as cm10.2. Try another third party music player and see if that also fails, if it does then theres something else wrong thats not just poweramp related.
If its in any way related, in quickpic i was not able to use the hide function because the media storage was messing with it, try clearing data on media storage and see if it works.
Aria807 said:
Does anyone use PowerAmp? I tried playing songs off of it on my new N7 and it keeps saying can't play files. I am able to open the files up with Google Music or the file explorer.
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Nope. Songs play fine on the new n7 with poweramp for me. Not sure why it isn't for you. I know there was just an update to deal with some 4.3 issue, but other than that I don't see why it shouldn't work. Are you on the stock rom or custom?
edit: nvm, I just saw your sig. Your on a custom rom...
mssam said:
Nope. Songs play fine on the new n7 with poweramp for me. Not sure why it isn't for you. I know there was just an update to deal with some 4.3 issue, but other than that I don't see why it shouldn't work. Are you on the stock rom or custom?
edit: nvm, I just saw your sig. Your on a custom rom...
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I can play music with other media players just fine. Except in PowerAmp. It just keeps giving me errors saying Failed to Play File. I'm on CleanROM 1.2. Stock kernel that came w/ rom.
Aria807 said:
I can play music with other media players just fine. Except in PowerAmp. It just keeps giving me errors saying Failed to Play File. I'm on CleanROM 1.2. Stock kernel that came w/ rom.
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A'ight, give me a second. I just install cleanrom 1.3 to see if I can replicate your issue...
mssam said:
A'ight, give me a second. I just install cleanrom 1.3 to see if I can replicate your issue...
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My gf and I both got our N7 so I decided to try PowerAmp on hers as well. Same result as mine. I ended up using Rocket Player for the time being.
We are both on CleanROM 1.2. But I don't understand why it would cause PowerAmp to not be able to play any files and we can still play from any other media player like Rocket Player, Google Music, ES Media Player, etc..
Aria807 said:
My gf and I both got our N7 so I decided to try PowerAmp on hers as well. Same result as mine. I ended up using Rocket Player for the time being.
We are both on CleanROM 1.2. But I don't understand why it would cause PowerAmp to not be able to play any files and we can still play from any other media player like Rocket Player, Google Music, ES Media Player, etc..
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idk...poweramp and all other players (including streaming apps) work for me on clean 1.3. If you're not running any audio mods, and tried to uninstall and reinstall, I'm not sure what the problem could be. Maybe try updating from 1.2 to 1.3? Backup apps and flash. What could it hurt to have the latest rom anyway...
mine did the same. there was an update in the play store to make it work right on 4.3 and it works great now
bckrupps said:
mine did the same. there was an update in the play store to make it work right on 4.3 and it works great now
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Yeah, that's what I was saying before. Poweramp had an update for 4.3. I probably didn't notice it because I just downloaded the latest which has the 4.3 update...oh well...
mssam said:
Yeah, that's what I was saying before. Poweramp had an update for 4.3. I probably didn't notice it because I just downloaded the latest which has the 4.3 update...oh well...
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Ya that's what I thought too. We downloaded the revision 530 which supposedly has the 4.3 fixes, but still isn't playing.
EDIT - I updated to CleanROM 1.3 on my & gf's N7 and now PowerAmp is playing files normally. Not sure why CleanROM 1.2 broke the app.
Hi All,
Does anyone Know how i can get Videos to play using MX Player?(or similar)
KitKat 4.4 doesnt seem to like other players and i cant even find the built in app?
It looks cheap and nasty saying plugins missing and just basic play and thats it
I've tried different browsers to no effect , they all just load into default?
or can't i use other players?:crying:
gavanid said:
Hi All,
Does anyone Know how i can get Videos to play using MX Player?(or similar)
KitKat 4.4 doesnt seem to like other players and i cant even find the built in app?
It looks cheap and nasty saying plugins missing and just basic play and thats it
I've tried different browsers to no effect , they all just load into default?
or can't i use other players?:crying:
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Try Chrome with MX. works fine for me - if it always goes to default, reset the defaults in the app settings.
Lionex1 said:
Try Chrome with MX. works fine for me - if it always goes to default, reset the defaults in the app settings.
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But thats the thing, i cant find or see a default videoplayers in app? or do you mean a full default reset?
gavanid said:
But thats the thing, i cant find or see a default videoplayers in app? or do you mean a full default reset?
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Default video player I believe is hidden, does downloading MX not give you a prompt when trying to play a video? There should be a prompt like "play with" and the you can select "just once" or "always", then select MX player
If you've selected the default player to play it always, then a factory reset will help. Make sure you back everything up.
Seriously? Factory reset just to clear default apps is a bit extreme.
How about trying default reset apps such as:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appiator.defaultappmanager
Nexus 7 LTE
Stock rooted KOT49E
Faux Kernel
Lionex1 said:
Default video player I believe is hidden, does downloading MX not give you a prompt when trying to play a video? There should be a prompt like "play with" and the you can select "just once" or "always", then select MX player
If you've selected the default player to play it always, then a factory reset will help. Make sure you back everything up.
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Wont a root explorer see hidden apps?
A full reset is a bit much but thanks anyway
Raverbunny said:
Seriously? Factory reset just to clear default apps is a bit extreme.
How about trying default reset apps such as:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appiator.defaultappmanager
Nexus 7 LTE
Stock rooted KOT49E
Faux Kernel
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tried it but didn't work
but had another system update to 4.4.2:laugh:
Lionex1 said:
Default video player I believe is hidden, does downloading MX not give you a prompt when trying to play a video? There should be a prompt like "play with" and the you can select "just once" or "always", then select MX player
If you've selected the default player to play it always, then a factory reset will help. Make sure you back everything up.
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Hold up!
You can reset your "app preferences"
Settings / Apps / tap the menu button at the top right and tap "reset app preferences"
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gavanid said:
Hi All,
Does anyone Know how i can get Videos to play using MX Player?(or similar)
KitKat 4.4 doesnt seem to like other players and i cant even find the built in app?
It looks cheap and nasty saying plugins missing and just basic play and thats it
I've tried different browsers to no effect , they all just load into default?
or can't i use other players?:crying:
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Alternatively :
If you use ES file Explorer you can long press a file, hit more/menu, go to "open as" select video, then select the installed program you want to use.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium HD app
gavanid said:
Hi All,
Does anyone Know how i can get Videos to play using MX Player?(or similar)
KitKat 4.4 doesnt seem to like other players and i cant even find the built in app?
It looks cheap and nasty saying plugins missing and just basic play and thats it
I've tried different browsers to no effect , they all just load into default?
or can't i use other players?:crying:
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The current version of MX player worked fine on 4.4 but lost compatibility with 4.4.1 update. Im just waiting for the developers to release their update of MX, it will come soon Im sure.
Sent from my Nexus 5
makers_mark said:
Hold up!
You can reset your "app preferences"
Settings / Apps / tap the menu button at the top right and tap "reset app preferences"
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium HD app
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Alternatively :
If you use ES file Explorer you can long press a file, hit more/menu, go to "open as" select video, then select the installed program you want to use.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium HD app
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Thanks, sounds more promising
Try lastest VLC beta instead, works great with 4.4.2.
mulperi said:
Try lastest VLC beta instead, works great with 4.4.2.
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Are you in the USA? I'm in the USA and the VLC program says it's not compatible with my Nexus 7 and it says it's not available in my country. I have Android 4.4.2.
confused computer said:
Are you in the USA? I'm in the USA and the VLC program says it's not compatible with my Nexus 7 and it says it's not available in my country. I have Android 4.4.2.
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Just go to this link: http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/android-armv7/ and download the latest nightly. It works great.
sgrant said:
Just go to this link: http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/android-armv7/ and download the latest nightly. It works great.
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Thanks! It's working. I didn't even think of trying the daily builds since the app store said it's not even compatible with my device.
I'm using this Dice Player for playing videos, works on 4.4.2.
get it on Google Play.
Botsok said:
I'm using this Dice Player for playing videos, works on 4.4.2.
get it on Google Play.
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Me too. The good thing mx player not working on 4.4.2 is forcing us to search better alternatives. Diceplayer is a good one. Samba server, ftp, stream, dts, audio booster etc. And no ads here.
Sorry my english.
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Diceplayer has a nice Samba browser, but it won't play any of my .mkvs over my home network like MX would.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/670676304
volumnus said:
Diceplayer has a nice Samba browser, but it won't play any of my .mkvs over my home network like MX would.
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.mkv playing over home network nicely here.
Have you tried using a libffmeg.so diceplayer compliant?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ffmpeg.so&gws_rd=cr&ei=7nuqUu-WJ5K_sQT2_oKADg
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confused computer said:
Thanks! It's working. I didn't even think of trying the daily builds since the app store said it's not even compatible with my device.
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The reason the play store says it is not compatible is because it is blocked in many countries including the US. I read somewhere that it is a licensing issue.
I much prefer PowerAmp over the default samsung music app. Is there any way to make PA the default? I'd like to be able to say "Play Katy Perry" and have PA come up and not Music...
thx!
rosystreasures said:
I much prefer PowerAmp over the default samsung music app. Is there any way to make PA the default? I'd like to be able to say "Play Katy Perry" and have PA come up and not Music...
thx!
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rosystreasures said:
I much prefer PowerAmp over the default samsung music app. Is there any way to make PA the default? I'd like to be able to say "Play Katy Perry" and have PA come up and not Music...
thx!
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Well clear the default app. Go to settings-->application manager-->look for the default music app and click on it-->scroll down and click where it says "clear defaults"...use a file explorer and choose a song. Itll ask what player to use and choose poweramp..
there you go XD
coolwater22 said:
Well clear the default app. Go to settings-->application manager-->look for the default music app and click on it-->scroll down and click where it says "clear defaults"...use a file explorer and choose a song. Itll ask what player to use and choose poweramp..
there you go XD
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Hi,
You'd think that would work, but it doesnt....
GGrrrr
rosystreasures said:
Hi,
You'd think that would work, but it doesnt....
GGrrrr
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Try uninstalling power amp then reinstalling it..go to your files and click on a song and then u should get the option window that allows you to use power amp for opening music files.
coolwater22 said:
Try uninstalling power amp then reinstalling it..go to your files and click on a song and then u should get the option window that allows you to use power amp for opening music files.
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I do get that option. However, when I tell her to "PLAY Katy Perry", she uses the samsung music player.
Appreciate the help!
rosystreasures said:
I do get that option. However, when I tell her to "PLAY Katy Perry", she uses the samsung music player.
Appreciate the help!
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What format is your media?
coolwater22 said:
What format is your media?
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mp3 and mp4
rosystreasures said:
mp3 and mp4
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Mhmm idk what it would be..try clearing app cache on both apps or if u have titanium backup freeze samsung music player and see if itll force your phone to use power amp
coolwater22 said:
Mhmm idk what it would be..try clearing app cache on both apps or if u have titanium backup freeze samsung music player and see if itll force your phone to use power amp
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ok, bought titanium, froze both music and google music. now she doesn't open anything when I tell her to PLAY Katy Perry... just hangs there on the s-voice screen....
rosystreasures said:
ok, bought titanium, froze both music and google music. now she doesn't open anything when I tell her to PLAY Katy Perry... just hangs there on the s-voice screen....
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Thats odd. Idk to tell u the truth. Im all out of ideas on what to do. Have u wiped cache in recovery?
After drag and drop from my Desktop onto my new HTC One M8, I am unable to play the .MP4 videos. I have tried software from the Play store eg MX and others, but am unsuccessful. They are seen on my SD card but at=re not playable.
Please could someone help me.
Thank you
Sidney Urdang said:
After drag and drop from my Desktop onto my new HTC One M8, I am unable to play the .MP4 videos. I have tried software from the Play store eg MX and others, but am unsuccessful. They are seen on my SD card but at=re not playable.
Please could someone help me.
Thank you
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Maybe it has to do with the google permissions regarding sdcards? Try to move the mp4 to the internal sdcard and see if it plays
stathis95194 said:
Maybe it has to do with the google permissions regarding sdcards? Try to move the mp4 to the internal sdcard and see if it plays
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Thank you for your prompt reply-it still does not play MP4 files.
Sidney Urdang said:
Thank you for your prompt reply-it still does not play MP4 files.
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This is indeed strange. Are you sure your sdcard is not one of those knockoff sds on ebay that corrupt the files?
Try to copy from your PC straight to internal sdcard and see if it plays now
Sidney Urdang said:
After drag and drop from my Desktop onto my new HTC One M8, I am unable to play the .MP4 videos. I have tried software from the Play store eg MX and others, but am unsuccessful. They are seen on my SD card but at=re not playable.
Please could someone help me.
Thank you
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get vlc player
an0ther said:
get vlc player
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I have mounted an .MP4 file in the internal drive, without success.
I have tried VLC without success ( and MX PRO)
Can anyone out there help me?
Thank you
Sidney Urdang said:
I have mounted an .MP4 file in the internal drive, without success.
I have tried VLC without success ( and MX PRO)
Can anyone out there help me?
Thank you
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If vlc won't play it, nothing will. You sure its not drm protected?
Sidney Urdang said:
I have mounted an .MP4 file in the internal drive, without success.
I have tried VLC without success ( and MX PRO)
Can anyone out there help me?
Thank you
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Try saving this on internal sdcard. I just tested on my M8 and it's playing fine with both stock player and MX Player
https://archive.org/download/Pbtestfilemp4videotestmp4/video_test.mp4
an0ther said:
If vlc won't play it, nothing will. You sure its not drm protected?
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This would be my guess (some type of DRM protected file).
I have no issues playing .mp4 format on my M8 using MX Player.
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stathis95194 said:
Maybe it has to do with the google permissions regarding sdcards? Try to move the mp4 to the internal sdcard and see if it plays
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The SD permission change on KitKat only affects write permissions, not read permissions.
stathis95194 said:
Try saving this on internal sdcard. I just tested on my M8 and it's playing fine with both stock player and MX Player
https://archive.org/download/Pbtestfilemp4videotestmp4/video_test.mp4
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Thank you for your help;
I have tried several MP4 movies on both my SD card and Internal memory. None work on my HTC ONE M8, but they all work on my PC,
I have tried different formats, eg VLC, MX, and others, without success.
I just don't understand why they won't play on my device.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Sidney Urdang said:
Thank you for your help;
I have tried several MP4 movies on both my SD card and Internal memory. None work on my HTC ONE M8, but they all work on my PC,
I have tried different formats, eg VLC, MX, and others, without success.
I just don't understand why they won't play on my device.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
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I really am out of ideas with this one. How about if you play straight from the link above without downloading? Still not playing? Does it give an error?
You haven't told us the codec?
.mp4 is just the file container. Also the bit-rate.
Rock Player used to be the best all round, able to play unplayable files within software using the CPU. If the GPU can't decode it, you're gonna have to turn off hardware acceleration.
You might even have to 're-encode to H.264 or similar to get it to play.
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Sidney Urdang said:
I have tried several MP4 movies on both my SD card and Internal memory.
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Movies for different sources?
What exactly happens when you try to play the video? I've tried a great many video formats for lots of sources with MX, and have yet to encounter one that will straight-out not play. The worst that I've seen, it plays choppy, and I switch to the HW+ or SW decoder mode and it starts to play smoothly.
stathis95194 said:
Try saving this on internal sdcard. I just tested on my M8 and it's playing fine with both stock player and MX Player
https://archive.org/download/Pbtestfilemp4videotestmp4/video_test.mp4
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Thank you.
The video does work. So I will just have to work around the problem
Thank you everyone
I'm trying to wrap my head around why LG has removed the EQ functionality in the Google Play Music App. The only LG phone I've ever owned was the Nexus 5 and the built in EQ worked perfectly on that handset, yet I've heard that it's also missing on the G3. This makes absolutely no sense and, as a result, music playback sounds lifeless. I've tried several third party EQ's but there appears to be no rhyme or reason as to when they work and when they don't. And none of them effects the sound over bluetooth. Is this bothering anyone else. If so, have you found an EQ replacement that actually works?
Cm12 maxx audio eq..
I rarely use EQs. Most people just crank up the treble a ton anyways as they think it sounds good when in reality you end up with an artificial sounding turd.
Technically, the EQ was a separate package from the Google Music Play app. Yes, the Nexus 4 and 5's had them, but they do not come prepacked. Every manufacturer has their own version of it, and LG simply decided to opt out.
Swizzle82 said:
Cm12 maxx audio eq..
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Thanks. Will try to figure this one out. I haven't done much 'messing around' with my phone in quite some time. A bit out of practice. It appears to be working on G3 though... so that is promising.
DoctorB0NG said:
I rarely use EQs. Most people just crank up the treble a ton anyways as they think it sounds good when in reality you end up with an artificial sounding turd.
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"If you don't like the way the music sounds then you don't like the music" - My Dad (circa 1994).
I was looking for an EQ and remembered I paid for this one a long time ago, but there is the free version also. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer Works flawlessly on my G4.
When/if root is available viper is the way to go. If you know what you're doing you can get some good quality sound on some good quality headphones or bt speaker system with viper.
Swizzle82 said:
Cm12 maxx audio eq..
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Needs root it looks like?
bobloadmire said:
Needs root it looks like?
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For it to be fully functional yes. It does however still work. It's about the best Ive found without root or paying for poweramp
Uncle Lizard said:
I was looking for an EQ and remembered I paid for this one a long time ago, but there is the free version also. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer Works flawlessly on my G4.
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I bought this one as well. It only worked intermittently. Worked great at first. Then after taking a break from music for a few hours I noticed that it sounded flat again. Went into the EQ and messed with the settings but nothing effected the output. Forced closed everything and started things up again but still no dice. Tried a few others as well with similar problems.
Swizzle82 said:
For it to be fully functional yes. It does however still work. It's about the best Ive found without root or paying for poweramp
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Do you have a link to installing this without root. Any instructions I've found require root.
JIW said:
Do you have a link to installing this without root. Any instructions I've found require root.
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Just download the zip extract the apk and install. It's not a major improvement, but it's something..
JIW said:
I bought this one as well. It only worked intermittently. Worked great at first. Then after taking a break from music for a few hours I noticed that it sounded flat again. Went into the EQ and messed with the settings but nothing effected the output. Forced closed everything and started things up again but still no dice. Tried a few others as well with similar problems.
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That's weird. I'm on T-Mobile with version 10h and I haven't had any problems.
Swizzle82 said:
Just download the zip extract the apk and install. It's not a major improvement, but it's something..
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Thanks. Didn't notice that APK before. Installed without any problems but has no effect on sound output and crashes often. Oh well...
I'm still having this problem and it's driving me crazy. Every app I have tried works on and off. I'm not rooting my phone just for an EQ either. I've tried every app listed in here and more and they work for a while then stop. Has anyone found a reliable 3rd party app that actually works when you need it to?
VLC Player is the answer to all of your problems
I personally use PlayerPro (with the add-on for the Ten Band EQ from the Play Store). I find it can be adjusted to being absolutely perfect (plus the general interface of the app is one of the best I have found for playing music)
chrisokaly said:
VLC Player is the answer to all of your problems
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Z3ldaFan88 said:
I personally use PlayerPro (with the add-on for the Ten Band EQ from the Play Store). I find it can be adjusted to being absolutely perfect (plus the general interface of the app is one of the best I have found for playing music)
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But these are only going to work with local music files your playing from your phone right? Not going to work if I'm streaming from the play music app right?
Shaffer678 said:
But these are only going to work with local music files your playing from your phone right? Not going to work if I'm streaming from the play music app right?
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I have a stream service set up on my home server and connect to it via VLC. The are ways to connect to other streaming services as well, you just need the URL.