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Having issues with music player and maps since FroYo

Hi there,
I´m not sure if this is the right sub-forum for this since this is my first post on this board.
Ok, so here is my problem:
I - proudly - own a HTC Desire and used to listen to the HTC music-player while using google maps navigation. On Android 2.1 it worked like a charm.
But then I updated to FroYo and since then it won´t run simultanously anymore.
What happens is the following:
I launch the music player
I launch the navigation app
When the first voice-output starts it mutes (or quits) the music player and won´t resume/reopen it automatically again
When I use a different music player it all work, again.
Also, when I use another navigation application (e.g. Navigon) the player keeps on working (but doesn´t mute...but I guess this is a Navigon problem).
A week ago I decided to root my Desire. For that I downgraded it to 2.1, again and used the ROM from ieftm. Unfortunately, I still do have this problem.
You may now ask "Why not use one of the other music players?".
The answer is: I "need" three points to be fullfiled by the music player:
Look nice (or at least not that crappy; for example...I don´t like the Astro player)
A working lockscreen-widget (this would eliminate the ³-player and DoubleTwist)
It should be possible to create a playlist-shortcut on the homescreen to be opened directly by this player
And...from all the players I tried the HTC player is the only one that has all this.
Anyway, I hope you guys can help me with my problem and answer some of these questions:
Has anybody an idea on how I could get maps/navigation and the music player working together again?
Anybody knows a music player that fullfilles all the points from above?
Anybody knows how I can set another music player to be opened with the homescreen-playlist-shortcuts?
Thanks in advance.

[Q] Music Controls (Headset / Lockscreen / Bluetooth)

I'm running CM7 nightlies, but I've had this issue in the past with other roms (both sense and aosp). Sometimes my lockscreen/headset/bluetooth music controls work with certain music apps, sometimes they don't work at all. My specific and latest example is that as of CM7 nightly # 26 (or thereabouts, i think it may have coincided with the addition of album art to the lockscreen) i lost all of these control functions for all of the music apps I have installed. Before that, they worked for mixzing for most of the nightlies, then before that they were working for player pro on the crackflasher builds. This is all (seemingly) without my control or input. I've tried freezing all my music apps but the stock player, I've tried uninstalling all apps and reinstalling one at a time. Still not working.
Is there any way to set or clear defaults for which app gets these controls? I've searched these forums and google for answers. It seems this question has been posed before in a couple of different spots but there don't seem to be any answers as to how this works, or if it's even possible.

I must be the only one with this issue? I want to post this in the cm7 nightlies thread but I don't have enough cumulative posts to be allowed to post there.
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PLEX Media Player Playback Issue

Is anyone running the Plex Media Player successfully on the A100?
I am on the latest 1.12 ICS leak and when attempting to play a TV show from my library over my LAN I receive the following:
"We're sorry but there was a problem attempting to play 'TV Show name here'
There was a problem with media playback."
For a song I receive:
"We're sorry but there was a problem attempting to play 'song name here'
An error occurred (error 0x 17: UNKNOWN)"
I can connect to the server just fine and the content shows up as expected but playing the media results in the above errors.
I have tried all different combinations in the settings and think this may be an ICS issue. Unfortunately I never tried it on HC before I upgraded so I can't be sure if its the device or the android version.
I pretty sure it's not a codec issue because the content plays fine in PLEX on my other android devices and I believe the app itself installs the codecs.
Anyone have it working on either HC or ICS?
Thanks!

Well I guess nobody use this application?
As an update I have researched the issue further and through the PLEX forum's have determined that ICS Rom's in general ARE experiencing problems with this app. Some users are saying that if the device has received an "official" ICS (Ex. Galaxy Nexus, Moto Xoom, Etc.) that the application is working fine while users on "custom" ICS rom's are having difficulty.
The general belief is that the official ICS Rom's offer built in hardware acceleration and the custom rom's do not because they were not built from the official source.
This worries me because the ICS we are using is a leak of the official and I would assume hardware acceleration was already incorporated. Perhaps not and they will add it last minute prior to the official release but I'm doubtful.
Again, if anybody uses this app, posting your experience would be appreciated.

I have never even heard of this app before, try using more widely known/supported apps like MX video player, TTPod, and PowerAMP.

littleemp said:
I have never even heard of this app before, try using more widely known/supported apps like MX video player, TTPod, and PowerAMP.
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Thanks for the advice however PLEX is way more than just a "player". It is a complete media content system that is running throughout my house. It consists of two separate applications. One is a media manager and the other is the "player". Players can run on all different platforms and access the media being served up from the manager.
I currently run the players on a minimum of 6 different devices. Using a simple player like you have referenced (no matter how good they may be) is not an option for me.
I either need to downgrade to HC or wait (and hope) that the official ICS release will fix this issue. Or use another tablet.
For those interested see this LINK. Unfortunately the Android App is not free but the local media manager and players for Linux, MAC and windows are free.

Hi, did you manage to make things work with Plex?
I can not even log in the frakking server...lol
At first I thought Firewall was playing around after an update, but even diable was not able to log.
Any ideas? It is a really lovely app that one.
Do you know any other with similar results?
Tks brother!

It works fine on Cyanogen. Once I went to that ROM all issues disappeared.

Yes
Land Master said:
Is anyone running the Plex Media Player successfully on the A100?
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Yes. I was having the same error as you and many other ICS users. There was an update to the server this week, and now it works. I am on stock 4.03.

[Q] Controlling Media on Tab from Another android device

Hi Guys,
This might have already been asked and answered, if so apologies for ignorance, a link to thread would be appreciated.
Basic idea is to control Music and Video playback on Nexus 7 with another android phone, with minimum fuss
Will love to cover following 3 scenarios (if at all possible)
Scenario 1) Media stored on Nexus 7
Scenario 2) Media stored on Controlling device
Scenario 3) Media stored on NAS
Communication protocol can be Bluetooth or wireless
Can few of you jump in and point me to required apps /mods

After a bit of research from my side, I came to know that XBMC will serves most of my needs,
I am quite supersised that I was unaware of such a wonderful app.
although the latest stable version as well as alpha verson have some some issues with KitKat and are not working fine on my Nexus running KT16S but I am hopeful.
Can some one point me to a nice getting started guide ?
Anyone looking to control music playback over Bluetooth can checkout Bluetooth Music Player Free in Play store :good:

Another app to control a android device from another android device is Tablet Remote

Found another nice App, This allow to stream songs stored on controlling phone :good:
SoundSeeder

[Q] [CM12] [Desire 816] Podcasts not playing correctly on any apps.

Hello, I am having a problem playing podcasts. When I start a podcast it plays for a few seconds, then the sound cuts out but the playback continues and silent seconds go by. This happens in Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, and happens in Apollo with downloaded podcasts as well. I don't really know why this is happening and I haven't found any way to troubleshoot the problem. Other audio/video streaming services such as Spotify, Netflix, and Youtube work perfectly. The only problems I am having with playback is with podcasts, it doesn't matter which app I use to play it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix my problem?

dictatorkara said:
Hello, I am having a problem playing podcasts. When I start a podcast it plays for a few seconds, then the sound cuts out but the playback continues and silent seconds go by. This happens in Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, and happens in Apollo with downloaded podcasts as well. I don't really know why this is happening and I haven't found any way to troubleshoot the problem. Other audio/video streaming services such as Spotify, Netflix, and Youtube work perfectly. The only problems I am having with playback is with podcasts, it doesn't matter which app I use to play it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix my problem?
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Hello, and welcome to XDA! I asked the moderator to move your thread to make user-generated answers available
The build you are using is experimental and has battery drain issues. Check the bugs list. Some of the framework modules and APIs conflict with each other, and some third-party apps like the ones you are using don't fully have Lollipop support yet
I recommend switching to KitKat until there is a more stable and usable ROM. I checked out the ROM thread for the version you are using and the ROM is still in the Alpha testing stage. Not even beta. Along with alpha comes unstable.
I think that a lot of noobs (I'm not saying you are one) have issues with trying to get the latest and greatest, however the latest and greatest doesn't always work properly.
Best move: Switch to KitKat.
Hope that helps, and don't forget to use the Thanks! button.

AndrMatr said:
Hello, and welcome to XDA! I asked the moderator to move your thread to make user-generated answers available
The build you are using is experimental and has battery drain issues. Check the bugs list. Some of the framework modules and APIs conflict with each other, and some third-party apps like the ones you are using don't fully have Lollipop support yet
I recommend switching to KitKat until there is a more stable and usable ROM. I checked out the ROM thread for the version you are using and the ROM is still in the Alpha testing stage. Not even beta. Along with alpha comes unstable.
I think that a lot of noobs (I'm not saying you are one) have issues with trying to get the latest and greatest, however the latest and greatest doesn't always work properly.
Best move: Switch to KitKat.
Hope that helps, and don't forget to use the Thanks! button.
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Thanks. I'll just use my old phone that has KitKat for it in the meantime while it is getting fixed.

dictatorkara said:
Thanks. I'll just use my old phone that has KitKat for it in the meantime while it is getting fixed.
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No problem. I'm here to help
If you have any more issues I'm always here on XDA. Feel free to start a new thread and mention me (like @AndrMatr) or you can PM me.