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Audio Manager, Today Plugin, what is the point??

Someone please enlighten me how do you use Audio Manger or the Today Plugin player in the latest VM6 roms?
They seem useless since there is no way to turn off the screen!??
Do all of you play listen with the screen and backlight on?
There's quite some design flaws in WM6, off course I would like audio to keep playing when using the standby button, or at least have that option!?
In WMP you can at least assign a key to turn off/on screen.
Look at iPhone, offcourse it continues to play music when using the standby button, as it should be.
M$ has a LOT of work to make VM7 user friendly.

jompao said:
Someone please enlighten me how do you use Audio Manger or the Today Plugin player in the latest VM6 roms?
They seem useless since there is no way to turn off the screen!??
Do all of you play listen with the screen and backlight on?
There's quite some design flaws in WM6, off course I would like audio to keep playing when using the standby button, or at least have that option!?
In WMP you can at least assign a key to turn off/on screen.
Look at iPhone, offcourse it continues to play music when using the standby button, as it should be.
M$ has a LOT of work to make VM7 user friendly.
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good point, I dont use i either! I dont see the use in it. If you cant toggle the screen (turn of the screen saves battery)

Bram87 said:
good point, I dont use i either! I dont see the use in it. If you cant toggle the screen (turn of the screen saves battery)
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I agree, this is why I have stuck with TCPMP...

jompao said:
Someone please enlighten me how do you use Audio Manger or the Today Plugin player in the latest VM6 roms?
They seem useless since there is no way to turn off the screen!??
Do all of you play listen with the screen and backlight on?
There's quite some design flaws in WM6, off course I would like audio to keep playing when using the standby button, or at least have that option!?
In WMP you can at least assign a key to turn off/on screen.
Look at iPhone, offcourse it continues to play music when using the standby button, as it should be.
M$ has a LOT of work to make VM7 user friendly.
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use Coreplayer or TCPMP

I "device lock" it after i press play. There's a device lock program that automatically sets the backlight to be off after 10 secs when executed.

I just set my backlight to turn off as well, used my device playing through audiomanager for about an hour today at work, screen off.

supadupa111 said:
I "device lock" it after i press play. There's a device lock program that automatically sets the backlight to be off after 10 secs when executed.
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Which program is this?

chordmasta said:
I just set my backlight to turn off as well, used my device playing through audiomanager for about an hour today at work, screen off.
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But screen and backlight is still on sucking battery even when using the keylock when Audio Manager is playing. Screen is dimmed a litte but backlight is still on. I can't understand how poorly designed theese apps are from HTC.

Armstrongs Device lock
Search the site for it. It can be configured to turn the screen off when activated. You can also map a button to it. I haven't tried on WM6 though. Worked like a charm with Pocket player and WM5.

not sure if you guys notice...but audio manger lets you make your ringtones right from the phone. this is a nice feature for me...as i use to make my ring tones using nero onthe computer...now when someone emails me a song i can edit it right on my phone for ringtone use...i like that alot. other than that...it looks nice..but i still use media player or core player. but hey...one more app can't hurt...

Lock screen flicker

Has anyone noticed the lock screen flickering while streaming youtube content? I seam to get it when ever I have the youtube app running in the background with it streaming to either a blu-ray player or a chromecast. I have had this issue both on Kitkat and Lollipop while using the swipe to unlock lock screen. The only app I have open while while screen casting is the Kindle app. Both the basic Kindle app and the Kindle for Samsung cause this issue. Can someone see if they can reproduce this is really starting to annoy me and I would like to see if I can figure it out. Below are the things I know that are needed to reproduce the issue.
1. Set lock screen to swipe to unlock. Have date and time display option selected as well as quick access options for phone and camera set.
2. Open the youtube app and start casting the video to a tv.
3. Hit the home button and then open the Kindle app. Or if you have already opened the Kindle app you can change to it from the open task menu.
4. Begin reading a book of your choice in the Kindle app.
5. Press the power button to turn the screen off.
6. Wait at least 5 seconds to ensure your video from youtube is still being cast.
7. Press either the power or the home button to turn the screen on.
If you have the same issue that I am having the lock screen should flicker between asking you to unlock and the Kindle app. This should repeat every couple seconds pausing between each screen with no visual animations on either screen. You will be able to turn pages in the Kindle app but not unlock the screen as it changes. To stop the flicker, pause the youtube video from the lock screen when it is up and the phone should return to normal and can be unlocked by swiping.
If anyone knows what might be causing this in open to suggestions. This same issue should be reproducible from a fresh install since I have not tried any of the temp root options that have been released prior to updating to Lollipop. No scripts have been run either to disable or block any apps from running so I highly doubt it's from something being disabled unless it's done from the app launcher.

Do you get a system ui error when this happens?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using xda premium

Not that I know of. If I don't manually stop the youtube video from the phone it will continue to do it until what ever is set for the screen timeout is set to at which point the screen just turns off.

Videos Randomly Pausing

This problem is most noticeable when watching YouTube, and I haven't toyed with too many other video apps to determine if it also happens, but while watching videos, the video will randomly pause.
Doesn't matter what brightness the phone is at, the phone isn't too warm when it happens, doesn't matter if I have headphones plugged in or not, etc. And it's not like an accidental screen touch, because touching the screen once shouldn't pause the video, just show the controls.
I've tried a full factory reset of my phone and it's still occurring. Has anyone experienced this or does anyone have any suggestions for troubleshooting? It's incredibly annoying...
Edit: I should clarify this isn't pausing while buffering - this is acting like someone pressed pause mid-video - on screen controls appear, home button appears, status bar appears, and the "Play" icon to press and continue playing the video.

I have the exact same problem.
Did you manage to resolv it?
I have LG H815 SEA and i'm on stock ROM, because i can't root or install custom ROM

The same thing happens to me. I've figured it out why it happens - and it happens in all full screen apps - bottom home touch screen buttons appear together with top notifications bar for just a split second - if you look you'll see it. That causes youtube app to pause the video, and behaviours are different in other apps. It is really annoying and I haven't found a fix yet.

Same issue here with a brand new LG v20, even happens after I take the case off. No idea what could be the issue. And same with the video being fully loaded, and being on o off Wi-Fi doesn't help . Please someone give us an answer!!!!

jetsetwilly1977 said:
The same thing happens to me. I've figured it out why it happens - and it happens in all full screen apps - bottom home touch screen buttons appear together with top notifications bar for just a split second - if you look you'll see it. That causes youtube app to pause the video, and behaviours are different in other apps. It is really annoying and I haven't found a fix yet.
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Calikid said:
Same issue here with a brand new LG v20, even happens after I take the case off. No idea what could be the issue. And same with the video being fully loaded, and being on o off Wi-Fi doesn't help . Please someone give us an answer!!!!
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I had this problem with a galaxy S4. Try going to Settings -> Apps -> Three dots button on top right -> Show System -> Scroll down to media storage -> Storage -> Then Clear Data.
This seemed to fix it for a while. If there is a single app your particularly have the issue with, try reinstalling that app.

Screen goes black when I play videos

When I play a video, it starts off as a black screen and won't wake up until I touch it. Then after a while, when the bar with the pause, fast forward, rewind etc buttons disappears, the screen goes black again. I can still hear the audio playing. This only happens with videos I have filmed on the device (either saved off snapchat or the in built camera app) and still occurs on other video playing apps. Is there any way to fix this?

I have this problem too. check the box next to "Disable HW Overlay" under developer options.
After a week or so it unchecks it again for some reason, and I go back and check that box. It's a temporary fix, hopefully there's a way to stop this behavior.

I have the same problem, please help T.T

Spotify "now playing" lock screen

Has anyone been able to get "now playing" songs from spotify or google music to show on the always on display?
I have notifications enabled in settings for Spotify.

not here. i'm on 8.1. nothing shows on my ambient display.

d j a said:
Has anyone been able to get "now playing" songs from spotify or google music to show on the always on display?
I have notifications enabled in settings for Spotify.
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now playing is for ambient music that is being played, not music played on the device.

uicnren said:
now playing is for ambient music that is being played, not music played on the device.
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Yea....sorry, not what I meant. On "other" phones, your items playing would appear on the always on display. That seems like something that should be on by default if you are using AOD- on any phone.

d j a said:
Yea....sorry, not what I meant. On "other" phones, your items playing would appear on the always on display. That seems like something that should be on by default if you are using AOD- on any phone.
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you are confusing me even further!
the pixel 2's have a feature called now playing, which will show the title/artist of music that it hears (not being played by that pixel) and is in its database.
this is exclusive to the pixel 2's as far as I know, its not on any other phone.
the music has to be coming from any other device, EXCEPT the pixel phone itself.

uicnren said:
now playing is for ambient music that is being played, not music played on the device.
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uicnren said:
you are confusing me even further!
the pixel 2's have a feature called now playing, which will show the title/artist of music that it hears (not being played by that pixel) and is in its database.
this is exclusive to the pixel 2's as far as I know, its not on any other phone.
the music has to be coming from any other device, EXCEPT the pixel phone itself.
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YES- I know exactly what that is. I'm not talking about that.
I'm talking about the phone LITERALLY showing what is playing. (Or "now" playing on the phone lol) For example- on my 'old' S7

d j a said:
Has anyone been able to get "now playing" songs from spotify or google music to show on the always on display?
I have notifications enabled in settings for Spotify.
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Since I turned it on, it's been working great for me. No issue

As far as I know. AOD does not have this ability on the Pixel. Stock wise at least. AOD is only icons.
Lockscreen however, will throw a notification showing what is being played. Google's AOD is ver bare bones basic compared to other OEMs.

I just double tap the screen and look at the Spotify notification

Anyone have any success with this? Seems like an oversight to me, the lockscreen is null and void now, the always on IS the lockscreen. I should be able to choose what's 'always on'

heck I can't even get Google Play Music to show up on my lock screen, let along my AOD. I would be perfectly happy if it showed up on my lockscreen so I could control music while I am driving without having to unlock the phone. And yes, my app notification settings for Google Play Music are turned on.

There's a root app for that.
It was even featured on XDA main page...
https://www.xda-developers.com/ambient-lock-screen-music-pixel-2/
But to be fair, Google ****ed that one up, really.

Found
I managed to have Spotify "now playing" appear just by having lock screen notifications on. It does not give you a full screen view of Spotify, but it still appears as a bar that lets you change songs and shows the title. Hope this helps

DB473 said:
I managed to have Spotify "now playing" appear just by having lock screen notifications on. It does not give you a full screen view of Spotify, but it still appears as a bar that lets you change songs and shows the title. Hope this helps
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Where did you turn on lock screen notifications for Spotify?
Edit: I know what you mean. Lockscreen, not AOD (derp). I believe the people on this thread are all asking for always on display music controls. Like Samsung has on theirs.

Gotcha. The AOD isn't what I was referring to. All I have is some sort of playback/visibility options on the lock screen when the app is running; it makes it convenient when driving or during workouts to quickly switch songs. Somebody did mention an AOD app above if the basic lock screen visibility isn't enough for everyone.

d j a said:
YES- I know exactly what that is. I'm not talking about that.
I'm talking about the phone LITERALLY showing what is playing. (Or "now" playing on the phone lol) For example- on my 'old' S7
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The dirty unicorn rom does this! Its amazing and I think its better the the googles version or "now playing"

Mine works fine.

it works
alia5 said:
There's a root app for that.
It was even featured on XDA main page...
https://www.xda-developers.com/ambient-lock-screen-music-pixel-2/
But to be fair, Google ****ed that one up, really.
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wow didnt expect this to work but it does and it even has a double tap to open spotify from AOD