I just switched from an iPhone to a Pixel 2 XL. I do not have a very large data plan, so I took a suggestion from a friend and loaded all of my music into Play Music and then downloaded it onto my phone(put my songs into playlists and downloaded those). Now I have an issue where a lot of my explicit songs have been replaced with edited versions. I searched around and found there is an option "Fix incorrect match" in Play Music but I have already had a handful of songs that were like this and I just started using it today so I know there will be a lot more.
So my question is, if I use Android File Transfer to transfer my songs from my computer to my local device, will I still run into the same issue with songs being replaced with edited version? Should I look for a completely different Music Player and just sync my music to that?
I pay for Google Play Music and get all the explicit music I want. Although, I don't use offline option very much.
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If the track is available locally, i.e. on the device, the local copy should take precedence over the copy in the cloud.
I went ahead and tested some of the songs that were changed to the edited versions. So far, transferring with USB hasn't changed any of the explicit versions to edited versions. It will take awhile for me to transfer everything manually but I suppose it is better than having the edited versions. I am still not a huge fan of Play Music thus far.
Play Music isn't to everyone's taste, but I like having all my music available at a moment's notice. Granted, I could simply drag all 60+ GB of music I have onto my P2XL (128GB version) but I'd much rather use the space for movies.
The big issue people seem to have with Play Music is Google botching matches. For example, I have a copy of the Avril Lavigne single "Girlfriend" from her album "The Best Damn Thing". When I uploaded it Google botched the match and thought I had uploaded the German version of the song. I had to remove it from my collection and re-upload, because "Fix Incorrect Track" didn't work. Even now, it's not totally correct because I have the sanitized version in the Google Music collection. Another example: I have both the English and German versions of "99 Red Balloons" by Nena. Google went and converted the German version into the English release.
I will say however that I uploaded my music years ago, and Google's machine learning has improved since then.
I use an app called iSyncr to wirelessly sync all my music from my iTunes library on my Mac to my 2 XL. I use Pulsar+ music player and it works great.
If you were using Apple Music or something along those lines, then I'm not too sure.
I didn't realize Google Play Music does a matching process with your uploads. Even though I had tons up albums uploaded from my iTunes library, most of my uploads that I play are DJ mix CDs.
My clarifying questions are:
- One, are you're using the offline option on explicit songs that you uploaded but when make them offline, Google gives you the clean version right
- And two, do you have a Google Play Music subscription or are you using the free 50,000 upload capacity?
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@EeZeEpEe: The song matching is how Google can provide 320Kbps MP3s, regardless of the quality of the actual file. Using the Avril Lavigne song as an example, I have it on my HDD at 128Kbps, but the copy on Google Music is 320Kbps. It's also sanitized of course, but having one word in a song muted doesn't bother me.
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@EeZeEpEe: The song matching is how Google can provide 320Kbps MP3s, regardless of the quality of the actual file. Using the Avril Lavigne song as an example, I have it on my HDD at 128Kbps, but the copy on Google Music is 320Kbps. It's also sanitized of course, but having one word in a song muted doesn't bother me.
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Okay but for the songs that it can't match (My friends' CDs they made 15+ years ago before online distribution) it's playing the exact quality I uploaded right? Which is fine by me.
And my second question regarding having a subscription, the explicit version of most songs (Like that Avirl Lavigne example) is available as seen in my screenshot. So is this not matching because you don't have a subscription or you do have a subscription but for only for offline use it's still not giving you the explicit version and for streaming you do get it?
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Songs that Google can't match are uploaded to their servers at the quality you ripped them at. I can't answer your question about the subscription because Google hasn't said one way or another. However, I do know I don't have my copy of the song tagged the way yours is. Maybe that has something to do with it?
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I didn't realize Google Play Music does a matching process with your uploads. Even though I had tons up albums uploaded from my iTunes library, most of my uploads that I play are DJ mix CDs.
My clarifying questions are:
- One, are you're using the offline option on explicit songs that you uploaded but when make them offline, Google gives you the clean version right
- And two, do you have a Google Play Music subscription or are you using the free 50,000 upload capacity?
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Yeah, I found out that Play Music has some song matching algorithm that matches your song with songs already stored in their Play Music database. This is a good idea but apparently it is flawed as you tend to get mismatched songs like in this case. As far as I know, this happens both with and without a Google Play Music subscription.
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@EeZeEpEe: The song matching is how Google can provide 320Kbps MP3s, regardless of the quality of the actual file. Using the Avril Lavigne song as an example, I have it on my HDD at 128Kbps, but the copy on Google Music is 320Kbps. It's also sanitized of course, but having one word in a song muted doesn't bother me.
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It wouldn't necessarily bother me for songs that were edited for one or two words but with some of my songs that were edited had multiple words in the Chorus that were edited. Maybe I just need to start listening to cleaner music
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Yeah, I found out that Play Music has some song matching algorithm that matches your song with songs already stored in their Play Music database. This is a good idea but apparently it is flawed as you tend to get mismatched songs like in this case. As far as I know, this happens both with and without a Google Play Music subscription.
It wouldn't necessarily bother me for songs that were edited for one or two words but with some of my songs that were edited had multiple words in the Chorus that were edited. Maybe I just need to start listening to cleaner music
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If that's the case, I would remove the clean versions from your library and add the explicit ones, if available, instead.
I actually turned on the "block explicit songs in radio" option because my wife doesn't like them anymore. Sometimes explicit ones still get through so the reverse isn't perfect either. LOL
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I have never seen zune, not yet because I am not living in US.
Can you use zune to play downloaded media files like mp3, flac, divx, xvid ...?
I meant, stuff you have downloaded and stored in sd card.
The Zune HD itself doesn't have an SD card, only internal storage, but yes, it plays lots of various formats.
# Audio support:
* CBR and VBR audio, up to 48 kHz sample rate
o WMA Standard up to 384 kbps (DRM protected files can be played only if purchased from the Zune Marketplace)
o WMA Pro stereo up to 768 kbps
o WMA Lossless stereo up to 768 kbps
o Unprotected AAC-LC (.mp4/.m4a/.m4b) up to 320 kbps
o MP3 up to 320 kbps
# Video support:[9]
* DVD resolution and frame rate, up to 10 Mbps bit rate, CBR or VBR for:
o H.264, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.1 + B-frames support [9]
o WMV Main and Simple Profile, Advanced profile up to Level 2.
Also, there's an update planned for later this spring to support MPEG video including XviD.
can you put downloaded media files into its internal storage and play them?
or you must get the media files from zune marketplace?
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can you put downloaded media files into its internal storage and play them?
or you must get the media files from zune marketplace?
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No, you can put them in internal storage. Also, the zune doesn't play flac...
You can sync your own files via the Zune desktop client, you don't have to buy stuff from them, although there's a service called Zune Pass where you can listen to music and download a certain number of titles per month.
The syncing is not as fascist as on the iPhone where the damned thing renames files, but still isn't as easy as copying files to the device (the way I do it currently with my HD2) - there's no access to ZHD's file system AFAIK. It's an ultimate annoyance I have with my wife's iPhone and I certainly hope this won't happen to WP7.
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You can sync your own files via the Zune desktop client, you don't have to buy stuff from them, although there's a service called Zune Pass where you can listen to music and download a certain number of titles per month.
The syncing is not as fascist as on the iPhone where the damned thing renames files, but still isn't as easy as copying files to the device (the way I do it currently with my HD2) - there's no access to ZHD's file system AFAIK. It's an ultimate annoyance I have with my wife's iPhone and I certainly hope this won't happen to WP7.
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There is a reg tweak that can enable File Explorer view of the Zune on the PC. Look it up
Yes, you can put whatever you want on there (as long as it's a supported format). The only way to get it on is to use the Zune desktop software which is Windows only at the moment
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You can sync your own files via the Zune desktop client, you don't have to buy stuff from them, although there's a service called Zune Pass where you can listen to music and download a certain number of titles per month.
The syncing is not as fascist as on the iPhone where the damned thing renames files, but still isn't as easy as copying files to the device (the way I do it currently with my HD2) - there's no access to ZHD's file system AFAIK. It's an ultimate annoyance I have with my wife's iPhone and I certainly hope this won't happen to WP7.
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Zune Pass allows for unlimited downloads per month but they are all DRMed and will cease to work if you cancel the subscription. In addition, you get 10 non-DRMed files per month that you get to keep. This option is $14.99/month. What's really cool is you can download music right from your device over WiFi (and over 3G on WP7). Since it has a built in FM radio, it can use the radio ID tags to download songs you like instantly.
The other option is to pay per track. They use the idiotic Microsoft Points that Xbox Live uses and it's 79 points per song (about $.98).
All of the non-DRM music in the store is regular ol' MP3.
the Zune devices are just like iPods they don't allow external card support. It uses the same exact media formats as iTunes. It supports the following media formats:
mp3
wma
wmv
mp4
m4a
m4b
m4v
mov
jpeg
But Zunes are REALLY good. I've had iPods and I owned a Zune 30GB and 120GB and I think the Zunes are Way better than any mp3 Apple offers excluding the iPod Touch. Where iPods have a click wheel that only operates in one direction, the Zunes have scroll pads like a laptop that has gestures that operate in 4 directions. You should check out a demo on youtube. iTunes does have more content than Zune Marketplace, but the gap is narrowing quickly. The Zune biggest point is the Zune Pass, which allows Unlimited DRM-Music downloads for only $15 a month and gives you 10 free drm-less song free every month. If you don't like that, then you can download individual albums and songs or do what I do. Remove the DRM from the Zune Pass subscription. If you dont' want to buy from Zune, you can still download from Amazon or even Itunes and configure you folders to where ever your music and videos folder are at. That's what I did in the beginning.
Here's comparison pics of the iPod Classic and Zune 120GB.
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Thanks guys, I got the idea how it works.
I am not a music guy, so I almost never intentionally play music on my phone.
And I don't own any dedicated mp3 player device.
I do own iPod shuffle (got it for free from promotion), but I left it in a drawer (I forgot where it is now) because it was quite confusing to install and I hate iTunes. I was trying to copy my mp3 and could not figure it out.
Most probably I will use the Zune part to play recorded videos from the WP7S phone device. I hope Microsoft would expand its video/audio codec later.
I cannot believe how unintuitive Zune software is.
Just try to edit a playlist in any manner. F*cking impossible.
I have an existing playlist on my phone called "workout". I wanted to add some songs to it. Nope. Nothing doing. That is beyond the scope of what's possible with today's technology.
Right clicking does nothing. Oh you can drag the name of the playlist or individual songs around. But you can't drag them to anywhere. Just around the screen I guess for your own amusement before you release the mouse button and the little icon disappears.
So I open the Zune player on my phone (which doesn't recognize the album the songs are from... even though I edited the meta data in Zune software and f*cking told them what the album is), go to the song and select "save to playlist".
It asks me to name it. Uh, ok.
I go to the next song, select save to playlist. Asks me to name it again. Oh I get it, this is like DOS where we just name where we're putting it.
Let's go check on our new playlist shall we?
It's actually two playlists, and they contain the same songs. When you select "save to playlist", it just saves ALL the songs from that artist in a playlist. How f*cking useless is that?? There are ballads from that artist that I don't want coming up when I'm about to bench press my craptacular 10 pounds or whatever.
Is it just... IMPOSSIBLE, to create software that is straightforward and doesn't require a manual??
** - disclaimer - I went right from trying to figure it out to here. Didn't google for help or anything, because, above all, I shouldn't HAVE to. F*cking ridiculous.
I don't see how it gets any easier that selecting songs, hitting right click, and saying add to playlist
Edit: Agreed that playlist editing on Windows Phone is a joke though. It essentially just allows you to save your current Now Playing playlist
That would be great... however as I stated, right click brought no such options. And I right clicked EVERYTHING.
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That would be great... however as I stated, right click brought no such options. And I right clicked EVERYTHING.
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In your collection, you're telling me if you right click (on an artist, album, song, genre, pretty much damn near anything) that you don't get a context menu with some of the following options (and many more)?
Play
Play Smart DJ Mix
Sync with XXXX
Add to Playlist
Add to burnlist
I don't understand the problem. It works just like adding songs to your phone. If you are in the Playlists tab, you can click and drag down to your phone...in the lower left...or right click and add to phone. If you are anywhere else, you can drag songs down to your Playlist...it's right down in the corner next to your phone or burn to CD...or you can right click and add to playlist. You can do this with individual songs or an album or artist.
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I don't understand the problem. It works just like adding songs to your phone. If you are in the Playlists tab, you can click and drag down to your phone...in the lower left...or right click and add to phone. If you are anywhere else, you can drag songs down to your Playlist...it's right down in the corner next to your phone or burn to CD...or you can right click and add to playlist. You can do this with individual songs or an album or artist.
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my points exactly,I don't understand the difficulty. I never edited a playlist in Zune PC software. I made them entirely on my phone but I saw the playlist option there.
I'll explain what I'm looking at right now, since you people think I'm blind or have selective vision.
I'm in Zune software. In "Phone", "music"... and I don't even see the songs I want to add to the playlist (the new ones I added to the phone yesterday). They're not showing up. HOWEVER I was just out with the dogs, listening to them, so I know they're there.
BUT, just for sh*ts and giggles, let's try this wonderous right-click.
Ok I've selected a song. Here is the context menu:
-copy to my collection
-delete from my phone
I am assuming I have to first copy songs to my PC (as when I click on a song that's on my PC, yes I see the "add to playlist"), then put them into a playlist. Well that's intuitive. Makes perfect sense. Why make it easy? Why make it easy when you can make it plodding and confusing.
None of that matters however since the Zune software doesn't even see the songs that are on my phone. So I can't copy them to my PC even if I wanted to.
And I'm not technically challenged. I've been a somewhat "tech" guy since I was a kid in the early 90's. I have a windows mobile device that I have enjoyed installing Android on (Omnia II), I set up our home network to share videos from PC's to XBox's and back (which is also incredibly "straightforward"). I know my way around the basics.
Zune software is flawed and hard to use. F*cking designers should understand that simplicity is key. Their OS that uses Zune software has incredibly easy folders/tree system. So what do they do? Change all the things! Moronic.
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And I still haven't even tackled how to edit my current playlist to delete some songs out of it.
The songs should've sync automatically. In "my collection", do you have "recent" selected?
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The songs should've sync automatically. In "my collection", do you have "recent" selected?
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Hmmm, I'm not sure. I'm in there now... and I don't see a "recent" word anywhere.
Is that an option as in "show recent"?
Or is it just an area that shows recent activity?
Setup a new autoplaylist for recently added songs.
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Also say you bought some songs directly on your phone from Zune then connect your phone to the PC software, the new songs will sync to your local collection automatically. You just go to Collection and sort albums by date added.
The new songs/Albums will be listed first. Also as I mentioned if you create an autoplaylist for your recently added songs, you can find them here.
Editing playlists is best done in the Zune desktop player collection area rather than Phone -> Music. The latter simply shows you what is on the device and gives you the option to delete some freeing up space.
between zune and itunes I dont know what is worse of a bloated POS!
So I have been using a windows phone with a zune pass which allows you to download unlimited music and stream it. Its almost exactly like MOG. Now I have this phone and use mog. I paid for the subscription so I can download music to my hearts content. This issue is that my car radio doesn't display any of the artist or song info of the downloaded music or the streaming music. Mog saves the songs as random numbers and not by any artist title. My question is what subscription based music app let's you download and stream music that is similar to zune but not mog.
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Rdio is my favorite. 10$ a month for unlimited download and streaming on mobile and online. I love it. Amazing sound quality. A crap ton of music to choose from. Takes me around an hour to sync my collection of 825+ songs which is nice. I even have it themed
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Rdio is my favorite. 10$ a month for unlimited download and streaming on mobile and online. I love it. Amazing sound quality. A crap ton of music to choose from. Takes me around an hour to sync my collection of 825+ songs which is nice. I even have it themed
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I'm using Spotify for my music streaming needs. I don't know subscription price, or the quality of the service in the US though (I'm from Norway).
Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy Nexus
There is an app called MusicHyped that allows you to stream songs for Free, you can find the thread for it in Themes/Apps sections.
EDIT: here's the thread link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835236
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He's not talking about music streaming... hr is talking about a subscription type deal like Rapshody or the app I mentioned Rdio.
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Haven't tried Uber's recommendation, but I have been using Rhapsody for around 8 or more years. Downloaded it for android the day it became available. I would marry it if it had girl parts and could cook. But for music it's great.
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Oh I misunderstood, so what is special about the subscription based music streamers/downloaders?
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Oh I misunderstood, so what is special about the subscription based music streamers/downloaders?
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Its legal? And you can actually listen to your collection offline and not use so much battery streaming
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Thanks for all the recommendations. I tried the free trial for rdio and it doesnt seem as refined as mog and basically works the exact same. I have resigned to the fact that no music from my android will display the artist, song, and album info onto my truck radio. I have tried to use MOG, Apollo (using songs that I manually ripped and put on the phone), and songs from my google music and none will display the song info on my truck's screen. Has anybody had success with Android and displaying the song info on radios? My Lumia 900 did it just perfectly but my Gnex just says no text for every kind of app that plays music.
Well, my friend used his Galaxy S III (stock) and was able to play music from google play and it displayed the information up on my truck's radio. It is either the phone or the ROM that i am using (phandroid). I dont want to flash another rom though to test it, so if anybody is able to display song / title info onto their vehicle radios, please let me know.
Next issue, is that on wp7 phones, it automatically will read texts to you while connected to a bluetooth headset, which is extremely useful for driving. Gnex doesnt do this. I am curious as to what apps people are using that can do this same thing. Any ideas?
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Well, my friend used his Galaxy S III (stock) and was able to play music from google play and it displayed the information up on my truck's radio. It is either the phone or the ROM that i am using (phandroid). I dont want to flash another rom though to test it, so if anybody is able to display song / title info onto their vehicle radios, please let me know.
Next issue, is that on wp7 phones, it automatically will read texts to you while connected to a bluetooth headset, which is extremely useful for driving. Gnex doesnt do this. I am curious as to what apps people are using that can do this same thing. Any ideas?
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Doubtful. You could just backup in recovery... and then flash a new ROM and see if it works if it works then just start over if it doesnt just restore your nandroid. Everything will be back to the way it was like nothing ever occurred.
Hey Guys
Just got a Galaxy Tab 3 (GT-P5210) and I'm struggling to get MX Player to play MKVs with DTS audio.
I've been to the "MX Player Custom Codec with DTS Support" thread and followed the instructions, but still no audio when playing back MKVs with DTS audio.
The codec I downloaded for my device was "x86-SSE3 [MD5:3dea0d71e4db915aab777316c697ef23]"
But, one thing I noted was that in step 6 it states:
"Navigate into the folder you put on your device. It will list all five library files. Press OK"
The zip I downloaded only had one file within it (libffmpeg.mx.so), so am I doing something wrong?
When I try play a movie with DTS audio, I get this message:
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When I select the downloaded 'Custom Codec', the player restarts and then displays the following:
Any ideas what I'm missing guys?
Does anyone know?
guides outdated, you only need the one file.
did you remember to switch your audio playback over to software?
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did you remember to switch your audio playback over to software?
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The settings I had selected at the time of original post were as follows:
What exactly do I need to select to enable DTS playback?
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The settings I had selected at the time of original post were as follows:
What exactly do I need to select to enable DTS playback?
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wrong settings... once you actually play the video, you can pick what decoder for audio and video in there. pick software audio and choose the relevant track.
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wrong settings... once you actually play the video, you can pick what decoder for audio and video in there. pick software audio and choose the relevant track.
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Thanks for the reply, but something must be amiss somewhere with the way I have it configured as I tried that and still couldn't get it to work.
Anyhow, I've give up on MX Player for playing back network/SMB shares and paid for 'Archos Video Player' and also downloaded he 'Archos - All Codecs' (from m4rk3t) and everything seems to play fine now over my local network.
In fact, I cannot believe I haven't came across 'Archos Video Player' before.
It actually very good at video playback as you would expect, but it can also scrape movie and TV data from various online databases in much the same way as XBMC on PC can (but obviously not as configurable).
I'm just gutted didn't discover this a couple of years ago as the time wasted faffing around with various programs, different options and plenty of tweaking far outweighs the £3.99 spent on the 'Archos Video Player'.
In fact, my first PMP was an 'Archos 704 WiFi 80GB' (around 2008), which used to sell @ around £400 and I still cannot work out how they never managed to dominate the current market in such devices with them having a massive headstart on everyone else.
Shame, as they made some sturdy kit too.
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Thanks for the reply, but something must be amiss somewhere with the way I have it configured as I tried that and still couldn't get it to work.
Anyhow, I've give up on MX Player for playing back network/SMB shares and paid for 'Archos Video Player' and also downloaded he 'Archos - All Codecs' (from m4rk3t) and everything seems to play fine now over my local network.
In fact, I cannot believe I haven't came across 'Archos Video Player' before.
It actually very good at video playback as you would expect, but it can also scrape movie and TV data from various online databases in much the same way as XBMC on PC can (but obviously not as configurable).
I'm just gutted didn't discover this a couple of years ago as the time wasted faffing around with various programs, different options and plenty of tweaking far outweighs the £3.99 spent on the 'Archos Video Player'.
In fact, my first PMP was an 'Archos 704 WiFi 80GB' (around 2008), which used to sell @ around £400 and I still cannot work out how they never managed to dominate the current market in such devices with them having a massive headstart on everyone else.
Shame, as they made some sturdy kit too.
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the setting is the little musical note in the very top right of MX player, once you start playing a video. you choose software decoder there, and the audio track you want and it works.
i use MX player for all my network playback needs, trouble free.
Just an update to say WOW!
This app has made my tablet what I have been crying out for since getting my 'ASUS TF101' back in November 2011.
This is it!
For anyone who hasn't seen it, here some screen captures of the 'Archos Video Player' widget (which can be re-sized to fill the whole screen as I have).
One screen for movies, one screen for TV shows etc.
MooVees & TeeVee
The widget even lets you scroll through the contents of you SMB folder (once it's been indexed) and quickly populates the screen with thumbnails as you scroll up/down.
Clicking the thumbnail then lauches the movie.
Awesome!
Maybe not for everyone, but this is just what I've been looking for.
Mussels84 said:
the setting is the little musical note in the very top right of MX player, once you start playing a video. you choose software decoder there, and the audio track you want and it works.
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Maybe it's something else with my configuration then as I did this earlier with a movie containing DTS audio and I just got the same error messages as I did originally.
I even tried downloading and installing the x86 codec again, but got the 'Unsupported device' message once more.
Anyhow, no looking back now.
For me personally, 'Archos Video Player' is what I've been looking for.
Primarily, I want my tablets to be PMPs and this is what 'Archos Video Player'.
Thanks for your help.
wait you said x86, maybe thats why. mines ARM. (tab 3 8.0)
could be that it behaves different between the two.
Mussels84 said:
wait you said x86, maybe thats why. mines ARM. (tab 3 8.0)
could be that it behaves different between the two.
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It could be!
What device are you using?
I know when I check my 'Decoder' settings, there is an option to 'Download custom codec' and it says underneath 'Please download x86 type cusom codec' and even when I follow this route to obtain the codec, I still get the same errors.
Just been having a mess around with the 'Archos Video Player' and discovered that everything seems to play fine on the 'Samsung Galaxy Tab 3' in 720p MKV format over the network (don't have 1080p the experiment with).
However and probably due to it's age, some movies seem a bit choppy on the 'ASUS TF101'.
More than happy now tho'.
Just wondering which streaming service you guys are using on this phone and why. I have had GPM for years, I was expecting it to be a little smoother and better integrated into the Android ecosystem at this point. The app still feels clunky.
That being said, I was wondering what you all were using on this phone.
Cowbell_Guy said:
Just wondering which streaming service you guys are using on this phone and why. I have had GPM for years, I was expecting it to be a little smoother and better integrated into the Android ecosystem at this point. The app still feels clunky.
That being said, I was wondering what you all were using on this phone.
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GPM over Spotify due to integration of the Google ecosystem. I feel GPM plays more variety per station versus Spotify whereas Pandora plays most variety.
I personally use Pandora, especially when it's the grandfather of music streaming that was formulated by the Music Genome Project.
I have Spotify Premium. Gave GPM a shot and didn't like it much in comparison to Spotify.
I prefer the Spotify app better, but the ad-free YouTube is why I subscribed to GPM
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Just wondering which streaming service you guys are using on this phone and why. I have had GPM for years, I was expecting it to be a little smoother and better integrated into the Android ecosystem at this point. The app still feels clunky.
That being said, I was wondering what you all were using on this phone.
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GPM is going away. So I would not put any effort into it if you are not already on it. Which I am. It's all going YouTube Music and our playlists won't transfer.
I'm a Spotify premium user and I love his audio quality
TonikJDK said:
GPM is going away. So I would not put any effort into it if you are not already on it. Which I am. It's all going YouTube Music and our playlists won't transfer.
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Source?
I find that Spotify is best for discovering new music. It makes really great suggestions based on your listening history. I've found a few bands I really love now because of it. I tried GPM for a bit, but it is clunky and doesn't really suggest what I'm into. The playlists aren't nearly as good either imo.
Chance Ill said:
Source?
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It's all over the net.
https://www.google.com/search?q=goo...ndroid-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
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It's all over the net.
https://www.google.com/search?q=goo...ndroid-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
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It is not going away until all of us who are on GPM are migrated over to YouTube music. We lose no functionality and it'll be business as usual.
I much prefer spotfiy overall. Weirdly enough the sound is a bit louder through GPM, not necessarily better. I find the UI a bit annoying and clunky on GPM. each time I try it I always end up back on Spotify
Spotify
I like GPM's ability to upload music but it seems clunky and I find artist discovery much better. As for Apple Music, it too has music upload and even lyrics support but I hate the UI and it crashed too often for my liking.
I feel that spotify is the better application. The search algorithms are spot on and new unknown music is way better.
That being said I am on-board with GPM for the previously stated integrations and YT Premium.
Reuben_skelz92 said:
I much prefer spotfiy overall. Weirdly enough the sound is a bit louder through GPM, not necessarily better. I find the UI a bit annoying and clunky on GPM. each time I try it I always end up back on Spotify
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You can make the sound a little louder for Spotify in its settings.
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Google Play Music because I was an early adopter for $8 and got grandfathered into YouTube Red now Premium. Plus being able to upload my own collection, especially DJ mix CDs, was a nice plus.
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I use GPM since I started using it first + I also get no-ads youtube. That is a very important thing for me.
but, on the other hand, Spotify had better music quality. I tested same tracks on both Spotify and GPM. Spotify was much better.
And Spotify had more tracks that I listened to! For example, there is no Hotel California on GPM!
sacthegreat said:
I use GPM since I started using it first + I also get no-ads youtube. That is a very important thing for me.
but, on the other hand, Spotify had better music quality. I tested same tracks on both Spotify and GPM. Spotify was much better.
And Spotify had more tracks that I listened to! For example, there is no Hotel California on GPM!
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I had an ad free 3 month trial for YouTube and must say I really liked having it. There's a magisk module that unlocks it without a monthly premium
I think I'm sticking with GPM for now only because I've got the grandfather 7.99, and I've put so much into all my playlists and things, although the second they switch over to that YouTube crap, I'm moving to Spotify I think.
I agree it's a better interface.
I like Spotify even though it was a little more expensive than GPM when I signed up. There are a couple of things I think Spotify has to improve, at least for my preferences. Their shuffle mode is very weak. There is a lot of discussion on their forums about this for a couple of years now but no change. Also they are a bit behind the times on the number of devices that can stream at once.
I'm in the process of evaluating GPM (incl youtube premium trail), like it so far.
Spotify is usable but i have a few issues with it and dubbed it Stopify, it just stops playing at random occurrences, at home, in the car,... but not just on my pixel 2xl (oreo/pie), also my wife's Sony xz2 (oreo).
The only problem I have with GPM (and is actually not a GPM issue) is that i can't cast directly to my Bose soundtouch 300 soundbar, it doesn't support Google Cast, all my inputs are occupied, work around: turn on the tv and play via chromecast.
Best feature of GPM I think is the personalisation of the smart playlists, and mostly comes to the ability to down- or up-vote a track