What's up with Media Player 10? Like 9, certain buttons can be set for pause, next tract, etc, but with 10, there is no option to have these buttons active when WMP is in the background. This is crappy for me since I like to use another program to disable the screen (screenlock-rc) which conveniently disabled every button apart from the ones WMP overides.
Now I can't have the screen and buttons turned off, and pause/change tracks whilst phone is in my pocket.
I just upgraded my Blue Angel (M2000) to a ROM with WMP10 and I love the skinning ability, but this severely crappens my experience!
Am I missing something?
Pete
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Hello,
I would like to listen to my WM(mp3 player) while my device is in my pocket with some type of screen lock or buttons lock. If I play music and turn the device off the music stops.
Is there anyway I can get around this?
many thanks
PocketPlayer does this...
Great software!
you can set the wmp so that you can toggle off the screen when playing mp3z...some helpful chap had a post on how to do this...or you can use apps like nodisplay or screenoff which allows you to switch off the screen and still play the wmp.
To answer my question.
What I did was used that togged screen fuction which turns off the screen and made all buttons set to play, which means pushing any button while listen to music would just keep playing it with having the screen lock on.
I have a wmp 9 and it has settings/buttons - > "un-map buttons during background play" but I could not find an option to turn the screen off, where did you find this option?
I suggesest GSPlayer!
It is an MP3/OGG player with veriy good sound quality.
paulmc said:
I have a wmp 9 and it has settings/buttons - > "un-map buttons during background play" but I could not find an option to turn the screen off, where did you find this option?
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This does not mean what you think it means.
The button settings you set in wmp are only active while wmp is running. If you set "unmap buttons during background play" the button settings you set are only active while wmp is in the foreground, e.g if you go to the today screen you will not be able to change to the next track using mapped buttons.
The option to switch the screen off is called "screen toggle". If mapped to a button, this will switch the screen on or off when you press on it.
I see many people not understanding these wordings, which is a shame, as with the screen off you can get similar play times to an ipod. With the screen on its likely you can only get 3-4 hours
Surur
FOR one button to lock and unlock , you can use software"displayoff".
FOR two button to lock and unlock , you can use software"screenlock", i recommand this one
both software just lock the screen, the Ops still process.
easy to search in Google
Weis Soft ScreenLock
Hi all! I have an xdaiis & its running o2 1.40. I often listen to music whilst out however haven't found a way of listening to media player but not allowing the unit to function by an accidental tap of the screen or a button, and pressing power stops media player too. Is there a way of stopping this?
Thanks
Leo
You could use one of the many software tools available to lock your PDA until you unlock it via a specific combination of keypresses - I had one on my own XDA until I hard reset it - can't remember what it's called right now, but the icon is just a yellow padlock.
listening to music with your device off
Leo,
I accidently found the solution to your problem !!
Start the media player and then press the centre button of the navigation pad to black out the screen. The media player will continue playing songs without the device coming alive by accidental pressing of button or tapping on the screen. To bring it back, press the centre button of the navigation tab again.
Try and see if it works for you.
Anil
XDAIIs
The Action button (centre D-Pad) on my 2i switches between play and pause in my install of Windows Media Player 10, just for the record.
Turn display off
go to wmp settings or options and navigate to buttons.. assign a button for display toggle.. Tat solves u
Thanks for your help guys!
Unfortunately the screen toggle only works with the screen & my buttons are still activated which my krussel case always presses against.
Anyone know of a way of stopping the buttons too? It's crazy that it has been designed this way!
Thank you
Leo
splonker said:
Thanks for your help guys!
Unfortunately the screen toggle only works with the screen & my buttons are still activated which my krussel case always presses against.
Anyone know of a way of stopping the buttons too? It's crazy that it has been designed this way!
Thank you
Leo
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Try DeltaLock. It's very small and simple, and does just what you're looking for.
ramjet73
Thanks!
Problem is solved! Thank you ramjet73, Carty, christopherwoods & phantom1261 for your help! Now i can easily listen to music without being charged because GPRS connects!
Thanks again!
Leo
<sigh> Over the last few days, I have been reading up on so much, and am feeling the effects of information overload!!!
Quick question - Is there a way (or an app) to lock down the Wizard buttons/screen while using it as an Mp3 player?
Heavy snowfall today, so I was out shoveling snow, listening to music (mortplayer) from my Wizard (original headphones). Every now and then, I would press a button (or screen).
Is there a way to lock it down, so screen is off and buttons off, and only power button (or incoming phone call) would disrupt?
GSPlayer has an option to lock all buttons and turn display off.
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GSPlayer has an option to lock all buttons and turn display off.
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Thanks for the tip - I've never checked out GSPlayer, so I will!
Otherwise, I gotta say that I really like Mortplayer, and the various skins that are available with it.
Mortplayer seems pretty complex - and it does have button lock functionality, which i am tinkering with as I write...
So, I'm wondering if anyone knows of any way to control the media player tab of TF3D when the screen is off?
I have an AT&T Fuze. I can see many posts about using Windows Media player and the shortcuts that can be assigned, but they don't appear to work on the TF3D player.
I'd like to be able to skip forward and reverse without having to turn the screen on. I know the Dpad up and down will do this while the screen is on. Rotating around the dpad will fast forward and reverse in the song while the screen is on, but nothing works when the screen is off.
Any thought or suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks.
I got the Tilt 2 yesterday and while I really enjoy it for the most part, there's one thing that's really getting on my nerves. I can't turn off the screen manually without stopping audio playback (whether WMP or Pandora or TCPMP). The Q&A on HTC's website illustrates it well--
Q. When I am listening to music via the built in Windows Media Player on my device and I press the Power button to put my device in hibernate mode, the playback stops. How can I continue to listen to my music without having my screen on?
A. If you manually press the Power Button once to put the device in hibernate mode, Windows Media Player music playback will stop. This is by design to allow you to quickly stop the playback. To continue listening to your music without leaving the screen on, let the device go into hibernate on its own; the music will continue to play.
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I really hate this because I want to be able to turn off the screen whenever I want, and I can stop playback quickly enough by pushing the pause button. What's more, the screen does not automatically go into hibernate mode in Pandora anyway. It may not in TCPMP either, I don't know yet. Is there any way to go back to the WinMo 6.0/.1 way?
I already posted this on Brighthand, but the WinMo forums there are relatively dead, so I thought I'd post here.
I'd really appreciate any help; I don't want to waste massive amounts of battery power in Pandora.
Thanks,
Andrew
install the xdaShutdown app... there's an option there to turn the screen off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544016
It seems to have the same effect: stopping the audio when I hit "sleep."
Try changing the sleep to lights out it's under right key options some themes have this on screen anyway..
Also not sure if any of these ways will help:
Music not playing when turn off screen: For people who use normal device lock vjdevicelock.cab install to device will be a shortcut in system tools / For people who use S2U2 Toggle Screen.cab install to device will be shortcut in System Tools will sleep screen then S2U2 locks "Both of these tweaks will need to be reaplyied if you turn device back on via power button"
Taken from my Kaiser ROM thread.
Use Nitrogen Player and click on the Power Icon to turn off screen.
Or if you prefer to use another browser, just add it to the Exclusive Programs List under Settings > Task Manager > Exclusive.
I have long power mapped to turning off the display. Basically, I have a shortcut in \windows that points to a morscript that toggles the display. The link is called long_power.lnk. This is the script:
ToggleDisplay("Off")
Oh, I should have looked more carefully at xdaShutdown. The lights out option is the perfect solution! I mapped the program to the PPT button so I can do it more easily. Thanks everyone! I'm also going to look at Nitrogen anyway, that sounds interesting.
Playback While Screen Off.cab
I have this cab, im not sure who made it but it works on my sprint tp2 great. I simply install the cab. and after that whenever i play music in any app... WMP to Slacker Radio... press the power button and music doesn't stop.