There are times when I just want to use my Wing to play music while I'm working or whatever. I am always getting confused about how to set all the variable settings from S2U2, screen blanking, power settings, etc... and end up having the music stop/interrupt after some time-variable elapses.
Could someone give me the parameters, and HIERARCHY of which settings take precedence over others, in terms of my objective:
To play music uninterrupted, while conserving most battery power. What's your solution? thanks in advance.
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the problem i face is same as the title, i want the music keep playing even while i press the power button.
i have tried pocketplayer, S2P, kinoma, HTC audio manager (manilla2d built-in) and they stop while i press the power button to put the machine to sleep mode.
i search in google but i can not find suitable articles for me.
is there anything i could do with my machine ? i am using hermes with manilla 2d rom, but before i flash this rom, everything just fine, but now, it makes me so annoying that i need keep press power button every few mins .
I use S2P and S2U2 and have set S2U2 to only blank the screen and not power off totally after 45 seconds (you can just change this to the time you want). That way I can just let the display time out and the music keeps playing. I think you can use any music player along with S2U2 this way and keep the music playing with the display off.
Pocket Player works for me
I use pocket player, and that function works fine for me. Just make sure to change the sttings : menu>more>options>advanced>power options
The only problem I have had is with the newest version. The music keeps playing when I use the power button, but I can't control playback functions like I could in version 3.6
I wouldn't recommend any other player. I use pocket player on a daily basis for my work. I do floor contracting/installation. I listen all day through bluetooth headset(function supported by pocket player without adding any other programs like BT toggle). Also has EQ and a lot of plugins(support winmedia plugins as well).
Might sound like a salesman, but I've tried them all and pocket player is the best. I hope somebody figures a way to make HTC home support
Try buying a new phone, something like a smartphone that can play music while the phone is asleep.
Hi guys,
love my Leo the longer I have it.
Just one question: has anybody been able to find a sleep timer for Leo? I always fall asleep listening to music or audio book played with the built-in (music tab) player. On my HD, I used PHM Sleep Timer, ticked the option to suspend the device after timeout, it worked like a charm. Unfortunatelly, this doesn't seem to be working on Leo. I suspect the problem is that the sleep timer switches off the screen. The HD hibernated, music stopped, but Leo can play music also with screen off..
Anybody knows about a software or utility that would be able to stop playing the music by hibernating the device? I know that there are music players with built-in sleep timers but I like the music tab player and don't want to install another player if I can avoid it.
Any suggestions welcome
No suggestions?
Don't know a software that fits your needs yet. But how about quickly putting together a custom playlist before going to sleep? That's what I've done for quite some time even on my far "simpler" device like the N82. Want it to end playing in an hour or so? Just put in songs/audiobooktracks worth an hour and there you go.
I've read posts before of people seeing better battery life after they've had their phone a couple weeks. I've had my a couple days, and sometimes it gets pretty hot when I'm not doing anything. So I've been using Android Task Manager to view realtime processes. What I've noticed is that the "Music Enhancer" and "Sound Set" processes all the sudden have become active and are in the top 5 CPU utilizers. Usually this was accompanied by Power Amp (which I wasn't using the app) but now it is accompanied by Google Play Music Service (which I wasn't using either).
I have a large music collection loaded. Is Android/Google up to something as far as cataloging my music or sending information to Google Play about the music on my Phone. Of course that wouldn't explain why Power Amp was eating CPU when not being used.
It's enough draw that the USB charging can't keep up with the CPU utilization. This is on wifi so it can't be something to do with 4G data transfers going on.
I have Google Play music sync turned OFF on the phone.
It has to do with HTC Music Enhancer. Must be analyzing my 2000 MP3s for the first time or something? There's no information anywhere as to what it does / is doing.
I should have posted my app in here a long time ago. But I guess it is never too late to post it and hope for some good feedback on how to improve the app even further.
What does SleepTimer do:
It simply gives you a way of stopping your music after x minutes. Set it, and listen to music (or a video) in the evening without having to worry about the music running at 3am and waking you up from your sleep. SleepTimer lets you even do more like turning off wifi and/or mobile data after it turned off the music so you do not get interrupted by those annoying WhatsApp messages .
Scenarios
1. Turning off music after falling asleep
2. Turning off remote music like iTunes Remote, YouTube over ChromeCast, ... (needs some configuration)
3. Like fall asleep while talking with your love but hate high phone bills? Let SleepTimer stop the phone call (needs some configuration)
For most use cases SleepTimer just works. Open it up, set time, start. Done. And it even looks nice (at least I think so).
Only like 6% of the apps need some additional configuration to make them work.
More details (only for those who want to know/read more)
The app uses many different techniques to turn off the music. Audio controls, audio foreground, and even notifications since the newest version. Sadly there are some really bad music players out there that do not support any way of stopping their music except for opening the app and using the stop button in there. In such cases there is only the way of lowering the volume (which I hate ). I hope those developers get to work and implement a proper Music Player. Luckily most apps work though.
About notifications (new since October 2014)
This I am actually pretty proud about and took me a while to implement. And it gives us two new features.
1. Stop music using the notification
So if they have a pause/stop/close control in the notifcation, one can add a custom action in settings, select the app and click on the button in the notification that stops the music. SleepTimer will then use that button in the notification to stop the music. That allows more ways to stop an app and allows to stop apps like iTunes Remote, YouTube with ChromeCast, ...
2. Wait until the end of a track
If enabled, SleepTimer will not turn off the music immediately but wait until the track ends. This is done using the text content of the notification. As soon as the text in a notification changes SleepTimer knows that the track is changing and it will send a stop request immediately. (As well it ignores numbers like 3:12 which is obviously not track information but time information)
Shake extend
If enabled, you can extend the timer by shaking your phone. So you can set some quiet chime to run one minute before the timer runs out. If you can still hear it then just shake to phone to extend the timer.
Root
One can enable root in advanced settings to have even more options when the timer ends. For example turning off the phone or turning on airplane mode.
I hope you do like the app. If not, let me know why. If you have any recommendations or questions, please just ask. As well any ideas how to improve the app further are welcome.
Cheers,
Patrick
First.
Does it support all music & video players? Or only stock players?
exodius48 said:
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Does it support all music & video players? Or only stock players?
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It supports a lot of music and video players. Basically all of them that support the events of Android that good Audio Player apps should support according to Google Many players I tested (Stock, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, YouTube, ...) worked. And even if they don't work by default, try out adding a custom action in settings in on sleep actions.
Is is possible to turn off the device after x minutes?
Kuri93 said:
Is is possible to turn off the device after x minutes?
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Yes it is. But only if you have a rooted phone. If you do, then enable root in the advanced settings and then go into the On Sleep Actions settings where you will find the turn off phone option .
I think it would be great idea to add some notification with countdown(few seconds), before phone shutting down.
This is a really neat app! All the other sleep timers I tried didn't feature root options like airplane mode etc. Thanks a lot!
Just a little request: Could you add a screen off option as well? I mean sure, the device will turn off the display afterwards by itself, but I thought it might be useful.
Continuous sleep mode
Hi
I would like to know if the app can be configured so that if I fall asleep with earphones on and wake up and press the play/stop button on the earphones, theaudio I was listening to continues, but is automatically in sleep countdown mode without having to start Sleep Timer again.
This is the way the sleep mode in Smart Audiobooks works and it is very nice.
Thanks.
If I'm listening to audio in MX Player Pro on my Galaxy S7, it will interrupt for a second whenever I perform another operation, even though I have set the audio to play in the background. The settings for background audio are a little unclear (screenshot attached), but I've tried every configuration with no improvement.
This interruption happens when I minimize the screen with the home button or click the side button for the display to go blank, or basically any task. The audio does resume after that short interruption.
Is there a setting for it to play uninterrupted while performing other functions? Any info is greatly appreciated.
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If I'm listening to audio in MX Player Pro on my Galaxy S7, it will interrupt for a second whenever I perform another operation, even though I have set the audio to play in the background. The settings for background audio are a little unclear (screenshot attached), but I've tried every configuration with no improvement.
This interruption happens when I minimize the screen with the home button or click the side button for the display to go blank, or basically any task. The audio does resume after that short interruption.
Is there a setting for it to play uninterrupted while performing other functions? Any info is greatly appreciated.
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HI,
It's introduced in recent versions as there are some issues in certain devices.
We have also received the similar report from others.
In the next version, it will be optional. Users with issue can enable the new option to avoid the issue while others can get the old behaviour.
Thank you. Can you tell me the name of the option and where to find it in the settings once the new version is released?
kwhopson said:
Thank you. Can you tell me the name of the option and where to find it in the settings once the new version is released?
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There won't be any extra effort required on your end.
There will be a option called "Smooth Switch" just below background play. By default it will be disabled.
When it's enabled audio will fade out when you switch to background. It's for those who has issues.