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AudioManager problem

Hey guys, I've got this problem where HTC Touch PRO's TF3D Music tab can't play my music. I would get an error message "AudioManager_eng.exe has encountered a problem" and "shell32.exe has encountered a problem", smth like that. I've tried deleting the .VOL file and then soft reset. But when I go to the Music tab, AudioManager would Search for audio files and then those 2 error messages would pop up while searching and AudioManager will juz show "Searching" on the Music tab.
I've done a hard reset but to no avail. I really need this fixed. Thanks guys!

Come on guys. Anything?

Maybe you should try flashing a custom ROM.

I remember having this problem, I don't know how i resolved it, but just search AudioManager_eng.exe in google you'll find you answer, I'm sure.
Did you change your storage card to "my documents"? If so change it back there are to many problems.
Regards,
AJ

ajvdn said:
I remember having this problem, I don't know how i resolved it, but just search AudioManager_eng.exe in google you'll find you answer, I'm sure.
Did you change your storage card to "my documents"? If so change it back there are to many problems.
Regards,
AJ
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I don't wanna flash a custom ROM. Also, what did u mean by changing my storage card to "my documents"?

You need to download mp3tag, transfer your music back to your desktop, strip all the tags off your songs and resync it. This fixes the audiomanager crash. I had the same problem and I tryed this and it worked. This solution comes from the Diamond forum

Wow, that fixed the problem. Thanks! So AudioManager doesn't support ID3 tags? If I added only album art into the tag, will the same problem occur?

Sil3ncer said:
Wow, that fixed the problem. Thanks! So AudioManager doesn't support ID3 tags? If I added only album art into the tag, will the same problem occur?
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I'm not sure but give it a try and let us know. There has to be a way to still get our album art on our music and have it play through audio manager

You can install the album art, as I have it running perfectly on my TP. I did learn though that you can only install the art assigned by Media Player on your pc. I had two songs that I assigned custom album art. When trying to load the songs in my TP, I got an error similiar to the one you were getting (don't remember the exact, but did reference an *.exe file not working properly).
Good luck with your testing.

th1nm1nt said:
You can install the album art, as I have it running perfectly on my TP. I did learn though that you can only install the art assigned by Media Player on your pc. I had two songs that I assigned custom album art. When trying to load the songs in my TP, I got an error similiar to the one you were getting (don't remember the exact, but did reference an *.exe file not working properly).
Good luck with your testing.
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The album art assigned by WMP is not embedded into the MP3. I've found that if the album art is not embedded into the MP3, the album art will show up on WMP when u play it but won't show up if u transfer the song into an mp3 player or another PC. An embedded art will ALWAYS show up no matter where u play it from.

Sil3ncer said:
The album art assigned by WMP is not embedded into the MP3. I've found that if the album art is not embedded into the MP3, .
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Correct, they are simple *.jpg files. I was referring to custom album art I assigned in Media Player (also *.jpg) would cause issues when attempting to play on TP. Not sure if there was another tag assigned in MP, but it didn't agree with my TP.

Help me fix pocket player. or suggest alternative player

Ok, so i really would love to fix few problems in pocket player, namely, there are a few of my songs just not playing for some reasons, they are mp3 just like all the others ripped from their discs just like the rest but just wont work, any suggestions?
also, the library seem to have a problem in common with WMP, at least for where i get songs ending up in unkown albums or artist (in wmp i also get multiple albums with the exact same name under the same artis when they really should be one album)even though they are put in the correct album/artist in my computers wmp library.
Please any suggestions what might be wrong? I have put the music on the card several times both by the phones link cable or the memory card plugged directly in to the computer.
Also feel free to suggest any good free media players, mortplayer is good, but i cant seem to find a way to get it to work in landscape mode so... otherwise its great with its changer mode and all...

Leonick said:
Ok, so i really would love to fix few problems in pocket player, namely, there are a few of my songs just not playing for some reasons, they are mp3 just like all the others ripped from their discs just like the rest but just wont work, any suggestions?
also, the library seem to have a problem in common with WMP, at least for where i get songs ending up in unkown albums or artist (in wmp i also get multiple albums with the exact same name under the same artis when they really should be one album)even though they are put in the correct album/artist in my computers wmp library.
Please any suggestions what might be wrong? I have put the music on the card several times both by the phones link cable or the memory card plugged directly in to the computer.
Also feel free to suggest any good free media players, mortplayer is good, but i cant seem to find a way to get it to work in landscape mode so... otherwise its great with its changer mode and all...
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Hi
I don´t know how to help you to fix your pocket player but I can recommend you S2P it´s fantastic! you can check it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=417511
Good luck,

Yea ive tried s2p, but i just dont like its folder view, i want to see the folders on my memory card too please i have my songs categorized in folders... or the fact i need to swipe left for next album, should be right
so thanks for the suggestion but... just dosnt work that great, yet, i do think it will be the greatest player some day

Leonick said:
Yea ive tried s2p, but i just dont like its folder view, i want to see the folders on my memory card too please i have my songs categorized in folders... or the fact i need to swipe left for next album, should be right
so thanks for the suggestion but... just dosnt work that great, yet, i do think it will be the greatest player some day
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TCPMP is another option, but will be good to know which ones you already tested so we can help you better

Ive tried,
WMP
MortPlayer
Pocket Player
S2P
this far pocket player is my favourite axept for the stated problems (and it could really use a change mode, switching album when the current ends), though mort is perfectly fine, except for the lack of landscape mode
(as for those few songs that wont play in pocket player, they play in the other players ive tried)

Leonick said:
Ive tried,
WMP
MortPlayer
Pocket Player
S2P
this far pocket player is my favourite axept for the stated problems (and it could really use a change mode, switching album when the current ends), though mort is perfectly fine, except for the lack of landscape mode
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Well we are advancing
Try one of this ones then:
winampaq
gsplayer
PocketMelody
Core Player
PocketMusic
Simpletunes

Sounds like your problem is with the files, not the players.

TheChampJT said:
Sounds like your problem is with the files, not the players.
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I think you´re right mate, perhaps the problem is how they are organized...

ok ill try those out, but if its the files that are fault isnt it strange that pocket player is the only player of both mobile and pc ones that wont play it? the others from the same discs play without problems

Can Pocket Player play AAC files?
I'm sure before I did a hard reset on my Xperia I had it playing those files. Maybe I am wrong, but it seemed to play everything from my iTunes library but the protected files, and now it plays only mp3 not m4a.

Alilynx said:
Can Pocket Player play AAC files?
I'm sure before I did a hard reset on my Xperia I had it playing those files. Maybe I am wrong, but it seemed to play everything from my iTunes library but the protected files, and now it plays only mp3 not m4a.
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Yes it will play AAC files.
As far as not seeing or playing the other files, it could be the encoding/ripping that was done. What program did you use and how did you tag the MP3's? That will have a great impact on the result of Pocketplayer seeing and playing the files.
I personally love Pocket Player and will use nothing less. There are a lot of great apps out there, but PP has everything in it including the kitchen sink.
If you would like to try and re-rip some of your CD's I recommend you use EAC (Exact Audio Copy) with the lame format. You can google EAC and lame's latest download. Then google EAC setup and you will find a few great reads on how to set it up perfectly for what you want, even AAC if you desire.
Just my two cents.

I've had problems with songs not showing in the library or being shown in another album or artist. This was due to missing correct data in the AlbumArtist tag of the files (songs). I just updated these tags for all my songs and the library now displays them correctly. Also, some other files, like small wavs will not be included in the library if you have checked the HIDE SMALL FILES... option.

Alilynx said:
Can Pocket Player play AAC files?
I'm sure before I did a hard reset on my Xperia I had it playing those files. Maybe I am wrong, but it seemed to play everything from my iTunes library but the protected files, and now it plays only mp3 not m4a.
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Please make sure you make a search for my articles - this question has also been answered in one of them. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=350786

dgaud007 said:
I've had problems with songs not showing in the library or being shown in another album or artist. This was due to missing correct data in the AlbumArtist tag of the files (songs). I just updated these tags for all my songs and the library now displays them correctly. Also, some other files, like small wavs will not be included in the library if you have checked the HIDE SMALL FILES... option.
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btw, I've also devoted an entire article to these q's: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=415063

My Pocket Player did used to play my m4a files, but since I did a hard reset and have installed the latest version of Pocket Player when I load up an album that is in m4a file format, it wont play. It shows them, but wont play them, exactly as if they were protected files bought from the iTunes Store, which in the case they are not.
I've tried going back to the old version of Pocket Player, but the same problem now happens there.
I've used Missing Sync for Windows Mobile on my Mac to put the files across, and they work fine on Core Player.
It's bad enough that my Xperia wont play protected aac/m4a files without all now not playing... eek...

Upgrading to Pocket Player 4 fixed this problem.

Alilynx said:
Upgrading to Pocket Player 4 fixed this problem.
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I was going to suggest that very thing. Good to hear you got it resolved.

[Q] Video Player w/ Cover Art Support

Title says it all. Does anyone have a good video player that has cover art (either built in (added w/ iTunes) or via folder.jpg files)?
I've been using mVideoPlayer, and it's a decent player, but the most recent update removed folder.jpg (and seemingly cover art completely from non-categorized video files) support for some unfathomable reason. There is still an old version on the market (mVideoPlayer old) that is not being updated, but still has the old features. I'd just prefer something that was updated at least semi-regularly.
A music player (like PlayerPro, or something if it has the support I want) would be fine too.
Can someone suggest a good player?

liquidzoo said:
Title says it all. Does anyone have a good video player that has cover art (either built in (added w/ iTunes) or via folder.jpg files)?
I've been using mVideoPlayer, and it's a decent player, but the most recent update removed folder.jpg (and seemingly cover art completely from non-categorized video files) support for some unfathomable reason. There is still an old version on the market (mVideoPlayer old) that is not being updated, but still has the old features. I'd just prefer something that was updated at least semi-regularly.
A music player (like PlayerPro, or something if it has the support I want) would be fine too.
Can someone suggest a good player?
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I've been using stock player always, it's the only one that put's cover art in my car on display and read any language in file names, so for example on my car display I get a proper album picture and Russian song name in Russian not some crazy symbols.

odeccacccp said:
I've been using stock player always, it's the only one that put's cover art in my car on display and read any language in file names, so for example on my car display I get a proper album picture and Russian song name in Russian not some crazy symbols.
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I don't need it for music. That's covered by any of the music players. I need cover art for video files (mp4 files, specifically).

liquidzoo said:
I don't need it for music. That's covered by any of the music players. I need cover art for video files (mp4 files, specifically).
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Sorry long day, did not see video in title.

No worries. mVideoPlayer old is working for me, but I'm still looking to see if there's a better one, especially one that is still supported.

Samsung Galaxy SIII UK problem with music files !!!

Hi Guys,
I have had my new Galaxy SIII for just under 2 months now and i love it, its great.
I use all the features and its so quick and very well responsive.
I have one small problem though I have many music files saved on an external hard drive so i have chosen quite a few and saved them on my laptop.
I also have latest version of samsung kies which is what i have been using to transfer my music files on to my SIII and onto the sd class10 32gig sd micro memory card.
Many of the music files have no jpeg file of artist for when i play back on my SIII so I have G**gled for actual music jpeg file saved in folder with same name as music track and saved on laptop transfer through kies onto SIII while trasferring i check on Kies and proper music files jpeg is there but when i go to play once sycronised on S3 many track have same Music files Jpeg photo and not one that it should have ???
Has anyone else with this phone had same problem, if so please help with some useful and helpful advise ??
I await your replies
Many Thanks
charlie2

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Many of the music files have no jpeg file of artist for when i play back on my SIII so I have G**gled for actual music jpeg file saved in folder with same name as music track and saved on laptop transfer through kies onto SIII while trasferring i check on Kies and proper music files jpeg is there but when i go to play once sycronised on S3 many track have same Music files Jpeg photo and not one that it should have ???
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A couple questions:
Are you using the stock Music Player app?
Do these audio files have internal tags, perhaps? Some might have embedded ID3 tags (if MP3s, for example) with included album art that might override .jpg files. Or, the stock Music Player app might not look for separate album art files.
An option to consider is using an app such a Poweramp Music Player from the Play store, which has specific Album Art configuration options in its Settings.
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Hi,
Thanks for quick reply
answers to your questions are
yes i am using stock music player app
not sure what you mean about internal tags , the mp3`s do not have included art i have had to find correct art and save it with music mp3 file.
is Poweramp free and can i still use samsung kies to transfer music ?

charlie2 said:
yes i am using stock music player app
not sure what you mean about internal tags , the mp3`s do not have included art i have had to find correct art and save it with music mp3 file.
is Poweramp free and can i still use samsung kies to transfer music ?
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The stock Music Player app can pick up art and other tag values that are embedded within the MP3 files, these tags are in an IP3 format at some version level. It finds my album art within the IP3 tag for each MP3 fine, but I don't see anything in the User Manual that says it will pick up .jpg files when no embedded album art is found.
Poweramp trial is free but times out after 15 days and requires a $4.99 purchase - you could try the n7player Music app trial and consider its lesser $2.99 purchase after testing it out.
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I have deleted all music files and have connected again to Kies and downloaded music files and have got upto 146 music files and so far so good no probs from before ?? But not sure i have found out what was or is causing this problem ?

I stumbled on a fix
I'm better with computers than phone but am getting there slowly
Id thought id post this as it seems to have fixed it for me. I'm using Linux and i used sound converter and easy-tag applications to fix this. I expect there's other programs that will do exactly the same thing.
I spent hours adding pictures to my mp3 collection and editing the tags then copying them to my phone and only a few worked. All music players i tested still refused to recognize all tags and pictures embedded. That was right up till i noticed in easy-tags that the ones that did work were on a 320 insanely high bit-rate.
As a last resort effort i converted them all with sound-converter to a bit-rate of 320 and re-sampled them at 4400 MHz. Then i reopened them in easy-tag to fix any text errors and finally copied them all to the phone with crossed fingers. Well blow me down. it worked, all mp3 music files, pictures and tags were now recognized by all music players on the galaxy s3 i9300.
Hope this helps someone.

Can't get CM 9 Apollo to read album art.

I'm running OpenSensation and tried to listen to some music last night but noticed the album art that I've embedded in the file does not show up in Apollo. Instead it seems to download its own art with really crappy resolution too. I've tried creating separate folders and putting the JPG file in there instead but it didn't help. Is there an upper limit to how high the resolution can be? Most of the album art I've embedded is quite high resolution.
Poweramp reads the album art just fine but I like the simplicity of Apollo so if there's any way to solve this issue I'd prefer to use it instead.
EDIT: Just as I posted this I stumbled upon another thread about this here on xda and it seems it's not supported in Apollo.
EDIT 2: Found the apk for Google Music Player here on XDA (not available on Play Store here in Sweden) and I'm using it instead.