I thought I had made a thread for this a while ago, but can not find it. Sorry if its a repost.
What I was wondering is whether or not someone who had an app, or the skilz to make an app, that can take a sample of an mp3/wma/ogg/flac/etc file, match it on say shazam or something then update the ID3 tag with the pulled info. With the option for it just to rename them automatically, or ask for your approval of changes. Much like how Album Art Grabber gets your artwork for you on mass, with little or no manual intervention. This would be great for a few reasons.
I have been finding myself using mp3 download apps on my phone a lot now, more so than my comp and these files are usually incomplete at best. a way to get these, then run this app to fix discrepancies would be awesome!
Its not that I'm lazy, I just have 10+ years of tunes on my external and a lot of them didn't get tags back in the day. Plus after that long, uploads, downloads, 4 computers, iTunes (ARGH!!! I HATE ITUNES!!!!!!) renaming and reorganizing have some in a mess. So when I transfer them, they usually all show up unknown, null, or DGOI.mp3. And renaming & tagging 1000s of songs one by one is not how I want to spend a week.
Hope this sparks an idea, or someone can point me in the direction of one that already exists. I'm sure one does for a PC, but I don't use mine for media other than movies. My phone is my music machine. If a PC solution is the only way so be it.
I don't know of an app that can do this but maybe someone could take the method that the app ,"MP3 Download", uses. First you search for a song and can preview then you can choose to download it. Once you have downloaded it you can goto edit tags and it has a download button... I don't know what database it uses or how it is configured but it will give you album art and is usually correct. I think it has to have the album name though.
Thanks! I'll try that on there, and my old iMusic Tao apk I still have.
Mixzing pro can do this
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I've been trying to find the problem when syncing playlists and automatic-playlists through WMP11 (not thorugh ActiveSync but direct)..
I hardly get through the day and the library corrupts, having to delete the meta-data and update the library every time..then back home, syncing doesn't update the library on the device properly ..and the "Star-Ratings" get messed up, it syncs files, but doesn't update the playlists properly..it's a pain..
I even bought a new microSD because I thought it had bad-sectors, but it didn't change the behaviour..
Is this normal, or what am I doing wrong?
emugpp said:
I've been trying to find the problem when syncing playlists and automatic-playlists through WMP11 (not thorugh ActiveSync but direct)..
I hardly get through the day and the library corrupts, having to delete the meta-data and update the library every time..then back home, syncing doesn't update the library on the device properly ..and the "Star-Ratings" get messed up, it syncs files, but doesn't update the playlists properly..it's a pain..
I even bought a new microSD because I thought it had bad-sectors, but it didn't change the behaviour..
Is this normal, or what am I doing wrong?
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If you don't need the library created by the desktop WMP but can also rely on for example CorePlayer's, Pocket Tunes' or Pocket Player's creating it from stratch, you might want to give them a try. Then, you'd only need to do an AS file-level sync (NOT from the desktop WMP), making sure you also sync the playlist files.
Also see my related bible.
I skimmed through your bible before I posted, very useful stuff, but the reason I "want" to use wmp-mobile is because you can create automatic-playlists in WMP11 with the newest podcasts, then on your device rate the files/podcasts when you've heard them, on the next sync these files get removed automatically..
it could be very comfortable and useful to listen to your podcasts this way, if the wmp-mobile library wouldn't corrupt all the time..
I've been using CRCs Stable 11.2 on my Hermes and suspect that maybe the sdcard-power-management-fixes might be causing wmp-mobile to write bad sectors in the library..from what i can think of..
OK, so I have a LOT of pictures on my phone. I am also in a band and a lot of them are from each show. I hate having so many folders for all my pix in the Gallery though.
What I would like, is to be able to set like a root folder that contains the subfolder.
(E.G.) Right now is it like...
Bands name 3.23.09
Bands name 4.20.10
Bands name 5.15.10
etc
I would just like to see "Bands name" and when I click on that see all the "Nested subfolders" like....3.23.09, 4.20.10, 5.15.10, etc.
If there is a work around to make the default gallery do this, it would make my day. If not any app recommendations that resemble the default gallery but do what I am looking for?
Thanks in Advance.
I'm looking for the same exact thing.
Anyone had any luck finding something like this?
Have you tried Quickpic? I'm not sure if it does exactly what you need but it's a hundred times better than 'Gallery'!
i am searching for SAME thing.
want a program that can
1. let me make multiple PLAYLISTS of photo's !!!!!
this CANNOT be that difficule.
2. allow selection of MAIN folder, and allow random playing/viewing , as slideshow, of ALL CONTAINED photo's, no matter which subfolder !
my mom is 83 years old, dad is 93. we bought them an android to do photo shows. Picture frames are useless; they can't comprehend concept of truly random.
Quickpic is very GOOD at showing a default slideshow (either ordered or random) of the SUBFOLDER you select, but it will NOT allow playing of all slides in the PARENT folder (recursing to subfolders).
I want to make slideshow LISTS, for my mom, so she can select various ones
similar to ipod, add all your music, then make playlists, play groups of what you want, IN ORDER, OR random (shuffle), your pick
any feedback appreciated.
Have looked at most of the other photo players in android, same story ; even apple players don't do the best
thanks
Has anyone figured out the problem with AAC encoded mpa files and the tags. I'm seeing the same problem in all 2.3.4 ROMs. No music program (stock, Google Music, doubletwist, PowerAmp, etc...) will read the tags from any mpa file. MP3 files work fine. I've tried Apex 7.2, Continuum 6 RC1, and AtomicFusion 1.0. I've tried the Samsung 2.3.3 ROM and Cog 5 Beta 2, both of which work correctly. Is it because the 2.3.4 ROMs are I9000 and the 2.3.3 ROMs are Captivate specific? I don't think I'm the only one.
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I had this same issue once upon a time (and whenever I reload my music files back to my phone) and what's happening here is there's a blank album artist tag in the file our something like that. I fixed the issue by loading all of the problem files into a program called mp3tag and going into extended tags and deleting the offending tag.after I did that my phone recognised all of my tags. I'm not near my computer now, but I can tell you more information later in the day, but you may be able to find the problem tag just by playing with the file
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I had this same issue once upon a time (and whenever I reload my music files back to my phone) and what's happening here is there's a blank album artist tag in the file our something like that. I fixed the issue by loading all of the problem files into a program called mp3tag and going into extended tags and deleting the offending tag.after I did that my phone recognised all of my tags. I'm not near my computer now, but I can tell you more information later in the day, but you may be able to find the problem tag just by playing with the file
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Thanks. I'll give it a try. I just find it weird that 2.3.4 ROMs as a whole will not read the tags from mpa files while the 2.3.3 ROMs work fine. MP3 files work fine with both versions of gingerbread.
kusanagisan18 said:
I had this same issue once upon a time (and whenever I reload my music files back to my phone) and what's happening here is there's a blank album artist tag in the file our something like that. I fixed the issue by loading all of the problem files into a program called mp3tag and going into extended tags and deleting the offending tag.after I did that my phone recognised all of my tags. I'm not near my computer now, but I can tell you more information later in the day, but you may be able to find the problem tag just by playing with the file
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I just tried using this program and I still couldn't get it to work. All my trouble is coming with my AAC/MP4 files which were encoded via itunes. The album artist fields are blank on all of them so using mp3tagger I created an "action" that would copy the artist info into the album artist field. This didn't solve the problem. There is nothing that I can delete where it would seem to change anything. I'm kinda lost here on what to try next.
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I just tried using this program and I still couldn't get it to work. All my trouble is coming with my AAC/MP4 files which were encoded via itunes. The album artist fields are blank on all of them so using mp3tagger I created an "action" that would copy the artist info into the album artist field. This didn't solve the problem. There is nothing that I can delete where it would seem to change anything. I'm kinda lost here on what to try next.
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I tried using Media Monkey to convert a few AAC files into mp3 files. The phone read the new files without error. I think there is a glitch with the base Android OS.
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I tried using Media Monkey to convert a few AAC files into mp3 files. The phone read the new files without error. I think there is a glitch with the base Android OS.
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Sigh. I was hoping to avoid this. Thanks for testing and confirming.
Makes me wonder if the issue is android or samsung based (as in an issue with their code).
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Sigh. I was hoping to avoid this. Thanks for testing and confirming.
Makes me wonder if the issue is android or samsung based (as in an issue with their code).
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It's more likely caused by Apple... if you ask me
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It's more likely caused by Apple... if you ask me
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Agreed good sir.
nybmx said:
I just tried using this program and I still couldn't get it to work. All my trouble is coming with my AAC/MP4 files which were encoded via itunes. The album artist fields are blank on all of them so using mp3tagger I created an "action" that would copy the artist info into the album artist field. This didn't solve the problem. There is nothing that I can delete where it would seem to change anything. I'm kinda lost here on what to try next.
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Take one of the problem files and right click on it and look at the extended tags, you should see a blank album artist tag, or band tag or something like that (may not even be blank as some were in my case!). Take note of all the extraneous tags, select all of the problem files and go back into extended tags and just delete all the tags you don't need to classify your music -- That should fix it
--I don't have much access to my computer from here but I just tried what I did before and I believe it has to do with the 'album artist' tag with a space. Just looking at one file you might not be able to see it, you have to select the entire range for it to show up under extended tags
sadly have the same problem. im trying media monkey now. i accidently made a whole bunch of songs he same album
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Take one of the problem files and right click on it and look at the extended tags, you should see a blank album artist tag, or band tag or something like that (may not even be blank as some were in my case!). Take note of all the extraneous tags, select all of the problem files and go back into extended tags and just delete all the tags you don't need to classify your music -- That should fix it
--I don't have much access to my computer from here but I just tried what I did before and I believe it has to do with the 'album artist' tag with a space. Just looking at one file you might not be able to see it, you have to select the entire range for it to show up under extended tags
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Thanks. I tried doing that already and still couldn't get it to work. I ended up converting everything back to mp3.
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Take one of the problem files and right click on it and look at the extended tags, you should see a blank album artist tag, or band tag or something like that (may not even be blank as some were in my case!). Take note of all the extraneous tags, select all of the problem files and go back into extended tags and just delete all the tags you don't need to classify your music -- That should fix it
--I don't have much access to my computer from here but I just tried what I did before and I believe it has to do with the 'album artist' tag with a space. Just looking at one file you might not be able to see it, you have to select the entire range for it to show up under extended tags
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That may work for the artist field but the title, track, genre, etc are all still screwy. The only field that is read correctly is album. I just find it so odd that these files were fine with Eclair, Froyo and Gingerbread 2.3.3
I HATE Zune!
I find it very painfull to use if you have a bunch of un-named songs its just useless.
I miss the days of just dragging and dropping the folders in explorer onto my phone in order to sync my files.
So I have access to the filesystem on my phone using Windows phone device manager, but I still cant locate where WP keeps, Music, pics or videos etc!...
Can someone please help me out.?
EDIT: Just found where it stored my songs and album art. Seems it wont help if I just copying my media into the filesystem Why can't it just have a file called, music, videos etc!!!!)
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I HATE Zune!
I find it very painfull to use if you have a bunch of un-named songs its just useless.
I miss the days of just dragging and dropping the folders in explorer onto my phone in order to sync my files.
So I have access to the filesystem on my phone using Windows phone device manager, but I still cant locate where WP keeps, Music, pics or videos etc!...
Can someone please help me out.?
EDIT: Just found where it stored my songs and album art. Seems it wont help if I just copying my media into the filesystem Why can't it just have a file called, music, videos etc!!!!)
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Because Windows Phone sucks ass, trying to be like the iPhone. They figured that this way you wouldn't share music that you've downloaded with others so they can make more money; same reason you can't freaking send an audio file as an attachment or MMS. People on here are probably tired of hearing me say this but WM kicks WP ass by a long shot, this is why their sales suck.
"I find it very painfull to use if you have a bunch of un-named songs its just useless."
Consider that you are the problem, not zune. Go organize your music library, learn to use a computer, etc etc.
sinister1: WM sales weren't great either...
Why are there two WP haters spamming up this forum?
mmm, excuse me!
Check my previous posts! I am no spammer!
Maybe this forum would be a better place without "senior" members like you!
And as for me knowing how to use a computer.......the first computer I used was a commodore VIC-20, you probably dont even know what one of them is!
I have probably built more computer systems than you have had hot meals!
I will not stand for this personal attack! Certainly not from a senior member that should know better!
So in CM9's dev tools under media provider there is a button called insert 20 albums. I innocently hit it trying to see what it did. As expected it made 20 fake albums on my device. However I can't find a way to remove these. Others have said that when they reboot they're gone, but mine stick around. I can't find any files with these names on my device. I also tried adding 20 new ones and rebooting to see if it was just a glitch and they would go away after that, so now I have 40 fake albums on my device. Does anyone know how to get rid of them?
I don't know how that feature works, but have you already tried clearing music app data?
yeah sorry I should have mentioned that. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the player even.
I don't mean to be rude, but I'mbumping this in hopes that someone smarter than me can find it
After posting I decided to try my luck again. I found the media provider databases internal.db and external.db in /data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases
after poking around in them I found reference to the fake albums in the external.db they seem to reference some bogey url instead of a file, so I just deleted the external.db and rebooted. It appears to have repopulated with normal settings afterwards.
Here the case is old, but as still same case here with me. By the way, Thanks for helping!