I think this may potentially be an easy thing to do.
First of all, Winamp for desktop has native FLAC support. How hard would it be to adapt a FLAC plugin file to manually stick into a Winamp for Android program folder on your phone and make it recognize and play FLAC files from your phone's music folder? There are a lot of plugins availble for the desktop version of Winamp, this would be like adapting that concept to the Android version of Winamp...
...Or am I just that naive about such things? Simple in theory... but I don't have any such skills to do this myself.
Winamp is my favorite music player for desktop and Android, and I'm probably not the only one. I think a lo of people would appreciate such a plugin!
So... would this be realistic? (Do devs ever come to the Android Software and Hacking General thread and read suggestions?)
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I want to be able to play ogg files in media player on my XDAIIi, is this possible? If not, then I see there are a plethora of media players out there, Which would be most similar to media player to use?
Thanks,
Allan
ps I want ogg support as I believe it is the best quality codec for small files, please let me know if anyone has any opinions on this? or better codecs?
http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about
is the player that most people like
not 100% sure but i dont think mediaplayer from ms on pocketpc can use external codecs
it only really likes ms's own formats and then it does mp3 too but otherwise it's pretty poor supportwise
The old BetaPlayer as it was known back then is great features wise, but not very slick.
I think that PocketMusic is a great alternative, or perhaps at least for BP to be used as well as a commercial program.
The Bundle version of PM plays OGG files as well, amongst others.
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Ant
I am looking for a freeware program that is similar to Windows Media Player, but doesn't eat up all my memory and processor power. I have TCPMP but it is not very user friendly. I am using this as an iPod replacement so I want it to be very easy to use so I don't have to fiddle with it all the time, if you know what I mean.
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I am looking for a freeware program that is similar to Windows Media Player, but doesn't eat up all my memory and processor power. I have TCPMP but it is not very user friendly. I am using this as an iPod replacement so I want it to be very easy to use so I don't have to fiddle with it all the time, if you know what I mean.
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mortplayer. it's great, easy to use and customizable. TCPMP is ugly.
I would try VLC Mediaplayer.
It plays nearly all file formats without the need of any codec packs
I'm a big Foobar2000 user, and I have an Android phone (G1 - but it's basically a mass storage device). I'm having big trouble trying to find a good way to sync music with it.
Foobar2000 doesn't seem to have a component to do this, MediaMonkey sucks ass (clunky, few relevant options etc.). DoubleTwist and SongBird are also poor solutions (no artwork support, no Vorbis etc).
So, what is everyone using to sync their portables? I'd love some kind of artwork renaming and resizing too. Oh, and of course, Vorbis encoding.
Thanks guys!
Also before anyone asks - Vorbis artwork is supported in Android by using AlbumArt.jpg in the album folder! Yay!
Not quite what you specified but have you tried Subsonic? I use it to stream all my music over 3g and wifi it's much easier than having to choose what I want to bring on my phone.
I'm using Songbird + mountUSB on the phone and it's working great
P.S.: don't forget to set folder structure something like Artist / Album / files, otherwise your sdcard FS will look messed up!
edit: ooops, just realized you said Songbird is bad.... but why? it has everything you need, and if not, get a plugin for it?
P.P.S.: @ no vorbis support, isn't there a plugin for that? search gave me the following result:
http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Developer/Articles/Media_Cores/GStreamer_Setup/GStreamer_Plugins_Guide
so maybe you should try building GStreamer on windows (lots of work i guess, however)
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I'm a big Foobar2000 user, and I have an Android phone (G1 - but it's basically a mass storage device). I'm having big trouble trying to find a good way to sync music with it.
Foobar2000 doesn't seem to have a component to do this, MediaMonkey sucks ass (clunky, few relevant options etc.). DoubleTwist and SongBird are also poor solutions (no artwork support, no Vorbis etc).
So, what is everyone using to sync their portables? I'd love some kind of artwork renaming and resizing too. Oh, and of course, Vorbis encoding.
Thanks guys!
Also before anyone asks - Vorbis artwork is supported in Android by using AlbumArt.jpg in the album folder! Yay!
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I use MediaMonkey Gold which adds TONS more options and runs smoothly and efficiently for me. I have no problems with it.
Have you tried Winamp? That's what I use.
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Have you tried Winamp? That's what I use.
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Not sure if this solution would work for you, but I just started using Moozone and have been messing with it for the past couple hours now...
It's an on-line storage site for your music (upload your music to their site) and you can stream it from anywhere where you have a net connection. Also, they have an Android app that allows you to upload/download and stream directly over your data/wi-fi connection.
Shockingly, the steaming through the app over the network is really smooth and sounds pretty good!
You can set up playlists and other features...
I'd like to know too I tried doubleTwist.
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I use MediaMonkey Gold which adds TONS more options and runs smoothly and efficiently for me. I have no problems with it.
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Agreed, Media Monkey Gold v 3.2, does everything I need! No, I haven't tried the other ideas that you had listed or what others have listed here because Media Monkey does it all for me, it syncs with my phone, and I easily configured it to sync with my Music folder on my SD. The music, the Album art, and much more. I haven't been able to see ratings on my phone, that's not a big deal for me, maybe for you, but I don't mind. If you give it a try again and need help with it, let me know and I'll help however I can.
I've tried a few of these...and MediaMonkey Gold is the best of them. It converts my high bitrate music down to something more appropriate for my phone on the fly. Also handles artwork well too.
Hey everyone-
I've been doing a bunch of searching lately for an easy-to-use and convenient application for streaming videos from my pc to android device (like airplay for the iphone). And I can't seem to find one specific app that makes it simple and easy, they all seem to be a pain in the ass. I know this question has been asked before, but not for a couple months, so what in your opinion is the best application and/or method for streaming content from a pc to an android device? Thanks in advance for any help.
-bobofosho123
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Hey everyone-
I've been doing a bunch of searching lately for an easy-to-use and convenient application for streaming videos from my pc to android device (like airplay for the iphone). And I can't seem to find one specific app that makes it simple and easy, they all seem to be a pain in the ass. I know this question has been asked before, but not for a couple months, so what in your opinion is the best application and/or method for streaming content from a pc to an android device? Thanks in advance for any help.
-bobofosho123
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If you have your PC setup with the dnla server software, this place has a beta dnla client for Andoid. I saw the write up on EuroDroid.com.
http://www.skifta.com/
I tried using the Playon streaming with the mobile link. It worked ok...but I do want a nice streaming option.
VLC Remote
Doesn't VLC Remote just control whats playing on your desktop? I think the OP is looking for something to stream movies to his handset.
That aside, I love VLC Remote.
Yes, I'm looking to stream videos from my pc's hdd to my phone, in an easy way (i.e. in the same way that airvideo for the iphone does).
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If you have your PC setup with the dnla server software, this place has a beta dnla client for Andoid. I saw the write up on EuroDroid.com.
http://www.skifta.com/
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And i don't have a dlna server on my pc, it's just an external hdd connected to my pc.
I use File Expert as a file manager/explorer and I mapped my computer under it's network tab, then when I select a video I use VPlayer to play it in. Works perfectly!
Every other way I tried before this required the video to download before watching, but this way I can stream any video directly.
You will need to setup your video/movies/etc folders on PC to be shared with proper permissions. Easiest to just share the whole external HDD.
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I use File Expert as a file manager/explorer and I mapped my computer under it's network tab, then when I select a video I use VPlayer to play it in. Works perfectly!
Every other way I tried before this required the video to download before watching, but this way I can stream any video directly.
You will need to setup your video/movies/etc folders on PC to be shared with proper permissions. Easiest to just share the whole external HDD.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I appreciate it.
Let me put it this way, is there anything as stupid simple as audiogalaxy for android that will do the same thing for music?
I'd definitely give RockPlayer a go. It has both hardware and software decoding and it works with TVersity!
Same way, through the file explorer. You just need to share your music on pc and connect to it.
My Desire HD came with DNLA client software and when I go into the music program I can stream in there directly from my WMP library, that's probably the easiest way but that would vary with different phones.
I use VLC Stream & Convert, though it is somewhat cumbersome to set up...
I ended up using windows task scheduler and a lot of program commands to start it with my computer all stealthy
Yeah, I've got windows media player set-up correctly with all the proper permissions and such. All of my media files are showing up, i.e. music, videos, etc, and all of my music plays fine as well. But, the one thing that won't play are ANY of my videos, which are mostly xvid-encoded .avi files, which I'm not sure skifta supports (as it uses the dlna classification). Any suggestions?
If you have a windows PC you can easily setup windows media player to stream via dlna. Just google "windows media player dlna". If you are on mac or linux, just substitute for OSX or your linux distro and the word dlna for a bunch of options. Once it's up and going you can use the dlna app mentioned earlier or if you are lucky enough to have a SGS like me, you can use Samsung All Share to stream. I have used this since I got my phone and it's working like a charm!
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Let me put it this way, is there anything as stupid simple as audiogalaxy for android that will do the same thing for music?
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I assume you mean video since audiogalaxy is for music? And to put it bluntly, no there isn't anything as simple as that for video yet.
I was wondering, is there any type of hack or midification where we would be able to add codecs to the phone in order to play .flac files? I have a lot of my music in that format, and would love to play it. I believe that the first hurdle would be to get the zune player to recognize it, so is there any way to do that as well?
Just a thought. Thanks.
Getting Zune to recognize it is not hard; it's a registry edit under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR) much like it is on Windows. You can look at how WMA and MP3 are handled.
Adding the codec itself... interesting idea. On desktop Windows, codecs are DLLs (they may have other extensions, but that's what they are internally) that take a compressed stream in one function and return an uncompressed stream. It's relatively easy to add more codec support into the OS; create new DLLs to do the decoding, and register them.
The creation of the codecs is possible. I don't know if managed code would work, so you'd probably need to use the native WinCE dev tools. If there's already a FLAC decoder for older versions of WinMo on AR, it may work unmodified. Registering it, though... no idea how to do that. There may be an API for it, though.
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Getting Zune to recognize it is not hard; it's a registry edit under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR) much like it is on Windows. You can look at how WMA and MP3 are handled.
Adding the codec itself... interesting idea. On desktop Windows, codecs are DLLs (they may have other extensions, but that's what they are internally) that take a compressed stream in one function and return an uncompressed stream. It's relatively easy to add more codec support into the OS; create new DLLs to do the decoding, and register them.
The creation of the codecs is possible. I don't know if managed code would work, so you'd probably need to use the native WinCE dev tools. If there's already a FLAC decoder for older versions of WinMo on AR, it may work unmodified. Registering it, though... no idea how to do that. There may be an API for it, though.
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Do it!! that would be the coolest thing if we could enable Flac support :X
So it would be great.