So just updated to the newest version of this excellent music player, ive noticed that they have added a beats effect option, ive used this and have to say that along with all the rest of the audio configurability it seems to me that having HTC Beats is not really worth it anymore, has anybody else tested this and what are thoughts on it. thanks for listening
I keep trying to switch to PowerAmp, but whenever I screw with the EQ settings, it just gets washed out. At least with the stock Beats, I just turn it on and it sounds pretty good, at least to me. I'm not an audiophile, but I like my music to sound a certain way.
Poweramp is great, kind of worth the 5 dollars. I don't like the "now playing" structure though. Last I tried it, I would begin at the now playing screen, have to go to the library/folder pane, hold the playlist until a context menu comes up, add my playlist to the que, then go back to now playing. Not sure if it's better now, but I prefer the HTC Music player or the CM9 Music player - which is still beta.
In Poweramp, now playing list (queue) is purely optional as Poweramp just directly plays any list. To play playlist, you go into that playlist and hit any song in it (or do that via long press/context popups).
Since MaxMP is here - I'm trying to select the ICS lockscreen controls on build 483 on my Sensation, and for some reason all I'm seeing is the normal lockscreen but the background is completely black instead of the normal background. No audio controls or anything.
Am I doing something wrong?
Running Sense-less ICS with AOSP lockscreen installed and live wallpaper being used.
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Ok i have tried a couple of different music players (^3, winamp, etc) and im trying to find a music player that actually continually plays. Confused? Well for instance when the end of a song features the beginning of the next song they mix, however on android it pauses and goes to the next song having am awkward pause. The ipod series mixes the songs really well just wonderong for any insight
So basically to have both song mix seamlessly instead of be two different songs
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I know what you mean. I haven't looked into it. Winamp, back in c.1995 was the first (I think) to put out this feature via plug-in that lets the next song fade in as the current song fades out. See if Winamp has a plug-in (or preference in the setting) on the Android app for that.
Yeah ive checked and no such option. Haha
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Check out the PowerAmp beta. I dunno if it has that fade in/out feature or not but it's supposedly a pretty kickass player.
Lithium player has that, called a cross fader. It's even adjustable.
I am looking for an Android player that is pretty simple but i do not see why its so hard to find?
All I want is something that lets me play MP3's.. that does not scan the entire device (ringtones always seem to show up and I dont want them to)
something that kinda roots itself on the SD Card in a folder like "Music"
with a nice home screen
AND
somethign that will resume the next time it's open. for some reason the media player that comes with my Captivate seems to wants me to start all over when i dont use it for 30 min or so..
simple?
thanks for the advise
Eaton
PowerAMP. It's in the market, and has a really nice EQ setup in addition to what you're talking about. It's in beta right now.
http://power-amp.info/
thank you, Downloading and testing this now. I will keep you posted on my impression!
There is one in alpha
Try this one. It pulls data in from the music folder and allows for pause, fast forward and rewind. However it is still in alpha...
Meridian player has most of the features you are after such as Folder browsing and resuming Videos. Plus it has decent widget also
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PowerAMP. It's in the market, and has a really nice EQ setup in addition to what you're talking about. It's in beta right now.
http://power-amp.info/
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+1 for Power Amp
Player pro does the folder playing and is very simple, got some nice widget aswell
MortPlayer is another nice light alternative that meets your criteria. There is also a version of MortPlayer specifically for audiobooks that allows you to make bookmarks in your sound files.
I actually use both PowerAMP and MortPlayer: PowerAMP for general music listening and it's very pretty UI, and MortPlayer for listening to long recordings of lectures so that I can consistently come back to where I left off.
Can someone tell me why in PowerAmp there is a 'Folders' button and 'Library' button.
I'm pretty confused by the interface and the app itself and how to use the folders/library and which is for what and how it should be used.
All my songs I put on the phone appear in the 'Folders' menu, but none of those songs appear in the 'Library' which really seems to be more of a sensible place for them to appear because the Library has all songs, artists, playlists etc and seems to be the normal area for the app to store its music.
I have no idea how to get the music in there which is where I want it.
When I am playing a song it shows the artist and title and below it a folder path location? But why? It's like a path of where it is on the phone's SD card and the path of where it was on the computer. I don't need this information in the player view.
Also, I have to have my volume on max to hear anything decently despite being told PowerAmp helps the issue of the low media volume with the default audio player. (Sennheiser CX870s). Anyone know why/how to get the volume working more 'normally'? (Desire HD)
Any tips are appreciated.
Any other good music player app suggestions are appreciated.
Never encountered this with the default music player (where the audio is not loud enough).
I use the full version of Power Amp (no difference from trial) and it works great for me because I find the stock music player sorely lacking, leaving a lot to be desired.
You could try messing with the equalizer, I don't have my phone on my person at the moment so my advice isn't as solid as I'd like...
Have you tried another music player such as DoubleTwist?
(look up on market place; i can't post links yet )
I use a pair of $50 Sony MDR EX85LP earbuds, they're great for the price and on my Droid X they are plenty loud for my tastes, could it possibly be the earbuds or specific piece of music you are listening to?
If what I mentioned doesn't help my last piece of advice would be to try and find some sort of digital amp that would amplify your music, or an actual pocket amp.
Sorry I forgot to say the volume issues is regarding the HTC Desire HD.
Thanks mithikx I'll check out DoubleTwist.
Anyone else who can answer my OP questions, that would be great
PowerAMP has both features for, well, convenience. A lot of people who're really into their music like to organise it themselves, with a folder structure of their choosing - eg. they might have it separated by genres, or by what mood the music reminds them of, or what place they like to play the music in. The 'Folders' tab gives you the same actual folder structure as is on the SD card, I find it quite handy myself, it makes a lot more sense to me because I can specify the structure any way I choose, much easier than making playlists.
The library, on the other hand, is just like PowerAMP tells you when you first tab to it - it's the default Android media library, and is managed by Android, not PowerAMP. It's the traditional media player structure, and sounds like that's what works best for you. If files aren't showing up in the library, you need to get the default Sense media player (Assuming you're on a stock DHD build) to scan that music, because in theory it shouldn't be showing up in the Sense player if it's not in the PowerAMP library. Try restarting the phone, unmounting/remounting the SD card, or downloading a widget that lets you trigger a media scan.
As for the volume, have you tried boosting the 'pre-amp' in the PowerAMP equalizer? The only other media player I'd recommend would be Winamp, don't like DoubleTwist myself.
Hope this helps.
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I really do like powerAmp a lot. Specially the folder option, since I can play the music in the exactly order I put in the memory without needing to create a playlist. I tried the trial version an I was about to buy it , but then I found the SRS enhancement option on the default HTC Desire HD player and I really like how the music sounds with that option.
Does somebody know if this feature is or would be available on a future version of poweramp? Are these SRS enhancement and the other option Dolby mobile just digital equialization settings that maybe can be reproduce on the poweramp amplifier, or there is something more that is done by hardware or only possible to be done by HTC?
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I really do like powerAmp a lot. Specially the folder option, since I can play the music in the exactly order I put in the memory without needing to create a playlist. I tried the trial version an I was about to buy it , but then I found the SRS enhancement option on the default HTC Desire HD player and I really like how the music sounds with that option.
Does somebody know if this feature is or would be available on a future version of poweramp? Are these SRS enhancement and the other option Dolby mobile just digital equialization settings that maybe can be reproduce on the poweramp amplifier, or there is something more that is done by hardware or only possible to be done by HTC?
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I don't see it happening honestly. SRS Labs licenses their technologies, which would make PowerAMP more expensive than it already is. You can probably mess around with the EQ to make the sound similar to SRS I bet.
Hi guys,
When I bought my Nexus S, the music player (the one that has an icon of a speaker) was very cool. Suddenly, one day it asked me to upgrade to a newer version. The newer version of music player (the one that has a headphone icon) looks more beautiful in the design, but quite crappy in the functionality since I can't really set my preferred EQ for songs, or to change the ringtone (in the old player, I just tap and hold a certain song to load the options where I can set it as a ringtone).
So do you know how can I switch back to the older music player?
Thanks,
Tris.
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Hi guys,
When I bought my Nexus S, the music player (the one that has an icon of a speaker) was very cool. Suddenly, one day it asked me to upgrade to a newer version. The newer version of music player (the one that has a headphone icon) looks more beautiful in the design, but quite crappy in the functionality since I can't really set my preferred EQ for songs, or to change the ringtone (in the old player, I just tap and hold a certain song to load the options where I can set it as a ringtone).
So do you know how can I switch back to the older music player?
Thanks,
Tris.
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You should just be able to go to the relevant entry in the Marketplace or the phone settings application list and uninstall the updated version. The stock player will be retained, unless you've rooted your phone and manually deleted it.
Nice answer mate, that solves my problem
Thanks a lot.
Hi all, I am looking for a music app that's easy on battery.
Criteria: Must work without media scanner
I have disabled media scanner, so literally all music apps I got from market can't seem to pick up my audio files. One works -- Music Folder Player Donate. I am looking for something like it, that reads based on folders, or scans music internally, rather than relying on media scanner.
This app is all nice, but it is missing navigation controls in notification dropdown. I am looking for a music app that would provide me these controls too. I am not too particular on lock screen music controls.
Have you tried PlayerPro?
How about mort player, has a nice widget too. I personally use power amp. But i feel mort is just as good. And free.
I would first like to try a free one, n then can upgrade. And then it should be easy on battery too.
Edit: Mort is packed with so many features for a free app!!!
The trick is that you need to check if the player supports GAPLESS playback. Most do *not*. So any live stuff, albums that blend songs together (Pink Floyd is notorious for this) will get a nice annoying pause in between songs that was never intended to be there. Even if some claim they are gapless they in practice are not (believe nothing, test everything). The app needs to actually trim any small dead spot at the end or you will get a click or pop at the end of songs.
The only player I found that does this successfully is Power Amp but there could be others, I just haven't found them yet.
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The trick is that you need to check if the player supports GAPLESS playback. Most do *not*. So any live stuff, albums that blend songs together (Pink Floyd is notorious for this) will get a nice annoying pause in between songs that was never intended to be there. Even if some claim they are gapless they in practice are not (believe nothing, test everything). The app needs to actually trim any small dead spot at the end or you will get a click or pop at the end of songs.
The only player I found that does this successfully is Power Amp but there could be others, I just haven't found them yet.
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My main criteria is low processor usage when to maximize battery.
Mort is good. Of the time I had the player on and screen off, it was on 200 for about 90% of time. CPU foreground was only 14s for about 47 mins of usage.