Okay so yesterday I updated my market to this play crappie and saw it updated the Google Music app on my ics rom the arhd one and I'm at work now so I tried to listen to music unfortunately it now only plays music I bought from the market... Does anyone else who updated have this happen? Anyway I can get it to find all muic on my scard? I'd like to have all my music play using the play music app.. Thx
I use Google Play to store all my music on the cloud. I buy it all through Google Play so it's stored instantly. But I also use the Google Play Music Manager to download all my music. I'm getting a 64 GB SD card on Friday and was wondering if I should even be downloading the music through Google Play since I sideload all the content? I want to keep using Google Music Player for my music needs but I don't want to be streaming any of it. So how do I configure this setup?
Whitechapel420 said:
I use Google Play to store all my music on the cloud. I buy it all through Google Play so it's stored instantly. But I also use the Google Play Music Manager to download all my music. I'm getting a 64 GB SD card on Friday and was wondering if I should even be downloading the music through Google Play since I sideload all the content? I want to keep using Google Music Player for my music needs but I don't want to be streaming any of it. So how do I configure this setup?
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You can use offline mode
support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1250232?hl=en
Hi Guys,
I'm from Brazil and I just bought a Nexus 5 to migrate from an old iPhone 3GS and I'm trying to sync all my iTunes Playlists to the new device, I saw that the Google Music Manager is the simplest way to do this but I can't access the Google Music page from my country. I tried to use a VPN service to enable it but needs a credit card to do the finish the process. Can any good soul download the executable and upload for me? Yes, I google it a lot and couldn't find...
Thanks a lot!
Google Music Manager is great for getting all of your music uploaded to Google Music, but if that's not available in your country it won't be much help to you. EDIT: By this I mean that even if you get the Music Manager to install and let you upload your music, you won't be able to get it back down to your phone.
I would use DoubleTwist
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.doubleTwist.androidPlayer
DoubleTwist is a music player that has support for syncing with iTunes.
raptir said:
Google Music Manager is great for getting all of your music uploaded to Google Music, but if that's not available in your country it won't be much help to you. EDIT: By this I mean that even if you get the Music Manager to install and let you upload your music, you won't be able to get it back down to your phone.
I would use DoubleTwist
DoubleTwist is a music player that has support for syncing with iTunes.
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So, are you saying that even if I downloaded the executable program to my PC, I was unable to sync my iTunes songs?
sidgabriel said:
So, are you saying that even if I downloaded the executable program to my PC, I was unable to sync my iTunes songs?
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you could sync them to google music, but you wouldnt be able to use google music.
Zepius said:
you could sync them to google music, but you wouldnt be able to use google music.
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That's that I want, only sync the songs to the phone, I'm not intended to use Google Music, I use another app to listen my musics.
sidgabriel said:
That's that I want, only sync the songs to the phone, I'm not intended to use Google Music, I use another app to listen my musics.
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Right, that's not what the Google Music Manager is for. The Google Music Manager uploads songs to the Play Music service. You can then use the Play Music app on your phone to play back the songs. You can download the songs through the app as well, but they are saved in such a way that only the Play Music applications can play them (technically other players can play them, but the metadata is not saved so you can't actually view the song names or any artist/album info).
Just forget about the Music Manager, it's not what you want. Download DoubleTwist on your phone and computer and it will let you sync your iTunes library directly.
Thanks for the answer, I'm already using it.
Hey guys.
I've been using Google play music since it came out, but I have a big problem with it and finally I've had enough.
Every time I want to try a new music player or use me music in other apps or so, Google play just doesn't allow me to do that.
I mean Play Music is a great app and a great service. But if I wanted "rules" like this I'd use an iPhone xD.
So I went ahead and started downloading my 6089 music to my computer, and now I'm looking for a program to manage and organize and decide which ones to copy to my phone.
Do you guys have any suggestions?
Do you use Google play music? Or have the same problem.
J.Diogo said:
Hey guys.
I've been using Google play music since it came out, but I have a big problem with it and finally I've had enough.
Every time I want to try a new music player or use me music in other apps or so, Google play just doesn't allow me to do that.
I mean Play Music is a great app and a great service. But if I wanted "rules" like this I'd use an iPhone xD.
So I went ahead and started downloading my 6089 music to my computer, and now I'm looking for a program to manage and organize and decide which ones to copy to my phone.
Do you guys have any suggestions?
Do you use Google play music? Or have the same problem.
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you can use any music player you want, but you can only play music stored in google play with google play. to think otherwise is borderline absurd. you cant play pandora in another app. can you?
Isn't Pandora a streaming service? The music files in Google play music are MY music files, so what I'm trying to say is that I'm upset that they don't allow me to use my music in other apps just because it is stored in their service.
This is something I'd expect from iOS not Android.
J.Diogo said:
Isn't Pandora a streaming service? The music files in Google play music are MY music files, so what I'm trying to say is that I'm upset that they don't allow me to use my music in other apps just because it is stored in their service.
This is something I'd expect from iOS not Android.
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ok, i understand what you mean, and there is a solution for this.. you can go to the desktop browser site www.google.com/music (destop, not mobile) and download whatever of your songs you want, itll be in a mp3 format, and itll download to your download folder. you can play these with any music player.
I'm not being clear enough. I apologize.
By musics (songs) I mean the ones I have stored offline.
Those are the ones I wish I could use on other apps.
Again, sorry about that.
J.Diogo said:
I'm not being clear enough. I apologize.
By musics (songs) I mean the ones I have stored offline.
Again, sorry about that.
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youd need to download them to play in other players, as google uses its own format to stream an play in the app. other players can not play that format(probably).
simms22 said:
youd need to download them to play in other players, as google uses its own format to stream an play in the app. other players can not play that format(probably).
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From my understanding Google play music stores the songs in its own database so only it can access the files. Google made it impossible for other players to play it.
J.Diogo said:
From my understanding Google play music stores the songs in its own database so only it can access the files. Google made it impossible for other players to play it.
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right, in its own proprietary format. which is why it has to be downloaded first(via the desktop site).
When you stream music from Google Play Music, it saves those music files on this location
/data/data/com.google.android.music/files/music
That's the reason no other player can access it. It's named like "1234.mp3".
If you are rooted, I remember there's an xposed mod to move it to SD card or somewhere else.
You can technically play Google music files in any player as it stores them in native mp3 format in /data/data/com.Google.android.music/files. The problem is you'd have to move them to /sdcard and also the files have no title or tags.
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rootSU said:
You can technically play Google music files in any player as it stores them in native mp3 format in /data/data/com.Google.android.music/files. The problem is you'd have to move them to /sdcard and also the files have no title or tags.
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No issue with titles and tags here
Primokorn said:
No issue with titles and tags here
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Your bottom screenshot disagrees with you
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rootSU said:
Your bottom screenshot disagrees with you
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Sorry I don't follow you
Primokorn said:
Sorry I don't follow you
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You say you have no issues with titles, yet your bottom screenshot shows files without titles... i.e, the file name is not the song name. There is no identifier.
rootSU said:
You say you have no issues with titles, yet your bottom screenshot shows files without titles... i.e, the file name is not the song name. There is no identifier.
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Yep but this isn't linked to Play Music. That's how my podcasts are downloaded through Pocket Casts.
I mean that I have the right titles into Play Music app (1st screenshot).
Primokorn said:
I mean that I have the right titles into Play Music app (1st screenshot).
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That's the complete opposite of what this thread is about dude
rootSU said:
That's the complete opposite of what this thread is about dude
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lol so I go back to lollipop stuff I probably misread something
Primokorn said:
lol so I go back to lollipop stuff I probably misread something
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YEah we're talking about downloading music through play and playing it in other music apps... It can be done but it doesnt bring through any tags and the file names are just numbers.
Let me trow a question at you guys.
What do you use to manage your songs?
Do you all use Google Play Music?
J.Diogo said:
Let me trow a question at you guys.
What do you use to manage your songs?
Do you all use Google Play Music?
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I personally don't like Play Music. I use PowerAmp or Shuttle+ There's a thread for this question I believe
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/music-app-nexus-5-t2517210
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/best-nexus-5-music-manager-t2752840
Today, my S7 decided it didn't want to play any of my downloaded music that's saved to the device. My main two sources of playing music is via Amazon Music and Google Play Music, which I save albums/songs to my device. I've tried clearing the cache to both apps, restarting the phone etc. Still no success. Anyone experience this before or have any ideas how to get the downloaded music to play?
Thats very strange.. Do you have any Sound by playing any YouTube Video or an downloaded MP3?
I use Google Play Music too and have no Problem..