music player recommendations (other than Poweramp)? - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm looking for a new player to use for my device, because Poweramp is extremely glitchy. anything can help. thanks
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What kinds of glitches are you having with Poweramp? I've never had any issues with it.

Yeah, no glitches / issues for me as well! Runs smoothly..
If you want a change, you could try Musixmatch or rocket player..
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maxpower7 said:
What kinds of glitches are you having with Poweramp? I've never had any issues with it.
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its like from now, if I add music files, more specifically, .aac files, the time of the track has seemed to double, yet starts at the middle of that doubled time, so it plays normally. why am I looking for a new player is because it actually cuts the track at the end too early, and I want to actually listen to entire track.
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psp9000333 said:
its like from now, if I add music files, more specifically, .aac files, the time of the track has seemed to double, yet starts at the middle of that doubled time, so it plays normally. why am I looking for a new player is because it actually cuts the track at the end too early, and I want to actually listen to entire track.
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I don't know about the doubling thing, but the end of the track being cut off is probably because of your crossfade / gapless settings which can be adjusted.
Personally, the only music app I ever used was Poweramp until I switched to Google Music All Access when I bought this phone. I haven't looked back.

maxpower7 said:
I don't know about the doubling thing, but the end of the track being cut off is probably because of your crossfade / gapless settings which can be adjusted.
Personally, the only music app I ever used was Poweramp until I switched to Google Music All Access when I bought this phone. I haven't looked back.
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what I meant was that it actually cuts off 2-5 seconds before the track ends. I've used the Poweramp forum to discuss my problems with little help.
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psp9000333 said:
what I meant was that it actually cuts off 2-5 seconds before the track ends. I've used the Poweramp forum to discuss my problems with little help.
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Doubling of track time is a problem with the specific music file and not with PowerAmp..
Even I have faced this a few times but it was because of the bad file... I re-downloaded the file from a different source and everything was ok!
Seriously, there isn't any music app which I've found better than PowerAmp and I've been using it since ages!
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My advice is Walkman Player...but you need root...the clearaudio equalizer is something that is amazing! I really love it!

You can try Shuttle+ found on the Play Store.
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I suggest PlayerPro.

psp9000333 said:
I'm looking for a new player to use for my device, because Poweramp is extremely glitchy. anything can help. thanks
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I personally find Poweramp the best,, but you can try Spotify,TuneIn Radio Pro all these apps as well...

alright, Poweramp seems to be the best one for me, as though the problem is now gone. thanks for the replies you guys!
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Gonemad music player
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Some I'd recommend. (In no order)
Apollo
Sony Walkman
Apollo Forks (Nexmusic, Omich Player)
Noozy (older one like ZPlayer which was pulled from play store)
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Any apps as GOOD as music junk?

Music Junk is frickin amazing, it litteraly found every song...old, new, doesn't matter what kind english and spanish....too bad the last couple of months it just has been plagued by too many errors. It only runs for about a wk at a time then doesn't work no more. I've tried several others and they don't even come close. Gtunes is one of them. Whats everyone using? If possable please add a download link.
Soundhound. Its in the market. Had it with my Sense 4 on my Droid Incredible 2 and it worked decent. Found majority of my music.. the only time it didn't get it was with a couple of my indie/punk bands that never went too far in the 90s/early 2000s
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Sound hound is great and includes lyric syncing to the song you listening too as well as download links.
Cole
free or do you have to pay for the song?
Music junk lets you download songs for free so I don't think soundhound is what he is looking for. I personally use groove shark and it also allows you to save the music on your device. You get a free trial with it but I heard you can keep clearing the app data for another trial
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Music Junk is frickin amazing, it litteraly found every song...old, new, doesn't matter what kind english and spanish....too bad the last couple of months it just has been plagued by too many errors. It only runs for about a wk at a time then doesn't work no more. I've tried several others and they don't even come close. Gtunes is one of them. Whats everyone using? If possable please add a download link.
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Music Junk is the bomb but I never can get it to work/ I have been using Tunee music lately. it seems like the server gets overloaded sometimes so you have to open up a couple of times before you get in to the system.
I honestly have 3 different Mp3 downloaders downloaded. If one doesnt have what I am looking for I try a different one.
Tunee music has been the closest thing to Music Junk that I can find.
What version are you guys using? I'm using 4.3 and don't have any problems.
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Thanks for the repkies guys. Yes im looking for free app and its music. Funny thing...music junk worked on wifi the other night and now its working without wifi. Im gunna download tunee music too.
skillzo1 said:
Music Junk is frickin amazing, it litteraly found every song...old, new, doesn't matter what kind english and spanish....too bad the last couple of months it just has been plagued by too many errors. It only runs for about a wk at a time then doesn't work no more. I've tried several others and they don't even come close. Gtunes is one of them. Whats everyone using? If possable please add a download link.
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Music box pro is da bomb man
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Does anyone have the latest music junk apk?. Im having finding it! :s
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Tunee Music- has push ads but easily blocked.
Disclaimer: Don't download music you do not/ have not owned!
Where can I get this music junk? I find that gtunes works well as well as tunee which was mentioned before 2
I'm using MIUI V4 music player. Has lyrics but their off sometimes. There's an equalizer and album art finder as well.
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fafinaf said:
Where can I get this music junk? I find that gtunes works well as well as tunee which was mentioned before 2
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Found out that music junk got closed down, sadly. Was my favourite mp3 downloader
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POWER AMP IS KING AND WE ALL KNOW THIS
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mike216 said:
POWER AMP IS KING AND WE ALL KNOW THIS
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This thread was referring to music download apps not players :banghead:. Read next time.
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mike216 said:
POWER AMP IS KING AND WE ALL KNOW THIS
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About as useful for downloading music as angry birds.
Tiny shark FTW Best I have ever used
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AtariDroid said:
Tunee Music- has push ads but easily blocked.
Disclaimer: Don't download music you do not/ have not owned!
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How do we block the push ads and keep the app? Lucky patcher?
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mike216 said:
POWER AMP IS KING AND WE ALL KNOW THIS
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Except its still broken on our device. Pop/crackles all the time and they have yet to fix it. Yes its PA, it doesn't happen on any other player.

[Q] Music Playback issue S3

I am having issues with Google Music playback. I am running rooted stock 4.1.1 and am unable to get Google Music working properly. It shows my playlist, and plays 2-4 songs, but then stops playing. The program will show the last screen it was on, with a pause button as if it was still playing. But it does not play the music, or respond to any button being pushed. I can still search through my playlist and even choose other songs, but they will not play, and it goes back to showing the last song it was playing. I have downloaded some music to the device and it seems to still play the music stored on the device. This has happened both on mobile data and wi-fi, though often more on data,
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I am having issues with Google Music playback. I am running rooted stock 4.1.1 and am unable to get Google Music working properly. It shows my playlist, and plays 2-4 songs, but then stops playing. The program will show the last screen it was on, with a pause button as if it was still playing. But it does not play the music, or respond to any button being pushed. I can still search through my playlist and even choose other songs, but they will not play, and it goes back to showing the last song it was playing. I have downloaded some music to the device and it seems to still play the music stored on the device. This has happened both on mobile data and wi-fi, though often more on data,
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ive had the same issue, even after pinning music from the cloud to my phone. my workaround has been to close all recent apps and clear ram in task manager. it is frustrating though.
My phone does the same thing ever since the jelly bean update, I'm stock and not rooted. My fix is to use the task manager and force quit Google Music then relaunch it, like stated above. After that it seems to work properly for a few days. Sucks though because it always happens when I'm on my run during lunch and nothing kills momentum more than having to stop and do this!
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mav3rick478 said:
My phone does the same thing ever since the jelly bean update, I'm stock and not rooted. My fix is to use the task manager and force quit Google Music then relaunch it, like stated above. After that it seems to work properly for a few days. Sucks though because it always happens when I'm on my run during lunch and nothing kills momentum more than having to stop and do this!
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Yeah, mine doesn't show up in recent apps on my task manager when it happens. I uninstalled and reinstalled Google music. Working so far.
So question, does this problem affect the stock rom as well or just custom roms. ?
This will be kind of a big problem for me since this is how I listen to all my music in my truck.
Well happened again today on my run and tonight at home on Wi-Fi, sick of this and all Google suggested was what we are trying what a bunch of crap. I'm trying something new, I uninstalled updates and returned it to the oem version and see how it goes. I'll let you guys know how it goes.
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Well 2 days on the oem version with no updates installed and no problems so far. Looks like this might be a temporary fix until Google figures out what's going on.
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Well 2 days on the oem version with no updates installed and no problems so far. Looks like this might be a temporary fix until Google figures out what's going on.
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Do you mind sharing the apk?
Rebooting will also fix the problem.
Does this problem happen with other music players?
If not, what music player are working?
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onemotodroid said:
Rebooting will also fix the problem.
Does this problem happen with other music players?
If not, what music player are working?
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For me it seems to be just with Google play music
All music players should be working fine.
airmaxx23 said:
Do you mind sharing the apk?
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Just uninstall updates, it's pre-installed on our phones.
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I ditched Google play when it was doing what you explained. I remember buying power amp 2 years ago. Downloaded it and works like a charm. Downloads the cover art for all my music. And the equalizer brings out the best sound from my oem s3 ear buds.
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mav3rick478 said:
Just uninstall updates, it's pre-installed on our phones.
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I have no updates to uninstall.
jmxc23 said:
All music players should be working fine.
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Wow what an extremely helpful post! Thanks for the great contribution!
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I have no updates to uninstall.
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Did you just get your phone with jelly bean pre-installed? If so then that could be a problem.
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fafinaf said:
Wow what an extremely helpful post! Thanks for the great contribution!
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Thank you for your sarcastic remark.
fafinaf said:
Wow what an extremely helpful post! Thanks for the great contribution!
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This guy is just wake... lol.
Anyway I'm have the same problem also... but I don't like to download other music players cause one is just find for me
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I have no updates to uninstall.
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Did you just get your phone with jelly bean pre-installed? If so then that could be a problem.
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It might be easier for you both to just post which version of Google Music you have installed. If you're on two different versions then you can troubleshoot better.
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brandon12345 said:
This guy is just wake... lol.
Anyway I'm have the same problem also... but I don't like to download other music players cause one is just find for me
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Technically you already have two music players pre-installed which is the stock player and Google Play. People end up downloading other players as those have better sound with and without audio enhancements along with good headsets. I also at one point had a play back issue so I downloaded another player and had no playback issues.

Music skipping

Anybody have this issue? At first, I thought it was just a Google music issue where songs either stop half way through, or skip. But, it happens on most streaming apps such as slacker radio, fusion player... Anybody else? I wonder if it is a KitKat bug?
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Yeah, I use player pro to listen to music and randomly i will skip and it will stop playing. Its weird
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Yeah, I use player pro to listen to music and randomly i will skip and it will stop playing. Its weird
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Very annoying, only Pandora seems to be working okay. Even spotify has issues, but that's a whole different story, mostly with album art
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Very annoying, only Pandora seems to be working okay. Even spotify has issues, but that's a whole different story, mostly with album art
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Hmm interesting, well just have to wait and see if the developers can fix it. I've already contacted the developer of player pro and told him about the problem. You might do the same for your favorite music apps
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I use the stock player and playing flac files, always occur random skip about 1 - 2 seconds.
So wired
i get it too on play music. i can be listening to it as i get into my car and as soon as it connects to bluetooth its on a totally different song at some random point. and the kicker is its all random.
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I use the stock player and playing flac files, always occur random skip about 1 - 2 seconds.
So wired
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It is due to a regression in flac decoding on KitKat: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62562
Use an other kernel is ok
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It is due to a regression in flac decoding on KitKat: http//code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62562
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I flashed Cataclysm rom and kernel by faux123, the problem is fixed!
I think flash only the kernel is also ok
nicknull said:
I flashed Cataclysm rom and kernel by faux123, the problem is fixed!
I think flash only the kernel is also ok
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is the phone in your pocket when it starts skipping? like could it be the proximity or g sensor?

Issue with google play music not showing music until reboot

Hello all just got my nexus 5 and loving it so far. Was on iPhone for many years but tinkered a bit with Android. I am having issues with google play music not showing music that I download until I restart my phone. Is any one else experiencing this or know how to get music to show with out reboot? Any help appreciated. Thanks!
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I have the same issue. This is using the default Play Music app. Cannot see music I have downloaded until I reboot my phone.
I fixed the problem by changing to different music downloading app
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What music downloader are you using? I have this same issue with Music Maniac.
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Try simple mp3 downloader
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Which developer is it by? There's about 8 different ones and they are all the same but they are by different people haha
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Try the one with the most downloads. For som reason I can find the one I have installed on the play store hah. They all look like the same thing anyways so not sure it matters which you get.
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Music Player app

Does anyone knows a good music player app for the sony smartwatch 2 ?
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Does anyone knows a good music player app for the sony smartwatch 2 ?
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I use SmartMote and is fantastic!
Where can I download this?
Didn't found anything on playstore..
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Any other music player for smartwatch 2 ?
Smartmote requires Android 4.4 KitKat....
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I have Poweramp with the free SW gadget and it works great
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Im currently trying SWP Smartwatch Player. A stand alone app (as in it doesnt seem to rely on the player on the phone)
Good graphics, built in equalizer and apparently it supports low power mode although I cant seem to get that bit working yet
Im still on Android 4.1.2 and it works fine
It is only for locally stored files though.
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Im currently trying SWP Smartwatch Player. A stand alone app (as in it doesnt seem to rely on the player on the phone)
Good graphics, built in equalizer and apparently it supports low power mode although I cant seem to get that bit working yet
Im still on Android 4.1.2 and it works fine
It is only for locally stored files though.
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I use PowerampControl Pro SmartWatch, because that's the only app i found which you can navigate into your folder to select music and not only zap to the next track.
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I use PowerampControl Pro SmartWatch, because that's the only app i found which you can navigate into your folder to select music and not only zap to the next track.
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Do I need poweramp to use this extension ?
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TheAndroidGuy1 said:
Do I need poweramp to use this extension ?
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Yes you do
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Yes you do, that the "bad" thing about this app, it only work with poweramp.
(But it's one of the best musicplayer)
I use poweramp also.
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Does anyone knows a good music player app for the sony smartwatch 2 ?
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PowerAmp is by far the best Android music player and the smartwatch app blows everything else out of the water. SmartMote is great (if you're on KitKat) and I constantly use it with PocketCasts podcasts, but for music PowerAmp is it. PowerAmp smartwatch app was kinda crap when first released, but now it's brilliant and what I hoped for being spoiled using the main PowerAmp app.
I would go with smartmote. I used power amp for a while. But smartmote works with every app I have tried it with, I use it with Google music, bubble upnp and even netflix. It even displays album art and also let's you add gestures if you don't like your watch being cluttered with buttons.
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I also use SmartMote... Works perfectly with Spotify
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I also use SmartMote... Works perfectly with Spotify
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Is there any way how I can get this app on my device with Android 4.2 ?
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