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[Q] Newcomer with stupid questions :)

Hello, guys. I was reading this forum, but didn't find answers on my questions.
1) When I copied music from my PC to XOOM, some album arts were missing, I used Album Art Grabber to download arts, but Music player doesn't see new album arts (Winamp and other sees).
2) I've read a lot of forums, but didn't find out how I can copy .avi files to xoom to watch them.
Thanks.

zorrik said:
Hello, guys. I was reading this forum, but didn't find answers on my questions.
1) When I copied music from my PC to XOOM, some album arts were missing, I used Album Art Grabber to download arts, but Music player doesn't see new album arts (Winamp and other sees).
2) I've read a lot of forums, but didn't find out how I can copy .avi files to xoom to watch them.
Thanks.
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The album art thing is tricky...I have some issues with it too as I have a lot of alternative and obscure music.
Mobo Player and a number of other apps play AVIs just fine.

Yes, when using alternative players everything is ok, but I want to use system players.
I can't understand why system music player doesn't see changes in music library.

I have seen this problem with the system music player before. I've tried rebooting and renaming the jpg's and this is what I have found works everytime.
1) I use "Cover Art Grabber" to get all missing artwork. This is just my preference. I also try to both include the artwork as "albumart.jpg" and have the artwork part of the tag information.
2) I reset the music player data. Settings>Applications>Manage Applications, Click All and then scroll down to "Music" and click "Clear data".
Don't worry this does not delete any of your music and it forces the application to reload all of the album art. The only downside is that if you are using Music Beta with the cloud storage you will need to reselect your Google account. Not a big deal.

HuckFinn said:
I have seen this problem with the system music player before. I've tried rebooting and renaming the jpg's and this is what I have found works everytime.
1) I use "Cover Art Grabber" to get all missing artwork. This is just my preference. I also try to both include the artwork as "albumart.jpg" and have the artwork part of the tag information.
2) I reset the music player data. Settings>Applications>Manage Applications, Click All and then scroll down to "Music" and click "Clear data".
Don't worry this does not delete any of your music and it forces the application to reload all of the album art. The only downside is that if you are using Music Beta with the cloud storage you will need to reselect your Google account. Not a big deal.
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Thanks, it was really helpfull. Second step helped. So one problem left, how to copy .avi files to XOOM and watch them using system player?

zorrik said:
Thanks, it was really helpfull. Second step helped. So one problem left, how to copy .avi files to XOOM and watch them using system player?
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Convert them to mp4 or use another player.

If you are looking for a simple, easy to use converter for the Xoom I would HIGHLY recommend DVD Catalyst. It has profiles specifically for the Xoom so it could not be easier. It will convert files you already have or rip from DVD.
http://www.tools4movies.com/
I know there are cheaper, even free, solutions out there but for me the simple interface and high quality conversions was worth the $10.

[Q]Music players can't find music folder

Hi,
I've just finished install the ROM CoreDroid, and I have issue with my music.
I created a folder "Music" on my SD Card, but neither of PlayerPro or the default music player can find my songs.
I've also tried in Documents\Music, same problem.
How can I solve this issue ?
Thank's

Thanks for choosing Coredroid! Music players working ok for me. Both stock and PowerAmp find my tunes. I created a 'music' folder like you.
Have you tried a reboot since creating your folder? Sounds odd but sometimes you need to force a scan of media before a player will see it. There is also an app that does this without a reboot called SDrescan. Give that a go and let me know what happens.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

I finally found the problem. My songs were in .flac, apparently CoreDroid can't recognize them.
Putting .MP3 in "Music" folder works.
Thank you anyway

Skiny13 said:
I finally found the problem. My songs were in .flac, apparently CoreDroid can't recognize them.
Putting .MP3 in "Music" folder works.
Thank you anyway
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It's not so much CoreDroid, but a specific media player which does or does not support flac. The stock HTC player has never supported it. I can highly recommend the purchase of PowerAmp. It can play flac files and is in my opinion the best player out there.

[Q] How can I play music by folder - Sensation XE

Hi everyone,
My Sensation XE is completely stock, not rooted or anything.
I have a few folders storing songs, & I'd like to play the music by folder.
How do I do that?
Thanks,
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Well, as far as I know you can't play music by folder...Unless inside the folder there is only one album. Then it would show as different albums, not folders.
Hope I helped.
Have a good day.

There are a few paid apps that will allow you to play by folder, e.g. poweramp and winamp. An excellent free app alternative is mort player, which can also play folders.

beston94 said:
Well, as far as I know you can't play music by folder...Unless inside the folder there is only one album. Then it would show as different albums, not folders.
Hope I helped.
Have a good day.
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I see.
corumuk said:
There are a few paid apps that will allow you to play by folder, e.g. poweramp and winamp. An excellent free app alternative is mort player, which can also play folders.
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Beats Audio doesn't work with these paid & free apps correct?
I'm trying poweramp per your suggestion & I feel like it's not as good as stock player with Beats Audio.
I'd like to be able to use Beats Audio or a program equivalent.
Please advice
Thanks.

Seems PowerAMP did get something to do with Beats support recently: http://powerampapp.com/2012/02/poweramp-v2-0-5-build-473/

I use the stock player with beats audio. It does not play foldersm but there is a workaround - you can create m3u playlists in each folder.
The stock player can see/play those just fine. Its just like playing the folder but requires a bit of extra work.
I run linux and use a script to auto generate m3u playlists for each of the folders on the computer, so whenever the files are synced up, its always up-to-date

tblade2 said:
I use the stock player with beats audio. It does not play foldersm but there is a workaround - you can create m3u playlists in each folder.
The stock player can see/play those just fine. Its just like playing the folder but requires a bit of extra work.
I run linux and use a script to auto generate m3u playlists for each of the folders on the computer, so whenever the files are synced up, its always up-to-date
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yeah, seems like creating a play list is the only way to work around it for stock player & Beats audio.
Your linux approach sounds like a great idea. But I know nothing about it. Wish you were my neighbor hehehe.
Thanks gentlemen!
D

ISO music player app

I am looking for a music player app. Nothing fancy. I have 1 request that it MUST do.
I have 2 folders on my phone: "Music" and "Audiobooks"
I want the music app to play stuff ONLY found in the "Music" folder. So far every app I have tried cannot be regulated to 1 main folder (in "Music" I have many sub-folders). So when I push shuffle I get audiobooks in there as well. I do not want that.
This will be installed on an unroofed galaxy 5S with up to date software.

I would recommend MortPlayer Music and MortPlayer Audiobook!
I use it myself for many years and I'm satisfied.

Oh common man...you can do that with any music player.....just rename the folder "audiobooks" to ".audiobooks".......ie just put a dot before the folder name..... And all music players will stop scanning files from that folder..... You may need to clear media database first......for that simplest method is settings-apps-all apps-com.android.providers.media-clear data.......then reboot and wait for a while so that all the stuff in our gallery and music player comes back...this time nothing will show up from audiobooks folder.

GoneMAD Music Player. You can select which folders are to be scanned and thus which audio files are shown in the music library.

I believe poweramp has this feature, too.

Honestly, if you want to go deep with it, I would use this modded Sony Walkman app. It is awesome and most, if not all features work depending on device and Android version.
Check it out HERE

gins100 said:
I would recommend MortPlayer Music and MortPlayer Audiobook!
I use it myself for many years and I'm satisfied.
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downloaded Mortplayer. This was exactly what I was looking for (at least so far) thank you.

factory music player install

I have an MTCD-KSP unit.
I was wondering if there is a way to install a better music player (factory app). and how do you install these? are they compatible between manufacturers (jy, ksp etc)?
Power amp jet audio take a lot of resources.. I need a better default music app that can support reading song name from idv3 and not the filename-

I have been asking the same question for a while, so far no luck

Pattond said:
I have been asking the same question for a while, so far no luck
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i managed to install it..
uoy need root
use root explorer to go to /system/apps and find a folder called MTCMusic (or somwthing like that) open it you will find a file called MTCMusic4.apk. back it up and delete it and replace it with the new MTCMusic4.apk

Just rename poweramp, or jet player?
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Pattond said:
Just rename poweramp, or jet player?
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No, No
you can not replace the factory music player with jetaudio/power amp..
you install these and use them like ordinary android players..
My advise was to replace the factory music player with moded or music players from other ROMs (still factory players)

Hello, I would use only default poweramp ... Is it possible? If yes, how ? For example I listen to music with poweramp and the next day when I start the car poweramp does not start automatically and with the last music I was listening to? Please help

Nomader0 said:
No, No
you can not replace the factory music player with jetaudio/power amp..
you install these and use them like ordinary android players..
My advise was to replace the factory music player with moded or music players from other ROMs (still factory players)
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Where do I get compatible music players for the other ROM? Do I need to load, root and extract each, or are they downloading somewhere. Does one read MP3 tags for song titles instead of names?
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Pattond said:
Where do I get compatible music players for the other ROM? Do I need to load, root and extract each, or are they downloading somewhere. Does one read MP3 tags for song titles instead of names?
Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk
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first of all post the system information of your device, so people can advise you of what is actually compatible with your devise.
Malaysk's ROM is very good and includes many stuff and many radio and audio mods. AS LONG AS IT IS COMPATIBLE