[Q] Music streaming library - General Questions and Answers

My app needs a music library (the larger the better) - from which to stream multiple songs (Pandora style).
Is there such a library either free or paid - that anyone has used and can recommend?
Thanks

avarmaavarma said:
My app needs a music library (the larger the better) - from which to stream multiple songs (Pandora style).
Is there such a library either free or paid - that anyone has used and can recommend?
Thanks
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Do you mean like a DJ style playing multiple song at the same time.?

Like an iPod playlist
Not dj Style. Like an iPod playlist - play an entire playlist - 1 song at a time

avarmaavarma said:
Not dj Style. Like an iPod playlist - play an entire playlist - 1 song at a time
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For that you can just crrat a new playlist, and play it.
Sorry if I missunderstood you can elaborate it if need further help!![emoji28][emoji28]

Zeuscluts said:
For that you can just crrat a new playlist, and play it.
Sorry if I missunderstood you can elaborate it if need further help!![emoji28][emoji28]
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Is there a service - like last.fm - which offers an API - that I can hook into? I would send the PLAYLIST to this service - and they would send back the actual bit streams for each song - which could be played on the device.

avarmaavarma said:
Is there a service - like last.fm - which offers an API - that I can hook into? I would send the PLAYLIST to this service - and they would send back the actual bit streams for each song - which could be played on the device.
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Sorry I am out of concept what you speaking as.
I never heard and never used it.
And in India Streaming songs is expensive so we dont even think of it.
Hope others can help you.
Please dont thank I didnt helped you.
Feeling - sorry

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a beautiful audio/video player FINALLY!

double twist media player is out in market now! very nice UI. id say best looking player we have so far
btunes > double twist
It's stupid that you need their syncing software to add media. They don't even support linux
U dont. I just unchekd "auto USB drive" in settings, and it found all my songs.
it seems ok but I prefer 3 (cubed), I think its prettier ^^
Killer feature though is that when skipping through a track you can grab the position indicator and drag up the screen to change sensitivity just like on the iPhone. That and that alone makes this the best player for me.
Bring on an EQ and I will rejoice!
I think the best players are: 3, Nemo, and this. Anyone of them can be considered pretty.
I just discovered this music mod for the default music player.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=690180
just installed it and I have to say its pretty.
My main player is 3 but I think i'll stick with this music mod.
DoubleTwist doesn't hold a candle to cacheinjection's stock music mod. Not even a flicker of a candle.
It would be great if it could sync with my Google Listen subscriptions fron Google Reader
helfone said:
it seems ok but I prefer 3 (cubed), I think its prettier ^^
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Agreed =] 3 is my personal favorite.
Does it support srt files for videos? Can´t test becuse i´m at work
RaQHoliday said:
Agreed =] 3 is my personal favorite.
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the only reason for why i dont like 3 (cubed) is that it doesnt have the option to show the list of song titles
te_quiero_forever_girl said:
the only reason for why i dont like 3 (cubed) is that it doesnt have the option to show the list of song titles
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yes it does. menu - view - boring, then pick the artist/album and the song list pops up
I use Meridian. The only player that lets you browse by directories, and the only player that supports some other languages for song titles. I dont like playlists
Can someone post the APK for doubleTwist? I'm currently in asian and a TON of apps don't appear in the market.
Thanks in advance
The only issue I have with doubletwist is that it doesn't let me point it at a specific directory, and for some reason it makes and keeps it's own media library xml.
So far no problems here, for me the app is working perfect and love how quick it loads up the videos an I have 100's of them
HTC Incredible
timothydonohue said:
yes it does. menu - view - boring, then pick the artist/album and the song list pops up
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what i mean is showing all the song titles like the stock music app
DoubleTwist player lists your audio that's on the microSD card that's in \alarms, \ringtones, \notifications folders.
Very annoying if you have a lot of ringers.
Stock music app doesn't list those folders.

I'm working on a new music player based on VPlayer, please tell me what do you need?

We are the VPlayer team, and developing a new music player.
Some plans:
Kinds of music format support;
Music video support;
Basic music player operations;
Unique control style;
Support for the disabled;
...
So, what do you want for a music player? Any comment is appreciated
Support not just video, but music as well, so I don't have to have a couple of apps instead of one.
Definetly want to see an equilazer for music, and contrast/brightness settings for video.
Better file browser (smaller icons/labels, more info on files, sorting, bookmarks)
Playlist support.
Any pics of the interface?
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creage said:
Support not just video, but music as well, so I don't have to have a couple of apps instead of one.
Definetly want to see an equilazer for music, and contrast/brightness settings for video.
Better file browser (smaller icons/labels, more info on files, sorting, bookmarks)
Playlist support.
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All these plus
Aspect ratio for video and audio balance i.e left and right levels for music and video
JoeSzymkowicz said:
Any pics of the interface?
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Yes, but the UI has not been completely finished. Please wait for my updating posts. Thanks
1.SPPEDUP without changing pitch, slide with regulation from slow to for example 400% faster.
2.Option for removing silence for example when someone is slowly talker spaces between are long and this is really boring to listen such audio book or smth.
So it would be nice if player would have option to delete silence with regulation like delete when voice db is lower than 3db and delete silence when silence is longer than 200ms etc.
It would be good to listening audiobook.
This player could just prebuffer some music into memory scan it for silence in separate thread and delete it but this is technical so you know it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921468
creage said:
Support not just video, but music as well, so I don't have to have a couple of apps instead of one.
Definetly want to see an equilazer for music, and contrast/brightness settings for video.
Better file browser (smaller icons/labels, more info on files, sorting, bookmarks)
Playlist support.
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Ok, thank you Creage
FlanFlinger said:
All these plus
Aspect ratio for video and audio balance i.e left and right levels for music and video
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Thanks!
will it also be "free forever"? SCNR.
Equlizer good bass support, a simple lockscreen widget
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flac/ogg support! homescreen/lockscreen widget!
Why ?
Once the finished works for sale
The user on XDA are your guinea pig
HD Video support for all the formats...!!
At least make sure it supports 720p videos..!!
Good UI, some widget and a lockscreen. Not much, but essential.
Music listing by folder!
Just like what Mortplayer does.
link to twitter
can u add up a link to twitter so we can tell ppl what we r listening to?
that would b great. thanks for this brilliant idea
Good looking UI and good looking widgets (multiple widgets even better).
EQ.
Smoothness.
Shake to switch songs?
Gestures
See Audiogalaxy ... copy its streaming abilities from my PC to my phone. But also add support for photos and videos streaming if possible.
Make sure to include a gesture based lock screen widget, exactly like Mixzing has. What is great about their lock screen widget is that it reactivates the screen for a few seconds when a new song starts. That gives you an oprotunity to quickly see what is playing, and swipe to skip to next song if you desire. Great function for when you are driving!
Include an easy to use Playlist creator.
Keep the user interface simple and minimalistic looking. No need for fancy graphics. Simple goes a long way. Make sure the Now Playing section shows the album art as big as you can. We take a lot of time tagging our music with artwork, so we want to see it.
Seriously, see Mixzing's app. They have almost the perfect music player. The only thing it lacks now is streaming abilities. I would like to use it to stream my media from my PC, like I do with Audiogalaxy. I use Audiogalaxy exclusivly now; even though it lacks a lot of the fuctions I really want from Mixzing. Streaming has become that important to me for my media players. Screw the Cloud, give me access to MY pc.
-professional-looking widget (lockscreen and homescreen)
-ID3 Tag Editor (something unlike PowerAMP where you edit tags of music files and becomes unplayable on other music player)
-prominent album art display in now playing screen (but not too big)
-Headphone support
-beautiful UI
screen lock
i have one more thing if some one hasnt already said. SORRY FOR NOT READING THE WHOLE FORUM. can u gyz get the system to lock the screen with a tap on trackball so videos wont keep on skipping while we have our phones in our pocket..plz
sorry for my bad english, i hope u understand what i mean. cheers

[APP][4.0+] Little bit Music Player

Hello everyone, I present my first app, a music player.
Little bit Music Player is a clean and extremely easy to use music player.
Little bit Music Player is 100% Ad free
Little bit Music Player does not use (private or public) user data in any case.
Features:
- Direct Link to Chromecast (cast your local music)
- Little bit Music Player is SIMPLE
- Drag your folders full of music to your phone or sdcard and start enjoying your entire collection.
- Create your PlayList in few seconds and make it always visible in the navigation panel.
- Control the player from the notification panel or from the lock screen.
- Share your songs by WhatsApp, Gmail, Dropbox and many other applications.
- You can use Little bit Music 100% offline, like your old .mp3 player.
- Customize separate each PlayList, Album, Artist .... with pictures, colors and wallpapers creating a fully customized player based on Material Design.
- Change your phone ringtone any time from your music collection.
- Blur effects
- Android 5.0 Lollipop Material Design Toolbar
- 1x1 and 4x1 home-screen widgets
Uses-permission for Little bit Music Player:
**** "android.permission.INTERNET" -> Download covers
**** "android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" -> 2º hand playback
**** "android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" -> Manage calls during playback (no phone id)
**** "android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" -> Managing the volume of other apps
**** "android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" -> Read sdCard files
**** "android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" -> Set Ringtone
**** "android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS" -> Set Ringtone
Compatible with .mp3, .flac and .wav files
PlayStore link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pfg.inicios
Please read de info section of the app for more information about the project.
THANKS and ENJOY!! Do not be cruel with criticism haha
Play store link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pfg.inicios
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Play store link:
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Thanks ronnie!
1. more screen shots
2. sleep timer
Item not found in Play Store.
erauskin said:
Hello everyone, I present my first app, a music player.
Little bit Music Player is a clean and extremely easy to use music player.
Little bit Music Player is 100% Ad free
Little bit Music Player does not use (private or public) user data in any case.
Features:
- Little bit Music Player is SIMPLE
- Drag your folders full of music to your phone or sdcard and start enjoying your entire collection.
- Create your PlayList in few seconds and make it always visible in the navigation panel.
- Control the player from the notification panel or from the lock screen.
- Share your songs by WhatsApp, Gmail, Dropbox and many other applications.
- You can use Little bit Music 100% offline, like your old .mp3 player.
- Customize separate each PlayList, Album, Artist .... with pictures, colors and wallpapers creating a fully customized player based on Material Design.
- Change your phone ringtone any time from your music collection.
- Blur effects
- Android 5.0 Lollipop Material Design Toolbar
- 1x1 and 4x1 home-screen widgets
Uses-permission for Little bit Music Player:
**** "android.permission.INTERNET" -> Download covers
**** "android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" -> 2º hand playback
**** "android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" -> Manage calls during playback (no phone id)
**** "android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" -> Managing the volume of other apps
**** "android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" -> Read sdCard files
Compatible with .mp3, .flac and .wav files
PlayStore link: (I'm new here, you can view attachments for preview and search onPlayStore...)
Please read de info section of the ap for more information about the project.
THANKS and ENJOY!! Do not be cruel with criticism haha
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Can you please attach the file here? I wanna check it.
How do I download?
The link Ronnie provided doesn't seem to work.
Is this app not available in the UK?
av007 said:
Can you please attach the file here? I wanna check it.
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TheArc said:
How do I download?
The link Ronnie provided doesn't seem to work.
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Drhedphuk said:
Is this app not available in the UK?
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Very sorry guys, i was very busy last months... I uped a new release yesterday, with full material redesign, and some transitions. Hope that you enjoy it.
(The link posted at the first answer is availble now)
Very good app
Hi. First of all, great work! :good: It's a nice app (visually and conceptually). Anyway, I have some opinions and suggestions.
The app don't synchronize the album covers very well. I have a folder with 906 songs and it only downloaded the cover of a Franz Ferdinand's song.
i.imgur.com/HEnkMSw.png
The memory consumption is a little high, almost the double that other player (GoneMAD is a music player full of unused options).
i.imgur.com/MSl5xto.png
i.imgur.com/35bYCqa.png
I miss some options like Ticker notifications, Inactivity timer, lyrics viewer, sort songs by artist and delete songs directly from the app.
P.D: Sorry for my bad english
llamero said:
Hi. First of all, great work! :good: It's a nice app (visually and conceptually). Anyway, I have some opinions and suggestions.
The app don't synchronize the album covers very well. I have a folder with 906 songs and it only downloaded the cover of a Franz Ferdinand's song.
i.imgur.com/HEnkMSw.png
The memory consumption is a little high, almost the double that other player (GoneMAD is a music player full of unused options).
i.imgur.com/MSl5xto.png
i.imgur.com/35bYCqa.png
I miss some options like Ticker notifications, Inactivity timer, lyrics viewer, sort songs by artist and delete songs directly from the app.
P.D: Sorry for my bad english
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Hi Llamero. Thanks for your report! I 'll try to get working all these suggestion..(maybe the next thing will be a playing song screen). App syncronizes de cover of first song that has metada in the album. It costs lots of resources/time each ask for last.fm API. And yes, i have to clean the code in order to consume less memory
Hi guys, I have updated the app adding a playing song screen, so, i think the app (remember that is a simple music player) is more complete now.
You can see it at last atached file, Give me your opinion please!
Hi @erauskin!
I was looking for a simple music player and this is a really good option.
I'm using since last 2 weeks and can tell....
1- Didn't found a way to delete a playlist not a track inside it (Opened a folder and later deleted some tracks, they are still there... No way to remove them.)
2- Sometimes player pauses itself when passing to next song, then I have to press "pause" button in order to continue, it's pretty annoying (can be something with my phone?).
3- A timer function could be nice.
I'm using Lollipop 5.1.1, CM 12.1 in a Galaxy S3.
Keep the good work!
Last update allows to Cast directly local music files to Cromecast.
Try and comment please!
Nice player but how to add cover albums? I store on sd card cover (folder.jpg format). Please help me
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What music player do you reccomend ?

I have ton of music so what music player do you reccomend ? Great apk highly recommended.
ernet said:
I have ton of music so what music player do you reccomend ? Great apk highly recommended.
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Poweramp
Agreed Poweramp. I used to use Winamp until they closed the ability to update album art.
GoneMAD Music Player and Poweramp
Can't go wrong with either of those.
Poweramp, but note the volume output to headphones on this phone isn't very good.
Hello, here is my opinion about music player on Android:
poweramp and playerpro are 2 goods player, maybe the best ones!!!
By the way, can we skip tracks with UP and DOWN volume Buttons?
I'd usually recommend PowerAmp. However, the display of Album Art when embedded within mp3 files is broken on the S7 at the moment so you might want to hold off.
ernet said:
I have ton of music so what music player do you reccomend ? Great apk highly recommended.
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I highly recommend Google Play Music. You can upload 50.000 own songs from your computer, and you always have your all songs without any subscription. It is working well, and uses EQ, album cover...etc.
The problem with Google play music is the silly 1000 song limit in playlists.
If using Poweramp make sure that you disable the "Direct Volume Control" feature as it's buggy on the Galaxy S7/S7 edge and makes the volume sound way too low.
Also I would recommend using USB Audio App Pro along with a USB DAC or a headset with a build in DAC rather than poweramp though, as far as sound quality goes the difference is night and day.
garyd9 said:
The problem with Google play music is the silly 1000 song limit in playlists.
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Why for God's sake do you need a playlist more than 1000 song?
Tuningszocske said:
Why for God's sake do you need a playlist more than 1000 song?
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How about 3800? There are only about 1200 unique tracks in the list, but some are in the list multiple times. What I do is to take songs I like more and put them in the list multiple times. Of course, I only play that playlist shuffled... The end result is that my favorite songs play more often.
I actually use (gasp) iTunes to organize my list, and rate any song (that will go into my primary playlist) between 2 and 5 stars. 2 star songs go into the playlist once. 3 star songs go into the list twice. 4 stars gets five entries and 5 star songs get eight entries.
The end result is VERY good (for me) and I've been using this system for many, many years.
Sadly, however, it means I can't use google play music for that playlist. With S7, I have a big 128GB sdcard card, and my entire music collection on the card. I then use Samsung's music player (which works very well) for playing that big list.
garyd9 said:
How about 3800? There are only about 1200 unique tracks in the list, but some are in the list multiple times. What I do is to take songs I like more and put them in the list multiple times. Of course, I only play that playlist shuffled... The end result is that my favorite songs play more often.
I actually use (gasp) iTunes to organize my list, and rate any song (that will go into my primary playlist) between 2 and 5 stars. 2 star songs go into the playlist once. 3 star songs go into the list twice. 4 stars gets five entries and 5 star songs get eight entries.
The end result is VERY good (for me) and I've been using this system for many, many years.
Sadly, however, it means I can't use google play music for that playlist. With S7, I have a big 128GB sdcard card, and my entire music collection on the card. I then use Samsung's music player (which works very well) for playing that big list.
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Do you know that "thumb up" button on Play Music? Maybe it can help you.
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Do you know that "thumb up" button on Play Music? Maybe it can help you.
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Not with a playlist, it won't.
garyd9 said:
Not with a playlist, it won't.
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Theoretically when you make thumbs-up opinion Google automates on some of the screens a preferred playlist.
Jet audio
Tuningszocske said:
Theoretically when you make thumbs-up opinion Google automates on some of the screens a preferred playlist.
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With the mix of music I listen to, those automated playlists never work out. As well, they don't allow a "I like song A, but I like song B even more."
Why am I even arguing this? If a person can't see the limitations, then they probably don't apply to that person. They DO apply to me. Google play music's limitation of 1000 songs in a playlist is too restrictive for me (and for some others.)
No matter what player I use the audio quality is crappy. Compared with another phone it's just horrible
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grab the latest PowerAmp alpha:
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/max-mp/poweramp/poweramp-alpha-build-701-uni-release/
really great improvements to our mediocre DAC with some minor tweaks in the settings + custom volume steps!
Thanks, I'll try bu I doubt it will improve to an acceptable level. Still no excuse for such a good device to fail so badly at this.
Edit
Actually the improvement is quite big, so thanks again. Might be some placebo efect there but something is definitely better
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google play music

Can anyone tell me if the gear s3 is able to stream Google play music? Or is compatible with the Google play music app??
I think it should be working on any default music player on device, as mine can control the spotify without any problems
I can control the music from my phone while it's playing music via Google play but I don't think it can stream directly to the watch. I was glad it's able to do that at the least. You can play, pause, and skip songs, view the song list, and even control the volume.
Spotify will be released mid December for our watches
Outbreak444 said:
I can control the music from my phone while it's playing music via Google play but I don't think it can stream directly to the watch. I was glad it's able to do that at the least. You can play, pause, and skip songs, view the song list, and even control the volume.
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Okay, thank you!
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Spotify will be released mid December for our watches
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I have a personal beef with Spotify. (Somebody hacked my account. They can restore playlists, but not my "Liked or Added" music. Apparently those aren't playlists. Long story short I lost about a year and a half of collected music. So yeah....
Anybody know if there is word or intent to bring GPM to the S3? It's nice to at least be able to control the music with our watch when it's playing from the phone, but, would be REALLY nice if I could just leave the phone at home and stream GPM while out and about. Kind of why I got the LTE variant in the first place.
Furthermore, does anybody know if spotify and potentially GPM, will use up the data allotment or will that also fall under tmobiles free music streaming thing?
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I have a personal beef with Spotify. (Somebody hacked my account. They can restore playlists, but not my "Liked or Added" music. Apparently those aren't playlists. Long story short I lost about a year and a half of collected music. So yeah....
Anybody know if there is word or intent to bring GPM to the S3? It's nice to at least be able to control the music with our watch when it's playing from the phone, but, would be REALLY nice if I could just leave the phone at home and stream GPM while out and about. Kind of why I got the LTE variant in the first place.
Furthermore, does anybody know if spotify and potentially GPM, will use up the data allotment or will that also fall under tmobiles free music streaming thing?
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I would love to know the same, I just got the subscription for Google play music and don't want to be tied down to just Spotify.
And with the data, my plan on T-Mobile is unlimited everything, for just $5 more than the 500mb plan. I'm not savvy on their plan details as I have only been a customer since Wednesday.
I can control Play Music from my watch with the music playing through my phone speaker. I haven't tried using the watch speaker.
Same issur: would like to take my gpm playlist standalone on the s3 for workout amd peave the phone at home. Until now not possible. Except maybe by physically downloading the playlust to sd card of the phone (i think there are apps for this) and then transfer to s3 via gear companion app... Complicated.
Come on guys - its never going to happen. This isn't like iOS where there's a huge market lead. And without an api there's no way for someone else to code it as well.
kenkiller said:
Come on guys - its never going to happen. This isn't like iOS where there's a huge market lead. And without an api there's no way for someone else to code it as well.
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THere is an API that at least someone knows, you can download any song in your library (even subscription songs) using an app on the play store called Cloud Music Importer. If you can view your library, and download the songs, its got an api.
Outbreak444 said:
I can control the music from my phone while it's playing music via Google play but I don't think it can stream directly to the watch. I was glad it's able to do that at the least. You can play, pause, and skip songs, view the song list, and even control the volume.
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Can you select a playlist from your watch? I like this feature on my Android wear device and it would be nice if the Gear also can do that.
nik_rex said:
Can you select a playlist from your watch? I like this feature on my Android wear device and it would be nice if the Gear also can do that.
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Here's a screenshot of what it can do. The phone looking icon changes audio source from phone to watch, and the open app option allows​ you to see the list of songs in your current playlist. I don't see any option for selecting the playlist though, its always showed me the last song that I've streamed.
Outbreak444 said:
Here's a screenshot of what it can do. The phone looking icon changes audio source from phone to watch, and the open app option allows​ you to see the list of songs in your current playlist. I don't see any option for selecting the playlist though, its always showed me the last song that I've streamed.
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Okay thank you
Download the app Music Mate to your phone. It lets you get the songs off of Google music as standard MP3 files. You can then Port them to your phone.
Music Mate is free for a few songs and then there's a fairly low purchase price for unlimited downloads.
Yes Gear S3 Streams Google play Music
YES -- absolutely -- by default
Is there a way to save downloaded music from Google Play Music to the Gear S3?
Save only phone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sapien.android.musicmate
Thx me later
vijay.alapati said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sapien.android.musicmate
Thx me later
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How do you then get the music onto the watch?
My GWA2 only has an option to 'automatically sync' in the Gear app. The problem with this is it brings over all the voice messages from my Telegram group chats, and also the tracks I use to sleep to (10 hours of white noise) which basically fills the watch up immediately.

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