Hi all!
I noticed a few times these years (or whatever the time I've using Google Play Music All Access) that from time to time music disappears from the catalogue, or just change the name of the album…etc, so it doesn't appear in My Library anymore.
I noticed yesterday that the album “OneRupublic – Native” was no longer in my library and in Google Play, however today appeared a new “version”, with the cover in a different color and a few more bonus songs.
As a consequence, I lost songs from my library that I had to add again, lost “favorite” tracks without notice and also play counts.
I think it should be a work around for this. I noticed this a few times, when I initially thought “Oh, I thought I had added that album to my library…” when I actually had added it but it had disappeared because of this. Also I wasn't notified.
Have you ever noticed this too?
Yes, definitely.
I live in Italy, and sometimes an album just disappears: it occurred just the other day with "Feast" by Annihilator.
Or, a couple of months ago, with "Albatross" by Big Wreck. At first it's just two or three songs, and then the whole album is gone.
That's annoying :/
I suppose it's just the record labels re-arranging their catalouge, or international music copyright... I don't know actually, but what can we do?
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I have 1735 music files in 103 folders, totally 7,63 GB on a 16 GB storage card.
After reboot/data connection over USB/storage card insertion it takes almost 20 minutes until the music collection is up to date.
During the scanning, the phone is slow, almost non-responsive. Even after the scanning is finished there is 6-7 second delay from clicking on the music tab until it is ready to play/browse but all other actions are as fast and responsive as usual.
But, if I connect the phone to the computer again (for example to trasfer some additional files) during the scanning/database refresh it seems like it crashes (but without notification) and it is never finished scanning. I simply have to kill the process, delete the database (audiomanager_eng.vol) and restart the program for a full scanning.
This has occurred since I changed storage card from an 8 GB to 16 GB and added about 100 music files.
Before the new 16 GB card it took a minute or two to refresh and I never experienced any problems if I interrupted the scanning. Also never any delays when starting the music player.
Unfortunately I have sold the old card so I can't reproduced the problem but I have tried to delete the newly added music files with no effect, the problem remains.
Same phone, same ROM as before. No applications added. I have also tried to reset the phone, but the problem remain.
Any one else who have the same issues or a solution?
I noticed that the delay depends on the number of songs in a playlist..
if it plays a playlist about hundreds of songs it takes 10 seconds of delay after you click the tab, for a plylist of 50 songs the delay is about 2 seconds
i had this problem earlier. I had around 2200 songs (11 gigs). I discovered the problem that many singers I made their album known as "Collection" this caused the database to crash. believe me. try not to assign the same album name for different singers and also give album name for each one.
please tell me after you try.
I also use Dutty's roms. they are the most perfect specially in stability and battery drainage.
saziz77 said:
i had this problem earlier. I had around 2200 songs (11 gigs). I discovered the problem that many singers I made their album known as "Collection" this caused the database to crash. believe me. try not to assign the same album name for different singers and also give album name for each one.
please tell me after you try.
I also use Dutty's roms. they are the most perfect specially in stability and battery drainage.
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I have hundreds of songs in genre folders like "60's", "Rock" and so on. These songs are tagged as "# compilation" in Artist and Album artist, "60's" in Album and "Title - Artist" in the title tag.
So, I will definitely try to re-tag them, but the question is how..
Trial and error have had some effect, It seems to work really good now. I have all the songs I previously have, but now it takes 6-7 seconds to open Music after a restart/connection to PC and 1-2 seconds next time. Previously it crashed/hang and was totally unusable.
What I am not doing any more (not sure which solved my problem, or if it was a combination):
* Not using "# " in any tags. Previously I used "# Compilation" in some artist tags.
* All folder.jpg are maximum 500x500 px. Previously I used same as on my home PC, some of them hi-res, like 1500x1500 px and 1,5MB+
* No embedded art/jpg's. Previously some of the mp3's had embedded art.
New file/tag structure:
File naming, full albums:
\# Albums\Artist\Album\Track# - Title.mp3
(\#Albums\Depeche Mode\Music for the masses\02 - Never let me down again.mp3)
Tags:
Artist = Artist
Album artist = Artist
File naming, compilations:
\# Compilations\Compilation name\Artist - Title.mp3
(\# Compilations\60's\Aretha Franklin - Respect.mp3)
Tags:
Artist = Various Artists
Album Artist = Various Artists
Title = Artist - Title (Aretha Franklin - Respect)
May seem a strange way to tag, but this way you don't have to get every artist in the artist listing which saves time in listing.
Hopefully this helps someone.
BR,
S-A
found the true solution to solve slow opening
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5937822&postcount=31
jjollyroger said:
found the true solution to solve slow opening
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5937822&postcount=31
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Thanks! Works great!
Hi all,
I've been jumping between different ICS ROM bakes to find the one that suits me best, and have had to change some because they've become so laggy after running for a week or two, and I couldn't figure out why.
I'm currently on CyberGR's ROM v7 and it works great on my phone with SIO and lulzactivev2 CPU setup, no overclock, 18hrs+ with medium to heavy usage. Perfect.
But this morning, my MP3s started to skip and the phone was lagging and taking a second or two to notice each keypress.
The one thing I'd done, is sign in to Google Music (previously, I hadn't even started the app as I always use the widget).
I immediately told it to hide my online music, and tried to disable any sync'ing of the 20,000 tracks I have in Google Music, but it just sat there, lagging, 100% CPU, and a spinning circle.
Force-killing the App made no difference either. The phone was just lagging constantly, even though Music.apk was no longer running.
Reboot. Wait for it to settle... lag.
It just wouldn't go away.
So, I opened the App Info on Google Music, cleared all App Data and it's App Cache, and boom. Lag gone.
Open up Google Music, intro about online music, etc - press Back to ignore - play MP3s, all playing smoothly...
Has anyone else experienced this?
Does having a large online Google Music library mean I can't have it linked on my phone?
Is there a way to stop it asking me to sign in every time I start up Google Music?
I can start it via the widget, then open it... but the widget might not be on the track I want to listen to
Settings. Accounts and sync. Uncheck google music.
Now why didn't I think of that... hadn't noticed it hiding at the bottom of the Sync list.
Yup - lag is gone... Ok, that was easy!
Thanks
But does of course mean that I can't use the online Google Music thing... but hey, better then a nag screen I 'spose!
Hey guys,
I've got an odd problem with samsung stock music player on my note 10.1.
Every playlist I add to the device is (dis)played upside down. At first i suspected isyncr, which i use to sync my Itunes with the note, to be the problem - but it turned out it is not.
I already did the following:
checked the m3u playlist isyncr generates with a text editor - everything fine
cleared data of stock music player
cleared data of "media storage"
created a playlist with a 3rd party player (amazon) => reverse order in samsung player, correct order in poweramp, player pro
created a playlist with samsung player => reverse order in 3rd party players (amazon, poweramp, player pro)
searched the internet and xda
asked samsung support for help - twice
Internet knows a similar problem with samsung fascinate without any solution, here on xda i found an old thread which i suspect describes the same problem on a different device (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404735), but also without a solution or idea.
I can hardly believe there is such a bug in the stock music app and hardly anyone steps into it. I also find it hard to believe that samsung had this bug in Fascinate's music player, fixed it in the Galaxy S2's (which i also own and doesn't have this problem), just to re-integrate it in the Note 10.1.
Samsung support is not able to give any qualified answers and rather tries to force me to use kies (which I even tried, but despite its poor performance cannot help me with this problem). I will, however, try to ask them a 3rd time.
The Problem existed in ICS ROM as well as in Jelly Bean, which arrived about 2 weeks ago (XXBLJ9).
Any Ideas what I could try next?
If you read this and don't know an answer either, you can still help me by verifying the problem on your note 10.1 - just create a playlist with for example amazon mp3 (playlist, not album) and open it with samsung stock music player. Would be great, thanks in advance!
Greetings,
Oliver
Okay...seems like nobody has an idea how to solve this...no problem.
You can, however, also help me by just trying it out, takes about 1 minute of your time...is nobody using the stock music player and any other player?
As Internet isn't full of complaints, i suspect that it could be a configuration specific problem with my note. I am willing to wipe it in that case, but as it is not rooted i've got to restore its current state manually after that - which might take some hours So I just want to make sure that there's a chance that wiping helps me with my problem.
Anyone? Can (or can't) you confirm my problem?
Thanks and Greetings,
Oliver
Same issue on Samsung Droid Charge
OliverB82 said:
Okay...seems like nobody has an idea how to solve this...no problem.
You can, however, also help me by just trying it out, takes about 1 minute of your time...is nobody using the stock music player and any other player?
As Internet isn't full of complaints, i suspect that it could be a configuration specific problem with my note. I am willing to wipe it in that case, but as it is not rooted i've got to restore its current state manually after that - which might take some hours So I just want to make sure that there's a chance that wiping helps me with my problem.
Anyone? Can (or can't) you confirm my problem?
Thanks and Greetings,
Oliver
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Hi,
I have had my Samsung Charge since it came out. That problem has always persisted on my device. I find it extremely frustrating as the point of a smart phone is that it is multiple devices. I would like this to be my main music player as well since it has an external 32gb SD card and so can hold quite a bit of music.
I am not a developer (I do do technical support), just decided I am trying to figure out - AGAIN - why it does this. I just downloaded a trial of PowerAmp. Don't know if this might help you figure out the problem. Power Amp shows my synced playlists from Windows Media Player not as a Playlist but as a music folder under folders. So far I have synced just one playlist as a test. In the folder in powerAmp, it is in the correct order. In the stock music player it is in reversed order.
I paused in typing, and after syncing multiple playlists at one shot, the list in Poweramp is garbled. The first try created a single folder with all the songs from the playlist in correct order. Now with the sync of multiple lists, I do have a couple like above but the rest either didn't come across or the music came across but not the playlist. The stock music player also has just some not all of the playlists I synced. The music is all in reverse order.
To me this suggest that problem is with the implementation of the sync on the device itself, given you have the same issue. My guess is it reads and writes the playlist from bottom up. I think there is also a burrering problem since it never seems to bring all my lists over and if that happens only some of the music.
Hope this helps, would like very much to know if you find a solution. Samsung is close to losing me as a customer over this. I care less about browsing and connectivity and more about multi functionality. A music player that works is important to me, and am considering an HTC or maybe even an IPhone (!!!) next time around just because of this - and my next upgrade is in 60 days. I HOPE YOU ARE READING THIS SAMSUNG!!!
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dakatisbak said:
Hi,
I have had my Samsung Charge since it came out. That problem has always persisted on my device. I find it extremely frustrating as the point of a smart phone is that it is multiple devices. I would like this to be my main music player as well since it has an external 32gb SD card and so can hold quite a bit of music.
I am not a developer (I do do technical support), just decided I am trying to figure out - AGAIN - why it does this. I just downloaded a trial of PowerAmp. Don't know if this might help you figure out the problem. Power Amp shows my synced playlists from Windows Media Player not as a Playlist but as a music folder under folders. So far I have synced just one playlist as a test. In the folder in powerAmp, it is in the correct order. In the stock music player it is in reversed order.
I paused in typing, and after syncing multiple playlists at one shot, the list in Poweramp is garbled. The first try created a single folder with all the songs from the playlist in correct order. Now with the sync of multiple lists, I do have a couple like above but the rest either didn't come across or the music came across but not the playlist. The stock music player also has just some not all of the playlists I synced. The music is all in reverse order.
To me this suggest that problem is with the implementation of the sync on the device itself, given you have the same issue. My guess is it reads and writes the playlist from bottom up. I think there is also a burrering problem since it never seems to bring all my lists over and if that happens only some of the music.
Hope this helps, would like very much to know if you find a solution. Samsung is close to losing me as a customer over this. I care less about browsing and connectivity and more about multi functionality. A music player that works is important to me, and am considering an HTC or maybe even an IPhone (!!!) next time around just because of this - and my next upgrade is in 60 days. I HOPE YOU ARE READING THIS SAMSUNG!!!
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Hi Oliver,
Just discovered that my Amazon MP3 cloud player has all my playlists I just synced (except one) and the songs are all in the correct order. This is confounding to me as I previously had the same reversed order issue in this player. Not sure if it has anything to do with the fact that I went into the file system dorectly and deleted all the contents from themusic related folders before doing the sync for that one then multiple lists. Not sure what happened with that one list, might be related to the fact that it is a custom CD mix ( old school club music, I need the beats for running!). Am going to try syncing that list as I really like the music that's on it. This would seem to contradict my thinking above though. Seems the issue is with the Samsung stock music itself, not the sync. HTC/Apple here I come...
Galaxy stock mp3 Player
I have Samsung Fascinate and it has the same problem with stock mp3 music player. Songs on playlist are reversed. I also tried a few other players but they are not convenient.
So as previous says we can use Amazon mp3 player and widget. It works good for me. It remembers when I paused and even after reboot. So decided use it. It doesn't interfere with other programs (I use in my car navigation app - Navigon). So its very convenient listen music and have navigation.
I had to clear data from my media apps to resolve a problem I was having with Sony Album. Once I did that, I removed and reinserted my SD card so Walkman could find all my music again – all worked fine. However, since doing so, my Recently Played, Most Played & Newly Added playlists seemed to have changed and now only seem to hold 50 songs each. I could be mistaken but I’m almost 100% convinced that before I cleared media data they would hold a lot more songs than that – for instance I’m pretty sure Newly Added had all my songs on it (I only added them about 4 days ago) and that Recently Played had every song I’d played in the last few days but now they’ll only hold 50. I use these playlists a lot, especially Recently Played, but I can’t find any way to edit them.
Is there any way I can up the limit for what they hold or assuming I’m right and they held more songs before my clear data, is there any way I can fix this?
Tmel14 said:
I had to clear data from my media apps to resolve a problem I was having with Sony Album. Once I did that, I removed and reinserted my SD card so Walkman could find all my music again – all worked fine. However, since doing so, my Recently Played, Most Played & Newly Added playlists seemed to have changed and now only seem to hold 50 songs each. I could be mistaken but I’m almost 100% convinced that before I cleared media data they would hold a lot more songs than that – for instance I’m pretty sure Newly Added had all my songs on it (I only added them about 4 days ago) and that Recently Played had every song I’d played in the last few days but now they’ll only hold 50. I use these playlists a lot, especially Recently Played, but I can’t find any way to edit them.
Is there any way I can up the limit for what they hold or assuming I’m right and they held more songs before my clear data, is there any way I can fix this?
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Clear app data?
How the hell do you make the most recent added tracks on Google Music appear at the top so you don't have to scroll thru your whole damn bloody playlist to get to the track you just added?
WTF
seanvree said:
How the hell do you make the most recent added tracks on Google Music appear at the top so you don't have to scroll thru your whole damn bloody playlist to get to the track you just added?
WTF
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Excellent question. Hopefully someone has the answer. My guess is that you cannot. It takes forever to just find the albums you own. The search feature does not list the albums in your library on the first page of search results if you have multiple albums by the same artist. It first finds the artist, the radio stations, and videos. You need to go into the artist, then scroll down to find the albums in your library. Such a waste of time.
The "New" play music versions have been horrible since the update after 4.1.513, when Google started really pushing their "unlimited' streaming service. Nothing is intuitive about the newer versions. I really hate the first row of "It's Monday today, play something for..." WTF is that? Try playing an album - in proper track order - with the new version... What a pain. NOT driving friendly. Sure, I can now say, "Ok Google, play xyz by abc" and sometimes the right album will play, but often in the wrong track order. More often it isn't what I wanted from my library. Seriously irritating..
My last (rooted) phone had 4.1.513 installed, and only that version. Thankfully, I had a TB backup when the crap updates started. If we can ever properly root the Qualcomm s7, I am hopeful that 4.1.513 will install OK on Marshmallow... Then again, the likelihood of rooting the US S7's seems to be dwindling each day. Very depressing.
Se, with our shiny new s7s, we are stuck with the latest crappy Play Music version. I really miss the Recently Played "flip" screen with the album covers. So intuitive. So long gone.
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*sigh*
Lol I just downloaded Samsung music
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