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AudioManager very slow and crashing music database

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!

[Q] Stock mp3 Player reverses song order in Playlists - Ideas?

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.

[Q] Music Player Woes

I've been trying to find a good music player for my GSIII for a while now and I keep running into issues. My main thing is that I want it to keep track of my metadata and Gapless Playback would be nice.
First, I was using Doubletwist with Airsync. Something would seem to go wrong every week and would require me to resync something, sometimes even my whole music library (7,000 songs.) I got tired of how long this would take and abandoned Doubletwist.
Now, I'm trying iSyncr, and have had my own issues with that. It (kind of?) shows duplicates, in the form of one less than double the songs for a particular album. (example 23 songs for a 12 song album.) It only does this for the first 15-20 artists. I tried their little media storage fix, but that doesn't work. It ends up doubling what I have in that album, and gets stuck in a "Looking for new songs..." loop and freezes. The program itself constantly shows little errors like "Device failed to update playlist." and "An operation is taking a long time." I tried to email them about these issues and never got a reply.
Did someone know of a fix for iSyncr for this or any alternatives?
I'm running CM10 Nightlies on my phone with a 64GB SD card formatted for FAT 32.
My computer is running Windows 7.

What I want from a music manager (on the PC) and music player app (on Android)

I really don't listen to music on my phone very much. I have a desk job and keep Pandora streaming while at work. On my ~hour commute to and from work, I listen to audio books (it's the only time I get to "read"). But, I do enjoy music and have over 200GB of MP3s. Occasionally, I do want to listen to some of my music using my phone, such as when doing yard work or between audio books. Service around here is spotty, so streaming is typically out of the question.
I use Ubuntu on my PC. My phone is a Captivate. (As soon as I can cut off from AT&T, I'm upgrading!) It's been running SlimICS for a while, but I'm getting ready to upgrade to SlimBean.
I've tried a lot of different programs on the PC, and a lot of different apps and haven't found anything that fits my use. This is what I want:
What I want from the Android App:
- Designate a particular folder as the source for music. This is the big one for me. I don't want it catching my audio books (I have a dedicated audio book player that I love, but it's not suited for music), audio recordings, and other sound files. All but two apps I've tried didn't have that capability and one of those didn't seem to really work right. Why is that so rare of a feature?
- Use ID3 tags, including album art. But that's fairly common.
- Easy navigation. By artist, album, song titles, etc. Don't rely on "playlists." I don't build them. Just show me all my music and let me easily chose if I want to play a particular album, everything by a particular artist, a particular genre, everything all mixed up together, etc.
- Lock screen controls.
My favorite music app so far is 3 (Cubed). But, specifying a music directory doesn't work. It has a menu option to only look in a folder your specify, and I've enabled that, but it's still seeing my audio books and other sound files. It has lock screen controls but I don't like the way it changes the lock screen. And it has a beautiful interface interrupted by these ugly "pop up" boxes. I love using parts of it, but find other parts hard to use.
What I want from a Ubuntu program:
I'm currently using RhythmBox, and it's OK. It serves most of my needs except the big one. How it syncs to my phone. I have a LOT of music and I hate building playlists. I also hate trying to manually go through the thousands and thousands of songs trying to pick out which ones I want to copy to the phone. I just don't have that kind of time. What I want it to do is just randomly pick songs until a threshold that I set has been met. For instance, copy 5 GB of random songs from my entire collection to my phone. Or, copy 3 hours of random songs from the Metal genre. Or perhaps I'm in a Dylan kind of mood so I want it to copy 3 hours of random Bob Dylan songs. And if there's something specific I want to put on the phone, I can do that manually.
So, am I overlooking something that will give me these options? Is there something out there for me?

ubuntu: moc
android: poweramp
I am pleased with both.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium

I haven't looked at PowerAmp because, well... it's not free. Free isn't a requirement, but I just don't feel like I listen to music on my phone enough to justify paying for an app like that.
Now, about moc... I had not heard of that before. I googled it and read about it, but I don't see any way to do what I'm wanting to do.

yeah, its different than what you want. The complete opposite, actually. But I still recommend it -- it grows on you. Worth an apt-get.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium

I haven't tried it yet, but this program looks promising: http://mr-random.sourceforge.net/docs.html#Doc/

Give PowerAmp a try, they have the trial version. Once you've tried it, it's hard to use any other.

Music
HeathicusF said:
I really don't listen to music on my phone very much. I have a desk job and keep Pandora streaming while at work. On my ~hour commute to and from work, I listen to audio books (it's the only time I get to "read"). But, I do enjoy music and have over 200GB of MP3s. Occasionally, I do want to listen to some of my music using my phone, such as when doing yard work or between audio books. Service around here is spotty, so streaming is typically out of the question.
I use Ubuntu on my PC. My phone is a Captivate. (As soon as I can cut off from AT&T, I'm upgrading!) It's been running SlimICS for a while, but I'm getting ready to upgrade to SlimBean.
I've tried a lot of different programs on the PC, and a lot of different apps and haven't found anything that fits my use. This is what I want:
What I want from the Android App:
- Designate a particular folder as the source for music. This is the big one for me. I don't want it catching my audio books (I have a dedicated audio book player that I love, but it's not suited for music), audio recordings, and other sound files. All but two apps I've tried didn't have that capability and one of those didn't seem to really work right. Why is that so rare of a feature?
- Use ID3 tags, including album art. But that's fairly common.
- Easy navigation. By artist, album, song titles, etc. Don't rely on "playlists." I don't build them. Just show me all my music and let me easily chose if I want to play a particular album, everything by a particular artist, a particular genre, everything all mixed up together, etc.
- Lock screen controls.
My favorite music app so far is 3 (Cubed). But, specifying a music directory doesn't work. It has a menu option to only look in a folder your specify, and I've enabled that, but it's still seeing my audio books and other sound files. It has lock screen controls but I don't like the way it changes the lock screen. And it has a beautiful interface interrupted by these ugly "pop up" boxes. I love using parts of it, but find other parts hard to use.
What I want from a Ubuntu program:
I'm currently using RhythmBox, and it's OK. It serves most of my needs except the big one. How it syncs to my phone. I have a LOT of music and I hate building playlists. I also hate trying to manually go through the thousands and thousands of songs trying to pick out which ones I want to copy to the phone. I just don't have that kind of time. What I want it to do is just randomly pick songs until a threshold that I set has been met. For instance, copy 5 GB of random songs from my entire collection to my phone. Or, copy 3 hours of random songs from the Metal genre. Or perhaps I'm in a Dylan kind of mood so I want it to copy 3 hours of random Bob Dylan songs. And if there's something specific I want to put on the phone, I can do that manually.
So, am I overlooking something that will give me these options? Is there something out there for me?
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The best suggestion I can give you is not a PC application, but is rather a piece of hardware. I would recommend getting a Pogoplug and an external HDD. Connect the Pogoplug to the HDD and then connect the Pogoplug to the internet via cat5/6, then create an account and download the app on your phone.. in this scenario, the only limit to what you want to store and how much space you have is the capacity of your external HDD; This device can support multiple HDD's, so its pretty much limitless.

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The best suggestion I can give you is not a PC application, but is rather a piece of hardware. I would recommend getting a Pogoplug and an external HDD. Connect the Pogoplug to the HDD and then connect the Pogoplug to the internet via cat5/6, then create an account and download the app on your phone.. in this scenario, the only limit to what you want to store and how much space you have is the capacity of your external HDD; This device can support multiple HDD's, so its pretty much limitless.
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I appreciate the suggestion, and it looks like a nice product, but I fail to see how that accomplishes my goal.

[Q] Music disappearing from Google Music

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?