I would like to ask everyone what is their experience in playing music in the background. I am on the fence on buying the phone. I am always on travel(like 1-2 hours per day). Music playing is a big deal to me. I mostly used the offline mode buts that's me. What is the average drain on the battery? I have seen some of the issue with regards to music player playing in the background whether its online or offline mode.
This are just some of the article that I have found regarding the topic.
https://medium.com/smartphone-enerlytics/how-i-cut-google-play-music-energy-drain-by-15-using-eprof-4c644b92d226#.2zwisj32l
http://appquest.io/blog/popular-android-music-streaming-apps-battery-drain/
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Hey Folks,
I'm new around here so please don't kill me
I got my Topaz four days ago in Shanghai. I really like the experience and since then the phone came with a HardSPL already installed and a modified ROM (The shop didn't have a native english version so they flashed one for me) I installed Dutty's 6.5 R6 Ult the next day.
When I use the phone more or less normally, everything works fine and battery life is enough (could be better).
However, I like to use my phone as an all-in-on gadget so i don't have to carry a MP3-player with me.
I would love to continue that with my TD2 (It worked perfectly on my Samsung TouchWith SGH-F480 which did about 15-20 hours of uninterrupted mp3 playback on one full charge).
The problem really is that the music player seems to prevent the low-power state for some reason with the result that the battery will be drained within about 4-5 hours which is way too short since on normal days i have my phone playing music for about 8 hours.
To make a long story short:
I'm looking for a music player that can playback simple mp3 music (or wma or aac or whatever. One format will suffice. I can convert my music) without draining the battery as if i was playing a 3d game. Does that exsist or do i need to consider getting an extra battery or seperate MP3 player?
Thanks for the help =)
Cheers
Darkstriker
No ideas at all? :_(
have u tried s2p ?
Have it in the charger and play music, no battery drain there...he he
Seriously, there are tons of music players out there. Just pick what suits you. To me mortplayer or nitrogen works just fine.
I was wondering which music player app would be the best for battery life! Winamp, from my experience, is an avid power eater, and I'm not sure about PowerAmp :/
So, any feedback/experience from other players that you might want to share?
8 to 10% per hour on mp3 is typical, more for aac.
Use stock player. As khaytsus said, 8-10% in a hour is pretty normal!
any battery usage trade off i make with poweramp is 100% worth it to me. that app (pro version) led me to sell my ipod, and just buy a bigger sd card for my phone.
Mixzing Media Player is the best!
michael.ahdett said:
any battery usage trade off i make with poweramp is 100% worth it to me. that app (pro version) led me to sell my ipod, and just buy a bigger sd card for my phone.
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Woah that is serious ah! =)
Download Osmonitor from the market & check how much % of the cpu is being used.
For the desire HD, the stock music app actually uses less than 5%, while songbird was using 20-30%.
@Soulofkorea: It's the ugliest!
But yeah, PowerAmp = Nice polished UI, EQ and overall awesome!
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The quality of my life would be greatly reduced if I did not have nostrils.
Music apps that require network access (to DL album art, lyrics, etc.) will use more battery and data. So either turn these features off or use a player without those.
I routinely use poweramp and have not noticed it being a battery hog with wired headphones or bluetooth.
hmm.. winamp? drains less power 1 hour = 5%
If only Winamp has EQ.
ikbolkobulov said:
I think what you're looking for is this player: (deleted)
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Minimalistic players use the same codecs everyone else uses, with very few exceptions, and in general it's the codec decoding which uses CPU and therefore battery.
Otherwise, as mentioned, downloading album art or scrobbling will use more as well, but generally can be disabled.
So basically, in your experience, most players consume the same power, as long as their network options are disabled?
Thanks for the quick replies
I listen to a lot of audiobooks and podcasts on my phone and am in desperate need of a player that can do time stretching (high speed playback without pitch distortion). I can do it on my computer and I know the IPhone/Pod can do it. It seems like there should be an app out there somewhere I'm over looking. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Knocking out a twelve hour book in six hours...priceless.
Nothing huh? Kinda what I was afraid of....
Oh well, at least it's in the Mortplayer To Do list...
Hmmmm......there was an app like that long back can't remember it's name but if I have it I will upload it......Till then gud luck with ur hunt!!!!!
You can check out Astro Player Nova. Variable playback used to be free, but after their latest release it'll run you a few quid or bucks. Can't say I'm the biggest fan of the gui but it does its job and I'm happily now getting through my podcast rotation quicker.
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For podcasts there is Doggcatcher that supports an adjustable speed plugin although I believe the speed increase on that only goes as high as x1.6
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Search for Audio Speed Changer. I use this app to slow down music for transcription, and it is excellent. It can slow down or speed up 200 %, and you can set start and end markers.
Wow...thank you guys. I'm going to try out your suggestions tonight. I really didn't think there was an app that would do what I needed...
Thanks to everyone who responded...you guys....and XDA rock!
Thanks for the move stylez, wasn't positive on whether this should go in APPs or Q&A. Appreciate the clarification....won't be so noobish next time.
I´ve just updated Audio Speed Changer with new features that improve its usage as a podcast player.
You can now load whole albums or folders and let the songs play in order. Don't need to load song by song anymore.
There are also many other features, performance improvements and bug fixes.
I hope you like it.
Tnx
Hi all! I did a bunch of searches trying to find out the best App for downloading or streaming podcasts, but the results were scattered and few. So I decided to compile a list of the best podcasting apps for android out there (with links) and ask the rest of the community to review the apps and make suggestions. As new apps are suggested I'll edit the list so that a bunch of podcasting oriented apps can be found in one place.
(Links will be placed as soon as I can. I'm new to posting, not to research. Search for these in the marketplace.)
Paid:
BeyondPod (7 day free trail)
DoggCatcher
Pocket Cast
Free:
PodKast
PodKicker
PodKicker is my favorite. It updates automatically, streams and downloads podcasts (with the RSS Link), has a simple player UI, and best of all IT's FREE!
what about listen?
As a big podcast listener, I have tried pretty much all of these. BeyondPod was the best there was on WM, but I don't quite feel this way on Android.
On Android, my personal favorite has been Pocket Casts.
https://market.android.com/details?id=au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts
Pocket Casts is easily the best podcast app I have used. Also it is frequently updated and the developer is more than helpful.
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Pocket Casts is easily the best podcast app I have used. Also it is frequently updated and the developer is more than helpful.
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just bought this app thanks for the heads up , ive been using listen for ages,,
Pocket Cast looks great, but I'm a bigger fan of free apps. Being a poor college student and all...
devnulldroid suggested Feed Sponge & Stitcher on another thread. Anyone else use these? I'm trying Stitcher out now.
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what about listen?
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Well, I had trouble with it streaming. An error would always appear. Also, the market/search was horrible.
But what does everyone else think about listen? If I get enough people saying they're on the Listen band wagon I'll add it to the list.
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On using Stitcher for awhile I've found that it's a solid app for main stream podcasts, such as NPR and CBS created podcasts, but lacks the ability to upload through a link. There are a ton of podcasts I listen to that weren't in their market, so that's a down side to me.
which one gets the best battery life? pocket casts seems to drain my battery pretty quickly, I mean I guess the phone can't sleep while playing audio but just wondering if any get better battery life when playing than others.
what podcasts do yall listen to?
Was skimming thru the latest threads and decided to reply (Incredible 2)
.podkast used to be awesome (on GB) but since I've been on ICS it's only offered in foreign languages (from the market).
It had absolutely EVERY podcast available.
-Truckin'-
Podkicker, one of the very free that has managed to find every podcast I've searched for...most of the big name pod streamers can't find popular podcasts.
It's also one of the easiest to run, and easiest on the eyes!
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I use DoggCatcher and love it. Tons of options, works great on ICS 4.0.4 (Droid RAZR MAXX) and a nice feature is I can skip ahead or backwards in podcasts (jumped by a set interval) by pushing the SKIP and PREV buttons on my car stereo. (When connected via Bluetooth)
No battery issues -- has onscreen playback controls on the lock screen and notification bar (native ICS) and I set it to only download podcasts at night when the phone is connected to power.
I use AntennaPod - it is free and minimalistic
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I use AntennaPod - it is free and minimalistic
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You are my hero. Exactly what I had been looking for for the past year.
Pocket Cast is the best Ive tried. Now that it as built in 2x play back.
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Pocket Cast looks great, but I'm a bigger fan of free apps. Being a poor college student and all...
devnulldroid suggested Feed Sponge & Stitcher on another thread. Anyone else use these? I'm trying Stitcher out now.
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Breaks my heart that AntennaPod isn't in development any more.
https://github.com/antennapod/AntennaPod
I've fooled around with BeyondPod Beta but it's left me cold. Any other open source solutions out there?
Hi
I am getting my daughter a samsung galaxy tab 3 tablet and I was wondering are there any apps available that can reduce the number of apps available at night.
The reason is I would be happy if she had the tablet in her room at night if I can be sure she is not watching youtube, playing games etc.
She will want to listen to music at night and I am happy with that, but I would like to have something that I could disable all apps and only leave music available.
If no such app exists are there any other apps which would keep a history of what apps were used and when they were used?
Thanks
Confiscate the tablet at night and buy a cheap 10 quid MP3 player for her to use for music?
You could use an app to keep track of the time an app is used, like Frequency: App Usage Tracking or App Usage Tracker.
Regards