been searching the forum and came across cases where some owners of PPCs have gotten WMP to transfers DRM music downloaded from Rhapsody on to their PPCs.
I subscribe to RTG and tried to transfer downloaded DRM protected music to my mogul's SD but had no luck. WMP can't sync "Windows Media Player cannot sync the file because the device needs to be updated"
The WMDRM, MSMETADATA, and PLAYLIST folders were created so i know the SD was prepared for DRM music but i can seem to get it to work on the mogul.
maybe it's not compatible how did those other people get it to work??
I will tell you from my own personal experience, DRM content does work on the Mogul. I work for Napster's call center and I am able to get my music from Napster to my Mogul, very easily! Napster recognizes it, and the card, then all I have to do is transfer to the storage card and I'm done. Don't even have to use Windows Media Player.
Just FYI, you might want to check it out. 7-day trial available during registration. Make absolutely sure you get Napster To Go.
EDIT: Please remember, the phone is not officially supported by Napster. If you can't get it to work, there is nothing that anyone in the call center can do, so please do not call looking for support.
eXplicit815 said:
I will tell you from my own personal experience, DRM content does work on the Mogul. I work for Napster's call center and I am able to get my music from Napster to my Mogul, very easily! Napster recognizes it, and the card, then all I have to do is transfer to the storage card and I'm done. Don't even have to use Windows Media Player.
Just FYI, you might want to check it out. 7-day trial available during registration. Make absolutely sure you get Napster To Go.
EDIT: Please remember, the phone is not officially supported by Napster. If you can't get it to work, there is nothing that anyone in the call center can do, so please do not call looking for support.
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now i'm jealous. who's rom/version are you using? did you need to prep the device or SD before you could transfer the music?
anyone done this with rhapsody?
I've been using rhapsody to go for some time. Works very well with a bluetooth enabled car stereo.
In rhapsody, you should have two devices listed:
One for your phone itself
One for the memory card
You need to put at least one song on the phone itself so that it licenses the phone to accept the drm. Since I like to use songs for ringtones, dropping the selected song to the phone will usually do the trick. After that, I use the memory card for the main storage of music.
Hope this helps
Haha...napster....the original CEO of napster, shawn fanning, was my roommate in college at Northeastern. I remember him sitting in our room for hours and hours developing the original napster...i miss the original napster lol.
Napster got its name from his nappy hair, which is why he always wore a hat.
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I've been using rhapsody to go for some time. Works very well with a bluetooth enabled car stereo.
In rhapsody, you should have two devices listed:
One for your phone itself
One for the memory card
You need to put at least one song on the phone itself so that it licenses the phone to accept the drm. Since I like to use songs for ringtones, dropping the selected song to the phone will usually do the trick. After that, I use the memory card for the main storage of music.
Hope this helps
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What rom are you using?
ME: WinXP SP2, WMP11, Lastest Rhapsody....DCD 3.0.1
is WMDRM supported in DCD's 3.0.1?
My computer is "Authorized" already
I plugin my mogul
I start Rhapsody. It's finds and scans the PDA and Storage Card.
There is a WMA file on the device.
The WMDRM files and folders are created on the PDA and Storage Card
In Rhapsody, I try to drag a song from my library to the Storage card and get
"You cannot transfer this subscrition content because this device is not a subscrition device"...blah blah blah...pay. I already pay $15/mo
There's no option to "Authorize" my mogul...What exactly did you do to get it to work? what rom are you using?
ROM's really have nothing to do with it. It just recognizes it as a Windows Mobile device, and the rest goes from there. You can use any ROM with any configuration.
Give it a shot, let me know your username and I'll make sure everything goes smoothly on the back-end.
Rhapsody has worked OK (complaints below) for me on the three different devices I've tried (1 Mogul, 2 Touch's).
The particular ROM you are running can make a difference, as some custom ROMs leave out Lockstream DRM.
In my experience Rhapsody's online player is great. The software that you have to run to download music on the other hand has given me nothing but headaches. In my experience it is buggy, bloated, unresponsive crap. I've spent hours troubleshooting issues (some might be related to Vista, but come on, it's been out for a long time now), uninstalling/reinstalling Lockstream components, etc. And for some reason it never recognizes my storage cards the next time I try to transfer music. I have to deauthorize the card in my account settings, and then reathorize it in order to transfer music. There are just way to many issues for it to be a useful service for most people. I'll probably give it another month, but I will likely be looking into trying Napster and some others if their selection is comparable to Rhapsody.
I use rhapsody on my Mogul/XV6800 with no issues. I just plugged it in, authorized it, and started adding music.
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I use rhapsody on my Mogul/XV6800 with no issues. I just plugged it in, authorized it, and started adding music.
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It's all great that all of you can use rhapsody on your mogul..at least i know it works....
BUT I HAVE NO OPTION TO AUTHORIZE MY STORAGE CARD!!!!!
can anyone please give me a solution/procedure...
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It's all great that all of you can use rhapsody on your mogul..at least i know it works....
BUT I HAVE NO OPTION TO AUTHORIZE MY STORAGE CARD!!!!!
can anyone please give me a solution/procedure...
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I FIXED IT!!!!!
looks like I have to install MS-KB929399 DRM hotfix. I can authorize now...
BUT now i have another problem!!!
after a few seconds of playing the song it stops and i get..."Not enought storage space is available to complete the operation"
I got 142MB free space in my rom and 350mb free in my SD...this would happen to any file i played in MediaPlayer..
Is it talking about RAM?
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There is a useful guide including:1. How to free download DRM Music 2. How to convert the DRM music to play them with any players.
http://www.crapware-link.html
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Thanks, but those methods currently no longer work in XP
MS and Rhapsody are pushing a different version of the DRM IBX in XP and the keys can't be retrieved with those methods anymore.
(are we allowed to talk about this on XDA forum)
Anyway i got Rhapsody to work with my mogul.
Rhapsody + HTC Audio Manager + 8GB SDHC + Dopod remote control + Sony Fontopias + SRS WOW HD = pretty decent portable music player
but this thing has some serious issues with RAM...64MB SUX!!!
can't multitask with the Audio Manager running..even WMP has problems with running out of RAM
There are legitimate reasons to want to strip the DRM from protected Rhapsody tracks. The lack of a universal DRM system means that iPods, etc. can't play the Rhapsody tracks that you legally have the license to use. Granted, stripping the DRM is not legal, but morally I don't have a problem with it in this case. If you were to keep using the files after canceling your subscription that would be another story of course.
All that said, I've been using a program called MuvAudio to "strip" the DRM from my Rhapsody tracks. It actually doesn't strip anything, but instead runs the file through your sound card and digitally records the output into a new (and not copy-protected) MP3. The benefit of this system is that anything you can play on your PC can be converted into an unprotected MP3/WMA/etc. All the tag data (artist, album, year, etc) is preserved, and it will even search for and attach album art. I was a little worried there would be some quality loss, but it turns out that is not an issue. The quality of the MP3 output is excellent. The program can also be set to monitor your Rhapsody download folder so that new downloads are automatically converted. The best part is that you can get the program for free with TrialPay. Basically, you sign up for a trial of some other, unrelated service, and you get a free license for MuvAudio. You can then cancel your trial of the other service without ever paying a dime. Pretty cool. And now my wife can load up her iPod with Rhapsody tracks.
Now if Rhapsody would only offer a Pocket PC client so that I could bypass my PC all together...
bedoig said:
There are legitimate reasons to want to strip the DRM from protected Rhapsody tracks. The lack of a universal DRM system means that iPods, etc. can't play the Rhapsody tracks that you legally have the license to use. Granted, stripping the DRM is not legal, but morally I don't have a problem with it in this case. If you were to keep using the files after canceling your subscription that would be another story of course.
All that said, I've been using a program called MuvAudio to "strip" the DRM from my Rhapsody tracks. It actually doesn't strip anything, but instead runs the file through your sound card and digitally records the output into a new (and not copy-protected) MP3. The benefit of this system is that anything you can play on your PC can be converted into an unprotected MP3/WMA/etc. All the tag data (artist, album, year, etc) is preserved, and it will even search for and attach album art. I was a little worried there would be some quality loss, but it turns out that is not an issue. The quality of the MP3 output is excellent. The program can also be set to monitor your Rhapsody download folder so that new downloads are automatically converted. The best part is that you can get the program for free with TrialPay. Basically, you sign up for a trial of some other, unrelated service, and you get a free license for MuvAudio. You can then cancel your trial of the other service without ever paying a dime. Pretty cool. And now my wife can load up her iPod with Rhapsody tracks.
Now if Rhapsody would only offer a Pocket PC client so that I could bypass my PC all together...
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Analog rips aren’t really what I want, I may sound like a stickler for quality but I can notice the difference, especially with high quality headphones or rips using low quality sound cards
But this automatic monitoring and converting sounds intriguing…I’m gonna give it a try
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Simple problem. I have several thousand mp3s at home and want to stream them to my phone so that I have all my songs regardless of my location. Even an 8GB MicroSDHC card will not hold all the songs, so streaming is the next best alternative.
I've tried using ORB, and it's a great idea, but the interface through PIE leaves much to be desired. It's difficult to drive around and click the little links, even on large font. Also there is no easy way to queue songs up without making a playlist prior.
Are there any alternatives to ORB that have a better front-end? It'd be nice to have a touch-friendly scrolling type of "catalog" of my songs, and then stream/queue them when I select them. Doesn't seem so hard.
I even tried creating a home web page with IIS, and that worked to a point, but there's got to be something better.
Thanks!
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Simple problem. I have several thousand mp3s at home and want to stream them to my phone so that I have all my songs regardless of my location. Even an 8GB MicroSDHC card will not hold all the songs, so streaming is the next best alternative.
I've tried using ORB, and it's a great idea, but the interface through PIE leaves much to be desired. It's difficult to drive around and click the little links, even on large font. Also there is no easy way to queue songs up without making a playlist prior.
Are there any alternatives to ORB that have a better front-end? It'd be nice to have a touch-friendly scrolling type of "catalog" of my songs, and then stream/queue them when I select them. Doesn't seem so hard.
I even tried creating a home web page with IIS, and that worked to a point, but there's got to be something better.
Thanks!
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I read in one of the other threads that SanDisk has announced a 12GB micro SD available this summer and they speculate that it may be a 16GB by the time it comes out.
I agree 100%...I love ORB but it is way too difficult to navigate.
They really have it all down except the few things you mentioned
Anyone else??
SelectRadio 4.0.2 ?
This prog has such an option, and I do use the program but have not tried it out for that so I do not know how well it works.
Lobster Tunes will do it for you. It's not free, though.
http://lobstertunes.com
Lobster looks pretty cool. I'm going to check it out and see if it offers a better experience than what I currently use (Andromeda - http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/home.asp).
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Lobster looks pretty cool. I'm going to check it out and see if it offers a better experience than what I currently use (Andromeda - http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/home.asp).
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What do you find bad about Andromeda? I was thinking about giving it a try...
Here is one I have been wondering about. What software can you use to stream your local radio stations to your phone? I know about tuned.mobi and such, but the problem is that when a game comes on, they usually block the broadcast of the audio stream even though it is playing on the local AM radio station. I want to be able to broadcast my local radio stations (AM and FM) to my phone so I can still get the games.
I wonder if someone could not write a program that integrates everything available through orb into you wmp library i.e. some sort of plugin maybee we could put together a donation pot to get one of the dev's to work on the project
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Here is one I have been wondering about. What software can you use to stream your local radio stations to your phone? I know about tuned.mobi and such, but the problem is that when a game comes on, they usually block the broadcast of the audio stream even though it is playing on the local AM radio station. I want to be able to broadcast my local radio stations (AM and FM) to my phone so I can still get the games.
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you cant...if it isnt streamed, it cant be made out of thin air. get a radio.
dtrell said:
you cant...if it isnt streamed, it cant be made out of thin air. get a radio.
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lol, I have a radio...multiple radios. I think you may have misunderstood me. If I got something like this device would I be able to stream it to my phone? I travel... when I am in another state, I can not stream my local radio station broadcasts through the internet to listen to games (blacked out). However, they are playing on the radio station if I were at home and able listen to my radio.
well I think I finally found my cream of the crop... saw this thread and I have to say, andromeda is the BEST solution I've found for getting my music to my PPC...
it works very well with PIE and is very zippy zippy zippy...
I've tried:
1) lobstertunes - buggy, slow, doesn't work with all ROMs
2) gnump3d - buggy perl script, cool features but crashes a lot
3) orb - as you all have stated, interface sucks in PIE and too hard to navigate
4) andromeda - FAST, stable, and CLEAN... worth every penny of the $20 lol
I like the interface of Andromeda the best, not to mention it's speed. Although you can create a playlist, you still can't just "queue" one up...unless I'm missing something.
Took me some tweaks to get it to work too. Have to rename the asp to m3u and make it executable on the server. I also had to use a third party player.
What player are you using? Also, when I click on a file to stream, it always asks me if I want to overwrite the existing m3u. I say yes and it works fine, but ya know
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Took me some tweaks to get it to work too. Have to rename the asp to m3u and make it executable on the server. I also had to use a third party player.
What player are you using? Also, when I click on a file to stream, it always asks me if I want to overwrite the existing m3u. I say yes and it works fine, but ya know
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Yup gotta do a few tweaks but it ends up workin'... yes same thing with overwiting the file but that's typical... I use TCPMP and it works flawlessly.
Zenoran said:
well I think I finally found my cream of the crop... saw this thread and I have to say, andromeda is the BEST solution I've found for getting my music to my PPC...
it works very well with PIE and is very zippy zippy zippy...
I've tried:
1) lobstertunes - buggy, slow, doesn't work with all ROMs
2) gnump3d - buggy perl script, cool features but crashes a lot
3) orb - as you all have stated, interface sucks in PIE and too hard to navigate
4) andromeda - FAST, stable, and CLEAN... worth every penny of the $20 lol
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I like both mundu and resco radio, but they are streaming only. I may try andromeda, PM me with details please.
Do you have a mac?
I'm not sure this would work for you, but it's something that I'm going to try once the needed adapter comes in.
I feel slingbox works really well on my phone and I use it to stream live TV. For my media files I'm planning on using my mac mini which has an IR sensor for the remote and Front Row. The front row interface is very similar to the interface on an ipod and the commands are supposedly supported by slingbox. Once I get the adapter for vga-svideo I will set it up. The only downside I can think of is that audio when watching TV doesn't come over in good quality unless I have it in audio only mode, but this might not be a problem with Front Row where there will be very little visual data transmitted for audio files.
The reason a mac mini is nice is that it has a built in IR sensor. This bet this will work with windows media center too if you have something to control it with IR. Another potential downside is that the computer pretty much needs to be dedicated to working as a media server lest you forget to put it back into media mode.
Fellow developers
Rhapsody came out for the Iphone and Ipod touch recently.
is there a way for anyone to port this to windows mobile? im using rhapsody to listen to music and i love it, would be amazing if i could use it on my phone while traveling.
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Yep, I 2nd that. This is a big deal in usefulness of the phone as my mp3 player through A2DP and in the car. In fact, even though I've been with WM through thick and thin for a decade, it's getting old and the news of this makes me almost seriously consider leaving WM just because of this great development. No syncing, no transferring, just easy over the web unlimited 8 million songs! Please get this going, someone, please!
verizon
Rhapsody has an wm app through verizon's 'vcast' $15/per month service. maybe someone could 'adapt' to work on other carrier?
although its in early stages of development, the app groovefish, here on xda is quite nice. its found and played every song ive searched for.
dschoenike
danderson6p said:
Rhapsody has an wm app through verizon's 'vcast' $15/per month service. maybe someone could 'adapt' to work on other carrier?
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its not a APP its a download while tethered to PC solution ... i just wish some would help me get my drm fixed on 6.5 .
but a streaming app would be nice 2. ;-)
Co-sign. I've been using Rhapsody for years, it would be awesome to have it on my phone.
any one want to throw down on a bounty ?;-)
I'm in
I'll put $10 on fixing DRM for 6.5 (cab so we can install on custom ROMs)
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I'll put $10 on fixing DRM for 6.5 (cab so we can install on custom ROMs)
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I'll put down $20 to fixing DRM on 6.5.
After years of Use Rhapsody has finally figured out i'm not from the States , stopping my Service on PC.
I have read that a WM version is indeed in the planning (WMPowerUser article), but they need to open up to let me in again.
ORB works fine on WM, for both audio and video
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ORB works fine on WM, for both audio and video
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but orb does not give you a HUGE music catalog.. RHAPSODY for winmobile please any one ??? here are the APIs webservices.rhapsody.com
I've been told (I can't confirm it) that Rhapsody To Go will sync with the new 6.5 Verizon ROM. There must be some way to use that ROM to fix Rhapsody in cooked ROMs.
Are you telling me that rhapsody to-go doesn't work with windows mobile 6.5??? I currently use rhapsody everyday on my ATT Tilt. Rhapsody to-go syncs DRM subscriber tracks to the storage card inside my Tilt (It plays for 30 days on the standard windows media player mobile).
I'm thinking of upgrading to the Tilt 2 which has windows mobile 6.5. Will the rhapsody DRM still work in the same way with this phone? Please let me know.
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After years of Use Rhapsody has finally figured out i'm not from the States , stopping my Service on PC.
I have read that a WM version is indeed in the planning (WMPowerUser article), but they need to open up to let me in again.
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Any news on this, i see there is an android version out now.. but still no news on WinMo
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Are you telling me that rhapsody to-go doesn't work with windows mobile 6.5??? I currently use rhapsody everyday on my ATT Tilt. Rhapsody to-go syncs DRM subscriber tracks to the storage card inside my Tilt (It plays for 30 days on the standard windows media player mobile).
I'm thinking of upgrading to the Tilt 2 which has windows mobile 6.5. Will the rhapsody DRM still work in the same way with this phone? Please let me know.
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yes exactly, it only works with DRM-supporting devices, what i would like is just the rhapsody application for windows mobile, just search album, click play, turn of screen and enjoy
i have looked at the API site, thanks for that link xhotz but i dont know if i will be capable of setting something up on winmo platform
next to that:
i am outside of the US, so the weblinks on the api-site don't work
+1 on the full Rhapsody request. I have Rhapsody To Go working (DRM and all) on my HD2 and also no problem on my TYTNii previously. However, I will say that the documentation and the authorization techniques are not obvious on Rhapsody and you need to read through the details to make it work.
However, streaming Rhapsody would be really great.
Rhapsody WM 6.5
It's B.S. that they will not offer this for 65, but with the newest update Amazon is offering there MP3 service per song or album for the same price as their website. I buy from them all the time so it's time for winmo users to stop sucking the nipple of Rhapsody and Use a better non subscription service pay per song or album like you would on a desktop... it's in the Windows Marketplace for free, but those using T-Mobile HD2 the newest OS upgrade includes this and a few other goodies.
I'm sure many people have noticed this, but figured I'd start a little discussion on this.
For those that have not seen or heard about it: Amazon started offering a "cloud" service. Basically functions as a typical online storage service with a few neat features. Using the amazon mp3 player (free download), you can stream music files stored on the "cloud" account to your phone. Obviously this doesn't completely replace the functionality of having music stored on the device, as you wont have access if you don't have a network connection of some sort, but I know I can store more of my music on the cloud server and keep a limited amount of music on the phone for those instances that I wont have a network connection.
It looks like their basic/free service will provide 5 GB of storage, though you can get that upgraded to 20 GB for free with the purchase of an MP3 album. Obviously, not everyone will want to do that, but I had been looking at buying an MP3 album from amazon anyways (finding the actual CD was looking to be impossible or WAY too expensive) so it kind of worked out well for me. I wouldn't say there's a whole lot of innovative features, just a bit of innovation in combining features for convenience I guess. So, with my limited testing so far, I wouldn't call anything groundbreaking, but definitely nifty.
So far, it streams perfectly fine over both wifi and 3G which is to be expected. The player is fairly basic/minimalistic, but gets the job done. The widget also follows the minimalistic design. I feel that both are a bit too simplistic and prefer using winamp, but it's really just a preference thing. I can't really fault anything specific about the amazon player at this point other than being simple in design. The player also functions as an amazon music store so you can purchase music to be added to your cloud storage and you download the files directly to your phone. So far, I'd say the convenience is the best part of the service.
One thing I'm wondering about: Why didn't they combine the app store and music store into one app? I know it's not that difficult to switch between the 2, but it seems like it would be "cleaner" to just put both into one great package. I'm guessing they were concerned about it becoming cluttered, especially with search results, but it still seems like they could have worked the 2 together.
I tried this an it seemed to work good to me. The only thing that sucks is that my upload speed is terrible at home so uploaded 5gbs would take me forever, yet alone more GB.
Be sure to check here for some essentially free space.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03/29/tip-get-20gb-of-amazon-cloud-drive-storage-for-only-0-69/
OK, I looked and I looked, I found a few threads on Motocast for Xoom and another device..........Has anyone used this on the Photon with a PC and what do you think?
Here is my delima. I used to have everything in folders on my PC, then I would drag-&-drop them to my SDHC Card, over time create some playlist, listen at pleasure, add some more.............
I just got new Gaming Desktop with 1.5TB HD and2.0TB Photom USB Drive. I listen to all types of music............Long story short, I have over 100Gb of music and videos I have on these. Putting my music and videos on Photon will never work. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I want to create playlist on PC and use Motocast to listen to music.
I have Windows7, so I put everything into C:\users\davidksims\music (videos, pictures, documents, etc. ). The only videos that show up are the one that were on the phone originally, not the ones I moved. Same with the pictures. When I attempt to open music in Motocast on my PC I get connection error.
I like the though that I can access ALL of my media content anywhere, anytime. I know I'm not normal (I have over 18,000 songs, 5000 pictures, and currently 15 HD Videos) but if this works.............
I could move EVERYTHING to External USB, then only move the media I actually currently listen to over to Desktop and assign to playlist to save on the phone, but that takes away from purpose of Motocast?
Any ideas will be appreciated.
EDIT: I forgot, after I loaded all my music and crap. I opened Media Player and ran update library. That should run until Christmas!!! 24 hours later and I'm at 8% update!
133 views and no opinion? Anything is better than nothing, just need an idea please.
Never heard of motocast before but I shall check it out.
According to moto, only the razr supports motocast wireless. The mopho will work in motocast usb only. Razr deving is fairly young at this point but once things pick up over there we may be able to pull the needed files and drop it in custom rom for the mopho. Til then your best bet will be a third party app.
Lokifish Marz said:
According to moto, only the razr supports motocast wireless. The mopho will work in motocast usb only. Razr deving is fairly young at this point but once things pick up over there we may be able to pull the needed files and drop it in custom rom for the mopho. Til then your best bet will be a third party app.
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Lokifish Marz said:
According to moto, only the razr supports motocast wireless. The mopho will work in motocast usb only. Razr deving is fairly young at this point but once things pick up over there we may be able to pull the needed files and drop it in custom rom for the mopho. Til then your best bet will be a third party app.
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I got this list from Motorola Motocast and Photon is supported: http://www.mymotocast.com/supporteddevices
EDIT: I see it now, no wireless.
Have you tried ZumoCast?
Try, Tonido you can stream you mp3&4s right off your Computer.
OK, I got ZumoCast, everything seems to work correctly except music. When I attempt to click music tab, I get:
"An error has occured that prevents the application from running:
Unable to get the property of the value 'Get': Object is null or undefined"
Any suggestions? Oddly, when I tried in MotoCast, I got same error. When I was uploading music, I did notice that some music could not be uploaded because of DRM (Copyright) error? If I get software to clean it up, will that cure it?
Thanks again, guys!
Thoughts on ZumoCast comment?
I read that MotoCast is very buggy for the PHOTON 4G.
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I read that MotoCast is very buggy for the PHOTON 4G.
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No, I ment my trials with ZumoCast (which is also Motorola BTW!) Everything works wireless BUT my music.
Would something like this work with an external hard drive connected to my laptop?
Sent from my Motorola Electrify using XDA App
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Would something like this work with an external hard drive connected to my laptop?
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In Theory, yes it should! When I installed it, just like Motocast, it took the Windows7 defualts (c:\davidksims\users\music...........or Video, or Documents, whatever), you have the option to change it to........g:\myUSB\music. The only difference I see is, with Motocast, you can select MANY different folders, I did not see that in Zumocast?
Therefore, with Motocast, you can have music all over the place. But why? Organization is the key IMO.
I just wanted to say, I upgraded Motocast, it appears to be working now! (some parts anyway?)
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Love you man it works ALMOST like a charm exactly like I want it. My documents, music, videos, pictures all from home at my fingertips anywhere!!
The only 2 issues I have, off/on, sometimes the streaming music hiccups which is annoying. Second, HD videos, streaming, forget it.
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Download whatever playlist(s) you want to the phone, good to go. Same with Video!!
@ whoever ask about USB access, yes!!!! In settings (or whenever you install it) you can have it look for, let's say music, in as many folders as you want. It groups them together. For instance I have backups to my 2TB external, I see c:\users\davidksims\music and J:\music. When I get on ZumoCast, you have to pick a place. Now remember, if USB is not on, it will show it but it will be disconnected.
Thanks all!
EDIT: When you open ZumoCast and go to music, it initially takes a minute to see everything. after that your good to go unless you close ZumoCast, then it will do it all over again! Good Luck!
I like Zumocast. Although I haven't used it to listen to music.
anoroc44 said:
I like Zumocast. Although I haven't used it to listen to music.
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It baffles me why Motorola advertise MotoCast (which is unstable and only works on 2 headsets) when they have ZumoCast that is stable and works on almost all devices, and I never heard of it until I started this thread?
I use VLC Direct Pro...it works well enough.
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I use VLC Direct Pro...it works well enough.
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Looks good and sounds great, but no documents? (which is just as important as music/video.) I remember back @ 7 years or so ago I had 4Gb SDHC and I was the bomb. I started with 32Gb @ 2 years ago and, technically, I could fit the most common of my files (music, pictures, video, *.PDF's) on my card, but with new technology, why when I can take my entire desktop with me?
I will keep VLC on my list if I get tired of free ZumoCast.
for those of you who're experienced with Android, which do you prefer?
what are the pro's & con's of each?
tx for any insight
I either drag and drop files or use Google music
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Yeah, Apple has everyone convinced that 'Syncing' your device is the best/only method to transfer your content.
Just plug your device in via usb and mount it's USB storage, drag and drop the files you want.
Isn't Double Twist for Mac only?
Kies is probably worst piece of software ever written by Samsung (very unstable and buggy). You only need Kies if you want to sync contacts with your PC's Outlook or upgrade firmware when OTA is not available.
Put all your contacts to the cloud (Gmail or Hotmail). And you don't ever need any of these software installed.
To sync pictures and videos, the phone should have MTP support on USB already. If you have a Windows Vista or later OS, it is natively supported protocol. No software install needed.
No doubletwist is for pc too
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The best part about both of them is the wireless syncing which can be really nice especially with Double Twist that will let you setup an automatic wireless sync overnight. That being said, they both they have their fair share of problems.
Personally, I seriously dislike Double Twist's music player. I don't know what it is, but it's just not very attractive and the sorting options are just meh. Kies can be pretty buggy. The main thing I like about Kies is being able to send and respond to texts from my desktop throughout the day.
I've been really digging Google Music if you're just looking for Music sync. The only issue with the autosync feature for iTunes is that it can have trouble removing music from Google Music if you remove it from iTunes and a lot of the time results in double duty (removing from iTunes and Google Music).
Since I got my new laptop I have completely done away with apple products. I hate itunes, as it needs an update seemingly every time I used it in the past, and is no better than other music players. The only thing I would want itunes for is buying music, but if I buy music it's in cd form anyways.
Yes, syncing is somewhat useful in the sense that you don't need to touch anything, but also completely unnecessary and slow. Drag and drop files into windows media player, then use the Google music tool to automatically sync up to 20,000 songs for free to the cloud. Dragging and dropping is much more controllable too.
As for documents, drag and drop works great, and if you don't want to use cords, use google docs or dropbox to access your docs wirelessly.
What does everyone use for podcasts? I use iTunes to dl and sort by release date in a smart playlist. Coming from an iPhone, I have no idea what to use that will allow me to continue where it left off.
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What does everyone use for podcasts? I use iTunes to dl and sort by release date in a smart playlist. Coming from an iPhone, I have no idea what to use that will allow me to continue where it left off.
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I only listen to podcasts on my phone - never from the computer so
Google Listen (LINK) works okay and is free
DoggCatcher (LINK) works really well and is worth the $4.99 if your a serious listener.
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What does everyone use for podcasts? I use iTunes to dl and sort by release date in a smart playlist. Coming from an iPhone, I have no idea what to use that will allow me to continue where it left off.
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I use Google Listen app to subscribe to the podcasts and download on the phone directly. No computers required. I rarely connect phone the PC (only do so when need firmware update and/or rooting). Google Listen syncs subscription list with Google Reader.
Hey All,
Just bringing our software "iSyncr" into the conversation. You can sync over USB or WiFi from a PC or Mac (with iTunes) to a Samsung Note. If you are going to keep using iTunes, you should consider it, as you can keep all your ratings, play counts and even podcast bookmarks in sync with iTunes and Android.
-Justin
Yea i keep returning to isyncr (wifi).
Hard to say why but I don't like doubletwist on my imac.
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