I never even knew about the Google Music app until I saw something on Engadget yesterday about the 4.x version included with Ice Cream Sandwich.
Have any of you guys/gals used it, and what do you think of it as compared with the Samsung TouchWiz Music Player application?
My reason for asking is that I would consider replacing the TouchWiz Music Player with this for my "GeeWiz" ROMs if it's a notable upgrade. The TW player at least has some Equalizer/Enhancements, but overall I've always been under-whelmed with it as an actual media player application.
Thanks in advance for any feedback. Downloading it now to see for myself ...
djp952 said:
I never even knew about the Google Music app until I saw something on Engadget yesterday about the 4.x version included with Ice Cream Sandwich.
Have any of you guys/gals used it, and what do you think of it as compared with the Samsung TouchWiz Music Player application?
My reason for asking is that I would consider replacing the TouchWiz Music Player with this for my "GeeWiz" ROMs if it's a notable upgrade. The TW player at least has some Equalizer/Enhancements, but overall I've always been under-whelmed with it as an actual media player application.
Thanks in advance for any feedback. Downloading it now to see for myself ...
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Installed it yesterday. Big improvement over stock music player in froyo and Gb. Smooth transitions and operation but devoid of options. At least it does not pick up ring tones and notifications like stock Samsung player.
Imo, Miui player, which I have, is still the king of native players.
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i got a question about the native android mp3 player. its VERY slow in scrolling though songs. and pics of albums take time to refresh. its annoying. is there a faster mp3 player in the android market but that delivers the same sound quality of the native android mp3 player?
Sound quality, get PlayerPro or PowerAmp.
Want functionality and extreme style, nothing beats UberMusic for me.
There's more on the market, but those are tops for me.
Ubermusic is awesome give it a try. I turned off the album art cuz it downloads a band pic for the background. Pretty snazzy.
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I really like winamp, but haven't tried ubermusic yet.
trapzz said:
i got a question about the native android mp3 player. its VERY slow in scrolling though songs. and pics of albums take time to refresh. its annoying. is there a faster mp3 player in the android market but that delivers the same sound quality of the native android mp3 player?
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Ubermusic is extremely stylish and has a great UI straight from Zune, which IMO is the best UI. I also use MusicFX for my EQ and it seems to work well with Ubermusic. To use MusicFX, after you download it, go into your stock music app and go to settings and there will be an extra menu Sound Settings. Enable it there and Ubermusic will use the settings as well.
For the best of the best in terms of features and sound quality, you can compile your own build of Rockbox.
Or just ask me to make a build.
Only drawback is that it's not written for Android, but rather, other portable digital jukeboxes. The amount of features though far surpass those of any other apps.
You should give PowerAmp a try.
Miui player, no doubt. Beautiful ui with lyric download support. Smooth scrolling.
consegregate said:
Miui player, no doubt. Beautiful ui with lyric download support. Smooth scrolling.
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But then you have to be on MIUI, which can be problematic...
Nope, nothing beats UberMusic for me.
Another vote for Rockbox for sound quality
I also like MortPlayer for its focus on folder play.
If PowerAmp were priced more around $3 and the UI wasn't so 'customized' I'd go for it.. It's just over the top.
Zune UI? Ugh. Really?
I've tried a bunch and honestly I keep just going back to Music Mod. It's an updated version of the Froyo music player with a few added features and nicer widgets.
TTPOD
I have tried all of the above and only miui came close to ttpod perfomance....For me TT-pod is the best music player and its absolutely freee......
you dont have to be on miui for the player... there are standalone versions to download here in this forum
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But then you have to be on MIUI, which can be problematic...
Nope, nothing beats UberMusic for me.
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You don't need to. The apk is standalone.
none of you guys ever in to gapless albums? so far i've only had Jukefox that satisfies my gapless needs
I strongly recommend Jukefox, Mixzing or PlayerPro in terms of functionality.
Another vote for Rockbox.
Gapless, ReplayGain, crossfeed, proper shuffle and equalizer and it plays virtually any format, even tracker formats and nes roms. Takes a bit of getting used to, but once you know what to do, it's great.
There are some precompiled builds for different screen sizes here:
http://paulgeluid.nl/rockbox/
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Another vote for Rockbox.
Gapless, ReplayGain, crossfeed, proper shuffle and equalizer and it plays virtually any format, even tracker formats and nes roms. Takes a bit of getting used to, but once you know what to do, it's great.
There are some precompiled builds for different screen sizes here:
http://paulgeluid.nl/rockbox/
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Oh wow, someone actually compiled it and put it up for everyone! And I was thinking I was going to offer builds to the community, but I guess someone already beat me to it!
Thanks for the link.
For me, gapless, replaygain (omg replaygain! I don't know any other mobile player that supports it other than Sansas), and I can use my themes and configuration files across 3 different devices: Android, my Toshiba F, and my Sansa e200.
Glad I could help. I didn't make the builds nor do I host them, though. I just found that link on the rockbox forums
I bought poweramp and have been using it this while and its very good and is pretty extensive in terms of features that one expects from an audio player.(normal user audience and not audiophiles). tried ubermusic today and it sounds better than poweramp(or may be just louder) but does not have any equalizer options for now. Also scrolling is a pain if you have more songs/albums.
Will try rockbox as many here have recommended.from the precompiled builds link which apk should i download for sgs2?
Was just wondering what you all thought of the stock music player, and why so many of you hate it?
I personally love it, it's very simple and easy to use. The sound quality is great.
I've tried powerAMP,etc. But I always come back to the stock music player.
I prefer the stock over PlayerPro, which I bough for my Motorola Atrix. It just feels more "intergrated" and functional. Love the status bar controll
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I personally prefer the stock player, for the same reasons mentioned above. The specific things that I like:
- Notification controls
- Stock lock screen controls
The only dislike:
- No widget
I'm currently using Music Timer Widget which works really nicely with the stock music player. I have also tried the controls provided via Widgetsoid2.x and although they do work, the view isn't always updated correctly.
The stock player was unusable for me for two reasons:
1. No widget. There are a couple of widgets on the market that claim to work with it, but the only one that worked for me only worked sometimes, and was slow to respond and update.
2. It forgets the last playing position. This happened to me a lot, and turned out to be a deal breaker for me.
I switched to winamp and have been relatively happy with it (gapless playback and jumping to current artist or album would be nice, but I can live without them).
Dont dislike the stock music player, but for some reason it i didnt feel "at home" with it.
I dont like the look of PowerAmp but its my preferred choice (love how it downloads album art for me)
For me, the biggest problem was the lack of support for M3U playlists; all my other devices support them, so I had a number already made when I got the SGS2.
Playerpro + dsp 10 bands equalizer
You also have several widgets, lock screen replacement, shake control, hands free controls, skins and more.
For those using A2DP, the stock player is the only one that transmits song/artist data to devices capable of receiving it. It also supports shuffle and repeat that a lot of other players don't.
I usually listen to podcasts that lasts 30+ minutes or so.
The stock player doesn't remember the position if you exit.
It's fine if you're listening to a 2 minute song, but with a 30+ mins podcasts, it is more likely you won't listen to it in one sitting, but would come back to it several times a day or a week.
I personally use Ice Cream Sandwich - Google Music 4.0 ..
it has a nice user interface yo !
im using Poweramp - mainly cause i bought it for my Xperia Arc to playback .flac files.. and i like the App.. so figured might as well keep using it on the s2
i'm a stock music fan too,tried several but always come back to it,plain simple and good quality
The only thing I don't like about the stock player is that it forgets what I was playing if I exit it. Other than that it's really good. Samsung should do something about that.
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Stock player is alright. But PowerAMP was worth just every single buck!
Functionality wise stock player is ok.
But when it comes to equalizer, I settled with PowerAMP.
Like PowerAMP for the following reasons.
1. 32Hz equalizer
2. Bass knob in addition to equazlier
3. Lock screen
4. Widget
can any of you upload a stock music player of cm7? im on dax's themed rom and i kinda don't like its music player..plz upload anyone
It's in the attachment. But I strongly reccomend to use Google Music/PlayerPro/Cubed/doubleTwist/PowerAMP.
Cubed (3) and doubleTwist are free, but if you like the stock one you should use PlayerPro.
thanks +1! you saved my frustration..
Ianis G. Vasilev said:
It's in the attachment. But I strongly reccomend to use Google Music/PlayerPro/Cubed/doubleTwist/PowerAMP.
Cubed (3) and doubleTwist are free, but if you like the stock one you should use PlayerPro.
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stock music player is good, however google shall add some nice features and new glorious look,
bad thing is that it does not have equalizer =(
is anyone having beat skips on any player other than stock player..
i tried winamp and Mixzing, and in both all song skips at 2-3 parts..
I was getting BZZZT noises all throughout songs in random places with the stock music player and Google music beta app. I switched to playerpro and I'm not having any issues.
It's called noise reduction, if you have noice in stock player than either there is a problem with your device's audio playback or your music is noisy. In most cases it's the second one.
try ttpod! best ui
https://market.android.com/search?q=ttpod&so=1&c=apps
O MY GOSH, thank you SO MUCH for the Cubed (3) recomendation... this is the ONLY music player so far i have found that has the ability to CLEAR the now playing list... so you cant press pause/play and have music play at any time.
anyone can please upload stock camera flashable zip file
Hello all,
I used many deodex roms for my s3 : aokp , super nexus , cyanogen
all r smooth and awesome except video player
i want stock s3 video player which is awesome and smooth in hd video playing.
so my question is can i have a chance to install s3 stock video player in deodex roms ?
sorry for my bad english .
thank u
Unfortunately I am unsure as I think it requires some other touchwiz jazz but I would always recommend "mx player" from the market , it is amazing the number of file extensions it supports and how quick it is
Regards
Jack
"deodex roms" is a very general term. many Samsung based custom roms are also deodexed. afaik u can have it only in a Samsung based custom Rom or miui. aokp aosp cm will not have it
I made this same question a time ago..
I tested many video players and this is THE BEST ONE: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&feature=search_result
It can play ANYTHING, ANY format, and you can download more codecs if you want.
It has gestures controls and everything else.
I've bought the ad-free version.
I 2nd the MX player.
I much prefer Mobo Player to MX.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5jbG92NHIuYW5kcm9pZC5uaWwiXQ..
MX Player is by far the best video player imo. I've tested all if the top video players and MX triumphs them all.
Mobo player is also a great video player, I have it as a secondary video player.
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MX player is a for sure winner here. It plays pretty close to every format, fast, simple, smooth.
Mx at its best:thumbup:
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Another MX user here... So, you have your answer. Lets have thread rest
Though MX player is great and II have used it for years. BS player plays a much better quality than MX. I now use BS player.
mx is great but stock in GS3 trumps with shortcuts
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haranbh said:
I made this same question a time ago..
I tested many video players and this is THE BEST ONE: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&feature=search_result
It can play ANYTHING, ANY format, and you can download more codecs if you want.
It has gestures controls and everything else.
I've bought the ad-free version.
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definitely the best
I just wanted to share a really good music player that I found that works great with CM 10.1 Jelly Bean 4.2.2. Its called Terra Music Player, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.terra.musicplayer&hl=en . It works very well with DSP manager, and also has its own equalizer - you can choose which ever one you want to use - and i have had no issues with it what so ever. It even shows the widget on the lock screen when the music is playing. Im using it on my Note i717 and Tab2 and it works great on both of them. Check my sig. to see what roms im on for each.