anyone suggest a music player that works in a "flat file" fashion? i.e. gives an interface similar to a file manager that exposes at the folder level and lets me select any/all of my files without categorizing or "genius"-izing my stuff [which always fails in my case] ??
I've tried:
poweramp
winamp [been awhile - liked it on pcs, not on android]
TTPod [current - misses 70% of my files]
Mixzing
Cloudskipper [worthless]
a couple I can't recall
and the default
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Music Folder Player Free
"Music Folder Player Free" by ZorillaSoft
"MortPlayer Music" by Mirko Schenk
wouldn't you know it... five minutes after posting I decided I'd try one of the ones I had not tried, and it works. Playerpro Trial has a folder feature and it just works. the album view genre view and others are predictably worthless, but at least it lets me find what I know is there, and all the files are shown intact, and to its credit it ignores empty folders. I'll take a look a Mort again - tried it before but can't recall the detail. and I'll definitely try folder player - sounds like someone gave 'em a tip.
Now I need a different thread - which one's the best of those that properly discover files? My second highest priority is the quality of the sound, and the one reason why I was quite fond of TTPod [while it was still free, of course] was its robust EQ. But on a P500/P509 such as i have, does it matter? the audio component is pretty lousy... Poweramp and Powerplay [the one I just installed] have DSP's they download for the 'unlocked' version. does it really help?
I am running backside on my OV. Since it's not the same phone I can't guarantee that you would see the same results, but just the dsp manager built into cm7 has made a very noticeable sound quality difference in my phone, so anything with a decent dsp should help. I'm still looking for a good free music player like what you're describing. I've settled for mixzing, but not a huge fan. Apparently the paid version of winamp offers folder based playing as well as gapless playback. I'm a big fan of electronica, so this has made winamp a major consideration as my next app purchase. Check it out if you haven't yet, might fit what you're looking for. Good luck.
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lack of decent mp3 player on android for several years now is getting really absurd
there is not one mp3 player that combines all the basic features of other multimedia devices
features like:
1) folder play + choosing which folders to scan (not the player deciding my whole SD card is one huge mp3 library thus listing video game and gps navigation music files..)
2) equalizer (+presets)
3) visualization (album art is fine, but kind of static..)
4) volume control
5) music streaming
1) organising my mp3 library of 4+gb by using ID3 tags is nearly impossible since it would be too time consuming
i know mortplayer allows for folder playing, but its sound quality is abysmal - i have 12mb 320kbps mp3 that sound like utter s*it when played in this player, but sound fine in music mod
i know of one other mp3 player that allows for folder play and will check it out, but by the looks of it, its nothing special
2) probably the most needed function of all, i mean how hard can it be? its been 2 years now and until now there has been only 1 player with this function - its in beta, and doesnt save your presets, so once you reboot you have to change it all over again...
you could have the best headsets in the world, but it wouldnt mean crap without proper equalizer to tune them with
3) a gimmick, but a nice one, and a standard for, what, 10 years now?
4) HOW HARD CAN IT BE? instead of using hardware buttons, to have software sliders for fine tuning the volume
5) internet/LAN support
these are all basic functions
i have top of the notch android device (HTC desire) but it gets overshadowed by my puny 50€ (at the time) 4 year old sony mp3 player which supports everything on that list except for streams
i wish winamp would make android port..
concerning video support
if there were not for 3rd party developed rockplayer all of the platform would be quite useless on the multimedia side of things..
i love android, i love my cellphone
but i find it odd that even with its open nature, there are still basic functions missing even after all the years and numerous devices on the market
any notions on googles part that things might change soon?
I agree with your frustration. Coming from win mobile and pocketplayer I was very disappointed. Am currently using a cyanogen rom and it does have a dsp/equalizer but have yet seen a player with a comprehensive feature list. It was also nice to make your own skins and have a larger font size to see outdoors.
Have you searched xda, some pretty good music apps have been spawn from here, well members...
The whole sd scan is annoying, but I believe if you drop a ".nomedia" file in folders you don't want scanned they should be skipped, you might want to look into that as I'm not 100% on it...
But yeah, out of the literally dozens of music/media apps they all have there flaws I guess.
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Furma said:
lack of decent mp3 player on android for several years now is getting really absurd
there is not one mp3 player that combines all the basic features of other multimedia devices
features like:
1) folder play + choosing which folders to scan (not the player deciding my whole SD card is one huge mp3 library thus listing video game and gps navigation music files..)
2) equalizer (+presets)
3) visualization (album art is fine, but kind of static..)
4) volume control
5) music streaming
1) organising my mp3 library of 4+gb by using ID3 tags is nearly impossible since it would be too time consuming
i know mortplayer allows for folder playing, but its sound quality is abysmal - i have 12mb 320kbps mp3 that sound like utter s*it when played in this player, but sound fine in music mod
i know of one other mp3 player that allows for folder play and will check it out, but by the looks of it, its nothing special
2) probably the most needed function of all, i mean how hard can it be? its been 2 years now and until now there has been only 1 player with this function - its in beta, and doesnt save your presets, so once you reboot you have to change it all over again...
you could have the best headsets in the world, but it wouldnt mean crap without proper equalizer to tune them with
3) a gimmick, but a nice one, and a standard for, what, 10 years now?
4) HOW HARD CAN IT BE? instead of using hardware buttons, to have software sliders for fine tuning the volume
5) internet/LAN support
these are all basic functions
i have top of the notch android device (HTC desire) but it gets overshadowed by my puny 50€ (at the time) 4 year old sony mp3 player which supports everything on that list except for streams
i wish winamp would make android port..
concerning video support
if there were not for 3rd party developed rockplayer all of the platform would be quite useless on the multimedia side of things..
i love android, i love my cellphone
but i find it odd that even with its open nature, there are still basic functions missing even after all the years and numerous devices on the market
any notions on googles part that things might change soon?
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any notions on googles part that things might change soon?[
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-myplayer-lightweight-music-player-t2892233
Have a try with this music player. It's still in beta but it's my favorite music player out all the ones I've tried and has quite a bit of what you're asking for.
Power amp is still the best on the market.
any substitute for our dear music player? im not really impressed with the player we hve right now.. i am looking for something that can have playlist on it so that i can choose just the right song for the right time.. thanks!
[apk files and screenshots is very much appreciated]
I use doubleTwist, it works great. You can also download the doubleTwist desktop program (aka iTunes for Android) to sync media to your phone.
I'm using Btunes,the clone of iphone music player..
nice nice.. both are great.. thanks guys..
I recommend "3" or "Cubed" (it's the same) or RockOn. And they are free.
Cubed/3: http://abrantix.org/3.php
Rock On: http://abrantix.org/rockon.php
u can create mu3 playlist with any program with the songs on your sd card on your pc, save it on your card and the media player on your phone will have it
gee thanks... thats too many options for me..
i've settled with mixzing after trying doubletwist and btunes. the best match for my needs as it can add all songs from the same genre into the now playing list.
you can download an older version (which is ad free) from brothersoft, if you don't need the funky capabilities of the latest verison (e.g. equalizer)
I am losing hope to find good player for android...
Does anyone know some good player for android? I tested few and none of them fits my expectations. Until now i was listening videos and music on Play Station Portable, that player was just perfect (only playlist option and it would be totally perfect).
I need a player that can browse videos and music through folders (not showing all folders in one place, it is useless, but just folder explorer), and it should play videos. And should have ability to repeat music and videos also.It is all that i need, but everywhere are just useless aplications... I have found PlayerPro, it was quite good...
but for music only. videos was still packed all in one window, without even folders.
I have x10 mini pro, with 2.1-update1 android (it is impossible to update it on my phone T_T)
I am stuck, i do not want to take phone and psp with me everyday. Android is computer, they said...... ehh... I can even pay for good app, becouse i have no choice. Thank You very much.
(btw, what is the reason developers do thing like this? Why not use same interface for videos, or why not to browse files just by folders? i will never get it...)
When i had this x10 mini, i used Uber music
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uberdroidstudio.ubermusic&hl=es
http://www.taringa.net/posts/celulares/13780485/Android-Uber-Music-Un-reproductor-de-musica-con-onda.html
And also i liked Playerpro
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbig.playerprotrial&hl=es
http://conocimientoadictivo.blogspot.com/2013/05/playerpro-music-player-2.72-build-65.html
It's also good Zplayer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.odesanmi.and.wpmusic
I'm a bit of an audiophile and for me the music side of things really is lacking in Android. Its absolutely fine for example if you come home in the evening and want to listen to a few albums, its 110% no problems at all.
I listen to music on my phone 8-9 hours a day at work and its a let down.
Getting songs on it for a start is a nightmare, sure you can plunk all in a music folder again fine for listening to an odd album or whatever but there is no sort of organisation, Say I want a playlist with song 2 from album E followed by song 1 from album C and so on this is a nightmare to create on the phone, this is where iTunes comes into its element. Sure we have things like Doubletwist, on paper it should be fantastic, but the reality is it duplicates songs and playlist and isn't even smart enough to recognize duplicates in your library, there is also things like Winamp and its wireless syncing, it takes forever and again duplicates.
Then we have the problem with MP4 files, My Galaxy S2 can recognize many files but has issues with MP4 files, you get song name but artist info etc all unknown, it can't read the tags.
Then general sound levels, I've tried 3 android phones over the years and all 3 are to low, they are about 70% that of an iPhone and this is fine for general listening but if your fave song comes on you like a bit of a boost and well you can't, I also work in quite a noisy environment and machinery can he heard over the top of the phone on full, there are apps like Volume+ which claim can boost the volume and well they can but it distorts so all rather pointless.
Then there is finding a player, I've notice volume differs between them all, and some can't read the playlists you've created so in the end i;ve had to stick to stock player, although crap its the best of a bad bunch.
A feature I also liked on iTunes was Genius, I could pick a song say a rock song, hit a button and it would create a playlist similar, even if this was possible on android it wouldn't work anyway as all the MP4 tags are fooked.
So as I say I take music seriously and I suspect 90% of people won't care about these issues but I do and am hoping for some good advise as don't want to go back to iPhone but at the moments its looking like the only solution as Android is so frustrating to use for music.
First off, look at Voodoo sound control from the android market. It's often times included in custom ROMs. It will allow you to pump the volume up far beyond the stock ROM's capabilities. There's quite a few other tweaks it offers that I'm sure you'll find. The only catch with Voodoo is that it's only compatible with certain Kernels.
As for media playback, "Music" by Google is pretty powerful. It's not the same program that many phones run stock. It has support for FLAC playback, Song info lookup, even lyric support.
I recommend you take a look at PowerAmp. I am a music nut like you and it does everything and more! There is a full featured trial version and to buy it is only a few bucks. Check it out.
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I have to use music by G but I wish it has some more useful features like 'query' or 'play after this song' such.
There will probably never be a mobile player that will do Replay Gain on the fly so i suggest your grab yourself a copy of mp3gain for your PC. Plug your phone in via USB, drag and drop your music from phone to program interface, set level to 92db, Scan Tracks and then Apply Gain.
92db may be higher than some of your tracks already are and may be lower than others. Find a level that gives you the audio boost you need. As all tracks are set to the same level you won't have to adjust volume between tracks during playback.
There are plenty of players with Playlist support so that's covered. Try one of the ones mentioned above.
I think i've found the answer by accident, I was using Media Monkey I noticed it has a feature to analyze the volume of tracks, so I got them all analyzed and noticed most were in or around -10db, I hit level which brought them up to 0 to +5db and I have noticed a good improvement, It also sorted out all my tagging and artwork issues and even synced my playlists perfectly to my phone.
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.
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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?
I have a 16Gb Class 4 MicroSD card. Ill be putting my music from my iPod over on to it plus some other stuff I have. Should total around 8Gbs worth of stuff.
Im looking for a music app that will allow me to keep great battery life, simple, nice/intuitive interface. Album art and lyrics arent necessary. Perhaps something with a nice EQ.
Google Music is great, but not necessarily what you are looking for. It's main purpose is to free up space on your card by streaming music from the cloud.
I've only used that, and the built in player for CM7. Both worked great.
PlayerPro has a great UI, skins, and an addon equalizer you can download. I love it.
I like using the Standard HTC Android player. With either DSP, or Beats Audio it has really great sound.
Best one has to go to poweramp
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I use a mix of poweramp for music on my SD card and Spotify for music streaming.
PowerAmp is pretty good, you can try the trial and see if you like it before you buy which is great.
Any more suggestions? PlayerPro and DSP slow my phone down bad.
Hello all,
I'm new to XDA, looking forward to talking to you folks, so here goes my first post
I like using these 3 music apps
3 - I think its called cubed but yeah search "3". Very nice music app with a slick UI. The only reason I don't use this solely is because its shuffle feature isn't so great, a lot of repeating songs, other than that its great. Free and donate version
Zimly - Nice media player with a few options I don't need but I use it anyway. Free
MixZing - This player has very nice widget options as well as EQ settings, lyrics, artist biographies...I could go on. and its all free
I was going to post links but as I'm a newbie I'm not allowed to do that yet
PowerAmp
In my oppinion, the best music app is a PowerAmp. It has great design and fuctions.
I am using poweramp right now, it's perfect, beatuiful UI, skins, EQ
Yeah i would also recommend poweramp.
personally im a big fan of google muic. with the skyrocket there was some ****ty samsung media player that couldnt locate some of my music. weird.
Google music
Google music need more improvements and time. Maybe few months later.
PowerAmp or PowerMP (it's changing name to second one) but i offers great functionality and various of options (searching for album arts, eq and tag editor etc.)
First post for me and first to suggest Mortplayer. It's a fast and easy player with nice widgets.
I don't use genre playing etc. I have a sd card with folder MP3 and within that several folders. In Mortplayer I select the main folder and within that I choose my folder of music I want to listen.
It supports playlists, has a nice equalizer and just works great for me I have no wish to change to another player.
After reinstalling PlayerPro it hasnt been as laggy. PlayerPro is what Im leaning towards due to its superior DSP tuning options. It offers the most bands of EQ from what I can see.