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Tired of the same old music player what's the best one out?
Have you tried Wimamp ?
I like Meridian
its really up to you.......try them all
PowerAmp gives you the best sound production imho.
PowerAmp+Galaxy Tuner = WIN
I have to go with Meridian because I ride a motorcycle, so I love its headset button controls. I knew the click to pause, but recently discovered that a quick double-click skips to the next track, slower double-click goes to the previous track, and possibly a few more I can't think of right now.
I have yet to found any headphones with multiple remote buttons that are compatible with the vibrant, so this was my solution to avoid certain death on CA's freeways.
I prefer Mixzing. I love the widget player especially with Widget Locker.
I've always liked Winamp and Doubletwist.
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I have to go with Meridian because I ride a motorcycle, so I love its headset button controls. I knew the click to pause, but recently discovered that a quick double-click skips to the next track, slower double-click goes to the previous track, and possibly a few more I can't think of right now.
I have yet to found any headphones with multiple remote buttons that are compatible with the vibrant, so this was my solution to avoid certain death on CA's freeways.
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Never had a iPod or a iPhone headphone?
They do the same but I didn't know slow double click did previous :O
Ill try it out
Thanks for info
cezzarmicu said:
PowerAmp gives you the best sound production imho.
PowerAmp+Galaxy Tuner = WIN
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I just downloaded both how do I get galaxy tuner to give me the best audio for headphones?
xriderx66 said:
I just downloaded both how do I get galaxy tuner to give me the best audio for headphones?
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Got my setting from this post, sounds real good with this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909801
Btw, powerAMP also has that headset-click-to-control feature as well. Better sound than meridian and mixzing....
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disregard above link, here's the correct one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10655872&postcount=10058
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I have to go with Meridian because I ride a motorcycle, so I love its headset button controls. I knew the click to pause, but recently discovered that a quick double-click skips to the next track, slower double-click goes to the previous track, and possibly a few more I can't think of right now.
I have yet to found any headphones with multiple remote buttons that are compatible with the vibrant, so this was my solution to avoid certain death on CA's freeways.
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PowerAMP also does the click thing as well. Plus it gives off much better sound quality
Power amp is amazing...especially through a full stereo. 2 eqs and and a clean sound.
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PowerAMP also does the click thing as well. Plus it gives off much better sound quality
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Thats wierd, because the sound quality of pweramp was what made me switch BACK to meridian
maybe there was an update to poweramp, but i did not like the output
+1 Meridian. Headset button support is nice. 2 things notably missing: Lock Screen Support, and replaygain tag support. The latter is something I would really like, but the app creator has indicated that it ain't coming.
So far I have found that all of the music player apps on android suffer from one flaw: the random playlist - not so random.
I have about ~800 tracks on my phone and for some reason (winamp/stock player/doubletwist/poweramp/etc etc) always play the same songs from a select handful. It is like their random playlist generator peaks out after a certain amount. I have seen all of them play a track (lets say file #205) then go to 4-5 more different tracks then it plays file #205 again. I hit skip, and then it plays one of the 4-5 it played before #205. It appears to me, that they all use a built in android function (or some such) for the random playlist. But this function uses a dynamic ever-changing source pool. So instead of reading your tracks from the SD card and then randomly sorting that list and hitting "play" it, instead, puts all the tracks file paths in an array and then on each "play" or "skip" it generates a random number and picks a track out of the array to play (while not removing any of the already played-tracks).
As for the file affinity, I have no idea. It is almost like a specific random number set is always generated (like when debugging in VS where it always picks the same set of "random" numbers so that you can test the program flow).
Is there any music player app that is either true-ly random or uses the single play-list and does not repeat songs in the play list?
Wow...that was a long post.
Poweramp bit that's just my opinion.
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I've tried most I haven't found one with good performance
Sent from my blazing fast vibrant
wergeld said:
So far I have found that all of the music player apps on android suffer from one flaw: the random playlist - not so random.
I have about ~800 tracks on my phone and for some reason (winamp/stock player/doubletwist/poweramp/etc etc) always play the same songs from a select handful. It is like their random playlist generator peaks out after a certain amount. I have seen all of them play a track (lets say file #205) then go to 4-5 more different tracks then it plays file #205 again. I hit skip, and then it plays one of the 4-5 it played before #205. It appears to me, that they all use a built in android function (or some such) for the random playlist. But this function uses a dynamic ever-changing source pool. So instead of reading your tracks from the SD card and then randomly sorting that list and hitting "play" it, instead, puts all the tracks file paths in an array and then on each "play" or "skip" it generates a random number and picks a track out of the array to play (while not removing any of the already played-tracks).
As for the file affinity, I have no idea. It is almost like a specific random number set is always generated (like when debugging in VS where it always picks the same set of "random" numbers so that you can test the program flow).
Is there any music player app that is either true-ly random or uses the single play-list and does not repeat songs in the play list?
Wow...that was a long post.
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Have you ever tried Rockon I never have the problem your having on it.
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Have you ever tried Rockon I never have the problem your having on it.
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I think I had. Was a while back though. I thought Winamp would solve this issue since Winamp on PC is kick ass and it uses a single play list and drops a song once it is played from playing again (until a stop or reload occurs).
I will try it out again and see how it goes.
xriderx66 said:
Never had a iPod or a iPhone headphone?
They do the same but I didn't know slow double click did previous :O
Ill try it out
Thanks for info
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I actually came from a hacked iPhone, but always used headphones with multiple buttons. That's probably the ONE thing I miss about the iPhone: the huge, blind following of the masses always supplies it with the best accessories. c'est la vie.
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Thanks for letting me know. Sounds like there are mixed opinions about PowerAmp...I'll have to try it out for myself.
So why I can't play youtube in background nor in browser (Not even in tabs wtf?) nor in app? Same with other music sites in browser. Also if I lock the screen music goes...
I got felling I don't have multitasking phone. But music can be played in background. I believe there is some mod or app that can do this? Dude we are in 2011 and s2 is one of most powerful phones. So what are guys at google thinking?
So what I need to do in order to play youtube music in background?
Feel free to voice your concerns eloquently to Google, http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list
You cannot play youtube videos in the background, your alternatives would be to listen to music from music sources (isn't that what people normally do?) or download the music from the videos manually.
Your post is slightly confusing but am i right in thinking that the main issue here is that YouTube will for some reason not play on your phone yeah, it may sound very obvious but are you sure you have an Internet connection, have you tried with
WiFi?
I can think of absolutely no reason as to why YouTube will not work on your phone unless somehow your phone has become corrupted, i have the YouTube app and also YouTube in my browser and both play fine.
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Your post is slightly confusing but am i right in thinking that the main issue here is that YouTube will for some reason not play on your phone yeah, it may sound very obvious but are you sure you have an Internet connection, have you tried with
WiFi?
I can think of absolutely no reason as to why YouTube will not work on your phone unless somehow your phone has become corrupted, i have the YouTube app and also YouTube in my browser and both play fine.
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no, he means he can play youtube but as soon as doing anything else on the phone youtube will stop playback. Its the same with all our GS2s, even if you open youtube in a browser tab as soon as you navigate away from that tab to do something else, (even staying in the browser with a new tab), then youtube stops playback.
I agree it is quite annoying that its not capable of running in the background.
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no, he means he can play youtube but as soon as doing anything else on the phone youtube will stop playback. Its the same with all our GS2s, even if you open youtube in a browser tab as soon as you navigate away from that tab to do something else, (even staying in the browser with a new tab), then youtube stops playback.
I agree it is quite annoying that its not capable of running in the background.
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ah right, cant say it really bothers me that much..
You're better using the TubeMate app.
It'll allow you to download the music/videos and play them as mp3 files on the stock music player. You can then place your samsung galaxy s2 into sleep mode and play music in the background.
Myztikal said:
You're better using the TubeMate app.
It'll allow you to download the music/videos and play them as mp3 files on the stock music player. You can then place your samsung galaxy s2 into sleep mode and play music in the background.
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That is an answer but do not a solution because do not give us a choice..
Even in my N900 Maemo5 (it is a 2009 Os) I can listen in background all the videos i want plus all the music i want.... All simultaneously.
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That is an answer but do not a solution because do not give us a choice..
Even in my N900 Maemo5 (it is a 2009 Os) I can listen in background all the videos i want plus all the music i want.... All simultaneously.
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Agree. This can be an useful app (If I would need to download something on android from youtube) but I still have no solution to the problem.
I want to listen music in background not download it. Or Imagine using s2 as a mp3 player connected to speakers. I would need to download all videos I want to listen. (not practical, time and space consuming...)
Now I still don't get it: Are android engineers so stupid at all, or what is the problem that the thing is still not implemented?
Anyone know if ICS will maybe bring it?
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Now I still don't get it: Are android engineers so stupid at all, or what is the problem that the thing is still not implemented?
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Videos are meant to be watched. Do you not understand this? I've already given you the correct place to report any issues/feature requests you may have. Also, just so you know, calling the devs stupid is idiotic. If you're so smart, write your own software to play videos in the background.
Maybe when you think about it for a few minutes, you'll realise the very idea does not make sense.
When i had the stock rom, i was watching a long video in youtube, then i started shaving, and i put the phone to sleep by pressing the power button, and the video kept playing, i was perplexed because i always wanted this from youtube, to be able to play with your screen off.
Videos are meant to be watched, but reviews and other stuff, or music with just a picture in stead of a video is not meant to be watched, so this would be an usefull app.
Btw: i was on 2.3.4 stock .
personally id like it as i often listen to music via youtube, would be nice to be able to leave it playing while i surfed the web at the same time.
Hey do any of you have the youtube apk for the version before this latest update? I dont like this update it pauses my videos if i lock the screen.. Plz help.. Thanks.
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This is such a oversight for the youTube app on my GS2...
Watching a video and lets say I get an email, get a text message (Handcent pop up)...
Video stops playing completely and I have to restart it.... wtf??
Lets say I need to check or write an email / text - App minimizes but closes the video feed and audio with it, forced to restart.
Its annoying and un-needed.
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Videos are meant to be watched. Do you not understand this? I've already given you the correct place to report any issues/feature requests you may have. Also, just so you know, calling the devs stupid is idiotic. If you're so smart, write your own software to play videos in the background.
Maybe when you think about it for a few minutes, you'll realise the very idea does not make sense.
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I see videos, not only Youtube, then i want search something in my browser(maybe open several tabs), then open Market to update some app..., then open waze(GPS app) to go somewhere and video or Youtube app STOPS, why?
I want hear that videos while driving with GPS app. Because I want to have the choice.
So, where is the multitasking features?
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So, where is the multitasking features?
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It IS multitasking and to suggest otherwise is just being a troll.
The YouTube app pauses video because IT'S VIDEO!!!
Alternative solutions have already been posted, but people keep harping on about the YouTube app specifically. It is not intended to play videos in the background. It is intended to play videos and then, quite correctly, pause them when you go to do something else, so that when you come back you can continue watching. Videos are for watching.
The problem here is that some people are taking 1 aspect of the YouTube app (namely audio output) and then expecting it to act like apps that are specifically made for audio output. That's stupid, incorrect and unfair.
What the YouTube app does is correct. If you don't like it then complain to Google and let them laugh at you instead.
All that said, I do understand why people are asking for this. It's just wrong to blame the YouTube app for functioning perfectly 100% correct when it simply doesn't do something that you want. It's like complaining that your car doesn't fly.
Anyone that's really bothered by this would probably be better doing some googling on Java, the Android SDK and the YouTube API and then combining that knowledge into a solution that other members of XDA could use.
QueueTube appears to accomplish what you want.
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QueueTube appears to accomplish what you want.
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Thats excactly what i was looking for, only problem is that it doesnt stream in HQ, so the audio quality isnt very good.. Even though youtube is for videos, we should be able to lock the screen without it stopping, like the standard video app, if watching a longer video or listening to music at work and want easy changing of songs
try NextVid... it lets you minimize youtube videos while you use other apps
Sorry if im abit late on this, but this is how i solve this issue, the trick is to use flash instead of html5 (correct me if i am wrong).
1. download Maxthon Browser. (I found this browser allows you to have multiple tabs and flash will play in the background tabs unlike dolphin browser)
2. navigate to youtube (if it direct you to the mobile page, click on the desktop link below)
3. Pressing home button / or changing tabs / or switch to standby will not stop the audio playback (terminating or closing the browser will of course stop the playback)
down side is that if u mess up u could have overlapping audios from various running flash videos or youtube videos.
Using atrix thou.. donnoe if it works for sgs2..
I've searched and can't find anything, but I need to find a way to stop the stock music player from playing when my phone connects to my car's BT. I use Google play music and want that one to auto start, but every freaking time I start my car, the Samsung player starts that dumb preloaded song.
Honestly, I don't care if I can't get play music to autostart, I just want the Samsung one to stop. And yes, I've tried disabling the app, but it can't be, at least non-rooted. So, any help/advice would be great. Thanks.
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I've searched and can't find anything, but I need to find a way to stop the stock music player from playing when my phone connects to my car's BT. I use Google play music and want that one to auto start, but every freaking time I start my car, the Samsung player starts that dumb preloaded song.
Honestly, I don't care if I can't get play music to autostart, I just want the Samsung one to stop. And yes, I've tried disabling the app, but it can't be, at least non-rooted. So, any help/advice would be great. Thanks.
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Is Google Play Music set as the default music player? I haven't rooted my phone or anything, it's completely stock and just by setting Google Play Music to the default on Day 1 of getting this phone (April 8th) it always auto starts when I connect via Bluetooth.
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Is Google Play Music set as the default music player? I haven't rooted my phone or anything, it's completely stock and just by setting Google Play Music to the default on Day 1 of getting this phone (April 8th) it always auto starts when I connect via Bluetooth.
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I never got the option to set it as default and I didn't see anything about it in application manager. Any idea where to find it?
OK, figured it out in a round about way. I had to open a .mp3 in Samsung's file explorer and then it asked me for the default. So let's see if it works.
@Hendrycks
Thanks! It worked.
That didnt work for me. Upon linking to BT in my car, the stock Samsung player still auto starts. I have tried setting play music as default, I have set Player Pro as default. it still auto launches the stock crappy Samsung player app. Ideally I dont want it to auto launch any app. I use Pandora alot in my car and since it auto launches the samsung app, that means my car stereo does not display the track info for the playing song in Pandora on the screen.
Sooo annoyed
I have the same exact issue and it is driving me crazy. I have tried everything in the phone and settings and there is nothing. I have downloaded both Connect and Play, and Smart Connect as bluetooth connectors but the stupid factory music beats it to the punch every time. Nothing works! I am about to chuck my phone. Someone please help!
me too
Does anyone have another suggestion? This happens to me if I even "pause" my podcast player too long. Truely annoying.
I am going to try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cp2.start.and.play.music.player&hl=en
So far, with the UI, it does look like it has the right settings/options.
Sorry to bump this but came across this while trying to sort this very same issue. I'v found an app called Package Disabler Pro in the Play Store . The best thing is that it works without root.. It isn't free but I thinks if you been looking for something thats solves this issue its worth it. It worked for me so hope it works for you. And if you try it quick enough you can get a refund if it don't work
Download Trigger, I have mine set so when it connects to bluetooth it launches Google music but you can choose anything you want or nothing at all!
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I have the same problem. I installed Trigger, but it didn't work. What task did you add?
The best I came up with was denying access to storage in the application's settings. Now it just prompts me to give it permission when I connect to bluetooth. At least that horrid song doesn't play anymore.
Have you tried Tasker ? Had same problem myself on S6 Edge, but after a little fiddling with Tasker. The default "music" closes, tunein radio is launched & my volume levels are adjusted. I can revert back to "music" by pressing play/pause on hands free.
auto stop current music when choosing other music app & how start app in background
Question/problem1:
When i listen to MP3 using the music apk and i switch to radio the MP3 is stopped/paused and radio is started.
When i listen radio and switch back to music then radio is muted/stopped and MP3 starts to play, PERFECT, this is what i want
But....
When i use an other music app (for example vlc, internet streaming radio or ds-audio etc etc etc) and i start this, the currenct radio/music etc keeps playing on and i hear 2 music sources at the same time...
So i have to stop/end the current music before choosing an other music source.
How can i solve this so whenever i choose an other music source the currect music source is always muted first?!
A second question:
How can i start an app on boot which runs immiditaly in the background?
I use a app called 'flitsmeister' which is an app which warns me on spoeed traps, traffic controls, slow traffic etc
This app currently starts on boot, but i always have to push home button to force this app to the background, it pops-up when there is something to report, so there is no need to run it on the foreground.
So the question is: how to i start an app on boot and let it run immidiatly on the background so i get my dashboard on boot and not this app?
Sorry I don't have an answer to this but I am 100% with you on the functionality and have been looking into it for the last couple of days. I think it might have something to do with the built in apps using one audio stream and the 3rd party apps using another. I have to say I thought I was going mad that I couldn't seem to find any other posts relating to this anywhere else on the forum. As the source code for both the inbuilt apps like Radio and the external apps like Spotify is not available I would think the only solution would be an additional app to run in the background and monitor either the audio streams or the apps themselves being executed.
Maybe someone with some more experience can answer or even better point us in the direction of an app that will perform such a task.
How can i start an app on boot which runs immiditaly in the background?
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I'd like an answer to this also w/o having to wait for tasker to load.
Dave
Maybe you would find my app helpful. Search the forum for modeswitch. A new improved version is coming in a while. It works well with Spotify and allows the SWC to control Spotify. Now it adds voice call capabilities, but as now this is possible with dsa`s workaround, it will be removed in the new version to spped things up. Besides Spotify its possible to add until 2 custom apps. The app tries to respect the audio focus, so that only one app play audio
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Maybe you would find my app helpful. Search the forum for modeswitch. A new improved version is coming in a while. It works well with Spotify and allows the SWC to control Spotify. Now it adds voice call capabilities, but as now this is possible with dsa`s workaround, it will be removed in the new version to spped things up. Besides Spotify its possible to add until 2 custom apps. The app tries to respect the audio focus, so that only one app play audio
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To use your app you must cycle through them all though right? So you must cycle through radio, video and media player?
Dave
TT_Vert said:
To use your app you must cycle through them all though right? So you must cycle through radio, video and media player?
Dave
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The video player is not circled. The DVD and music player have option to opt-out from the circle. As well as Spotify and 2 custom apps..
In next versions maybe I will add the option to respect audio focus without. Using the circle, but maybe this will slow things down...
Great thanks.
Dave
I don't know if this helps but I have noticed through testing. The built in apps play sound while they have focus, either through the app or the widget. For example, if you open the radio app and click the home button it will continue to play. However if you click the radio app and click back it will stop playing. Obviously the 3rd party apps do not work like this and continue to play in the background regardless of how you exit them.
just noticed that if I have a music app playing, whether it be spotify, poweramp or any of my player widgets, when I open the camera app it stops all play back.
Anyway around this?
Music stops if you just OPEN the camera app? Normally it should only stop if you use the camera to take a video.
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Music stops if you just OPEN the camera app? Normally it should only stop if you use the camera to take a video.
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that's what i figured but no, for me it stops as soon as I open the camera
ok so I've finally received an update from Optus here in Australia and assumed this issue would be fixed, but no, it's still happening....... as soon as I open the camera app any music player stops playing. Spotify, Google Music etc, happens to them all
Has anyone else seen this? Or have an idea on what might be causing it???
wow ok, this was because Audio Control was on in the camera app.
Crazy