I saw a thread somewhere on this but there was no real conclusion at that point and I can't find it again via search.
This is my first Android device. Every phone I've had has installed software for my PC to transfer music over to use on their music app but that isn't the case here. I can only get into file browser. I'm not a fan of copying and pasting files via file browser as I like album images etc.
Any advice?
b33p_ said:
I saw a thread somewhere on this but there was no real conclusion at that point and I can't find it again via search.
This is my first Android device. Every phone I've had has installed software for my PC to transfer music over to use on their music app but that isn't the case here. I can only get into file browser. I'm not a fan of copying and pasting files via file browser as I like album images etc.
Any advice?
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What's up with windows mediaplayer?
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i know this isn't the answer that you're looking for but if you embed album art in the music files themselves then you are no longer tied to using any particular piece of software to copy music. you can use copy and paste or any other software knowing that your music is always complete with album art.
the downside of course is that you have to tag all of your files properly complete with album art. if you want to do this i would take a look at mp3tag.de which is free. i think media monkey can do this automatically too ...
if you don't, have you tried using the provided kies software ? once you actually get it up and running it's not too bad ...
mrdo said:
if you don't, have you tried using the provided kies software ? once you actually get it up and running it's not too bad ...
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Im connecting it to the PC in the two modes the phone allows. Kies says neither are the right mode to connect. I probably look stupid right now but how the hell does this work?!
Just copy and paste a folder of music onto the phone with the album art in the same folder as the music, that seems to work for me !
if you want a nice easy interface try kies air, you will get the interface without having to load any software onto your computer, (it's really cool)
Kies Air doesn't work either. I wonder if this is because I rooted yesterday.
Im not sure if you're aware of this but most popular media player software would have embedded the album art in the mp3 itself when it was tagged. Album art is often also added to the folder outside of the mp3s just so that the folder icon will show the art. It isnt however needed with most modern players as they are capable of using the embedded artwork.
when using kies air, don't just type the ip into your computer browser eg 192.168.43.1 but also the port number so it looks like this
192.168.43.1:8080
and hit enter.
Make sure both devices are sharing the same wifi network, if you are away from home then let the SGS set you up a network by choosing Wifi HOT SPOT mode.
PS when out and about using hot spot mode you will also be able to browse the internet from your laptop, the data will come out of your allowance on your mobile phone contract
Me its always been cut and paste .
jje
Have you tried syncr from the market basically it allows you to transfer playlists in your itunes library, which for me came as an advantage cause been using iphone for the last couple of years so I just transfer new songs into my itunes and use syncr to transfer the playlists to my phone. U can also wirelessly transfer tracks using syncr which means you can be out and about in the house whilst syncr is doing its job.
marvi0 said:
Have you tried syncr from the market basically it allows you to transfer playlists in your itunes library
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I don't use iTunes so I haven't tried it
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when using kies air, don't just type the ip into your computer browser eg 192.168.43.1 but also the port number so it looks like this
192.168.43.1:8080
and hit enter.
Make sure both devices are sharing the same wifi network, if you are away from home then let the SGS set you up a network by choosing Wifi HOT SPOT mode.
PS when out and about using hot spot mode you will also be able to browse the internet from your laptop, the data will come out of your allowance on your mobile phone contract
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Ah, Kies air is working today! Thanks for your help. Interface is kind of crappy but I came from a SE Satio so my expectations are low, I'm perfectly happy! I hope the Music app on the phone is good although I know WinAmp is good.
I came from an iPhone so everything was on iTunes. I still use iTunes as I find some things easier to manage e.g. automatic import & the remote controls you can buy work well with it. It is a terrible piece of resource hogging software however.
I moved to MediaMonkey and used that to sync both iPhone and Android. It's very easy, just identify which playlists, albums, artists you want to sync and plug in.
Recently I've been using Winamp to wirelessly sync. It's convenient but without as many features as MediaMonkey.
If you are lucky enough to get an invite into the google music beta (i was lucky enough to get one) you can have it upload everything into the cloud from your iTunes library (or a music folder if your choice) and have access to it over any of your android devices. But before this I just dragged and dropped all my music from my computer over to my phone which worked fine.
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If you are lucky enough to get an invite into the google music beta (i was lucky enough to get one) you can have it upload everything into the cloud from your iTunes library (or a music folder if your choice) and have access to it over any of your android devices. But before this I just dragged and dropped all my music from my computer over to my phone which worked fine.
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Isn't that USA only?
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Isn't that USA only?
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Oh my bad. Sorry I keep on forgetting the US restriction. :/
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b33p_ said:
Im connecting it to the PC in the two modes the phone allows. Kies says neither are the right mode to connect. I probably look stupid right now but how the hell does this work?!
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If you can't connect to kies via USB, go to you Settings > Applications > USB Debugging and switch it off.
You have to switch it back on if you want to usethe phone as USB mass storage.
I just end up dragging and dropping it into the sd card
I'm using Winamp via WiFi and it works greate, Winamp also can convert all files to a different codec like HE-AAC (MP4). But then my phone doesn't show the embedded album art - it just shows it at MP3-files. (does somebody has a workaround for this? Does it work to put a folder.jpg into the album-folder?).
You could enable usb debugging, doing so gives you access to the sd card when connected to a pc. At least, mine does.
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Mediamonkey
One word: Mediamonkey.
Mediamonkey organizes all your music easily and allows for easy tagging from amazon, embedding of cover art into the file tag etc. I've used it for years now and there is no way around this if you want to manage a lot of tracks and stay sane. And here's why it's good to use with your phone:
It's not a massive resource hog as iTunes.
It lets you specifiy which subdirectory you want your stuff to be placed on the device, and how files and folders are to be named based on tag info.
(Mine usually goes into "\Music\<Album Artist>\<Album>\<Title>".)
It allows you to set up automatic sync of playlists or folders or whatever you set up. This can also be done automatically once the device is connected. I.e. my device will have all tracks in my auto-playlist "higher rating than 2.5 stars" automatically synced once connected. It will only transfer new files rated >2.5 stars to the device, not all the tracks again.
No need to copy only the tracks you want on the phone from your library to a "watched" folder that Kies or HTC Sync or whatever will automatically transfer. Simply pick the tracks you like and select Send To>Phone>Sync. Bam!
Of course, you can also sync individual files to your device from Mediamonkey.
It's simple and straightfoward. I am still wondering why there are so few people around knowing about this much better alternative to itunes in the Windows space...
Sorry if this sounds like a cheap ad... but it is the only one tool you need for organizing and playing music you need.
I had a question regarding the music playlists on this phone and really any android phone that is rooted. Whenever I switch roms and wipe data I lose my music playlists.. I have alot of music and its a real pain always recreating my playlists. I was wondering if there was a way to save them?
I can't really help but I'd also like to know the answer so I'm just giving you a free bump.
it would also be nice to know if there is software we could use to organize our playlists on the computer and have it saved there.
I think titanium backup will save them for you - the entry I'm looking at is:
[PLAYLISTS] Media Storage 2.2.1
and it's in system data. It seems to work for me usually but not always.
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I ran a search on 'spotify' and got no results, so I'm posting a new thread; I'm sorry if this has already been addressed. I signed up for Spotify premium, and downloaded the app on my phone. One of the features of premium spotify is the ability to sync your playlists to your phone for offline listening. I'm assuming that doing this involves downloading the songs to your phone. Currently I'm running cm7 (alpha 3), and was looking to switch to the new infected rom (eternity rls 1.4). So my question is, if I make a nandroid backup, will it actually backup each of the 100+ songs synced to my phone? I imagine that might take awhile in recovery. I don't think the songs are saved to my sd card, as there is no spotify folder there, and I can't find the songs anywhere else. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much!
I don't think it would make a backup of that but I may be wrong
Hi everyone,
It looks like every music track I have shows up twice in music player. One of the two copies does not work (i.e., program says cannot read this kind of file). I first noticed this after I tried opening the track on 'Play Music' app.
Is there a reason AND a fix for this?
Many thanks!
JT
PS, I'm on Flapjaxx's IMM76D.UCLE2 ROM
Galaxy i717
jt15 said:
Hi everyone,
It looks like every music track I have shows up twice in music player. One of the two copies does not work (i.e., program says cannot read this kind of file). I first noticed this after I tried opening the track on 'Play Music' app.
Is there a reason AND a fix for this?
Many thanks!
JT
PS, I'm on Flapjaxx's IMM76D.UCLE2 ROM
Galaxy i717
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Hi there
If your running Stock Rom
Then go into Settings - Application - Manage Application
Close out anything that is bloatware
Try to use Task Manager hit clean all applications to see if this fix the issue...
This Device shouldn't have any issues at all......
Did you put your music on your SD Card if you did make a folder on your main SD Card called "Music" put all your music in this folder.
Do you have extra tracks like duplicates?
Clear your caches then unmount your sd card then clear again then mount sd card then reboot. That's how I fixed mine
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I am trying to figure out how to backup the playlists I have made in the HTC Sense music player.
I am pretty sure it is just a DB file somewhere on the device. Can anybody tell me what file?
Stock / Rooted ICS OTA Rezound.
I know My Backup Pro will allow you to backup playlists. I did this prior to upgrading my phone to ICS. I was able to restore the playlist, however for whatever odd reason, the restore process never seemed to finish. It just sat there at 0%, I left it alone for about 5 minutes, then decided to force kill it. Despite that issue, the music app had my playlists restored and the music played without any issues.