Hey there! I've been trying to figure this out for quite a bit tonight and I'm wondering if someone here might be able to help me.
I'd like to find a way to change the sound files Android uses to play back MIDI files. Ideally, I would like to be able to playback MIDI files and have them sound exactly as they do on my Windows PC.
I can only assume that this would require finding where the Android MIDI database is stored and replacing its default soundbank with the Microsoft gm.dls file. I don't know if Android uses .sf, .sf2, .dls, or some other kind of file for its bank, but I'm fairly resourceful and I'm sure I can find a suitable replacement for the stock file.
I'm not sure how to find this file, but I'm sure some of you boffins on this board could figure it out and help me figure out how to replace it. I would really appreciate that. My phone is rooted and I'm fairly familiar with how ADB works (thank you, years of Linux use). I'm sure with a bit of help I could navigate it and pull off a switch.
My problem is that the stock midi is just... Just terrible. Me and my band use Guitar Pro to write up our songs and show them to each other and I would really like to to be able to show my stuff to my bandmates on the go. The problem is that it's really hard to get a picture of the song without that familiar Windows GM sound. We've been using it for so long that we can almost picture how the song will sound when we play it if we hear the Windows MIDI. We (or at least I) don't get that if we use the Android MIDI sound.
Any help would be appreciated. I'm kind of lost on this.
Thanks in advance,
Vincent Vespa
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Does anyone know of software to edit mp3 files on the xda, cut bits out, join 'em up, save as different fomats. Just something to fiddle with on the tube?
Wow. Is that really functional?
Probably can be written, but probs would need more RAM than is available. So i doubt it.
Stick to using the xda as a pda + phone , let it add value to your life, dont let it become your life......... tempting sometimes i know..
use www.dbpoweramp.com for converting software on your pc.
use audacity (from download.com) for editing software on your pc
It would be nice, but ansaar99 is right - it should just be a PDA and phone, but we can dream...
my mate and I discussed the possibility of a music studio app like Reason running on something like this, graphics wise it wouldn't be a problem with Reason as it has the same screen shape, but the main drawback would be the power needed to process the audio, however wouldn't it be great to have a full studio on screen, with magnification bubbles when you need to tweak something........
dream on :roll:
I'll just use it to keep in contact and play my demos I think !!
just out of curiosity does anyone know if the processor speed is directly comparible to standard desktop speeds ?
I would love to turn my HTC6500 into a personal media player (PMP) i have been looking around and havent found anything even remotely like this. the idea is to make it boot into a screen where i can navigate easily to movies and music, with the comm manager available as well. if this is already possible i would love to be pointed in the right direction. thanks guys
Yes, i've been looking for something like this a long time, too. For now I'am using TCPMP and Mort for Media Access, but a GUI like IPOD Touch would be nice.
Has anybody seen or produced am "Multimedia ROM"?
Greetz,
TSU
Hello there,
Is there an app that can route the audio output of my android smartphone/tablet to my PC? I was googling and searching this forum for this topic quite some time, but all I found was the other way arround. From PC to android is not that urgent for me, since I mounted all my network files with cifs.ko to my phone. Although there seems to be something called Pulseaudio. To be more specific - as mentioned in the title - I am not looking for a dlna/upnp solution, because there are some situations where this is not working, i.e. the audio output of applications like grooveshark.
Of course there are a lot of remotes out there: unified remote, awarremote for winamp, gsremote for grooveshark and so on. They are pretty awesome, but sometimes it is quite cumbersome to switch the remote app all the time.
Let me describe the situation I have in mind. You are listening to an audiobook on your phone with your beloved audiobook app (audible in my case) and come home. Then you activate the WifiAudioApp and it connects to your PC and the audio is now playing on your pc speakers.
I am no developer, but I think something like this would be possible, if someone could fool android to believe that it paired with an bluetooth speaker set. But in fact it is an app, that puts audio over Wifi to a client programm on your PC (certainly only possible on a rooted phone). Don't know if this is possible.
There seems to be a gadget, which offers something in this direction:
http://androidcommunity.com/android-gets-airplay-like-streaming-via-xbounds-20111122/
But I am not that interested in video, just audio.
If anyone has suggestions for me, I would really appreciate them.
Best regards,
Bel.
P.S. I think, this would be a great application. To all developers out there: At least you would have one client, who would pay for an app like this. Certainly, there would be more.
it's a great idea!
i'm also have "robo" smartphone and i love listening to music. i have got some mp3-BoomBox which is connected to my Notebook via 3.5mm.
i can listen to music from Android smartphone on notebook via Bluetooth, but also i know that it is possible via wi-fi!
somebody please help us! without any expensive gadgets like ^^^
sorry for my english
I'm looking for an app/ method that can do this and I have found two ways to do this so far;
Method 1:
- Create a directory on my computer to be used only for music that I want on my device.
- Select this directory only for Winamp computer program to search for content in.
- Set up any playlists, preferences, titles etc on the computer program.
- Sync to Winamp app on my device.
If you configure the app and program to sync anytime the device is using the same wireless network (wireless syncing is a great feature of Winamp that actually works, unlike Kies) you will have the same music collection available on both your phone and computer.
Method 2:
- Use Gmote app to remotely control the media content on your pc (you need the PC download, too).
This method is very primitive and can only play files as they appear and not playlists however this can be remedied by creating a directory containing only the files you want to play.
Best I've found so far.
Hi all,
I want to be able to stream 774 Melbourne on my Android. They have both pls or asx streams available.
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/listenlive.htm#directlinks
Anyone know of a nice light weight app that can assist? I can seem to find ones with pre-defined streams though finding one that i can put in my own URL seems difficult.
Appreciate your help.
Theres not much out there for apps that allow custom streaming URLs. Really wish we had something like TCPMP/Coreplayer on Android. You could try Moboplayer but I've never been able to get much to work in it. It does work in Winamp Pro, an app I've been pretty impressed with.
I had to input the direct stream URL by opening the pls file in Notepad which is:
http://shoutmedia.abc.net.au:10350/
They have an iPhone app, but no Android app. You should complain, its not 2007 anymore.
thanks for the response.
I did find one its called Stream Media Player. Seems to work ok. though a bit heavy for my liking.
Ive also been told to try TunedIn Radio which already has ABC in its predefined list.
Hope it works out OK
Cheers! I would like some help with an idea for a simple applet for Android in general, and the HP Touchpad in particular.
There is an application called QVOD that downloads videos to a local cache on the Android device, and for many devices it works just fine. For many devices however. If the device is running ICS, frequently the playback features stuttering audio. I have found where QVOD saves the video files, although it separates them into several pieces, making it difficult to just browse to that directory and use an alternative player, such as MXPlayer. I have found that if you cat the files together into one RMV file, you can then watch it with another application and it plays just fine. That means the audio codec built into QVOD is almost certainly the problem.
What I'd like to do is build a simple graphical app that allows you to view the videos in that folder and automatically cat the files together so you can either save them or view them in another player. Having some background in programming, I understand the process flow of this is very simple. Unfortunately, I do not know how to program in java. If anyone is willing to help with this, there is a pretty good sized community that would appreciate the help. Ideally, it would be great if the makers of QVOD addressed the problem directly, but having spoken with them on QQ, it doesn't seem they have any interest in doing so.
I don't see this program taking more than a hundred lines or so, and would be a great contribution to the Android community. Please message me if you are willing to invest some time into helping with this problem. The application will SURELY get a lot of attention, because it will not only allow those with audio problems to enjoy their videos, but it will allow those that aren't having problems viewing to at least save the files and also have a CHOICE of what application to view them in.
thanks!
Write the details here or PM me, I might give this a try, though I cannot give any specific deadline times.