Hi there, I have a lot of music downloaded into Google Play, but I was wondering if there was a way I could go into the settings with a computer to find the files and copy it from there, and put it into the music folder? Is there a way I could do that? So I could delete the google play app, I don't like that it will automatically edit the music on the phone if you did it on the computer.
Another reason is that I like the music widget, and I want that to appear for all my songs, not just in my phone. So I want to move all my music that is downloaded to google play music to my phone. Does that make sense? And is there a way to do so?
Google Music songs are stored online at "Google Music"
skdubg said:
Google Music songs are stored online at "Google Music"
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I know that, I downloaded it to my device so now it is stored on the phone memory in the app itself. Is there a way to transfer that into the music folder?
Easiest way is just to download it onto your computer then transfer across.
When you say you downloaded it to your device, did you do it through the app and select songs to keep for offline listening? If you did that, then the files saved aren't actually the music files. I'm not sure what they are, but they are only readable by Google Music.
What you can do (to build off of madflier's post) is go to the Music Manager on your desktop, and there will be a tab to download some or all of your music from Google Music onto your computer. You can then move the music into a folder on your phone and listen there.
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When you say you downloaded it to your device, did you do it through the app and select songs to keep for offline listening? If you did that, then the files saved aren't actually the music files. I'm not sure what they are, but they are only readable by Google Music.
What you can do (to build off of madflier's post) is go to the Music Manager on your desktop, and there will be a tab to download some or all of your music from Google Music onto your computer. You can then move the music into a folder on your phone and listen there.
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Thank you bro, I did it, and it worked perfectly!!!
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I have a usb drive with all my songs on them
So when i connect the drive to the keyboard and open the folder (file manager). I cannot select all the songs to play through music app, it only allows me to play one song at a time. Is there a way to select all the songs to play?
In the music app, you should be able to point it to the directory in your USB drive where your music is. It will then build the library from those files. That is what MixZing does anyway...
Scott1620 said:
In the music app, you should be able to point it to the directory in your USB drive where your music is. It will then build the library from those files. That is what MixZing does anyway...
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i tried going to the settings in music app, but it does not allow me to relay the directory. it seems fixed on the music folder.
how is mixzing (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mixzing.basic&feature=search_result)?
maybe, create a playlist?
fuzzer said:
maybe, create a playlist?
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i do not want to transfer all my songs to the prime
i am trying to just connect the flash drive and play/shuffle the songs on the drive without transferring them
does android require you to move files to the device storage in order to create a playlist?
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does android require you to move files to the device storage in order to create a playlist?
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i can't figure a way to create a playlist from files not in the music folder or downloaded from google music
kls629 said:
i do not want to transfer all my songs to the prime
i am trying to just connect the flash drive and play/shuffle the songs on the drive without transferring them
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The best solution going forward would be to sign up for a free Google Music account and simply upload all of the music you want to listen to to that service and then just stream it over WiFi to whatever device you want to listen to it on.
Now if you are frequently in a situation where you don't have access to the internet, MixZing is a pretty good music player that will allow you to play your music off of any USB connected storage device.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mixzing.basic
Unless im missing something i cant see an option to play my music which is in my Dropbox app on my Galaxy S3 via Poweramp which is my main music player, anyone know if this is possible?
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Dropbox stores your music in the cloud, and it isn't synced to your phone like it is to your desktop.
The desktop version syncs automatically, while in the phone version you have to manually save each file from your Dropbox onto your phone.
You'll have to manually, one file by one, download and save your music to your phone, then play it with Poweramp.
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Do like I did, and purchase the app "Dropsync" (Full version) and set it up to sync your Music folder on your Dropbox to a folder on your phone's SD card.
Mine syncs automatically and thus my phone is always up to date with the latest music that I have on my Dropbox.
jonny68 said:
Unless im missing something i cant see an option to play my music which is in my Dropbox app on my Galaxy S3 via Poweramp which is my main music player, anyone know if this is possible?
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If you wish to play the files directly from the cloud... no, it isn't possible (surely...)
Hi -- I've got a bunch of MP3s in Google Drive, and I'd like to be able to play them on my Android. The problem is that when I play an MP3 on the phone, no matter what app I choose to use to play it (and I've tried a bunch!) the MP3 opens in such a way that if I then switch to another app, playback stops. In other words, the Google Drive MP3 won't play in the background.
Is there any way to make MP3s play from Google Drive in such a way that they WILL play in the background? I've found some awkward workaround to do this -- like downloading the MP3 from the Google Drive web app, or like pinning the MP3 in the Google Drive Android app and then using an Android file manager to find the file and copy it to a folder that the music player searches -- but I really wish there was a better way!!! Anyone know one?
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Alan
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For some bizarre reason, no - you can't do it. I'd strongly recommend getting Google Music. It'll hold up to 20,000 songs and you can stream or download to your phone with the Google Music player. That' just like a regular music player so it still runs in the background.
Thank you! Yeah, I use the Google Music player for my own stuff; the MP3s in Google Drive are in shared folders from organizations I work with. So, yes, I can copy those over to Google Music when I get to my PC, but I wish there was a better way to listen on my phone to something in Google Drive that I haven't yet moved over.
I wish there was a way to just make Google Drive open the full Google Music app to play these files rather than the little embedded version!
Alan
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I've just installed an app called music drive which is dedicated to playing music off the Google drive, works for me, esp as I want to keep all music on the drive
prbennett said:
I've just installed an app called music drive which is dedicated to playing music off the Google drive, works for me, esp as I want to keep all music on the drive
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Thank you for the tip! I've been trying this, but it's really not working for me: it crashes constantly and has no search function, which makes dealing with all of the tracks in my Google Drive pretty impossible.
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Thank you for the tip! I've been trying this, but it's really not working for me: it crashes constantly and has no search function, which makes dealing with all of the tracks in my Google Drive pretty impossible.
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Hi! Not sure if you still need a solution.. But I managed to link my Google Drive to a file manager called ES File Explorer and then used the built in music player to play the music off my Google Drive.
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Hi! Not sure if you still need a solution.. But I managed to link my Google Drive to a file manager called ES File Explorer and then used the built in music player to play the music off my Google Drive.
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Thanks! It's actually much easier to deal with this with the newer versions of the Google Play Music app: they automatically seem to turn up tracks downloaded by Google Drive.
Okay I purchased music using google play music. I can listen to the music offline with Google Play music, but my default OEM/factory Galaxy music player doesn't detect the music I purchased. Also I found out Google stores the files here:
/mnt/sdcard/android/data/com.google.music/files/music
When I went to that dictory I noticed the MP3 file was named 724.mp3 I'am able to point poweramp to that folder and play it but with the galaxy I don't see any options to force it to point to any directories. I like using the Samsung OEM player. Is it possible to get my default player to play this?
Funny thing is when I use root explorer to play the song it uses the Galaxy music player to play it but when I goto the Galaxy music player it doesn't detect the song.
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Okay I purchased music using google play music. I can listen to the music offline with Google Play music, but my default OEM/factory Galaxy music player doesn't detect the music I purchased. Also I found out Google stores the files here:
/mnt/sdcard/android/data/com.google.music/files/music
When I went to that dictory I noticed the MP3 file was named 724.mp3 I'am able to point poweramp to that folder and play it but with the galaxy I don't see any options to force it to point to any directories. I like using the Samsung OEM player. Is it possible to get my default player to play this?
Funny thing is when I use root explorer to play the song it uses the Galaxy music player to play it but when I goto the Galaxy music player it doesn't detect the song.
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if you use the play website rather then the app you can download it a certain number of times, just as MP3s. You may have to do that on the computer. You can allow download the music manager on your computer and it will download your whole library without it counting against your download limit... But you do have to download the whole thing, then add what ever album you want to your phone. I prefer to just get a big SD card and go this route. I just download and manage my own music, and think of the online copy as a backup.
Not a perfect answer, but at least a version of what your trying to do, if you were unaware.
GMusicFS is an option, but probably won't do exactly what you're asking either.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169761
I've downloaded music from googly play music to my external sd card. When using file explorer or another music app I can't locate any of my music I've bought.
Is it possible to find the music mp3's somehow?
Anyone help please?
If you're talking about all access music, it is only playable with Google app. Btw, you have to look in hidden android folder, in google play music. Can't remember exact path, but it's there.
If you're talking about your purchased music, might be much better to sync/download your music to your pc, then transfer on SD card. That way filenames will be preserved, rather than numbered, as is the case with play music app downloads.
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