So I was excited like many others a few months back when Google Play Music was updated to support external (SD) storage. However I don't know if it is actually being used? I'm hoping someone can tell me more or if they see the same behavior.
If you look at app data for play music, it APPEARS to be saving music - I currently show over 700MB of data for the app. However if I open the app and select "On Device" instead of "All Music", I there is never anything listed (In Listen Now, My Library, etc).
So it appears to me that songs are cached but never used for anything, meaning I'm re-streaming every time I listen to something. It definitely appears that way when I re-listen to playlists.
Anyone else notice this?
Digging around the filesystem a little I see a few interesting things to note:
At the root level I see: "sdcard -> legacy"
Looking here: /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music is only 36 bytes in size.
At root I see: "extSdCard -> sdcard1"
Looking here: /extSdCard/Android/data/com.google.android.music" is 234 MB in size.
Also interesting, the remaining data of the app reported ~700 seems to be in local storage as album artwork, as it's almost all in:
/data/data/com.google.android.music/artwork
I'm on CM11 Nightly if it's relevant.
Thoughts?
Play music caches the music while you listen to it that's why you're seeing all that data. There's an option in music to clear the cache and there's an option for downloading music for when your offline.
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Play music caches the music while you listen to it that's why you're seeing all that data. There's an option in music to clear the cache and there's an option for downloading music for when your offline.
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Right, but after you have listened to a song and it is cached, it should then appear if you switch from "all music" to "on device". That doesn't happen.
As a different test I just pinned a play list. It took 5 minutes to download everything. If I select something else in the app, then come back to that playlist with "on device" selected, even though it still shows as pinned, it says "0 songs on device".
Just to close the loop on this:
I changed GM back to internal storage,
Renamed /extSdCard/Android/data/com.google.android.music to /extSdCard/Android/data/com.google.android.music_orig.
Tried to change GM back to external, and got a FC
At that point the option to switch was greyed out
I rebooted the phone, was able to switch to external and now it works like it's supposed to again.
So something about the external storage location must have been corrupted. I think it may stem from using the Music2SD Xposed module before GM was updated to support external.
Anyway, all fixed!
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So I have been having duplicate song issues. It seemed to happen when I moved around my files. My music player list will show like 2 or 3 albums, but only one will play. The other one or two entire albums will give an error saying 'This file does not exist.' I see that 'Media scanner running' info on the status bar but it never fixes this issue. Anyone else have this problem or a fix?
If it matters this has happened both on internal and external memory.
Thanks.
Nope, never had this problem. Try to remove all music files and see if the player shows anything. If not, then add the ones that were showing duplicates and see if it happens again.
I am having the same issue but i normally use double twist
Delete your cache in Settings, Applications, Manage Applications, Music.
Also, delete the /sdcard/albumthumbs folder.
Reboot and it should rebuild your song list.
I had tried deleting cache before but didn't see it. I didn't realize there were multiple sorting options on this phone, whoops. The 'delete cache' was dark and would not let me click it, but I tried deleting data and the albumthumbs but it still didn't work. I am just going to try erasing it all and re-adding the music and not moving it around again... Thanks for the help though!
Did you find your fix? I had to leave everything out of a folder on the sdcard to stop this annoyance.
I hope this helps
If you are rooted I would recomend purchasing the full version of the app "SD Maid" from the market.
I had an issue from doubletwist that was resulting in duplicate music files.
I'm pretty sure that the reason it happens is; when we are syncing music (possibly alot at once) most programs recognize the 16g internal storage as possibly a indipendent device. This could be because of the potential to swap out your sd card to share music but on second though probably not.
its probably just a random error.
If you are unrooted or otherwise unable to use sd maid (id recomend rooting and flashing a custom rom but if thats not what you want to do then get the free astro file manager from the market and you should see in your home directory a file called music or it could within another file titled media. Regardless where you want it to be is on your external sd card.
you can delete the directory titled music but first check the file titled external media.
You should see all of your music there as well.
I have played with the settings on doubletwist as well as spotify and this is the best solution.
(If you use sd maid then go into duplicates and very very very patiently select all of the boxes it lets you and then just hit the delete duplicates up top)
Hey everybody, having some trouble with my PowerAMP fairly regularly. It starts up and plays music fine, but after a while it always comes through with this error (Too many failed files, playing will stop now.) If I reboot and go back into PowerAMP, it all works fine again. This keeps happening though. I guess I'll try uninstalling it and loading again to see if that fixes it. Was wondering if anyone more software savvy had some other ideas. Maybe something is jacked up with the sd card? But if this was the case wouldn't i run into a similar problem when flipping through pictures and videos?
I"m not sure if Fixing Permisions would help but it could just be an SD card issue or it is running into files that are in the playlist but aren't on the SD Card anymore?
Shouldn't be running into any of those given it forms the available songs by scanning the card. Seems to be something with the sd card. I'll try permissions, I haven't done that in a while anyway (if it aint broke don't fix it! lol) The reload didn't work. I know the songs are there as it gives the name of a file that is supposedly failed, but after the reboot it plays fine. Kind of strange.
Was going to be adding some music, maybe I'll try wiping all the files I have on there and just reload em through my pc.
Let me know if permissions works.. other then that I can't think of anything that would cause the issue.
Alright, went through and wiped out the music folder then reloaded a bunch of songs. Still having the same problem. Fixed permissions too. Seems pretty damn weird to me, anyone else having similar problems?
Tried uninstalling and reloading again and that seams to have fixed things...I'll let you guys know after a day or two of usage. Weird.
Hey im having the same issue i have my music on the internal sd card all the files are wma the app will play like 5-10 songs then says too many failed songs. Then going to look at what folders it is looking at it says that could not find sd card. if i restart the app it'll install native libraries then scan then able to play 5-10 songs again....wierd
Try going to SETTINGS>APPLICATIONS>MANAGE APPLICATIONS> then go to the "all" TAB. Scroll down and clear both the MEDIASYNC and MEDIASTORAGE. The problem is due to a double sync where there are empy place holders for songs thus looking like "failed files" reload poweramp and it will scan music folder again and wallah... Fixed!
Like I said before, I just uninstalled, made sure everything was deleted, then redownloaded the app from the market and all is well. Haven't had any problems since.
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Try going to SETTINGS>APPLICATIONS>MANAGE APPLICATIONS> then go to the "all" TAB. Scroll down and clear both the MEDIASYNC and MEDIASTORAGE. The problem is due to a double sync where there are empy place holders for songs thus looking like "failed files" reload poweramp and it will scan music folder again and wallah... Fixed!
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I tried that and still did the same thing and by the way though the stock music player plays all the songs with no problems
Same for me... Since I have been using the current ROM (FLB_R9), PowerAMP can not play a single file, while the stock player is really happy with any of them!
Go to SETTINGS/Applications/Manage Applications/PowerAMP
Under Storage press "Clear data"..
Rescan music folder again.
Worked for me
Had the same problem. Even though I loved Poweramp, I switched to Mixzing. I even had the paid Poweramp. Haven't had any issues with Mixzing. It has an E Q just like Poweramp,and it plays folders too. Got tired of Poweramp and its foibles. Very happy with free version of Mixzing.
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Try going to SETTINGS>APPLICATIONS>MANAGE APPLICATIONS> then go to the "all" TAB. Scroll down and clear both the MEDIASYNC and MEDIASTORAGE. The problem is due to a double sync where there are empy place holders for songs thus looking like "failed files" reload poweramp and it will scan music folder again and wallah... Fixed!
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Should point out clearing MEDIASTORAGE will seemingly delete all your ringtones! However a reboot of the phone will restore those ringtones again.
Just a heads up.
This might be the answer
aw3sk3r said:
Try going to SETTINGS>APPLICATIONS>MANAGE APPLICATIONS> then go to the "all" TAB. Scroll down and clear both the MEDIASYNC and MEDIASTORAGE. The problem is due to a double sync where there are empy place holders for songs thus looking like "failed files" reload poweramp and it will scan music folder again and wallah... Fixed!
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This condition just started on my Galaxy S3 after using PowerAmp for months. I looked for the both the suggested sync files on the S3 but found nothing. No other stock music player on the S3 will play the music either. Your thoughts please.
maguentert said:
This condition just started on my Galaxy S3 after using PowerAmp for months. I looked for the both the suggested sync files on the S3 but found nothing. No other stock music player on the S3 will play the music either. Your thoughts please.
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Hi.
I have the same problem.
Someone could solved it?
Thanks and sorry for my english!
I've been having this issue as well, running all my music from my SDcard, will try a few things and report back. I'm using poweramp because the stock player doesn't seem to work with my card, says songs are unplayable, doesn't show all my music etc. I just tried disabling system media scanner/MTP in advanced folder library options and I'll report back.
My solution
I found this problem after disabling APOLLO in my MAKO ROM PACMAN
As soon as i enabled it, POWERAMP started working. Check if such coincidence works for u too
guys here is how I fix mine : FIX PERMISSION
if still not working try uninstall and install again.
Okay so let me say first that google music beta has made my music life a million times easier, it saves me space on my mem card an things like that. So, my question is, if I turn the "temporarily cache music" choice off in the settings, how much data does google music still use? Because I recently changed my plan to 200mb limited data usage, an I wanted to know whether or not turning off the cache still made the phone use data to stream, thanks so much in advance XDA
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Hi there,
Here is a data usage calculator tool:
"t-mobile.com/Tools/MBCalculator.aspx"
If you stream 30 minutes of music every day in a 30 day billing cycle your total usage would be roughly 900MB. There are 1024MB in every 1GB to put it in perspective. Streaming video and music is not recommended for plans under 2GB. On limited plans, it is a good idea to connect to wifi as much as possible.
Hope that helps!
I really only stream music at home (using wifi) and I have my favorite music on my memory card (for on the go). I can't thank you enough for replying to my post! And yes it helps greatly! I cut the data plan down because I needed a load off on the bill (most economic thing to do), so thank you once again
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Glad it helped,
I realize I did not address your question about the caching feature:
Weather or not you enable caching, data is still being used to stream your music from the google server. However, by turning caching on (which is turned on by default on the android app) your phone stores memory of recently played music files. This means that without connecting to a data network you can still play some music.
Better yet, you can choose specific songs to be cached to your phone by opening the google music application and long pressing on a song. From there an option should pop up that says "Available offline" and you can check the box. Just make sure to cache the songs you want while your on wifi because the act of caching does use data.
Once cached you can play those specific songs back anytime w/out using any data!
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Glad it helped,
I realize I did not address your question about the caching feature:
Weather or not you enable caching, data is still being used to stream your music from the google server. However, by turning caching on (which is turned on by default on the android app) your phone stores memory of recently played music files. This means that without connecting to a data network you can still play some music.
Better yet, you can choose specific songs to be cached to your phone by opening the google music application and long pressing on a song. From there an option should pop up that says "Available offline" and you can check the box. Just make sure to cache the songs you want while your on wifi because the act of caching does use data.
Once cached you can play those specific songs back anytime w/out using any data!
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Hi I recently downloaded Google music and I transferred my songs to my device, and I made those songs available offline, so if I set my Google music app to offline will I still he charged for using data if I'm only playing the songs I set for offline use?
just turn the setting on that says "Stream over Wi-Fi only" to be on the safe side
Has anyone tried installing the JB version of Google Music on their Inc 4G? There are a few threads from other forums with instructions. Seems like success rate is about 50%. I've tried and haven't been able to do it. Some say a quick install of the apk works, others say you have to wipe data from the old app and uninstall it then move the new apk to /system/apps and change permissions to rw-r-r. I've tried pretty much every method. I'm rooted and I have TiBackup installed, so recovering the old app hasn't been a problem, but it would be nice to get the new version working.
In case anyone is interested... I got it to work. Apparently all that's required is to place the apk in /system/app and change the permission to rw-r-r and reboot. I never rebooted. I was monkeying around last night with some things and during that playtime I rebooted my phone. When I got in the car this morning and launched Google Music, I was surprised to see that the JB version was present and fully functional! I know a reboot is generally required for system changes to take effect, but it just plain never dawned on me yesterday.
tldr:
Jelly Bean version of Google Music works on the Incredible 4G.
Download apk here: http://goo.gl/84ZqS
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In case anyone is interested... I got it to work. Apparently all that's required is to place the apk in /system/app and change the permission to rw-r-r and reboot. I never rebooted. I was monkeying around last night with some things and during that playtime I rebooted my phone. When I got in the car this morning and launched Google Music, I was surprised to see that the JB version was present and fully functional! I know a reboot is generally required for system changes to take effect, but it just plain never dawned on me yesterday.
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Jelly Bean version of Google Music works on the Incredible 4G.
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Does the jelly bean version give you an option of where to store your music? I am looking into/having to mount the default folder it chooses to a location on my larger SD card just so I don't load up the phone.
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Does the jelly bean version give you an option of where to store your music? I am looking into/having to mount the default folder it chooses to a location on my larger SD card just so I don't load up the phone.
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I'm unsure. I don't see anything in the settings menu that let's you choose where to store music. I just downloaded an album that I keep online and it went to "Phone storage", not my external SD card. But, if I put music directly on the SD card (via USB), it should show up in the app. Is that what you're looking for?
It seems like it is the same as the current version. I like to use the rating features to sort new music and decide what to keep. This is dependent on there being a link to the google music servers so that my ratings show up on the website. Also it lets my sync music without having to upload it to the phone specifically.
re-routing the folder that it stores the music on will let me hold more than the internal memory's capacity of music on my SD card, yet allow the link to exist that sends play data/ratings/etc back and forth between the web interface and the app itself.
Short answer seems to be that they still have not added this feature.
IceWilly said:
It seems like it is the same as the current version. I like to use the rating features to sort new music and decide what to keep. This is dependent on there being a link to the google music servers so that my ratings show up on the website. Also it lets my sync music without having to upload it to the phone specifically.
re-routing the folder that it stores the music on will let me hold more than the internal memory's capacity of music on my SD card, yet allow the link to exist that sends play data/ratings/etc back and forth between the web interface and the app itself.
Short answer seems to be that they still have not added this feature.
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Yeah, it seems that way. Looks like the only changes, besides Nexus Q support, are graphical. Instead of the generic album cover art for a playlist containing songs from multiple albums, the album art is now a mosaic of the album covers included in the playlist. The widget now shows album art. Oh, and you'll like this, the widget now allows you to "thumbs up" the current track, so that should work out nicely for your sorting method.
Found something else, you can now choose "Add to queue" from pop-up menu on albums, tracks, and play lists.
Does beats work with this?
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ragnarokxg said:
Does beats work with this?
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Yes... Everything is fully operational.
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Looks like the Play Store has an official update available right now to get the JB Google music app.
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I'm unsure. I don't see anything in the settings menu that let's you choose where to store music. I just downloaded an album that I keep online and it went to "Phone storage", not my external SD card. But, if I put music directly on the SD card (via USB), it should show up in the app. Is that what you're looking for?
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Where did it download the offline music to? I can't find it anywhere. It used to be on the sdcard com.android..
Thanks
My mp3 files get little encores tacked onto them for no apparent reason. Once dowloaded the song appears as it should (I had no reason to suspect any problem) Upon later listens, the song will end and then skip back to a random point during the song and play through to the ending again. At first I thought it was my mp3 player glitching So I didn`t think it was much of a problem. I changed mp3 players and it still happend. So I began checking the song lengths against the stated length of the songs I downloaded thinking the source was the problem. Sure enough many (but not all) of my song lengths would be anywhere between 10 seconds too long and double the song length. So I deleted and re-downloaded a bunch of my songs (After having went through the process of editing the tags so the songs would play in the right order and have added information I like to keep with my songs). While downloading this time I double checked the stated song length against the wikipedia information about the song. They would match to within a second or two at most. Then I would look in the music players listing for how long the song was. They would match to wikipedia as well. After re-editing the tags to how I want them sorted I checked the lengths again. Still matched. A few days later just for good measure I checked a few of my downloads... Too long again. I`d listen to the song and it would have an ending where there should be an ending and an added encore. Back where I started from.
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I've had scripted jpeg malware before. They can damage files in the folder they are in but can't damage the folders (or files in those folder) within the main infected folder. The folder acts as containment. If one of those get in a database folder with hundreds or more loose files it be hell to find. The solution is to delete the malware jpeg.
Never heard of that happen with audio files though. It's either a 3rd party app, system corruption or malware doing it. Files should not mutate by themselves. Load some known good mp3's and see what happens.
Clear system cache if you have that option.
Whatever the cause it needs to be tracked down.
Happy witch hunting...
In the future use mp4's, wav or flak for higher resolution...
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Welcome to XDA
I've had scripted jpeg malware before. They can damage files in the folder they are in but can't damage the folders (or files in those folder) within the main infected folder. The folder acts as containment. If one of those get in a database folder with hundreds or more loose files it be hell to find. The solution is to delete the malware jpeg.
Never heard of that happen with audio files though. It's either a 3rd party app, system corruption or malware doing it. Files should not mutate by themselves. Load some known good mp3's and see what happens.
Clear system cache if you have that option.
Whatever the cause it needs to be tracked down.
Happy witch hunting...
In the future use mp4's, wav or flak for higher resolution...
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thanks for trying to help. sure they are all in the music folder but each artist and album has a sub folder all to itself. whatever this is it is equal opportunity.... but not all inclusive. the extra long songs are spread out over lots of different places but not all songs in any given location are affected.
I`ve sent emails to the app devs to see if they have any ideas.
I`ve also scanned for viruses and malware. no hits. also the rest of the phone is running fine except for a little laggy at times on my tag editor app.
well that is unexpected! I played an affected song with Files by Google and it is the proper song length and has no encore. Both my tag editor which can play songs and my mp3 player app show that the song is too long and they play the encore. different developers for both apps.
Take the tag editor out of the equation.
Any other 3rd party apps with permission to access the music folder?
Try using Poweramp as the player. It's rock solid stable.
If you have backup of the library on the PC, etc delete the one on the phone, then replace with the backup copy.
It could still be malware or software/firmware corruption. A factory reset may be needed if you can't find the root cause. Play with it.
What triggers it? Is it a specific file type?
Scan a effected file with online Virustotal.
Looking at running services and cache apps see what's running. If you can clear the system cache do so.
Do some Google searches too, it doesn't have to be that exact device. This is bizarre... until you track it down.
checked file with virus total online. a bunch say undetected. 15 say unable to process file.
only file type is mp3 I can`t figure out the cause. it seems so random.
last time I cleared cache I lost all of my attached lyrics (I also translate the lyrics to spanish so my wife can better understand the song lyrics) that is a lot of work to undo. I am loath to do so. I`ll do so as last resort.
now the only apps that have access are camera, files by google, gallery, mcAffe Security, and messages. I removed permission from 10 or so apps. none of them were suspicious. all well known brand name apps.
tag editor no longer has permission nor my mp3 player (muzio)
going to DL poweramp
going to restore music files from an external hard drive
System cache, not app cache. On Samsung's it's on the boot menu. If this applies to your device too.
.wav files effected?
can`t even find help online to locate how to clear system cache on my phone. it is a oneplus nord n10 5g
no wav files are affected that I am aware of. I don`t know how long they are supposed to be and I haven`t searched for and listened to them to find out.
I searched for cache cleaners in the play store and downloaded the highest rated antivirus app on the list. its by protectstar AI v1.1.4(1030). because of my search parameters I thought it would have a cache cleaner. nope.
I ran a regular scan which found no problems. running a deep scan now. 36% through and no problems.
It is saying it found a surprising number of apps. 363 of them at this point. If I added my last 5 phones apps together I might expect fewer apps.
it seems I have to go into recovery mode (don`t yet know how and it sounds like something I don`t really want to do) in order to clear system cache. It also seems that doing so will clear all the app caches. I already stated why I don`t want to do that.
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it seems I have to go into recovery mode (don`t yet know how and it sounds like something I don`t really want to do) in order to clear system cache. It also seems that doing so will clear all the app caches. I already stated why I don`t want to do that.
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The app caches are separate from the system cache at least on Samsung's. Verify that first.
Otherwise it's no big deal.
Some malware has no definition and will not show up on any scans. If it's a file(s) in your music database that's the cause it will need to be deleted. The trigger many times is when the file is opened. This may help you locate it if that's the cause.
no problems with the deep scan aand I just cleared system cache.
will see what happens now.
The backuo I had took me back WAY back. I swear I backed up more recently. I`ll be a long time straightening everything out.
Thanks again for the help! I`will come back and reply if the problem persists after I have caught back up.
If it's a file with malicious metadata or something in it, it will be tough to find.
Contain, isolate, remove. Protect the backup copies!
I like to keep time staggered redundant backups, a minimum of two. If you're backup copy fails?
My music database is over a half dozen backups deep on multiple sdds and hdds.
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If it's a file with malicious metadata or something in it, it will be tough to find.
Contain, isolate, remove. Protect the backup copies!
I like to keep time staggered redundant backups, a minimum of two. If you're backup copy fails?
My music database is over a half dozen backups deep on multiple sdds and hdds.
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I know sooner than expected. I was listening while I work and after about 15 songs or so I got an encore from one of the backup songs. I see there are three versions of that song in my back up. one 4 minutes 30 seconds one 3:49 and one 3:39. it`s supposed to be 3:50 according to wikipedia. of course I checked the 3:49 ends normally. but get this the 3:39 one ends at 2:00. go figure.
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I know sooner than expected. I was listening while I work and after about 15 songs or so I got an encore from one of the backup songs. I see there are three versions of that song in my back up. one 4 minutes 30 seconds one 3:49 and one 3:39. it`s supposed to be 3:50 according to wikipedia. of course I checked the 3:49 ends normally. but get this the 3:39 one ends at 2:00. go figure.
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So the backup is tainted too?
I am running another deep scan this time with the backup drive attached. 47% through no problems found but I am guessing it is. whe n the scan is complete I will play the tainted song directly from the backup to see if it has the three versions with three different lengths.
I have multiple versions of many songs. The fact that they are mutating is deeply concerning though. I've never seen that.
I intentionally have multiple versions of songs. not for this one. However there are three versions of different lengths on the backup drive the one with 4:36 has an encore and two with 3:49 one of the two ends at 1:56 the other ends normally. nothing detected with the deep scan.
hey black hawk. I am working on restoring my song collection. very few of the backed up songs were effected. doesn`t mean I don`t have to check them all!
I have two questions about power amp that you might be able to answer.
If I listen to half a song and then select a new song to listen to the next time the first song comes up to play it starts where It left off in the middle of the song. Is there a setting I have set up wrong or whats the deal? (figured this one out) it was the store/restore per track progress
also is there a way to reset play counts on the tracks? during this process I sometimes have to listen to a song a couple of times. When I get finished I would like to start with the track counts all back to 0 so that I can shuffle and not hear the same songs over again while neglecting some others.
Mine doesn't behave like that; if I skip forward then back, that song starts from the beginning.
It's in settings, somewhere. Make frequent settings backups especially during set up, just in case. Those backups are important with a complex app like this.
I don't understand your second question. I use playlists or play albums. I don't use suffle or random select as I have over 6000 tracks! I have music database backups that go back over 12 years. Time staggered backups are important if the database is somehow corrupted.
I'm very curious what caused your problem. Never heard of this before, but that doesn't mean it can't happen! Again it reminds me of those malware jpegs.
I vet all downloads before moving them out of the download folder. It may be as simple as playing the track, opening the jpeg or more in depth like scanning with online Virustotal. If there's any doubt, no matter how small, that file gets deleted. Nothing is worth the risk of potentially damaging a database or OS load.
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Mine doesn't behave like that; if I skip forward then back, that song starts from the beginning.
It's in settings, somewhere. Make frequent settings backups especially during set up, just in case. Those backups are important with a complex app like this.
I don't understand your second question. I use playlists or play albums. I don't use suffle or random select as I have over 6000 tracks! I have music database backups that go back over 12 years. Time staggered backups are important if the database is somehow corrupted.
I'm very curious what caused your problem. Never heard of this before, but that doesn't mean it can't happen! Again it reminds me of those malware jpegs.
I vet all downloads before moving them out of the download folder. It may be as simple as playing the track, opening the jpeg or more in depth like scanning with online Virustotal. If there's any doubt, no matter how small, that file gets deleted. Nothing is worth the risk of potentially damaging a database or OS
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shuffle has a slider with less random and full random. less random takes into account how many times a track has been played and prefers the least played tracks preventing randomly hearing the same track twice in a row, full random just randomizes the tracks and that being the case you might hear the same song twice in a row with the less random option you can play a twenty song playlist on shuffle and not hear the same song twice until all the songs in the playlist have been played at least once. With full random you might hear song 6 8 times before you hear song 1 once.
i heard back from power amp tech support. they tell me to do a full rescan in order to reset the play counts. if I do what they say which is go to settings/ library where there is an option to do a full rescan. I select this option and it warns me that all tag info will be erased from power amp database and library/folders will be rescanned also WARNING! track entries from ejected/unmounted storage/ SD cards will be removed from Library/Folders, buyt will stay in play lists.
i suspect the file manipulation had to do with the auto tagger I paid good money for and used to edit tags by album or artist and add lyrics to individual songs. I believe it was callaed autotagger - music tag editor by sergey churpin. I sent them an email quite a while ago. no response.