I searched for this everywhere but didn't find it. I listen to a lot of electronic music and I usually play the tracks on youtube before purchasing them on beatport or whatever. It sucks thay in the youtube app the song stops if I have to answer an sms or surf web. I think it would be a good idea of a mod or even a custom app that can play youtube videos in the backgroud..is this possible?
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theres a sweet app called free music download in the market where you can search for almost any song or artist and get many results. from there you can stream or download the mp3. i use it everyday along with my unlimited skip pandora
Check out Ghosttown from the market. Plays songs from youtube without the video. Idea worked well for me but the buffering killed it for me. May work for you though.
Should be in the Themes and Apps section.
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Check out Ghosttown from the market. Plays songs from youtube without the video. Idea worked well for me but the buffering killed it for me. May work for you though.
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The streaming is getting better, the last couple of updates have really sped things up. It's almost there, I'd say it's probably the best bet.
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Why don't you try tubemate ?
hi everyone! I'm a new samsung tab owner, still getting around the tablet. For now, only one thing is annoying me and I cannot or do not know how to solve this.
The thing is, when I open a video on youtube, it plays just fine. But when I open or switch to another tab in browser, the video auto-pauses. Is there a way to solve this, so I can play youtube vids "in background" while I browse other sites?
Btw, I'm using the stock rom (haven't rooted/flashed etc.) and default browser
Thanks for help in advance!
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I don't really think this is possible, due to the nature of how Android's web browsers work. I assume you're trying to listen to music or something off of Youtube while browsing. I'd honestly just stick with Pandora or even spring for Spotify Premium so you can run it on your phone/tablet.
thank you, pandora is a fun app and spotify works perfectly! You are a life-saver
Have you tried Google Music? It lets you stream your own music from any of your computers to wherever you are over the internet.
Post in the Google Music thread in the General Forum to get a beta invite.
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.
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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..
Hey guys, i've searched this forum as well as google for this answer, but i haven't found a solution. I finally got around to setting up my Google Music account and as soon as i connected it to my phone, i started seeing these false listings in my stock player. Basically, there are doubles of every song and album, except they don't play. So now when i kick off an album, it'll play fine until it hits one of these "ghosts" then stops and won't advance again until i prompt it.
My question is, can i restrict Google Music content to the GM app only and not have it appear in my stock player?
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Hey guys, i've searched this forum as well as google for this answer, but i haven't found a solution. I finally got around to setting up my Google Music account and as soon as i connected it to my phone, i started seeing these false listings in my stock player. Basically, there are doubles of every song and album, except they don't play. So now when i kick off an album, it'll play fine until it hits one of these "ghosts" then stops and won't advance again until i prompt it.
My question is, can i restrict Google Music content to the GM app only and not have it appear in my stock player?
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I wanna recommend a better music player. Its called 3. Go to the market and search "3".
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I wanna recommend a better music player. Its called 3. Go to the market and search "3".
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Seems like spam and that app in the market doesn't look very impressive. Seems under-featured as well. What exactly did that have to do with Google Music integration?
What I did.
Use [Your choice of apps that can freeze / delete system apps] and freeze / delete the stock music player. IMO Google music does everything it does and more.
SilverStone641 said:
Hey guys, i've searched this forum as well as google for this answer, but i haven't found a solution. I finally got around to setting up my Google Music account and as soon as i connected it to my phone, i started seeing these false listings in my stock player. Basically, there are doubles of every song and album, except they don't play. So now when i kick off an album, it'll play fine until it hits one of these "ghosts" then stops and won't advance again until i prompt it.
My question is, can i restrict Google Music content to the GM app only and not have it appear in my stock player?
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Use [Your choice of apps that can freeze / delete system apps] and freeze / delete the stock music player. IMO Google music does everything it does and more.
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That's not a bad idea. Perhaps i need to give GM another look.
I really don't think you will be disappointed, I have a large collection on my home pc, and it's nice to be able to pull from pc, to note from anywhere. plus you can upload your collection to the cloud and access it anywhere, I will get free music from the amazon music market, save to pc, then re-upload to Google, quick way to get alot of free, completely legal music, quick. Not to mention Google Music also has some decent freebies at times too.
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That's not a bad idea. Perhaps i need to give GM another look.
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Google music is a gem that doesn't get enough credit.
So Im looking for a music player that I can use to listen music from youtube or something. I have youtube app but I cant listen music and do something else, youtube app must be on the screen, while with music player I can hide it to the background and do something else at the same time.
Any recommendations?
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So Im looking for a music player that I can use to listen music from youtube or something. I have youtube app but I cant listen music and do something else, youtube app must be on the screen, while with music player I can hide it to the background and do something else at the same time.
Any recommendations?
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use tubemate
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Answered a similar question couple of days back.. I am not sure whther tubemate will meet your purpose.. if not.. you can try the below method.. but you have to open youtube via browser.. not the stock app.. Please refer the link below..
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