I use Google Play music in my Android head unit in my car to stream my music library as well as cache the songs locally.
Today I added my girlfriend's google account so we can stream her music in the car, but unfortunately when I added her Google account to Google Play Music, all the cached music from my account was deleted. It doesn't mention this when you add the second account, but it does warn you when you actually toggle between them in Play Music.
Are any of you familiar with a workaround for this issue? I would like to be able to toggle between both accounts and cache songs from both accounts to my device.
illmatik said:
I use Google Play music in my Android head unit in my car to stream my music library as well as cache the songs locally.
Today I added my girlfriend's google account so we can stream her music in the car, but unfortunately when I added her Google account to Google Play Music, all the cached music from my account was deleted. It doesn't mention this when you add the second account, but it does warn you when you actually toggle between them in Play Music.
Are any of you familiar with a workaround for this issue? I would like to be able to toggle between both accounts and cache songs from both accounts to my device.
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Well, that's was weird I don't think that it should get deleted try opening the Google Play Music Application> Open the Menu>Settings>Google Account . Switch the Google Account back to your and you will start seeing the music purchases you have made ! And by the time you switch back to your girlfriend google account you will see the music purchases she has made. Try doing it ! I am sure it will work out for you :fingers-crossed:
promo87 said:
Well, that's was weird I don't think that it should get deleted try opening the Google Play Music Application> Open the Menu>Settings>Google Account . Switch the Google Account back to your and you will start seeing the music purchases you have made ! And by the time you switch back to your girlfriend google account you will see the music purchases she has made. Try doing it ! I am sure it will work out for you :fingers-crossed:
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Just to clarify, all my Google Play music is uploaded myself, not purchased. When I switch accounts in Google Play Music, it warns me that all downloaded music will be deleted. And it does delete them... after switching back to my account and enabling "Downloaded Only" music, it's all gone.
This sucks because I'd like to have as much cached music as possible for when I don't have data accessible. Would it maybe be possible to use a second music player app for listening to my girlfriend's content?
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This has been a problem since google music first became available. It only seems to sync one way (desktop to cloud). If I delete a song in my music folder it remains in Google music. Same happens if I edit a songs tags. Is there any way to get it to sync both ways. The desktop program says it's "monitoring" my music folder so why is it not deleting songs out of the cloud when I delete them from my desktop? Very frustrating.
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wondering the same - listening in if anyone has an answer...
This is the 3rd time I've posted about it since Google music and there is no more info on this topic on the Web now than there was then :/
I'm not sure where to post this, but i'm having a weird issue with play music
i have all my songs uploaded to play music. i listen to them using my laptop browser and ipad play music app
All my songs are also present on my phone's storage,
when i use the play music app on my android phone, music that are liked,deleted, or added to a play list doesnt appear on my cloud, it doesnt sync to the ipad or my laptop browser. (i'm not a noob, i obviously enabled sync for play music)
i'm thinking this happens because android play music app confuse the duplicate music that exist in my phone and in the cloud.
I need to keep my music in the phones local storage because i dont have fast internet access on mobile data.
How can i make google play music android app to display ONLY online content?
currently the only option is "all music" and "on device"
A simple & logical request, I have a tablet that everyone want to use to control all my music to Bluetooth speakers but only access to play music.
Is there a way to log onto play music on the tablet but ONLY play music NOT my email or my browser details.
This seems logical & should be easy but I cannot find away. Or is there a way to share play music with another user. I could create a home account?
Surethom1 said:
A simple & logical request, I have a tablet that everyone want to use to control all my music to Bluetooth speakers but only access to play music.
Is there a way to log onto play music on the tablet but ONLY play music NOT my email or my browser details.
This seems logical & should be easy but I cannot find away. Or is there a way to share play music with another user. I could create a home account?
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Pretty sure it's all or nothing. Why not just use an app that requires a passcode to get into the other apps like Gmail and the browser so someone can't snoop around? You can turn of syncing and such too so your contacts and emails and such won't even come to the tablet.
i have a good bit of music uploaded as part of the 50,000 tracks it lets you upload....typically bootleg live albums which wont be on likes of spotify.
anyway...is there a way to make the app only show me the tracks uploaded and not them mixed with whats on my device ?
i don't want to add a .nomedia file to folders as my local music app won't see them then.
i'd just like to have one app for the google play stored online music and another for local to phone music, if possible.
thanks in advance for any replies.
This might not be the way Google intended the app to be used, but if you go to "Settings > Apps > Google Play Music" and clear the storage/data of the app, then, when you open the app again, just Deny the "Storage Permission" that the app will ask. This way, the app won't have access to your phone's internal/external SD card and the Music on it.
This should not affect you being able to download your 50000 songs for offline use, as Google Play should download this to own partition on your phone which it does not need permission to access.
I have quickly tried it on my phone, and it works (it hides my local songs and only shows the songs part of my Google Play Music subscription).
yup...thats the answer...thank you
Hi! So I recently got Youtube music and merged my library of purchased songs from Play music with YouTube music. However if I now have Youtube music can I I disable Google Play Music safely? Will that affect my purchased music or anything else on the phone? Also if it is safe(is it?) and I go ahead and disable it if I purchase a new song from the Play Store will it automatically go to Youtube Music?
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Hi! So I recently got Youtube music and merged my library of purchased songs from Play music with YouTube music. However if I now have Youtube music can I I disable Google Play Music safely? Will that affect my purchased music or anything else on the phone? Also if it is safe(is it?) and I go ahead and disable it if I purchase a new song from the Play Store will it automatically go to Youtube Music?
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Youtube music doesn't work with Per-song Payments, it's more like spotify with a monthly subscription that let you listen/download every songs you want.
Idk if you'll still be able to buy music from google play after Google play music shut down tho, but yes it's safe to "disable" Google play music after having fully transferred your purchased songs to YT music.
Ok thanks ! I hope Google doesn't kill their store for music it's a really good alternative for when something isn't on Apple Music and iTunes for some reason. Otherwise I use Apple Music.