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
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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!!!
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"
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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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:
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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:
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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?
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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Hi,
Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for preventing duplicates showing in Google Play Music.
I have my primary music collection uploaded to Google Play Music (cloud stored), and I also have a handful of song stored locally on my device. The songs on my device are used as alarm tones, etc.
I have found that having songs stored locally & on the Google Music cloud, will cause duplicates. Just wondering if anyone knows a way to get Google Play Music to consolidate each track entry within Google Play Music, so the cloud & local tracks only show as a single listing.
Using the .NoMedia file in my devices music directory is not an option, as this prevents my alarm app from detecting the local songs.
Thanks for any help.