Hi All - I think it must be me, but I can't get my head around the HTC Audio Manager. I deleted all the 'supplied' songs on my device and added some new ones from my own collection. Windows Media Player picked up the revised song list but Audio Manager still seems to show all the *original* tracks. Obviously, when I click on them in Audio Manager, the programe says cannot find the track. I can't seem to make the device 'refresh' the tracks in Audio Manager
I can see I have a small animated magnifying glass towards to the top right of the program - does that mean it's searching or doing anything? It seems to run forever (20 minutes and counting) and not do much...Should I have left it running -is that how it refreshes the list?
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On my HTC TYTN II (with shipped ROM), the HTC Audio Manager automatically updates via the rotating magnifying glass in the upper right corner, as you observed. Also, I have noticed that every time I open HTC Audio Manager, it seems to do a search. I had a similar problem once, and I went into Windows Media Player and used the "Update Library" function there, then went back to HTC Audio Manager and it updated. Hope this helps you.
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Thanks...I guess I should wait a little longer for the magnifying glass to stop! It's got quite a bot of data to get through on my 4Gb Micro SD card. I did try updating the library in Media Player...but the results didn't seem to transfer over to/into the Audio Manager - strange!
As I say, maybe I should just give it longer to do the magnifying glass thing...
Hhmmmm. I left the magnifying glass spinning for three hours...and it was still spinning. I guess something is not working properly here with the playlists. Is there any way to manually delete all the playlists and start again?
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Stevep, I had a similar problem recently. Where the audio manager didn't update files that windows media could see. I decided to just delete all files in Strage Card >> Music and resync the playlists. Seems to work fine now.
Playlists not updating in Audio Manager
Hi foaf - glad to see it's not just me then! When you say you deleted all the files, do you mean the actual MP3 files themselves or the playlist file - if it's the latter, where is the playlist data held?
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Does anyone know how you can associate mp3's & mwa's to open with Audio Manager? (Making it the default player for my music files)
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I've recently started using HTC's Audio Manager instead of Windows Media on my Tytn II, and I like everything about it except the way it sorts songs on an album. All of my songs are tagged with '01', '02', etc. in the beginning of the song title, and Windows Media correctly understands this and puts the songs in the order they appear on the album. However, Audio Manager only orders the songs in alphabetical order regardless of the order the songs appear on the album (even though the tags exist that should make them sort correctly). Anyone else notice this? Is there a fix for this?
i got the same problem...anyone know how to solve this?
audio manager track listing
yep, couldn't agree more- audio manager is great and with an 8gb sd card- i have an iphone killer. however the track listing problem really pisses me off. anyone got any ideas out there?
someone on this forum said that there is a new version of audio manager on the touch dual which doesn't have that bug anymore but i haven't seen it here yet...
When you originally rip the files on your PC the mp3 files have to have the track number information associated with them.
Go back to the files on WM player on your PC and right click then open 'Advanced Tag editor' ( the standard tags are being replaced) to change the track number or simply right click on the album and use 'Find Album info' as it will do all this for you.
Hope this helps.
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When you originally rip the files on your PC the mp3 files have to have the track number information associated with them.
Go back to the files on WM player on your PC and right click then open 'Advanced Tag editor' ( the standard tags are being replaced) to change the track number or simply right click on the album and use 'Find Album info' as it will do all this for you.
Hope this helps.
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we meant the htc audio manager not the wmp...wmp is working fine...the mp3s are tagged correctly...
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we meant the htc audio manager not the wmp...wmp is working fine...the mp3s are tagged correctly...
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Yeah but did you know WM pocket player uses 'old' tags and HTC's uses the new advanced v2 ?? (that's why I mentioned them!!)
Soz you will even find this prob in early versions of TCPMP.
Just trying to help.
Try dutty's htc audio manager:
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I've recently started using HTC's Audio Manager instead of Windows Media on my Tytn II, and I like everything about it except the way it sorts songs on an album. All of my songs are tagged with '01', '02', etc. in the beginning of the song title, and Windows Media correctly understands this and puts the songs in the order they appear on the album. However, Audio Manager only orders the songs in alphabetical order regardless of the order the songs appear on the album (even though the tags exist that should make them sort correctly). Anyone else notice this? Is there a fix for this?
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I think this is the same version as above, but I can guarantee it works as you want:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1656801&postcount=448
This is really a useful app now. I just ditched WMP out of my cube.
-R
Hi All,
A few days ago, a client of mine brought me back his diamond saying that the music player was not working.
After more than 8 hours of trying to fix this issue by trying everything I could find on this forum and every possible solution my imagination could think of, I'm left no other choice than asking the community for help.
When ever I put a large amount of files on the storage card (around 3Gb) and use the TF3D interface to play the music, Audiomanger_eng.exe crashes (sometime other files crash but I forgot the names).
Now, I have tried pretty much everything:
1. I tried both WMP 11 to transfer the files and the direct copy/paste of the files to the storage card.
2. I tried putting another set of songs coming from a different PC
3. I tried having all the songs together in the same folder (that caused even more issues as album arts were overlapping) and I tried the WMP function to get each songs in its correct subfolder (ie: artist... Album...).
4. I tried deleting the database file of the AudioManager (which causes it to rescan all the files which it does but then crashes as it tries to play certain songs)
5. I tried on two different Diamonds, using 1.93 in English (HK), 1.93 in French, TOM_DiamondProject_v3.2, Dutty's latest rom. Through this I tried the original HARD SPL of HTC and also Olinex and another guy's one. (All the test I did using these various ROM created approximatively the same error though varied slightly from one ROM to the other)
6. I have also tried a million soft reset and hard resets.
7. I have tried loading the music in Windows Media Player Mobile which works perfectly but does not change anything to the problem I have with the TF3D player.
8. Following stevedpl7's comment, I went in the file explorer, created a new folder called My Music, then I cut and paste all the music from Storage/Music to Storage/My Music, went to the application data/HTC/AudioManager_eng/ and deleted the database file: AudioManager_Eng.vol, then I did a soft reset. When I now go to the music Tab, it crashes before I even get a chance to play a song. In the music list, I can see all the transferred files.
9. And many other small things....
Any idea or suggestions?
Just a quick question about where you are putting the music files?
I have exactly the same problem if i save my music foldes to Internal Storage\Music (which is where WMP saves them by default)
However when i created a 'My Music' folder in the Internal Storage\My Documents All worked fine. So Try....
Internal Storage\My Documents\My Music\''your music here''
As i said you may well have to create the 'My Music' folder, on my Diamond only My Pictures and My Videos were there by default.
Hope this helps.
I have the same problem, the only thing I can put it down to is the new 1.93 ROM from HTC, as it was working fine until I flashed the phone with this ROM.
I have tried the solutions above and it still isn't working, so if anybody else has further ideas please let me know, if not I'll wait for the official word back from HTC and post their solutions up here also.
Sadly, it didn't work either for me
Thanks you Stevedpl7 for the info, sadly I have tried and the problem even got worse
I went in the file explorer, created a new folder called My Music, then I cut and paste all the music from Storage/Music to Storage/My Music, went to the application data/HTC/AudioManager_eng/ and deleted the database file: AudioManager_Eng.vol, then I did a soft reset.
When I now go to the music Tab, it crashes before I even get a chance to play a song. I the music list, I can see all the transfered files.
Are those files made from scratch on your or the customer's PC, or were they downloaded from the Internet? I know that some downloaded MP3s are defective, furthermore some players do not understand all variations of the MP3-format like VBR, joint stereo et al. There is no strict "standard" for MP3, the technology has developed over the years and no one has made an attempt to define "levels" as they did with MPG-2 or with DivX. So there is always a level of uncertainty whether a player is able to play all files. A resampling with a MP3-software or even converting them from MP3 to WMA might help.
It's always a good idea to use WMP on the PC to create MP3 or WMA. Not because it excels in quality, but because it uses very standard features in the format.
Have fun!
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Are those files made from scratch on your or the customer's PC, or were they downloaded from the Internet? I know that some downloaded MP3s are defective, furthermore some players do not understand all variations of the MP3-format like VBR, joint stereo et al. There is no strict "standard" for MP3, the technology has developed over the years and no one has made an attempt to define "levels" as they did with MPG-2 or with DivX. So there is always a level of uncertainty whether a player is able to play all files. A resampling with a MP3-software or even converting them from MP3 to WMA might help.
It's always a good idea to use WMP on the PC to create MP3 or WMA. Not because it excels in quality, but because it uses very standard features in the format.
Have fun!
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They are mainly downloaded MP3s and a few WMAs. When I transfer the files using WMP, some are converted. The thing is that all these files work fine in Windows Media Player on the Phone.
I just realised that there is a possibility that if your MP3's has the album artwork embedded into the files. the audio manager would crash.
currently i'm doing a trial and error of it and have yet to fully test everything out just yet.
would anyone like to comment or verify if the embedded artwork might be the cause of crashes?
I think you are right. I have tried putting one song with the artwork embeded and it crashes the software!!!
erm. and yet. i did manage to sneak in one album with an embedded artwork. :\
but that was 1. i tried it with another album with the embedded artwork and had a crash.
I'm now thinking about giving up and installing TF3D config tool to hide the music tab and then install the old audio manager to play the music
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407145&highlight=audiomanager
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405749
This is painful...
just spent 3 hours trying to figure out which mp3's work and which doesnt.
like wth... i dont get it. someone please assist in explaining how audio manager works ?
Same problem here, anyone knows how to solve this?
Note even the original demo tunes work
Audiomanager worked fine before (1.37 ROM), but when I updated to 1.93.413.3 SVE not even the "built in" demo tunes work. It just hangs on the first tune... Removing the .vol file does not solve the problem. Windows Media player can play the tunes without problems.
Use MP3Tag to mass delete all coveralbum info from your MP3 files on the PC side and then resync everything back using WMP. This solved all freezing problems with the TF Audio Manager for me. MP3Tag can be found here: http://www.mp3tag.de/
coredump said:
Use MP3Tag to mass delete all coveralbum info from your MP3 files on the PC side and then resync everything back using WMP. This solved all freezing problems with the TF Audio Manager for me. MP3Tag can be found here: http://www.mp3tag.de/
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Confirmed that this method does work
Works but people embed album art coz they want it to show up in the AudioManager in the first place. Now the only way to do is, is to extract the album art, rename it to folder.jpg and put it in the song's album folder. This is a really huge hassle especially if u've got tons of files embedded with album art....
Did you find a solution in the end ?
This issue is not tolerable for such a ppc... .
So if I happen to copy too many albums or mp3 files, my phone would crash and won't be the music ?
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Did you find a solution in the end ?
This issue is not tolerable for such a ppc... .
So if I happen to copy too many albums or mp3 files, my phone would crash and won't be the music ?
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U have to remove your embedded album art from your mp3 first before transferring, and then extract that album art and put it in the same folder as the mp3 with the name folder.jpg. A huge hassle for people who have a huge collection of mp3s with embedded artwork.
Anyways, I've written to HTC Tech Support about this and "strongly suggested" to them a ROM update for this issue.
Audio Manager crash with mp3 in VBR mode ! I've converted my mp3 in CBR mode, and all went ok !
Is there a better solution to this than removing the embedded artwork?
Hi all,
got something that's driving me crazy, i can sync my music with windows media player fine and the music copies across as it should however when i come to play the music with touchflo 3d it only shows the first lot of music i put on.
I cannot seem to figure out how to refresh the libray on touchflo 3d...
does anyone have the answer for me?
thanks
If you tap 'Library', then slide accross to Albums... do your recently synced items show up there?
I am having this problem too
I cannot see any of my music in TF3D music player
no nothing is showing up i resynced all my music with media player and still nothing shows, it nows says no music found.
there must be a better way to sort the library.
there shouldnt be this hassle just to put music on the phone!
I think you require too much for a phone so cheap.
Try the advantage,or wait for HD.
htcenrico said:
I think you require too much for a phone so cheap.
Try the advantage,or wait for HD.
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i want your job if you consider this to be (a phone so cheap)
you get paid too much.
on the plus side to the normally challenged people out there , you have to update the library in windows media player, then go into library on touchflo 3D, select all songs and play the first track it then updates all the tracks for you.
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you have to update the library in windows media player, then go into library on touchflo 3D, select all songs and play the first track it then updates all the tracks for you.
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thannks man, this has been driving me crazy - talk about a flaw in the system!
Will
Delete Application Data/HTC/AudioManager/AudioManager_Eng.vol and do soft reset.
this will rescann your complete library.
i got the same problem and this helped
I still cannot get it to work - all my music syncs of from media player and I can play it on media player on the diamond but on TF3D it just hangs on Searching!!!
If i delete all my media and load 1 song it works fine if I do the above deleting of the HTC application folder but if I then try to add some more it does not work!!
Has anyone got this working? or is it just me?????
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I still cannot get it to work - all my music syncs of from media player and I can play it on media player on the diamond but on TF3D it just hangs on Searching!!!
If i delete all my media and load 1 song it works fine if I do the above deleting of the HTC application folder but if I then try to add some more it does not work!!
Has anyone got this working? or is it just me?????
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prob just you lol, works for me try this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=397819&highlight=tf3d+music+albums
just add the music to internal storage yourself? :S works fine for me
nope didn't work...must be just me!!
I have moved to S2P but its a shame i wanted to use the built in stuff
I had the same problems too. Until I read and followed the instructions for adding songs and album art and updating the library on TF3D.
Now for the enchilada!! Does anyone know how you can update windows media's library (once you have added more songs to the Diamond from PC) and set it to search in a particular folder instead of adding all the media files on the phone(tomtom files, alert & warning sounds and the like) to your music library. Only solution thus far more is to delete these files every time i update, which is now getting a bit tiring .
Any help or suggestions welcomed.
Here's how to make SRS WOW HD work with the Touchflo music tab player --- with working volume buttons and album art.
(These instructions are on win xp with WMP 11. if you have vista, its probably similar).
Use WMP on your desktop to sync music to your device using the following method. (You will have probably have to delete all of your music from your device and add it back from scratch).
1) Connect your device to your computer using activesync and then open up WMP on your computer. In WMP on your desktop, right click on the icon representing your storage card (or your device) that is located on the left hand side of the interface. (the one you want to store the music on).
2) Click on advanced options and then choose the quality tab.
3) Under music, click the radio button "select maximum quality level" and drag the slider to 160 Kbps. (this is one notch below the maximum quality available). Click apply and OK.
4) Then Sync your music to your card/device using the WMP device tab.
Now, SRS WOW should work and your volume buttons should work too!
However, now you might be missing some album art.
To fix the album art problem, stay connected to activesync.
5) Go to the folder on your desktop computer where the album is located. Use activesync file explorer to go to the matching album folder on your device.
6) In the desktop album folder, locate the file named "folder" or "folder.jpg." Thats the album art. Copy that file to the corresponding folder on your device.
7) Once you soft reset, the album art will appear in TF3d. (it might take a few minutes).
Thats all there is to it. Kind of a PIA but it works.
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Now for a question . . . .
Can someone tell me how to change the audio booster menu item located in the TF3d music player to read and direct to SRS WOW HD???? That would be pretty cool. Here's a shot of the menu item I am talking about:
Nice find.... This will help me stick with the new TP2 Manilla, as the SRS Wow volume issue is a major bummer. SRS is too nice to not use in the car....
Too bad I don't have WMP 11...
Unfortunatelly doesn´t work for me - I´m using vista.. volume control doesn´t work
I thought that when it works on Raphael it could also on Diamond..
Hello,
Is anyone here able to reccommend some programs that can offerr the following:
Audio player that I can start to listen to an audio book mp3 file then can close the application or switch off the phone then go back and reopen the player and continue listening from the same point?
Application so I can password protect or pincode protect some folders - Just a simple pin code protection is all i need.
Thanks
Regards,
Neil
No one? - Please can someone help?
Nitrogen - http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=59478
And HTC Audio Manager
I can't see how the Nitrogen app can do what I need!
Bumping this thread - I need the same program that Neil is asking for. Just a simple file protection by password - nothing elaborate needed. When I had my Palm treo the built in messages software had the ability to just secure each file by a password if needed. Looking for the same here. I've done searches and nothing relevant came up. Anyone?
I used Pocket Music for audio book for long time. It is the best.
It has bookmark feature and automatically save the last point you listened to, and resume when next time you start it. ( all those features have to be turned on via settings)
Also I set the Camera button to act as play/pause key very handy...unfortunately hardware button mapping doesn't work with raphael. It works perfects with old wm phones but has some issues on raphael/diamond.
I downloaded it from iphone-forum.org and pda4x.com long time ago.
Don't know if you can find one (especially the latest one with crack )
encrypt folders -- use winrar or zip for wm?
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Audio player that I can start to listen to an audio book mp3 file then can close the application or switch off the phone then go back and reopen the player and continue listening from the same point?
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I've been using MortPlayer to do that. The setup wizard allows even a novice to select directories with songs to use in regular music mode, and directories with audiobooks. Everyone else can set it up easily through the menus.
With a tap on the screen I can switch to the music directory to listen to music, or flip to the audio-book directory to continue listening from where I was at in the book. Long drives in the car require some variety...
PocketPlayer
GSPlayer
TCPMP