hey guys
I wanted to know if it was possible to transfer the songs i save from youtube to my phone..
i have tried changing the file extension but does not seem to work
I really want to add songs to my phone without having to spend anymoney
anyone got any info?
Thank You.
Chris
Yep. I don't know what program you use to take the music from Youtube. I use Free Youtube to MP3 Converter 3.1.1.1. by DVDVideoSoft.com( think I got it from CNet). Anyway, you save or tranfer the file into one that is monitored by Media Player. Open Media Player, if it isn't there try updating the library. After that hook up your phone and Sync it. Done deal! PS- You have to have the file you get from Youtube in a format Media Player can play(mp3,wav,wma,etc.)
thanks man...got the files on my phone...only problem is they dont go to the windows media library..i put them on my storage card, and have to listen to each one individually to my phones windows media player
i'm looking for a useful program to create/edit music playlists on the G1 from my PC, because i find it inconvenient to have to make the playlist on my phone and have the playlist be erased every time i wipe and flash a new rom.. I know there is a way to use notepad to create a playlist, but that seems way to inconvenient.. so is there a program that can create or edit a playlist in a way compatible with the G1?
Any help is appreciated
edit: I've actually found some info from http://androidforums.com/android-media/1002-sync-g1-itunes-windows.html
this is something as to what i'm looking for
Hello Everyone,
sorry if it has already been discussed before, i really searched for this in the forum, couldn't find it.
Does anyone know what playlist formats are supported by the Samsung music player in Galaxy S?
it doesn't support .m3u whereas many other music players ( in the market) support this!
there is nothing as visually pleasing and comfortable as the samsung music player (Things should change with Gingerbread)
Also, can we use the default android 2.2 music player in an .apk in 2.1 galaxy s?
why i am asking for this is, its a big pain for manually adding the playlist in the phone. there should be some way to create the playlist in the computer and sync both playlist as well as songs to galaxy s.
i have tried isyncr , media mokey and double twist, nothing works!!
I have found a dirty tiresome work around for this.
This is for guys who have 100s of songs with playlists sitting on either itunes or windows media player!!!!
Sync each playlist from computer (i do from windows media player), select all the songs visible in the phone and create a playlist.
open the playlist tab in the Samsung music player -> edit the recently added playlist (default one) and clear the songs.
Sync again with a different playlist and select the songs in the recently added playlist (newly synced songs will be here now). manually select all the songs here to create a new one.
I saw Btunes music player and few others to provide support for .m3u playlists along with nice lock screen music controls.
btunes is the only slick player apart from samsung player to provide iphone style music player.
I've been fighting and fighting with this for 3 days straight now. I really like the music player and want to use but lack of "normal" playlist support is killing me. I even created a playlist so I could take a look at the file but I can't find it. Where the heck does it store it's own playlist files??
Hi guys,
I have no idea where the playlist files are saved.
Community help is needed badly for the list of supported playlist formats.
worst case, we have to manually make the playlists the hard way.
From "Unoficial Samsung Galaxy S Facebook":
Samsung Galaxy S You can use your Windows Media Player 12 to transfer your Playlist and song to your Galaxy S. This is good because WMP's Playlist also readable with original player.
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I don't have Windows so I can't confirm if this method is working on our Galaxy. But I hope that there is a way to convert m3u playlists to wmp12 playlists anyway if that's true.
If you connect your Galaxy S in MTP mode, it will sync playlists from Windows Media Player.
I remember that my playlists used to sync but then I wiped my days and forget how to do this...will try again tonight using the method you suggest. Thanks!
solution
for playlists use isyncr to sync..................it had synced all my playlists to the galaxy s music player from itunes
dont know where they are stored but titanium backup can backup and restore them
Well, I tried titanium 3.5.0 backed up a playlist I created in sgs, then I deleted it from the stock music player and from music playerpro (I don't know why didn't delted from teh other when I deleted from the first one), then made a restore playlist with titanium, but there are no media at all in the playlist. I really would like to know how can I backup the playlists. At least until we get a good froyo rom
Turns out the playlist is in xml format. I exported a playlist from iTunes in xml format and dumped it into the galaxy s SD card and boom! it shows up in the stock music player!
xml did not work for me?
After attempted the suggested method above, by:
1) Connected to windows vista on my laptop in usb mass storage mode
2) Exported two playlists in xml format using itunes
3) Copied them to the "sdcard/Music/Playlists" folder
They were not visible in the stock Music Player in my Galaxy S vibrant with the eclair.uvji2 update. If it is of interest, I did sync the files using Windows Media Player. However, both wmp and itunes are using the same file structure, playlists and id3 tags.
syncing with windows media player does not give the playlists...
using playlist creator, i created m3u playlists copied the mp3s and m3u to the music folder and it works...but it's gonna be tedious...
Edit:
FLAC (done manually...)
1. Drag flac files to Playlist creator to create m3u
2. Copy and paste the m3u and the flac files into a folder manually
3. (app to properly read FLAC tags) Download extended media scanner
Mp3s (Since I don't like using itunes and I use WMP instead)
1. Create a lot of playlists in windows media player
2. Import over to doubletwist on PC
3. (Not sure if you need this step but even if you do, there's no need to touch it after installation)) Install isync on your phone '
4. Connect your phone on mass storage
5. Sync the selected playlists on your doubletwist with phone, playlists will all appear in native player.
All these done without using itunes Although technically, doubletwist is based on itunes =X
you are wrong i have manually put the .m3u files on a newly flashed phone which has the songs on my sd card.. it does not work..
lgkahn said:
you are wrong i have manually put the .m3u files on a newly flashed phone which has the songs on my sd card.. it does not work..
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I guess it is program dependent, the m3u created by playlist creator works while those by wmp 12 didn't work.
And oh, might want to try install isync
Lobaba said:
I guess it is program dependent, the m3u created by playlist creator works while those by wmp 12 didn't work.
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Why don't you post the contents of one of your m3u files that works?
Ok, I tested with and without isync and looks like isync is required for galaxy s to recognise the m3u
can someone give this a shot so that the default music player can read m3u playlists? Method 1 has worked for me so far on 2.1 while I'm trying it out on 2.2
Method 1
FLAC and mp3s (done manually...)
1. Install iSyncR
2. Drag flac/mp3 files to Playlist creator to create m3u
3. Copy and paste the m3u and the flac/mp3 files into a folder manually
4. (app to properly read FLAC tags) Download extended media scanner
Method 2
Mp3s (Since I don't like using itunes and I use WMP instead)
1. Install isync on your phone
2. Create a lot of playlists in windows media player
3. Import over to doubletwist on PC
4. Connect your phone on mass storage
5. Sync the selected playlists on your doubletwist with phone, playlists will all appear in native player.
Use a m3u in combinaison with a playlist copier
My reply may come a bit late, but hopefully it can still be useful. I've discovered a freeware yesterday, called Amok playlist copy, which run super nicely. For those who used or use Itunes, it permit you to select all the song from a playlist, and copy them automatically to a folder ( then you can send it to your phone), along with the associated m3u playlist.
You have to drop the playlist file into the directory media/playlist on your android phone ( mine is SGS-1), and then you can drop all the associated music file in a folder, either on your phone or sd card ( you can also add subfolder as far as i know, without any problem). That way, you don't have to you use Itunes for fast transferring of every song in your list. Actually, i'll keep using something lighter, like VLC to do the job, after I realized that only Itunes seems to be able to copy the original files to clipboard.
As I said, the software is freeware, and i don't know of any other similar alternatives. Would be nice to stumble upon an open-source alternative.
I do lot of rom flashing thanks to DG but I am still yet to find the best way to backup all my playlists as it is very hard to get all these playlists back once new Rom is loaded. Any help would be much appreciated!
Thank you.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Edit: Issue is solved! Now I am using doubletwist desktop client to sync all my music and play lists with external sd card and not on phone..so all the playlist information as well as all the music files are stored on external sd and are well preserved across the ROM flashes!!!
Hope this helps!!
why dont you copy your /sdcard to your computer?
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why dont you copy your /sdcard to your computer?
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Yes that is how I get all my music back on phone by copying music folder, but what about customized playlists? How to save them and get them back on phone?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
The playlists are stored in one of the main DB files - i forget which one, but it is a Database that contains all the media indexed - if you search for playlists - you should find my other posts that lists the DB files and tables used (probably in Applications forum - but you can search all captivate forums in one shot if you move to the highest level first).
If you try to backup the media DB, it may just get overwritten at re-index of media. You may have to export and import the playlist table.
doubletwist stores its db on the /sdcard which is why i was asking why not just copy the whole sdcard when storing new. i do not know where the stock music player stores its db. i would imagine somewhere in /system
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doubletwist stores its db on the /sdcard which is why i was asking why not just copy the whole sdcard when storing new. i do not know where the stock music player stores its db. i would imagine somewhere in /system
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I had very bad experience with doubletwist...its kind of buggy and somehow it creates new album for every song from same album. So I was having no. of albums = no of songs !
Thanks for your help though... I appreciate it..lets hope we find something in future!
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The playlists are stored in one of the main DB files - i forget which one, but it is a Database that contains all the media indexed - if you search for playlists - you should find my other posts that lists the DB files and tables used (probably in Applications forum - but you can search all captivate forums in one shot if you move to the highest level first).
If you try to backup the media DB, it may just get overwritten at re-index of media. You may have to export and import the playlist table.
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Well I tried searching for your post and found one which has same info but no file path. but still I will search after going home. in the mean time if you can recollect please post again!
Thanks for you help...!
hi guys
i love android, but the one thing i hate is that i cant backup or sync my playlists after flashing a new ROM
ive read about on the forums and searched google, got isyncr and tried that, it worked but it duplicated my songs that were in my itunes playlist.
i have all of my music in my sd card organised under seperate artists, isyncr has saved the music from my itunes playlist into isyncr folder on my sd card and so 2 of each song shows up in music player
i was wondering if its possible to just copy a playlist across without taking the songs with it? i already have the songs on my sd card.
h3dshot said:
hi guys
i love android, but the one thing i hate is that i cant backup or sync my playlists after flashing a new ROM
ive read about on the forums and searched google, got isyncr and tried that, it worked but it duplicated my songs that were in my itunes playlist.
i have all of my music in my sd card organised under seperate artists, isyncr has saved the music from my itunes playlist into isyncr folder on my sd card and so 2 of each song shows up in music player
i was wondering if its possible to just copy a playlist across without taking the songs with it? i already have the songs on my sd card.
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UPDATE: ok disregard all of that i figured out how to do it, for anyone who wants to know, download the app from market or google it if you dont wanna pay install it on your sd then connect to pc, choose the application on sd, select playlist, click sync, once its synced go back to your sd, delete all of the music in isyncr folder and copy the playlist files (.m3u and .plb) and just paste those into your music folder. job done, it should now show up in your playlists