I recently jumped ship and have gone from iPhone 4S to Xperia Z1. One thing I cannot get used to is that all apps that can play media seems to require separate controls. On the iPhone everything making sound used the same play, pause, next controls etc.
This image illustrates what I mean. The audiobook player, the built in walkman, wimp (streamed music) and google play player all have separate widgets and controls. Is it possible to get only one that works on what ever app is currently playing media?
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pananza said:
I recently jumped ship and have gone from iPhone 4S to Xperia Z1. One thing I cannot get used to is that all apps that can play media seems to require separate controls. On the iPhone everything making sound used the same play, pause, next controls etc.
This image illustrates what I mean. The audiobook player, the built in walkman, wimp (streamed music) and google play player all have separate widgets and controls. Is it possible to get only one that works on what ever app is currently playing media?
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I usually get rid of all but one audio player and then just use the controls for that. I usually use google play music, but the way they store on device music is kind of frustrating so I'm open to other options as well. I guess just play with them and see which one you like best and then stick with that one. If you have multiple streaming services, this might not be an option and you'll just have to always exit whichever one(s) you're not using so that only one comes up in the notification drawer. That's my advice.
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Well the title pretty much describes the whole affair. Google's launched a new app called simply Listen. It's a Google Labs product (like Places Directory, Maps Editor, Finance, Sky Map, etc) but also quite well polished and definitely functional. For those who like to listen to podcasts, this app searches, manages, and streams them quite nicely. Grab it from the Android Market. Edit: zip containing apk uploaded for those without Market access.
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/08/knowledge-speaks-but-wisdom-listens.html
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.google.android.apps.listen
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Surely I can't be the only person interested in a mp3 podcast streamer by Google...
Lol cool. Be sure to check this out. How does it compare with other similar apps?
I got all excited at first, but then I've realized that this app sucks.
First of all, it wouldn't find half of the English podcasts that I listen to, not to mention podcasts in other languages. And then it does not provide a way to add RSS manually.
I'm sticking to DoggCatcher and never looking into Listen again...
Seeing the same thing, it'd be great if you could add feeds manually, and I don't see why they don't have that capability.
Very nice, but wheres video podcasting =)
I dont think you can download them either.. or schedule downloads. I love BeyondPod for these reasons.
nolageek said:
I dont think you can download them either.. or schedule downloads. I love BeyondPod for these reasons.
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Listen automatically downloads mp3s from subscribed feeds. See below screens. Also, while yes it does not support manual url entry, i've had no problem adding all the programs scheduled on KQED (minus All Things Considered)
Is there away to increase the volume on the hero. I want to make my music louder through my headphones. Is there a better music player than the factory default one?
I use MixZing as my music player. I might be imagining it, but it seems louder than the stock HTC player, and has a cool widget as an added bonus.
AutoMOD Verson 1.4.
Works like a beauty. Only, clarity can sometimes become a problem if you turn the volume up too loud, as well as it sounding like it's hammering at your Hero's speakers.
pitmanr2003 said:
Is there away to increase the volume on the hero. I want to make my music louder through my headphones. Is there a better music player than the factory default one?
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Louder Volume Hack will also achieve this although some people report that it does not work for them...
Latest version is 2.2.1 and can be found here:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-automod-jmiC.aspx
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Be warned it is a pay for app, but a refund is available if it does not work for you.
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AutoMOD Verson 1.4.
Works like a beauty. Only, clarity can sometimes become a problem if you turn the volume up too loud, as well as it sounding like it's hammering at your Hero's speakers.
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Can't find the program on Market.
What's the actual name? Can direct to the .apk file?
AutoMod 1.4 was the name of Louder Volume Hack quite a few versions ago, i am unsure if it was a pay app then or not...
This is an article I've been meaning to write for a little while now, since audio on the Ubuntu part of the Atrix is a bit tricky.
The basic idea is this: when in lapdock mode, it would be nice to have a music player that's designed for that form factor. As such, a decent starting point is the default GNOME music management program for Ubuntu 9.04: Rhythmbox.
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However, after installing Rhythmbox, three plugin errors pop up. Two of them don't matter much to me (the jamendo and the Magnatune Store ones) and can be disabled, but cover art should work. A bit of Google footwork reveals that installing python-gst0.10 fixes that (and the stores too).
Unfortunately, an attempt to then play a FLAC causes... playback with no sound. Based on a previous post, pulseaudio appears to serve as the audio backbone. Rhythmbox, on the other hand, uses GStreamer, so that connection might not be working properly.
Another Google search ends up bringing up a wiki page that suggests that gnome-media needs to be installed so that we can run gstreamer-properties.
But, the pulseaudio plugin supposedly isn't installed. So, gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio needs to be installed as well.
And, then, finally! It's possible to play music via Rhythmbox! This should also allow any other GStreamer-based programs to output sound as well.
P.S. Yes, I like the occasionally bad joke, as the title implies.
who listens to flac media files anyways
awesome, thanks!
and as you suspected it does fix sound in other apps, like pidgin.
hope you don't mind i added it to my list.
Hello all,
I signed up for a trial of Google's All Access. I'm a avid user of Google Music, it is my primary source of music playback. Since I signed up for All Access my Google Music data usage has almost tripled. I've always streamed at high quality and the amount of time streaming music hasn't really changed. Is anyone else seeing this massive spike in data consumption in All Access?
All access buffers like a mother... I have played 3 songs with no internet connection I personally don't mind it, but check and make sure that cache is off in the settings
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Hello all,
I signed up for a trial of Google's All Access. I'm a avid user of Google Music, it is my primary source of music playback. Since I signed up for All Access my Google Music data usage has almost tripled. I've always streamed at high quality and the amount of time streaming music hasn't really changed. Is anyone else seeing this massive spike in data consumption in All Access?
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You can select the option "keep on device" and you will see the song / album is pinned. These songs are saved for offline use. So pick a few albums when on wifi and listen on the road without using data plan. Unfortunatlely, data can't be accessed or moved to SD, but maybe someone can pick this up as a project to save device memory usage.
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Looking to purchase an Android Auto Kenwood headunit.. I was messing around with one at my local car audio shop, and noticed that in Play Music 'My Library' was absent.. Is it possible to browse all the music stored on my phone, or has Google disabled that in the interest of driving safety?
It SHOULD work, that's the idea.
I dunno why it didn't for you.
It doesn't work for me either. I have a Note 5
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One little documented issue with Android Auto is that it enforces a maximum number of screen presses, around 5-6, to select music.
This is done to minimize driving distraction.
If your music collection has a deep hierarchy, AA may decide not to show it.
Ouch, that's a shame. This is one of the first things i noticed too.. Most of my music can't be seen, but can only be accessed via playlists or via voice command. This is in my 2016 Golf GTI.
I remembered during a test drive before i bought my car that I was able to see most of my music, but maybe that was because I didn't have much on my phone at the time.
Google really needs to include a library function comparable to that of the Google play music app because as of now, I much prefer the simple music browsing function of CarPlay.
I'm having the same issue on my 8100NEX. With Google Play Music, it's not a problem with a number of taps or a large hierarchy...because I've just started using it and have a pretty small library and haven't uploaded any of my own personal songs yet. It's just that the Library isn't there. So you have to either queue up a bunch of songs or create playlists for everything you want to listen to instead of adding albums and saving songs to your library. Or just rely on your "recent history" to have what you want, which is pretty dumb if you ask me. Hope they fix this.