I have my new Z3 compact and can use the walkman app to throw music to a DLNA device, sound comes out, all good so far, but i can stop or pause the track. only way to stop it playing is to disconnect from the DLNA device.
I have downloaded an alternative app and that works fine, pause, stop etc.
any idea's please?
Cheers PHW39
PHW39 said:
I have my new Z3 compact and can use the walkman app to throw music to a DLNA device, sound comes out, all good so far, but i can stop or pause the track. only way to stop it playing is to disconnect from the DLNA device.
I have downloaded an alternative app and that works fine, pause, stop etc.
any idea's please?
Cheers PHW39
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Perhaps a reboot might do the trick for you.
You can also try wiping the app's data/cache(settings -> apps- > walkman -> clear data/clear cache.
Lastly, if you are rooted there might be a module/app that is causing this behavior.
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Perhaps a reboot might do the trick for you.
You can also try wiping the app's data/cache(settings -> apps- > walkman -> clear data/clear cache.
Lastly, if you are rooted there might be a module/app that is causing this behavior.
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I had tried a re-boot, no change
I have now tried clearing data/cache, also deleting updates back to factory default, still no change
i have found now that if i hit the home button and then re-enter the app i can start a different tune but i still cannot pause or stop the current song from either the app or the mini GUI from the notifications screen.
it does appear to buffer as i start the song playing.
i'm not rooted
any more help please ?
Cheers Paul.
PHW39 said:
I had tried a re-boot, no change
I have now tried clearing data/cache, also deleting updates back to factory default, still no change
i have found now that if i hit the home button and then re-enter the app i can start a different tune but i still cannot pause or stop the current song from either the app or the mini GUI from the notifications screen.
it does appear to buffer as i start the song playing.
i'm not rooted
any more help please ?
Cheers Paul.
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Have you tried a different device? I'm starting to think this may be device related.
what device are you using btw?
Sydrox said:
Have you tried a different device? I'm starting to think this may be device related.
what device are you using btw?
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I've tried a different app and that works fine., so suspect it's not device but would really like to stick to the Walkman app if possible.
its a Sony xperia Z3 Compact
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hey, I'm going crazy here searching for a way to clear the play queue in the Walkman app, it just keeps on cloging up more and more with every new album I want to listen to :crying: I'm not very keen of having to delete out each track one by one... I can't believe such a option has been forgotten. But seems like I'm missing something since I can't find anybody else having this issue!
a hint please?! tia
Lyndon
Goto settings and clear the data in walkman app
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Well that sounded like a promising workaround... but unfortunately not even that works! After clearing caches of two different Walkman apps the play queue suddenly has around thirty of the first tracks from the library...
Any other tips?
PippeR_678 said:
Well that sounded like a promising workaround... but unfortunately not even that works! After clearing caches of two different Walkman apps the play queue suddenly has around thirty of the first tracks from the library...
Any other tips?
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Are you sure you arent mixing up the media library with the play queue.
Yes I'm talking about the play queue, I've got over 4000 tracks in the library!
Wow, I guess I'm a bit embarrassed... the issue was just caused by user stupidity
For those wondering, just touch the first track in an album or artist from the library and all these tracks replace the current play queue.
Cheers
Lyndon
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Glad you got sorted though
I have a persistent problem that I can't figure out how to avoid ...
Problem #1
Whenever my Galaxy Note-3 makes a connection to Gear via bluetooth, it triggers Samsung "Music" to start. However, Music crashes at that instant, with an error message, "Unfortunately, Music has stopped".
Problem #2
Media Controller on Gear works on any music app other than Samsung Music. It works on Google Play Music and PowerAmp. However, that is limited to working properly on following commands: Play/Pause, Skip forward, Skip backward. But - if I attempt to control the volume up/down, then it fails. At this point, I see that Samsung Music has restarted on Note-3 with the same error message.
Note:
I have a stock Note-3. The Gear is also stock, with latest update (MK7).
I don't use Samsung Music. I notice that I can't uninstall it, nor can I disable it. Whenever I force it to stop (Applications setting), then it reactivates at the time of either above two problem events.
HELP PLEASE !
============== UPDATE
-> SOLVED: see page 2 below.
Can anyone confirm (unlike my experience):
1) Does Samsung "Music" work?
2) Does Gear's Media Control allow volume to be controlled up/down?
Honestly. My best advice is just to uninstall (or freeze in titanium) Samsung music player.
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le3ky said:
Honestly. My best advice is just to uninstall (or freeze in titanium) Samsung music player.
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I wish I could but I can't.
I have a stock rom and want to continue with it. As such, native apps like Music can't be uninstalled.
The Application Manager doesn't offer "disable" for this one app.
I love stock too I couldn't find the option to stop the stock music player doing anything, so that was my only option :/
Root doesn't mean custom rom. Like I said it's pretty easy to root your phone, and stay stock (like me). Root just means you have more privalidges with the file system (essentially).
It's an option if no one else can offer anything better!
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le3ky said:
I love stock too I couldn't find the option to stop the stock music player doing anything, so that was my only option :/
Root doesn't mean custom rom. Like I said it's pretty easy to root your phone, and stay stock (like me). Root just means you have more privalidges with the file system (essentially).
It's an option if no one else can offer anything better!
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That is good news then. If I could ask you something, before I begin the root process ...
If I root my phone:
- do I have to reinstall all my apps?
- do all loose all my settings (emails accounts, etc)?
How do I root the phone?
Go to the Note 3 section on xda. They'll probably have a sticky explaining the best way
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Skeleton said:
I have a persistent problem that I can't figure out how to avoid ...
Problem #1
Whenever my Galaxy Note-3 makes a connection to Gear via bluetooth, it triggers Samsung "Music" to start. However, Music crashes at that instant, with an error message, "Unfortunately, Music has stopped".
Problem #2
Media Controller on Gear works on any music app other than Samsung Music. It works on Google Play Music and PowerAmp. However, that is limited to working properly on following commands: Play/Pause, Skip forward, Skip backward. But - if I attempt to control the volume up/down, then it fails. At this point, I see that Samsung Music has restarted on Note-3 with the same error message.
Note:
I have a stock Note-3. The Gear is also stock, with latest update (MK7).
I don't use Samsung Music. I notice that I can't uninstall it, nor can I disable it. Whenever I force it to stop (Applications setting), then it reactivates at the time of either above two problem events.
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HELP PLEASE !
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I had a similar issue with my S4. Samsung music stayed persistant in my notifications bar running in the background. It was also on my lockscreen as a widget. I was able to go into settings/app manager and Turn Off the app. I did a reboot of the phone and all is well. I have since gone back in and turned the app back on and it does not repeat the errant behavior.
It's really weird that whenever you connect your phone to the Gear it starts the Music app, mine hasn't done that ... yet. However, as far as controlling music, mine has worked perfectly fine with Google Music (or Play Music or whatever it's called now). Also, volume up and down should work, however, the first time after you connect your Gear, if you try turning up the volume on the phone, an alert will pop up saying something like "Are you sure you want to increase volume? Loud music can be damaging" (forgive my inaccuracy), you have to press OK on the phone first, then it will work fine. It's really irritating, but better than nothing.
I hope that made sense?
Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions.
What I have deduced is:
- Samsung Music consists of two modules, but the user is aware of only one. The front end is what the user interacts with; it is essentially a file manager. The back end is the audio processor. In my case, there is a disconnect between the two. I can enter the front end and see the list of song files, but I can not play any song which is because the back end is not able to be accessed.
- There is evidence of disconnect between front end and back end. In the front end, I can enter [Settings ^ Play speed]; what I should see is a sliding scale from 0.5x to 2.0x. In my case, the labels are missing when moving the slide bar, and the slide bar does not remember my change rather it remains at 10% setting. I suspect the speed setting is stored in the back end, for which the front end (in settings) can not access the variable's parameter, nor can it later update the value.
- The back end program of Music does work for me. This is proven by selecting a song file in "My Files" explorer, then choosing "Sound player" from the context menu. For me, the song file then successfully plays. I suspect the player is the back end of Music because the icon in the context menu is the same (blue triangle with green music note).
- When Gear is making a connection with Note, it asks Note for the name of default media player. This causes Note to open momentarily the Samsung Music player in silent mode. Note then closes Music as experienced by most users, but in my case Music stays open because of a bug on my system/configuration.
Why is this happening?
- Some writers elsewhere wrote about the interconnection between many Samsung apps because of their interdependence on TouchWiz. Perhaps Music is one such program. Maybe something (other app or my configuration) has triggered Music to break for me.
- At this point I am left suspecting another user app has caused Samsung Music to break between the front and back end. Note, this problem has only arisen in the past month, but in that time I have installed a few more apps and the previous apps have auto-updated themselves. So, I am now left to uninstalling them and testing their effect.
Problem SOLVED
Alas - Problem SOLVED.
It is frequently suggested that Music Player can be repaired by flushing the cache in "Music". In my case, this never solved my problem.
However, today I discovered another cache that can also contribute to the problem, and thus offer a solution.
The following worked for me ...
Step 1
- Settings ^ Application Manager
- App = "Media Storage"
- Action = "Clear data"
Step 2
- Samsung Music
- All song files are removed.
Step 3
- Scan Media
Step 4
- Samsung Music
- All song files are relisted.
- All song files now play. YEAH
Hi guys, I need some help. When I add a new song as a favourite in the Walkman app it does not add it as a favourite. The favourites star becomes yellow and then goes back to normal. Any ideas????
PeterGeorgiou said:
Hi guys, I need some help. When I add a new song as a favourite in the Walkman app it does not add it as a favourite. The favourites star becomes yellow and then goes back to normal. Any ideas????
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That sounds weird. Maybe try clearing the data on the walkman app? Your not doing anything funky like streaming the music through the walkman player are you? Have you tried with several songs from different artists/albums?
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braveally said:
That sounds weird. Maybe try clearing the data on the walkman app? Your not doing anything funky like streaming the music through the walkman player are you? Have you tried with several songs from different artists/albums?
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I tried clearing the data but still get the same effect. No i havent tried streaming at all to be honest and I get the same problem on every song i try to add as a favourite. I havent found anyone else with this problem on google so im hoping its just a minor bug or something i dont know :-s
Im on Existenz 2.0.0 with root and unlocked BL
when i listen to music the walkman app automatically pauses every 4 mins and i make sure that i cleared all recent apps and that i dont use any force close ram mangers
i posted this in the thread of the rom but no one helped me so im hoping that anyone could help me here
Pauses or stops and needs to be reopend again?
Because I have'nt seen any reports about the walkman application pausing everytime but I do know about the RAM problems of the SP where the Walkman app gets closed.
mrjraider said:
Pauses or stops and needs to be reopend again?
Because I have'nt seen any reports about the walkman application pausing everytime but I do know about the RAM problems of the SP where the Walkman app gets closed.
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i think it pauses because when i open the screenn i see the notification of the application being paused
also the ram problems occur when people browse and listen to music but i listen to music while my phone screen is off
Do you have to restart the song from the beginning or has it seleted another one? If so then it might me closed due to RAM problems.
mrjraider said:
Do you have to restart the song from the beginning or has it seleted another one? If so then it might me closed due to RAM problems.
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acctually to be precise the song stops because when i start it again it starts from the beginning and how do i have ram problems when i close all the recent apps and i make sure that i have 160 mg free ram
Well sometimes you cant help it. It is a known issue with this device.
You can always wipe data of the walkman application and test again.
mrjraider said:
Well sometimes you cant help it. It is a known issue with this device.
You can always wipe data of the walkman application and test again.
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there must be something to fix it
You could try a factory reset of that ROM and test the walkman app without any other applications to see if it is app related or not.
mrjraider said:
You could try a factory reset of that ROM and test the walkman app without any other applications to see if it is app related or not.
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tried and still the same
Reflash the ROM is the only thing I can suggest at the moment.
aliiahmed.20 said:
Im on Existenz 2.0.0 with root and unlocked BL
when i listen to music the walkman app automatically pauses every 4 mins and i make sure that i cleared all recent apps and that i dont use any force close ram mangers
i posted this in the thread of the rom but no one helped me so im hoping that anyone could help me here
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I also experienced such glitches with music interruptions, i'm using walkman and V4A when using my phone as mp3 player. I found SOME SORT of solution and that its -- UNINSTALL ANY SD CARD TWEAKS such as SD read ahead speed or set it to device default. I suspect that maybe the tweak isn't needed coz i'm using Class-10 SDcard and applying such tweaks might be "SUPERFLOUS" and thus causing issues with music playback.
But then if still you get no better results...last option would be to USE ANOTHER ROM and uninstall the later. Just my opinion:fingers-crossed:
headbon3 said:
I also experienced such glitches with music interruptions, i'm using walkman and V4A when using my phone as mp3 player. I found SOME SORT of solution and that its -- UNINSTALL ANY SD CARD TWEAKS such as SD read ahead speed or set it to device default. I suspect that maybe the tweak isn't needed coz i'm using Class-10 SDcard and applying such tweaks might be "SUPERFLOUS" and thus causing issues with music playback.
But then if still you get no better results...last option would be to USE ANOTHER ROM and uninstall the later. Just my opinion:fingers-crossed:
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god i hate this phone so much only because that it doesnt have 1 single good rom without too many problems
aliiahmed.20 said:
god i hate this phone so much only because that it doesnt have 1 single good rom without too many problems
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I understand your sentiments buddy
Every time I take out my Galaxy Buds Live and put them in, my S21 ultra automatically launches YouTube Music. Then i inadvertently tap the bud while I'm adjusting and it starts playing music. I don't want this and would prefer to disable the auto launch. I've checked in the settings for Galaxy Wearable and YouTube Music and don't see it. Anyone know how to stop this?
Youtube Music > settings > Allow external devices to start playback
disable that, should be good.
uicnren said:
Youtube Music > settings > Allow external devices to start playback
disable that, should be good.
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Thanks, that's what I thought as well, but even after unchecking that, it still auto launches
tripjnj said:
Thanks, that's what I thought as well, but even after unchecking that, it still auto launches
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For now I've uninstalled and reinstalled YT Music and it seems better so far. Fingers crossed it stays that way.
tripjnj said:
Thanks, that's what I thought as well, but even after unchecking that, it still auto launches
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Go into Wearables and check settings there*.
Maybe app permissions for Utube.
Lol, I keep that app disabled.
I use Poweramp which will do the same but it can be disabled in it's many settings.
Very annoying when you don't want it...
* if nothing else works you can disable the Buds touch controls in Wearables... the full nuke option