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Backing Up Playlist

As I mentioned in my other thread, I'm playing with different ROMs at the moment. I use the built in TF3D music player and I am wondering if there is a way to backup playlists so when I change roms, I don't have to keep making my playlists?
Thanks.

AndyCr15 said:
As I mentioned in my other thread, I'm playing with different ROMs at the moment. I use the built in TF3D music player and I am wondering if there is a way to backup playlists so when I change roms, I don't have to keep making my playlists?
Thanks.
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I use SPB Backup and it automatically backs up my playlist for me. Saves me loads of time as I flash bascially everyday

As this is still an issue, I'm bumping it.
I had a look at SPB Backup, but I didn't like the look of it, I couldn't see how to just backup the playlist?
Surely when you make a playlist it is stored somewhere? I see application data/HTC/AudioManager_Eng there is a playlist folder, but it remains empty...

AndyCr15 said:
As this is still an issue, I'm bumping it.
I had a look at SPB Backup, but I didn't like the look of it, I couldn't see how to just backup the playlist?
Surely when you make a playlist it is stored somewhere? I see application data/HTC/AudioManager_Eng there is a playlist folder, but it remains empty...
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I think if you have playlists created with .asx files using WMP for some reason the HTC Audio manager will use these instead of it's own .txt file playlists. Not sure of a way round this without further dabbling Maybe you can just add .asx to the .txt playlists (if you have them) and use it that way, then back those up? Manual back up I mean to storage card from device wich is the only back up I ever use.

No, I don't even have the txt version I don't think. If someone can post just a clip of one please, I can probably edit it to suit me

AndyCr15 said:
No, I don't even have the txt version I don't think. If someone can post just a clip of one please, I can probably edit it to suit me
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Here is an example of one of mine which you can open in a text editor. My usual ritual after flashing is to copy my playlist folder to the Application data/HTC/Audio manager folder. However, since I have been using Media Player with WM6.5 I notice that HTC Audio Manager chooses those .asx playlists instead. You could also create a one song playlist with HTC Audio Manager, locate and open the file and use that as a template in a text editor maybe.

Ok, so I made my own with 4 tracks in it. I tried with no file extension, with .asx and with .txt and none work. Strangly, I see a playlist called 'Playlist' in HTC Audio manager, but when I go into it's empty. I add some tracks, they don't appear in the file when I bring it back off the device, it still has the 4 I put in myself.
Any ideas?

AndyCr15 said:
Ok, so I made my own with 4 tracks in it. I tried with no file extension, with .asx and with .txt and none work. Strangly, I see a playlist called 'Playlist' in HTC Audio manager, but when I go into it's empty. I add some tracks, they don't appear in the file when I bring it back off the device, it still has the 4 I put in myself.
Any ideas?
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My own experience is that HTC have chosen not to make this easy. Sometimes I have copied the playlists into the Application Data Folder and I haven't been able to use them for sometimes more than a day. I think soft resetting and pulling the storage card in and out a lot helps. It's not quick and simple. Might be something else though.

Is There A Way To Save Playlist To Memory Card?

I downgraded firmware to gain root access and install Hero, all my playlists are gone. Over 300 songs have to put them all in playlist again. Is there a way to save playlists like we do for windows media player playlist?

I REALLY wish I knew this as well... Everytime I have to wipe my playlists are gone...
EDIT: Was thinking... does MyBackupPro save playlists? That would be worth the cost...

No. The way to do it is backwords. Create the playlist on your PC and save it to your SD card (pls file will work as well).

huh!? can you explain this in more detail? how do I create a playlist for my G1 on the PC?
mm0

never mind...got it...
So, this is what I did...
1) mount the G1 on a windows computer.
2) Open Windows Media Player
3) Import the 'Music' folder of the G1 into Windows Media
4) Go to the 'Library' tab
5) Drag files from the G1 to the 'Now Playing' window
6) Use the drop down box above the 'Now Playing' window to do a SaveAs
7) Save as a .m3u type playlist
8) Copy the playlist file to the 'Music' folder of the G1.
Done
mm0
P.S. The .m3u file seems to work as is, even though if you open it up with a text editor, it shows the path as a windows path...regarless of that, it works.

muzicman0 said:
never mind...got it...
P.S. The .m3u file seems to work as is, even though if you open it up with a text editor, it shows the path as a windows path...regarless of that, it works.
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you can delete the path and keep the file name only if you save the m3u file at the same folder of the music files

What I do now is sync playlists from WMP to my G1 (some reason when syncing WMP playlists to phone it copies mp3s to the phone and not the playlist itself). Then I go to my music folder on my computer and then copy the playlist folder onto the G1.

I just do a party shuffle when I'm lifting

I used WMP for awhile but it hated my tags. So I tried out Media Monkey. After setting it up all the way (per this post), it is way better than WMP. Easy syncing and easy playlist copying. Just a FYI.

How to Save Playlists in Manila 2.5 Built-in Music Player

With so many new ROM's for our Touch HD, it's become a bit cumbersome to re-create New Playlists each time.
Does anyone know how to save the playlists for the built in Manila 2.5 Music Player?
This was a simple task with Manila 2.1 - but have not been able to do this successfully with Manila's 2.5 Player.
I have search the forums, and have not found a simple solution.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your time.

With so many new ROM's for our Touch HD, it's become a bit cumbersome to re-create New Playlists each time.
Does anyone know how to save the playlists for the built in Manila 2.5 Music Player?
This was a simple task with Manila 2.1 - but have not been able to do this successfully with Manila's 2.5 Player.
I have search the forums, and have not found a simple solution.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your time.
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Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?? There must be a way to save a playlist with the built-in music player...

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Now for your answer.....of course there is way of saving playlist's mate
Using your file explorer go to My device > Application data > HTC > AudioManager_Eng and copy the file AudioManager_Eng.vol
Put this file on your SD card or save it on computer
Now when you flash a rom go to music player so it finds all your music files, click on library > playlists. This will create blank AudioManager_Eng.vol file
Now just copy your AudioManager_Eng.vol into My device > Application data > HTC > AudioManager_Eng to replace blank file and your saved playlist should be there again

another way is to sync a playlist into your phone through WMP, if you're using WMP. I did it once and forever I need not to do anything regarding the playlist. You can try it out. It'll appear at Manila's playlist

Thank you for your help... I will give it a try
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Now for your answer.....of course there is way of saving playlist's mate
Using your file explorer go to My device > Application data > HTC > AudioManager_Eng and copy the file AudioManager_Eng.vol
Put this file on your SD card or save it on computer
Now when you flash a rom go to music player so it finds all your music files, click on library > playlists. This will create blank AudioManager_Eng.vol file
Now just copy your AudioManager_Eng.vol into My device > Application data > HTC > AudioManager_Eng to replace blank file and your saved playlist should be there again
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ultimatepichu said:
another way is to sync a playlist into your phone through WMP, if you're using WMP. I did it once and forever I need not to do anything regarding the playlist. You can try it out. It'll appear at Manila's playlist
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Ive found though with WMP that if youre not syncing over all of your music and just a few personal playlists, that just the songs themselves from the playlists copy over, not the individual playlists themselves.
Do you know a way around this?

How to correctly upload songs to HTC HD2

Hi all
Uploading songs to HTC was a messy affair initially.Following are the lessons i learned the hard way.Hope these may come handy for a new user of this amazing phone:
Mistake 1:First i created a folder in Storage Card-->Music-->English and uploaded around 500 songs into it.The result was that the music player took ages to load and was extremely sluggish.
Lesson learned:Never upload more than few(20-25) songs in a single folder.
Mistake 2:Next i used Windows Media Player to sync the music with HD2.The syncing was super fast with songs automatically organized into artist folders.Neat.But wait,when i opened my music player,the albums were blank.The songs where there all in the storage card but some how the music player was unable to read them.
After many unsuccessful tips gathered from net,i finally solved this by copying all files from HD2 back to my PC and pasting them back to Storage Card-->Music-->English (of course after deleting all files from there first)
Lesson learned:Never sync with Windows Media Player(this also leads to few other problems)
Mistake 3:Use ID3v2.4 UTF-8 in Mp3tag.When i did this,HD2 was unable to show the album/file cover art.
Lesson learned:Use ID3v2.4 UTF-16 to tag the files if you want the album art displayed.
Why not use Automatic album art update?:The Automatic album art update in HD2 works like a charm but it always go for the lowest quality image.
Finally:
This is how i upload music files to get the album art display correctly:
Tag files with Mp3tag using ID3v2.3 UTF-16 (Tools-->Tags-->Mpeg.Check ID3v2.3 UTF-16 in "Write".Leave other options unchanged).
Active Sync HD2.
Explore-->My Windows mobile based device-->Storage Card-->Music.
Create a artist named folder in Storage Card-->Music-->English (or any other name of your choice).
Just copy and paste the song/songs of your choice into this.
It works just fine for me
Hope u too will find this useful !!!

very useful post thanks for sharing
should be made a sticky because it is actually a very common problem
thanks again

right no offence here but surley my method is easier, if your tracks are tagged properly which most peoples are create folder on storage card called music, i have mine like this
storage card >band name>album
pop them on the card.
album art rename the picture in the album to folder.jpg
works simple

I must be lucky. Never had a problem using Windows media Player to sync music to my HD2. Works flawlessly syncing to my MicroSD card. No extra steps required. Album art transfers fine for me too but I have noticed that the Update Album Art feature does sometimes provide better quality features.

trev666 said:
right no offence here but surley my method is easier, if your tracks are tagged properly which most peoples are create folder on storage card called music, i have mine like this
storage card >band name>album
pop them on the card.
album art rename the picture in the album to folder.jpg
works simple
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Isnt this exactly the same as what i said (minus the last step of renaming the picture)

over 60gig's worth of music is album art tagged (mp3 tag) and levelled out (mp3 gain) on my pc and using sync is sweet for me. after uploading an album to my phone i always refresh the sync button though as i once bricked my phone after putting 20 albums on all at once...

donwhann said:
over 60gig's worth of music is album art tagged (mp3 tag) and levelled out (mp3 gain) on my pc and using sync is sweet for me. after uploading an album to my phone i always refresh the sync button though as i once bricked my phone after putting 20 albums on all at once...
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How much memory r u usin?
Also,an album may contain few singles with a diff cover art.But once we upload,the album art over writes it.U kno anyway 2 avoid this without putting singles into individual folders?

I have to completely dissent
The only sane way is trashing the builtin eye-candy media player and disable its tab, install mortplayer and copy your music over, wherever and however you prefer, then simply add it and press play
It's not like you're watching the animation of albums and songs passing by when you listen to your MP3s, you're most likely keeping it in your pocket with the display off.
If that's only for the sake of impressing friends, you may just keep the music tab and use it with 10 songs to show off the graphics

well,using a 3rd party software is the easiest way out....but i want to use the default player with full features on.
Also I want to see the album art while selecting a song and it completes the experience....nothin 2 do with impressing friends.
In btwn,Mortplayer indeed is a good player..... I liked GSplayer too...

nessqn said:
Hi all
[*]Tag files with Mp3tag using ID3v2.4 UTF-16 (Tools-->Tags-->Mpeg.Check ID3v2.4 UTF-16 in "Write".Leave other options unchanged).
[*]Active Sync HD2.
[*]Explore-->My Windows mobile based device-->Storage Card-->Music.
[*]Create a artist named folder in Storage Card-->Music-->English (or any other name of your choice).
[*]Just copy and paste the song/songs of your choice into this.
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It works just fine for me
Hope u too will find this useful !!!
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So if I'm reading your instructions right, I have to create a folder of each artist then transfer the music over? Even if I do that which takes a lot of time, when you transfer the music over using activesync it tries to reformat the songs and that could take forever. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks, I'm brand new to WinMo.

I think to make the transfer of the files faster, use a card reader, load all the songs on the memory card, pop it back in, and off you go.

nessqn said:
well,using a 3rd party software is the easiest way out....but i want to use the default player with full features on.
Also I want to see the album art while selecting a song and it completes the experience....nothin 2 do with impressing friends.
In btwn,Mortplayer indeed is a good player..... I liked GSplayer too...
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ok then, I stand corrected you alone can decide what you want your phone to be doing Me, I tried using manila player, but gave up after couple minutes, realizing that it just picked up the mp3s at its own leisure without me being able to control it in any way. Another manila tab off the hook

so i simply cannot put all my music into storage card>Music? i have to make new folders within music folder of each band name and album?? i guess my question is.. whats changed?? from touchflo 3d to sense??
because i uploaded my music just like that... on ym fuze.. and everything worked perfectly... and it was all under the music folder. no individual band names necessary... so did they change up something or what??

~~Tito~~ said:
I think to make the transfer of the files faster, use a card reader, load all the songs on the memory card, pop it back in, and off you go.
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How is removing the SD card, load the songs then pop it back in different from connecting the phone to the computer and selecting the Disk Drive option instead of ActiveSync? Also, do you have to remove the back cover of the phone, not the batter cover, to remove the SD card? I had a hard time trying to pull that sucker out. Thanks.

wiggindude said:
So if I'm reading your instructions right, I have to create a folder of each artist then transfer the music over? Even if I do that which takes a lot of time, when you transfer the music over using activesync it tries to reformat the songs and that could take forever. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks, I'm brand new to WinMo.
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ActiveSync-->Tools-->Options:see whether box for Media is unchecked.

wiggindude said:
How is removing the SD card, load the songs then pop it back in different from connecting the phone to the computer and selecting the Disk Drive option instead of ActiveSync?
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I think its the same...

nessqn said:
ActiveSync-->Tools-->Options:see whether box for Media is unchecked.
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I checked the the Media box is checked. It got stuck at 89% transferring so disconnect the phone, connect using Disk Drive, delete everything under the Music folder and I am going to retry again. I have also put a movie under the Video folder but I couldn't locate it anywhere. I tried Pictures & Video, I tried looking at the document folder, nada...sigh.

wiggindude said:
I checked the the Media box is checked. It got stuck at 89% transferring so disconnect the phone, connect using Disk Drive, delete everything under the Music folder and I am going to retry again. I have also put a movie under the Video folder but I couldn't locate it anywhere. I tried Pictures & Video, I tried looking at the document folder, nada...sigh.
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keep the media box unchecked.otherwise the folder will be formatted each time u active sync with pc.
if u find it hard to create artist named folders on your own,sync using media player;it will do the job for you.But then sense music player may not detect the songs.If that's the case,try opening a single song with file explorer or phone media player.then soft reset.the songs may appear.for me it dint work as i mentioned in the first post.so i copied all folders in "music" to pc and deleted the folders in "music" and re pasted the folders to "music" from pc.

nessqn said:
keep the media box unchecked.otherwise the folder will be formatted each time u active sync with pc.
if u find it hard to create artist named folders on your own,sync using media player;it will do the job for you.But then sense music player may not detect the songs.If that's the case,try opening a single song with file explorer or phone media player.then soft reset.the songs may appear.for me it dint work as i mentioned in the first post.so i copied all folders in "music" to pc and deleted the folders in "music" and re pasted the folders to "music" from pc.
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Thanks. I will give this a try and report back.

OK. I followed nessqn's instruction and all the songs are there along with the album arts. But it freezes everytime I go to Music. I have to take out the battery or do a soft reset. Is it because it's trying to compile the library therefor it's slow?

HELP with the music tab on hd2

my music tab takes 15 seconds to load up and its the only tab that lags like for example when i am going on the library tab it lags and when scrolling up and down through the music list it also lags. i dont know if maybey its because all my song where formatted by itunes before i draged them to the phone or is it that i have too many songs (400). but the funny thing is that i had all these song on my tp2 and it worked fine. if someone could please help me or suggest something maybey a registry tweak might help i don't know help please
thanks in advance

Are your songs set up as one giant playlist, or are they in albums? I've read elsewhere that large playlists take forever to load, so maybe they somehow got interpreted as such when they were synced over from Itunes?

i just took them from the folder that itunes stores all my songs and dragged them to my sd card and made a for it but most of these songs were converted by itunes. and they are all in different albums not playlist

doesnt itunes have all tracks in one folder? If that is the case then that is probably your problem.
Most people recommend a folder structure something like
music/artist/album/tracks.mp3
Also, some people have have found that it could be caused by one or two tracks with bad tags.
Try clearing your music folder, then drag it back across a few dozen at a time, then you can maybe spot when it starts to go funny, and examine the selected mp3's more closely.

Use windows media player to sync across music,
Then create a shortcut to the following in the \windows\startup folder
audiomanager.exe
Its in the windows folder.. (need total commander or something similar..)
That way the music program resides in memory on start up and seriously reduces the time as you don't have towait for it to load each time... i have 3.5 Gig of music and my music tab is operational after 1-3 seconds.....

i create this shortcut in the phone windows folder? and were do i get audiomanager exe from?
sry im a noob to this...

ariel123 said:
i create this shortcut in the phone windows folder? and were do i get audiomanager exe from?
sry im a noob to this...
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audiomanager.exe is in the windows folder. you want to create a shortcut to it and put it in the start up folder, which is also in the windows folder.....
you can use total commander to do it....

um i dont see the audio exe i been looking for it is it in a folder or something?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=665484
it could be usefull
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