Hi
Is it possible to scan through albums on the music player then when you select an album get it to play the whole album.
At the moment, "flicking" just takes me to the next track in the current album.
I can do it via the library but it seems a more intuitive way to flick through your albums on the first screen.
Thanks
Mal
Hi All
Been lurking a while but never posted, but found this thread when searching for the answer to the same question. So instead of typing the same question out I thought I'd bump this up and see if anyone knows the answer? If it's possible at all, that is...?
I'm bumping it up too, I thought I was just overlooking something obvious...
I've looked into this extensively in the past.
As far as I know, there is no way to "flick to next album" in TouchFLO's music player. I wish it were possible.
There is a third-party app that will work similar to iTunes's cover view. However, when I tried it out back in December, it didn't work right for me. Maybe they have improved it by now.
Here is a youtube sample video. It's called S2P player.
If you search the forums here, you'll find it. Google will also bring you to it, however, I don't know which one is the latest updated version. If I find the latest version, I'll post a link here.
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Here is the thread in XDA
Here is the developer's own website
I don't know if it supports WVGA resolution. Edit: yes, there is a version for HD, Xperia etc.. (although it still says VGA).
Okay, I just installed it. It works better now, but it is still buggy. However, here are some downfalls (at least in my case):
1. It does not support using my bluetooth headset.
2. The volume buttons don't work. So, I have to use the application's volume slider to adjust volume.
3. In cover flow, it is not easy to return back to the album you are listening to. The scrolling is sometimes choppy and sometimes way too fast. Hard to control.
4. In cover flow, I cannot adjust volume (since my volume buttons don't work). I have to return to portrait mode to adjust the volume.
5. Navigating through your music is not very user-friendly (other than in cover flow). It's basically a built in folder explorer - so you can't compare it to TFL3D's library. And sometimes that folder explorer window goes blank on me and I have to restart the app.
So, it definitely can use some improvement, but I still like it. I guess it's a bit more eye candy than anything, although it is nice to be able to flick from one album to the next. Maybe I'll use it sometimes, but it definitely won't replace my TFL3D player imho.
Thanks Chris, just thought I was missing something, it least I don't feel stupid now.
My music is currently ordered alphabetically with all the albums mixed together.
How do I set it so that it displays music in order?
Don. said:
My music is currently ordered alphabetically with all the albums mixed together.
How do I set it so that it displays music in order?
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what music player are you talking about? TouchFLO or S2P?
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what music player are you talking about? TouchFLO or S2P?
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Thanks for the quick reply.
Im using Touch FLO.
Don. said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
Im using Touch FLO.
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In the player's library, you see several tabs at the bottom. The one with the musical note by itself lists "all songs" in alphabetical order. Try a different tab depending on what order you want.
Is that what you meant?
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In the player's library, you see several tabs at the bottom. The one with the musical note by itself lists "all songs" in alphabetical order. Try a different tab depending on what order you want.
Is that what you meant?
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I've selected Library => Album tab => up - which takes me back to the Touch Flo screen.
Ive then used the up \ down arrows to cycle through the tracks and its still in alphabetical order.
Don. said:
I've selected Library => Album tab => up - which takes me back to the Touch Flo screen.
Ive then used the up \ down arrows to cycle through the tracks and its still in alphabetical order.
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What do mean by "up"?
Anyway, while in Album view (don't go to "now playing" just yet).
Tap the album you want to listen to.
Now the songs are listed.
Tap the song you want to start playing.
That album is now your new "now playing" list.
If in step 2, the songs are listed alphabetically and not by track number, it is probably because the mp3 tags for those files don't have a track number entered in them.
Are your mp3 tags well organized?
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What do mean by "up"?
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When you enter the Library, there is an Up option on the left hand side... Now Playing is on the right.
Chris Cross said:
Anyway, while in Album view (don't go to "now playing" just yet).
Tap the album you want to listen to.
Now the songs are listed.
Tap the song you want to start playing.
That album is now your new "now playing" list.
If in step 2, the songs are listed alphabetically and not by track number, it is probably because the mp3 tags for those files don't have a track number entered in them.
Are your mp3 tags well organized?
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Yep, that kinda works, but it only plays that particular album. It doesn't go onto the next album.
Thanks for the suggestions so far.
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When you enter the Library, there is an Up option on the left hand side... Now Playing is on the right.
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Oh okay. On mine it says "Back". I use Dutty's 3.7 ROM.
Yep, that kinda works, but it only plays that particular album. It doesn't go onto the next album.
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yeah, that part is annoying. It's not easy to flip from one album to the next in TFL3D. That was the original question in this thread.
What you could do is:
set up a playlist and add the albums you want to it (or only the songs from certain albums).
If you play that list, then it will go from one album to the next
but if you manually want to skip to an album in that playlist, you'll have to enter the library, and choose it from the now-playing list.
Another option (if you will only listen to one artist that has several albums) is:
Go to the Artist tab
select the artist
then in that window, go to the all-songs tab, and tap a song.
The player will now start with that song, but all of the songs from that artist are in your now-playing list.
Yeah, just to confirm, this is something that I also researched for quite some time after TouchFlo came out (specifically being able to flick between albums on the TouchFLO screen itself). Unfortunately, as we've already discovered, it's not possible. The two workarounds that Chris Cross mentions above are the closest you can get to it. As much as I would have loved to be able to do everything in TouchFLO and never have to leave it, I actually ended up turning off the music tab altogether. Since the tab itself is so lacking in features, it was much more worth it to install one of the many other great, free media player apps found here on this forum.
Chris Cross said:
Oh okay. On mine it says "Back". I use Dutty's 3.7 ROM.
yeah, that part is annoying. It's not easy to flip from one album to the next in TFL3D. That was the original question in this thread.
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Bugger.
When I first started using Touchflo it played through fine. (Ok, I couldnt flip through albums, but that didnt bother me.)
I then tried to add new mixes to the library, and that messed up the play order.
Chris Cross said:
What you could do is:
set up a playlist and add the albums you want to it (or only the songs from certain albums).
If you play that list, then it will go from one album to the next
but if you manually want to skip to an album in that playlist, you'll have to enter the library, and choose it from the now-playing list.
Another option (if you will only listen to one artist that has several albums) is:
Go to the Artist tab
select the artist
then in that window, go to the all-songs tab, and tap a song.
The player will now start with that song, but all of the songs from that artist are in your now-playing list.
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Thanks for the help.
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I've noticed that when having over a certain amount of albums (or files), going to Library from the TF3D Music Tab and selecting All Music does not scroll them but makes them dissappear. Anyone else can confirm this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=450982
How many albums/files you mean by "certain amount of"?
I have approx. 250 songs, categorized by music tab into around 35 albums.
I didn't notice there's anything like this... I can scroll thru all songs properly.
Could you be more specific?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=450982
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I believe the link is not so related to this thread..?
tnyynt said:
I've noticed that when having over a certain amount of albums (or files), going to Library from the TF3D Music Tab and selecting All Music does not scroll them but makes them dissappear. Anyone else can confirm this?
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I get the same.A page of songs, scroll up then jst blank. Audio manager causing many problems for lots of users. Hope a fix comes soon.
I got the same problem with a french Touch HD.
maddie said:
How many albums/files you mean by "certain amount of"?
I have approx. 250 songs, categorized by music tab into around 35 albums.
I didn't notice there's anything like this... I can scroll thru all songs properly.
Could you be more specific?
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Likewise, my UK machine does not cause any problems in this area.
Like maddie above says ~ How many songs & albums do you have?
Is there a limit on the amount of albums/material displayed?
My car's computer can display 999 tracks but only 99 albums. Not related but it's just to give you the idea.
Berads
I also think it's a limit of the player.
I put on mine all my library (~8GB of music).
Beards said:
Likewise, my UK machine does not cause any problems in this area.
Like maddie above says ~ How many songs & albums do you have?
Is there a limit on the amount of albums/material displayed?
My car's computer can display 999 tracks but only 99 albums. Not related but it's just to give you the idea.
Berads
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Yep..
Mine is also UK machine, I ordered it from Clove..
I have installed some softwares (CE-Star, Gyrator 2 etc..) and some tweaks have been made.
Don't see any problem with the tab...
Also, I see some people mentioned that when they put the HD into standby mode, the music will stop, which also haven't happened to my HD..
Beards said:
Likewise, my UK machine does not cause any problems in this area.
Like maddie above says ~ How many songs & albums do you have?
Is there a limit on the amount of albums/material displayed?
My car's computer can display 999 tracks but only 99 albums. Not related but it's just to give you the idea.
Berads
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379 files in 29 albums is ok.
Will add one by one to find the limit.
Hmm.. But I do find another bug, in the TF3D Music Tab, if you flick once up (previous track) and then twice down (next track) without stopping between each changing, it will just stuck at 0:00 and not play.. not until you press pause and play again.
Confirmed.
On the French version the bug is here also: unable to scroll on "list of all songs". Just one page appears.
Album list and Artist list do work.
arturobandini said:
Confirmed.
On the French version the bug is here also: unable to scroll on "list of all songs". Just one page appears.
Album list and Artist list do work.
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Same with me problem only occurs with songs in library - ok with albums and artists. I wonder if it cannot read all the songs because they are all organised in so many separate folders - but that would not explain why it shows the first eight songs on the first page.
Ive just put about 50 songs in 20 folders on my SD card and although I can see all the tracks in the albums and all songs tabs from the library button, the music player plays nothing. It appears to be frozen.
Ive tried soft resetting a couple of times but nothing.
Will removing the battery have any effect?
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Ive just put about 50 songs in 20 folders on my SD card and although I can see all the tracks in the albums and all songs tabs from the library button, the music player plays nothing. It appears to be frozen.
Ive tried soft resetting a couple of times but nothing.
Will removing the battery have any effect?
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Removing the battery is just the same as carrying out a soft-reset.
Do the music files play when using Media Player?
Beards
I've also noticed that TF3D will scroll through albums and artists, but not all songs. It simply displays the first eight, and when I try to scroll down, the first eight appear again, each time I try. Probably due to the number of tracks on my card - 948. Hope they fix this.
I can scroll through approximately 180 songs no problem. I have organized them in a MUSIC>Album>Song.mp3. Each folder has the picture file named "folder". Oddly, I get cover art randomly displayed. I've spent hours organizing and trying to determine the problem.
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Removing the battery is just the same as carrying out a soft-reset.
Do the music files play when using Media Player?
Beards
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They appear to play fine in media player. I do have the SD tune prog also.
Apart from a few folders on my card, one of which has my CAB files for fonts etc there is nothing else on it.
I dont really want to do a hard reset if possible. Im hoping HTC or someone can fix this. Its pretty poor for what is essentially supposed to be a multimedia device. Thats the reason I wanted it.
I thought the music would play fine using Media Player.... Which proves it's not your SD card (which I doubted was not this anyway).
I would assume the problem lays with TF3D
You haven't installed/altered anything to do with TF3D?
Beards
Beards said:
I thought the music would play fine using Media Player.... Which proves it's not your SD card (which I doubted was not this anyway).
I would assume the problem lays with TF3D
You haven't installed/altered anything to do with TF3D?
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I had installed various things such as fonts, clock, no curtains but I have just done a hard reset (Its gona take a while to get everything back how I want it)and it made no difference. Every time I went to the music tab it would show for a few seconds and then I got a Microsoft error message, the problem being with audiomanager_eng.exe.
I managed to get it to scroll from the first song to the next one before the message. Every other time after that, nothing then the error.
I'm still having issues with the music player. I am trying to persevere with the HTC music as I like the interface, and not found another music player yet that I do like the interface on.
Over the past couple of days I've been having issues as it's not been transfering my artwork across, and also tracks appear in random orders in many albums (but not all) on the phone. I have solved the cover art problem by adding the music files using the phone as a hard drive rather than through active sync, but the tracks still appear in a random order.
I have tried using monkey media, and media jukebox to arrange my files and add artwork. The tracks appear in the right order in every music program I use, whether it be monkey media, windows media, or simply opening them up from my music on my laptop. Also, if I open up the files on the phone from my laptop the tracks are in the correct order. Can anyone solve this issue for me please? It's been causing me a headache for the past 48 hours now and I think a blood vessel is about to burst Oh, I've tried adding files from my itnes folder as well, but I get the same problem. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the order of the tracks differs each time I try adding them to the phone
Someone told me to change the tags using mp3tag, but when I run this program it won't let me change the tags, and besides I wouldn't know what to change them to. In the column that says tags, they all just say WMA anyway.
Cheers
snerkler said:
I'm still having issues with the music player. I am trying to persevere with the HTC music as I like the interface, and not found another music player yet that I do like the interface on.
Over the past couple of days I've been having issues as it's not been transfering my artwork across, and also tracks appear in random orders in many albums (but not all) on the phone. I have solved the cover art problem by adding the music files using the phone as a hard drive rather than through active sync, but the tracks still appear in a random order.
I have tried using monkey media, and media jukebox to arrange my files and add artwork. The tracks appear in the right order in every music program I use, whether it be monkey media, windows media, or simply opening them up from my music on my laptop. Also, if I open up the files on the phone from my laptop the tracks are in the correct order. Can anyone solve this issue for me please? It's been causing me a headache for the past 48 hours now and I think a blood vessel is about to burst Oh, I've tried adding files from my itnes folder as well, but I get the same problem. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the order of the tracks differs each time I try adding them to the phone
Someone told me to change the tags using mp3tag, but when I run this program it won't let me change the tags, and besides I wouldn't know what to change them to. In the column that says tags, they all just say WMA anyway.
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I think I saw this yesterday after I reinstalled everything following the new ROM upgrade, it was annoying me but this is what I done...
Slide to the music panel/tab and wait patiently while the screen in black and appear frozen for a while. I think it is actually 'loading' the list of all of the music tracks as 'now playing'.
If, when this has loaded, you tap the library button, then randomly slide to the artist tab to select a track, and play it, it clears the 'now playing' queue to the track you have just selected. You can then go back in and create play lists etc. as you would want to usually.
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I think I saw this yesterday after I reinstalled everything following the new ROM upgrade, it was annoying me but this is what I done...
Slide to the music panel/tab and wait patiently while the screen in black and appear frozen for a while. I think it is actually 'loading' the list of all of the music tracks as 'now playing'.
If, when this has loaded, you tap the library button, then randomly slide to the artist tab to select a track, and play it, it clears the 'now playing' queue to the track you have just selected. You can then go back in and create play lists etc. as you would want to usually.
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Hi, Thanks for your reply, but I'm not sure you fully understood what I meant?
If I wait for the media to load and tap the library button it doesn't matter if I go to artist>album or directly to album, the tracks displayed for the album or in the wrong order, and play in the wrong order eg on my Dido album "Here with me" is listed as the 11th track, when actually it should be the 1st. I don't want to, and shouldn't have to create a playlist for each album just so that the tracks play in the right order. Is there a way to get the HTC music player to organise the tracks so they are listed and play in the right order, ie track 1 first, track 2 second etc? It's so frustrating
Oh, sorry. I thought you were describing the thing I had...
Sorry, I don't know how to help you, hopefully someone else will be able to assist you.
Are you sure you don't have Shuffle switched on as that will randomise your songs. It's the icon with two arrows crossing one another to the right of the word Music on the Music tab in Sense.
2 things...
First, what format are your songs ripped in?
Second, you're probably better off letting the music player get the album art for you. Just click the CD icon in the top left of the screen and it will automatically do that for you. It's obviously better to let it handle as much as it can natively.
have you tried looking at the advanced tag editor in windows media player to see what order your tracks are actually in?.as for the album art,I use mp3 tag,its an easy program to use and works everytime. I know how feel as iv come across this myself and it did my head in lol. keep us informed.....
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2 things...
First, what format are your songs ripped in?
Second, you're probably better off letting the music player get the album art for you. Just click the CD icon in the top left of the screen and it will automatically do that for you. It's obviously better to let it handle as much as it can natively.
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My songs are in WMA format, but I've also tried M4a (ie itunes)
The trouble with letting the program find the artwork is that it can't find a lot of them
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have you tried looking at the advanced tag editor in windows media player to see what order your tracks are actually in?.as for the album art,I use mp3 tag,its an easy program to use and works everytime. I know how feel as iv come across this myself and it did my head in lol. keep us informed.....
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I'm not sure where the advanced tag editor is in windows medaia player?
If I open windows media on my laptop and change the list options to details, across the top of the window I have the following columns:-
#, Title, Length, Rating, Cont. Artist, Album, Genre, release Year, Composer, Size, Parental Rating, and if I right click on the columns I can add the column "Tag". However there is nothing in the tag column for any of the tracks???
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Are you sure you don't have Shuffle switched on as that will randomise your songs. It's the icon with two arrows crossing one another to the right of the word Music on the Music tab in Sense.
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Yep, I'm sure. Plus it's not jsut that the tracks are playing in a random order, they're listed in a random order when you go into the album.
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Yep, I'm sure. Plus it's not jsut that the tracks are playing in a random order, they're listed in a random order when you go into the album.
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The problem is definitely the ID3 tags.
I can't help you any further than that I'm afraid, as I've been using MP3 format for years now, and every piece of music that I possess is in that format. It's still the most universal format, and therefore works flawlessly on most devices.
I do know that m4a stores the tag values differently to ID3, so they may not be read succesfully. I don't know how wma stores the values, if at all!
I'd recommend getting a piece of software like Sony Sound Forge so you can do a batch conversion and make everything MP3. After that, use something like WinAmp to automatically populate the ID3 tags for you. Once you've done that, the previous suggestion I made about album art will definitely work, so just don't bother doing anything manually for that.
That's all I can suggest. It's a lengthy process, but done right it will definitely solve your current problem.
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I'm not sure where the advanced tag editor is in windows medaia player?
If I open windows media on my laptop and change the list options to details, across the top of the window I have the following columns:-
#, Title, Length, Rating, Cont. Artist, Album, Genre, release Year, Composer, Size, Parental Rating, and if I right click on the columns I can add the column "Tag". However there is nothing in the tag column for any of the tracks???
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right click on the track in wmp and you will see an option for advanced tag editor. click that and see if the track number is the same as it shows in the actual track listing of the album. if i were you mate id convert everything to mp3 format, i just find that things like album art and track listings seem to work better, but thats just me.....
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The problem is definitely the ID3 tags.
I can't help you any further than that I'm afraid, as I've been using MP3 format for years now, and every piece of music that I possess is in that format. It's still the most universal format, and therefore works flawlessly on most devices.
I do know that m4a stores the tag values differently to ID3, so they may not be read succesfully. I don't know how wma stores the values, if at all!
I'd recommend getting a piece of software like Sony Sound Forge so you can do a batch conversion and make everything MP3. After that, use something like WinAmp to automatically populate the ID3 tags for you. Once you've done that, the previous suggestion I made about album art will definitely work, so just don't bother doing anything manually for that.
That's all I can suggest. It's a lengthy process, but done right it will definitely solve your current problem.
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totally agree bud. when i got into the digital music scene what seems like years ago now, all my collection was wma and i had nothing but hassle when transfering to other devices, the same as the op is having regarding mixed up tracks and missing art. after a lenghty process of converting everything to mp3 everything worked fine. i suggest its what the op does to solve the problem........if i were the op id convert the album thats giving him issues into mp3 format and transfer it onto his phone to see if it solves it. let us know op how you get on............
You may have already tried this.
But here goes if you go to your album on the pc then right click properties then goto details on each song that will tell you what number the track is & album artist etc that is the way the hd2 lists them from the properties not just the name of the song.
This is probably the first thing you tried but thought i would tell you anyway.
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The problem is definitely the ID3 tags.
I can't help you any further than that I'm afraid, as I've been using MP3 format for years now, and every piece of music that I possess is in that format. It's still the most universal format, and therefore works flawlessly on most devices.
I do know that m4a stores the tag values differently to ID3, so they may not be read succesfully. I don't know how wma stores the values, if at all!
I'd recommend getting a piece of software like Sony Sound Forge so you can do a batch conversion and make everything MP3. After that, use something like WinAmp to automatically populate the ID3 tags for you. Once you've done that, the previous suggestion I made about album art will definitely work, so just don't bother doing anything manually for that.
That's all I can suggest. It's a lengthy process, but done right it will definitely solve your current problem.
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I'll convert everything to MP3. I did start re-ripping my CD's as MP3's at top quality (I only ripped my wma at 128kbs), but I can't for the life of me find them I'm hoping they're on my other laptop when I get home, otherwise I'll have to do it all again I'll post on here when I done this and tried it and let you know the outcome.
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You may have already tried this.
But here goes if you go to your album on the pc then right click properties then goto details on each song that will tell you what number the track is & album artist etc that is the way the hd2 lists them from the properties not just the name of the song.
This is probably the first thing you tried but thought i would tell you anyway.
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Yeah, I've tried this and they are listed in the right way. There are no tags though so hoping this may be the issue as already mentioned.
Thanks though
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I'll convert everything to MP3. I did start re-ripping my CD's as MP3's at top quality (I only ripped my wma at 128kbs), but I can't for the life of me find them I'm hoping they're on my other laptop when I get home, otherwise I'll have to do it all again I'll post on here when I done this and tried it and let you know the outcome.
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Good luck mate. It may take a while, but it's well worth doing.
Incidentally, don't forget the good advice from donwhann - try 1 album first and make sure you're happy with the results before converting everything. If it turns out to be something else then you'd be mighty angry lol
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right click on the track in wmp and you will see an option for advanced tag editor. .....
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I don't get an option for advanced tag editor if I right click in wmp, or my library. Even if I go into properties that option isn't there?
I'm running the latest version of wmp.
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I don't get an option for advanced tag editor if I right click in wmp, or my library. Even if I go into properties that option isn't there?
I'm running the latest version of wmp.
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strange.......iv just tried it myself now and its there. are you right clicking on an individual track listed in an album?, stick at it mate, if your like me its a must have to have your music all sorted and looking good lol. keep us informed......
Funny I have always had this same problem. I didn't find the tag editor either BUT I just put the TAG column in my list and if I click by the song IN THAT COLUMN it opens up a text window for adding a tag. Nothing to say that the option is there just opened the text window. Might try that.
I have been using my HTC HD2 for a while now and I could swear the first two items below worked for me before but here goes. The last question is a "how to"
When playing music through the standard album art interface I get several issues
When in portrait mode you can't flip between albums only songs within an album
I can't find a STOP button, only a pause button. Where is the STOP?
I can't find the menu to play the playlists I created
Appreciate your help folks
Lazy HTC developers
1 press library - albums tab. there isn't room for all variant options on the front screen.
2 pause stops playback, and only having one button saves screen space. since the m music tab is always in memory it makes no difference if the track is paused or stopped.
3 click library choose play list tab click the list you want then click any song in thee list.playback starts from whichever song you click.
About the first question:
When you first got your phone, it only had the pre-added music that HTC put on it: just a couple of songs to demo the music player, with only one song in each album.
The first time you used the music player, all these songs were loaded in the "now playing" list. Since each album had only one song, skipping songs meant skipping albums. I think that's where you got the idea that you could flip through albums in portrait mode.
In fact, you can't; you can only skip through the songs that are currently loaded in the "now playing" list.
To flip through your albums, switch to landscape mode (you probably knew that already).
You're not the first one to ask this question; check out my explanation here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=588701
Many thanks for the responses folks. Saved me a lot of possible lost time trying to get my device back to vanilla settings.
hi
i realy disappointed of the Mediascape on the X10 its realy slow and not responding to finger touch good enught + the photo viewer is pretty slow!
is there any other APPS i can download to use as viewer and they good and fast enguth??
amir84 said:
hi
i realy disappointed of the Mediascape on the X10 its realy slow and not responding to finger touch good enught + the photo viewer is pretty slow!
is there any other APPS i can download to use as viewer and they good and fast enguth??
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Search the Market, there's a lot of free apps there that you can choose from.
i allready did sch there
didn't find anything useful thats why i'm asking here maybe for some recomndetion
I'm using MixZing for playing music ...
funny these threads. listed as one of the main selling points of this device was mediascape. you must have read that but bought it anyway! did you not try the phone 1st? this is a prime example of why we all should! not having a go so dont start flaming! expressing my opinion. there is no app within the app store that will deliver anything near what mediascape does right now so for this phone its the best you gonna get! in time when custom roms are being made then we may see the likes of what htc have to offer. we are also currently lacking in apps that do offer more but hopefully corecodec will develop an app for android! until then and until custom roms are available i would just stick with mediascape. no matter how much you hate it, the alternatives are even worse!
edit:
some coredec images for the cp2.0 for android.
http://tweetphoto.com/10841643
cybapaddy said:
I'm using MixZing for playing music ...
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i like MixZing! thanks!!
is there any good app also for Photo Viewer ??
playlists
Sorry for hijacking this thread but my question is to do with mediascape.
Anyone figure out how to create playlists in mediascape yet?
The only thing I have found that comes close is starring tracks as favourites, but that only generates one list.
Am I missing something or is it not possible? Cheers.
Baggyb said:
Sorry for hijacking this thread but my question is to do with mediascape.
Anyone figure out how to create playlists in mediascape yet?
The only thing I have found that comes close is starring tracks as favourites, but that only generates one list.
Am I missing something or is it not possible? Cheers.
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Yeah... I don't think that's possible. Which kind of sucks but something I can live with. I mostly just use Spotify anyway.
And I also want to know about any good picture gallery. I had one but it wasn't really good at all.
Ah, fair enough. At least it's not me going daft. I was searching Google and the results were implying that you could generate lists but they must have meant that it could be done via media go software.
As far as media players go i would consider that to be a basic feature that is required (especially if you have a large library).
As for the gallery I can't say I'm too impressed with that either. However I did like the one previewed on the mini. Hopefully that will be included in future updates, if there are to be any.
Just typing this on the phone itself using the HTC keyboard. The only thing missing are the directional arrow keys, tapping the screen in the correct place is hit and miss for me.
You can generate Playlists with the Astro Filemanager, which you should have installed anyway...
Yeah I do have that instaled. I'll try that out. Cheers mate.
PiQture is pretty good photo viewer.
I found se's other music player in the phone but cant shortcut to it to use it easily.
Im using the file manager by nalic (green and blue pie chart icon). Navigate to system/media/audio/ringtones (ogg) and play one, a different player called music opens to play it, now leave the file playing and pull down the notification tray and touch the play icon then press the left menu key then library button and you are in.
Now this player will be listed in the recently used app list (hold middle button) unless it gets moved off the list by opening more than 6 more apps without opening it again to bring it to the front of the list.
I like this one better than mediascape as its less cluttered and straightforward and you can create playlists which are drag and drop editable and show up in mediascape.
It would be nice to get to it easier though.
There is also a video player and picture viewer but they are very simple with few options.
loggy said:
I found se's other music player in the phone but cant shortcut to it to use it easily.
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Hi
I found it too. I managed to create a shortcut on home with Tasker :
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Hope this helps.
One of my main reasons for wanting the X10 is mediascape. Since I've only seen videos, and you guys actually have the X10... I'm looking forward to hearing why Mediascape is a poor media player and gallery. It certainly looks more robust and feature filled than any of the current media players I've seen.
Baggyb said:
Sorry for hijacking this thread but my question is to do with mediascape.
Anyone figure out how to create playlists in mediascape yet?
The only thing I have found that comes close is starring tracks as favourites, but that only generates one list.
Am I missing something or is it not possible? Cheers.
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it is possible but via media go I think, I spent ages trying to work out how to get a playlist set up but I think you have to literally set up a play list on your pc, then transfer that playlist on to the phone (?) only reason I say this is because there is a playlist option in the library in media go. Unfortunately I'd already moved my music across before noticing this so didn't want to double it up or remove it and start again.
I found an app called mortplayer which is free and works a charm for music
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it is possible but via media go I think, I spent ages trying to work out how to get a playlist set up but I think you have to literally set up a play list on your pc, then transfer that playlist on to the phone (?) only reason I say this is because there is a playlist option in the library in media go. Unfortunately I'd already moved my music across before noticing this so didn't want to double it up or remove it and start again.
I found an app called mortplayer which is free and works a charm for music
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Or get a file manager from the market and follow my instructions above, any playlists created will be automatically integrated into mediascape.
Its easy once you suss it. !
Hi,
Anyone know how to disable the mediascape from caching thumbnail for music file ? I think this would vastly improve the speed, as mediascape would only have to read the tagging info and not the image/albumart.
I tried to set the folder as read only, but it doesn't work, the phone still write to it
Hi all - I've sussed this out (alternate Music player and playlists)... download an app called "AnyCut" from the market... in here you can add all sorts of different things.. one of which is under the "activity" option.. called "Music" this is the stock android music app (mentioned by baggyb above).. this way you'll have a link to the music app on your home page which you can then use to create your playlists...
All these work arounds to create playlist are fine but the main PIA is when I want to add tracks to Current Play list while listening to music. Can't be done. I hope SE will soon release a upgrade to address some of these basic issues.
Also, when you try to add contact as Shortcut on Home Screen it brings up list of all contacts and there is no search or 'letter' list on side to select the names. You can to scroll all the way down to select names. I guess SE QA and design team tested the phone only with one track of music and one contact in address book.
I have been trying to find a music player for some time, but I couldnot find a suitable for me. So I made mine and I am posting so you can use it if you like. This is a mp3 player which has these feautures:
- search (using the search button)
- can navigate to folders and see the songs (mp3, wav for now)
- add them to the playlist by clicking the icon on the left
- add the entire folder and subfolders by clicking the folder icon
- play songs by clicking the rest of the song
- view the playlist (the third button on top)
- choose random play or one song after the previous (from the playlist) (random is the default)
- choose non-stop music (when the playlist is over, restarts the playlist)
- save playlists and load them anytime
- delete from plalist by long clicking the song from the playlist
- a bar to navigate to any time in the current song
- View the songs by filename as in your PC.
- no ads
You can change from playlist to browser view by clicking the third button on top.
The default folder is /sdcard/Music/ so I suggest move the songs there within their folder
You can go up one folder by clicking back on your device.
It is created for 320x240 resolution.
v0.5
- fixed major bug with playlist and play songs.
- now folders an files are to be seen alphabetical.
v0.6
- better interface
- now mymp3 comes with an icon
- no title bar means more space for the list
v0.65
- fixed bug sometimes adding folders(maybe not even noted it)
- feels like pressing buttons now
- minor other bug-fixes
Hope you enjoy this as much as I do
Waiting for your opinion
beastaki23 said:
I have been trying to find a music player for some time, but I couldnot find a suitable for me. So I made mine and I am posting so you can use it if you like. This is a mp3 player which has these feautures:
- search (using the search button)
- can navigate to folders and see the songs (mp3, wav for now)
- add them to the playlist by clicking the icon on the left
- add the entire folder and subfolders by clicking the folder icon
- play songs by clicking the rest of the song
- view the playlist (the third button on top)
- choose random play or one song after the previous (from the playlist) (random is the default)
- choose non-stop music (when the playlist is over, restarts the playlist)
- save playlists and load them anytime
- delete from plalist by long clicking the song from the playlist
- a bar to navigate to any time in the current song
- View the songs by filename as in your PC.
- no ads
The default folder is /sdcard/Music/ so I suggest move the songs there within their folder
You can go up one folder by clicking back on your device.
It is created for 320x240 resolution.
Hope you enjoy this as much as I do
Waiting for bugs (it is a little buggy yet)
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Installed...no bugs found yet ;-)
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Screen captures?
xeks said:
Screen captures?
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uploaded screen captures and basic tutorials
can you also add functionality that when you play random and the music player is closed, the next time you start the app the previously random played songs arent played again until all the songs in the playlist are played? Closing the app in that way does not make him start fresh. It is to prevent playing the same song much more often than other songs.
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can you also add functionality that when you play random and the music player is closed, the next time you start the app the previously random played songs arent played again until all the songs in the playlist are played? Closing the app in that way does not make him start fresh. It is to prevent playing the same song much more often than other songs.
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This plays the songs just once. I think you mean to remember the last playlist when you start the app? (and the songs that already been played?)
Yeah, but then you need to be able to randomize the list. Besides that, when a list is very very long, it is no fun to scroll to the right song.
EnsconcE said:
Yeah, but then you need to be able to randomize the list. Besides that, when a list is very very long, it is no fun to scroll to the right song.
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uploaded v0.4 which includes your nice idea of remembering playlist and played songs.
nice one, works very good with samsung wave and android 2.2. i needed another player since original samsung player isnt working yet in android port
Lithophyses said:
nice one, works very good with samsung wave and android 2.2. i needed another player since original samsung player isnt working yet in android port
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Glad you like it.
If anyone is willing to design a nice icon for the app let me know.
Also any new ideas are welcome.
I just fixed the bug not playing songs with a capital letter in their path when restoring from last playlist.
fixed a major bug
way better interface. Althought it appears a bug when I press to clear the playluist and it moves to the next song
Screenshots please looks promising. Good work.
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Can you like add a feature to it so that it can read lyrics embedded in the song's id3 tag? I don't find any that does that on the market.
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