Bluetooth Headset Interaction with PocketTunes on Windows Mobile (HTC Touch HD) - Touch HD General

This may be a problem with other media players but does anyone know if there is a way to configure the bluetooth stereo headset buttons to work with other media players?
I have recently bought a set of Motorola S9 BT headphones and want to use PocketTunes (or anything other than WMP) but I notice that the headphone next/previous track buttons only work with WMP.
Any ideas?
Thanks

I use PocketPlayer and they had to add a work-around specifically to get HTC devices working with BT buttons.
By default WMP intercepts all of these button presses so if PocketTunes hasn't implemented a similar work-around then you're out of luck for now.

Bugblatter said:
I use PocketPlayer and they had to add a work-around specifically to get HTC devices working with BT buttons.
By default WMP intercepts all of these button presses so if PocketTunes hasn't implemented a similar work-around then you're out of luck for now.
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Thanks,
I will point the PT guys towards the PP thread and see what they can come up with.
I will also try Pocketplayer and see what I that is like. Do you have any skins which you would recommend for PP then as I don't like the WMP one nor the default wvga skin.
Regards

No I've not found any other WVGA skins.
I used PP on my Loox 720 years ago and there were a couple of great VGA skins but no-one seems to be doing much PP skinning these days as far as I've seen.
PP was the best player back then IMO, and I tried pretty much all of them. I haven't re-tested since I got my HD but it still seems to be a very good and well-supported product.

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WMP 10 Today Plugin

Does anyone know of a Windows Media Player plugin for the today screen that works with version 10 of WMP. THe PHM plugin doesn't work with 10. Also I tried other programs like pocket music but they have bad integration with the operating system and voice command.
Thanks,
Daniel
Here it is...
WMP 10 plugin like IPOD with today screen plugin and portuguese operators configuration. If you do noy need install the 3 operators cab...inside
Thanks- I installed the .CAb but the today plugin only says "Play media files"- is it supposed to have controls- like Play, Stop , Next etc...
The Today Screen plugin opens WMP 10 with a IPOD Screen and on the screen, on the sides you have BIG controls that you can use .
I was looking for a plugin that allows you to control WMP from the today screen. Thanks anyway- also- i have a better Ipod skin that I uploaded here:
I accidently ran the optimus /cab and now my connections are screwed up-
how do I remove it?
FOUND ONE!!!
SPB Just released a perfect WMP Today plugin for WMP 10!!
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/plugins.html?en
-Daniel
very simple no control on what to play. just play/pause next/prev and vol up/down it would be nice if we could atleast select a folder or playlist. everytime i start it, it plays my WMA tones! hahaha o well.
Ipod skin
Thanks for the very cool iPod Skin.
Re: FOUND ONE!!!
DanielHochman said:
SPB Just released a perfect WMP Today plugin for WMP 10!!
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/plugins.html?en
-Daniel
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Good find, thanks
Why don't you give mortplayer a try, the today plugin for is is great
I have to say that anything that's not WMP just isn't good for the pocket pc (in my opinion) because of the lack of integration with the OS. For example, when I get a call it stops my music, then when i'm finished it resumes playing. As far as I know only WMP does this. Also, all the other players are too fancy for me- I don't need all those controls- just Play,Pause, Volume, and Next/previous track.
Although- does anyone know how to map other buttons. When I try to map other buttons besides the 5 "joystick" buttons it goes to that function. For example, if I choose mute and press "assign" and then press the contacts button- it switches me to my contacts. Same thing for my camera, phone, calander etc...
Any ideas??
Thanks!
ps- I love the iPod skin too!! I got it a while ago and can't find it anymore due to copyright issues. Good thing I saved it on my HD!
I actually found a newer version while seeing if what I wrote was true-
Here you go!

Control the HD with the standard HTC Headset?

Here ist my Question:
Is it possible to control a MP3 Player with the standard Headset? For exmaple:
One tap on the little Button (on the micro): next song
Two taps: previous song
Holding button: Stop/start
What do you mean? perhaps with a little softwaretool or a good customizable MP3 player...
I had the same question. Can the standard headset be used for anythign other than hang up/ answer / redial? what about accessing voice command?
Cheeze[iT] said:
I had the same question. Can the standard headset be used for anythign other than hang up/ answer / redial? what about accessing voice command?
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long press the button....but i never use this function.
No, cannot. You are much better off with a bluetooth remote/headset like this one, Jabra BT3030 at around 38€:
http://dontknowme.at/http://www.amazon.de/Jabra-BT3030-Stereo-Bluetooth-Headset/dp/B000WVFNTA
Added bonus for me: I have two mobiles, can connect both and take calls from both, while music holds.
Does anyone know if the W100 wired remote works on the HD?
Cheers
crankshaft said:
Does anyone know if the W100 wired remote works on the HD?
Cheers
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And will it work with windows mediaplayer and tcpmp, or does it only work with the player in tf3d?
I was very enthousiastic to get the RC 100 when I bought my HD at the store and I asked for the RC 100 but unfortunately the merchant tried it and it doesnt work, incompatible, this is really upseting that HTC could not THINK about working on a remote control for the HD, that would be really very useful to control music/calls without taking it out of your pocket...cause it is so huge ! anyway....we wait and see...for any new suggestion.

Which musicplayer do you use on the HD?

I am curious, which player do you use and which is the best on the HD (no D-Pad). Which player makes the HD a real competitor to the iPod Touch / iPhone (in playing music).
I Like the Pocket Player. Nice Browsing through albums, many settingoptions, nice design.
I use the HTC one, it works and sounds pretty good ..
Coreplayer .... many many threads and posts about this ....
I'm trying out Pocketmusic (seems OK so far) as I can't get the TF3D thingie to work with more than a handful of tracks loaded, and anyway it seems a bit of a toy compared to what I've used before (pTunes on PalmOS), and it doesn't support .ogg files.
brainfogs said:
Coreplayer .... many many threads and posts about this ....
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Btw, do you have any idea how to setup the fading in core player? you know, fading, so that when a song terminates the next one starts with 1-2 seconds overlapping, so it doesnt have the silence break..
thanks,
ionutz
Pocket Tunes is very good.
But, they don't have a WVGA skin yet. One thing that I found to be useful is the good bluetooth handling they have and the redirection of podcasts to a mono headset.
Regards, D
you also have Kinoma Play. Excellent as music player.
GSplayer old but very good
Ive been using the TF3D-player up until yesterday when i installed Coreplayer.
The sound and equalizer is much better in Coreplayer.
nizzon said:
Ive been using the TF3D-player up until yesterday when i installed Coreplayer.
The sound and equalizer is much better in Coreplayer.
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But i think an intuitive interface is also very important. i like the interface of S2P but the coverflow is not very smooth. Currently i am using pocket player but i hope there will be some good ipod-like-mediaplayer soon.
TF3d music tab sounds way better than Windows media player..I just got coreplayer...I may start using it if the sound quality is better.
S2P for me!
As for me, I use S2P! I've been using it since it first came out, when I was using my "old" Touch. Now i've got the latest OpenGL S2P from A-C, and love it,think its a great player, and would recommend it to anyone.
But I do understand that everyone has their personal choice,so if u're looking for a music player, try several and see what suits you best!
I'm a huge MortPlayer fan, it plays my ogg files perfectly. The new beta version is MortPlayer 3.31 b76 which comes with a skin made for the HD resolution Highly Recommended.
I use "conduits pocket player". Amongst other things, it has the features I most want from an mp3/media player. The most important features for me are; The screen turns off at a configurable time, it has a configurable sleep timer, It pauses for phone calls and resumes playing on completion. I can control the pause and rewind (volume up and volume down buttons respectively) from my pocket. I think it is a great player.
I use HTC TF3D sound...
I'm testing Pocket Player - and so far I'm liking it. I just wish the default skin was nicer. So far I haven't found any other skins that are wvga and have the functionality + large cover photo like the default skin. And I wish you could navigate in full screen mode.
I tried the iPhone looking skin found in the xda forums, but the album cover is still too small (for my taste), and that skin doesn't have the functionality of the default skin.
So far the TF3D player and Pocket Player are my favorites (I've already tried all of the other ones on the poll list above). We'll see which one I end up using more often.
I used to use S2P but am happy with the HTC one, links up with my BT headphones and sounds quite good.
No winamp on its way to WM 6.1?
I am using MortPlayer for all music playing, it even wakes me up in the morning (that was the reason I started using it back in WM5 times: it was able to "awake" my HTC Wizard, while the implemented clock was not ...)
But MortPlayer is much more than this, it is easy to listen to live audio streams, MP3, OGG files and to create playlists or run through folder collections. A great player, indeed!
Eriol
TF3D - simple and good audio quality. Composing playlist is somehow difficult because you dont see the full ID3 info. Loading takes some time when you have many audiofiles and to say the truth .... i don´t have soooo many - about 1-2GB only.
All other players have one problem, i have to start them, they don´t look as cool as TF3D and aren´t so user/thumbfriendly as TF3D - except for Mortplayer carscreen.

Motorola S9HD Bluetooth Stereo + WM Player

Friends,
I own the Motorola S9HD Bluetooth Stereo Headphones and noticed when I launch S2P, WM media player launches also.
Any ideas why this occurs? If I don't have the BT headset on and launch S2P by itself, no problems.
Please any ideas will be appreciated.
Thank You,
Tvos
so no one here has any ideas on this?
tvos
I think it's from the S9s. When i launch Coreplayer and press the play button, it starts WMP :\ This wasn't the case with my regular S9s.
kareem9nba said:
I think it's from the S9s. When i launch Coreplayer and press the play button, it starts WMP :\ This wasn't the case with my regular S9s.
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You may want to enable CorePlayer's options of taking control of WMP plugins. S2P doesn't support Bluetooth controls I thought?
AC explained it to me via prv msg that its a part of WM core engine which automatically loads at S2P execution. No way to disable it..
Case closed!
Tvos

Windows Media Player Alternatives?

So...
WMP sucks... its slow to switch songs... tough to create playlists and freezes up my Ozone whenever I am listening to music and get a txt/email.
However one thing it does do is allow me to use the song select buttons on my stereo bluetooth headset.
What I am looking for is an alternative to WMP that allows the use of those buttons.
I really like Pocket Tunes - clean interface, easy to use... wicked fast song switching but it doesnt recognize the buttons on the Headset.
I havent been able to get Core Player to work on it... keeps giving errors.
Any suggestions or rec's would be greatly appreciated!!!!!
Try Kinoma Play.
i think either vlc or mplayer also has a windows mobile (though it may be in beta)
HTC-OH_SNAP said:
So...
WMP sucks... its slow to switch songs... tough to create playlists and freezes up my Ozone whenever I am listening to music and get a txt/email.
However one thing it does do is allow me to use the song select buttons on my stereo bluetooth headset.
What I am looking for is an alternative to WMP that allows the use of those buttons.
I really like Pocket Tunes - clean interface, easy to use... wicked fast song switching but it doesnt recognize the buttons on the Headset.
I havent been able to get Core Player to work on it... keeps giving errors.
Any suggestions or rec's would be greatly appreciated!!!!!
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Pocket Player will use the buttons on the headset, but you MUST go into comm manager and set your bluetooth to stereo and hands free each time prior to using Pocket Player. This happens with some headsets for some reason.
My Jabra BT8010 set works fine without having to go into comm man each time, but my old Motorola set did not.
I 2nd Kinoma Play. Easy UI, good features, smooth operation.
nightryder21 said:
Try Kinoma Play.
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dougmwpsu said:
I 2nd Kinoma Play. Easy UI, good features, smooth operation.
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i vouch for Kinoma as well..
Core Player
A working version of the Core Player is posted in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4240457&postcount=2
I also use GSPlayer for streaming media. Haven't tried it with a bluetooth headset.
GS Player
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/
HTC-OH_SNAP said:
So...
WMP sucks... its slow to switch songs... tough to create playlists and freezes up my Ozone whenever I am listening to music and get a txt/email.
However one thing it does do is allow me to use the song select buttons on my stereo bluetooth headset.
What I am looking for is an alternative to WMP that allows the use of those buttons.
I really like Pocket Tunes - clean interface, easy to use... wicked fast song switching but it doesnt recognize the buttons on the Headset.
I havent been able to get Core Player to work on it... keeps giving errors.
Any suggestions or rec's would be greatly appreciated!!!!!
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kerne said:
A working version of the Core Player is posted in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4240457&postcount=2
I also use GSPlayer for streaming media. Haven't tried it with a bluetooth headset.
GS Player
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/
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coreplayer make a problem with my A2DP bluetooth headset..
controlling wmp while locked or in another app
I am a newbie coming from blackberry & i have a question. On the bberry, if the phone is locked u can still control the music player by using the volume up/down keys to change volume & change tracks. You can also control the volume & change tracks when not even in the media player screen...for example if i switch over to look at my email....is there a modification that will make this possible on a wm6x phone?
Core player, TCPMP, or HTC Audio manager are good. I made a Titanium HTC Audio Manager panel for my latest ROM. You have to enable it in CHome Config.
Will the voice recognition software work with other players?
Will the voice recognition software work with other players?

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