I've tried to use both Double Twist and Song Bird.
The problem with Double Twist is it will not sync videos because it tries to convert them for the phone. Problem is I don't want them converted because they play fine when I copy them.
Song Bird does music well, but what about videos? I did notice when it scans my library it doesn't seem to capture all of my music.
Anyways is there anything else out there we can use for our Vibrants?
kizer said:
I've tried to use both Double Twist and Song Bird.
The problem with Double Twist is it will not sync videos because it tries to convert them for the phone. Problem is I don't want them converted because they play fine when I copy them.
Song Bird does music well, but what about videos? I did notice when it scans my library it doesn't seem to capture all of my music.
Anyways is there anything else out there we can use for our Vibrants?
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There's "The missing sync" but it seems to have bad reviews.
Why not just copy and paste onto sdcard? Also, kies might offer some sync solution
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disturkis4u said:
Why not just copy and paste onto sdcard? Also, kies might offer some sync solution
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I do copy and paste currently.
I just thought with the awesomeness of our phones that somebody would have figured out something cool by now.
Any pc/mac based sync app that can handle file trees should get the job done. Rsync would work..
Isyncr in the market is amazing.
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I want to know of a good program to manage my music on my comp and x10, i use VLC atm but its not great, ive tried double twist and both the desktop app and the actual app are crap and im never guna use itunes, so let me know what you use recomend
I use mediamonkey...IMO it's the best music manager out there.
[http://www.mediamonkey.com/]
and on the x10 I sometimes use mediascape but prefer using btunes (its has an ipod like interface)
[http://www.btunesmusicplayer.com/features/default.html]
I just use the good old "copy and paste" method.
I'm using double twist. The android app is pretty and then I found out it had desktop software too. I came.
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I just use the good old "copy and paste" method.
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Same. As long as your tags are accurate than this is the simplest method.
I use mixzing and then itunes, agent which will sync my selected music.
I just wish songbird would support the x10.
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Doubletwist rocks!
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I use Mozilla Songbird and love it. getsongbird.com
Windows Exploder Copy and Paste. Simple life...
Findee said:
I use mixzing and then itunes, agent which will sync my selected music.
I just wish songbird would support the x10.
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Hey Findee, Songbird works perfectly well with my X10. What seems to be the problem for you?
Cheers,
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rynoon said:
Same. As long as your tags are accurate than this is the simplest method.
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another for copy and paste
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another for copy and paste
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+1 - Windows Explorer is the only tool I use
Am I right in assuming that those of you that only copy and paste...dont use playlists?
Double twist / iTunes & iPhoto on OSX.
I've got a media library of 10000+ lossless, I'd die of old age if i had to use copypasta and couldn't automatically transcode and sync playlists.
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I use Media Go and Mediascape. Like with all new softwares, it took me a while to get use to the UI of both but now it's like second nature. I like media go's Gracenote since most of my music are downloaded from Youtube videos. Gracenote puts the information automatically which allows phone to download the album art cover. I also like the ability to create playlist coz I like the option to be able to play music by mood.
I use good ol' Total Commander
Left Pane: music directory on the PC.
Righ Pane: music directory on the SD Card.
MediaGo people give it alot of flak, but I think its not that bad. Get my podcasts,music,playlists,pictures and videos organized and auto syncs
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Am I right in assuming that those of you that only copy and paste...dont use playlists?
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You'd assume right in my case...
mith500 said:
Am I right in assuming that those of you that only copy and paste...dont use playlists?
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I use the cut-and-paste method, and use playlists too. I simply create the playlists in Windows (e.g. use Winamp) and then cut-and-paste the m3u playlist file to the phone as well. Mediascape detects the playlist fine.
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Doubletwist rocks!
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i need a good MEDIA Player, and a good sync client.
I have more than one device, i have a milestone as well. and i change devices like the wind.
lastly i have mood playlists and these msut be synced well.
so I use Windows Media Player in Windows 7. its magic.
Great Media Player, and does sync pretty well with the sync.
I have a problem with Double twist. Seems when it transfers m4a files encoded by Itunes, (I used to use OS Crap), it doesnt transger the tags. so half my librtary (Music I actually bought and encoded, vs downloading on the Bay) all gets lumped in the Unknown artist area, even though the tags are in the desktop app.
WMP doesnt sync playlists unless you use MTP protocol, (ie it will only transfer and check if the song in a playlist exists, but it wont actually tranfer the playlist file itself)
so i manually export the playlist files onto the device.
that way i have one media program on my computer.
what is the best media player and sync for epic..
i have used poweramp and doubletwist..both with high reviews.. but i m not interested in paid version (poweramp) and double twist does the job for now ..
but syncing is a hassle...i tried air sync and thats completely broken since somehow it reduced the bitrate to 64kbps for all 320kbps songs i had... i tried media monkey to sync but its not consistent... didnt try media player. .. winamp also works but making it see the phone is a headache..sometimes it sees.. sometimes it doesnt...
what do you use?? or do u just copy folders directly??? all the album art etc is messed up right now on my phone and even the id3 tags are messed up using media monkey( it has the right ones)...
just want to get your thoughts.
PowerAmp > *
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PowerAmp > *
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what do u sync it with?
Throw songs on your sd. Android will group them through media scanner. If you like the wifi thing.. try es file explorer. You'd have to setup a network share on your media pc though. Btw I really like mortplayer. Probably the most customizeable player out there.
cd's or tapes?
isyncr is really good. Works very well.
I use windows media player to sync and winamp as my player.
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I use audiogalaxy to stream from my pc to my phone.
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Throw songs on your sd. Android will group them through media scanner. If you like the wifi thing.. try es file explorer. You'd have to setup a network share on your media pc though. Btw I really like mortplayer. Probably the most customizeable player out there.
cd's or tapes?
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i ll try mortplayer....
for es explorer i already have media shared on my pc.. .so this shud see it on the network devices so that i can simply pull it from my phone..that wud be sweet
I use Winamp on my Epic and my PC. It syncs wireless.
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I use Winamp on my Epic and my PC. It syncs wireless.
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i think i tried that.. but copying music is kinda a mess in that isnt it?? i want it to go to a certain folder on sd card instead of root.. but it seems to be putting everything on root.??
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i think i tried that.. but copying music is kinda a mess in that isnt it?? i want it to go to a certain folder on sd card instead of root.. but it seems to be putting everything on root.??
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You have to tell it where to put it.
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MediaMonkey does it well for me.
I use doubletwist with air sync. I dont transfer songs too often, but when I do doubletwist has been pretty good with the wireless sync. I like the player too since its simple and has a nice, clean widget. It also now has lockscreen controls which are good or annoying if you dont wanna pause the song lol
Drag and Drop with Windows Explorer to sync....
TouchWiz media player (DK28).... I'd prefer that it didn't stop my song at 10% battery life but other than that it just works.
There ya go... simple and effective
So ever since i got the tab I have been having trouble with putting music on it. Everytime i save songs on the tab from my computer, the songs appear in other albums, the artists names appear for other songs, I get force closes...
Does anyone know what this could be happening?
Also, would a different music player app help solve this problem or organization?
Thanks for the help!
I use mediamonkey to properly name, tag, and include album art. Afterwords, I easily sync the music to my tablet (or drag and drop, depending on the mood).
This method works really well for having organized music on your tablet that's static, the way you set it up to sync in mediamonkey. Hope this helps.
Hey, thanks for the response. You kind of lost me there though... You said you use Mediamonkey to organize it then you pass it onto your tab. Does that mean Mediamonkey is a program on your computer or did i just understand it wrong and it's an app on the tab?
Thanks again! I'm hating the music situation at the moment...
I hate the stock music player and even the Google Music app because...tada..they all FC all the time. Can't even play more than one song.
I use PowerAmp, its the only music app that has ever worked for me on Android, ever !
As for tagging songs, MediaMonkey is good, but i just use iTunes.
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Weird thing I was browsing the other date and I found out that there was an update for the music app but the tab never noticed me about it.
Btw it works fine for me
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So ever since i got the tab I have been having trouble with putting music on it. Everytime i save songs on the tab from my computer, the songs appear in other albums, the artists names appear for other songs, I get force closes...
Does anyone know what this could be happening?
Also, would a different music player app help solve this problem or organization?
Thanks for the help!
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How are you transferring your music to your tab? I use mediamonkey on my PC to manage my music... and then from within mediamonkey I tell it to sync whatever songs or albums I want directly to the tab. I am betting your mp3 tags are getting messed up in the transfer.
Mike
Am really appeciating the help everyone, thanks!
So far still not having much luck...
I am currently trying to use MediaMonley as previously suggested. I am getting tags from the web and that works in general, but sometimes does not work. When doing this, does it alter the orig file? The process i have been using to transfer music is open up "My Music" on my PC where I thought I had things well organized by artist. Then i copy them over to the tab. Should I try syncing through MediaMonkey? How would I do this? Sorry if my questions and understanding are noob like.
Another issue I am having is in my gallery on the tab. Every track has the picture of the Album or whatever which is taking up insane amounts of storage as well just seems dumb...
Will also look into another music player as suggested.
Feel free to comment on any of this. I'm still trying to figure it out and am struggling. Makes me feel like deleting all my music to start over!!!!
Have you tried PlayerPro??
You can pick songs/albums from folders so much easier to organise.
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Looking for the recommended way to transfer itunes music to the N7. I don't really want to purchase any converters and I don't have any protected content. It's just that not all files are mp3, and they're in the itunes file formats. Been searching and have ideas, but figured this would be a great place to ask.
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Looking for the recommended way to transfer itunes music to the N7. I don't really want to purchase any converters and I don't have any protected content. It's just that not all files are mp3, and they're in the itunes file formats. Been searching and have ideas, but figured this would be a great place to ask.
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Download itunes agent, I've been using it on my incredible S for a year and its awesome and easy
Why not just go to your iTunes music folder under your user profile in My Computer and drag n drop. Shouldn't need to install anything.
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Why not just go to your iTunes music folder under your user profile in My Computer and drag n drop. Shouldn't need to install anything.
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My computer Music is all over the place, and this way I can sync all my music and album art, because everything was in my itunes to start with
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isyncr
I use Isyncr WiFi . Syncs wirelessly
Can select specific playlists or everything.
Syncs play counts.
Auto sync at specific time everyday if required.
There is a consolidate library feature in iTunes that will put all music and stuff in iTunes folder.
http://doubletwist.com/
doubletwist works perfect for me. Give it a try...
I downloaded the google music computer app which will upload all your iTunes music to google music. You can then either stream or download it to your device.
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I downloaded the google music computer app which will upload all your iTunes music to google music. You can then either stream or download it to your device.
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This! Exactly what I was thinking.
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I downloaded the google music computer app which will upload all your iTunes music to google music. You can then either stream or download it to your device.
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Is that only in the US?
Once you download and setup the app using a US proxy, you can upload and stream the music from anywhere
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I am coming from an iPhone and boy boy BOY do I miss the seamless syncing between iTunes and my iPhone..
It was nothing short of great.....
Now that I am rocking an S4, I am definitely missing this feature. I am using Winamp right now, but its not very good at deciphering stuff..and Samsung Kies is a joke.
I am looking for a piece of software that would rock at syncing my music with my S4 in a nice fashion. Any suggestions as I am really REALLY missing my iPhone 5 now simply because of a very simple feature...
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I am coming from an iPhone and boy boy BOY do I miss the seamless syncing between iTunes and my iPhone..
It was nothing short of great.....
Now that I am rocking an S4, I am definitely missing this feature. I am using Winamp right now, but its not very good at deciphering stuff..and Samsung Kies is a joke.
I am looking for a piece of software that would rock at syncing my music with my S4 in a nice fashion. Any suggestions as I am really REALLY missing my iPhone 5 now simply because of a very simple feature...
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Songbird for sure! Here's the Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.songbirdnest.mediaplayer&hl=en
and here's for the desktop client http://www.getsongbird.com/
Really? Plug in phone, copy Music folder on PC to phone.
Not sure why you would want to use crappy software like itunes when you can just drag and drop your whole music folder.
I'd recommend isyncr, it works flawlessly for me
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Songbird for sure! Here's the Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.songbirdnest.mediaplayer&hl=en
and here's for the desktop client http://www.getsongbird.com/
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I use poweramp. Will it still work seamlessly with it?
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I use poweramp. Will it still work seamlessly with it?
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I know it will with the SongBird app, but not sure about PowerAmp...here's a thread on the subject though http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562816
DoubleTwist works the best for me. Not sure about the other apps. It has a slight (but not very much) iTunes feel.
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iSyncr works great!
I'll also go for doubletwist. It has an integrated podcast manager as well.
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Really? Plug in phone, copy Music folder on PC to phone.
Not sure why you would want to use crappy software like itunes when you can just drag and drop your whole music folder.
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I agree, if you are plugging the phone in, just treat it as a drive and drag and drop. Syncing with iTunes is a big pain and a waste if you don't use song counts or any of that nonsense. If you already have your music organized by artist and album, then copy/paste is a lot faster.
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I agree, if you are plugging the phone in, just treat it as a drive and drag and drop. Syncing with iTunes is a big pain and a waste if you don't use song counts or any of that nonsense. If you already have your music organized by artist and album, then copy/paste is a lot faster.
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Exactly. Especially since Android runs a media scanner whenever you unplug, so all your Music apps like stock or Poweramp will see the changes instantly. And you can sort by folder so this is a great solution.
Reviving the topic, to see if anyone has a suggestion for PC software to sync music with the Galaxy S4.
I would prefer to have a program to handle this, so I don't have to manually build the folder structure (artist\album\file.mp3) and also, so I don't have to remember which new files I've gotten that need to be uploaded. Right now I'm using Windows Media Player, it worked reasonably well with my Xperia Ion, but with the Galaxy I have to stop and restart the sync and then stop it again, since it never reaches 100% even though all the mp3 files were uploaded. Also, it is not really syncing, if I change anything in already uploaded files, like tag or artwork, the changes don't go through, even if I manually delete the old file from my phone card.
I've tried Winamp, it doesn't recognize the SD card and wants to upload the files to the phone internal memory. Both Kies and Songbird never really connect to the device, they stay trying to connect for a long time. And Doubletwist Desktop does not update the music library when some files are added, deleted or changed.
SPOTIFY... 8 bucks a month for an unbelievable amount of music. The offline mode makes tracks accessible without and data and you can share music with your friends. You can also check out what they are jamming to and discover new music. I don't even know what people use iTunes anymore. Spotify also has a desktop interface so you can enjoy your music at the office on the Pc or Mac
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Thanks for the info. I'm not at all interested in all the "social" stuff, I just need an efficient way to sync my PC music library with my phone. I considered Google Music at some point, since it was offering 20,000 songs (double my library) for free, that you need to upload. Problem is that there is no easy way to tell the program to store it in a specific folder in the SD card. Also, I don't think you can just make the whole library offline, you have to do it track by track, or maybe album by album. How is Spotify in these two issues? Although, quite frankly, for almost $100 a year I'll probably stick with WMP for free.