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importing/playing .M4A music files to my Touch HD

Hi Guys...
I'm struggling here, I've surfed the wiki, the FAQs and the web and these seems as though it should be simple but...
I've tried (a) dragging and dropping into the device music folder and (b)importing through syncing with my PC's WMP 11 both with equal success - none to be exact. I can see the name of the file but it won't play.
I've treid some MP3 ring tones and they work OK but I can't listen to those on the tube each morning. Mearly all my music is in iTunes as M4A's which are stated as being compatible and supported - but they don't play.
Any idea's, am I missing CODECs ??? Anyone got an idiot guide for getting music out of iTunes into my HTC ???
Thanx for your help as always...

This one puzzles me.
ALL my music on the HD is in M4A format (because it seems more space-efficient than MP3). It plays no problem with the unbuilt players.
My files weren't from iTunes though. I make them using the Nero codecs on the PC.

m4a from iTunes on touch HD do not work
Hi out there,
I am facing the same problem, I can see my m4a files on the Touch HD but they won't play. After converting them into mp3 it's fine but this is a hassle and the instructions say it can play m4a. Any news on this would be highly appreciated.
The songs are iTunes + and thus DRM free, so this cannot be the problem.
Thanks for sharing any advice,
cheers,
levallier

Hey guys,
I had this problem aswell since I copied my iTunes directory to my SD card. I decided to buy some music player software for my phone since I use it alot so.
Now I'm using Pocketplayer and I've had no problem since .
Regards,
/a

WMP 11 and m4a files
I too am having the same problem. My files are from iTunes and DRM free but they will not play. I believe the problem is that the ROM I have is using WMP 10.3 and only has a WMP 11 skin. I have not found a way to 'upgrade' WMP to any other version..
levallier said:
Hi out there,
I am facing the same problem, I can see my m4a files on the Touch HD but they won't play. After converting them into mp3 it's fine but this is a hassle and the instructions say it can play m4a. Any news on this would be highly appreciated.
The songs are iTunes + and thus DRM free, so this cannot be the problem.
Thanks for sharing any advice,
cheers,
levallier
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Try to create an AAC-version...
Hey... I had the same problem: My bought, DRM-free iTunes Plus files did not play on my Touch Diamond2 even though all metadata - including coverimages - showed up nicely in the TF3D Mucis app. After a little research in here, I tried to use the "Create AAC version" option in iTunes and PRESTO - all my music was playable again. I suppose this is due to some incompatibility with the wrapper Apple uses around m4a-files.
If you want to keep track of which files are "originals" and which are AAC-converted versions you can create a smart playlist in iTunes and select by type...

core player have no problems playing any m4a files I got both own conveted and itune bought mind you non drm
and even if one got drm files one can convert them to non drm without any problems using itunes now that apple drop'd drm

I use coreplayer to play both m4a and m4b files. Yes I know its not free, but its well worth it IMO.

Syncing Music to the Google Nexus

Hello,
I've been viewing the XDA forums for a long time now, with never needing to post a question as I usually find my question asked & answered by someone else.
But in this case, I was unable to find a direct answer to a question(s) i have.
I have a Google Nexus (for 3 weeks now) which I have flashed the ROM to NexDesire 1.2 ROM to make use of the HTC widgets (mainly the music app). Now before and after adding this ROM I have tried numerous of times to sync my playlists and music (using media monkey or WMP) to my device, which have failed to completely sync all my songs due to some of my songs being in WMA format and some songs being DRM protected (i believe).
Now my questions are:
1. Is there a way to apply codecs to my phone\ROM in order to play WMA files? Or would I have to convert all WMA files to either MP3 or MP4 in order to have them played on my device.
2. Each time I sync playlists, they fail to appear on my phone (although the music appears), is there a way to sync playlists properly? My playlists are currently in .M3U form.
3. Can anyone recommed a good DRM removal software in order to play my music on the device, or is there a way to play DRM content on the device? (I was able to on my HD2 phone).
4. Surprisingly the HTC music app doesn't have an equalizer unlike its HD2 counterpart, so can anyone recommend a music app from the market place that will have equalizer functionality?
If these questions have been answered elsewhere then please point me in the correct direction....I did try the search beforehand, but couldn't find the answers to my questions.
Thanks for your help in advance

audacity can do your conversions for you, which should remove DRM
i have yet to find a music player with an equalizer, unfortunatey. i asked the same question a long time ago (hint-use the search function), and was given the same answer i'm giving you. apparently, it isn't so easy to create equalizer functionality using java coding

Hey thanks for your reply, I'll take a look at the software you mentioned.
As with the equalizer functionailty I can only hope this can be resolved, its a shame not to have it on such as great phone.
Thanks again!

[Q] Audiobook Sync?

Hi Guys!
I have a little problem and wondered whether anyone could help?
I am running SGSII with Jellybean 4.1.2 and a Nexus 7 Tablet with Jellybean 4.2.2.
I listen to a lot of Audiobooks and was wondering whether it is possible to sync the playback position between my two devices so I can just pick them up keep listening from the last playback point on either device. I've tried to use Google Music but this doesn't seem to work and I've looked on the Market for an app but don't really know what the search criteria should be (if an app to do this even exists!).
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks guys.

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Question: How do i manage music on my Pixel 4?

Good morning everyone.
Hope your all having a fantastic day.
This is more of a general android quesiton i suppose rather then a pixel 4. but being brand new to #teampixel thought i would ask.
while i have spotify and dont plan to use music on my phone to often, nice to have for them data black spots.
So i am gonna transfer over a few albums, just wondering what apps you are all using to manage albums and art work?
And then where are you putting your music on the device? surely i shouldn't just dump everything into the downloads folder.
Thank you for your time in reading this post, and hope your able to help.
Kind regards
Liam

You can use a simple Music Player Aimp / Poweramp ... Foobar
I copy the files to the Music folder from my PC.

Even though Google play music is being discontinued this year I'm still using it over YouTube music. I can access my music library on my computer and on my phone. Works great with Android auto too.

Hey there,
just use the preinstalled "YT Music" App. There you can manage your YouTube music and your local music, it also supports the "Motion Sense".
Regards,
Sebastian