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M3U playlists not showing up

Anyone else having an issue getting the music player to see .m3u playlist files?
I don't use Kies since I'm on a Mac, so I copy everything over onto the SDcard. The media scan completes but my playlists don't show up in the player.
If I use a music player from the market (such as doubleTwist) then it sees and plays the M3U files fine.
I'm not particularly fussy what player I use, but recognising my playlists is a basic prerequisite.

Do you found a solution
I have the same problem....
Thanx

I have the same frustrating problem. I hope we can get it sorted out.

Same problem here on my t-mobile vibrant any luck with a fix. Im using missing sync for android on my mac and after sync i see all my music but no playlists show up. If you navigate to the music on the sd card you can see all the playlists.

No fix I'm aware of.
I'm using a combination of iSyncr and Lithium Player to sync with iTunes and play/scrobble music.

Only 10 but I copied 25.
I'm using windows playlist. I copy over(example) 25 playlist but only 10 actually show up. They are all the same format as well. It also doesn't seem to actually store them. By that I mean that it's not that it is only shows 10 there are only ten on the card? Even though I copied 25 across. it says copy is successful and everything.
Desire 2.1 Sense. Not rooted.

Another one with the same problem here. Samsung Galaxy S spanish movistar version, no m3u lists showing when copied from my macbook.
Is the problem solved with kies?
It wouldn't be the fastest way, but it will always be better than make de playlists on the pone.

I surrender... I want to use the default music player from my Galaxy S, so I finally choose this way, from lycan_codex, just search: "[Q] What Playlists formats are supported by Samsung Galaxy S music player?". I will write to Samsung an email and wait if they will fix (if it's need fixed, I mean that samsung maybe don't want to able read m3u files for any reason).

Media file tags

I took my PAYG Samsung Galaxy S II back to O2 (UK) for a refund today, after 2 days of use. Love the speed, thinness, screen quality and size. TouchWiz is dire - but can be replaced with Launcher Pro. I could not live with the fact that most of my music files came up with <unknown artist> and no cover art. I use DoubleTwist to synchronise (after a fashion!) iTunes playlists to my Android devices. The same music files that appear correctly on the Nexus S and the Xoom would not show the artist/cover art information on the SGS2. So I know the files are tagged correctly. I also tried a direct copy of music files from my iMac to the SGS2, but same issue. Tried the stock music app as well as DoubleTwist and the Samsung Music hub - the media details were missing whatever the player.
I have spent many hours getting my media files correctly tagged and cannot live with a device that ignores all my hard work. May seem a small point and I can't understand how this could happen.
Has anyone else experienced the same problem and is there a cure?

Did you try PowerAmp? That works perfectly fine...that scans all the tags and brings up the details. I never use the stock music player cos it's not that good imo.

Everything else sucks compared to PowerAmp.

I think Doubletwist was your problem, I've seen another user at Androidforums who had the same thing, his files were fine when he just sideloaded them.

NZtechfreak said:
I think Doubletwist was your problem, I've seen another user at Androidforums who had the same thing, his files were fine when he just sideloaded them.
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I agree DoubleTwist is far from ideal, but it has worked OK to move music to the Nexus S and the Xoom - with all information complete. I also tried side-loading an album that showed with no artist information or cover art after the DoubleTwist sync and it made no difference. PowerAmp may be a good player on the device, but does it handle music transfer (from a Mac), as I need to move music in an iTunes playlist to my phones - too cumbersome to move files individually.

im using FLAC files with winamp and had no real issues, tho i did notice this morning that some tracks arent in the correct order but id have to check my tagging before i make assumtions
other than that not had one problem with them, you sure you didnt really want to take your phone back anyway seems a small matter to return such a nice phone for when it can probably be fixed

I'm not an iTunes user, so I don't know what the other softwares are, but I am aware there are several other options you could try to sync across from iTunes. Maybe give some others a try?

Found the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062137&highlight=media
Seems that the SGS2 does not recognise artists (and presumably cover art) tags if the file is in M4a format. That would explain why some of my files were OK and others not. Most of my iTunes library is in M4a format, purchased from iTunes. Way too much work to convert everything to MP3 and no reason why this popular format is not supported, as it is supported on every other Android phone (including my Samsung Nexus S).

It was me that started that thread and I still have not found a solution, which is annoying, hopefully someone smarter than me will find an answer!
Just seams an odd thing as no other phone I've ever had has had this problem! And I'm not going to convert all my music either! Maybe someone will get the stock music app working?

It is really strange as I tried the Samsung Music Hub, the stock music player and DoubleTwist and they all could not read the tags. So it must be something that Samsung has done to the file format on this particular phone. I doubt it is an application fault, so it is up to Samsung to acknowledge and fix this oddity. I returned mine and will now wait for the HTC Sensation.

Downloading Files Through The Browser/Apps On WP8?

I remember reading a article that windows phone 8 has a new api out that for example would let u download a mp3 through the browser and add it to your media library on the device without needing to sync w/ a computer to do this.
has anyone tested this out yet? is it possible?
also if this is possible would i be possible for us to have a winrar/winzip app on wp8 now and download those file types and add the contents to our media library all on the device? or even a file explorer of some sorts since we are now able to send/receive music files from what ive been reading
heres a article on apps adding music/media into the music hub
Windows Phone 8 has new API for loading music from Apps into the Music Hub | WMPoweruser
"Winphoneviet, who leaked the most recent Windows Phone 8 SDK, reports that the SDK has new APIs, including one called SaveSongOperation which allows one to load music into the Xbox Music Library, just like developers can now save pictures to the Picture Hub.
The freedom would for example allow developers to download music from the internet and add it to the music bug, or transfer music via Bluetooth and do the same."

I tried to download an MP3 from sound cloud trought Internet explorer on my lumia and it only streamed the file,it wouldn't let me download it in order to save it
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Indeed...
I just did a standard "press and hold" and there was no download option (open in a new tab, copy link, and share link).
That is very disappointing.
JJ

[Q] just bought a Note 3. How do I get my music off iphone 4s without apple software

I just got a Samsung galaxy note 3 after years of being shackled by iPhone -- don't know why I didn't leave Apple earlier. Only problem I have is I cannot get my music off iPhone and unto Note 3 (or even better still, just onto my PC -- Yes I do know about iTunes but can't get the iTunes music off iTunes/iPhone.
Is it actually possible to rip my music out of my iPhone and onto my PC (ideally in mp3 or other usable format) so I can load the music onto my Samsung note 3.
There used to be software about a few years ago (non apple software) that ripped the music off but Apple seem to have scoured the net and stopped this.
I'd be very grateful for some help here. You can post here or send me an email. Cheers.

Google is your friend
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You can't find your iTunes folder and copy and paste the music folder?
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It's all in your iTunes folder but make sure you only copy the music and not all the rest (album art, etc.) otherwise you will wasting a lot of space with files your Note cannot handle.
Good luck
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Congratulations and welcome to Android. There will be no going back for you now.
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Have a search for iFunbox. This program should do what you need.... Although, I'm not sure if, or how you can play DRM protected music on your non-apple phone.
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Don't thank me, I'm useless

You can't extract music from a device through iTunes anyway.
I remember with an iPod you used to be able to hook it up to a pc, show hidden files and find a ton of folders with weirdly named .mp3's. All you had to do was copy them and rename them. Does this not still work on an iPhone?
You can try to use Sharepod, but it will require iTunes 10.0 or higher to be open. This because Apple scrambles the filenames.

iTools works perfect for me. You can just google it and download it

Hey,
Use iTools. You can sync both ways using iTools. I stopped using iTunes after my friend showed me iTools.
It can transfer all your songs from iPhone to PC/Mac.

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I just got a Samsung galaxy note 3 after years of being shackled by iPhone -- don't know why I didn't leave Apple earlier. Only problem I have is I cannot get my music off iPhone and unto Note 3 (or even better still, just onto my PC -- Yes I do know about iTunes but can't get the iTunes music off iTunes/iPhone.
Is it actually possible to rip my music out of my iPhone and onto my PC (ideally in mp3 or other usable format) so I can load the music onto my Samsung note 3.
There used to be software about a few years ago (non apple software) that ripped the music off but Apple seem to have scoured the net and stopped this.
I'd be very grateful for some help here. You can post here or send me an email. Cheers.
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I used to use this when I wanted to get the music out of my iPod into my Mac: https://www.fadingred.com/senuti/
But scouring around the internet I found that this may work too: http://www.getsharepod.com/
They are both shareware -.- , but they work with iPhones and on the latest firmware. Try and exploit the free trial or try another route

[Q] Galaxy Tab 4 play DRM protected WMA?

Hey guys,
Yesterday we've bought a Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 (8gb) and today I have a little problem...
When I try to move wma files (which are drm protected) from my pc to the tablet, I'm unable to move them (windows tells me the device doesn't respond or was disconnected). If I just copy them to the sd card using an sd card reader, I'm able to do so, but if I try to play the files on my tablet, they just skip every few seconds and I don't get any sound...
Could it be the that tablet doesn't support drm? The guy from the samsung support chat told me wma is supported and there's a system app called "drm protected content storage", but this app is not present on the tablet and he didn't knew much more about this, so he told me to write an email to the support for more help!
After all, I believe the Tab 4 doesn't support drm anymore (my tab 3 10.1 does!), is that true?
Thanks in advance!

As far as I'm aware, the stock music player and samsung music players don't have a way to access the servers needed to validate the DRM on some files. It can play DRM protected music purchased through Google or Samsung, and probably other tablet specific services like Amazon, but if you bought the song on a PC from some source like Windows Media Player, it may only work on Microsoft devices like a Windows Phone or Zune player. You'll need to remove the DRM protection, or see if Windows can convert the file to MP3/MP4 before transferring it (also, try using Kies to sync rather than just dropping files on the MTP drive)