Alright so the other night I was showing off my new Nexus 7 to a friend. He's a strong Apple fanboy so naturally we were we comparing several different features between our devices. I showed off Google Now and all that goodness. But I soon found myself missing a feature that he had on his 4S. And that was the ability to play music from a browser or YouTube app while having his screen off.. I'm pretty sure this was the first time I was envious of an iOS product.
Well so the question is, is there any way to play music from a browser while having my screen off? Even when switching tabs in Chrome, the music will stop playing. And no I don't want to download the audio file from the YouTube video using a special app or website.
Thanks for the future advice/info.
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Oh yes, the old double tap home button after locking the screen at YouTube trick. It brings up the volume , pause and play buttons, but if you hit play, it streams the audio. Pretty badass
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Locklear308 said:
Oh yes, the old double tap home button after locking the screen at YouTube trick. It brings up the volume , pause and play buttons, but if you hit play, it streams the audio. Pretty badass
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Can you elaborate? Double tapping just seems to bring up the launcher for me.
thebobp said:
Can you elaborate? Double tapping just seems to bring up the launcher for me.
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he's talking about the iPhone
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sharp2G said:
he's talking about the iPhone
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I see, what an ass.
Anyway, PVSTAR, and to a lesser extent StickIt.
There's an app called nextvid that replaces YouTube and does that.
Compatible on the n7, hope that helps.
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Not to worry, Apple is removing YouTube from iOS 6. "We're mad at Google and we're going to take it out on our customers!"
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Still, we need desktop style android mode
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I love the new music player and its features but for the life of me I don't understand why a widget was not included with this player.
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I guess because the widget was for the android 2.1 player not the samsung player that comes with 2.2. Not to mention that would make it redundant having the controls in the notification bar after you start the app and a widget. What the should do on the other hand is give you the option to always have the controls shown in the notification bar. I also would have preferred a auto-rotation toggle over volume toggle... Because the volume buttons did a good job of that on their own, but now the simple task has become more complex and redundant...
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may be bcos its not final yet??
Cough up $5.00 for PowerAmp and leave all default players as an afterthought.
Seriously, PowerAmp should be default. It's just that damn good.
Download Pure Music Widget from the market. Its a dollar, runs flawlessly, has like half a dozen widgets you can choose from and is awesome. Also works with almost every stock player on any device. Was actually my first purchase on Android.
Just get MusicMod. Free... Awesome...
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Winamp has been working out for me. 2 widgets to choose from and lockscreen controls. Oh, its free too.
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+1 on winamp
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I second the need for a default widget, its crazy. The samsung music player is really nice, I rather use it than another one. I like the idea of always being able to keep the controls in the notification bar as an alternative to a widget though.
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I got player pro but I'm really loving the look of the new player so yes a widget would be great.
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I agree, the new stock player is nice. It is however lacking 2 important features for me though, the widget and headset controls. If they updated it to include those features, I'd drop winamp in a heartbeat. But until then...
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Try MIUI.Very nice player.
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I'm using pure music widget I must say its very nice
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styckx said:
Cough up $5.00 for PowerAmp and leave all default players as an afterthought.
Seriously, PowerAmp should be default. It's just that damn good.
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I agree 100%. I bought it and love it!
Doubletwist for me. Lockscreen controls, nice simple widget. Player is free and I got the wireless sync with doubletwist desktop for $0.99. I found the sync works better than the Winamp one for me.
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Cough up $5.00 for PowerAmp and leave all default players as an afterthought.
Seriously, PowerAmp should be default. It's just that damn good.
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The features in poweramp are nice as is the ui, but the sound quality of the oem samsung player cannot be matched.
+1 on the pure music widget
gsxrdennis25 said:
The features in poweramp are nice as is the ui, but the sound quality of the oem samsung player cannot be matched.
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Exactly.. I hav always used "Mixzing" since the 'Moment' 1st came out & I went to Android.. but for the 1st time, the stock player really has my grasp.. I'm a Producer/mix engineer so I know what i hear as far as music goes (not sayin no one else does as well) but the look, function & the 5.1 thing did itfor me.. 5.1 feature is 2nd to none with any of the players mentioned period...
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blackdragon79 said:
I love the new music player and its features but for the life of me I don't understand why a widget was not included with this player.
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Okay todays your lucky day OP, I just came across this in the android market. In the market search "samsung galaxy s music widget"
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GXnext said:
Okay todays your lucky day, I just came across this in the android market. In the market search "samsung galaxy s music widget"
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Well its not really worth having; its not really more than jus havin the app on a screen; thanks for the find but it needs work...
Has anyone noticed that when playing music, the player does not appear on the lock screen itself? Is there any way to get it to appear? I've always been able to move to another track from the lock screen on HTC phones.
I'd prefer not to download a 3rd party music player.
U can drag the notification bar down and control from there but yea I like when it's right on the lock screen itself so I got poweramp
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Google Play Music shows up on the lock screen.
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Google Play Music shows up on the lock screen.
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Not on mine....
Man this sucks. How could they not put the music player right on the lock screen. I want to be able to hit the power button, and hit next track. I think the next quickest way is to just put the music player as one of the lock screen shortcuts.
poweramp
The music player shows up in my lock screen as well. I use pin method of lock what type are you?
-McMex
mcmexican said:
The music player shows up in my lock screen as well. I use pin method of lock what type are you?
-McMex
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Face unlock as well
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Yea it works with a secured lock screen because you can't bring down notification without unlocking
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j1mmyc said:
Yea it works with a secured lock screen because you can't bring down notification without unlocking
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Is there anyway to have music controls on the lockscreen without having to turn on some sort of security or password?
It's working on mine latest cm9 nightly. Using Samsung walkman app
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poweramp
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One of the best purchases I ever made next to Ti Backup
Poweramp problem solved! Lol
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You could always download Wave Control from the play store... hover your hand over proximity sensors to play/pause music and wave once to skip songs... plus it works when the screen is off as well. There's a free and Pro version but the free version will do whatever u need.
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Cloudskipper. Best music app i've used in a while, and best of all, it's FREE. Awesome lockscreen control too. No need for PowerAmp.
Just tried cloudskipper and I have to admit I like except it doesn't have a folders tab but for a free player pretty nice but I still prefer poweramp
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Is it possible to multi tasking app to n7?
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It's not true multitasking in the traditional sense from what I can tell. It's just specific apps from Samsung that can do it, not just any app. It should be possible if app developers start implementing it. For instance, the media player app MoboPlayer can continue playing video in a floating window when you press the home button.
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It's not true multitasking in the traditional sense from what I can tell. It's just specific apps from Samsung that can do it, not just any app. It should be possible if app developers start implementing it. For instance, the media player app MoboPlayer can continue playing video in a floating window when you press the home button.
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Diceplayer already does that floating window on top of other apps or the home screen.
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Diceplayer already does that floating window on top of other apps or the home screen.
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Yeah, that update just came out today and I wrote that post before I was aware of it. Dice player is my player of choice.
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Diceplayer already does that floating window on top of other apps or the home screen.
Thanks for the recommendation, will try
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But how about multitasking on note taking and reading docs?
Hovernote will float for note taking.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mjlim.hovernote&hl=en
I'm sure that there will be more apps with this type of feature coming out soon.
Nice, so I don't need to get the bad quality 10.1 and wait for n10!!
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This is my first post, and yes, I really did watch the noob video at the beginning. I browsed through the Nexus 7 General, Nexus 7 Q&A/Troubleshooting, and a few other Nexus 7 forums and didn't find any discussion on this topic. I'm not sure what the term is for what I'm searching for so I admit tthat may have thwarted my search attempts. What I'm referring to is the Galaxy Note's ability to run 2 apps simultaneously, each taking up half the screen. My question is, can that be done on a Nexus 7?
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This is my first post, and yes, I really did watch the noob video at the beginning. I browsed through the Nexus 7 General, Nexus 7 Q&A/Troubleshooting, and a few other Nexus 7 forums and didn't find any discussion on this topic. I'm not sure what the term is for what I'm searching for so I admit tthat may have thwarted my search attempts. What I'm referring to is the Galaxy Note's ability to run 2 apps simultaneously, each taking up half the screen. My question is, can that be done on a Nexus 7?
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Well, the galaxy note can only do it with s-app's so it's in reality rather gimmicky and not very practical. AOSPA rom has a multi-tasking implementation that you may want to explore, called halo, which works for ANY app. It enables an app to be opened in a small window in the center of the screen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I13bKSTrNX0
With an AOKP nav bar (from AOKP or all-in-one roms) you can add a "last app" button that will allow you to quickly switch back and forth between two apps which I feel like is a much more practical form of multi tasking. Just think of a netbook with a 10" screen, you dont have enough screen real estate to have two windows open side by side most of the time. Being able to toggle between two quickly would be the best thing.
Well, the default 'recent apps' button in Jellybean works fine for that, but I watch a lot of hours-long debates on YouTube and hate the way it pauses the video every time I switch briefly to another app (say, to reply to an email or to open a browser). Is there a way to keep YouTube videos running in the background so the audio keeps playing even when the YouTube app isn't showing on the screen, or indeed even when the screen is locked?
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Well, the default 'recent apps' button in Jellybean works fine for that, but I watch a lot of hours-long debates on YouTube and hate the way it pauses the video every time I switch briefly to another app (say, to reply to an email or to open a browser). Is there a way to keep YouTube videos running in the background so the audio keeps playing even when the YouTube app isn't showing on the screen, or indeed even when the screen is locked?
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There was a YouTube that had that. Last I saw it was when I used Paranoid Android. It would also keep audio on when the screen was off. I'd if it was a modified YouTube app though.
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graydigg2405101 said:
There was a YouTube that had that. Last I saw it was when I used Paranoid Android. It would also keep audio on when the screen was off. I'd if it was a modified YouTube app though.
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Hmm... thanks, ill email the Paranoid Android devs and ask them about that.
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Hmm... thanks, ill email the Paranoid Android devs and ask them about that.
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There is also an app in the market calls floating youtube. Popup player.
It plays your youtube videos in a resizeable window.
It will stay playing on top of other apps.
It does have some bugs, but it is free.
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firefly6240 said:
There is also an app in the market calls floating youtube. Popup player.
It plays your youtube videos in a resizeable window.
It will stay playing on top of other apps.
It does have some bugs, but it is free.
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Hey thanks! Just downloaded and tried it out, it's exactly what I was looking for. Really appreciate the quick responses, guys.
Hi,
So xbmc on the ouya is pretty much the best experience i´ve gotten so far on a small setup! love it.
But when i install the netflix apk, its really hard / impossible to navigate with the D-pad, plus the quality of the stream seems to be aimed at mobile phones. Anyone gotten a better APK where you can browse with the d-pad and get a good quality stream?
And youtube, i managed to install the youtube APK, and the streams are looking great, but i cant login, plus it seems i just find the stock mobile version, ive heard that the google tv is alot better, but does it enable log in as well?
Sorry for the wall of text, but these are the 2 missing features i really want.
I have installed the tv versions of both apps and they are easier to navigate. No problem logging in but I do have the google store mod.
Netflix quality can be poor at times.
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I have installed the tv versions of both apps and they are easier to navigate. No problem logging in but I do have the google store mod.
Netflix quality can be poor at times.
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Do you have a link of where to get the Netflix tv app?
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frigidazzi said:
Do you have a link of where to get the Netflix tv app?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219768
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219768
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Oh awesome thanks. I'll check it out after work. I thought that was the regular phone version for some reasons.
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This was the same version I had already. It still doesn't work well with controller without touch pad and quality still sucks for a tv unfortunately
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Did you ever figure this out? My wife hates me for putting for taking out our ****ty streamer and replacing it with the Ouya. On Netflix, can't scroll through right or left when picking when you want to watch and can't scroll down to select episodes of TV shows when there is more than 5-6.
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This was the same version I had already. It still doesn't work well with controller without touch pad and quality still sucks for a tv unfortunately
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The easiest solution I have found it just have a bluetooth mouse. You can just drag the screen up and down, etc as if you were touching the screen. It works pretty well.
Or you can use the touchpad of the controller to scroll. Double tab and then drag up. It's a bit sluggish but it works.
The only problem I have is that the playback stops if the controller turns itself off.
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i got the 1.8.1 working with no playback issues, and with some use of ouya control, does not pause when the control turns off.
My only gripe is the subtitles are very small... can any dev can do a modified netflix 1.8.1 apk with bigger fonts?