any idea if this phone would play well with mac? i was hoping i could sync it with iTunes and iPhoto?
There may be third party apps out there that give you that functionality but as this is not an Apple device, there is no official support for iTunes/iPhoto. Android isn't designed for syncing everything to your computer like that, really.
Nope, there are 3rd Party offerings as said. The device indexes them automagically when you just copy and paste them to internal storage.
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any idea if this phone would play well with mac? i was hoping i could sync it with iTunes and iPhoto?
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I currently have my google account synced with the Address Book, so it does "play well with mac".
If you want to sync your music and photos -- there're mac google apps for that, but no it won't be iTunes/iPhoto you'd need to use on your mac.
Double Twist works pretty well for me and my Mac try it .. It's free unless you want WiFi Sync
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Double Twist works pretty well for me and my Mac try it .. It's free unless you want WiFi Sync
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how can you use double twist with no UMS support?
With iSyncr you can sync your music/videos with iTunes, I'm not sure about photos tho.
For music you could install Google Music and set it to sync up with your iTunes, which then automatically gets pushed to Google Music on your phone. That's what I do.
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For music you could install Google Music and set it to sync up with your iTunes, which then automatically gets pushed to Google Music on your phone. That's what I do.
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the problem i have with google music is it doesn't automatically stored on my phone. it is all in the cloud. is there anyway i can do this?
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the problem i have with google music is it doesn't automatically stored on my phone. it is all in the cloud. is there anyway i can do this?
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You can just, within the Google Music app, click "Keep on phone", and either click individual songs or entire playlists. It automatically downloads all the songs to your phone, and whenever you download a new song on iTunes, if you add it to the playlist in iTunes that you checked to keep on your phone, Google Music automatically downloads it to you local phone storage. Been doing this for months.
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I am also hoping this device works well on mac, been having some trouble with Android File Transfer on macs. Hopefully this device will be different.
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You can just, within the Google Music app, click "Keep on phone", and either click individual songs or entire playlists. It automatically downloads all the songs to your phone, and whenever you download a new song on iTunes, if you add it to the playlist in iTunes that you checked to keep on your phone, Google Music automatically downloads it to you local phone storage. Been doing this for months.
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i can't find the option where i could keep playlists in my device. only artists and albums. also, is there a way to make double twist work?
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i can't find the option where i could keep playlists in my device. only artists and albums. also, is there a way to make double twist work?
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Download Google Music Manager on your Mac (should ask you if you want it when you first sign up for Google Music if you're running OS X). Once it's installed, open System Preferences, and choose Music Manager, which should be down on the last row. From there, pick 'Upload.' Then, 'Choose by playlist.' This allows you to choose an iTunes playlist to sync to Google Music, which you'll then be able to use on your Android device through the Play Music app.
You can also use DoubleTwist. You just have to enable (in its prefs) "Automatically import iTunes playlists."
I use iSyncr for mac when I transfer music. Not sure about iPhoto.
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i can't find the option where i could keep playlists in my device. only artists and albums. also, is there a way to make double twist work?
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I'm not sure about double twist, I thought it was a windows only program, but if you go into Google Music, scroll over to "Playlists", and hit menu and hit "Choose music to keep on device" or something like that, then you can click on the playlist you want.
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I use iSyncr for mac when I transfer music. Not sure about iPhoto.
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does this work even without ums?
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does this work even without ums?
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Yes iSyncr supports MTP it also has a wifi sync. Double twist doesn't support it but you can pay extra for air sync.
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Yes iSyncr supports MTP it also has a wifi sync. Double twist doesn't support it but you can pay extra for air sync.
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Yeah double twist it's only like a dollar or two if I remember correctly ... And as long as your computer and phone are under the same WiFi network you can also sync photos and videos ( time to convert your videos to mp3 files will depend in your Mac specs but in older ones its rather slow for ) but that's it no UMS needed just sync the devices together ...
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Ok this is the biggest annoyance I've had with android since getting rid of my iPod touch and using this instead.
How do I get my playlists from iTunes, WMP, or Foobar2000 to work with Android? I can sync over folders, files, music, etc, just fine.. playlists show up but they're empty with no music in them!
Halp? I googled around and nothing seems useful/worth spending money on.
look up doubleTwist. i think it does itunes playlists
Foobar: right click playlist, save as, save it on the nexs phone.
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look up doubleTwist. i think it does itunes playlists
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great program i use it. i also say go with Double Twist, I just dont like the face i gotta mount it everytime i connect it. might just down load the program in the market so it auto mounts when connected to DT
I use Salling Media Sync on my mac and it works great for synching iTunes playlists and iPhoto albums.
double twist isn't detecing the playlists I made in iTunes... How do I fix this?
There are many Windows programs that will do this, one or two for the Mac for ZERO for Linux. ON A LINUX BASED DEVICE! (sorry for yelling, this has just driven me crazy for over a year...sigh)
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There are many Windows programs that will do this, one or two for the Mac for ZERO for Linux. ON A LINUX BASED DEVICE! (sorry for yelling, this has just driven me crazy for over a year...sigh)
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not to start an OS war but this is why people still use windows and not Free, 'stable', more capable, less resource hungry, Linux systems.
i use vlc. i make my playlists with vlc and save it as m3u. drag and drop in the microsd.
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i use vlc. i make my playlists with vlc and save it as m3u. drag and drop in the microsd.
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The music app recognizes the playlist?
I sync my entire music folder with my nexus one, with sync toy
i use Zune for music on the PC, and the Nexus One reads the .wpl playlist that i made with the zune software
Your issue might be that you are trying to sync DRM protected music. You can rebuy them from the iTunes store without it for half the price of each song. It has a little icon in there for that process. Apple took off DRM, but was of course stubborn about it.
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The music app recognizes the playlist?
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Yup, as long as your file names are identical between your computer and phone.
Directory structure doesn't matter.
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yes it does
Does anyone have a good recommendation for syncing iTunes playlists? I've been doing some google searching but haven't found a solid answer. I've tried a program called TuneSync which is suppose to sync playlists OTA.
It seems to only partially work for me... it has copied the music files over, I can browse them by artist or genre... but the actual playlists don't show up.
Any ideas? TIA!
TAXI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is Taxi?
I've tried TuneSync, and now have tried DoubleTwist. They both do the same thing, I can sync the music files, but the playlists themselves don't show up.
I browse the SD card, and I can see all the M3U playlists sitting there. If I try to open one manually, it says File Type Not Supported.
Does this phone not handle M3U playlists???
Been doing some more reading, it sounds like the SGS doesn't support M3U. Weak.
So how the hell do you create playlists other than manually on the phone itself??? I'm completely blown away by this glaring lack of functionality. I expect this type of behaviour from Blackberry, not Samsung.
iSyncr for Android is supposed to support play lists in iTunes.
It's limited unless you buy it though.
Give Isyncr a try. It's the best solution I've found so far. It syncs over USB it's quick and handles Galaxy playlists perfectly.
The really neat thing is there's nothing to install on the PC. You install ISyncr from the marketplace, it copies a EXE to the SDcard or SD (which ever you choose). Connect the Galaxy to the PC and then run the EXE on the PC. The program opens Itunes and you select playlists.
It has options to remember the playlists and remove items not in the playlists (from the folder you select). It doesn't have wireless syncing but I think that's a small price to pay for the speed.
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Give Isyncr a try. It's the best solution I've found so far. It syncs over USB it's quick and handles Galaxy playlists perfectly.
The really neat thing is there's nothing to install on the PC. You install ISyncr from the marketplace, it copies a EXE to the SDcard or SD (which ever you choose). Connect the Galaxy to the PC and then run the EXE on the PC. The program opens Itunes and you select playlists.
It has options to remember the playlists and remove items not in the playlists (from the folder you select). It doesn't have wireless syncing but I think that's a small price to pay for the speed.
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I gave it a try. I'm on a Mac, but same kind of deal, after connecting to the computer I run the computer version of the program.... it comes up and tells me I don't have a valid license. I mucked around with it for an hour, read some support forums, eventually got frustrated with it and uninstalled it (got refund on android marketplace).
So I'm still at a loss.
I'm on mac and isyncr works fine with me. I don't remember what I did though. I surely paid. I select a playlist and it is uploaded to the device. I have to use parallels with kies (awesome work by samsung, btw /irony) but isyncr is ok with my mac no VM needed.
(I'm realizing now I'm not the only mac boy going into android. I guess Mr. Jobs is somehow pushing us out. That's my feeling anyway and sorry for the offtopic).
+1 for isyncr. Works really good on a mac. Supports podcasts as well. well worth the 2.99 bucks!
Does anyone know where, in internal memory or on SD card, the phone stores its playlist files?
I have created a couple playlists on the phone itself. If I can find where those files are stored, maybe I can open it up in a text editor, figure out the formatting/configuration, and then write something simple to generate playlists that work with this phone.
TIA!
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What is Taxi?
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Lol. Sorry, an attempt at humour seeing as you're on an android forum talking about that piece of sh1t software they call itunes. You don't have to use it, yet you do?
How about 'get your coat' ?
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iTunes Agent works great!
With any competent file manager app that allows accessing the network (SMB, SFTP, Bluetooth), you can simply copy your itunes directory (or any portions there of) to your phone or sd card.
You don't really need a sync app unless you have a REALLY large library.
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Lol. Sorry, an attempt at humour seeing as you're on an android forum talking about that piece of sh1t software they call itunes. You don't have to use it, yet you do?
How about 'get your coat' ?
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Hahaha gotcha. Yeah, I absolutely hate iTunes. But I've been with Mac so long now that I'm significantly invested in it. My library has over 200GB of media. It would be a nightmare to export it all to another solution.
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With any competent file manager app that allows accessing the network (SMB, SFTP, Bluetooth), you can simply copy your itunes directory (or any portions there of) to your phone or sd card.
You don't really need a sync app unless you have a REALLY large library.
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Like I said, my library is so large that syncing playlists is the only real way to manage it all. I don't want to listen to a single artist, album or genre, hence the need for playlists.
Haven't been able to figure out where the playlists go myself - this would be good to know for future development.
I have noticed that I can add playlists using WMP 12 - the only problem is that if I try to resync the same playlist it seems to append the contents of the existing playlist on the phone... odd. I basically delete the playlist on the device when I want to resync from the computer.
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Does anyone know where, in internal memory or on SD card, the phone stores its playlist files?
I have created a couple playlists on the phone itself. If I can find where those files are stored, maybe I can open it up in a text editor, figure out the formatting/configuration, and then write something simple to generate playlists that work with this phone.
TIA!
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Hello all,
I am a former iPhone user to just received his Moto Atrix today and I am trying to get some music on the device.
My iTunes library does not revolved around playlists, but instead I use the "Albums" view to play/sync music (to my iPhone). When I sync the iPhone, I have an option of checking which albums I want to sync.
Is there any software I can get/purchase that will let me do this for the Droid. I would like to still use iTunes as my music management software, but sync Albums onto my Atrix. I have tried some software (doubleTwist) but it only allows syncing of playlists (which I don't have). This software would also have to have the ability of playing from the "Albums" on the Atrix.
[See attached for what I would like the application to be able to sync]
Thanks in Advance,
Tom
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Hello all,
I am a former iPhone user to just received his Moto Atrix today and I am trying to get some music on the device.
My iTunes library does not revolved around playlists, but instead I use the "Albums" view to play/sync music (to my iPhone). When I sync the iPhone, I have an option of checking which albums I want to sync.
Is there any software I can get/purchase that will let me do this for the Droid. I would like to still use iTunes as my music management software, but sync Albums onto my Atrix. I have tried some software (doubleTwist) but it only allows syncing of playlists (which I don't have). This software would also have to have the ability of playing from the "Albums" on the Atrix.
[See attached for what I would like the application to be able to sync]
Thanks in Advance,
Tom
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Try doubletwist
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Try doubletwist
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That's the one I just tried. It only seems to be able to sync "Playlists" and not Compilations/Albums
Sorry I must have skipped that part in your post.
You can try this http://androidforums.com/android-media/139655-how-sync-itunes-android.html
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You can try this http://androidforums.com/android-media/139655-how-sync-itunes-android.html
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Giving this a try now. So far so good. I am syncing the music now, which is half the battle. Hopefully some music player will be able to "detect" these albums. I will be trying MixZing first.
Make a playlist with everything you want to sync
Or you can download the Motorola medialink software, as it can sync all your itunes musics. Of cause the DRM free one's.
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Make a playlist with everything you want to sync
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This is essential anyway if you have more music than you have space on the phone, which if you are into music - is likely. In that case, stick to doubletwist.
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Or you can download the Motorola medialink software, as it can sync all your itunes musics. Of cause the DRM free one's.
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iTunes agent worked beautifully. I am able to see my albums in the Music player as well as Mixzing.
Cleaned up some album covers that were missing using the free album cover app.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!
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iTunes agent worked beautifully. I am able to see my albums in the Music player as well as Mixzing.
Cleaned up some album covers that were missing using the free album cover app.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!
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No problem.
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.
"Syncing" music to my Nexus has been a massive headache since day 1. At one point I tried a solution I think it was called Synctunes, but the free version only synced like 50 songs or something.
I'm willing to make certain compromises at this point, but I'm wondering two things:
1) How can I get all music on my phone? I have it in a folder structure from MediaMonkey, but I don't believe it can sync to Nexus 4 via USB *or* wifi?
2) Is there any free option to SYNC music with my iTunes and/or MediaMonkey library?
I live in Canada so I don't have a lot of the options such as Google's cloud music manager solution
If you have a bunch of songs on a PC and you want to put them on the nexus 4, you can simply plug it in via USB and drag and drop the files/folder.
If you are looking to do this wirelessly check out DoubleTwist.
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If you have a bunch of songs on a PC and you want to put them on the nexus 4, you can simply plug it in via USB and drag and drop the files/folder.
If you are looking to do this wirelessly check out DoubleTwist.
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Thanks
I understand that DoubleTwist also requires the DoubleTwist app usage on the phone?
And hmm maybe in the past it was because I was hung up on SYNCING, but I didn't think drag+drop was even an option (although still to me it's a bit of a 1-time solution, what if I add say, 1 new song a week+1 new album a month? Hard to manage manually adding them!
The desktop companion app doesnt require the android app to work, it simply adds in metadata for the android app in addition to the normal syncing it does.
Unless you're really hung up about the fact that the desktop companion app adds in an extra folder with metadata for the android app, it should work as you'd expect with or without the android app.
You might need to wait for mediascanner to realize that the contents of /sdcard changed afterwards though if you're using a different music player. But it shouldnt take long/there are apps to force it to immediately scan on play if you want to do that.