As the name suggests, I'm having some issues with audio playback on my new Iconia. I transferred all my music from my HTC Evo, to my PC, then to the Iconia using Acer's downloadable drivers. If I open the folder via a market downloaded file explorer...I have no issues. It is when I try to play the files in absolutely anything else that I get errors. Just FYI, the files are a mix of .mp3 and .wma files. Any thoughts?
Chlballi
Edit: I'm using File Explorer HD, and only the .mp3 files are playing within the explorer...the .wma files prompt for an app and fail
you can use windows media player to sync music
As far as I know, the WMA format isn't supported in Honeycomb natively.
I had the same problem but its was with google music. I tried power amp from the market and all my music plays fine now. And all my files are wma.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer.unlock
i ended up doing something similar with MortPlayer--still wish it would've worked with Google Music...I was realling digging the UI of that one. Oh well, at least my music plays now. If anyone ends up with a thought or a workaround for the native Iconia app, keep us posted here. I'd love to see a device where all of the stock software worked as it was intended!
Chlballi
Has anyone tried to sync music to our Acer's using Windows Media Player? If that can be used to send all the music to the device AND be able to use the default app...I'd be in good shape.
Chlballi
chlballi said:
Has anyone tried to sync music to our Acer's using Windows Media Player? If that can be used to send all the music to the device AND be able to use the default app...I'd be in good shape.
Chlballi
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Yes. I did mention WMP above.
But I only did sync MP3 files, not WMA files. So I don't know about WMA part. MP3 is recognized and played flawlessly using stock music player.
Another note, if your music info (ID3 Tags) is not in English, make sure you have proper character encoding before syncing. Otherwise, they will be displayed as garbage. I think all ID3 Tags should be converted to UTF8, not sure, just used Foobar2000 to fix all my Japanese-title music.
After exchanging my first Iconia to BB for some other issues, I did as you mentioned with using the tablet as an external mp3 player in WMP and everything worked flawlessly! Thanks I also found a great .apk to be able to mount my NTFS HDDs to the tab without issue. So I'm in great shape now!
Chlballi
I tried an experiment with the music -- after syncing the music to my tablet using WMP, I noticed that it placed all of the files into the music folder within the root sdcard (internal memory) and google music pp worked great. I moved all the files from that folder to a folder created on the external_SD, and the app fails like before. Apparently the Music app that comes with our Iconias cannot see anything outside of its native internal memory
Chlballi
does anyone know how to add media files on an external HD to the media store? i know the app drive mount exists but i cant get my media files to be read in a typical media player.
roblav96 said:
does anyone know how to add media files on an external HD to the media store? i know the app drive mount exists but i cant get my media files to be read in a typical media player.
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So you just want to play your stuff off your external drive ?
Or copy media from external drive to your tab and play from their?
you can do both.
What players you have on your tab and what file explorer do you have.
I unlocked and rooted my Nexus 7 and have music stored on external thumb drive. I can access and play songs going through file manager by clicking on the MP3 file and using "open with" function which will allow me to play individual songs via music apps such as Amazon MP3 or Double twist. However is there any way to get double twist/amazon MP3 to recognize the external USB drive and import the library on the external drive so it can do things like shuffle the songs as if they were on the internal flash drive?
If this is the wrong forum or this question has already been answered i apologize in advance
ajmpjm said:
I unlocked and rooted my Nexus 7 and have music stored on external thumb drive. I can access and play songs going through file manager by clicking on the MP3 file and using "open with" function which will allow me to play individual songs via music apps such as Amazon MP3 or Double twist. However is there any way to get double twist/amazon MP3 to recognize the external USB drive and import the library on the external drive so it can do things like shuffle the songs as if they were on the internal flash drive?
If this is the wrong forum or this question has already been answered i apologize in advance
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The only app that I know which will play for external flash drive is Power Amp. It can be found in play srore. There is a free trial (time limited) if you like it you can purchase license from within app.
Hope this is of some help!
BobK46 said:
The only app that I know which will play for external flash drive is Power Amp. It can be found in play srore. There is a free trial (time limited) if you like it you can purchase license from within app.
Hope this is of some help!
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I downloaded and tested it works great quite like the player so splashed out the 5.00 bucks seems like nice tool. Also found that ES file explorer has an option for media. Simply do long click on the USB music folder select the music option then select the add to playing option and it will import the library and allow you to shuffle your songs. Is simpler then power amp but does not have all the other options you get with power amp anyway thanks for the feedback.
Just update Stickmount app...
Yes, me too. Great news. Now I need to find an updated music player that can find the external mount point for the playlist (music folder). Dice (Cubed) player and Google Music don't seem to find the music, but I can read/write to external microsd or thumbdrive. If I click on a song in the external Music folder, it plays, but just stops after the song finishes. Anyone found a player that sees the external music?
Use poweramp great music player
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Hi. I have a separate micro sd with my music on it. When I plugged it into my S7E Nougat via usb connector, my native music player cant see music files. I can only play one music at a time when I go to the usb directory. I found this thread, but i am not sure if this will work on my S7E N. http://https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/guide-usb-otg-support-media-players-t3343706.
Other options found is to use other music player like Poweramp, etc. but actually, I like it to be played using Samsung Music player.
Kindly help on how will I able to achieve this. TIA