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Hello,
I'm new to all this, so, I have downloaded and installed BMSound_Full2.zip, VIPER4Android FX, VIPER4Android XHiFi, and an app called Equalizer.
Under Settings, My device, Sound, Music Effects, I see all these listed, and one called MusicFX, I guess it was installed from Samsung, or Sprint.
My question is, you can have only one of these active?
Not multiples at the same time?
It looks this way, as the menu only selects one at a time.
[ I've decided to rewrite the original description to make it more like a guide (since already I've found few interesting things ]
P8 Lite is quite ok in terms of hardware to make it nice music player. However comparing to old and rusty Samsung Galaxy Ace2 its sound quality is worse.
According to the tests (and hours of tests/comparisons I performed with two different high quality headphones) P8 Lite is only slightly worse but its main issues are significant stereo crosstalk and strangely boosted parts of middle tones.
http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p8lite-review-1280p7.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_ace_2-review-786p5.php
While EMUI 4.0 update introduces DTS which can be enabled and helps in terms of crosstalk it does very strange thing - boosts bass and treble but decreases some middle tones thus some tracks appear to sound kind of awkward and unacceptable.
Another thing is I wanted to also benefit from the HUAWEI lockscreen (I have linked my phone with corporate account which enforced me to have the pin lock on the huawei lockscreen and because of this - having additional lockscreen was not an option for me).
Other things to be considered while trying to find a good player were: folder play (I have my stuff well organized), nice widgets, good audio quality, ui that won't make me wanna throw the phone out of the window while using it
To keep the description clean I would mention only players which are significantly better and other tweaks I've used to make the audio quality better (actually - given the hardware limitations of P8 Lite - to be as close to Ace2 as possible).
Test base:
P8Lite with Marshmallow 6.0 Stock EMUI 4.0 B564
Players which performed very well in terms of quality without any hacks/flashes/blackmagic
- MyPlayer++ (lots of configuration options in terms of audio quality, nice widgets, no huawei lockscreen support) http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-myplayer-lightweight-music-player-t2892233
- DroidSound-E (only if DTS was enabled, may also be true for other music players based on BASS library, awful widget (need thirdparty widget like PlugInMusic Player), no huawei lockscren support) https://github.com/droidmjt/Droidsound
- PowerAMP beta (as suggested by @Zero_Rik) (audio quality and configuration capabilities comparable to MyPlayer++, nice widgets (configurable), HUAWEI LOCKSCREEN SUPPORT (hurray!) http://forum.powerampapp.com/index.php?/forum/18-poweramp-v3-testing/
Players which I don't like but do have huawei lockscreen support:
- Huawei Music Player (you didn't expect this one? )
- Google Play Music
After playing around with various players still I was unhappy with the sound quality (although PowerAMP at least apart from good overal quality introduced the lockscreen support). Also I wanted the sound to be similar across all applications therefore I did not want to use PowerAMPs equalizer.
Solution #1 - Dolby Atmos ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/themes-apps/dolby-dolby-atmos-t3305789 )
Instalation was simple (flashing two packages in a row) but required recovery to be exchanged from stock to TWRP.
Once installed Dolby Atmos was working more or less fine but did not work in any way possible with PowerAMP.
Uninstallation is possible by flashing third package. Worked nice though for DroidSound-E
Solution #2 - DSP Manager from CyanogenMod ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...alizer-dsp-manager-lollipop-versions-t3106546 )
Installation was simple (again two packages). No straightforward uninstall (so I've made OS backup in TWRP).
This time audio quality was really really (tested in DroidSound-E and PowerAMP)
Solution #3 - Viper4Droid (did not test this one but people say its good
Please note that flashing another recovery over existing (installing TWRP) will prevent you from updating system to any further updates (unless you reflash your original stock recovery partition).
Also worth noting that custom DSP (Atmos or DSP Manager from CM or Viper4Droid) may not work for some music players!
Or easly use Beta programm of of Poweramp
Zero_Rik said:
Or easly use Beta programm of of Poweramp
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Thanks for the hint. Although it is a partial answer to my question I'll take a look on PowerAmp Beta (I remember to have some issues with PowerAmp trial).
It also does not cover the problem with Huawei lockscreen support but anyway worth checking at least in terms of the audio quality.
Edit [few minutes later] : Well... actually it does the job! THANKS! PowerAmp Beta seems to be quite a decent choice.
Most of the stuff I wanted is working flawlessly. The difference between P8Lite now+PowerAmp AND my old Ace2 is now less noticeable.
And furthermore - this BETA PowerAmp uses the EMUI lockscreen!!!
Edit [few hours of tests later]: PowerAMP seems to be so far the best choice in terms of usability and audio quality. Unfortunately still Ace2 sounds a bit (but easily noticeable) better (at least with same headphones attached). This seems to be hardware related (as per the gsmarena tests) and nothing more can be done here. Anyway - the sound quality with PowerAMP can be really good.
not a lot of music player support lockscreen on our p8lite... to name a few that works are Default Music Player, Google PlayMusic (they both support defult lockscreen controls) and MusixMatch (it has its own lockscreen control)..
I guess it shows the lockscreen controls of only those music player ( that has its own lockscreen control ) ...
P.S. MusixMatch is quite good of an option too... It has its own equalizer, lockscreen controls and quite decent sound quality too
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Thanks, It's very good.
amageek said:
not a lot of music player support lockscreen on our p8lite... to name a few that works are Default Music Player, Google PlayMusic (they both support defult lockscreen controls) and MusixMatch (it has its own lockscreen control)..
I guess it shows the lockscreen controls of only those music player ( that has its own lockscreen control ) ...
P.S. MusixMatch is quite good of an option too... It has its own equalizer, lockscreen controls and quite decent sound quality too
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My goal was to find something which work with Huawei LockScreen as I don't need to have two lockscreens enabled (and due to the company policy enforced on my mobile I need to have password set on Huawei LockScreen so its pointless to have two separate lockscreens
Anyway - if it works for anyone else why not to try ones with separate lockscreens and disable the Huawei one?
I've just installed TWRP and flashed Dolby Atmos ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/themes-apps/dolby-dolby-atmos-t3305789 ).
With DTS enabled, Surround OFF, Volume Leveler OFF, manualy made preset in equalizer I was able to achieve quite good audio quality in any music player now.
...unforunately this setup does not work properly with PowerAMP Beta....... (PowerAMP seems to output directly audio instead of using external equalizer even though the "MusicFX" is enabled in PowerAMP and its configuration open properly Dolby Atmos).
wolfensg said:
I've just installed TWRP and flashed Dolby Atmos ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/themes-apps/dolby-dolby-atmos-t3305789 ).
With DTS enabled, Surround OFF, Volume Leveler OFF, manualy made preset in equalizer I was able to achieve quite good audio quality in any music player now.
...unforunately this setup does not work properly with PowerAMP Beta....... (PowerAMP seems to output directly audio instead of using external equalizer even though the "MusicFX" is enabled in PowerAMP and its configuration open properly Dolby Atmos).
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Try viper4android, it's the best equalizer for android. I've been using this for almost 2 years.
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Szabi01 said:
Try viper4android, it's the best equalizer for android. I've been using this for almost 2 years.
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Thanks for the info.
Fortunately I found this ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...alizer-dsp-manager-lollipop-versions-t3106546 ) , uninstalled Dolby Atmos and installed DSP Manager (from CM). That one is working really good ))
wolfensg said:
Thanks for the info.
Fortunately I found this ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...alizer-dsp-manager-lollipop-versions-t3106546 ) , uninstalled Dolby Atmos and installed DSP Manager (from CM). That one is working really good ))
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I don't really like DSP manager, V4A is way better in my opinion.
Szabi01 said:
Try viper4android, it's the best equalizer for android. I've been using this for almost 2 years.
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can you provide the link ?
Of course, here you are: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
I've been having issues where the built in equaliser doesn't work. So I've installed third party apps and they are all blocked from changing anything. I haven't got anything else installed apart from Sony's music player and Tidal.
I'm running stable oreo 8.1 (not rooted)
Has anyone else experienced the same issue and know of a solution?
To use another eq, you have to remove or disable the others. Go to your apps from the Android settings, show system apps, then find MusicFX. Disable it and another eq should work.
Didn't work. Still can't get stock or third party equaliser to work
Hello guys, how to uninstall dolby.??
I have a sennheisser headphones and the sound is terrible, very sharp... meanwhile in my older phone sounds good
When I disable it, then in youtube music, or google music I cant even see the option of the equalizer of those apps.
Any help please?
I agree that it makes the audio distorted and sound like garbage. Much better to install Magisk + Ainur Sauron + ViPER4Android FX (then try out Viper Clarity)
To disable Dolby you can use Titanium backup and freeze it!
skuppej said:
I agree that it makes the audio distorted and sound like garbage. Much better to install Magisk + Ainur Sauron + ViPER4Android FX (then try out Viper Clarity)
To disable Dolby you can use Titanium backup and freeze it!
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I do not have root. Can I install and freeze Dolby with Titanium?
Unsure. You might be able to find some app like Titanium that works the same but non root?
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Unsure. You might be able to find some app like Titanium that works the same but non root?
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does disabling it from the app info page not disable it?
Oh that should do it. I thought there wouldn't be the option. Some system apps don't let you do this
I did a comparison between G7 and Z3 Play with USB C digital audio adapter (Anker)
G7 sound still a bit more distorted than Z3 Play
If you're really serious about playing music, Z3 Play is a better choice because you have option not to use audio processing at all (100% express)
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Here is a solution:
If your G7 is rooted, go to /system/app/ and move two dax folders to external memory card and reboot
I have a 10.25 android unit in my mercedes running android 9. I have a weird issue where I have no sound from certain apps.
Google chrome app no sound when using youtube in browser but have sound using youtube app.
Amazon music - no sound
soundcloud - no sound
But then I can use spotify with no issues.
I have tried uninstalling and installing the apps with no success.
Anyone else come across this issue and knows of a resolution?
Try rechecking your ground wire. Make sure it is connected properly.
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I was thinking more along the lines of a codec issue. Based on the fact I do get sound from other apps?
a bad GND can cause all sorts of strange issues, even on the software side of your unit..
that said, android handles sound in a strange way, and sometimes it can result in silent apps.
basically android can not mix sounds from impended apps/sources. it grants permissions and checks which permission overrules a previous permission.
if a app does not ask for audio permissions and invokes them straight away, another app or the previous app could hold the audio permission, thus muting the app you are using.
so if you start chrome for instance it does not ask for audio permission on startup and can get muted.
you can try to dive deep in the apps permissions to give them audio permission manually, so the app can give audio again.
but it could happen (with older andriod versions) that if another app uses audio like your navi voice directions, or you speeding camera app, chrome would not get audio permissions back until restart.