Various kinds of applications that are made to play music. These can be identified as audio players as well. The primary purpose of these applications are to enable the user to listen to songs continuously.
Questions tagged [music-player]
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Where (and how) does Android store music playlists?
I've noticed that Android keeps the same music playlists across music apps. Where are these playlists stored? How (in what format) are they stored? Can I access them remotely via the USB storage link, or is there instead an app I can use to access…
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How to stop music apps from playing when connected via Bluetooth to my car/headset/receiver?
We recently bought a used Toyota Prius that has Bluetooth installed with the JBL audio system. Whenever my phone (stock Nexus 4 running 4.4.4) connects to it, the car sends a "play" command that automatically starts the most recently used music app…
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How to have two applications play sound simultaneously?
I want the music to keep playing in the background while I practice Spanish on the Duolingo app. The music player stops while Duolingo is trying to play sound as of now.
Is this possible?
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What can play Ogg Opus on Android?
Opus is a new open source lossy-format that replaces Vorbis and the outperforms all the other proprietary alternatives to it. However, what plays Opus on Android? Thus far the only thing I've found is Firefox! How come my browser can play Opus --…
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How to exclude certain folders from getting scanned by music player?
I have some audiobooks on my phone, but I don't want to hear these when I play "All music". Is it possible to exclude some folders from getting added to the library? What are the file types that automatically get added?
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The music player keeps displaying deleted songs. How do I remove them or refresh the library?
I am using a Droid X with rooted Gingerbread that is otherwise stock. I have root access, but have not used it to do anything.
I have inspected the /Music folder multiple times and the 500+ songs I deleted are physically not in the filesystem any…
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Why can't music players find my audio files?
On my Nexus 4, there's a folder called /sdcard/Music/ (or just /Music when browsing the phone's storage; Windows 7 calls it Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music) and I've put a lot of songs in there but the music player doesn't see any of my…
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How do I change incorrect album art on the default Music Player of the Samsung Galaxy S III?
One of my albums has a completely unrelated album art associated with it. I cannot find the album details and hope to get the album art that way because it's an independent album. The album art I'm trying to use is actually a scan of the album…
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How can I choose a music player?
I am looking for a music player for my android device which has a number of specific features (such as having a play queue, lock screen controls, etc.) I am finding it difficult because there are lots of music players out there and they don't list…
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Prevent music players from auto play on bluetooth connect
Whenever I connect my android device with a bluetooth device, it automatically starts spotify and starts playing.
As far as I know this also happens to other users/players (according to google)
How can I prevent this (without signing out of…
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Playing a music playlist as an alarm?
How to have an alarm that will start playing selections from a playlist at the scheduled time?
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Music Player with a smart Shuffle option
One of the feature that I love on Amaro (Linux) or Winamp (Windows) is the ability to shuffle the playlist, ie take all the songs in the playlist and shuffle them like a deck of playing cards. That way, when I play the list, the same song never…
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What is causing music playback to stop/pause unexpectedly?
Moto DROID v1
Android 2.2.1
Is anyone else experiencing random music playback stopping/pausing on their handset? Do you know what is causing it, or how to prevent it?
I've been trying to get to the root of the issue, and I think it has to do with…
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Need a car-friendly way to listen to music?
Here is specifically what I'm looking for.
1) I would like the ability to use gesture/swipe controls to skip tracks. This is much easier than finding a button on a touchscreen to change tracks.
2) Ability to either prevent a lockscreen or…
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MP3 player, that remembers current possition in all playlists or folders
Is there any MP3 player out there, that would remember current file and position in that file, not only for currently played playlist / folder, but also in all playlists / folders, that are added to it?
I know, that remembering file and position in…
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