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Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

RoundTheBend — Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:02:44 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/08/2013 22:02

paladisiac wrote:

Trying neutron's 64-bit audio rendering now... nice feature. feels like i'm enveloped in the music (compared to some other app player).

hmmm, I'll have to look into it. I thought it wouldn't be possible for someone to want more than 20,000 songs on them... but I guess if Spotify has 15 million...

Also quality doesn't matter for google, except you can't do flac (which I guess means quality matters, but hopefully you get what I am getting at), so you could have a mp3 at 1411 kbps, and it would just count as one song. I didn't have any issues with my music's art, naming. Are you sure you have that stuff saved right on your computer? I think it just takes what you have. As, I have put together albums myself and put my own covers, and it even put that together properly.

Anyways, glad you found your solution and I found mine.

Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

paladisiac — Fri, 8 Mar 2013 11:25:34 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 03/08/2013 16:25

Trying neutron's 64-bit audio rendering now... nice feature. feels like i'm enveloped in the music (compared to some other app player).

Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

paladisiac — Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:33:19 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 03/08/2013 14:33

sethmadsen wrote:

Hands down, google music is the best thing out there for android.

You can put up to 20,000 songs in their cloud and then just stream it on your phone. The sound quality is great.

I remember being bummed about the sound quality of phone music at first and was looking to get another ipod classic to replace my gen5 30 GB after what 6 years now...

Anyways, I uploaded music to my phone directly using some of the programs you mentioned, and noticed a big difference in how the music sounded playing directly from my phone. Sounded like garbage. Using same phone with google music, and have my entire library available anywhere I have a signal. You can also make all your music available offline, or just a few albums.

I'd try the cloud, but i have over 45k in songs, mostly recorded in high quality, so i wouldn't be able to put it all up there. Plus, the cloud is not mine, so it can be pulled away by the owner at any time, snooped into by the owner at any time. I don't trust it.

And i've tried Google Play (music) for android, and it's a basic, clunky app that sometimes doesn't find/scan all my music and disappointingly can't find album art for most of my albums. The default Samsung music player is much better than Google's app.

In an ideal world, i'd combine the flexibility of an android phone like samsung's S3 with the highly-integrated OS of the iphone with a 512 gig capacity. But for now, a 32 gig samsung S3 with a 64 gig external SD card with neutron player on credo mobile will have to do.[/url]

Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

RoundTheBend — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 19:06:11 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/08/2013 00:06

Google Music is free... please everyone try it out...

If you are willing to pay monthly, spotify's 30 day trial wasn't too shabby. Of course you are missing Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and Beatles, but have almost everything else you would want.

Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

RoundTheBend — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 19:04:21 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/08/2013 00:04

Hands down, google music is the best thing out there for android.

You can put up to 20,000 songs in their cloud and then just stream it on your phone. The sound quality is great.

I remember being bummed about the sound quality of phone music at first and was looking to get another ipod classic to replace my gen5 30 GB after what 6 years now...

Anyways, I uploaded music to my phone directly using some of the programs you mentioned, and noticed a big difference in how the music sounded playing directly from my phone. Sounded like garbage. Using same phone with google music, and have my entire library available anywhere I have a signal. You can also make all your music available offline, or just a few albums.

Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

Anonymous — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:37:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/07/2013 20:37

Puncture Repair wrote:

I'd love to have an Android, but I don't think there's anything on the market that competes with the iPod Classic in terms of capacity. I'd hate to pick and chose music on the go - having it all with me is a life saver.

This. My brother has a Galaxy SIII but I can't fucking tell how he can work with that thing really.

Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

GeevyDallas — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:34:55 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 03/07/2013 20:34

Puncture Repair wrote:

I have a 8gb iPod nano and have over 200gbs in my iTunes(it needs a serious cull soon),selecting what makes it takes hours some times as I only usually do it once a month or so.Need to upgrade to a 120gb classic soon.

Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

Anonymous — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:31:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/07/2013 20:31

paladisiac wrote:

Does everyone else have ipods / iphones? Am i alone in the android forest?

Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

paladisiac — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:27:13 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 03/07/2013 20:27

Jasonconfused wrote:

You're probably alone. I have an android, but I still use an ipod for music. Not sure why. I guess I just find an ipod and iTunes to be more aesthetically pleasing.

i switched from iLand to an android (S3) last year. The main thing the android lacks in comparison is quick-and-reliable synchronization (from itunes) and sound quality of playback. The neutron player solves the second piece. Now if iSyncr could iron out its bugs, the first part would be better too.

Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

Jasonconfused — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:22:35 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 03/07/2013 20:22

You're probably alone. I have an android, but I still use an ipod for music. Not sure why. I guess I just find an ipod and iTunes to be more aesthetically pleasing.

Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

paladisiac — Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:18:28 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 03/07/2013 20:18

for those that have an android phone, i've come across another music player called "Neutron Music Player". It's interface isn't the most intuitive, but this player has the best sound quality and has a lot of features. i recommend it. There's a 5 day free trial version available to hear for yourself.

Re: android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

paladisiac — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:25:09 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 11/30/2012 21:25

Does everyone else have ipods / iphones? Am i alone in the android forest?

For those galaxy s3 owners, beware that the jellybean release (4.1.1) farks up the MTP application, which keeps some applications from being able to make USB transfers/updates. This of course includes music applications that synchronize S3 content from either windows or a mac. Ugh.

android owners, which music app (and sync) do you use?

paladisiac — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:10:11 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 11/29/2012 16:10

Hi all,

I just picked up a galaxy s3 about a month+ ago (32gig with 64gig external card dedicated exclusively to music). Previously, i had a dumb phone and an iTouch. I'm used to the apple way of playing music and synchronizing music. After using the s3 and many music and sync programs, i've come to a solid conclusion that apple easily has the upper hand hear. The s3 is better in many other ways, but music is my #1 priority and the s3 and its apps just haven't been as solid/stable as i was used to with the iTouch.

My dillemma is that i have all of my music in iTunes with over 100 playlists and i want to be able to synchronize from iTunes. I also want scrobbler support, good album artwork support, randomizing any album/artist/playlist -- basically everything i had with the iTouch. I also want an app that doesn't crash at least once a day. (More on that later.) I add/subtract a couple albums every 2-or-3 days, so good (and quick) synchronization is key

So i'm asking all the android music lovers out there what you use for a music app as well as a sync app? Below is a list of what i've used and what my experiences with each are. If you have tried other players than listed, or have other experiences than mine, please pipe in with what you think. Thank you.

SYNCHRONIZING:

iSyncr (paid version) - this is the best one, which only speaks to the problems of the others. iSyncr works great when initially synchronizing. But it's slow. It takes at least 30 minutes to synchronize. After initial usage, sometimes it doesn't sync all newly-added music and i have to sync twice or restart the app (or both). When removing music from iTunes, i have to choose "remove music not in selected playlists" -- but even when i choose all playlists, it deletes a few songs and/or albums each time, so then i need to resync (without the "remove" option selected) the next time. It also crashes at least once a day; it just stops playing and i have to start it again, or has to close itself. It has a wireless sync'ing option, but that's even slower, and sometimes when i use it, some playlists are dropped (so i've stopped using it).

doubleTwist (paid version) - This thing putters out about 1/3 of the way through synchronizing my music. Just stops. I restart it and it doesn't continue where it left off. I've given up.

winamp - This won't synchronize to my external card, only internal memory. So i haven't tried it.

easy music sync - I can't remember the issue with this one. I gave up on it early on.. I think it's because it wouldn't sync to my external card.

MUSIC APPS:

Rocket Player (paid version) - From the makers of iSyncr, this is the best player i've found so far. If it didn't crash at least once a day, this would be a clear winner. It incorporates ID3 artwork or downloads artwork itself or allows you to use a third party app for that. It has all the music-playing options i want, including a widget for easy home screen access. It has last.fm scrobbling support.

doubleTwist (paid version) - Ok player. Without the sync program, i haven't really touched it much.

Music Player - I think this was the S3's default music player. I have to say it's my 2nd favorite. Its problems are that it has no scrobbling support and doesn't recognize compilation/soundtrack albums well. (It seems to group by folder instead of ID3 album.) Its strength is that it doesn't crash, or if it does, it keeps playing. And it has no widget for play/pause/skip from home screen and no similar lock screen functionality. But its simple and it works well. When my iSyncr synchronizing experiences problems, this app knows where all the music is when even the Rocket Player might have an issue.

Google Play - This doesn't read album artwork well at all. It doesn't read compilations well. It doesn't have scrobbling support. It doesn't find all my music well when iSyncr has issues. It also seems to load up automatically when i hookup my S3 to my iMac via USB, which is annoying. It doesn't do anything better than Rocket or the default Music Player.

NRG / GoneMad (trial versions) - They don't recognize all my music and playlists and/or their functionality and look-and-feel don't measure up.

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I think i've tried other music apps, but don't remember them offhand.

Please share any experiences, especially successes, that you have had. Thank you.