MP3 is a digital audio encoding format using lossy data compression
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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 ...
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MP3 getting mixed up
I am running ICS on my tablet.
Whenever I copy new music files to my tablet, the files get mixed (playing parts of other music files for 5,6 seconds randomly in any file I copied). What should I do?
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Load MP3 files on my Nexus
I want to listen to mp3 files of a lecture while viewing pdf files (containing the lecture notes).
How do I load the MP3 files onto the Nexus?
(The MP3 files currently reside on my hard drive.)
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How do I set a custom MP3 as a ringtone for other notifications?
I have an HTC Droid Incredible running Android 2.2 FroYo and would like to use custom sounds/songs as ringtones for text message notifications, event and task reminders, Facebook and Twitter ...
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Missing mp3 files on SD card
I am trying to add mp3 files to my Toshiba Thrive trough an SD card. What I am doing is loading the SD card in my laptop and adding the files directly. I loaded around 6 GB to the (32GB) card. When ...
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mp3wrap file not playable
I combined six MP3 files, with filenames starting with 0, into one MP3 with the following command under Debian Wheezy:
$ mp3wrap -v output.mp3 0*
Using file on output.mp3 confirmed that it was an ...
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Galaxy S2 does not see MP3 files in any player
I transferred several MP3 files to the Samsung Galaxy S2. But, the player does not see the MP3 files, only the DCT files. I installed several different players, and had the same result.
How do I fix ...
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Sync MP3 Ratings on Android, with MediaMonkey / MusicBee on Windows
Both MediaMonkey and MusicBee, as music players let you 'rate' songs from 1 to 5 stars. I would like to have this functionality as well in an Android app. The main problem is syncing these ratings. ...
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how to stop 3rd party video player from opening mp3 files
When I install MoboPlayer it becomes the default mp3 player for Gmail. This is a problem because it can't actually play mp3 files associated with Gmail (it can't find the file location).
All the ...
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A Music listening app that lets me delete song from it's interface [closed]
So, is there any app that lets me do that?
I generally copy full folders which I take from my friends so there are many crappy songs that come to my playlist too. I really need a way to delete the ...
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Streaming Songs as Alarms on my Nexus One to Bluetooth Speakers
I know there are several apps available that allow the user to utilize .mp3 files/songs as an alarm. So when the alarm is triggered, the selected song/playlist starts to play. I'm also aware that if ...
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Capturing audio out in Android and writing as a mp3
I want to be able to capture all the audio that would normally play through the speaker on my Android phone and write that stream as some sort of audio file.
The reason I would like to do this is ...
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Sync mp3s between 2 android devices?
I've a galaxy and a Samsung tablet. I download many mp3s on the tablet and I'd like to be able to sync them with the phone and vice versa. Any app for this?
I am talking about lots of files, so ...
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How do I play mp3s from my Dropbox?
I have the Dropbox app on my Droid, and it can "Download" files to the local storage on the phone, but for some reason the music playing app can't see those files.
How do I make the music playing ...
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audio player with 30 seoncd skip?
Is there a player that I can map 30 second skip to my prius track forward/reverse buttons?
Audible player on android allowed me to configure my car stereo's track forward and backward buttons to be ...
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Looking for a way to shrink the size of MP3 files
I have a lot of MP3 files on my phone and I would like to re-size them to save space. (Note: I do not want to trim the audio file.) I know I may lose some quality, but it is fine.
What is the best ...
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Cloud music apps won't sync from device to computer?
I have a free Spotify account and can very easily sync music files that are on my computer to my Android device via wifi. But I can't find a way to sync files that are on my Android device back to the ...
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How to force google reader app to download mp3s
When I subscribe to podcast RSS feeds with the google reader app then click the link to the mp3 Google reader starts streaming it with the selected media player rather than downloading the mp3 file to ...
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Recognize and tag mp3s
Are there any Android applications which will recognize my mp3s from a directory and tag them automatically?
Some of my mp3s have wrong file names and tags. I want to organize them correctly.
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Is there a music player that can play music from the Google Music Store as well as Amazon MP3?
It's getting really annoying that the music I "buy" in the different music stores on Android (Google Play and Amazon MP3 specifically) aren't visible to other music players even when I make them ...
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How can I download an MP3 to my phone instead of opening it in a music player?
I'm trying to download podcast MP3s to my phone so I can listen to them in my car. Ideally, I'd like to be able to Chrome-to-Phone them from my computer at home, and then choose to download and play ...
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How can I encode an MP3 file in Android using LAME?
Can anyone tell me how to encode a MP3 file in Android (as you would by using lame.dll in Windows or lame.so in Linux)?
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Unsupported File Type: Why did my Samsung Galaxy S suddenly stop supporting MP3s?
All of a sudden my Samsung Galaxy S claims to not support mp3 files (the phone has been idle for a few hours, I did not touch anything). Ogg files however still play without problems. When this ...
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Is there something in the Android architecture that prevents people from creating MP3 players that read embedded lyrics?
When I play certain MP3 files (such as lessons from JapanesePod101.com) on my iPod Touch, lyrics or transcripts that are embedded in the MP3 files are displayed in the media player.
I find this to be ...
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Why are some songs are not named correctly in media players?
Most songs in my collection display correctly. However some will display the name of the song as "01 Song name" instead of "Song name". Note that the file name is "01 Song name.mp3".
They also appear ...
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Music transfer and playlists
Is there an app that will allow you to make playlists with your music (on your computer) and then transfer those playlists, and the associated MP3 files, over to the phone?
I'd prefer not to have to ...
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any way to edit id tag inside android phone?
any way how to edit (mp3) id tags inside my android? HTC Desire 2.1
I am used to play my music using winamp with right click on directory and select 'play in winamp'. In that case it doesn't matter ...
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How do I assign cover art to songs? (Archos 43)
I have an Archos 43 Internet Tablet running Android 2.2.
Has anyone figured out how to assign cover art to songs in the Music player? Some of my songs work just fine, others don't. What should I be ...
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Is there an Android PMP equivalent of the iPod Touch? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are there any devices that are like an iPod Touch, but run Android?
In other words, is there a piece of dedicated hardware designed (or shipped with) Android that is ...
