Recommend me a music player app, i have specific needs....

120_Minutes

Right, so i've an xperia z and its paired with my (also sony) car stereo and i stream music through it. I use the the stock walkman app, and also poweramp, but i'd like an app that combines two specific things i like about both apps:

1. the walkman app shows the artist/album/track names on the stereo display, but doesnt resume playback when bluetooth is reconnected, and,

2. poweramp resumes playback on reconnection but doesnt show track names.

Now i know i'm being a bit OCD about this, but i'd love an app that does both.

can anyone help?

pickarooney

I didn't know it was even possible to send track info over Bluetooth. Does the walkman app have a name?

120_Minutes

pickarooney wrote: »

I didn't know it was even possible to send track info over Bluetooth. Does the walkman app have a name?

yep, its walkman!

swampy353

Track names over bluetooth is a hard feature to come by, lots of apps don't support it. Best bet would be to use tasker to automate the resume play when it connects to bluetooth and keep using the Walkman app

120_Minutes

swampy353 wrote: »

Track names over bluetooth is a hard feature to come by, lots of apps don't support it. Best bet would be to use tasker to automate the resume play when it connects to bluetooth and keep using the Walkman app

that sounds like a plan, i'll check it out.

120_Minutes

wow, i dont know where to get started with this tasker app, its very comprehensive! i'm gonna have to learn programming!

swampy353

120_Minutes wrote: »

wow, i dont know where to get started with this tasker app, its very comprehensive! i'm gonna have to learn programming!

Yes
Setup your task: load app: Walkman, media control: play. Name your task
Setup a profile with connection to bluetooth (add profile, name it, state, net, bluetooth connected)
There are tonnes of examples on the net

MoodeRator

120_Minutes wrote: »

Right, so i've an xperia z and its paired with my (also sony) car stereo and i stream music through it. I use the the stock walkman app, and also poweramp, but i'd like an app that combines two specific things i like about both apps:

1. the walkman app shows the artist/album/track names on the stereo display, but doesnt resume playback when bluetooth is reconnected, and,

2. poweramp resumes playback on reconnection but doesnt show track names.

Now i know i'm being a bit OCD about this, but i'd love an app that does both.

can anyone help?

Is this Walman app exclusive to Xperia? I am using a HTC One X and cannot fing the walkman app in the store
Does anyone know of another app that gives you track nmaes over bluetooth please?

swampy353

Yeah the walkman app would be sony exclusive, but sure if you google it you'll find an apk.
The reason that bluetooth track info isnt working is that there was an error with JB. When it launched the system didnt handle the profile correctly, meaning that if the developer didnt specifcally hard wire the profile into their app and instead relied on android to do it for them (which it should do) then it wont work. It should be updated in the next version of JB (which I am just waiting to install on my oneX, will let you know later tonight if the functionality is back working and if it is what apps are allowing it.
see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2148262

Ste-

swampy353 wrote: »

Yeah the walkman app would be sony exclusive, but sure if you google it you'll find an apk.
The reason that bluetooth track info isnt working is that there was an error with JB. When it launched the system didnt handle the profile correctly, meaning that if the developer didnt specifcally hard wire the profile into their app and instead relied on android to do it for them (which it should do) then it wont work. It should be updated in the next version of JB (which I am just waiting to install on my oneX, will let you know later tonight if the functionality is back working and if it is what apps are allowing it.
see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2148262

Afaik it has been fixed. Read on G+ from someone that uses it aswell and they said it was.

120_Minutes

swampy353 wrote: »

The reason that bluetooth track info isnt working is that there was an error with JB. When it launched the system didnt handle the profile correctly, meaning that if the developer didnt specifcally hard wire the profile into their app and instead relied on android to do it for them (which it should do) then it wont work.

Ste- wrote: »

Afaik it has been fixed. Read on G+ from someone that uses it aswell and they said it was.

interesting, so all i have to do is wait for an update for the sony firmware, and possibly an update to poweramp, and i'm golden?