Default music player

[jpjgolden]

I have been playing Mp3s streamed from Dropbox. However, I am not able to create a playlist and can only play one at a time. Is there a setting that will allow me to play several, consecutively?

JP

 

[Ravynmagi]

Not sure what you are playing MP3s with, but if you open them with Play Music, you should be able to easily creating playlists.

 

[jpjgolden]

Play Music is the only default player, right? Once a song is playing, how can I add another? Does it matter that the music is not stored on the N7?

JP

 

[Ravynmagi]

Play Music is the only default player, right? Once a song is playing, how can I add another? Does it matter that the music is not stored on the N7?

JP

On your song list, just tap and hold on the song and choose Add to playlist or Add to queue.

 

[jpjgolden]

When I press and hold, my choices are:

Share
Favorite
Delete
Rename
Export

JP

 

[Ravynmagi]

Oh, I'm sorry. I brain farted over the fact that you said you were streaming from Dropbox. I thought you'd downloaded the MP3s from Dropbox and were trying to create a playlist or queue in Play Music.

You are using Dropbox to stream the music and it's the Dropbox app that is playing the music. I don't think it can create a playlist or queue. It's not a real music cloud player like Google Play Music or Amazon MP3 are.

 

[jpjgolden]

Yes, the music resides on Dropbox. On my PC, I simply right-click the song and play it in Winamp. In that case, Winamp (on my machine) gets pointed to the Mp3s (on Dropbox), and plays them. You're saying that can't happen with Nexus 7? I downloaded the Winamp app, but couldn't make it work.

JP

 

[dpridgen]

If you have winamp on the nexus and winamp on your pc, why don't you just sync winamp to the device? It'll copy all the music and your playlists to the device automatically. You'll need the pro version if you want to do it automatically via wifi.

 

[jpjgolden]

I never created playlists on the PC. I simply randomly selected songs to listen to and played them. That's all I want to do with N7, but it all seems foreign to me without a mouse and its selective capabilities.

Taking a different tack, must the Mp3s on the N7's playlists be located on the tablet...and not in the Cloud?

JP

 

[Ravynmagi]

Yes, the music resides on Dropbox. On my PC, I simply right-click the song and play it in Winamp. In that case, Winamp (on my machine) gets pointed to the Mp3s (on Dropbox), and plays them. You're saying that can't happen with Nexus 7? I downloaded the Winamp app, but couldn't make it work.

JP

The difference is on your PC you are not streaming the music. Dropbox a copy of all the files to your PC, so that is why Winamp is able to play them, it's playing the local copy of the file, not streaming it.

On Android, it doesn't download the file, unless you manually export it. Instead everything is streamed by default, so Dropbox handles the music streaming, not the stock Android app. If you download the music from Dropbox to your tablet, then you could play it with Play Music or any music player that supports play lists.

You have 3 options.

One, Download all the music you want to put into a playlist from Dropbox onto your tablet and play it with Play Music (or PlayerPro or whatever).

Two, import all your music into a cloud service like Amazon or Google and use their apps (Amazon MP3 or Play Music) to stream the music.

Or three, use Audio Galaxy, WinAmp or some other media streaming app that streams directly from your computer to your tablet.

 

[dralezero]

I have some mp3s in my drop box. Not music and probably
y not properly tagged. I just pick what I want by setting as Favorite in Dropbox. Now they show up in Google music Player because setting Favorite stores offline. Each folder of MP3 show up as Albums. UnFavorited but not sure at what time they will be cleared from device since they still shpw in player

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[jpjgolden]

I uploaded some Mp3s from my PC and I think I'm starting to get a feel for things, Ravynmagi. And thanks, dralezero, for the Dropbox tip. I feel like such a Bozo, with almost 15-years of playing with computers, and completely at a loss with this tablet. It's all foreign to me, but I love this little Android.

JP