It plays what you add to the Now Playing. You may have Repeat All enabled (tap Artwork in Now Playing screen and disable Repeat All).

I have MMA Pro 1.04 installed on a Galaxy S4. I've noticed that all Album plays are apparently locked in "continuous" play over and over. My music albums have 12 or more pieces and will not play thru the album list one after the other. Is this another thing that requires Win sync to work or is this a bug? Comments?

Hi,

I've been able to replicate a couple of the items raised in this thread with build 156:
failed MTP sync for ratings: http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=11132
playlists synced via Wi-Fi don't appear in other apps: http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=11134

Thanks.

-Rusty

BigInJapan wrote:I'm pretty sure MMA is using database playlists rather than .M3U files. In other words, you shouldn't expect the deletion of an .m3u file to cause a playlist to go away in MMA. You would have to delete the playlist from within MMA or from some other app that accesses Android's mediastore (like another player or something like the Playlist Backup app).

Yeah deleting them from MMA works, I figured that was the case.

bettertthan74 wrote:I was getting the 0 sized play lists when my syncs would not complete. I think it creates the playlists last. What version of MMW are you using?

I'm using MMW 1643. I figured out the problem though, at least it's working for now. Under playlist options in the device profile I set it to use linux folder separator "/" instead of "\" and manually writing in "/playlists/" as the destination directory.

I was getting the 0 sized play lists when my syncs would not complete. I think it creates the playlists last. What version of MMW are you using?

Absoluteg0 wrote:Also, MMA can still see and play the playlists after deleting them from the phone with Total Commander.

I'm pretty sure MMA is using database playlists rather than .M3U files. In other words, you shouldn't expect the deletion of an .m3u file to cause a playlist to go away in MMA. You would have to delete the playlist from within MMA or from some other app that accesses Android's mediastore (like another player or something like the Playlist Backup app).

A new problem has come up- I'm not sure if it's MMW or MMA that's behind it but I think it's the newest MMW.

Wireless sync works perfectly- but only for the mediamonkey app. Other apps (poweramp, player pro etc) can "see" the .m3u playlists but they always appear with 0 songs.

Also, MMA can still see and play the playlists after deleting them from the phone with Total Commander.

Have you checked for corrupted tracks? The mediaserver on my skyrocket was killing it until I started checking regularly. The file may even play normally but a corrupted header is enough to get the media service stuck.

mount your phone on the pc as a drive and use this.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp3check/

hopefully it helps

sirandar wrote:If you are running Android 4.1.1 you will have issues with battery life with any player if you have a big library especially on a microSD card. The issue is that the native Android program "mediaserver" (which Android uses to catalog files) has a huge bug in it and it chokes when it tries to catalog alot of MP3s. Very often it will also corrupt a microSD card causing mount errors and wiping the card. As mediaserver tries and fails to catalog your MP3 is slows down your phone and drains the battery.
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Take home message. MMA is pretty much unusable for anyone on 4.1.1 unless you have hardware unaffected by this very serious bug.

Thanks for this info. I don't have a huge library on my external card, but that is where I keep my tracks, and I am seeing 20% battery consumption for Media server; only 6% for MediaMonkey. This on a Galaxy Tab 2 w/ 4.1.1. I was surprised to get updated to any flavor of Jelly Bean; I don't expect to see it updated further.

I think "pretty much unusable" is a gross overstatement, tho. I can usually go two days without recharging unless I'm doing extensive reading with it. I suppose it would be worse if I had more tracks loaded.

Battery issues are still present unfortunately. I hope it gets worked out soon because otherwise this is an amazing app...

Still having troubles? Hope the battery issue is fixed for you too.

Another update if anyone cares- the ratings sync properly over wifi, further proving Samsung's MTP is probably garbage.

Hopefully the battery issue will be solved soon??

Quick update- MMW .1642 seems to have fixed the playlist issue. Sweet.

Thanks for the reply. I'm using the galaxy s3 SGH i747M on Android 4.1.1 with no external memory card. I've rooted it but for the life of me cannot figure out how to install the newest firmware. I doubt Rogers will ever release the latest version.

The thing is though I use power amp constantly, which is only a minor blip on the battery chart. MMA on the other hand...

The OP wrote :"Battery drain: MMA is the worst offender, by far. I'll open it, scroll through the folders for twenty seconds, and exit. A couple hours later MMA has used 40% of my battery and it's nearly dead. Happens every time. The only way to keep it in check is to "force close" the app when I'm done with it. I think it may be due to continuous scanning?"

If you are running Android 4.1.1 you will have issues with battery life with any player if you have a big library especially on a microSD card. The issue is that the native Android program "mediaserver" (which Android uses to catalog files) has a huge bug in it and it chokes when it tries to catalog alot of MP3s. Very often it will also corrupt a microSD card causing mount errors and wiping the card. As mediaserver tries and fails to catalog your MP3 is slows down your phone and drains the battery.

The best solution is to update to Android 4.1.2 or 4.2 where this bug is supposedly fixed but unless your carrier has this update or you root/unlock, you can't do this. This update is being released very late or maybe not at all for many big carriers, probably because they want people to upgrade. I am still waiting for Bell to release it and I don't think they will ..... the Samsung S3 is too good a phone and nobody will need to upgrade for years. Also Samsung is currently making phones for users and not the carriers (at least for now) and the carriers will dump them as soon as possible. The S3 and S4 may be the last great phones and after that the carriers will start taking things away and replacing them with services that use data so they can $$$$ you for it.

The next best solution is to put all your MP3s in a single folder and add a .nomedia file to prevent mediaserver from catalogging it. Then use PowerAMP to catalog and play files as it has its own MP3 scanner separate from mediaserver.

Disabling mediaserver works but then your Gallery app wont

Take home message. MMA is pretty much unusable for anyone on 4.1.1 unless you have hardware unaffected by this very serious bug.

Phones I know are affected: Samsung Galaxy S3 747 = tested on 2 phones from different carriers with multiple microSD cards (probably the most popular phone with a microSD slot but forum post indicate more also have this bug

The program Mediaserver is a dinosaur in terms of catalogging files ..... it is slow and rudimentary meaning that Android is 20 years behind the times when it comes to catalogging files