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[Android Apps and Games] feneso:
I certainly did...

I don't know whatelse I can do. I have searched over the internet... A LOT!!

I tried to use another music player (n7 insteado Now Playing). Nothing changed... No cover art.

I was wondering... I have root access inmay S3, and got some stuff freezed with Titanium Backup Pro.

Is it possible that some of these freezed stuff may be causing the no cover art issue in Media Utilities??

I am noobie... But don't believe in that. After all, I got tall my album cover art while using Now Playing and n7.

I would love to use Media Utilities, and create my own music player widget, but I can't make it work...

Giving up...
[Android Apps and Games] bhassh:
Sorry I can't be of much help here.

After reading your earlier message again, I hope it's not a simple typo mistake that you are making in zooper widget ie typing [b/] (as stated in your message) instead of .;)

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Sorry I can't be of much help here.

After reading your earlier message again, I hope it's not a simple typo mistake that you are making in zooper widget ie typing [b/] (as stated in your message) instead of /b .
[Android Apps and Games] feneso:
Thanks for the heads up. I checked... It was just a mistake while I was typin the reply here.

No cover art so far...

I think I'll just let it go and keep using my Now Playing widget.
[Android Apps and Games] feneso:
Updating...

I tried again and the cover arts now are showing in the widget.

But I actually did not do anything. They just decided to show tehmselves.

It's kinda crazy... But the track and artist information don't appear. All I get is "---"

:confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Android Apps and Games] bhassh:
:good:

That's good mate..Keep trying it might just appear like the coverart! :D
[Android Apps and Games] mrram:
Button themes

Would like to offer alt button theme. How to integrate?
[Android Apps and Games] Bogmat:
Talking about Media player controls could someone point me in the right direction to a Zooper widget that has a working media player that i can customize?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] feneso:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=my.pkg.circle.zwskin.zwprovider

I really like it
[Android Apps and Games] mrram:
Modded with two different buttons sets.

Windows Media Player

Sony Walkman

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-qR4PlpKzPyRThvb1hJbzBZR3c/edit?usp=docslist_api

Sent from the Death Star
[Android Apps and Games] Bogmat:
My last reply didn't post. [MENTION=5472835]feneso[/MENTION] thanks for that only it uses media utility's and I'm having extreme issues with that, I followed a tutorial on zooper to the letter and as this widget does too, once pressed the play button it crashes.

Anyone else had that issue?
[Android Apps and Games] feneso:
Sorry to hear that... I don't what might be happening. Mine works really fine.

Hope everything gets ok.

Media Utility is a beta version. As you may notice in my replies above, I was also having lost of crashes.

Then Media Utilities just decided to work. And I did not do anything. It just happended.
[Android Apps and Games] Bogmat:
Ok now worries, thanks for ur reply I'll keep playing with it :)
[Android Apps and Games] Mr Sliff:
Is it possible to get this app working with media utilities? Podfy?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.podfy.android
[Android Apps and Games] xellossr:
how can i control as pebble watch?

your media utilities application is supported pebble watch.

but i can not control as pebble watch.

sure, setting checked pebble watch in your application.
[Android Apps and Games] tiborux:
I have problems with the coverart. Im using zooper. I tried to use the coverart, but the app doesnt show the pictures. When i add a bitmap and choose advanced parameters, i type: "#TMU_COVERART#", and below this, the app shows where are the coverarts and is ok. But the widget doesnt show the pictures. Can someone help me?
[Android Apps and Games] drsky125:
Try to enter the following string:

[b]#TMU_COVERART#[/b]

This did it for me.
[Android Apps and Games] tiborux:
Still not working. The app shows the bitmap of a folder
[Android Apps and Games] kwerdenker:
ignore this post

Sent from my secret moonbase via space carrier pigeons
[Android Apps and Games] kwerdenker:
Ok, now on the PC I can see drsky already posted the correct string. Did you remember to check "Make coverart available" and the Zooper integration in Media Utilities settings?
[Android Apps and Games] tiborux:
Yes, I did but still not working! :(
[Android Apps and Games] kwerdenker:
Could you please post a screenshot of the module settings where we can see the tags you entered and the resulting output below? Also which media player are you using and did you try it with multiple apps?
[Android Apps and Games] davewjr:
I was wondering if somebody could help me out. I just downloaded and tried out Media Utilities today. My first go at it was fine...everything worked using it as a widget. Then I decided to set it up as a Zooper widget. I followed the tutorial on Zooperlog but it wouldn't work. It keeps force closing Media Utilities. Same thing with UCCW. I even set it up again as a regular widget and same thing...force closes, actually the pop up message says "unfortunately Media Utilities has stopped". Anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Im using a stock Verizon Galaxy s4...Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] davewjr:
Got it working now...think I narrowed it down to the "attempt direct control" selection at the bottom of the settings dialog screen. With it unchecked everything works great.

The only issue I'm having now is getting the coverart to show up. Followed everything from tutorial but only see the generic folder bitmap.
[Android Apps and Games] itesla:
Tasker Scene with Media Utilities triggered album art?

I have a Tasker Scene I have been playing with off and on that pops up in my car. It has a traffic map (scene map), weather radar animation (webpage animateg gif image), media buttons, list of shortcuts to frequently used car apps (PodcastAddict, Slacker, call my wife, etc).

So the media buttons seem to work but I can't figure out how to get the album art via MediaUtilities.

I can't get the MU variables to show in a scene either so maybe it is related to that. I do see the MU variables like %track %coverart_uri show in a Tasker flash/popup. When I try to copy the %coverart_uri to a static file like CurrentAlbumArt.jpg, Task pops up an error that the file cannot be found (it references the path to the MU cover art so that part is working)

Can you make it so MediaUtilities always copies the current album art to a defined filename, it currently seems to use different filenames?

Can you make it so the MediaUtilities album art is not stored in the Picutres/mu_coverart folder (reduce clutter in my photo gallery)?

BTW, I have MediaUtilties version 0.126 from the Play store with the Zooper and General Broadcast options set.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] turkishness:
seems as though this app doesn't display coverart at all on kitkat :eek:

can't get them to show in zooper widget or it's own MU widget. still works perfectly fine on my old galaxy nexus though. i hope there's a fix coming.
[Android Apps and Games] jallenhayslett:
Any chance of getting rounded corners on and autohide on the album art widget?
[Android Apps and Games] N00B_N00B:
Delay

Thanks for this awesome app!

I have created a Zooper widget. Everything looks great and also works very well. But there's about 1-2 seconds delay, every time I press the "Next" "Previous" or "Start/Stop" buttons. Is it possible to solve this issue?

(Galaxy S4, not rooted)

Greets
[Android Apps and Games] Grandcru99:
I get fcs on Google music.

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[Android Apps and Games] revanthina:
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[Android Apps and Games] marlowe310:
Any word on when/if 4.4 compatibility might be coming down the pipeline? Thanks very much.
[Android Apps and Games] NienorGT:
It looks like it's broken in KitKat =/

I hope the Dev didn't drop support for this awesome app...
[Android Apps and Games] kellin.miller.t:
Could you plan to support control music at locker screen?
[Android Apps and Games] mobile_lover_89:
It's convenient. Now I can play music by widget
[Android Apps and Games] marlowe310:
Just wanted to let everyone here know about this very similar app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jackthakar.musicwidget

It works almost exactly like MU, except it isn't able to open whichever is the current media player -- you have to pick one and stick with it. I choose MU, so now I have the media app menu pop up -- not ideal (extra step), but certainly workable!

I've emailed the dev to see if he could add support for shortcuts -- that way we could use the ACTION - OPEN CURRENT MEDIA APP from MU, and replicate the functionality totally.
[Android Apps and Games] benjdm:
It's been updated to work with 4.4...still trying it out.

ETA: cover art works again!
[Android Apps and Games] Lt_Salt:
Cover art lag issue

I've been using a Music Utilities widget with zooper support, and for the most part it works great. However, I'm having a problem with the album art. The cover art updates fine for Play Music, but it's always 1 track behind when I'm using spotify. Any suggestions for how to get the right cover art to display?
[Android Apps and Games] egodriver07:
+1 same issue here with Spotify. Good catch.
[Android Apps and Games] ctkatz:
I have an unusual problem with this latest beta 156 I believe it is. I have a media app that mu keeps finding after I continuously remove it. Does anyone have a copy of the previous beta? my automatic backup backed up this latest version before I found this bug so I don't have any old copies.
[Android Apps and Games] chrisliphart:
Perfect for Pebble!

Aaaaand, you just elegantly fixed my one gripe with Pebble and Android: The music app selector. On iOS, the Pebble automatically knows what music app you're running. On Android, you have to choose one. I've tried several different apps that fix that, but they tend to be laggy or require installing a watchapp to the Pebble. The integration here is minimal and does exactly what it needs to do.

The only issue I'm seeing is that the icon in the notification isn't updating properly based on the running app, however the controls are working just fine. But when I hit the icon, it goes to the app it represents. For example, I'm listening to a podcast in PocketCasts, but the Pandora icon shows in the notification. The controls work for PocketCasts, but if I hit the icon, it launches Pandora.
[Android Apps and Games] michaelramm:
Compatible Music Apps

Is there a list anywhere of the compatible music players that Media Utilities works with? I am not a fan of Google Music and my previous app (Rocket Launcher Pro) is not compatible with Media Utilities. So I am on a search for a new app that has gapless playback (for my live concerts) and pauses correctly when I leave my car (Google Music restarts the song).

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] marlowe310:
Is there any way to prevent the app for making a fresh thumbnail for every audio file? Or if not would it be possible to add on Auto Clean Up function?
[Android Apps and Games] itesla:
Latest Media Utilities on Samsung S4 with android 4.3

1) MU has been crashing a lot lately, anyone else? I use PodcastAddict a lot, not sure if it is related to that? It seems to work and pick up the album art, so it is somewhat compatible. Also when trying to add widgets I get: "Unfortunately Media Utilities (Beta) has stopped"

2) Why so many images in the mu_coverart folder. Can the app delete the everything except the most recent?

3) Does MU support Librivox https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.bookdesign.librivox ? It doesn't seem to work at all for me.
[Android Apps and Games] kssxs:
Hey there!

I'm using the latest beta of MU, but am finding that %artist isn't working in Tasker.

This used to work just fine in JellyBean. Any chance this will get fixed for KitKat (v4.4.2)? I'm running SlimKat v4.4.2 Build 4-3650 ...

Thanks in advance! :D﻿
[Android Apps and Games] PunchUp:
Is the development dead?
[Android Apps and Games] shaithis01:
XBOX Music

Has anyone had success with this and XBOX Music?
[Android Apps and Games] sonoromanista:
Sonos

I'm trying to get this to work with the Sonos app. Anyone have any experience with this? How do you change your "current music application"? I want mine to be the Sonos app but I can't seem to force it as the default/current.
[Android Apps and Games] dave-:
Noticed today that the widget didn't update switching from Pocketcasts to Spotify. On the next connect, it launches Spotfy as I'd expect but the widget still shows the info for Pocketcasts which is strange.

Forgot to give it notification permission in security :)

Do like the idea of a unified widget for all my music apps so hopefully this project isn't dead :good:
[Android Apps and Games] marciozomb13:
A feature request: since Widgetlocker still doesn't support to show album/artist art when music is playing, using the new KK API's, would be awesome if you add an option to suspend Widgetlocker when the music is playing by broadcast the intents:

Developers

WidgetLocker provides a few broadcasts to help third-party developers interact with WidgetLocker.

com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker.intent.LOCKED Broadcasted sometime after SCREEN_OFF when WidgetLocker is activated

com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker.intent.UNLOCKED Broadcasted when the user unlocks via slider or button. Note that users may exist WidgetLocker without unlocking, this is okay

com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker.intent.HIDDEN Broadcasted when the user switches to another app without unlocking. The user may return to WidgetLocker (Back button) or may not (Home button)

Additionally WidgetLocker can be controlled by third party applications with the following Service intents (via startService)

com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker.ENABLE

com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker.DISABLE

com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker.SUSPEND

com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker.RESUME

They act as expected. Note that suspend is considered temporary (WidgetLocker remains running and would resume after a reboot) and disable is considered the same as the user disabling WidgetLocker from settings

And finally these intents via startActivity

com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker.ACTIVATE

com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker.UNLOCK

So we can see the stock lockscreen with the album art instead widgetlocker static wallpaper.

This will make this app still more awesome!
[Android Apps and Games] 93Akkord:
It's been crashing a lot lately for me as well. I only use it for the tasker plugin. Mostly used when my phone connects to the cars BT it will play the music for me automatically (I use it for the smart play). Not sure if this is the issue or not.
[Android Apps and Games] gredini:
Is this app still being developed?

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[Android Apps and Games] dave-:
Since this appears to have ceased development, has anyone found anything similar ?
[Android Apps and Games] BOY_:
I use Jack's music widget now.
[Android Apps and Games] dave-:
Nice, but not quite the same.
[Android Apps and Games] paulpoco:
Not everything shows 100% on Jack's widget. It also hasn't been updated for a year now.
[Android Apps and Games] drakenabarion:
This widget is much more compatible on lollipop than other android versions. What a nice surprise

:D
[Android Apps and Games] letdatbassknock:
Something must've happened to the Dev.

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It barely works on any Android version lol.
[Android Apps and Games] drakenabarion:
No you are wrong. On CyanogenMod 12, the only glitch I have is that on the widgets that show cover art, it shows the art from the previous song. Very minor bug if you ask me.

Pressing play starts the default player with the last song and playlist I played, as I would expect. It's working fine for me!
[Android Apps and Games] PunchUp:
Another annoying thing is that it stores all the album arts without any filter to hide. Gets too annoying to delete from the gallery again and again
[Android Apps and Games] drakenabarion:
That, I think, is from the option "make cover art available". It's not an ideal option but some people probably wanted it.

You could put an empty file named ".nomedia" in the folder with the cover art.
[Android Apps and Games] PunchUp:
Did that but ineffective. It shows up in gallery anyway. Has to be controlled from within the app
[Android Apps and Games] spammehere:
Sorry for if my question has been asked already

My question here is

How do I integrate the Play and Pause buttons into one?
[Android Apps and Games] drakenabarion:
For me, the same button has this function - I pause with the same button I stay playing with...
[Android Apps and Games] Apidea:
Hi,

I installed the app on HTC One m7 with lollipop and vieperone 8 , but the widget does not work: are not shown in the display artist and track.

Why?

Can anyone help me?
[Android Apps and Games] irteza_h:
Does this work with n7 music player. I tried but Media Utilities doesnt seem to be able to catch any data from N7 player. Can anyone please confirm?
[Android Apps and Games] mrram:
Please update for lollipop... [emoji33]
[Android Apps and Games] mahesham22:
This doesn't work with lollipop. Please update for lollipop
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Iam looking at some options now for the controlled media application. Currently it controls the media application that is registered with the OS which can be a bit unpredictable on occasion especially for streaming applications which tend to unregister very soon after stopping.

Thanks for listing the application trying them as people post what they have tested with.
[Android Apps and Games] drakenabarion:
Oh exactly this. I think it would be nicely simple while highly functional. :)

Thanks for replying ;)
[Android Apps and Games] doumer:
Good idea, but unfortunately not working with plex :crying:
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Should be easy enough to add, With any luck should be in tonight or Ill get to it this weekend I have a few other request that look like good ideas.

Just curious your using CM10 instead of stock on a Nexus4 , just for fun or was there a specific feature ? Looking at picking up a Nexus phone next time I upgrade.
[Android Apps and Games] arman68:
Great idea. I love the idea of hidden controls behind the actual useful information. I used the same concept in my clock shown in the screenshots: it has 5 hidden control areas: 1 in the middle, and 1 in each corner, all of them relevant to the information shown in that area. It is highly functional.

Back to your widgets:

4x1 and 4x2 widgets with the album art AND the metadata with hidden controls would be great. You are right about not needing a media player shortcut. However, I think fitting 3 controls on the right of the album art would be fiddly to be accurate enough for fingers, and since [previous] is rarely used, I think your original concept of only 2 controls (play/pause and next) would be best. So, to summarize:

Display:

Art | Metadata

Controls:

player/menu | [play/pause] [next]

Another topic: I have not managed to reproduce the problem of launching musixmatch when tunein radio was playing. Maybe it was just a fluke, like pressing play just when the app lost the stream.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Do we want to change the text color if its paused/stopped?
[Android Apps and Games] arman68:
I think for now it is not very important. Once, you have well defined which widgets are needed, and out seems like a pause indicator would be good, you can revisit it.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
I may need to rename the app, Its really only going to work with music applications.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Opps responded to the wrong post. But a good point regardless :)

Ill add a version of your 4x2 widget this weekend. Looking forward to your feedback.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Just posted a version with this widget. Have to admit pretty sexy. Looking forward to your feedback. :victory:
[Android Apps and Games] drakenabarion:
Looking forward to trying it out :D (edit I guess it takes a bit for the play store to know there is an update)

As for cm10.1, that are many features not in stock such as power controls in the notification bar, customised navigation bar, theme engines (although my current theme is advanced stock which holo themes anything gingerbread themed that is left over in older apps), and lots of little tweaks that I use but forget they are even tweak. Its more subtle than other roms as almost everything is in line with Google style policies. :)

I just got the update and it's looking great like that. It's also very very resize friendly!

I am just wondering how it would be for people who have completely white desktop images. Personally I tend to stay with darker images so it won't affect me. Really living it as it is.

Now if Mort player would behave correctly with the widget, then I think that makes this the ultimate perfect widget for me.
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Interesting media application and wow has the developer put a lot of features in that. Did some quick testing looks to work as expected, what issues are you having?

Mort???

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[Android Apps and Games] drakenabarion:
Yeah its a really great player full of features yet simple layout :D

When I click your widget, and Mort isn't running, play music starts playing and the widget controls play music until I exit play music.

Also, I deleted play music from the list of players in the widget settings. The widget should not be in control of it at all in that case, right?

I am not sure it is related to the widget or player but I don't use any player other than Mort. I guess it maybe has unusual ways to control how it launches itself. Mort isn't usually autodeteced as a music player in apps that detect installed players.

[Edit] Oh it worked after removing play music then rebooting. Now it behaves as I would expect!

Edit: Now you have officially replaced all my widgets :D Thanks for making this!
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Thanks for the detailed response.

The media controls are a collection of functionality pulled from different source, Iam attempting to mimic the functionality of the generic media controls that apple has (but better of course ;) ).

It should automatically pick up any media player that attempts to register with Android, which it looks like it has. The add/remove media applications are mostly for badly behaving media applications (Pandora was one until about a week ago) just to determine the current/last running media application.

The controls "should" control the current media application as determined by Android, mostly means that you have to start playing first after a reboot. Iam looking into a better way now (more consistent). From what I can tell mort is super persistent about being the current media application so you should not have too many problems. Streaming applications like Spotify can get a little inconsistent playing a random application instead of what is reported (usually google music).
[Android Apps and Games] batesapps:
Uploaded anther version with 2 new widgets.

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- 4x4

- Transparent

- Play/Pause on the left

- Link to all application upper right

- Next on lower right.

- Notes - Was going to add link to current app on the upper left but could not figure out a way to get icon.

- 4x2

- Transparent

- Play/Pause, next and previous

- Title, Artist, Track

Moving on to widget configuration next. Should greatly reduce the number of widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] doumer:
Well, i'm using plex mainly for music, especially in offline mode when not at home.