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[Android Apps and Games] echt4711:
I'm on MIUI 12.0.4, Android 10 and Pulsar+ 1.10.6.

Everything was working fine until recently. Today I discovered that Pulsar does not see any files on the SD card anymore (it worked fine before). I re-installed the app and checked permissions. Oddly enough I can exclude folders from the SD card and I also can play the files on the SD card with Pulsar if I share them with Pulsar through file manager. But my whole library is empty because Pulsar does not add the files from the sd card to the library anymore.

Does anyone have the same problem or, even better, a solution to this? Thanks :)

Edit: Nevermind, I am an idiot. I've recently put a nomedia file in there to prevent my gallery app from seeing all the album covers. Didn't think this through lol. I removed it, everything works fine now.
[Android Apps and Games] Darkil:
Hello there. First, I love the app. It gives me the familiarity of other players I've used in the past while providing newer, more modern options. I have run into this error and wonder if there's a work around. As you can see, this error doesn't find any album art and happens every time. I am unsure if I haven't enabled something to correct this or if there's something else going on so I hope there's an answer out there somewhere. Also, I apologize if this issue has already been addressed.
[Android Apps and Games] jeweljacob387:
Awesome player with all the required features. A small ux issue.

Attached a snap from OnePlus 7T.

After the latest update ( Oxygen OS 11.0.2.1.HD65AA) the media section always shows pulsar, unless I force stop the app.
[Android Apps and Games] Submarine854:
I would like to see an option which directories to include for scanning, instead the current option to exclude folders.

Reason is that on my device there is just one folder that should be scanned. Otherwise I've to exclude several folders manually. Those are e.g. folders with ringtones I don't want to see I Pulsar+
[Android Apps and Games] Chumbolito:
Simple question I can't find the answer to...

If I open an album, how are the songs sorted?

I've installed and removed dozens of players because SOOO many seem to not implement what seems like the most basic 'feature', which is to be able to play the songs in the order as they would appear on a vinyl or CD or simply as shown on the album cover....by track number!

Can this app do it AND show you what song number you are playing?

So for example, it would look something like this:

<album> - <track number> - <song> or...

<track number> - <song>

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] i-am-andrew:
Music playback tempo varies on Android 12 / Pixel 6.

Pulsar is a great music app that I've used for a while on my Pixel 2 (Android 11). However I've just upgraded to Pixel 6 (Android 12) and the tempo of music playback keeps rushing a little every few seconds. It's a subtle change of pace but sadly infuriating. I've confirmed that another music app (Amazon Music) does not have the problem when playing the exact same audio files stored locally on the phone. I've also tested using both the phone speakers and bluetooth headphones. Only music played via Pulsar seems to have this problem so it seems there is an issue with Pulsar on Android 12 / Pixel 6.

Hope this can be fixed soon!
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
The app is using album name and artist name combination to search the album, maybe the album name or artist name is not accurate.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Could you turn off gapless playback and have a try? I am studying Pixel 6 problem now.
[Android Apps and Games] i-am-andrew:
I've just tried turning off gapless playback but it makes no difference.

In fact since posting here I've been in communication with Rhythm Software and they confirmed the issue. They suggested a good workaround for now which is to use their Omnia app instead which is very similar but does not have the inconsistent tempo problem.
[Android Apps and Games] :
This is not a good workaround for those that have buy the Pro version of Pulsar
[Android Apps and Games] NY Yankee Pride:
Has the developer given up on this app? I'm having some issues with it but it doesn't look like questions or concerns are being answered anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] Ripley22:
I like the music player, but playing through Bluetooth is spotty.
[Android Apps and Games] mattia.b89:
Any plan to enhance "Artist" field?

Currently feat.s are handled as different artists

e.g. song X performed by artist A could be grouped together with song Y performed by artist A feat. B

Do you agree?
[Android Apps and Games] nagolyuk:
hello!

when I delete a file I normally get a popup with "Confirmation deletion", I then click "OK" and the file is gone. but recently right after this, I get another popup "allow pulsar to delete this audio file?" with 2 options: Deny and Allow. this probably comes from Android 12, I don't know.

so it possible to get rid of the second popup somehow and delete songs without that many questions and confirmations?

I use Pixel 6, Android 12, Pulsar 1.11.0

Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] dctommy:
Hi I love the app and the back of the restore for playlists was a big reason to purchase this app.

I ran the backup of my playlists but when I go to restore it nothing can be found. Currently it is being backed up into the music folder.

I have checked it in the file manager and the backup tip is there where Pulsar+ stores it.

What can I do?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] ulxerker:
Hi guys,

long term user of the paid version here.

I'm on a Pixel 5 and since the last Google system update in February I don't see the player controls in notifications anymore. Instead, there's just a black placeholder as you can see.

On the lock screen, on the other hand, the player controls appear.

So, is this related to OS or Pulsar? Any thoughts on fixing?
[Android Apps and Games] ulxerker:
Nevermind, a double restart of the phone fixed it, silly.
[Android Apps and Games] Khos_Ox:
I would give it 5 stars and will buy / upgrade to the pro version if you can solve a problem for me: I have several playlists each one with lots of songs but your player doesn't remember the song or position of the last play of each of them, it only remembers it in the queue reproduction.

I would like each playlist to act as a separate play queue, 5 stars and will buy the version if they add this feature.
[Android Apps and Games] Dan33185:
So I've got one bug, and one request.

Bug: When you are on the song screen, then tap on "Artist" from the top right menu, then tap on another song by the artist, the artwork is incorrect. Tapping the back button, then tapping on the now playing section at the bottom brings up the correct artwork. I have attached a video to show what I mean:

Request: On the Artist page, it shows all the albums that artist has, and it takes up a ton of room and is annoying to have to scroll down to to the song section. It would be nice to be able to be able to to toggle that on and off in settings.
[Android Apps and Games] Shenlo:
Hi,

I'm french with a pour english language and appologies for this.

I've recently install the app and i love it.

I'm hère to join a screen of my prob. I listen lot of mix/live with long tracks when they was record... My prob IS to memorise the curent position when i cut thé app.

Look at the screen, Time code are good but the track are on delay.

Thx
[Android Apps and Games] network neighborhood lol:
Hey. Huge fan of your app; I tell everybody about it. Thanks so much for your work.

I have the pro client on my Pixel 4a and the Pulsar GUI seems to be entering the status bar on my phone when in the app, so the hamburger menu button is half covered by my phone's front facing camera and the triple dot button on the right is up into the battery icon etc.

Is there a setting I may have missed to lower the top-most interface stuff on older phones?

All good if not, still in love with pulsar and happy to support you, I'm just wondering. Thanks again :)
[Android Apps and Games] zex_mais:
Your program is very good and I have 2 suggestions to improve it even more.

1- Add an option to close the program permanently, so that it doesn't stay in the background;

2- Add an option so that it does not run automatically if it is closed and is not in the background, when the "Bluetooth autoplay" option is activated, so that this function works only when the program is open or running in the background.

I like this "Bluetooth autoplay" function, and I use it a lot in the car, but it gets in the way when I want to use the headphone/headset bluetooth with other applications, because the program opens by itself when this option is activated .

The old program " Mort Player " has these 2 functions that I mentioned as a suggestion. The problem with the Mort Player is that it is very old and is much harder to handle.

Edit.. I was testing it tonight and I came to a conclusion that putting a button to close completely so that it doesn't stay in backgound will solve the auto play problem. I discovered this when I had to close the program through the android menu that manages the programs. I think the 1st option I mentioned will solve this in a simple way.
[Android Apps and Games] techdude11:
Love this app except it does not seem to recognize Sonos or other non-chromecast devices. I know it's possible as the rival Hi-Cast player can find these devices without any issue. I just like Pulsar better overall so would definitely go pro if this is solved!
[Android Apps and Games] dexlemaffo:
Pulsar can't play .Aiff files
[Android Apps and Games] boumex:
Sometimes the app doesn't play music when starting new track. It goes to the next track, slider looks like its playing, then it stops, then it goes again and after few seconds the music finally starts.

Nokia Android one 11, Pulsar 1.11.0
[Android Apps and Games] Dan33185:
Is this app dead? No updates since November, developer hasn't logged on here in almost 2 months.
[Android Apps and Games] mattia.b89:
In the hope app is not dead and instead soon we will have good news,

I share with you an issue I encountered: scrollbar jumps during scroll

Here is a screencast (video) of the problem.
[Android Apps and Games] Jameson5506:
Why does my queue clear when I disconnect from a playback device or switch audio source?

To provide examples:

Before driving home, I connect my phone to Android Auto and queue up 10 songs using the "play next" button. Half way home I stop for gas which of course involves turning off my car. Then when I reconnect to Android Auto my queue is cleared. What gives?

I connect to my Bluetooth headphones, queue up some songs, but when I get to the gym I notice that the equipment I want is occupied. No worries, I'll watch a YouTube video while I wait. Then when I resume my music my queue is cleared. WHY?

I connect to my Bluetooth headphones to listen to music while I clean my apartment, and naturally I have a handful of songs queued up. Then somebody calls me and I talk to them for a bit. Then when I resume my music MY QUEUE IS CLEARED. WTF?

This doesn't seem to happen to 3.5mm or USB-C headphones, but mainly with Android Auto or Bluetooth.

I've used this app for years and it's always been an issue. So I don't think it's unique to a specific version. I've had two phones since downloading Pulsar+. A Samsung S9+ and an S20+ 5G.

And I am using Pulsar+, not the free Pulsar(no plus).
[Android Apps and Games] asalamm:
nice info, thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] dominusdemonum:
Hi, it would be great to have album art thumbnails on folder view or play list view. I rely on those cues to remember which song is which without having to play it first.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] testtesttesttest1080:
Hey there, I have a bug to report (though it was probably already mentioned), the app seems to have problems with certain French characters. It translates them to random symbols, but if you go to “Edit Tags”, they're look normal, deleting, adding them again and saving does nothing. Also, I can't download artwork from Internet in the app. Love the app otherwise.
[Android Apps and Games] cjsmall:
I also have many problems with album covers. Every folder in my library has a Folder.jpg, but these are often ignored. I too would like to see an option to force Pulsar+ to simply use the artwork when provided, and only resort to an external search when artwork isn't available.

Also, when editing the tags for an album or artist and attempting to set the artwork, there are only three options:

Google search

Choose from gallery

Download from the internet

Music files are excluded from (and cannot be added to) my image viewer so I cannot "Choose from gallery." I would like another option to directly search the artist folder -- or else provide a way to explicitly set the file search program so that I can then navigate to the appropriate folder and select the cover art.

Regards.
[Android Apps and Games] savedave:
Hi there

Love the app - used it for several years. Recently upgraded phone and can't get the stream (chromecast?) service to work anymore.

I moved from Samsun S8 to S22 recently and the button to stream/cast is not visible anymore. I am trying to stream to my Samsung smart TV UE40F5500.

Both are connected to the same wifi, and internet is working on both.

I can get the samsung smart view streaming to work fine on other apps via the wifi network (not wifi direct), so it would appear that the TV and phone can connect over the wifi network.

I believe I had the cast service working on Pulsar on my old S8, though I am not 100% sure!

Not sure if this is a Pulsar or Android or Samsung issue - will appreciate any advice.

Thanks loads
[Android Apps and Games] Just-Some-Guy:
I like this app, but one issue I've noticed:

When playing music, the widget's album artwork background runs one song behind. It shows the new song title playing but it updates the image to the last song that was played.

The album artwork of you have the app displayed is correct, but the widget is the the one showing the wrong artwork.
[Android Apps and Games] savaytse66:
Is there any way to force Pulsar to scan an external (OTG) USB drive? If I use a file manager and choose a file to "Play With..." Pulsar, it plays just fine, but Pulsar itself does not scan the USB drive for the Library. With other apps, like Aimp or Power Amp, I can manually add the USB drive.
[Android Apps and Games] bscorpion09:
I am having an issue where the pulsar lockscreen player would not show the correct album art:

Song A plays - Song A album art shows

change song

Song B plays - Song A album art shows

Change song

Song C plays - Song B album art shows....

I have the Xiaomi 12s Ultra running Android 12.
[Android Apps and Games] Olego83:
Hello, this is the best music player. I've just now discovered a bug / feature request that I have:

When sorting by file name, The sort function is case sensitive. Can you please add an option to make it case insensitive?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] SrCarolino:
Hi, could you put ( turn voice singer down ) in the app pulsar ? ?
[Android Apps and Games] LastZeanon:
I encountered an interesting bug:

When using my Sony WF-1000XM4 on my OnePlus 7t pro sometimes when a song ends and the next one starts there is no sound anymore.

It doesn't matter whether the player is open in the background or foreground.

This only happens with pulsar so I guess there is some weird interaction between the two.
[Android Apps and Games] JingleDraws:
any plans for material you support?
[Android Apps and Games] EricCartmanez:
Album Art bug is still present for me on latest 1.11.4, tried wiping data/reinstalling app from playstore

A13 Op9 Pro NamelessAOSP

Edit: updated to 1.11.5 but the issue still remains
[Android Apps and Games] hellotsclayton:
Getting some oddities with album title tags, see attached screen captures for the two examples of it so far. One track on each album has an error (and the track name in one case, too) and if I try to change the album tag it makes no difference or displays normally in the editor.

If it makes any difference, I edit tags using foobar2000 on a windows pc before adding files to my phone. Maybe it's some sort of encoding disagreement between foobar and Pulsar?
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
If the track appears somewhere else on say an EP or single or even a soundtrack if the metadata is embedded into the file itself you would need to edit with a db editor in a file explorer. Sometimes tracks or albums have encoded in them which supercedes any metadata replacement or track/album renaming. Usually these are embedded by the artist or record company when you buy a CD or record and you get a link for digital download.

Another way this can keep being altered or changed is if you have something else that may be downloading and using online data for songs/albums that overwrite info you install. Poweramp has a feature that lets Poweramp search and use data for songs/albums that you might not agree with or want to keep in the order of how you know them to be, but Poweramp can't distinguish between how you want things displayed and how it picks the data for songs/albums. Not sure if you have another player installed that uses fetches data online or if it is a setting ticked somewhere elese, but it seems to be that the device's media library scan is picking multiple hits for these files and using the 1 that is being told to use.
[Android Apps and Games] hellotsclayton:
Thanks so much for your response!

Both of these albums are downloads from Bandcamp originally, as .flac files, that I've then converted to .mp3 using foobar2000. So it may be a case of original embedded data that I'm not able to change? Still, I can't help but feel it's very odd! I have attempted to relabel the tags using Pulsar and foobar2000, but neither seem to work.

I don't have any media apps on my phone aside from Pulsar, except I suppose the last.fm scrobbling app, so that could be the culprit as well. I'll have to do some fiddling around to see if I'm now able to resolve the issue.
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
If it is embedded in the files and they were downloaded as albums they should maintain that data unless you find a program that can edit that. Usually they remain linked to the metadata of the album as an entirety.

Now if you have like fm scrobbler or another player that downloads data and uses the downloaded data over embedded, it will alter the files across the board in other apps as well. YouTube music can do this. It is frustrating as I have muffed complete albums because songs might have downloaded data from a soundtrack or if there are other versions from singles or eps. It might not be what is happening to you, but it is worth it to check. I've had to rebuild entire music libraries because different players and programs altered the data stored within the files on numerous occasions.
[Android Apps and Games] mcjathan:
Pulsar Not Finding Any Media Files on One of my Devices

I have Pulsar installed on two devices:

1) OnePlus 8T (phone) running Lineage OS 18.1

2) Samsung Tab S2 (tablet) running Lineage OS 16.0

Pulsar runs flawlessly on the Oneplus 8T. It used to run flawlessly on the Samsung Tab S2. It's been 4 or 5 months since I last used Pulsar on the Samsung Tab S2. Now, Pulsar on the Samsung doesn't find any media files whatsoever. And, I've not changed anything on the Samsung since I last used Pulsar on it.

When I execute a manual "Rescan library", the rescan finishes instantaneously with the message "Rescan library completed". On the OnePlus 8T the rescan function takes some time and shows the folders it's scanning.

How do I fix this on my Samsung Tab S2?
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
Sounds like permissions issue. Go to system settings->apps->pulsar and grant necessary permissions. Permissions are reset when not used after a certain period of time. Android security feature.
[Android Apps and Games] mcjathan:
Thank you for your reply!

I uninstalled Pulsar, then re-installed and insured the permissions were set properly:

Then for good measure, I rebooted the tablet after insuring these Pulsar permissions were granted.

Unfortunately, the original problem remains.

Any other suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] usman farhat:
Years later, this is still my daily driver. I just found a problem though. I am trying to play a long file situated in a .nomedia folder. The problem is that the app doesn't remember the playback position of that file. If I move it to some other folder (or remove nomedia file), it remembers the position.

Similarly, if I exclude that folder using app's internal settings and then play the file using a file explorer, I get the same result that the file starts playing from the start.

Apart from that, since I am writing this long essay, why not request a feature. You know how in Google Play Music we could swipe the album art (basically the whole screen) to go to previous/next songs? It would be a great addition to this app since it's winters and gloves make it really hard to press small buttons.

Another request: it's regarding crossfade. First of all, that is the sole reason I use this app. Last place I found this feature was in windows Winamp, so it's awesome. However, the reason of using cross fade is to avoid the blank seconds of songs where you wonder what song it is going to be (if you're not looking). So, when we manually skip songs using headphone buttons, it would be nice to start the next song a few seconds ahead rather than from the very start, so the experience is consistent with cross fade functionality experienced while auto switching to the next song.

Finally, I remember another bug. The album art shown on notifications and on the player is often mixed up and it's showing art of some song played a while ago. It doesn't bother be but it does confuse me sometimes.

Again, thanks for the awesome app!
[Android Apps and Games] gquiring:
In the last week Pulsar is no longer auto playing music when I turn on my Bluetooth amp. I rebooted my tablet (Samsung Galaxy 7 FE Android 12) and it's still not working. I confirmed the autoplay setting is still turned on. The music works via Bluetooth to the amp, it's the autoplay that is not working.
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
May or may not work, but try unpair device and then pair the device back. Android is known to have a crazy bug with keeping devices properly paired and they need to be reset every so often.
[Android Apps and Games] gquiring:
That did not fix it.
[Android Apps and Games] flonou:
Hi, I have a similar problem. I use Automate to ... well automate some actions, one of which is making my media player resume play when I connect to some bluetooth devices. I had it set for years to use Pulsar and it worked well but it's not working anymore.

I reduced my automation to just simulate a "play" or "play/pause" signal and it doesn't work either. I tried it on another media player on which it works well.

I have pulsar 1.11.6(211)
[Android Apps and Games] aRainman:
Thank a lot, but I have a problem: the application doesn't have an encoding option for ANSI tags. Please add this option
[Android Apps and Games] man55xda:
Did you find a solution?

Great player but absolutely unusable for external storages (((
[Android Apps and Games] savaytse66:
No, I ended up just giving up on it. I ended up with a phone with adequate internal storage instead.
[Android Apps and Games] $chliemannosaurusRex:
Hi I'm new here. Where can I drop feature suggestions for Pulsar?

I really love the player and do not miss a lot. But theres one thing :D
[Android Apps and Games] dev1anceONE:
Hello, i have one issue with Pulsar it's about Album-Artist doesn't work properly - if i set it to Album-Artist then still i see Artists which have other Album-Artist name eg. song named Skeptic by Snapcase - Artist is Snapcase, but Album-Artist is changed to NFS OST, so on other players(Also Omnia Music its works fine) i can only see NFS OST, but on Pulsar i don't have Album-Artist called NFS OST, i can only see Snapcase instead NFS OST