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[Android Apps and Games] epithumia:
Track info over bluetooth

I have been searching for my ideal music player, and Pulsar seems to come close but seems to miss just one thing: displaying info on the current track on my car stereo. (I have a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime.)

I had been using a paid version of Blackplayer, which is nice but had some annoyances. In an update some time ago it just stopped displaying track info on my stereo and that functionality never returned. I reported it to the developers but never received any response, and so now I'm looking for a new player. Pulsar does many things I need better than Blackplayer but it, too, doesn't seem able to send song titles and such to my car stereo when paired via bluetooth. I know it's possible as the stock Play Music player can do it, but that thing is annoying.

Pulsar really gets so many things right so I'd live to use it. I wonder if my car is just difficult. Is it able to display track info on any car audio systems? I tried with my other car, a 2012 Prius V (yes, we like Priuses) but it doesn't work there, either. Does it work for anyone?
[Android Apps and Games] DeadlyK1ttens:
Can someone tell me why it only reads lyrics from the tag UNSYNCED LYRICS but not LYRICS ?

I tried to add lyrics in the app and it also ends up writing to the tag UNSYNCED LYRICS rather than LYRICS,

I have a huge library of mp3 fils all with lyrics written in the tag LYRICS,

is there some other identification of mp3 tags that im not getting here?

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Ok after some testing I found that some LYRICS tags are recognized and some are not.....

Not sure why now...

Might have something to do with the tag version? As likely all of them are in UTF8..
[Android Apps and Games] ooftymcgoofty:
Not finding all my files...

Wondering how to get pulsar + to find all the mp3's that other players find? Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] MisterLon:
Man...is it so difficult to play album tracks in the right order? Is it so difficult to add a "play album" command in the burger menue? Its f***ing ridiculous that your are not able to do that therefore most of the people in this feedback thread add this point on there wish list.

So don't think about it.....DO IT!!!

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Man...is it so difficult to play album tracks in the right order? Is it so difficult to add a "play album" command in the burger menue? Its f***ing ridiculous that your are not able to do that therefore most of the people in this feedback thread add this point on there wish list.

So don't think about it.....DO IT!!!

---------- Post added at 05:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:14 AM ----------

Man...is it so difficult to play album tracks in the right order? Is it so difficult to add a "play album" command in the burger menue? Its f***ing ridiculous that your are not able to do that therefore most of the people in this feedback thread add this point on there wish list.

So don't think about it.....DO IT!!!
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Do you mean that the songs are not ordered by track in album? Currently it is easy to play an album, go to an album and click shuffle button, or click the first song if you want to play them in sequence, what is the problem? Sorry I did not figure out.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Pulsar+ find the same mp3 files as Pulsar free version. Where are the song files stored that cannot be found?
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
If there is no songs using the genre, but the genre still exist, I suggest to rebuild the media store. It won't break your music files, but just recreate the media store database. Here is how:

Go to Settings|Apps|3 dot menu|show system, find Media Storage, then clear data and reboot your device, wait a few minutes, the media storage will rebuild from scratch.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Currently there is no such audio focus control in this app, the audio focus control is automatic.
[Android Apps and Games] ooftymcgoofty:
They are often in the same folder as others that were detected. All mp3's.

I have rescanned and some more show up, but not all. I can rescan more, any other suggestions? Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] gl000008:
That worked, thanks!!!
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
I also suggest to rebuild the media store. It won't break your music files, but just recreate the media store database. Here is how:

Go to Settings|Apps|3 dot menu|show system, find Media Storage, then clear data and reboot your device, wait a few minutes, the media storage will rebuild from scratch.
[Android Apps and Games] eidylon:
Okay... I've found my new music player! This is the only one I've ever found that actually knows the difference between track artist and album artist ID3 tags, and let you actually sort your library by ALBUM artist!

That alone is enough to make me switch. Plus it's beautiful, functional, and fast!

There are only two issues I see with it...

1. Resume Playback - it's great that it pauses playback when you play a video, or someone calls, or anything like that. But it would be perfect if it would then resume playback when the other audio finishes. Maybe even with a setting to turn this functionality on and off (I could see some people might not want it.) [this functionality is something which is in Pi Player]

2. Persistent - When the music is paused, Android winds up killing this app pretty quickly... is there any way to make it so that it won't be killed off as quickly? Like if i"m driving, and then stop in Dunkin Donuts (and so pause the music by unplugging it from the radio), ... by the time i've come back to the car, it's already been closed out, so i can't just resume playing from the notification, because the notification is gone. I have to go find the app again and relaunch it. Minor, but annoying.

Thanks for your awesome work on this app!!
[Android Apps and Games] MisterLon:
I don't want to shuffle an album I want to play it in sequence from track to next track..... but im (or Pulsar) not able to.
[Android Apps and Games] KNGPN Q w Q:
Go to Pulsar's settings and disable "Keep shuffle mode" first. Then you go to an album and click the first song. Tada.
[Android Apps and Games] MisterLon:
Sorry...If that is really the case, I would like to apologize to the developer :D
[Android Apps and Games] Tuhin Sh:
Thanks for this awesome app:good:
[Android Apps and Games] Jolt151:
I would really love it if we were able to search for all songs with a given artist, as opposed to just being able to search for song titles or artist names. For example, searching, "xyz" should list all songs that have "xyz" in their artist name. Right now, if I have an artist named xyz, I have to click on them and then play, which isn't an issue, but when you have multiple listings for the same artist such as "xyz & abc", "xyz & def", it starts to be a real pain when you just want to see all of xyz's songs.
[Android Apps and Games] jagatkandha:
Why is the app crashing while I am trying to open another app on top of it. Started happening just after the new update.
[Android Apps and Games] Atorsana:
Tried with different tag versions but always it keeps changing automatically once transferred to the device and opened Pulsar. When copied back to my computer and checking the tags it seems normal again.
[Android Apps and Games] djs.specs:
Album bug?

I'm currently experiencing a bug where Pulsar somehow inserts my entire music library as an album (called 'Music') on a random artist. When I try to delete the album it obviously wipes all of my music. I've tried editing the tags of the 'songs' contained in it to remove the album information, but they won't save. I know its not a big deal, but its a problem I'd like gone. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix it?
[Android Apps and Games] Embulus:
Very nice player ! May Be Is possible to permit the choice of the audio module for quality purpose like in your omnia player?
[Android Apps and Games] Rechinica:
Any chance of a basic on/off Android audio focus implementation?
[Android Apps and Games] Plektrum:
Hello,

I really like the player - well done! However, there are a few issues I have:

There are no no media player controls on the lock screen. I have tried all the option within the app and the smartphone itself. All permissions have been given, still there won't appear anything on the lock screen. Pulsar and Omnia are the only media players I have tried so far that have this issue. I'm using a Redmi 3S with MIUI Global 10.2 (Stable). Any ideas? This is a deal breaker for me...

When scrolling through the media library the option to swipe right hand side to see the capital letters in alphabetical order works great. However, at one point the capital letter "M" turns into an "m". Happens shortly only but still a bug I wanted to mention here.

One thing I keep wondering about: I like Pulsar and while I read your comment on why you started working on another app (Omnia), I don't really know which one to buy. Pulsar seems to be more stable but you seem to focus on Omnia more. Why not merge them together or give people who bought one player permission to use the other app too as they are super similar?
[Android Apps and Games] Atorsana:
This problem does not exist in Omnia so maybe I'll try using it instead, though I would be interested in knowing what causes this in Pulsar.
[Android Apps and Games] KNGPN Q w Q:
As far as I know that is an issue with MIUI instead of Pulsar or Omnia. I've had the same problem on my old Huawei while running EMUI (after flashing a custom, stock Android based, ROM this was no longer the case). So I reckon the issue is the implementation of the lock screen media controls (in that notification). This implementation is probably different in MIUI (and the other "lookalikes". I sincerely hope the dev finds a workaround for it!

I'm also wondering if that's a possibility. I feel like everything that Omnia is should've been released as an update to Pulsar since they're both clearly similar (I would even go as far as to say that Omnia is based on Pulsar's code). While I do understand that the dev wants to earn money, I do not support releasing different versions of basically the same app because they have different animations, a beefier EQ and a couple of changed UI elements. However, this is only my two cents on Pulsar and Omnia, and it's in no way whatsoever meant in a harmful way towards anyone - and especially not the dev.
[Android Apps and Games] xavmdq:
One suggestion: there is an option to exclude folders but no option to include. In my case I have all music in one folder of extsdcard.

Another suggestion/bug: when I select a folder to exclude, Pulsar search media in subfolders. I don't want in the library audios from WhatsApp or Telegram.
[Android Apps and Games] HackerGames197:
do you know if this player is compatible with Viper4AndroidFx?
[Android Apps and Games] Rosetti:
[MENTION=6073508]rhmsoft[/MENTION]

When I download a whole album from Deezer for example then album artist is always only one group or artist but the artist tag includes sometimes a feature. But then in artist tab it splits the album into all the different artists.

Is it possible that this tab at first is searching for album artist tag and of there is no then use artist tag?
[Android Apps and Games] KNGPN Q w Q:
It is compatible, just don't enable Pulsar's built-in EQ
[Android Apps and Games] Gear61:
Love this app!

I didn't realize that this app is on this forum! I've actually had this app for a while; it's one of the very few music apps with all the core music-playing functionalities that's also ad-free. Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
1. It should auto resume the playback, but only if the app is long no response and killed by system.

2. The same as previous one, Pulsar do not want to keep in background to consume resources and battery if user do not need them. The notification is only visible when there is music playing and app is in background.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
One more click, search and find the artist, and then click the artist will show all album and songs.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
I think you can try to rebuild the media store database.

Go to Settings > Apps > 3 dot menu > show system, find Media Storage, then clear data and reboot your device, wait a few minutes, the media storage will rebuild from scratch.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Currently there is no such configuration. Android has its default audio focus management logic.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Pulsar is using Android built-in decoders, it has no such configurations.
[Android Apps and Games] djs.specs:
Sadly, this didn't fix the problem. The weird thing is how the 'album' moves depending on the last song I've loaded onto my phone. Ah well, I'll just have to live with it.
[Android Apps and Games] Jolt151:
This isn't a solution, as many times the artist will be listed under several listings because of who they're collaborating with.

For example, in my attached screenshot, I want to find all songs by Camila Cabello, but since some of her songs are collabs, I have no way of playing all her songs without queueing up every artist listing. That's only three in this case, but there are more drastic scenarios.

A better solution would be to show song results in that same screen. Currently, song results are shown if the song title matches the query, but they should also show if they match the artist. Perhaps have two categories, show all title matches first and then artist matches, or just have an option to choose what field to search by.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
From the UI point of view, Pulsar and Omnia maybe similar, but inside, they are totally two applications. They cannot be merged into one. The main differences are:

- Pulsar is using Android media store and scanner to find music files, Omnia is using its own way to do this.

- Pulsar is using Android native decoder to play music, Omnia is using its own decoder.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
This is the multiple artists problem. Some songs may have multiple artists associated with it. I will consider this in future releases. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Thanks. I think I can refine the search media logic to exclude the folders and make it faster.
[Android Apps and Games] Jolt151:
Thanks so much for the quick responses.
[Android Apps and Games] truonglong88:
Well design, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] SeanFromSoCal:
Just installed the app -- latest 1.9.1 version from the App store. Would frequently run into this error message while cleaning up MP3 tags, after emptying multiple fields, and hitting save button:

brp field null is not a type Abstractid3v2Frame nor AggregatedFrame

Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] Tatsch:
Which one do you recommend most? Omnia or Pulsar?

I'm unsettled...
[Android Apps and Games] KNGPN Q w Q:
Just try both of them and see for yourself which one you prefer?
[Android Apps and Games] Tatsch:
There are technical aspects I can't see, this is why I need an opinion of others. Of course, I would also like to have a statement from the developer ;)
[Android Apps and Games] zizuka:
Would be sweet if the search function doesn't display artists at the top of the results. I reckon most search for song names rather than artists.

Also, can you make it possible to fast forward and rewind directly from the small tab at the bottom of the screen in the app? Currently long pressing the buttons does nothing.

Loving the app though, been running the paid version for quite a while so thank you for it!
[Android Apps and Games] GrayHatAli:
Display artwork in SONGS tab

Hello,

Thanks for your awesome app. This is great if Pulsar can display small artwork beside of every song in SONGS tab.
[Android Apps and Games] SniperofFear:
Alt character issue?

Hey really like the app, just having a potential weird issue. The library of the player is splitting up Ænima into two albums (2 initial songs into a second album). It changes the metadata of those two songs' album title to Chima instead, but changing it back to Ænima as they should be, they don't combine with the other Ænima into a single album even though the metadata is all right. I've checked with some other music players and they don't seem to be doing this. Is there something really minor that is making this happen that I'm missing or is it weirdness with the Æ character?
[Android Apps and Games] Atorsana:
I had the same issue with this album title. It had something to do with the tag version. I got it working with MP3tag software where you could specify which tag versions to save. If I'm correct, Android automatically adds at least some tag information in a certain tag version if the original file doesn't have that version saved in it already.

I've used Omnia player now for the last few days and it doesn't have any of the tag problems that I had with Pulsar, so I'd highly recommend at least trying it too, if not switching completely.
[Android Apps and Games] QuantumThief:
Hi!

I've been using pulsar now for quite some time without any problems until I loaded up my SD card with some new music. First the player couldn't find the new songs so I went through the process of checking, clearing and rebooting. Without luck. But when I removed my SD card and put it back in the player lost the whole library so now it can't find any music at all. The music player can play the music from my SD card if I search the music on the card and open the files from there. But for some reason it doesn't find them when I scan the music folder from within the app. Any suggestions? I'm using the latest version of the pulsar pro on an up to date Nokia 5.1 with Android one.
[Android Apps and Games] soulfisher7:
I've had a similar issue on my internal storage when I copied some albums from my laptop. None of the new tracks were detected. After trying different things, I just renamed the folders names of these albums (added a dot or a space or anything) and then the app detected the tracks. Not an optimal solution but I do hope it works for you.
[Android Apps and Games] Ryuuga:
Hey, I've been digging Pulsar as my main music player for the longest time.

I have a problem though, whenever I move music files around, Pulsar still saves the previous files in the list. Rescanning folders doesn't seem to remove them.

Is there a quick fix for this without removing the empty tracks individually??

Example, I have [Track A] originally in downloads folder. I then move [Track A] to Music folder.

When I open Pulsar, I see two [Track A] however, only one of them will play music, the other is skipped. Makes sense?
[Android Apps and Games] djs.specs:
New bug

So, I've got a new problem. Pulsar doesn't recognise Hootie & The Blowfish as an artist. The songs show up under that tab. Google Play Music recognises them as an individual artist. I've recompiled my media storage using the instructions you gave me in a previous response. Even tried re-loading the songs onto my phone. Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
Thank God.... Nobody should recognize them as an artist...

Sent from my PH-1 using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[Android Apps and Games] Harsh Keswani:
Alright so one of my album has taken the album art of one song and literally every song with no album art has the same album art. How do I remove this? I already deleted the song which had this album art as the original.
[Android Apps and Games] andwan0:
But can I request for an option/setting so that switching to next track will display the lyrics, if the lyrics was shown/enabled for the previous track?

Many other players do this, like BlackPlayer, Shuttle, Android Music Player & iPad Music Player.

Sometimes I cut up long songs into parts and practice singing/rehearsing songs, and browsing through the song parts. Would be helpful to keep the flow of rhythm if lyrics are shown if they were shown in the previous track.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
If you can reproduce the problem, please send a test music file to support@rhmsoft.com and tell me how to reproduce, I would like to know more details.

Are the error files you are editing MP3 formats, or other formats?
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Just try both of them and see for yourself which one you prefer...

Omnia has many aggressive features, and new features will be evaluated first on Omnia, if the feedback is good, it will be implemented in Pulsar, otherwise the update won't be applied to Pulsar. Pulsar is much more stable than Omnia, but may get less features and updates.

Also Omnia has its own sound engine, the sound may be better on most devices, but may also be worse on specified devices, comparing to Pulsar(Android default sound engine). Pulsar always sounds good on every device.

If you want to find a stable music player, and Pulsar can meet your requirements, then go with Pulsar.

If you want to try something new, or some features only available in Omnia, then try Omnia.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
For the 1st, it is hard to decide, other users may want to locate the artist.

For the 2nd, I will implement fast forward and rewind for the small screen. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Tatsch:
[MENTION=6073508]rhmsoft[/MENTION] Thanks for your answer.
[Android Apps and Games] mattia.b89:
Great app!

I'd like to report a little issue:

the right "Play Queue" button hides the track's name, if it is much long.

Screenshot linked below,

https://imge.to/i/vUkuuA
[Android Apps and Games] bloooooooooom:
After updating Android10, Pulsar can't recognize the added music.

Even when I rescanned the library, the result is the same.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Please uninstall and reinstall to have a try, it may not have proper permission to access storage.

I am running Pixel2 and Android 10 without any problem currently.
[Android Apps and Games] RedPandaPaws:
Hello! I really love your app but I'm having this really annoying issue. I had over 2000 playlist files in my phone (dont ask why) and Pulsar loaded them in and now takes forever to show my playlists. I've since deleted all the files but they still show up in pulsar and idk how to get rid of them. There is no "Select All" in the playlist tab and they dont go away when deleted anyway.

Edit:

Well I used my file explorer and found the files still there, even though I cant delete them because it says they dont exist. I guess its a corrupt file issue...
[Android Apps and Games] Sumfeget:
I have to say, my favorite music app but I've been having a weird issue. With albums that employ track art (individual cover art) for each song, instead of being displayed like they should with this app when playing these songs, they'll be replaced by the overall album art and I can't seem to find a reason for why. I've found that I could remove files from a folder named albumthumbs to reset these covers and track art but that leaves me with a different problem since I would stuck with a random piece of track art for my album art. Any ideas?
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