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[Android Apps and Games] B3nd1ngR0b0t22:
App won't remember last playback time, when interrupted by a phone call. This behavior is quiet annoying, since I'm primarily listen to DJ sets with a duration in the range of hours.

Redmi Note 4

AospExtended-v5.8-mido-20180907-1303-OFFICIAL

Magisk v17.1
[Android Apps and Games] Val46130:
The previous version I had supported wma files, not this one... I love this player but half my music is in wma... Can you help
[Android Apps and Games] Hippie459MN:
Convert them to MP3. I didnt even know people still used WMA files anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] -moos-:
Bad advise! Never convert lossy audio format. You just destroy the quality of the audio music! Don't do this if you don't want your audio music sounding as crap.

I still have few albums in wma too among pretty much every other audio formats.
[Android Apps and Games] Hippie459MN:
I was just giving an option and its not bad advice. I have a lot of high quality MP3s that sound no different or better than WMA. By the way, majority of WMA is a lossy format. There is a lossless version of WMA but unless you know they were ripped with lossless format, the only way to know is to look the the bitrate as if its lossless it will have a bitrate higher than 320kbp or by using software to determine if its lossy or lossless as both formats have the same wma extension. You could always convert them to FLAC as well. I personally dont have and WMA files to try but I will convert some of my FLAC files to WMA later and try it. I dont see any mention of WMA support on the web site or the play store.
[Android Apps and Games] -moos-:
When you covert lossly formats to whatever other format, you will mathematically lose quality.

If you don't hear it, you probably don't need high bitrates at the first place since your ears doesn't differentiate them ?

Didn't want to be rude with you mate, just an audiophile advise...
[Android Apps and Games] Hippie459MN:
Im just saying, if they are already lossy wma files, converting them to mp3 or flac, you're not really going to loose anything (or gain anything), if they are lossless mwa, then converting to flac shouldnt be a big deal as you shouldnt loose anything either. Depending on how you convert them to MP3 though you may notice it. Obviously this music player app is not seeing his wma files so the only other option is to convert to something that it will play, like MP3 or FLAC and that was my whole point to begin with. I listen to a huge amounts of music and I have a lot of MP3s converted from flac and I can put money on it you would never hear the difference. I do have some crappy sounding MP3s as well but none of them are my rips and converts.
[Android Apps and Games] -moos-:
No problem bro.

Btw, converting FLAC to mp3 could be good since FLAC is a lossless format, so that sort of as if you ripped your music from original raw wave format, you will not lose quality.

Degradation, artifacts and clipping, is when you convert files from lossy format as MP3, wma, ogg, mpc...

That's just what I wanted to point.
[Android Apps and Games] razelfragel:
Band photo location? Also requests

Hi, it's been a while since I've posted here, still loving my Pulsar+ app. But I would like to know, where exactly are the picture files for artist photos located? I've downloaded a custom photo for every single artist in my library from the internet, but I also deleted these files from my phone's gallery to save space. I'm about to upgrade my phone and want to make absolutely certain my custom photos will transfer to my new phone after installing the Pulsar app. Is there a folder somewhere in my phone's directory that may still contain these pictures?

Also, I'd still very much like to see numerical track listing for albums, as well as a "Disc 1" "Disc 2" etc. designation for albums with multiple discs.

And while I like how the app shows the album cover on the lock screen for the currently playing song, it can be slightly troublesome when it takes up the entire screen and I'm only trying to check the time/date. Can there maybe be an option to minimize the album cover on the lock screen so it's centered in the phone, so the time and date at the top of the screen is still readable? Also, is there any way to include the "Now Playing" bar on the lock screen underneath the album cover so I can still skip songs or pause without unlocking my phone?
[Android Apps and Games] blaz22:
For about a month app cannot find a folder if there is a .webm file inside. I have been waiting for new updates but this bug has not been fixed.

I mean audio .webm files downloaded from youtube-dl

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] tom.y:
Hi, I'd like to see cover into songs tab and not only in album tab. Except that, good app.

Thx
[Android Apps and Games] 56Jab:
Everytime i get a notification the app stops please fix this, its very annoying
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
Post a log. <mod edit>

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[Android Apps and Games] javierbarraza:
Hi, I have paid version and I've changed from a Samsung Galaxy J7 (all working good) to a Motorola Moto E5 Plus and now Pulsar doesn't detect audio files from External sdcard. Please help me to solve this issue. Regards. Javier.-
[Android Apps and Games] KNGPN Q w Q:
Hi there, Javier

I'm sorry to ask you such a basic question, but have you given Pulsar+ all of the permissions it needs (especially the "Storage" permission)?

If that doesn't fix the problem, try rescanning the audio library. If you're still facing problems, be sure to let us know!

Have a nice day!

Pinnie
[Android Apps and Games] javierbarraza:
Hi Pinnie,

I've given all permissions, and I've rescanned audio library, but it doesn't work :(

Regards,

Javier.-

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Hi Pinnie,

I've given all permissions to Pulsar+ and I've rescanned audio library, but it doesn't work :(

Regards,

Javier.-
[Android Apps and Games] Yangorang:
Feature suggestion: I typically sort my music into playlists and choose a playlist when I get into the car or put on headphones to listen. It would be great if Pulsar had an option to set the Playlists screen as default. Right now the only way to get there is to hit the "hamburger" button and then playlists.

Also I have one question regarding playlist support. When Pulsar scans the library and looks for playlists does it natively import the .wpl files it finds?

I use WMP on my desktop and sync the entire music folder to my Android phone, so I want something that can natively read the .wpl files in there and update them as changes are made.
[Android Apps and Games] KNGPN Q w Q:
Hi Yangorang,

As for the feature request, well... It actually is already implemented :eek:

Just go to settings -> change tab items and then you activate playlists and drag it to the top of the list. This way, the playlists tab is visible and it is the default tab when you start up Pulsar+.

Have a nice day!

Pinnie

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Hey again Javier,

I hope [MENTION=6073508]rhmsoft[/MENTION] will get in touch with you to figure out a solution.

As of now, I guess the only thing you can do is to try and reinstall the app - although I bet you already tried that.

Have a nice day!

Pinnie
[Android Apps and Games] Yangorang:
I have one question regarding playlist support. When Pulsar scans the library and looks for playlists does it natively import the .wpl files it finds?

I use WMP on my desktop and sync the entire music folder to my Android phone, so I want something that can natively read the .wpl files in there and update them as changes are made.
[Android Apps and Games] javierbarraza:
Hi Pinnie,

As I could check a couple minutes ago, There were a .nomedia file in the root path of ExternalSdCard (I don't know why). After deleting that file, all audio files were detected!!!

Thanks a lot for your time!

Javier.-
[Android Apps and Games] KNGPN Q w Q:
Hi Javier,

Yes, that does explain a lot: the Android filesystem sees said file and skips "reading" the folder it's in. So in the end your music folder would be excluded from the scan and therefore Pulsar+ wasn't able to detect any of the songs on your SD card.

I'm glad you found the solution and you're absolutely welcome.

Have a nice day!

Pinnie
[Android Apps and Games] -moos-:
A problem that I signaled a while ago now without answer.

I gave all the permission, tried rescan, even tried uninstall reinstall the app without success.

So I had to give up and go to Poweramp since there all my songs on the sd cards are there, same for Musicolet.

So it's a problem with Pulsar...
[Android Apps and Games] 56Jab:
And how am i supposed to do that... <mod edit>
[Android Apps and Games] mad_fitter:
No complaints or bugs (that I've noticed), I just wanted to leave a post here to let the developers know how much I enjoy this app. It is by far my favorite music player for all my android devices. Casting has always worked seamlessly, and the themes and options are great.

Outstanding job, Devs. My hat's off to you :)
[Android Apps and Games] jcmm11:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pluscubed.matlog
[Android Apps and Games] 56Jab:
Feature Request: Is it possible to get the ability to change font color because sometimes the white font clashes with custom themes i create... Love this app btw best music player out there
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+to+logcat

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[Android Apps and Games] sooperior:
Hi!

I have noticed that if filename/artist contains & (eg Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike) the file is not shown on the artist list. However other music players using android media store show it.

However, the file is listed. If I search for song name instead of artist, it is found.

Could this be a bug in the software not properly understanding "&" ?
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[Android Apps and Games] negatife21:
Metadata /Cache Glitch

Thx for the best music player app on android

I have this one problem with artsist name (maybe it's karma for pirating the music:crying:)

drive.google[.]com/file/d/1EaJq8IfJUfZtF6RdsJ6kr2hqFhFsQMJL/view?usp=drivesdk

[IMG="tag capitalization problem"]https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EaJq8IfJUfZtF6RdsJ6kr2hqFhFsQMJL/view?usp=drivesdk[/IMG]

The 2nd letter got capitalized i have done everything I could, delete the app, clear the cache, install different version, restart multiple times including delete all the artis song and add it again. Tag showing fine on pc.

and artist name stay like that. Phone is xiaomi tag is fine on mi music

Seem can't be helped
[Android Apps and Games] HogFrog:
i LOVE that you player can play folders, idk why it is such an issue in google's "Play Music" app.
[Android Apps and Games] sunchau:
can i have a option to change the notification style to the old one???
[Android Apps and Games] RajeshNethaniah:
Please add (more) Sorting options for Folders.

E.g.: Sort by Created Date, Added/Modified Date, etc.

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] cocomars97:
Back does not work when music is paused
[Android Apps and Games] mailme45:
Stumbled upon this app after using Phonograph. This one has a better interface and handled my large collection better (110gb of FLAC on an sdcard). Bought the Pro version.

A little bit about my use case before my feature request:

This is used on an old phone that's a permanent member of my car's dashboard. During the day, I like a light theme thats easy to see in the light. At night, a dark theme is much more appropriate.

Any chance of an auto-switching theme feature? Something tied to the day/night cycle?

Please dont consider this something thats high priority by any means, my lazy ass can change the theme. But it would just be super neat to not have to do that.

Anywho, thanks for the great app. Its rare to find apps out there that do something simple and do it well without ads.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
I suggest you to clean and rebuild your 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:
I do not want to make the theme customization too complex. There are font primary/secondary colors, and also font colors in dark background. I suggest you to change to another theme as basis whose font color is acceptable, and then customize based on it.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Could you switch from album-artist mode to artist mode in view mode option to have a try?
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
This may be the encoding problem.

I think you can using Pulsar edit tag feature, and click save, it will try to keep the correct encoding as the one in the text field.

Android system is maintaining its own media store database to track all media information, they try to guess the encoding that you are using but often fails on it.

I am planing to make another app who will keep its own media information, and support more media formats, such as ape. It will solve the problem completely.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Sorry, there is no such option. New android system, new style...
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Do you mean back button(previous track) on the now playing page or playback bar? It should work. If not, please tell me the steps how to reproduce the problem.

If you mean back button on Android navigation bar, how do you want it to behave?
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Thanks for your support with pro version.

I will consider this in future releases.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
May I know the folder which music files stored?

Many of the apps including Pulsar are based on Android media database, so you will see that other apps can not find the files, either. Some apps can since they do not rely on Android media database.

The reason to this problem might be:

1. There is .nomedia file under the music folder which android scanner will skip.

2. Maybe the music files are stored in system folders which android scanner may skip.

3. Maybe the music format is not supported by Android system. Some other app has their own decoders which may support more file formats.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
I suggested you to keep the artist images if you need them in new device.

Pulsar is storing the artist image in folder albumthumbs under the root path of your storage. The file is stored with a human unreadable name and without file extension(avoid to be shown in Gallery app).

You can turn off artwork cover in lock screen from settings page.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
What do you mean by app stops? Force close? Or just music stopped playing?

If music stop playing, it is working as designed, for instance, if a call comes or an alarm arrives, the music will not cover the ringtone.
[Android Apps and Games] 56Jab:
Thank you for the reply but i couldn't find a theme with a black or dark font there all white fonts

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The music pauses when i get a txt message and sometimes stops the whole app together and resets my song and i have to open the app and push play everytime
[Android Apps and Games] sooperior:
Hi!

Thanks for reaching out:

In album-artist view, most of the artist disappear from the list, and they are not shown. I have noticed (know) that most of them in artis view say "0 album" although I have all of them with album. So when I switch to album-artist those having no album disappear.

If I use the "edit tag" function of pulsar, I can see all tags correctly read.

Notice that I only:

Use id3 v2.3 tags (if it makes any difference).

Use artist (not album artist) tag, because I make my own compilation albums.

I tried rebuilding media store, but issue persists.

Let me know if you need more info or want me to run some test
[Android Apps and Games] -moos-:
1. There isn't of course

2. I put all my music in a dedicated Music folder at the root of my sd card.

3. And of course I have multiple formats, but that's not the problem since I mainly use MP3, and none of them are shown.

Not even a song get found anymore by pulsar...that why I had to give up after tried everything I thought about...
[Android Apps and Games] Euro_pean:
Hi [MENTION=6073508]rhmsoft[/MENTION]!

First sorry for my bad english.

I very like your Music-Player, this is for me the best designed Musik Player on Android. But I have problems with the Artist-Cover in the Artist-Folder. I have own Covers for every mp3 with the mp3Tag tool created (not automatically download from Internet, in the app ist this feature also closed) an I want that only this covers appropriate an display. The Album cover are shown (see picture 1), the Artist cover not(picture 2). All mp3 are with the same Metadata. When I open a Artist-Cover without picture -ther are the picture inside (see picture 3).Where ist the problem?

P.S. The same mp3 are shown corectly (Artist-Cover, see picture 4 and 5) on the stock-huawei-music-player on my device Honor 6X with Android 7.0 and EMUI 5.0.3. Why?

As New User I can't upload picture, because In not have 10 post writing. How I can upload pictures than?
[Android Apps and Games] KNGPN Q w Q:
You can upload them somewhere and share the link (e.g. Imgur, Drive, ...). Though you'll most likely be unable to post links as well, so you could do something like "samplelink[dot]com" or "samplelink .com" (notice the space between the letter k and the dot). Be sure to mention what exactly has to be done in order to reach the correct link.
[Android Apps and Games] Euro_pean:
@ KNGPN Q w Q

OK, I will to attempt.

Please go to the zeta-uploader dot com and after com comes /de/933349980
[Android Apps and Games] jack allen:
I dont suppose you make the same app for pc/laptop i would love to use my saved playlists on my laptop
[Android Apps and Games] Euro_pean:
Not of course. This app I using only for my mobile devices. Why the question?
[Android Apps and Games] jack allen:
Meant the dev i would of quoted your post of this was the case.
[Android Apps and Games] Euro_pean:
Ok, I bad speak english and dont understand all immediately. I work with translators-tools on my browser. :o
[Android Apps and Games] lparee:
Yes, I would suggest the green queue list button that is displayed on the track playing view... Or something similar : colorfur, flat and material design...

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[Android Apps and Games] V4lve:
I agree. I like the queue icon idea. really simple like the google sound search widget icon.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
I am sad that you also complain about the icon. I need to consider changing the icon now.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
I am glad to announce Pulsar version 1.3.0. It contains tag editing feature which is requested by many users.

Now you can change tags for audio files, or change album/artist images to local gallery ones.

Please upgrade and have a try, any comment, please let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] V4lve:
This is a very small issue in the scheme of things. The current icon is fine, just a little abstract. You should only change it if you feel the need to. Two users complaining is not much.
[Android Apps and Games] Art1215Mx:
You are developing the reference app for a music player on Android! Keep it up!

Now, I just want to recommend a change for a future development, don't feel it as a request.

Chromecast support is awesome and works great, but the album art movement is not very suitable, so maybe a fading when is going to change position, like Play Music on Chromecast, seems more suitable.

Thanks for developing this app :)
[Android Apps and Games] V4lve:
Nice improvement. Been using something else to try manage my tags but now I can do it in Pulsar! Thanks

Few comments.

1.Album art seems slower to load in album view.

2.Would be nice to preview art before downloading it as Pulsar just downloads the art it has already chosen.

3.Auto complete in tagging using existing tags from the media library?

4.How about being able to edit more than one album at a time (in case one is split because of tagging differences) or tell Pulsar they are the same?

5.Any chance of the ability to change the grid size in album view. I would quite like to change to two columns instead of three.

Otherwise good job! Keep it up!
[Android Apps and Games] Romagnolo1973:
Please add a way to "use Embedded Album Art" in settings. Android Media only show first pic of the album but if you have different cover art .. it still use the first only.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] bisherbas:
feature suggestion

Could you add a shuffle option to the Album 3-dot menu?
[Android Apps and Games] bisherbas:
Lock screen buttons

Can you redesign the lock screen buttons so that the pause button is far from the next/previous buttons? Even with a relatively small finger it's very hard to press the right button. They are tightly spaced.

Also please make the buttons larger.

Thank you. I am a proud Pulsar+ customer. Great work!
[Android Apps and Games] bisherbas:
Has the development stopped? Why no responses?
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
I am aware of this issue. I will consider this in future releases.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Thanks for your advice. For the slow loading problem, please upgrade to latest version 1.3.1, which improved the performance.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Currently it is using Chromecast standard receiver in TV side. It need new customized receiver to make more customization on Chromecast. Currently it is not as urgent as other requests.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
May I know your device type and screen resolution?

The lock screen widget size is limited. I need to put image, song title, album name, 4 buttons(play/pause, next, previous close) into it. All these widgets are necessary so there is not much space for enlarge the area of pause button. Currently the pause button image is 24dp, but the pause button size is 34dip including 10dp padding.
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Pulsar just released the latest version 1.3.1, I am busy with testing the latest version these days, so there is some delay.

In version 1.3.1 the performance(animation, speed and memory usage) is improved a lot. Please upgrade and have a try, any problem, please let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] Romagnolo1973:
Thanks, I'm testing the new version and ram consuction is great, passed from 70 mb to 50 in my case (I use some app to reduce services, broadcast receiver and activities i don't use) , very light and a absolutly perfect,

I'm using Pulsar without pics showed (because at the moment useless in my case) and I noticed that lock screen widget in this situation lets a free space in the left side so using or not using pics does not change, you can consider a way to use this space for text and increase buttons. Is not a 100% solution but in case user choose not to show album art it can do the job. Or made the album art smaller and put buttons below using in part this space
[Android Apps and Games] ensignT:
Your player is quite nice! I like it!

I've made a little video of its interface and functionality (with russian interface):

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[Android Apps and Games] AllebiGames:
Good music player, easy to use)
[Android Apps and Games] rhmsoft:
Thanks for your video!