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[Android Apps and Games] surveysays:
im using version 3.0.1.339 of google music with google music beta running on an Epic 4G using SyndicateROM Frozen 1.2

ive turned off the headset controls for doubletwist and seems to be working 'better'

i have to start the songs in the music player 1st, then back out to get it to show on the widget. when i pause the song. and then try to start it up later my phone just vibrates and nothing happens. i usually have to press play 2-3 times to get the music to start playing. when i go into the music app to change the song and then back out , it still shows the old song information and when i press pause my phone vibrates and it toggles between the old song and the current song for the track info on the widget. when i try to press play it'll usually vibrate and toggle the 2 track information and it might start playing the current song but with the old track information for the song before it. im also trying to use the widget on my lockscreen via widgetlocker , and that pretty much dosent work right. having the same issues but alot of times it wont even show any track information. :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] Mortem Tuam:
Hi.

Just bought the PRO version of this app and am having trouble getting WinAmp to work. Double Twist works great but WinAmp doesn't.

I enabled scrobble and headset in WinAmp and Advance Comp mode in the app but still nothing.

What have I done wrong?

Regards

Mortem Tuam
[Android Apps and Games] lumpy211:
Okay, I think I've narrowed down what's funky with it. I haven't yet decided if it's the native BP itself or if it's a problem with hotswapping, but here's what I've observed:

1) When I start up the widget from a "hiding" state or delete/re-add the widget to WidgetLocker or a homescreen, everything with BeyondPod works fine - initialization, playing, and pausing work great, as does reading the scrobble info for track display.

2) However, when pausing BeyondPod, hotswapping to PowerAMP, playing/pausing something in PowerAMP, then hotswapping back to BeyondPod, the widget gets stuck where it thinks that something is playing, but nothing really is (it displays the "||" pause button, which is what makes me think that the widget thinks something is playing). Whenever I hit the pause button, nothing happens. If I want to unfreeze it, I can either open BeyondPod and hit play from within the app, or switch to compatibility mode and hit play. After that the widget works fine.

This doesn't happen all of the time, in fact for the first day it would happen pretty consistently but now it doesn't happen as much. Unfortunately even after testing it for a few days I haven't been able to figure out how to reproduce it on command :(

Hopefully this info is useful. Sorry I can't given specific steps to reproduce it, but at least the description may be useful. Let me know if there is any more info you need :)

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Oh, this thing is actually normal in Android. Some of the players (i.e. BeyondPod) are controlled via broadcasts, and if Android stops the music service, it stops receiving broadcasts. I recommend you tu use the option to show player on touch. That way you can start the app by one click. That's what I use for UberMusic.

Try to turn off battery saving mode, and make sure that you only have one Phantom Music Control widget in use. Just to make sure that there are no delays. I will, however, tweak the compatibility mode so it does not miss so many clicks on some devices.

I have just tested it with latest Winamp release, and it works just fine. What exactly happens on your device?
[Android Apps and Games] BWA80:
Hi!

Just another request/idea, track duration.. :D

I am using the ubermusic style.

Would it be cool to have a similar thin red line that the ubermusic player has under the album art for the track duration? under the "artist - song" info on your widget, it could run from side to side of the widget, just the red line no duration numbers..

Thanks!!:D
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Wouldn't it be kinda battery draining beast? :-)
[Android Apps and Games] BWA80:
But ofcorse you would make it that it isn´t... :p
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Just for the ****s and giggles, I want to try Crowdin. So if you feel like translating the few strings into your language, you are free to go :-).

http://crowdin.net/project/phantom-music-control
[Android Apps and Games] Mortem Tuam:
Nothing happens. If I play DoubleTwist the controls appear on my lockscreen, good stuff :) but I prefer WinAmp and when I play WinAmp the controls do not appear on the lockscreen.

Maybe I have the settings incorrect. Please advise as to the proper setup. :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Well, the only setting you need is "Advanced compatibility mode". But there are some options that might help. You can turn off "Battery saving mode", so you are sure that the service is alive and listening, and turn on "Shortly reveal it on touch", so you can display Phantom manually and try to controll Winamp.
[Android Apps and Games] Mortem Tuam:
well, the controls work fine with DoubleTwist, they automatically default to DoubleTwist....guess I will have to either uninstall DT and test with WinAmp again or just use DT.....and since I paid for AirSync for DT I think I will just use DT...

thanks for the effort.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Well, you do not have to uninstall it. You can just disable Headset controls in doubleTwist (I suppose it is possible, like in other players), and hot-swap between native doubleTwist and compatibility mode with Winamp :-).
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
So no translations yet? Great, I will save a lot of money on Crowdin subscription :-D.
[Android Apps and Games] CekMTL:
Will try to help you out with Spanish & Catalan when I will have some spare time ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
One new version for you guys :-).

Changelog

1.56:

- Native BeyondPod support (experimental)

- New Aero theme (WMP style)

- UberMusic modified for new package name (Beta 1); Alpha is still supported by Advanced compatibility mode

- Ability to hide control buttons (requested by some users to only display track info)

- Advanced compatibility mode tweaked to be more reliable

- Translation support

- Hot-swap icon has lower opacity
[Android Apps and Games] Sp1tfire:
Anyone experienced huge battery drains when using it ? It completely drained my SII's battery from 50 % to 1 % in 6 hours, keeping my phone awake, even though screen was off and i wasn't using it to listen to music.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I have submitted the app to GetJar for non-market users. Enjoy :-).

GetJar
[Android Apps and Games] abhisheak.bansal:
does it support Stock Sony Ericsson music player?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I am not sure. Will try to borrow some SE tommorow.
[Android Apps and Games] sweetbinodray:
It.looks good
[Android Apps and Games] abhisheak.bansal:
waiting for your reply
[Android Apps and Games] xDanVitox:
Audiogalaxy!!!!! PLEASEE!!
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I was in touch with the dev, but I got no reply for two weeks, so cannot promise anything yet.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
New version up!

Changelog

1.57:

- Localised to Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian (some fully, some partially); thanks to all the translators!

- Changed activation system, so users does not have to contact me when they flash different ROM (experimental)

- With next version of BeyondPod, scrobbling should not be required anymore
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Stock Android profile works great on Xperia X10 mini - the only SE I've got now for testing. However, some Xperia Play user told me it does not work - I'm waiting for his reply now.
[Android Apps and Games] abhisheak.bansal:
I am having xperia arc..... Auto detect profile in this widget does not work........I am having the free version.....
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I'm so sorry I missed your post! Please try to uninstall and install the widget again. one older version might have had this issue and some service is probably still hanging there.

Well, it might not work, it is quite normal :-). Just try the Stock Android option, it might do the job.
[Android Apps and Games] abhisheak.bansal:
I am having free version so stock android does not works.......moreover I don't want to buy paid one till I am sure that it does works xperia arc
[Android Apps and Games] Jens Christensen:
Hi Johny_G, just wanted to say thanks for a great widget :-) Finally discovered how useful it is the other day and yesterday I purchased a license/activation for it. Keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I'm sorry, I do not have any device to test it yet :-(. I will contact you later requesting some data that could help me, if you do not mind.

Thank you! :-)
[Android Apps and Games] abhisheak.bansal:
I dont mind..............u can contact me anytime...........
[Android Apps and Games] jman0:
I've been using the widget on Widgetlocker (on Froyo 2.2.1) for a few days and have found two annoying problems, which seem to be related:

1) Whenever I start playback, skip a song or go to the previous track, the track begins playing, stops after 1 second and then restarts again from the beginning.

2) When I unlock my screen, the current track restarts from the beginning, plays for 1 seconds, and restarts again.

If it wasn't for this problem, it'd be amazing, since it's the only music widget I've found I can use on widgetlocker and auto hide when I recieve a call
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
What music player do you use? Have you tried uninstalling the widget first?
[Android Apps and Games] jman0:
Got it working fine now. I was using stock music player on Froyo and I was having the problems I mentioned. I've just installed Music Mod 1.8 and now everything works great.

Great widget.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Thanks :-)
[Android Apps and Games] Remoteconcern:
Great widget, works perfectly with UberMusic and a SGS2 here. I'm also really glad you changed the activation system, I must have emailed you 3/4 times because of ROM flashing :P
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Is it OK now? Can you flash without problems?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
New version is up!

Changelog

1.58:

- Support for 3rd party apps to utilize Phantom's wide range of controllable players (more info for developers at: http://goo.gl/ifyvL)

- Some performance and battery life optimizations; if you experience battery drains from older versions, please uninstall Phantom completely and install it again

- Added Turkish translation, French updated

Info for 3rd party developers:

You can use Phantom Music Control Pro to control music from your own application. Just check "Allow 3rd party apps to control music" in widget settings, and you are ready to send some intents.

Broadcast intents received:

cz.jhg.musiccontrolwidget.PLAY

cz.jhg.musiccontrolwidget.PAUSE

cz.jhg.musiccontrolwidget.PLAY_PAUSE

cz.jhg.musiccontrolwidget.PREV

cz.jhg.musiccontrolwidget.NEXT

cz.jhg.musiccontrolwidget.VOLUME_DOWN

cz.jhg.musiccontrolwidget.VOLUME_UP

Broadcast intent returned:

cz.jhg.musiccontrolwidget.TRACK_INFO

with 2 extras:

- String named "label" with song info formatted by user's preferences

- Boolean named "playing" with playstate (true = playing, false = stopped/paused)
[Android Apps and Games] drpsyko:
Hi, I've been using this app for as long as I can remember using my Desire HD.

The gui is very nice and neat, allowing it to blend perfectly into my widgetlocker but it would be superb to add ability to show album/song cover while active, along with scrolling song name. It is also great if you add a DIY theme for full user customization.

I really love this app and many thanks for all of your hard work. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Hi there! Thank you for your kind words :-). Album art is planned, but I'm afraid that it will take more time than comfortable. But a lot of users have requested that and I will work on it. Custom themes might be possible, but the skinning system was designed for Sense theme a long time ago, and frankly, it's a mess. But I will think about it.
[Android Apps and Games] jman2020:
Can you make the pro version able to be purchased from the app market please.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Unfortunately, I can not. My country is not allowed yet :-(. Thanks for understanding.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Ooops...

Changelog

1.58.1:

- Fixed bug in broadcast sending (for developers)
[Android Apps and Games] st40611:
Just upgraded to latest version and I am now experiencing a lag on the song information ... for example if I press next song, the information will be stuck on the old song until around 5 seconds later. :/ Any fix?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Try to remove the widget from desktop and put it back. It might help. Otherwise completely uninstall it and install again. The activation key remains valid.
[Android Apps and Games] st40611:
I actually went back to 1.56 instead and this problem went away; perhaps some optimization in 1.58 went wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
May be :-(. Please try to uninstall it and get the new version. It might help.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Hi I bought the pro version yesterday, but it is not working good at all with Winamp: I must click several times on "Play" to have a song played. Most of the time, it freezes completely my phone. I'm on GingerReal 7.1.4 (GB 2.3.4) with the last version of WidgetLocker. Do you have any clue? Anything I should be aware of?
[Android Apps and Games] deaffob:
Uh, Pro version user here. PlayerPro just updated their player and now Phantom Music Cont doesn't work with it. Please update date the app. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] monsterofmen:
UberMusic didn't work for me until I checked the "Allow 3rd Party control" in the options. Maybe try that if you have problems.

On a side note, do you think we can get better MIUI music support?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I do not know what can be wrong... I tested the new PlayerPro, it works great. Latest Winamp is OK as well. I recommend you to uninstall the widget completely and install it again. It worked for many users since the optimizations. And what is wrong with MIUI? I have tested it some time ago and it seemed OK.
[Android Apps and Games] Gibbz1:
is it possible to get swipes working iwth the widget, so u can just swipe across to go back and forward tracks?

Needs poweramp support! :D
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I will take a look at it :-). However, PowerAMP is supported for a long time now :-).
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Check out, what my friend made for Phantom Music Control :-)

[APP] Web Remote for Phantom Music Control
[Android Apps and Games] EH15:
nvm .
[Android Apps and Games] idefiler6:
Bought the pro version, thanks! Going to fully test in the morning, I drive for work so it's best tested in the car.
[Android Apps and Games] itsmejson:
does this work w/ pandora?
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I am not sure since it is not supported in Czech Republic and therefore cannot test it :-(.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Really for me it is not working good at all with Winamp... I'm so disappointed and regretting a bit to have bought it.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Is it with Advanced compatibility mode? I recommend you to try to turn on 3rd party compatibility as well. It helps sometimes. Otherwise, I can always refund your purchase.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Yes with advanced compatibility mode. 3rd party control is checked too. Unfortunately it is not reliable at all. Instead of being refunded I would prefer you solve the issues! ;) I'm ready to give you as many info as you need to fix it! :)

I'llbe a bit more precise about the issues I have:

- it seems that the option to make control disappear when music is not playing are not taken into account: controls are nearly always there and when they are not they never disappear when they are shown at least once.

- when the phone starts and I go on my WidgetLocker lockscreen if I click on the play button in Phantom, nothing happens (while the headset button is starting Winamp music as it should). If I click many times on play then pause then play and so on, sometimes music is strarting, sometimes it is crashing WidgetLocker. Using previous track or next track control seems to work a bit better but still not perfect.

Do you think you could do something? Do you need some logcat outputs or some logfiles to investigate deeper?
[Android Apps and Games] techofweb:
Nice Widget

Gave you an Award here

Hope you like it :) Enjoy

http://www.techofweb.com/google/android-music-control.html
[Android Apps and Games] sacliv:
great app, one question

Hey Johnny_G, great widget, definitely worth paying for the pro to use it with google music. I have no problems at all.

I just have one question however, when i check the running services on my phone, it shows that this music widget takes up 13mb of memory. That's quite a lot (to compare, swype uses 7mb, maps uses 7.9mb, even my launcher - Go launcher Ex only uses 12mb). Is there a reason that a widget which simply controls music playback takes so much memory? Is it possible to reduce the memory footprint during the next releases?

thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] T-Loop:
I have the same problem! :( I just bought a new Samsung Galaxy S2 and it doesn't work correctly. I have to tap everything couple times before any effect. Song info and buttons from Play to Pause takes time. It does change the info, but it takes about 5 secs.

Where do I find the older version? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] sacliv:
Actually after installing it for one afternoon i uninstalled it. The memory footprint kept increasing even though i didn't use the widget to play music at all (i was at a wedding so most of the time the phone was in standby), but the end of 4 hours it increased to 18mb. Also, my battery usually lasts 1 day and a half, it was drained in 4 hours. I checked the network usage during those 4 hours, phantom music widget used the 2nd most network bandwidth even though i never used it even once (again, phone was in standby most of the night). I don't see why a music widget that's not being used would be transferring network data for...
[Android Apps and Games] techofweb:
reviewed here Nice app Enjoy :)

http://www.techofweb.com/google/android-music-control.html
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I'm sorry guys for such late responses.

Rebel2k: I will probably send you some beta soon. I am swamped by work right now :-(.

techofweb: Thank you for the review! I appreciate it :-).

sacliv: Please try to uninstall the app and install it again. There might be some useless service stuck in loop. I need to manage these somehow :-/.

T-Loop: The same as Rebel2k. Sorry for your trouble.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Ok! Cool! Feel free to do so, if I can help to improve the app and fix issues I'i'll be glad and proud of it. Good luck for your work, I know what it is!
[Android Apps and Games] j4velin:
thanks for offering an API for 3rd party developers, so i can finally add some music controll button in my notification toggle app without messing with all the different music apps :D
[Android Apps and Games] surveysays:
im using the pro version for google music. but i noticed on the widget no matter what skin i would use, that the track information never shows up. and also when i click play the music starts and all but for instance i like to use the chromeless theme and when i press play the music plays and all but it still says play instead of saying stop. when i hit play again the music stops.
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
I've just uploaded some quick update, so please try it first:

Changelog

1.58.2:

- Bugfixes regarding 3rd party support, Google Music, UberMusic, etc.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Too bad that's not helping for me... Still not working good at all with Winamp...
[Android Apps and Games] unde:
Is it working with Songbird?
[Android Apps and Games] T-Loop:
After this update, my problems are GONE! Thank you so much Johny!
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Rebel2k: How is this even possible? I have tried it with latest Winamp seconds ago :-(. What phone and ROM do you use? Also, would you mind sending me some logs?

- install aLogcat from Market

- run it and press Menu->Clear

- run your music player and skip some tracks (maybe pause/play some as well)

- do the same thing via Phantom Music Control

- go back to aLogcat and press Menu->Save

- the log is now on your SD card in alogcat folder

- attach the log to your reply (well, or use the share function, if it works with Tapatalk or such)

It might help me with solution.

Thank you!

Unde: Actually, it does :-). I didn't even knew that. Just keep the headset and Last.fm options on, and it will work in Advanced compatibility mode. I will add it to the list.

T-Loop: You're welcome. Great to hear :-).
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
No problem I'll try to send you everything soon of course! Thank you to be concerned by the issue! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Wargzam:
Hi Johnny_G, thanks for this great widget! I bought my pro license today.

Question: is it possible to have the widget detect player changes on the fly? So, for example, I listen to some music with PlayerPro and control it via the Phantom widget. But I want to listen to some of my online-only music with the Google Music Beta, so I go into PlayerPro and stop it, then go into Google Music to start playback. But the widget doesn't detect the swap, so when I interact with it, it starts up playback on PlayerPro.

sorry if I am just not seeing how to enable this functionality.
[Android Apps and Games] Wargzam:
welp, I'm an idiot...didn't see the "hot swap" option before I posted, and it does exactly what I wanted it to do. so disregard my last post.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
So here are my results. You'll find attached the log file I recorded. I didn't do exactly what you asked for, because Winamp is working without any problems when I start it through the phone or with the headset. Anyway, I did:

- a reboot

- when the phone is on widget locker (after being locked) : click on start on the Phantom Widget :

- first start => nothing happened

- first stop => still nothing

- second start => led started to light and music started (but name of the track isn't shown as it should)

- second stop => nothing happened, music is still playing

- third start => still music playing, without interruption since the second start, still no name for the track

- third stop => don't stop the music, and after a few seconds widget locker force close

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S, and my ROM is GingerReal 7.1.4 (based on the Samsung Gingerbread 2.3.4).

Hope you will have some clues in the logs!
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
So... Could you find something interesting in the logfile?
[Android Apps and Games] Silent3sniper:
does it work properly with the stock samsung mp3 player on galaxy s2?

i can't test it with the free version and i don't want to spend money on something that is not going to work, maybe use a 3day test version in the future with all functions enabled?

the price is reasonable, but i want to know if it works or not.

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Any news about the Winamp issue?

I'm now on a stock JVR + kernel Semaphore on my Samsung Galaxy S and it is still jot working at all...
[Android Apps and Games] Johny_G:
Rebel2k: I'm so sorry, but there is too much going on, and I still had no time. Quick look gave me nothing :-(.

Silent3sniper: I do not recommend you to use Phanyom with stock S2 player, since it tends to skip from song to song. Unfortunately, I have no device to test it on. However, it would work with any other supported player installed on S2.
[Android Apps and Games] Rebel2k:
Ok. As soon as you'll have some time don't forget about me anyway! ;) I'm still waiting but I'm patient... ;)
[Android Apps and Games] perrako47:
Hey Jonny_G, just bought the pro version -- it's a great widget. Is there any chance of integrating this app with Rdio? If there's not enough interest for you to do it yourself, I'd be glad to look at it and give it a shot.