andrewilley

Even if the Year tag is yyyy-mm-dd, Poweramp only parses the first four year digits when it saves the tag to its database. There is a feature request to allow extended variants in the future though, you can vote for it here once you account is mature enough: Using "sort" tags is also something that has been requested. Andre

Well there's a niche request. But you really would not like to know how much you'd need to donate to just cover the cost of such a project - certainly you'd be talking about a five figure number, probably six. And then there'd be the time away from developing for Android. Andre

@Busmonkey Don't try to grant access to the root level of your SD Card by the way, make sure all your music is in a folder and its subfolders, and grant access to that one master folder. Andre

That's the date of the FAQ. The quotednlink is to the Play Store download of the Google-supploed app (current build is 11 March 2024) Andre

That last screenshot tends to indicate the system Files app may not have been installed in the ROM by the manufacturer of the head unit. Andre

Max no longer resides in Russia in case you are concerned about him, Poweramp is now based out of Dubai. Andre

@FunkyPants Yes, there's a recent-user restriction on the voting system to stop people just rapidly creating new accounts and creating faked votes. You need two valid forum posts (which you now have) and 2+ days as a member in order to vote. I'm sure the actual process of implementing simple %title%, %artist%, etc formatting strings, even with conditionally hidden "[ %content% ]", for the Title and Secondary lines would be fairly easy. However the one-shot migration process for transparently bringing over all sorts of diverse user preferences - such as 'Show Filename as Title', 'Album Artist Label for Tracks/Albums/Album Artist Tracks', 'Hide Unknown Album/Artist', etc - into such a system would probably be a lot more work. Max has always preferred to make any changes and new features as gentle as possible for existing users, to avoid an avalanche of "who moved my cheese" messages. Max has been discussing creating add-on packages for Poweramp (for a one-off extra purchase price) and I have suggested that theming the contents of any such packages would be the most logical way forward. If he does that, an "Enhanced Player Screen Features" package would be a perfect first step in that direction - which could eventually include this feature, along with customisable control buttons, Hi-Res logo, A-B Repeat, etc. Andre

In the initial EQ screen, once you have set up your desired adjustments tap on the three-dots menu icon and select 'Save/Assign'. You can auto-assign the Preset for specific output modes, or for specific songs/albums/folders/etc, but in your case you'll probably want to leave all of those extra boxes unticked and just enter a descriptive name and tap 'Save'. You'll then see your newly saved item in the Presets list. You can use the buttons at the top of the list to limit what is shown (if you only want to see certain types of preset in general use). Andre

It's currently pretty high up in the Feature voting list, so hopefully it might come sooner rather than later. You can add your vote here: Andre

Sounds like you've figured it out, but basically streaming radio stations are identified by a web address (URL) that broadcasts the content via a "shoutcast" style stream. That direct URL can either be entered into the 'Add URL' option in the Streams menu, or it can be included as an entry in a local M3U (or PLS) playlist file in a music storage folder on your device. So for example a valid individual stream URL might look something like: http://media-ice.musicradio.com:80/HeartWestMids While a playlist (M3U) file might contain several such URLs which have been grouped together for easy access - possibly with display titles if desired: #EXTM3U #EXTINF:0,Heart - West Midlands http://media-ice.musicradio.com:80/HeartWestMids #EXTINF:0,Greatest Hits Radio National http://edge-bauerall-01-gos2.sharp-stream.com/net2national.mp3?aw_0_1st.skey=1691534114 Andre

At the end of the day, as with all personal equalization settings, it's what sounds best to you that is more important than creating a completely flat curve (which is what the various downloaded profiles tend to aim for). Andre

You might find that an EQ profile for a similar set of headphones from the same company might be a good starting point - but even within one company, the response curves for different styles and price-ranges of headphone will vary tremendously. Andre

Have a hunt around online for "milkdrop" preset files. That's the format that Poweramp and the PA-EQ use for the Visualization effects. Andre

@slizzap No, tap on the top item. "Resize Waveseek" is a link to a submenu, not just a header description. Had me fooled a while back too, not sure why it needs to be another layer of submenu with just two items in it. Andre

You will need an internet connection for the "Verified and Stored" status, so best to leave it connected until that occurs. But if it drops and reconnects, or device reboots in the meantime, shouldn't be a problem. Andre

It may be that DVC is not functioning with high-res in your case, which can happen with some phone ROMs. It can also be dependent on the USB DAC itself - they are very definitely not all made equal; the Chi-Fi CX31993 or CS46L41 based units run rings around most of the ones on Amazon in my vicinity (such as Samsung's own adapter, which is terrible). In some cases, you may prefer to use AAudio or AudioTrack outputs (which do support higher sample rates and bit depths on more recent Android ROMs). For example on my Samsung galaxy A54, the Experimental High-Res mode does not work at all, but AAudio is fine at 192kHz/24-bit with a CX31993-based adapter. Andre

I just had a little look, and I can't see how to adjust the width of the waveseek bars independently for Landscape and Portrait views. If I change the width, the Portrait version changes but the Landscape does not. Not sure if I missed something though. Andre

The easiest thing would be to clear the log, then do the BT connection or whatever action causes the issue. Not so much in the log to wade through that way. Andre

@mporcas I can't see anything in that log that should be affecting Shuffle/Repeat status. @maxmp might be able to comment further though. I think what is usually the culprit is this sort of thing: Andre

@Matt Gertz You can get the latest Poweramp beta builds from the Download tab at the top of the page. Currently build 981 is the latest: This may allow you to fix your issue, but a number of users have reported that it is still happening with their Android 14 variants even with the new 'ignore' option enabled. Max is planning to add a better workaround in the next release. Andre

I don't think you mean the "mini player" (which is the little panel of current playback controls shown at the bottom of Poweramp's Library Category lists). Your screenshots show the Android Player / Media Notification panel, which is seen when you drag down from the top of the screen. Status Bar Notification formatting (just like Lock Screen and the Android Auto display, etc) is controlled by Android rather than the playback app. Poweramp does in fact provide the Album name, should Android wish to display it. For example, on Samsung Android 11, the initial and expanded panels looked like this: And same song playing in Samsung Android 14: If you don't like the default style as defined by the latest Android version on your new phone, you could try forcing one of the older legacy Notification formats, as they used to show the album name rather than just its artwork. See PA Settings=>Look and Feel=>Notifactions=>Notification Type . They don't always look very good with newer ROMs though, as they were not designed for them. e.g. 'Legacy' as displayed on an Android 14 phone: Andre

@justme2 what has Winamp got to do with this? Poweramp does not generate lyrics at all, it needs to find them from the playing audio file, from a companion LRC file, or from an external online source (see my post about three comments back in this thread). Andre

I would suggest turning all battery / power optimisations off for Poweramp and/or Poweramp EQ. Andre

@Vache Yes, it makes for a handy way to change the playback Category (switching from a Recent song to the Album it came from for example) without interrupting the currently playing song. Andre

First, avoid trying to grant access permissions to overall root locations. That is specifically forbidden when using Android's Storage Access Framework for the device's internal user storage and SD Cards, but even if it is permitted for USB mounted storage (which it seems to be treating as a folder within its overall file system) it's probably not a good idea. Instead, grant access to one or more specific folders, and store everything else as subfolders within that. In general terms though, if you enable access to a top level folder (or in this case, a master USB location) then everything else within that will be enabled too - i.e. all files and subfolders. However if you later disable even a single subfolder, the overall folder has to be disabled as it is no longer fully selected, and each activated subfolder is enabled instead. Thus any files stored at the top level of the master folder will no longer the picked up as the master folder is not selected for access. I got caught out by that logic myself a while ago when configuring the backup regime on my NAS drive: I could easily backup an entire volume (which caught all files and subfolders on the volume too) but if I disabled even a single folder within the volume, the volume itself was not considered as a backup source, only the selected folders - and crucially not any files stored at the root level of that volume. If you want the root files scanned, the whole volume has to be selected. So in this case, just put your M3U files into a 'Folder 4', and enable that for scanning too. Andre