Does Playlist Export Work?

[Does Playlist Export Work?]

Thanks for the report, fixed for the next 877 build.

[Help with editing layout]

New "List - no images" zoom level is implemented for the next 877 build. Thanks for the request and discussion!

[Number of tracks/total length of an album is not properly calculated in some categories (minor bug)]

@LABB Artist Albums contains just that songs filtered by given artist + album, so some songs from that album may be missing (== songs from other artists but with the same album artist tag which is used for album grouping by default).

[Issues with Android head unit]

@Capndirk The dialog is shown if Poweramp was killed during playback. This shouldn't happen on fully Android compatible devices, but in reality it happens due to the "battery" optimizers or some other app or device forced shutdown events. Poweramp will generally work OK, but it won't store (obviously) last playback position in the last played track.

[** Add the Shuffle and Repeat options to the 4x1 widget **]

Added to the 877 build. Thanks for the request!

[Preserve album / song order when adding a artist to queue]

The order matches Artists / All Artist Songs list. You can modify that sorting via header / List Options in the (any artist) / All Songs list. Thanks!

[Poweramp Crowdin Translation Project]

@Nihad Beshir Done, thanks!

[Help with editing layout]

@andrewilley

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Rather than using tickboxes at all, highlight the user-selected lines in a different colour

Btw, this is already possible for skins, implemented and demonstrated in Sample skin. For the "stock" skins for now it will be checkbox to the right with the future probable change to highlight.

 

[Style anomalies]

@flyingdutchman right, 9.png were considered, but unfortunately it's very slow to draw 100x of them, so just plain png is used with the predefined proportions. The shrinking or stretching happens only for the middle part, and only vertically.

Graphical explanation:

 

[No longer able to see or choose music folders for library]

1 hour ago, andrewilley said:

The problem is that Google keep moving the storage goalposts with each new Android release

Androids 5-9 were stable in this regard, in Android 10 the paths changed due to (enforced by Google) the "new" Storage Access Frameworks (SAF) API requirement to access files.

For SAF you first hit that Enable button, find the desired storage and optionally a root folder and hit "ALLOW..." button. Depending on ROM, additional menu / Show Internal Storage selection is required + side menu should be used to select the target storage.

Poweramp then either uses default Music/Downloads/Playlists folders on storage by default or selects the user defined folder. As previously, subfolders in the allowed storage/folder can be further checked/unchecked without extra permissions step.

Google initially wanted to force this (quite slow and weird) API for any file access in Android 10, but later backpedaled to allow direct file access in Android 10 with Android 11 being the first version enforcing SAF. Poweramp is already optimized for SAF nevertheless.

You can enable old way of accessing files in Poweramp via Settings / Misc / File Access Legacy Mode.
I also recommend this in case device is "missing" core Android system file picker or external storage component.

PS Many quotes here:
- "new" SAF - SAF exists from Androids 4.x but was enforced only for USB-sticks previously
- "missing" file picker - usually disabled via apps like Package Disabler or "optimized" out by ROM authors
- "optimized" - I don't think removing critical core part and breaking updated apps is an optimization. Granted, non-updated apps built for previous Android SDKs will continue to work, but updated apps will be broken

[Problem recognising track skip buttons]

@Jack07 Poweramp doesn't need notification access permission as it doesn't "Read" other apps notifications.

You can check how Poweramp processes headsets (and similar, e.g. lockscreen or bluetooth) commands in Poweramp Settings / Headset/Bluetooth / Last Processed Commands. If nothing appears there when you click buttons - system doesn't send events to the app, but events can be also ignored due to some settings or due to other causes.

Thanks! 

[Why does Poweramp need to verify license through Google Play when Poweramp Unlocker is installed?]

@Birdman if you purchased before Summer 2018, you can reuse license on the another device, provided same (google or email) account. For the newer purchases we changed conditions so it's strictly per one user device starting from Summer 2018 (but you can move license to the new device if you upgrade, etc.). The website purchase is the most versatile in any case. Thanks!

[Help with editing layout]

There is little point in adding list mode just for albums - if ever implemented, it should be available for all track lists. Poweramp stores these options by list type, so if that new "album art-less" mode is selected for Albums, it won't affect other categories.

The main reason there is small album art in the "compact" list mode - it's a placeholder for the checkbox. But probably for this new mode checkbox could be moved to the right so it doesn't overlap labels in the beginning (I don't want to add extra item animations for the checkbox there).

Thanks for the request.

[Save and assign the Tempo per track]

Thanks for the request. I’m thinking enabling this per folder or per playlist (the same way track position can be stored via List Options).

[Poweramp builds 875-876]

@diguitar you can set it manually with the provided seekbars (Settings / Audio / Crossfade, Fade, and Gapless). Thanks!

[Poweramp was stopped / in German "Poweramp wurde gestoppt"]

@Riku This happens when Poweramp is killed by system (or some system app) right during playback (==when it shouldn't be ever killed). Usually happens on Chinese brands devices which don't honor foreground services and require app whitelisting from the user. It's builtin, not some app, settings depend on OEM - see here for more details: https://dontkillmyapp.com/. Thanks!

[Power AMP Chromecast From Chrome OS (Track Doesn't Play))]

Unfortunately, Android app is heavily sandboxed in ChromeOS, thus no direct connection from the Chromecast device to the app is possible without some extra steps in console (generally, that is not usable outside developer enabled ChromeOS).

[Treble doesn't work]

Unfortunately I can't reproduce this issue (as for builds 874 release, 875 beta). And this feature is not device/ROM dependent. Treble works just fine for frequencies 10kHz+. If you can't hear it:

- your device can't play frequencies >10kHz
- your audio source doesn't contain frequencies > 10kHz
- you can't hear 10kHz+
- hacked version has no equalizer/tone

Thanks!

[player behavior]

Try Settings / Library / Lists / List Item Click Action - Play and stay in the list. Thanks!

[Homescreen App Shortcuts Disappear After Restart or Update]

@Arun D Can you please share what is your device/Android/ROM and launcher (if 3rd party one). Thanks!

[A license can be used on several phones?]

@Wishmasterflo Same device activation is not counted towards any limits (== is unlimited). Thanks!

[Unstable Chromecast]

@Fisho also ensure you’re not using hi-res 96kHz sampling rate in this case (in Chromecast output settings).

[System UI crashes when switch track from the notification]

I guess some option could cause that (I would suspect anything related to Hi-Res album art). Not sure about previous reset.

[Homescreen App Shortcuts Disappear After Restart or Update]

- move Poweramp to internal memory if you’re using 3rd party launcher (and report to launcher developer as they should test this scenario)

- use default icon in Poweramp Settings / Look and Feel / Icons.

Thanks!

[Not installable on new tablett]

- try to uninstall anything named Poweramp from the device first

- if it doesn't help, after unsuccessful install, dump the log via Settings / Developer options / Bug Report and PM me it for the investigation. 

Thanks!