Apple music will not show up in known players

[Dawko]

So i want to turn on equalisation in apple music but in known players is only spotify is there any way to repair it? If it matter im on poco x3 pro (MIUI 12.5.1)

[andrewilley]

Have you followed to the instructions in:

Andre

[maxmp]

@Dawko what is your apple music version? I can't reproduce any issue with mine == 3.5.0 - the latest from Play, but version may differ due to staged rollout, per country difference, etc.

[maxmp]

Ok, I reproduced the issue - Apple Music does not send Audio Session Id for 2nd+ track in playlists. They constantly manipulate Audio Sessions - rookie mistake, devs unaware of Android audio system internals.

It seems to work if Crossfade is enabled in Apple Music settings. Crossfade duration could be set to 0 if no crossfade is needed. Multiple sessions still created, but those are reported to Equalizer.

PS Sending one audio session id on player/track start is very hard for developers to comprehend, few do this right. I guess mostly due to the low number of the apps using this, lack of the user feedback, and lack of the documentation (actually, not), but we'll change that:-)

[Adrian85]

Any news or a fix for this in 3.6? Even with crossfade it's not working for me. Only the first song has the eq working.

[maxmp]

@Adrian85 3.6 works for me out of box with the latest Equalizer - no extra settings required.

[Backsilent99]

Apple Music is bugged for me as well, the equalizer works only about every second song even with manual crossfade. 

[John Titor]

You can try using advanced player tracking mode. It should help in cases where the player doesn't properly send the audio session id.

[maxmp]

@Backsilent99 see my post above - Apple music works out of box with the latest Equalizer build.

If it doesn’t work for you please be more specific regarding your device, Android, Apple music, Equalizer versions. This may help to reproduce the issue. 

Try resetting Equalizer Known Players / Apple Music settings to defaults. Also try setting Apple music crossfade to automatic. Thanks!

[Backsilent99]

@maxmp Thanks, I deleted data for both Poweramp Equalizer (908 beta) and AM (3.6.0), restarted my phone and now it really works out-of-box without changing any settings (incl. crossfade). I'll continue testing it and let you know if it starts bugging again.

[THE DARK KNIGHT]

@maxmp  I tried everything you asked to, but unfortunately couldn't get it working.

My device : Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro

Android Version: 12 SKQ1.210908.001

Apple Music version: 4.0.0

Poweramp EQ build: 937-940.

Even though the app is showing in known players , but the EQ is not working properly. I have given the dump and notification permission. And also the Equalizer won't show anything more than 48khz . I also use the Poweramp player , no such problems there.

Please help me out with this .

 

[maxmp]

@THE DARK KNIGHT what exactly happens when Music plays for you? What does exactly "EQ is not working properly" means?

Equalization properly works for 48khz and it's recommended to keep standard resolution sample rate for proper equalization.

[THE DARK KNIGHT]

What I mean is that I have set a pretty bass heavy profile on my Poweramp EQ , which can be easily distinguished when turned on or off, but when listening to apple music, even though the EQ is on, I still can't hear the bass profile at all, it's just the plain audio, which stays the same even if I turn of the Equalizer.

And this issue is more prominent on my Realme Buds Wireless 2. They do support LDAC.

 

[maxmp]

@THE DARK KNIGHT do you see visualization running in Equalizer while Apple Music is playing? Does any band of equalizer (e.g. 1K) work? If so, it seems your device/firmware doesn't properly report 96khz LDAC sample rate and you need to force LDAC to 48khz in developer options. 

[THE DARK KNIGHT]

I just checked and it is not showing any visualisations while playing music from apple music.

And I even tried switching to 48 khz, still no visualisations.