So I'm running WP 8 and I've only used the default Music+Video app to listen to my MP3s. Even though I hate the way it functions, I can't seem to find a suitable replacement.
Here's my issues, and for starters I don't care about streaming music, only playing my local MP3's.
- I cannot see the "now playing" playlist, only what's currently playing. Even though I can add songs to "now playing" by press'N'hold on the songs, I have no idea where they go, I can't see what's coming next, I can't seem to rearrange them, or delete a song from the list or even properly clear the list.
- If I do want to create a playlist, I can't seem to be able to select multiple songs at once and then add them to or even create a playlist. What I seem to have to do is to add songs to "now playing", which again I can't seem to edit, and then from there I can choose to "save as a new playlist" even though I have no idea what other songs, if any are currently in "now playing".
- Pressing the "play" button next to a song seems to automatically clear the entire "now playing" playlist and replace it with just that one song. Almost never is this something I want to do.
- All the meta-data on my music seems to be screwy, meaning that a compilation of, let's say, 60's garage rock, is listed as 20 different albums, although each is listed with the exact same album name. And I listen to a lot of compilations. Yes, I know, this issue isn't strictly the fault of the app, but even when I've taken these MP3 over to my desktop and made sure the tags are correct (each listed as being from the same album) the problem remains on my phone.
For what it's worth these problems are all related in my experience. If I want to listen to "Instrumental Explosion", a compilation of 60's Soul instrumentals, for starters, it is listed as 21 separate albums each with the same album name. I can't easily select them all and create a playlist, but instead must press'N'hold on each track to send to "now playing" and repeat 21 times. Now in theory, I could go and save this as a playlist, but since i have no idea what's currently in "now playing," I just see the current song, I don't know (nor could I do anything about) if all the songs are there, are they in the right order, is every song that I previously listened to that day also in the playlist (answer: YES!).
So, short version: is there a better music app?
Here's my issues, and for starters I don't care about streaming music, only playing my local MP3's.
- I cannot see the "now playing" playlist, only what's currently playing. Even though I can add songs to "now playing" by press'N'hold on the songs, I have no idea where they go, I can't see what's coming next, I can't seem to rearrange them, or delete a song from the list or even properly clear the list.
- If I do want to create a playlist, I can't seem to be able to select multiple songs at once and then add them to or even create a playlist. What I seem to have to do is to add songs to "now playing", which again I can't seem to edit, and then from there I can choose to "save as a new playlist" even though I have no idea what other songs, if any are currently in "now playing".
- Pressing the "play" button next to a song seems to automatically clear the entire "now playing" playlist and replace it with just that one song. Almost never is this something I want to do.
- All the meta-data on my music seems to be screwy, meaning that a compilation of, let's say, 60's garage rock, is listed as 20 different albums, although each is listed with the exact same album name. And I listen to a lot of compilations. Yes, I know, this issue isn't strictly the fault of the app, but even when I've taken these MP3 over to my desktop and made sure the tags are correct (each listed as being from the same album) the problem remains on my phone.
For what it's worth these problems are all related in my experience. If I want to listen to "Instrumental Explosion", a compilation of 60's Soul instrumentals, for starters, it is listed as 21 separate albums each with the same album name. I can't easily select them all and create a playlist, but instead must press'N'hold on each track to send to "now playing" and repeat 21 times. Now in theory, I could go and save this as a playlist, but since i have no idea what's currently in "now playing," I just see the current song, I don't know (nor could I do anything about) if all the songs are there, are they in the right order, is every song that I previously listened to that day also in the playlist (answer: YES!).
So, short version: is there a better music app?
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