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Wrong song title sent thtough Bluetooth AVRCP

Hi,
I have a Nexus 4, Android 4.3. I upgraded to 4.3 for AVRCP 1.3+ support. I am using my car head unit (KD-X50BT) to control the media player on my phone (Poweramp) and my phone stream the audio back to the head unit. This part works like a charm. :good:
The problem is that the song title displayed on my head unit is wrong. :crying: It is either "Stop", "Pause" or the title of another song. After investigation, it looks like the phone sends to the head unit the information from Google Play Music app instead of Poweramp.
- I have enabled the metadata option of Poweramp.
- Poweramp is the default media player
- I have tried disabling Google Play Music
- I have tried multiple media player other than Poweramp, even the app from JVC.
- I have tried installing Media Button Router.
Please help me to resolve this. Thank you.

I have the same problem, now that JB 4.3 sends info through BT, I've tried in my car and can only see song, album, artist title using Play Music, it looks like PowerAmp has a bug.

ribola said:
I have the same problem, now that JB 4.3 sends info through BT, I've tried in my car and can only see song, album, artist title using Play Music, it looks like PowerAmp has a bug.
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Probably more than Poweramp, since I have seen this problem with multiple Audio player. I found out this week-end that MusicXmatch does not have this problem. I can probably live with this player for now. I will keep PowerAmp for my headset, and MusiXmatch for BT streaming.

I've got a new Sony BT ready head unit, and it's not picking up any information from any of my players (PowerAMP, Google Music, or Apollo).

I currently with PowerAMP and Android 4.4
Had the same issue with Pebble and my car stereo (Titles not shown). After enabling settings-BT-Metachanged intent and send album - Artist in Poweramp settings the song title and artist is showing OK on both devices

Never worked for me in my kenwood car stereo but I assume its because of the stereo. Couldn't find any reliable info on it though.
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[Q] How to replace stock music player??

I have a Joying head unit, RK3066 based, 4.4.4, I am wondering if there is a way to replace the stock music player, and have it work like stock.
I have tried Poweramp (something better?), but it only works on a hard boot, I have my unit set to sleep for 2 hours before doing full shutdown, so on short trips, poweramp opens, but I have to reach over and hit play, also it starts at the beginning of the track, sometimes I listen to hours long audio tracks, and thats not nice.
I have tried xposedMTC, but it does not help.
The stock music player obviously restarts where you left off, no matter what - is there a way to emulate that stock behavior on a better app?

If the unit was shutdown completely I don't think there's a way to make PowerAmp resume where it was. This would be a behavior inherent to PowerAmp and I doubt it could be modified, but if you find a way please post it here as I'm also interested in the same.

Stock music player
Anybody has a solution for this? I have exactly the same problem. I know that I can use different app but this one is responding to my steering wheel controls
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Or maybe someone know an app which can be controlled from steering wheel buttons and also have little better organized viewing of audio file which can be sorted by artist..... an folders

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totalimpact said:
I have a Joying head unit, RK3066 based, 4.4.4, I am wondering if there is a way to replace the stock music player, and have it work like stock.
I have tried Poweramp (something better?), but it only works on a hard boot, I have my unit set to sleep for 2 hours before doing full shutdown, so on short trips, poweramp opens, but I have to reach over and hit play, also it starts at the beginning of the track, sometimes I listen to hours long audio tracks, and thats not nice.
I have tried xposedMTC, but it does not help.
The stock music player obviously restarts where you left off, no matter what - is there a way to emulate that stock behavior on a better app?
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just install "autostart" app on playstore and set autoboot "music player" that you want to boot up with additional setting like time to boot up and other, and for poweramp, if you like it to autoplay once it run, just go to poweramp setting --->audio--->audio focus-->select "resume on start". it will auto play once poweramp run.

I use PowerAmp as well I paid for it some time ago and I use it in this unit also there is a app you can use which will allow you to use your steering wheel controls 4 power amp it is called "head unit" it works great, and it is free
With my back to the rise I'll make my stand

Contra197101 said:
I use PowerAmp as well I paid for it some time ago and I use it in this unit also there is a app you can use which will allow you to use your steering wheel controls 4 power amp it is called "head unit" it works great, and it is free
With my back to the rise I'll make my stand
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thank you for info I will try it

Hi All,
Sorry to revive an old thread, but can someone please explain how you set poweramp as the default music player.
Regards

I would like to know to

Flyingcharly2a said:
I would like to know to
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Contra197101 said:
I use PowerAmp as well I paid for it some time ago and I use it in this unit also there is a app you can use which will allow you to use your steering wheel controls 4 power amp it is called "head unit" it works great, and it is free
With my back to the rise I'll make my stand
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hi , can u tell me app name which helps to change tracks from steering wheel

aqpoo89 said:
just install "autostart" app on playstore and set autoboot "music player" that you want to boot up with additional setting like time to boot up and other, and for poweramp, if you like it to autoplay once it run, just go to poweramp setting --->audio--->audio focus-->select "resume on start". it will auto play once poweramp run.
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Thanks for the share but it doesn't work for my HU. It still go back to the stock radio/music everytime I startup my car.

same issue , how can we use steering wheel control to change track on 3rd party apps , it works fine with stock mp3 player which is very raw

Poweramp works for bluetooth streaming?

New Music Player for Joying Sofia Units

I've written a music player for my Joying Sofia head unit because I couldn't find one that worked how I wanted.
It is designed specifically for my requirements and won't be to everybody's tastes. But I thought I'd share it anyway.
The bad - it only plays MP3s and only in random order.
The good (in my opinion) - you can actually read the details of the playing song. It allows you to click on the current artist and get a different song by that artist or the album and get a different track from that album. It has its own volume control. It starts at boot and plays the last song it was playing when it was powered off. I have no idea how it will react to sleep mode since it doesn't work on my unit.
You can see a really bad video of what it looks like on YouTube (just search for M1Kksk1TD7A since I can't post links) and the download link is in the comments of the video if you'd like to try it out.

Pity I've just sold my car with Joying HU - otherwise I would gladly try it. BTW, is it capable of outputting messages in Android bar (sorry for wording - do not remember what's correct term - shutter or alike). It is needed for 3-rd party launcher integration.

Bluetooth Media player App (for Headunit)

Hi all,
I have installed an Android 7.1 headunit in a car, I have replaced most of the default apps, but one I am struggling with is the Bluetooth media app. The Default app on the HU allows me to play music from my phone, but it has only 3 buttons on it, play/pause, forward and back, it doesn't give any track information, or have any visual indication that music is even playing, the device does support A2DP (and so does the phone).
I thought it would be very easy to find a media player that does this, but it seems not, now I realised, this app is very rare, its not usual for an android app to be receiving the stream, normally it would only send the stream. So wondering if anyone has found an app that can do it?
Also has anyone else ever replaced the default FM radio app on a headunit? I believe its not possible because its customised to the specific hardware but I am interested to look for an alternative to this aswell (current one has a bad interface and doesn't save stations if power is lost)

flamery said:
Hi all,
I have installed an Android 7.1 headunit in a car, I have replaced most of the default apps, but one I am struggling with is the Bluetooth media app. The Default app on the HU allows me to play music from my phone, but it has only 3 buttons on it, play/pause, forward and back, it doesn't give any track information, or have any visual indication that music is even playing, the device does support A2DP (and so does the phone).
I thought it would be very easy to find a media player that does this, but it seems not, now I realised, this app is very rare, its not usual for an android app to be receiving the stream, normally it would only send the stream. So wondering if anyone has found an app that can do it?
Also has anyone else ever replaced the default FM radio app on a headunit? I believe its not possible because its customised to the specific hardware but I am interested to look for an alternative to this aswell (current one has a bad interface and doesn't save stations if power is lost)
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Also looking for this! anyone?

Bluetooth App
I completely agree. I just got an 8.0 head unit from Pumpkin ( px5). The BlueTooth App seems pretty basic:
1) sound quality is noticeably lower
2) app is buggy -- after a call, which was ended, the green call icon stayed in the lower right corner until I did a reset of the unit
3) no info about what is being streamed
4) UI of the app is really plain - not much color, etc.
Is this open source somewhere?

Same question here....

Waiting also!!
Enviado do meu iPhone usando o Tapatalk

i am also looking for it

Best multimedia player - Android Head Unit

Hello everyone,
I am looking for the best app to play mp4 files. The default app doesn't have any functions other than rewinding between songs and choosing from a playlist. The only requirement is the ability to set random playback and compatibility with steering wheel keys.
-MX Player runs smoothly but doesn't works with the steering wheel keys
-KM Player works fine with buttons but it runs slowly and freezes frequently
I tested a few other apps but they didn't meet the requirements.
For mp3 files I chose Poweramp, it's perfect. I have a problem with the video player.
Any suggestions out there?

I'm used BlackPlayer EX on the head unit. SWC works fine.
But to avoid a sync of mp3s between phone and head unit I use BlackPlayer EX via Android Auto.