Android Media Players

  • Poweramp – How to Automatically Download Album Art?

    Poweramp – How to Automatically Download Album Art?

    In Poweramp, the album art is displayed in the background of the player. It is also used in the lock screen. It adds visual eye candy for the app which makes playing songs on the Poweramp music player app for Android, kind of, fun. But the thing is, we might not always have MP3 files…

  • MX Player – Open a Different Audio for a Currently Playing Video

    MX Player – Open a Different Audio for a Currently Playing Video

    One of the surprising features of MX Player in Android, that we just discovered was, the ability to open a different audio track for a currently playing video. You can open Video A and add a Soundtrack B to it. We are yet to find many practical uses for it but it sounds like a…

  • MX Player – How to Open Local Subtitles for Movies and Videos

    MX Player – How to Open Local Subtitles for Movies and Videos

    If you are watching movies using MX Player on your mobile device (smartphones and tablets) and want to add a subtitle to the current media, then this tutorial is for you. There is a simple option that can be used to browse, navigate and load a subtitle file. You must have already opened your movie…

  • How to Show Poweramp on Lock Screen if Music is Playing

    How to Show Poweramp on Lock Screen if Music is Playing

    When you are playing some music, the player interface (or some part of it) can be shown on the lock screen. If you use Poweramp, then it has this option as well. It can be displayed on the lock screen while the music is playing. The album art can be set as the background of…

  • Adjust Playback Speed Controls in VLC App for Android or Apple

    Adjust Playback Speed Controls in VLC App for Android or Apple

    VLC for Android allows you to play any media in high or slow speed. Whether it is an audio or a video, it can go from 0.25x speed to 4x speed. For playing in slow motion, any video or audio can be played in slow motion at a speed of 25% of the original speed.…

  • Musixmatch – How to Use the Sleep Timer?

    Musixmatch – How to Use the Sleep Timer?

    Musixmatch has an inbuilt sleep timer so that you can stop an audio playlist after a certain amount of time. The desired time can be set in the options. After it passes, the player will stop the playlist completely. This feature is useful for those people who want to sleep with their headphones plugged in…

  • Musixmatch – How to Use the Playlist Feature?

    Musixmatch – How to Use the Playlist Feature?

    If you happen to use Musixmatch as your MP3 player, then you might have certainly wondered how to use the playlist feature. Using playlists allow you to group songs and play them all. If the MP3 files are already properly tagged then they are grouped with the help of their ID3 tags. You can see…

  • Musixmatch – How to Blacklist Ringtones, Alarms, Notifications and Other Sounds?

    Musixmatch – How to Blacklist Ringtones, Alarms, Notifications and Other Sounds?

    A modern MP3 player app in Android is designed to avoid short-length tracks. It is because those tracks usually are the audio for alarms, notifications or ringtones. We do not desire to play such random noise while listening to our feedback. So, apps like Musixmatch automatically ignore them. Some developers configure it to ignore them…

  • Headset Buttons Action on jetAudio HD Music Player

    Headset Buttons Action on jetAudio HD Music Player

    jetAudio for Android can control a connected headset. For example,ย we can set it to auto play the songs as soon as the headset is connected. We can also disable it. In addition to the auto playbacks in the More Options > Preferences > Misc > Headset section, there are a few additional options. Those options…

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