Best way to listen to music?

[SprintTouchGuy]

I've got a newbie media-related question, and searches haven't yielded the specific answer that I'm looking for (though maybe I haven't searched the right device forum, yet):

What is the best way to use my new Sprint Touch as an MP3 player? To answer that question I guess I'm really asking the following questions:


What is the best plugin to get a handy player for easy play/pause and prev/next track selection (like the original HTC Touch media hub, or the tab on the 6-tab HTC Home)?
Is there a way to play music without the screen staying turned on? From what I can tell the Windows Media app keeps the screen on as long as it is playing music. I would like the screen to shut off and then spring back to life if tapped/power button pressed/whatever. Hopefully the answer to #1 will support this as well.


I don't want a new HTCHome.dll since I just got my Sprint one patched to point to a different weather server to get local weather.

I also have been reading about the 'Touch Settings' program and am interested in giving that a spin as well, though I can't tell if it will help me other than to make launching the player more handy.

Thanks in advance...

[surur]

Bluetooth headphones.

Surur

[retrobits]

sprint removed the original htc audio manager which is quite good and has a today plugin. you can get the original htc apps from this thread.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=344533

I've installed this audio manager and the plugin on my sprint touch and they work great.

For turning off the screen, I usually just let mine turn off on its own (since it actually will when using audio manager). If you want to force the screen off yourself, just grab a freeware app called ScreenToggle and map it to your camera button or today screen.

[SprintTouchGuy]

Bluetooth headphones.

Surur

Um, yeah...that's what I have on order, but I don't see how that answers my questions (so please enlighten me if I'm missing something).

sprint removed the original htc audio manager which is quite good and has a today plugin. you can get the original htc apps from this thread.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=344533

I've installed this audio manager and the plugin on my sprint touch and they work great.

For turning off the screen, I usually just let mine turn off on its own (since it actually will when using audio manager). If you want to force the screen off yourself, just grab a freeware app called ScreenToggle and map it to your camera button or today screen.

Yes, that is EXACTLY the info that I was looking for...I just installed both the audio manager and the home plugin and love them both. The home plugin doesn't take up too much screen space, so it will work great for me. The screen doesn't appear to be shutting off while using the plugin, either, so will try ScreenToggle if I can't find another setting/option to have it shut off automatically. THANK YOU retrobits!

[sketchy9]

You can also map a button from within WMP (such as the center button) to toggle the screen off/on. It is under one of the menu options for settings.

-R

[SprintTouchGuy]

You can also map a button from within WMP (such as the center button) to toggle the screen off/on. It is under one of the menu options for settings.

-R

That's cool...works great if I want to use WMP instead of the plugin. Unfortunately, even though it appears that the home plugin is launching and using WMP rather than the audio manager, the button that I associate with the screen off/on toggle doesn't work from the homepage...I've got to switch to WMP for it to work. That may be good enough for me, though...thanks for the tip.

[surur]

Um, yeah...that's what I have on order, but I don't see how that answers my questions (so please enlighten me if I'm missing something).

Bluetooth headphones have control buttons, so you dont need onscreen ones, and on my GSM Touch at least, as well as my Kaiser, I can switch of the screen with the power button without interrupting audio playback when using A2DP.

Surur

[SprintTouchGuy]

Bluetooth headphones have control buttons, so you dont need onscreen ones, and on my GSM Touch at least, as well as my Kaiser, I can switch of the screen with the power button without interrupting audio playback when using A2DP.

Surur

That's terrific, Surur...thanks for elaborating!

[SprintTouchGuy]

Bluetooth headphones have control buttons, so you dont need onscreen ones, and on my GSM Touch at least, as well as my Kaiser, I can switch of the screen with the power button without interrupting audio playback when using A2DP.

Surur

Surur...I just got my Bluetooth headphones today, and when listening to my music off of my Touch with them the music quits if I press the power button. Can you describe further how I can get this to work so that the music continues to play? And of course maybe this is a difference between the GSM Touch and the "Sprint" Touch/Vogue, but hopefully not.

[surur]

Surur...I just got my Bluetooth headphones today, and when listening to my music off of my Touch with them the music quits if I press the power button. Can you describe further how I can get this to work so that the music continues to play? And of course maybe this is a difference between the GSM Touch and the "Sprint" Touch/Vogue, but hopefully not.

Sorry, I dont know why it works, but it just does. Just tested it again with my Moto S9's, and it works perfectly. When I use the power button the screen goes off, but the music keeps playing. Worked in Audio Manager, WMP and TCMP.

Its probably a simple registry setting which some-one more knowledgeable can tease out.

Surur

[myc]

is it the bluetooth remote buttons (AVRCP) that is the issue? I may just be a remapping of the buttons from your media player.

[SprintTouchGuy]

is it the bluetooth remote buttons (AVRCP) that is the issue? I may just be a remapping of the buttons from your media player.

The remote buttons on my bluetooth headset work great for me...no problems there. The issue is that when I use my Sprint Touch (Vogue) as an mp3 player I want the screen to turn off without the music stopping when pressing the power button so as to conserve battery life.

For now I'm using the WMP feature to toggle the screen on and off as needed.

[kato's]

I have been using TCPMP 0.72RC1 on my Wizard for some time now and this has the option to set a button on your device (whichever one (except for the on/off button)) to toggle the srceen off and on.

be aware though, I use this option to safe battery life. The other buttons still work when the screen is off, so skipping songs etc is still possible without the screen being on.

[SprintTouchGuy]

I have been using TCPMP 0.72RC1 on my Wizard for some time now and this has the option to set a button on your device (whichever one (except for the on/off button)) to toggle the srceen off and on.

be aware though, I use this option to safe battery life. The other buttons still work when the screen is off, so skipping songs etc is still possible without the screen being on.

Thanks for the tip, kato. I've also done the same with with WMP, though when I pause a song via my bluetooth headset the screen turns back on...otherwise it's working pretty well. I'll have to check out TCPMP sometime...