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Captain Invictus posted:I've been using itunes for my ancient ipods for a long, long time. now that I've switched from those to using my phone for media playing at work(due to the ipods all stopped working), I need a new media player for my samsung galaxy S22 ultra, one that I can import my itunes library + playlists to and sync up with my phone from my PC, if that's possible. Do any of the ones in the OP do that, or is there one that does? I'd rather not have to rebuild all my playlists from scratch if I can help it. MediaMonkey should be able to do that, if I remember correctly. Can't remember if that feature is premium or not, though.
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I mean, I wasted a hundred bucks trying to get my old ipods repaired/replaced, I don't mind buying some premium version of an app if it does everything I need. Thanks!
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Is there a calendar app that uses the Google calendar but offers smaller widgets than the official one? I like having upcoming events on the Homescreen but the default widget takes up a lot of space even at its smallest size.
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Oct 18, 2022 19:12
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Incessant Excess posted:Is there a calendar app that uses the Google calendar but offers smaller widgets than the official one? I like having upcoming events on the Homescreen but the default widget takes up a lot of space even at its smallest size. I like Simple Calendar Widget, but I don't know if the resizability of the widget is built into the app versus doing it through Nova. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.calendarWidget
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I got back in to podcasts now that I have Pixel Buds with my Pixel 7. I am using BeyondPod and the audio keeps dipping out for half a second, randomly l, like it was pausing for a notification sound or something. I can't figure out what search phrase to use to get help. Alternatively, what podcast app should I be using that doesn't cut out constantly like this? EDIT: I think BeyondPod is dead now? I found AntennaPod and it does not have this problem at all. Seems to work just fine with Android 13 on a Pixel 7. Problem solved! effika fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Oct 22, 2022 |
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Oct 22, 2022 22:44
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I have a long audiobook that is unfortunately just one audio file. What app do you guys use that can track progress on books?
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Oct 22, 2022 23:37
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Medullah posted:I have a long audiobook that is unfortunately just one audio file. What app do you guys use that can track progress on books? try your favorite podcast app
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Oct 22, 2022 23:49
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effika posted:I got back in to podcasts now that I have Pixel Buds with my Pixel 7. I am using BeyondPod and the audio keeps dipping out for half a second, randomly l, like it was pausing for a notification sound or something. I get the same problem using Podcast Addict on a Pixel 3aXL and the recommended solution (to remove it from the phone's battery optimization) has never worked. I'm probably gonna get a new phone soon anyway so I probably won't bother setting something new up til then. I'll keep AntennaPod in mind.
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Oct 22, 2022 23:50
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Medullah posted:I have a long audiobook that is unfortunately just one audio file. What app do you guys use that can track progress on books? Listen Audio has been good to me in the past, though I haven't used it in ages.
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docbeard posted:I get the same problem using Podcast Addict on a Pixel 3aXL and the recommended solution (to remove it from the phone's battery optimization) has never worked. I'm probably gonna get a new phone soon anyway so I probably won't bother setting something new up til then. I'll keep AntennaPod in mind. I have podcast addict without adjusting the phone battery optimization or whatever, on a samsung s9+, and it works flawlessly.
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I've only used pocketcasts. besides dialogue boost and the thing that cuts out dead air, what goes into choosing a podcast app? I feel like if I wasn't set in my ways I would have started using Spotify because I'm already paying for the music
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Medullah posted:I have a long audiobook that is unfortunately just one audio file. What app do you guys use that can track progress on books? Currently using Listen Audiobook Player, and have for the better part of a decade. My biggest annoyance with it is a new one; It doesn't seem to have the Assistant hooks that almost everything else I listen to on my phone does, so I can't just tap my pixel buds and say "Go back five minutes," to jump back without pulling out the phone.
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forest spirit posted:I've only used pocketcasts. Yeah I WFH these days so I'm not listening to podcasts as much but:
That's I think the just of it for me. Podcast addict ticks all these boxes for me but I probably spend maybe 30 min a day on average listening to them compared to commuting when it would be several hours a day sometimes.
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Oct 23, 2022 05:40
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Medullah posted:I have a long audiobook that is unfortunately just one audio file. What app do you guys use that can track progress on books? I've used both Listen Audiobook Player and Smart Audiobook Player and they both will handle this just fine. I switched from one to the other at one point but they're so similar to each other I can't remember which one I used more recently or why, now.
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I listen to podcasts at 1.5x speed and having my music player doing that would really alter the music experience.
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Inceltown posted:I listen to podcasts at 1.5x speed and having my music player doing that would really alter the music experience. One thing I like about PocketCasts is that I can set the playback speed of specific podcasts to override whatever I currently have it set as. I keep my player at 1.2x, but I have a couple that are telling stories (eg Welcome to Night Vale) and one music one that I want at 1x. I just add them to my queue, don't think about it, they play at 1x, and everything goes back to 1.2x afterwards.
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Incessant Excess posted:Is there a calendar app that uses the Google calendar but offers smaller widgets than the official one? I like having upcoming events on the Homescreen but the default widget takes up a lot of space even at its smallest size. I use DigiCal. The widget is completely resizable, and you can even make it transparent if you want to. forest spirit posted:I've only used pocketcasts. The big thing for me is the ability to make playlists. I regularly get behind on my podcasts, so I like to make a playlist of my backlog with all the different episodes alternating (Podcast 1, Podcast 2, Podcast 3, Podcast 1 episode 2, etc) and Spotify never did that in a way that worked for me. PocketCasts just does everything I want in a way that I want without me fighting it. And I like the "shut off after X minutes" feature too, when I listen before bed. On an unrelated note, is there an app/workaround to block Youtube ads? I currently pay for a Youtube subscription, but with them raising the price 5$/month it's getting harder to justify. I thought a Pi-Hole would work, but apparently not, and all the other stuff I'm seeing online leads to shady Russian websites. I mean if I have to pay I have to pay because gently caress sitting through multiple ads per video, but I figured if anyone had something legit then you guys would. Soysaucebeast fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Oct 23, 2022 |
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Soysaucebeast posted:I use DigiCal. The widget is completely resizable, and you can even make it transparent if you want to. In the reviews there's talk about some of the features being subscription based, can you talk about what those are?
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Incessant Excess posted:In the reviews there's talk about some of the features being subscription based, can you talk about what those are? I don't subscribe and I've had no issues. Doing a real quick scan of the options, it looks like changing the font style/sizes, setting up multiple different calendar profiles (the default one can pull from multiple sources just fine), and customizing the colors away from their presets are what you'd be paying for. Per google, this is the full list of what you get:
This is how mine looks on a free account. The cyan and magenta are one of my calendars, and the green is a different one. You can have it import over the colors from Google Calendar, or set your own.  
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Thank you for the detailed response.
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Soysaucebeast posted:On an unrelated note, is there an app/workaround to block Youtube ads? I currently pay for a Youtube subscription, but with them raising the price 5$/month it's getting harder to justify. I thought a Pi-Hole would work, but apparently not, and all the other stuff I'm seeing online leads to shady Russian websites. I mean if I have to pay I have to pay because gently caress sitting through multiple ads per video, but I figured if anyone had something legit then you guys would. Newpipe. It doesn't do logged in stuff though so you'll need to redo subscriptions and things.
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You can export your subs from YouTube thrn import them in newpipe or libretube maybe
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Yeah, it's a slightly convoluted process but you can do that.
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Does anyone have a recommendation for an app I can use to take time lapse photos? Ideally something where I can setup a schedule so I can just set the phone up and have it take a pic every minute from 7AM-7PM for a few days. I had used Lapse It in the past but that hasn't been updated in quite sometime. edit: just saw there's one built into the camera app but that seems to make a video and I'd like a bit more control over how often pictures are taken. Horn fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Oct 23, 2022 |
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Is there a way to sync the downloads folder on a Pixel to Google Drive? I see a way to upload everything in the directory but not a way to have it be synced. Looks like you can sync through Google Photos but I'm guessing that's limited to photos/video.
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gariig posted:Is there a way to sync the downloads folder on a Pixel to Google Drive? I see a way to upload everything in the directory but not a way to have it be synced. Looks like you can sync through Google Photos but I'm guessing that's limited to photos/video. There's an app called DriveSync that should do this. I think the ad supported free version will do what you want, but you can pay a couple bucks to remove the ads, or a few more for some other pro features (one time fee for all upgrade options).
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I've got .epubs I like to read. I drive sometimes. These goals are generally incompatible. Is there a good app that does a decent job of reading epubs out? I've tried Moon+ Reader for it, and while the audio's pretty good, it's often a bit of a hassle to control its playback. Barring that, is there a decent online service or windows software for converting an Epub to an MP3 or other audio file to throw to an Audiobook player?
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maltesh posted:I've got .epubs I like to read. This video describes how you can use amazon polly to turn an epub into a audio book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNPaK_E2nQc I've listened to a bunch of audiobooks this guy has made and it's a pretty good and natural sounding experience.
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Nitrousoxide posted:This video describes how you can use amazon polly to turn an epub into a audio book. I'll have to give that a shot, thanks. Turns out I've listened to a few audibooks converted by that method before, and I've enjoyed the experience. Edit: Yes, this worked fantastically.. Edit ^2: Probably a bit more expensive than I was expecting, though. It looks like the default settings for the script are using the Neural voice, and at 1 million characters free, $16 per million afterwards, each month. Got a little enthusiastic, and refined the script a bit, and ran about about a dozen epubs through; suspect I'm looking at about a $50 charge for it at the end of this month. maltesh fucked around with this message at 13:19 on Oct 27, 2022 |
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I have an Instagram account but I only use the messenger part and I would really like to delete my Instagram app from my phone. Is there a way that I can make it so I don't have to use the main Instagram app on my phone to send messages? Seems like I can convert my account to a business one and use the Meta Business Suite app but that would mean I would have to make my account public instead of private. There used be an official Instagram app called "Threads" that was just for messaging but they deleted it a while ago. Any other suggestions?
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You could use your phone's browser to access Instagram, it does have messaging available.
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Sorry I wasn't clear in my original message. I want to get rid of Instagram because of the mindless scrolling whenever I open it. I've muted and hidden everyone but it still finds a way to get me back in. So it would be nice to just have an app where I can be notified of any new messages / send messages.
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Is there an app that'll let me use my phone as an infotainment system of sorts when I have it in my car mount? Ideally something that triggers automatically upon connection to a specific Bluetooth device.
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Incessant Excess posted:Is there an app that'll let me use my phone as an infotainment system of sorts when I have it in my car mount? Ideally something that triggers automatically upon connection to a specific Bluetooth device. Android Auto if this was a year or two ago! If you start navigating via Google Maps, you can hit big buttons and control your media. Doesn't seem to work with MediaMonkey, but seems fine with YouTube Music and PocketCasts.
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My car's touch screen is busted so I have a phone mount to keep Maps open, then I picked up a Spotify Car Thing to control Spotify on the phone without having to press buttons on the phone and hide my map. I used to control Spotify by having to press the buttons to swap apps but it got really annoying and I was having to spend too much time clicking on the phone and not paying attention to the road, it's been a lot nicer having two screens (and the Car Thing has physical buttons so it's nicer to interface with too).
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Incessant Excess posted:Is there an app that'll let me use my phone as an infotainment system of sorts when I have it in my car mount? Ideally something that triggers automatically upon connection to a specific Bluetooth device. Check out Automate - I used to use it years ago before I had a car with android auto and it does exactly what you want. Looks like it's still being worked on and updated. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitspice.automate
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Now that Signal is axing SMS support, is Textra still the recommended 3rd party SMS app? What's up with the developer having a second SMS app ("Chomp SMS") that looks exactly the same in the screenshots?
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Busy Bee posted:Sorry I wasn't clear in my original message. I want to get rid of Instagram because of the mindless scrolling whenever I open it. I've muted and hidden everyone but it still finds a way to get me back in. So it would be nice to just have an app where I can be notified of any new messages / send messages. Check Messenger (the standalone Facebook messaging app). I believe it merged messaging with Instagram so you may be able to use that?
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Just splashed on an S8 Ultra. Any apps I might have overlooked that are cool on a big-rear end tablet or are otherwise good with a pen? I'm trying out Concepts, seems like a pretty solid tool for sketching and such. Grabbed CDisplayEx for comics, Kindle, Moon+, the usual for reading. Tossed a few games and Parsec on there. Can't get a few of my live wallpapers to play ball, though. Have a few Maxelus ones, but only have gotten Galaxy to work. AMOLED and Lines don't load and just seem to crash on preview. Echophonic fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Oct 31, 2022 |
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