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Portable Devices / How do I create a new bug report when MusicBee is not throwing any errors?

« on: October 14, 2023, 04:30:06 AM »

The issue is that every so often MusicBee will not recognize my phone. The last time it did this was in March of this year (2023) and I even created a topic for it but no one looked into it. Here is the topic, that resolved itself somehow and MusicBee finally recognized my phone, but this time it didn't and it created a second device with the exact same name. I eventually gave in and had to go through to remember all my settings and then back and forth to make sure I synced the same playlists. I then hit sync and it's been syncing for like 15 mins and it's only 10% done. This is going to take all night and I have to get to bed soon for work tomorrow.
Is there any fix for this or a way to force it to recognize my phone, or maybe there is a way to merge the two devices so it has all the relevant data?

Right now I am not even sure if it is duplicating all the same files that are already on my phone as it has done that before.

EDIT: I figured out why it was taking so long to sync, it was because it reset to sync all music instead of just the playlists. That was the first setting I changed then started adding the playlists. It somehow changed back after I started selecting playlists and checking my other settings.

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Portable Devices / Re: Wifi android device synching

« on: April 29, 2023, 02:14:31 AM »

Out of principle: always and most definitely. In case the files get deleted during the process you could make a backup of the transcoded files so you dont have to sync again in case you already did a run. There is always room for fuckups.
Just fyi. in the end i ran into too many problems with the app and now i am using the alternative "indirect method" with a secondary transcoded library and resilio. So far im quite happy with this solution. https://musicbee.fandom.com/wiki/Synchronize_Android_by_Wifi
Setup was easy. Except the fact that i didnt know i had to deselct "selective sync" for resilio to do something.

I realized that this will not work. I don't just sync my entire library, I just sync playlists. If a song is added to a playlist or I add a new playlist then the wifi sync usually adds the missing songs onto my phone, unfortunately resilio doesn't seem to be able to sync playlists.

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Portable Devices / Re: Wifi android device synching

« on: April 21, 2023, 01:14:30 AM »

So move all my music to a completely new folder? Will this mess up anything else?

Out of principle: always and most definitely. In case the files get deleted during the process you could make a backup of the transcoded files so you dont have to sync again in case you already did a run. There is always room for fuckups.
Just fyi. in the end i ran into too many problems with the app and now i am using the alternative "indirect method" with a secondary transcoded library and resilio. So far im quite happy with this solution. https://musicbee.fandom.com/wiki/Synchronize_Android_by_Wifi
Setup was easy. Except the fact that i didnt know i had to deselct "selective sync" for resilio to do something.

I'd just delete all my files then have it sync to the new folder. If this doesn't work and if I get the chance soon I will check out the method using resilio. Thanks for the info!

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Portable Devices / Re: Wifi android device synching

« on: April 19, 2023, 09:28:36 PM »

Afaik Musicbee Wifi sync doesn't even have an option to select folders. It should just run. Android must be doing this on its own accord. This sounds like Android wont let you use its native folders. Did you chose one of the pregenerated "music" folders or even the "android" folder?
Try and create a NEW folder, from windows explorer or the android explorer and set your Musicbee to copy the files to that. Call it Music2 or something. Worked on my s23.

So move all my music to a completely new folder? Will this mess up anything else?

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Portable Devices / Re: Wifi android device synching

« on: April 19, 2023, 03:10:44 AM »

I only compiled this last night, so I've only tested this on my Android 13 Pixel 4a.  It worked perfectly.

Here is my compiled APK VirusTotal Scan

Instructions (on a Pixel 4a, Android 13 anyway):

• Uninstall existing version of the app if installed
• Download APK on the device
• Open the APK, usually from the notification that the file is downloaded (might also need to give Install unknown apps permissions for your browser)
• Select to Install from the Package Installer window
• If you get "Unsafe app blocked" from Google Play Protect, choose More details, then choose Install Anyway
• Once installed, choose Open
• The "All files access permission" window should open, choose MusicBee Wifi Sync
• Select the Allow access to manage all files toggle
• Press the back button at the top corner
• Press the back button at the corner again
• You should now be in the app and can choose your server/PC

Note 10 +
That doesn't work for me. Using your method above the "All files access permission" window doesn't automatically open and I have to actually go into settings and open the "All Files Access" and MusicBee Wifi Sync is in there. I can click on it and give it access but when I try to sync I get the same error that the music folder is unusable and to choose a SD card root folder (when I am not using an SD card at all). I go back and can see that the MusicBee Wifi Sync app still has permission.
EDIT: I restarted the phone and it still does not work. When I try to sync it takes me to the folder selection and it says: "Can't use this folder. To protect your privacy choose another folder". I then click on "Use this folder" but it gives me that error message again.

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Portable Devices / Re: Wifi android device synching

« on: April 18, 2023, 09:13:05 PM »

Is there any way of getting a "compiled" version of this? Things like "Gradle" and "forked off from the main repo" are a bit of a mystery to me. Jusding by the number of pages in this thread and page views there's an awful lot of users would like to try it.

100% agreed!

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Portable Devices / Re: Wifi android device synching

« on: April 06, 2023, 09:29:58 PM »

Its the source code for that app. You would have to build the apk yourself with android studio and gradle. I tried to build Dexels commit yesterday but i ended up battling android studio for a bit. Might try later. Id be interested if this runs on my s23 ultra.

That seems a bit much for this. I may have dabbled in Javascript a little but I am no programmer, nor do I have the time to learn something like this.
I just hope there's an actual fix in the making that will work for us pleebs.....

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Portable Devices / Re: Wifi android device synching

« on: April 05, 2023, 11:41:44 PM »

I forked off from the main repo and made it compatible with Android 13 if you want to try it https://github.com/mayallst/MusicBeeWifiSync/compare/master...akarabak:MusicBeeWifiSync:development.  Tested on Pixel 7 and Xperia 1 III.

Do I copy the full SHA or what and how do I load that onto my phone?

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Portable Devices / Re: Wifi android device synching

« on: March 31, 2023, 10:11:22 PM »

I have tried the various suggestions above to get wifi sync to work but nothing is working. BoringNames steps did not work and there seems to be no way to allow the MusicBee Wifi Sync app to gain all files access.

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Portable Devices / Re: Wifi android device synching

« on: March 04, 2023, 12:37:01 AM »

Hello,
I am having the issue some others seem to be having. When attempting Wifi Sync I get the error "Can't use this folder". I then go down and select the Music folder but then I get the error Folder "Music" is not valid. You must select the SD card root folder and not one of it's sub-folder. The odd thing is I am not using an SD card as my phone has enough storage on it for the playlists I listen to.

Note 10+ on Android 12.
Using GoneMad music player.

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Portable Devices / Re: How do I get the MusicBee app to re-recognize my phone?

« on: March 04, 2023, 12:28:27 AM »

UPDATE: I just now reconnected my phone and it recognized it as it should. So why would it not recognize it before but now it does?

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Portable Devices / Wifi Sync not working, message says "Can't use this folder"

« on: March 03, 2023, 01:38:21 AM »

I was using Wifi Sync all the time but about 5 months ago it stopped working. When I try to sync it takes me to the folder selection and if I select the Music folder I get a message saying "Can't use this folder".

My computer is running Windows 11 pro.
My phone is a Galaxy Note 10+ on Android 12.
I am currently on MusicBee version 3.4.7805. I am about to update to the latest version.

Note that this may or may not be related to my other issue of MusicBee not recognizing my phone.

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Portable Devices / How do I get the MusicBee app to re-recognize my phone?

« on: March 03, 2023, 01:33:41 AM »

Every so often when I connect my phone directly to my PC MusicBee will not recognize the phone and instead create a new device. I was originally just going through the motions and changing all my settings and allowing it to start the re-download process (it doesn't redownload the songs and playlists on my phone when it finds the files), but it's getting annoying.
It does this every so often even though I am using the same phone. In fact, about two weeks ago, I added some songs to a few playlists and it had no trouble syncing. Last night I connected my phone after creating a new playlist for work and instead of recognizing the phone it created a new device and now I need to go through the whole process again.
So I ask again is there a way to force MusicBee to recognize my phone as the same device that has been connected before so I do not have to go through and change all my preferred settings?
Is there also a way to keep this from happening every few months?

My computer is running Windows 11 pro.
My phone is a Galaxy Note 10+ on Android 12.
I am currently on MusicBee version 3.4.7805. I am about to update to the latest version.

I have a second issue (with the wifi sync) that I will create another topic for.

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Portable Devices / Re: What music file format should I use when syncing music to my phone?

« on: May 15, 2022, 04:53:55 PM »

I, of course, asked the car manufacturer but no response as of yet.
I was hoping someone on here might have had an experience with this.
Doesn't MusicBee offer two different conversion formats for phones? If I get the chance I might try and run one on each and then connect to the car to see if I can get one or the other to work.

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Portable Devices / Re: What music file format should I use when syncing music to my phone?

« on: May 14, 2022, 10:29:23 PM »

Yeah, of course. I just need to find the format that works...lol.