Some tech help pls

"Scary__goongala!" (corymagee)
12/04/2014 at 16:04 • Filed to: None

I have a windows laptop, and I have a xbox. I use to have a windows based phone. I was basically stuck with getting Zune music. But I liked it because it was legal music, problem free, and everything instantly synced. However, I can't get my music to work on my current Droid based phone. I can get the music onto it, but it says the file can't be played. So what do I do Oppo?

DISCUSSION (20)

bob and john > Scary__goongala!
12/04/2014 at 16:06

how are you getting it on there? dragging and dropping MP3 files? thats what works for my driods.

Scary__goongala! > bob and john
12/04/2014 at 16:08

I've tried an app or 2 meant to solve this problem but they haven't worked. Simply dragging music into the sync box on windows media player while connected to my phone doesn't work either.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Scary__goongala!
12/04/2014 at 16:10

Open it with windows explorer and just copy files over manually.

Saoul-Virage > Scary__goongala!
12/04/2014 at 16:12

Kinja'd!!!

Don't understand your problem.

bob and john > Scary__goongala!
12/04/2014 at 16:12

oh I dont do that.

I actually open the phones folders in my computer, find the music folder and drop the music there. it does require that you have your music elsewhere as a MP3 (i download all of mine using youtube-MP3) so eh.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Scary__goongala!
12/04/2014 at 16:12

What kind of files are you trying to play?

WMA files might still have some DRM attached. I would verify that everything is an MP3 without DRM.

To be honest, having both a Windows Phone and an Android, neither is very good at playing music unless you are using a streaming app, or have bought those tunes in their respective App Store.

Apple is still the only ones to get it right, and even then it's not perfect.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
12/04/2014 at 16:21

Yep. Those pesky WMAs like their DRM table.

Scary__goongala! > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
12/04/2014 at 16:21

Yeah xbox music on the phone would be perfect if it didn't work off streaming. I don't want to use data just to listen to music I already paid for.

TheOnelectronic > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
12/04/2014 at 16:22

Spotify + Local Download = perfect

Scary__goongala! > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
12/04/2014 at 16:25

Windows player just tells me I don't have the sync rights, and Zune doesn't even acknowledge my phone is connected.

jariten1781 > Scary__goongala!
12/04/2014 at 16:31

Are these old ZunePass songs? I don't think those work outside of Microsoft environments.

The purchased (non-ZunePass) ones should be DRM free, I have a bunch and they work fine. Mount phone as a drive and drag/drop. If you want to go all-in doubleTwist works well for wifi syncing.

Scary__goongala! > jariten1781
12/04/2014 at 16:36

Yeah they are, so I guess the 2 just won't work together.

Nibbles > Scary__goongala!
12/04/2014 at 16:38

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

When you start your Android device and start the Xbox Music app, you get the following error message:

Sorry but offline playback is not supported on your device. For more information, please go to http://support.xbox.com.

When you go to your playlist, you do not see the Make offline option.

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

This can happen for one of the following reasons:

The Xbox Music app doesn't currently support Android devices that have an Intel or MediaTek processor. To find out if your device has an Intel or MediaTek processor, see the user manual or contact the device manufacturer. Note that you can still stream online content to these devices when connected to the Internet.

Android 4.4.2 is not supported for offline playback other than Nexus 4, Nexus 5, and Nexus 7 devices.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > TheOnelectronic
12/04/2014 at 16:47

Paying for music you already own is lame.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Scary__goongala!
12/04/2014 at 16:49

Does you phone have expandable memory? Can you put files on an MicroSD card and then pop it in your phone?

Android should mount as a local HDD in Windows so you can drag and drop files.

Scary__goongala! > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
12/04/2014 at 16:55

No, and I just realized that hmmm. Im about to just buy a cheap Mp3 player. I really just need it so that I can listen to my own music while driving. Otherwise I can listen to music off my computer, which I'd rather do anyway.

TheOnelectronic > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
12/04/2014 at 19:01

I don't "own" many tracks, but the ones I do I load into Spotify and they sync to my phone over wifi. As long as they aren't DRM'd, which is the problem here, I can play them any number of ways.

But, I mean, I'm not paying for music I already own. I'm paying for a streaming service. As long as I listen to more than ten songs a month it works out cheaper.

Luken10 > Scary__goongala!
12/04/2014 at 19:13

I went through a similar thing a long time ago. There are android phones out there that support the DRM. I don't recall exactly which one I had, I think it was a galaxy S2. You would have to sync it through windows media player for the DRM to transfer correctly. I haven't seen an android phone since that will support Zune pass songs.

I just use my Zune HD for all my music needs. I pretty much just keep it in my car hooked up to the stereo full time.

guppysb > Scary__goongala!
12/04/2014 at 19:26

Going forward, I am assuming the droid phone is using android. How exactly are you transferring music onto your droid?

Try these steps out:

1. Put the phone on Media device (MPT) under USP PC Connection. You'll have to figure out where this option is under your settings.

2. Once the phone is connected via usb to your laptop, you should see a media device pop up.

3. Open that media device, and then navigate to the Music folder.

4. Just drag and drop your music files in this music folder. That music should be accessible for you in your phone's media player now.

If the above is what you've already tried, try downloading a 3rd party music player (thank god Android allows this). Here are a few suggestions: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-st…

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > TheOnelectronic
12/04/2014 at 19:34

That's all well and good, but what happens when an artist you like pulls their catalog from the service or they go bankrupt?

I'll stick to actual files that I can with as I please.