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The new music app is abysmal.
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I'm a developer and I'm going to put together a music player app that displays lyrics for the iPad. I've not done an iPad app yet, but I already have a full iPhone music player app done so I just have to read up on how to change it to work with the iPad. Oh yea, and add the lyrics display, although I'm not sure if the bug the the API to extract lyrics through the MPMediaItemPropertyLyrics property is fixed yet.
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Does anyone else have problems with the music app not listing all the music under the correct albums? Like, I have some music from Adele and I'm sure they're all edited correctly(same Album, same Artist, same Album Artist. Did all of these by editing multiple items) but they're listed as different albums. And when I view them through the 'Artist' tab, not all the music are shown(say, I have 5 music but only 4 showed up).
Also, listening to music when the screen's locked is a pain in the ***. Whenever I try to switch music on the lock screen, it lags a bit before it switches to the next one. Sometimes, the lag is so evident that I can actually see the 'play' button switch to 'pause' and the album art switches to my lock screen wallpaper before it plays again and the lock screen wallpaper changes to the album art. It's that bad.
Tried turning off and restarting several times and still have these problems.
This is on an iPhone 4.
Also, listening to music when the screen's locked is a pain in the ***. Whenever I try to switch music on the lock screen, it lags a bit before it switches to the next one. Sometimes, the lag is so evident that I can actually see the 'play' button switch to 'pause' and the album art switches to my lock screen wallpaper before it plays again and the lock screen wallpaper changes to the album art. It's that bad.
Tried turning off and restarting several times and still have these problems.
This is on an iPhone 4.
Wow. I don't use the music player on the iPad much. Maybe this is why Apple didn't get much feedback on it? Most people don't use the iPad as a music player.
Anyway, yes, it's horrible! You can't switch to a list view for anything but "Songs" view, and it's slower and clunkier than before.
I'm surprised this crap got past beta stage. I'm even willing to use it as evidence that Steve Jobs wasn't around when it was being developed, because I doubt he'd let a pile of festering dung like this fly.
I suggest *everyone* send feedback to Apple about this travesty. This is a bit scary and I hope it's not a new direction Apple is taking...
Anyway, yes, it's horrible! You can't switch to a list view for anything but "Songs" view, and it's slower and clunkier than before.
I'm surprised this crap got past beta stage. I'm even willing to use it as evidence that Steve Jobs wasn't around when it was being developed, because I doubt he'd let a pile of festering dung like this fly.
I suggest *everyone* send feedback to Apple about this travesty. This is a bit scary and I hope it's not a new direction Apple is taking...
The music app FINALLY displays albums with various artists correctly!Earlier it ignored 'album artist' tag and displayed all different artists in the "Artists" list, but not anymore - now it displays only album artist in the "Artists" list.
Good to hear! That took a while. Funny thing is that on the iPod this was corrected years ago.
Pretty much hate the look of the new music app. Doesn't look very Apple like at all and has very few options to sort and arrange your music. The top bar navigation is appalling especially on first start where you have no previous track selected. You end up with a large empty bar between the nav buttons.
I liked it as it was!
I liked it as it was!
Agree, I just got around to playing with the new music app... wtf... why would they changed something that worked so smooth and good before, to the pos app it is now??? Now I know what people were complaining about, what a crappy setup. How Jobs or the development team let this pass through is shocking.
Its like the Dev Team was drunk and on shrooms, otherwise nobody in their right mind would have set the new app up the way it is now
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this update screw my album list on "music" app.
changing album info on itunes goes fine, but doesn't change on iphone and then shows album that starts with "M" on the letter "U" (changed the name of the songs on the album that starts with "M" to "U". album name doesn't change but placed under the correct letter).
it also happens on other music apps, not just on "music" app
i think it's a problem with the music database on the iphone..
hope apple will release a fix for this on ios 5.1, that's really pisses me off.
and yes, tried restore many times and still no success
changing album info on itunes goes fine, but doesn't change on iphone and then shows album that starts with "M" on the letter "U" (changed the name of the songs on the album that starts with "M" to "U". album name doesn't change but placed under the correct letter).
it also happens on other music apps, not just on "music" app
i think it's a problem with the music database on the iphone..
hope apple will release a fix for this on ios 5.1, that's really pisses me off.
and yes, tried restore many times and still no success
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I realize Apple probably did this to be uniform with the iPod Touch, but calling it a "Music" app on my iPhone is ridiculous when it is used for podcasts and audiobooks. That isn't music.
They should have just kept the "iPod" icon as it was previously. Not a huge deal but an odd decision by Apple IMO. Also I kinda liked how the iTouch was clearly different than the iPhone given that "Music" app icon.
They should have just kept the "iPod" icon as it was previously. Not a huge deal but an odd decision by Apple IMO. Also I kinda liked how the iTouch was clearly different than the iPhone given that "Music" app icon.
This isn't what we're complaining about. On the iPad, and ONLY the iPad, the music player app has been completely changed from being mostly acceptable to a steaming pile of rubbish.
Changing the name of the app and the icon isn't a big deal at all. Thankfully they left the player untouched on the iPhone and iPod Touch; I think they realize if they HAD changed it, everyone would be crying bloody murder. I suspect most people don't listen to much music on their iPads; it's a bit unweildy as a music player. The only reason I even have my library loaded is for the dJay app.
I can see why they renamed it to "Music" from "iPod". It's completely unusable for podcasts or audiobooks anymore.
I don't know how the new app is for music since I don't listen to music on my iPad, but for podcasts it's completely ruined. I wonder if someone makes a music app that mimics the old interface if Apple will approve it (I won't hold my breath).
- You can't resort the bottom tab bar, so you must always click "More" to get to podcasts/audiobooks
- They removed the ability to display lyrics, which is where most podcasts put their show notes
- You can't see which episodes are unplayed anymore, so if you have a podcast with tons of episodes, good luck remembering which ones you already listened to
- They removed the play speed options so you can only listen at 1x speed (and some people only at 1/2x speed, but that seems to be a bug and not an intended "feature")
- They removed the ability to display chapters and to jump to a specific chapter
- They removed the "Get more episodes" option, so you must go to the iTunes store to manually search for your podcast to download more episodes without a PC
I don't know how the new app is for music since I don't listen to music on my iPad, but for podcasts it's completely ruined. I wonder if someone makes a music app that mimics the old interface if Apple will approve it (I won't hold my breath).
Oh. Well I don't use my iPad for listening to music, podcasts, so it's a non-issue for me. Sorry to hear it sucks for others.
You are right, it isn't a big deal that they changed the icon to "Music" on the iPhone but it's still strange IMO.
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You can resort the bottom bar to what you want. Not sure why you are stating that.
Show notes still appear for me in podcasts. Perhaps it's something in your settings or there was an issue loading iOS 5 on your device.
I can see what episodes have been played entirely already.
"Get More Episodes....." is absolutely still there.
I have no idea what you are talking about. Again, either you experienced problems loading iOS 5 or you are simply mistaken. By default after loading iOS 5 everything I've listed remains intact.
I thought the only thing they changed was the name from 'iPod' to 'Music'. Except from the store button what else did they change? I haven't noticed anything...
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I use my iPad all the time to listen to podcast - I am now at 1/2 speed, when I use to listen at 2x. I am very unhappy with this upgrade. That being said, I have found a temporary solution. The program iCatcher! will download my podcast and play them at various speeds. Also has a 30 second rewind and fast forward button. So far, it works well. The program is $1.99. It is sad to pay for something that was working well - but at least I can now listen to my shows. This program will download the shows directly to the iPad, it does not need iTunes.
I use my iPad all the time to listen to podcast - I am now at 1/2 speed, when I use to listen at 2x. I am very unhappy with this upgrade. That being said, I have found a temporary solution. The program iCatcher! will download my podcast and play them at various speeds. Also has a 30 second rewind and fast forward button. So far, it works well. The program is $1.99. It is sad to pay for something that was working well - but at least I can now listen to my shows. This program will download the shows directly to the iPad, it does not need iTunes.
wait someone told me this wasnt out yet?
so there are 2 parts to the music thing: the music match (charged for) and the storage of music in the cloud? how do U do the 2nd thing?
Why did someone vote this post down? Every one on this list is absolutely true and needs fixing. My only comment on your post is that the Music app is pretty unusable for music as well.
Are you sure you checked on an iPad and not an iPhone or something else?
The music/ipod app is unchanged on the iphone and ipod touch. It has been drasticalyl changed on the ipad.
I don't use my ipad for music, so i can't speak to that, but i use it for podcasts and audiobooks and it is ruined for spoken word.
Can't change the speed (previously you could set it to 1/2, 1 or 2x)
Can't get new episodes (without manually finding it in the store, there's no longer am"get more episodes" button.
No 30s rewind (very nice to have for spoken word.
It won't even play the next episode, after an episode finishes, playback just stops. You have to manually pick the next show.
Doesn't show the number of new episodes or total episodes.
No lyric support (show notes are very nice to have in podcasts)
I could go on. I HATE the music app. I consume a lot of audio on my iPad and this app is terrible. I'd almost give up all the things I like about ios5 just to go back to the old app and get rid of new POS.
The app looks weird, the design is goofy and a step backwards imo, but i could live with that, bu they removed functionality. They left the iphone/ipod touch version unchanged and destroyed the ipad version for no apparent reason.
I really don't think i'm being hyperbolic when i say that for spoken word (podcasts and audiobooks) the ipad app is useless and completely broken.
I don't use my ipad for music, so i can't speak to that, but i use it for podcasts and audiobooks and it is ruined for spoken word.
Can't change the speed (previously you could set it to 1/2, 1 or 2x)
Can't get new episodes (without manually finding it in the store, there's no longer am"get more episodes" button.
No 30s rewind (very nice to have for spoken word.
It won't even play the next episode, after an episode finishes, playback just stops. You have to manually pick the next show.
Doesn't show the number of new episodes or total episodes.
No lyric support (show notes are very nice to have in podcasts)
I could go on. I HATE the music app. I consume a lot of audio on my iPad and this app is terrible. I'd almost give up all the things I like about ios5 just to go back to the old app and get rid of new POS.
The app looks weird, the design is goofy and a step backwards imo, but i could live with that, bu they removed functionality. They left the iphone/ipod touch version unchanged and destroyed the ipad version for no apparent reason.
I really don't think i'm being hyperbolic when i say that for spoken word (podcasts and audiobooks) the ipad app is useless and completely broken.
