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Windows Phone 8 Music App 'forgetting' artist details

I imported some music onto my Nokia Lumia 820 recently. I've been having problems, so I've deliberately only synced a minimal amount of music. When I synced it, I immediately checked and everything ...
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is there any WP 8 app that will stop the music after specified time, like setting sleep time

Is there a scheduler or timer app that will allow me to perform a task after certain time. More specifically, I would like to stop the music player and make the phone in sleep mode. Is there any such ...
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show artist image on lock screen

i did read a lot of posts regarding this issue, but i m still to figure out a way to get this working. I have the Nokia Lumia 720, and i have enabled the show artist image on lock screen while playing ...
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How do I sync playlists to a Windows Phone?

I've had my Lumia 820 for 2 weeks and I'm struggling with getting playlists (from my exisitng MP3 library) onto the phone. m3u files arent recognised Zune music manager doesn't recognise the phone ...
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How to get Album art in lock screen while playing music?

I have curated huge set of songs with proper ID3 tags and added Album art manually to them using MP3Tag tool. While they appear in Album selection page, I don't see them in the lock screen while ...
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How to clean space after update?

I recently updated my Windows Phone 8 firmware but I noticed that it didn't clean the memory. I have 12 Gb of used space under "others". And I have no idea what's in there. Plus, I have 9 Gb of ...
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Is there a gapless music player for WP?

Apparently, some people are very keen on gapless playback. Fruit seems to think it's important. So, is there any music player on WP that supports gapless playback? Does the default player support ...
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WP7: How do I close the Music+Videos application?

When I open a song from Music+Videos, I cannot get the player to close unless I reboot my phone. There has got to be a way to close the app so it doesn't show up on the lock window or whenever I go ...
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How do you sort double albums?

On WP7, double albums (with two discs) all appeared under the same album, and were properly sorted by disc. On WP8 they aren't sorted by disc but like: D2-1, D1-1, D2-2, D1-2...D2-n, D1-n. I tried ...
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Can I scrobble my plays from Xbox Music to last.fm?

I installed the last.fm app on my Windows Phone 8X, but it doesn't seem to scrobble unless I'm listening directly within the last.fm app (i.e., listening to last.fm radio). Is there any way to set up ...
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Is there a way to determine the Windows Phone Marketplace status?

The XBox Live, Music + Videos, and Marketplace tiles on my Windows Phone 7.5 are not currently working (they just return me to the page where the tile is located). Other tiles seem to be working ...
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How to get the album art displayed?

I have tried syncing my music using the Windows Phone app and Windows Media Player but none of the applications copy over the album art. I am using Windows 8, my music is stored in iTunes and I have ...
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Can I “bookmark” an album in the Xbox Music Store without downloading it?

I'd like to stream albums from the Xbox Music Store as if they were part of my music collection. I.e., they would show up in my collection like any other album. I don't have space on my phone to ...
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How can I stop (not pause) music?

Whne I play music, the buttons are back/pause/next. When I press pause, it becomes a play button. If I pause music and go back to the main screen and do something else, when I come back into music ...
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Choose ringtone from music library

This page describes how to add custom ringtones to a WP 8 device, but it's not very convenient to plug the phone to the computer every time I want to do this, especially when the music I want to use ...
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How can I stream music stored on my computer to my phone?

On my Android Phone, I use Google Play Music. I install an app on my computer that syncs my music with Google's cloud. On my phone, I can listen to this music whenever it is connected to the internet. ...
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Ignore certain songs in Zune

I know you can dislike a song (broken heart symbol), but the song will occasionally pop up when I'm listening in shuffle mode. Is there a way to put audio files (stand-up comedy in this case) onto my ...
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Media player buttons in volume control

What's the deal with music player for windows phone 7.5. Whenever I stop playing music and return back, the mini player starts showing on the lock screen and disappears automatically after some time. ...
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None of the unofficial Pandora clients are working on my Phone

None of the unofficial Pandora clients are working on my Phone, the application runs but no audio output. I have tried all 1.MetroRadio 2.Radio Controlled 3.WpFandora What could be the reason
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How do I get an mp3 from a PC to my phone without Zune?

I have a situation where I'm on a PC that doesn't and can't have Zune installed. I can log into Live/Skydrive and see/share documents and other files. So, on this PC there's an mp3 I've created. ...
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Is there a way to add and play FLAC format?

I searched through a lot zune/microsoft forums and people have been requesting this support for years but to no avail. Is there a work around? Is there a music player for Mango that can play FLAC ...
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Can I search a track on my phone?

I can find any track easily by it's first letter, but sometimes I can remember only the other part (e.g. Shooter in the Super Sharp Shooter). Zune Software has a search box (in full text mode), but I ...
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Syncing Audiobooks as Podcasts and not as Music

I like to listen to audiobooks, but if I sync an audiobook as music I get all of the "music playback" behaviour. My WP doesn't remember where I'm at - it doesn't automatically remove listened to ...
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Enable Nokia Music Mix Radio on Lumia 800

I have a new Nokia Lumia 800 and would like to enable Nokia Music Mix Radio on it. It just was released in two more countries (Germany and Switzerland), and from the reviews in the marketplace it ...
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how to stop Zune searching marketplace?

I use Zune for playing music. So I use search for navigating my collection. but everytime I make some search I am wating for Zune searching marketplace. How can I avoid this?
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A way to get from music player back to artist selection

I have some music playing on the phone. I want to change the artist. I press the volume button, this brings the music player popup. I tap on the song title. This brings the "whole-screen" player with ...
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How to get background pictures for the Music + Videos hub?

I have seen pictures of the music + video hub when opened, showing background pictures of the artists/albums you have on your phone. When I open the music + video hub on my device, all I get for a ...
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How do I update metadata on songs already synced to my device?

I want to re-tag a bunch of songs to organize my music on my phone. For example cleaning up genres: putting Hip hop, Hip-hop, Hiphop, Hip-hop/Rap, Gansta Rap, etc., all in a single genre. I've done ...
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Why is music downloaded from Zune Marketplace often corrupted?

I've had this problem on both the HTC7 Mozart and the Nokia Lumia 800 (both on Orange UK) where occassionally music downloaded directly to the phone from the Zune Marketplace (not synced via Zune ...