Playing songs from my BB's SD card on the PlayBook
- I've seen others post about how cool it is to be able to use the PlayBook to play songs that are stored on their BlackBerry, so that you don't have to duplicate your entire music library across both devices. So today I thought I'd try it -- and I can't figure out how to play more than one song at a time, which I do by browsing to it in the File Manager and opening it. One song at a time. If that's all you can do, it's pretty useless. I want to be able to set my PB to shuffle play from all the songs on my BB; is there a way to do it? Please tell me that I'm missing the obvious!03-19-12 02:07 PMLike 0
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- I've seen others post about how cool it is to be able to use the PlayBook to play songs that are stored on their BlackBerry, so that you don't have to duplicate your entire music library across both devices. So today I thought I'd try it -- and I can't figure out how to play more than one song at a time, which I do by browsing to it in the File Manager and opening it. One song at a time. If that's all you can do, it's pretty useless. I want to be able to set my PB to shuffle play from all the songs on my BB; is there a way to do it? Please tell me that I'm missing the obvious!03-19-12 07:22 PMLike 0
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2. What portion of your BB's file system can you see through File Manager? Can you browse all the way to the Music folder, only to find it empty, or does the file browser blank out before then? Does it show you any of the contents of the SD crad?
3. In what format are your music files? Mine are all MP3s and M4As with no DRM.
4. How many song files do you have on your BB, and how long did you wait for the File Manager browse window to populate? (It's really slow over wimpy ol' Bluetooth; you might just need to wait a little longer.)03-19-12 09:02 PMLike 0 - That's all trendy and everything but is it really your data? Are these recordings of your own band?
I can understand not trusting "the cloud" with private or personal information but music can be found anywhere on the net without involving your cloud.03-20-12 04:52 AMLike 0 -
Seriously, though: Is there now a trend of people being anti-Cloud? I thought that if anything, it was the complete opposite. Everybody seems to be jumping on the cloud bandwagon.
My opposition is not based on a hipster-ish desire to differ from the mainstream purely for the sake of being "different"; instead it's based on my background in IT, and the long-standing, ingrained mantra that thou must have complete control over one's data. Hence, my characterization of my opposition as "categorical." There may also be a certain degree of pride involved as well; letting someone else store my data acknowledges that they can do it better -- and of course, pride cares not whether its concerns are sensible or ludicrous.
But your point is well taken; perhaps I should evaluate the security concerns of my data on a case-by-case basis rather than with a blanket, one-size-fits-all policy. (See the IT influence?) Perhaps I will consider the advantages of availing myself of the cloud for things like music.
Thanks.03-20-12 10:04 AMLike 0 - 1. Are you browsing your BB file system using the PB's File Manager?
2. What portion of your BB's file system can you see through File Manager? Can you browse all the way to the Music folder, only to find it empty, or does the file browser blank out before then? Does it show you any of the contents of the SD crad?
3. In what format are your music files? Mine are all MP3s and M4As with no DRM.
4. How many song files do you have on your BB, and how long did you wait for the File Manager browse window to populate? (It's really slow over wimpy ol' Bluetooth; you might just need to wait a little longer.)
Maybe they are DRM but since the BlackBerry has no problem playing it would that mean its DRM free?
I'll try waiting for a while the music folder is empty but I'll try your suggests when I get home.03-20-12 11:08 AMLike 0 - Hey just tried this playing a track over bluetooth via bridge, pretty cool. But as the original post would be awesome if it worked as per the music player and you could use features such as shuffle etc. Basically making the phone expandable storage.
May still have to invest in a 64gb sd card though, what would videos be like over bluetooth?? Anyone tried?03-20-12 06:18 PMLike 0
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