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qizah
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I haven't really bothered to check the other options available -- I was always on the fence about getting Rdio but ... I only have 500mb on my phone and until recently, only had 60gb of data for Internet (now I have 300 w/ Teksavvy).
Do these services have a large music selection or is it limited?
Do these services have a large music selection or is it limited?
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
What? No. This must be Opposite Day.
Haven't seen any update about this. Supposedly there was some event at 10am, weird that I can't find any news releases about what was said (other than the original CBC article)
Alan Cross had this:
http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/google-kinds-big-music-announcement-canada/
large selection.
you can also "pin" and save tracks/playlists/albums to your phone
you also get to use the google play music cloud backup which syncs your music library at home (u can do this for free)
CBC link is broken...
edit: All Access is there, but I still can't buy music off Google Play.
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qizah
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Play Music All Access works, I signed up for the free trial.
I actually wouldn't mind using this at work. Useful.
I actually wouldn't mind using this at work. Useful.
Spaaaaaaaaace
Member
Do All-Access have any discounts? I'm using spotify because of the student discount but I'm interested in All-Access because I have chromecast set up all over my house.
Winterblink
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I'm ready to be disappointed by the lineup of artists and albums available when it goes live here.
DJ_Lae
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My reaction too. About goddamn time.
Junior Mint
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I'm surprised Spotify still isn't here
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
I'm not, do you know about the CRTC and how they do nothing ever?
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qizah
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So do you always have to be connected to the internet/data or does it store songs locally on your device after you've streamed them a number of times?
Yes, official app. I bought some unofficial ones before Google finally put out their app, and theirs is much more polished.
RoadHazard
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Pretty sure it caches everything you play, so after the first play of a song you won't need to stream it anymore (as long as you still have free storage space on your phone, of course). You can also choose to manually save stuff offline in advance (when connected to your home Wi-Fi or such) so you don't have to stream anything at all. At least that's how it works with music you've uploaded yourself, think it's the same with All-Access.
CBC link is broken...
edit: All Access is there, but I still can't buy music off Google Play.
You can buy music now. The music link is there for me on google play website, bunch of Canadian albums on sale for $1.49 as a promotion.
Yes and no. Not officially, and if you're using official apps on both devices, it'll tell you on one of them that you're already listening on another device. Though if you use a secondary app, you may be able to. I haven't used those apps since the official app came out, but they seemed to still work when I was listening via an official app on another device.
Junior Mint
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Seems the iOS app is not on the app store yet.
Thanks,
Not a deal breaker, but mostly if my wife is using it her car while I am using it as well
I'm more excited that I can upload all the damn CD's in my basement so I don't get wife aggro when I give them away
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DJ_Lae
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Yeah I'm not seeing it either.
Not sure if they need to update the Android one either, I can't view any All Access stuff on my Nexus 5.
Weird it works for me, but there was a Google Play Music update this past weekend that I got.
Junior Mint
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It's up now for iOS.
You can buy music now. The music link is there for me on google play website, bunch of Canadian albums on sale for $1.49 as a promotion.
OMG It just appeared for me.
*gets his credit card*
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
I wonder how this will affect possible Spotify subscriptions when they finally get their shit figured out for Canada.
Google doing this today just cost Spotify their subscription from me, and I wonder if other people will be doing the same.
Google doing this today just cost Spotify their subscription from me, and I wonder if other people will be doing the same.
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qizah
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That's great, thanks!
You can buy music now. The music link is there for me on google play website, bunch of Canadian albums on sale for $1.49 as a promotion.
It's working already. I haven't heard of Stars before but I like what I've heard from the previous, will download.
lol begins well for me
Tried to use "explore" and got connection error
Cleared cache...same error
Cleared data, rerun app, chose my account and get the promotion splash screen. If I choose try All Access it says I already have a subscription but I cannot get past the splash screen.
I can get in with User standard but I obviously lose the All Access features and if I cancel I will lose my free month
...arg!!
Tried to use "explore" and got connection error
Cleared cache...same error
Cleared data, rerun app, chose my account and get the promotion splash screen. If I choose try All Access it says I already have a subscription but I cannot get past the splash screen.
I can get in with User standard but I obviously lose the All Access features and if I cancel I will lose my free month
...arg!!
Well, the site is getting hammered, so I assume the same is happening for the service, maybe give it an hour
That's what I should have done in the first place lol
now I think I am going to have to figure out how to contact google support or lost my 30 days
I don't remember how it works on computer right now, but I'm pretty sure you can drag songs. Otherwise it's click song menu, select add to playlist, select playlist and it's done. Right? How does Rdio work?
DoctorPayne
Banned
So when I sync this up with my iTunes library, is it actually going to upload 40 gigs worth of music, or does it just see that I own them and allow me to download them from their servers?
The latter. It only uploads what it can't match.
DoctorPayne
Banned
Whoa. Fantastic! Guess our country's finally joined the 21st century.
It caches them, but if I recall it only caches so much in order to keep from sucking up all of your phones hard storage. If you want something available online, 'Pin' it to your device by clicking the thumbtack icon:
It has matching. It also has a web browser interface now where you can drag folders into a browser window to upload everything via your browser (This works in Chrome, not sure about others).
Just make sure your music is tagged right.
Just a reminder that when using music manager to upload stuff, it is not syncing. If you make changes to tags or anything or delete anything locally you'll need to make changes yourself in google play music. So make sure your tags are right before uploading.
You can make a playlist with all music in itunes and then when it uploads pin the playlist to download everything on your phone.It caches them, but if I recall it only caches so much in order to keep from sucking up all of your phones hard storage. If you want something available online, 'Pin' it to your device by clicking the thumbtack icon:
I can add songs directly from the playlist window and there's a search bar built in.
For example, if I typed in Fever Black Keys from my playlist, I can click on the song and it's automatically loaded in. For Google Play and other services, I'd have to search with the main bar, click on the three little dots (or into the actual song) then select add to playlist.
It also links quite well with Shazam too.
Its a difference in function, but you are vastly overstating the gulf in 'difficulty' (if you can even call it that). In both cases you just type your song into the already displayed bar, your song shows up. In GP you don't have to click the 3 dots, just right click the song or album and you can add it to any playlist. You only have to use the 3 dots on the mobile app.
I would hardly call that a huge difference at all. And Google Now and GSearch have song finding abilities through the phone linked with Play Music as well. Tap the microphone and it will ID the song playing with a link to Play Music.
I really don't see a gulf in performance or features at all really. Just an ever shrinking difference in library.
As a big Rdio fan, I guess I'll share my opinion later also fan when I get home and play around with this.
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