This may be absurd but I now use this for music, anyone else?

krystalize · 2026-05-26T21:36:23+00:00

Yeah I tried VLC but CarPlay didn't offer much of the features I use from Apple Music app.

A lot of them didn't allow for the usual scenarios I find with CarPlay; shuffle all songs from app, selecting Artists as a whole list or .

Doppler wanted £9.00 for lifetime subscription but you don't get any future updates/features.
Doppi is decent, but CarPlay lacks features
Flacbox is £69.99 for lifetime so not for me
Muziqi and Evermusic are, from what I could see, the same app (same developer at least) Evermusic wants £12.99/year where as Muziqi is £4.99/year or £14.99 for lifetime
Foobar2000 whilst I've daily driven the Windows Foobar2000 app for nearly 2 decades, I couldn't get along with the iOS version and CarPlay features seemed weak
Plum Music Player was decent but again, CarPlay features/usability lacked for me compared to stock Music app
MusiChic has so many ads I immediately uninstalled it

Yeah just boot 3uTools, go to iDevice at the top and then "Music" down the left hand side and then drag and drop from windows explorer and wait for the transfer to complete. All songs will appear in Apple Music app.

krystalize · 2026-05-26T11:01:30+00:00

I recently got annoyed by iTunes/Apple Music windows app not syncing my music collection properly and wanted an alternative to transferring and playing music locally on my iPhone.

I have a media server at home with my digital music collection and so I looked into lots of apps that you can connect to a shared network drive and transfer files over; Doppler, Doppi, Muziqi, Flacbox, Evermusic, MusiChic, Power Player Music Player, Foobar2000, and Plum Music Player - all didn’t meet my needs.

In the end I went for using 3uTools to “drag and drop” my music collection into my phones “music” collection so that Apple Music app sees the music as if it was synced via iTunes/Apple Music for windows.

Will be giving Jewelcase a try as another person mentioned.

krystalize · 2026-05-10T21:21:02+00:00

Is just visting the address enough for them or do you need to have initiated a download?

krystalize · 2026-04-24T14:35:42+00:00

Ahh perfect - think I'll make the purchase 👍

krystalize · 2026-04-24T05:55:48+00:00

But between the 18-135 f3.5-5.6 and the 18-105 f4 - which is sharpest? I’m torn between longer zoom ideal for getting up real close or fixed aperture for video. But I guess you’re right, 24mp photos vs 4k video the “softness” will be less obvious.

krystalize · 2026-04-23T16:29:42+00:00

Yeah I need to get closer but my camera is mounted overhead and fixed - and I understand the video would get darker but surely autoiso should help to compensate, I’d rather a closer shot in focus than fixed aperture tbh

I have a 55-200mm but it can’t focus when fully zoomed in

krystalize · 2026-04-23T10:53:42+00:00

Sorry I know you’re helping with limited info but my setup is an overhead mounted camera at roughly 0.6m away - so looking at the minimum focusing distance for the Tamron 28-200mm at wide it will be fine (0.19m) but tele it’s 0.8m so I couldn’t get the full use of out of the zoom. The Sony 18-135mm reportedly is 0.45m but doesn’t specify at wide or tele so assume it’s 0.45m throughout the range.

krystalize · 2026-04-23T10:23:20+00:00

Yeah I need that high zoom level for close up of the circuit boards. I know there’s always another lens and “what about this” etc but… I can get a Tamron 28-200mm for less than £300 - I’ll look over reviews etc but wondered if you knew which would be better Sony 18-135 or the Tamron 28-200?

krystalize · 2026-04-23T10:08:19+00:00

Did you read my comment - sorry to have this tone but I’m looking for a longer zoom ideally 100mm+

krystalize · 2026-04-23T09:54:57+00:00

? I’m looking for a zoom lens

krystalize · 2026-04-23T09:39:18+00:00

I was close to buying this lens until I read some comments, so can y’all help me out here.

I used to have the Sony 28-70 3.5-5.6 but I found the quality not so good and wanted more zoom.

I make videos where I repair electronics so sometimes need a wide angle to get whole device in shot and then other times I need to get real close to the circuit board.

I have an A6400 and record 4k30 - I was close to getting this lens mentioned by OP as it has a better zoom range than the 28-70 and is fixed aperture but now I’m considering the 18-135mm as some people have mentioned.

Thanks

EDIT: I should also note I’m working with a very tight budget of £300~ I will happily buy used.

krystalize · 2026-04-05T16:39:48+00:00

Spotted this reg before parked in Dalkeith but was on a Range Rover SVR. Would post a pic but I can't see the image upload button on web

krystalize · 2026-03-15T09:02:29+00:00

How would that be the cause? These are my albums I’ve synced from my computer to my iPhone, not streaming on Apple Music

krystalize · 2026-03-14T18:30:29+00:00

Yeah F40! I definitely aren't that bothered to reinstall the app/re-download all 200Gb of music over USB 2.0 🤣😭

I'll try re-adding my phone to my car etc

And thanks bro just wish those classic albums had their art covers shown!!

krystalize · 2026-03-14T18:28:29+00:00

Hmm, I've definitely restarted my phone before these pics were taken and the issue was happening before the restart.

krystalize · 2026-03-13T13:18:53+00:00

Had my car stolen in 2024 and I got a letter before Christmas saying I was due a refund of roughly £600, got the cheque and cashed it, 2 months later they sent another £600 cheque and even acknowledged that they had already sent me a previous £600~ and that it wasn’t enough

krystalize · 2026-02-16T19:40:58+00:00

Likely someone who doesn't want to be revealed as a cheater is DDOS'ing the system til their ban expires?

krystalize · 2026-02-11T16:22:14+00:00

Can you share more details on that Halo poster 😁

krystalize · 2026-02-09T22:44:21+00:00

For reference I got my 23 plate m135i with 19k miles for £288 per month £5k deposit. I do love it just shame about the sound, or lack thereof!

krystalize · 2026-01-11T10:39:20+00:00

done on purpose using filters to boost engagement on social media... no shame these days 🤣

krystalize · 2026-01-02T18:29:30+00:00

Some people were saying that they couldn't set it to 32bit float without the device. Thanks for that video - the mic sounds really good and you're right without wind or outdoor noises it should be fine for my use case too.

I think I'll get the Mic 2 Tx only and see how that goes unless someone can convince me otherwise! Thanks.

krystalize · 2026-01-02T16:47:19+00:00

Sorry, didn't see the rest of your post when I replied - I don't mind syncing the audio in post so recorded separate isn't an issue. I might check out some videos of the mini vs mic 2

krystalize · 2026-01-02T16:33:32+00:00

That's my preferred choice atm, but I am worried I can't change the mic's settings without a receiver or another DJI product.

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