My Motorola Atrix 4G: Audio and Video
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
)
Topics in this chapter include the following:
- The Music application for audio and music
- The Gallery application for video
- YouTube
- Using doubleTwist to synchronize audio and video
Your Motorola Atrix 4G is a strong multimedia smartphone with the ability play back many different audio and video formats. The large screen enables you to turn your Motorola Atrix 4G sideways to enjoy a video in its original 16:9 ratio. You can also use your Motorola Atrix 4G to search YouTube, watch videos, and even upload videos to YouTube right from your phone. You can also connect your Atrix to a television using the supplied HDMI cable, or the optional HD Multimedia Dock.
The Music Application—Audio
Let’s take a look at how the Music application works and how to enjoy hours of music while you work.
- Touch the Music icon on the Home screen. The Music application presents you with any music and audio files that you have copied to your Motorola Atrix 4G.
- Touch the Artists tab to filter the view by artist. Touch an artist’s name to reveal songs by that artist and then touch a song to play it.
- Touch the Albums tab to filter the view by album title.
- Touch the Genres tab to filter the view by Genre, such as Alternative, Electronic, Pop, and so on. Touch a genre name to reveal songs in the genre and then touch a song to play it.
- Touch the Songs tab to filter the view by song title. This shows all songs by all artists. Touch a song to play it.
- Touch the Playlists tab to show any music playlists that you have synchronized to your Motorola Atrix 4G. (I cover how to do that later in the chapter.)
- Touch an album to show its album cover and the songs on the album.
- The song that is playing displays at the bottom of the screen.
- The play icon indicates that this song is currently playing.
)
)
)
Controlling Playback
While your music is playing, you have some control over how it plays and the selection of music that plays.
- Touch to jump to the previous song in the album, playlist, or shuffle. Touch and hold to rewind the song.
- Touch to jump to the next song in the album, playlist, or shuffle. Touch and hold to fast forward the song.
- Touch to pause the song. The button turns into the play button when a song is paused. Touch again to resume playing a paused song.
- Touch to open the current playlist. If the song is not in a playlist, the list of all songs displays.
- Touch to shuffle the current playlist. This plays the songs in the playlist in random order. If the song is not in a playlist, all songs on your Motorola Atrix 4G are shuffled.
- Touch to enable repeating. Touch once to repeat all songs, touch again to repeat the current song only (a little 1 is visible on the button), touch again to disable repeating.
- Drag left or right to skip through the song.
- Touch to enable and change the Graphic Equalizer settings.
- Touch and hold the artist, song title, or album name to search the Internet, your music library, or YouTube for items that match.
)
)
)
)
)
Taking More Actions
While a song is playing, if you touch the Menu button, you can take a few actions on the song.
- Touch Library to see your entire music library.
- Touch Add to Playlist to add the current song to a playlist. Read more about playlists later in the chapter.
- Touch Use as Ringtone to make the song the current ringtone.
- Touch Delete to delete the current song. Confirm the deletion on the next screen.
- Touch Party Shuffle to let your Motorola Atrix 4G start the Party Shuffle feature.
)
Working and Listening to Music
While your music is playing, you can continue using your Motorola Atrix 4G without interrupting the music.
- To work on other applications while listening to music, touch the Home button. The notification bar displays an icon indicating your music is still playing.
- To switch back to the currently playing song, pull down the notification bar.
- Touch the song.
)
)