Not detecting Android phone (wifi)

[keithforever]

I downloaded both the Winamp beta for Windows and the android app on my captivate but I cannot see the Android phone in Winamp desktop. I have the wifi setting enabled in Android Winamp and have Wifi turned on. I can browse the internet just fine from the phone.

In Winamp desktop I right click start discovery and nothing happens.

Any ideas? My PC is not using WiFi but is connected to the same wireless router that the phone is using.

And I can use a program called AllShare on the phone that connects to my media on the same PC so I know the wifi connection does work in other apps.

Using Samsung Captivate.

[mr_mboo]

Having the same problem myself. I have a feeling this is either a router issue or a Windows firewall issue, just not sure what I need to change.

If it helps, I'm running DD-WRT on a Linksys E-2000 router and, using Windows 7 on my PC and phone is an N1 that has been rooted and running CM6 nightly build 204.

[kustodian]

I have the exact same problem on my HTC Desire.

[patho]

same problem.. win 7 x64.. htc legend

[stopasking]

Same problem.

Win7 64
Winamp set to allow through firewall
Nexus One (2.2)

[jlbusch]

I was able to get it to recognize the phone (droid inc, win7 pro x64) on the first install but since then have not been successful.

[JunBringer]

Same problem here. Htc Evo and Windows 7 64bit

[sthulin]

I am having this same issue.

Windows 7 x64
Dell Streak (android 2.1)

Do we need to sync via wired first before doing wifi?

[keithforever]

Well, I turned off Windows firewall completely and even tried connecting through USB and no matter what I do, Winamp desktop will not pick up the phone. I think it must be a desktop Winamp issue. I get no hour glass or anything when I choose "Start Discovery". I think it is literally doing nothing.

[jlbusch]

I have found that going into the settings menu on the device and unchecking and then re-checking makes the wireless sync work again...try this
also if you do not have the wireless sync enabled on the device you (obviously) must do this to get the sync to work at all...

My current problem is that even though I only asked it to sync one playlist it is insisting on syncing the entire library so I had to abort, don't know if it will actually sync it can see and read the device

As another has already pointed out, the computer winamp is not apparently able to remove songs from the device...

[JunBringer]

Yeah I got mine to show up after some time, can't tell ya how. Just repeated tries.

It wouldn't let me delete files either, but I put a bunch of new stuff on there and it was surprisingly fast. I'm a happy camper.

[keithforever]

Please answer these in your posts, maybe this might help the developers:

1. What phone do you have?
2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2)
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit?
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above?
5. What is your experience if you can connect?

[jlbusch]

Droid Incredible, stock froyo 2.2
Win 7 Pro x64
Only connected via WiFi - see my post above for how
Able to add some songs but failed on many of them
Unable to delete anything

[beanpole209]

I was having the same issue. win7 64bit exc, droidx.

All i did was switch to the bento theme and it worked fine then.

[keithforever]

Please answer these in your posts, maybe this might help the developers:

1. What phone do you have?
2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2)
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit?
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above?
5. What is your experience if you can connect?

1. Samsung Captivate
2. Custom 2.2 Froyo ROM (Cognition)
3. Windows 7 x64
4. Can't connect USB or WiFi - Desktop Winamp does not detect device at all
5. N/A

[jlbusch]

For me to connect i did the following

1. install winamp on pc
2. connect to wireless (PC)
3. Connect to wireless (phone)
4. wait for both to have ip addresses and connect (i.e. can use internet on both)
5. open winamp pc
6. open winamp phone
7. on phone main screen (the one with six buttons for artists, albums, songs etc...) press menu, press settings, enable wireless sync
8. on winamp computer click on devices
9. right click on devices and select locate devices (or whatever can't remember exactly
10. a message pops up on the phone (only the first time) that says do you want to accept the connection, hit YES!


I believe that you have to be on the main screen in winamp on phone to connect...not sure

Once you have synced and disconnected, to resync repeat step 7 and 8 i.e. unclick and then reclick to enable wireless sync...

Good luck all

[keithforever]

For me to connect i did the following

1. install winamp on pc
2. connect to wireless (PC)
3. Connect to wireless (phone)
4. wait for both to have ip addresses and connect (i.e. can use internet on both)
5. open winamp pc
6. open winamp phone
7. on phone main screen (the one with six buttons for artists, albums, songs etc...) press menu, press settings, enable wireless sync
8. on winamp computer click on devices
9. right click on devices and select locate devices (or whatever can't remember exactly
10. a message pops up on the phone (only the first time) that says do you want to accept the connection, hit YES!


I believe that you have to be on the main screen in winamp on phone to connect...not sure

Once you have synced and disconnected, to resync repeat step 7 and 8 i.e. unclick and then reclick to enable wireless sync...

Good luck all

Thanks, unfortunately, I never see item 10. Also, item 2, I do not have wireless on the PC. It is connected to the same router though but wired. Other apps like Allshare work with WiFi to the same PC.

[jlbusch]

I'm not sure how it works, if it is a direct wi-fi connection from the pc to the phone then the pc needs to have wi-fi, this may be the problem...not sure though could try with a wifi enabled pc...

[ptown434]

1. Droid X
2. OS 2.2
3. Windows XP 32
4. Cannot connect wifi
5. after clicking 'start discovery', nothing happens. I get no message on my phone. I have tried unchecking sync on phone, rebooted comp, done everything. Start discovery button does nothing.

I have a PC wired to my wireless router.



Question for everybody, did anyone uncheck items during installation? I unchecked videos, so that Winamp does not auto play videos. Doubt that is it, but just checking everything. This is really annoying.

For those that have made it worked, after you clicked 'start discovery' , did you get a message on your PC/laptop that it was searching?

[sarega]

I have HTC Desire, running Android 2.2. I have just installed Winamp 5.59 on Windows 7 running on VMWare Fusion (Mac OS X Snow Leopard). I have enabled wifi sync in the phone settings. When I right-click on Devices and click "Start Discovery", nothing happens. I have tried everything: rebooting the computer, rebooting the phone, disconnecting and reconnecting the phone to the wifi, etc.

I have further discovered that in the Preferences Window, I dont have any item called "Portables" under Media Library. The last item there is History. However, I do have Portables under Plug-ins and both Android Device plugin and Wifi Device plugin are installed.

[kustodian]

For me to connect i did the following

1. install winamp on pc
2. connect to wireless (PC)
3. Connect to wireless (phone)
4. wait for both to have ip addresses and connect (i.e. can use internet on both)
5. open winamp pc
6. open winamp phone
7. on phone main screen (the one with six buttons for artists, albums, songs etc...) press menu, press settings, enable wireless sync
8. on winamp computer click on devices
9. right click on devices and select locate devices (or whatever can't remember exactly
10. a message pops up on the phone (only the first time) that says do you want to accept the connection, hit YES!


This one worked for me on Win7 x64 with HTC Desire (2.2). I think that this function will need to have a different way of handling this, since you have to enable wifi just before you want to discover the device. It could be handled something like bluetooth works on my Desire, when you make the device discoverable for a few seconds once you enable it.

[mmiii]

no connection to my PC W7 32bit
with HTC Hero 2.1

tried several things written above but there is no connection

[LionSound]

How to sync Android with PC via WIFI?
I have Vista and I can't find any option either in system or in Winamp Android !

please help. This manual above, is not complete for me :)

[redlow]

I am suffering the same issue as others. I can't detect my phone via wireless OR USB. Like others, my PC is connected via network to wireless router. My phone is naturally on the same network, and wireless is enabled (and I restarted a few times)

1. What phone do you have? Google Nexus One
2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2) Android 2.2.1
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit? 64 Bit Windows 7
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above? Neither
5. What is your experience if you can connect? N/A

Cheers

[LionSound]

1. Samsung Galaxy i5700
2. Android 2.1
3. Vista 32 but
4. Usb,bluetooth and wifi on on PC and Phone is working
5. I'm unable to synchronize my PC with Android via WIFI in WINAMP. I'm unable to connect my PC to my Phone via WIFI in WINAMP.

BUT I found great software Android Manager WIFI http://androbot.pl/android/app/android-manager-wifi/ to connect Phone to PC. And it's working great without cables:) I want only synch WINAMP with PC for my MP3

Is it possible ?

[LionSound]

Ok sorry. Now it works. I installed new beta version of Winamp on my Desktop.
Sorry guys for my #@$.

But could you explained me how sync works ? What is he syncing from my PC from which folder ? or which PlayList? or which Mp3?


peace.

[ParadingLunatic]

Moto Droid Android 2.2
Windows 7 64bit and XP 32bit
Can't connect to USB or Wifi in some cases

I've tried both at home and at work. First my attempts at home and my home configuration

Home:
Buffalo wireless N router running DD-WRT, also an old Linksys WRT54G with stock firmware just running as an access point and no routing functions. Desktop is Windows 7 64bit connected wired into the Buffalo router/AP and my Droid connecting wirelessly into the Linksys AP. Wifi connected between the phone and the desktop flawlessly, did not attempt any sync functions.

Work:

Cisco Wireless AP (real business Cisco AP) on a separate VLAN from the rest of the wired network. One computer is a laptop running WinXP, the other is desktop running Win7 64bit. Neither of them work. The desktop is wired and on a different vlan. Nothing I do can get it to connect but I think that has to do with our network config not allowing broadcast traffic across vlans. The laptop on the other hand I have connected wireless to the exact same access point that the phone is connected to. Still no connection between the two. This one really confuses me as I've already proved that my phone does work with the new winamp beta at home.

[dcrusader]

If you're having trouble getting WinAmp to find your phone, try what I had to do.

Go to your network adapters and disable every single one that isn't your active adapter. For example, I have VMWare installed and I had to disable all of its special adapters, had to disable my 2nd network card, and a bluetooth adapter.

After that, my phone showed up before I even had a chance to click Start Discovery.

[jskolm85]

If you're having trouble getting WinAmp to find your phone, try what I had to do.

Go to your network adapters and disable every single one that isn't your active adapter. For example, I have VMWare installed and I had to disable all of its special adapters, had to disable my 2nd network card, and a bluetooth adapter.

After that, my phone showed up before I even had a chance to click Start Discovery.

Sadly this fixed it for me. So when I want to sync up, just make sure I close down everything else first. :)

Windows 7 Enterprise x64
Droid Inc 2.2

[keithforever]

If you're having trouble getting WinAmp to find your phone, try what I had to do.

Go to your network adapters and disable every single one that isn't your active adapter. For example, I have VMWare installed and I had to disable all of its special adapters, had to disable my 2nd network card, and a bluetooth adapter.

After that, my phone showed up before I even had a chance to click Start Discovery.

Genius!! Now it works. Although not a good solution, at least I know my phone is detectable now. Thanks! :)

[admiral70]

My droid x connected the first time and now will not connect.

I do see in my D-Lin DIR-655 logs it has an entry related to my Droid X ip address that says,
Blocked outgoing ICMP packet (ICMP type 3) from 192.168.0.225 to 68.116.46.115

This message comes up a couple of different times with the TO address changing. I only have 1 network adapter.

Here are my specs
Droid X running 2.2
Windows 7 32-bit
winamp 5.59 beta
winamp 0.9.1.1 for Android

Ideas are greatly appreciated.

[slideways]

For me to connect i did the following

1. install winamp on pc
2. connect to wireless (PC)
3. Connect to wireless (phone)
4. wait for both to have ip addresses and connect (i.e. can use internet on both)
5. open winamp pc
6. open winamp phone
7. on phone main screen (the one with six buttons for artists, albums, songs etc...) press menu, press settings, enable wireless sync
8. on winamp computer click on devices
9. right click on devices and select locate devices (or whatever can't remember exactly
10. a message pops up on the phone (only the first time) that says do you want to accept the connection, hit YES!



#8 is where I have a problem. I don't have "Devices" on my winamp desktop. Do you have to have WinAmp Pro to use this feature? This is driving me insane, since I can't figure it out.

[robollama]

#8 is where I have a problem. I don't have "Devices" on my winamp desktop. Do you have to have WinAmp Pro to use this feature? This is driving me insane, since I can't figure it out.

update to the beta

[Chrisdroid]

WinAmp desktop is discovering my phone but it isn't attaching. I clicked 'allow' when the message appeared on my Android phone.

1. What phone do you have? HTC Legend
2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2) 2.1
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit? 32b XP
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above? Wifi
5. What is your experience if you can connect? N/A

[alanjrobertson]

Same problem here...

1. What phone do you have? HTC Desire
2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2) 2.2
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit? Windows 7 64-bit
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above? Only tried WiFi - no success
5. What is your experience if you can connect? N/A

I've also got VMware installed (although no VM running), tried disabling the two LAN connections it creates but to no avail. Able to browse my HTC Desire if I run WiFile on it and also sync B-folders so can't see a firewall/router issue.

[warbf]

I am having the same problem. Please provide some technical details on how the program
locates the phone. For example broadcast on port nnnn, or multicast discovery on port nnnn,
or what ever. That way we can sniff the wire to see is the request is getting there.

evo mobile, win 7, home built.

[Wolf Schouten]

Same :)

1: Phone is an HTC Hero
2: 2.1 (rooted stock)
3: Windows 7 x64 and Windows 7 x86
4: Using Winamp 5.58 I can sync over USB, using Winamp 5.59 beta I can't sync with USB nor wifi
5: Using Winamp 5.58 I can sync over USB, and sync works perfectly. Using 5.59 even that option is denied to me, and wireless sync doesn't work either.

[rstinsley]

For me to connect i did the following

1. install winamp on pc
2. connect to wireless (PC)
3. Connect to wireless (phone)
4. wait for both to have ip addresses and connect (i.e. can use internet on both)
5. open winamp pc
6. open winamp phone
7. on phone main screen (the one with six buttons for artists, albums, songs etc...) press menu, press settings, enable wireless sync
8. on winamp computer click on devices
9. right click on devices and select locate devices (or whatever can't remember exactly
10. a message pops up on the phone (only the first time) that says do you want to accept the connection, hit YES!


I believe that you have to be on the main screen in winamp on phone to connect...not sure

Once you have synced and disconnected, to resync repeat step 7 and 8 i.e. unclick and then reclick to enable wireless sync...

Good luck all

I have tired all these steps and nothing works on #10. Not sure what step I am missing.

I have the Droid X running 2.2

[AceMathias]

1. What phone do you have? HTC Desire
2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2) 2.2
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit? Windows XP 64 bit
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above? Yet to try USB, WiFi does not work
5. What is your experience if you can connect? Winamp managed to detect my device after restart when i first installed 5.59, the acknowledge message appeared on the phone, but then nothing happened. Since then winamp cannot find my device again

[admiral70]

I think my Droid X or my Dlink router is blocking the request from WinAmp PC to my phone. Any ideas before I go back to Winamp for a refund on my pro version. Yes, I am running the Beta version.

It allowed a connection one time and now will not reconnect. Thanks

I do not get a popup on my Droid X

[taketheleap]

I can't even get the "enable wireless sync" to show up properly on my setting page of Winamp Android.

I have followed all of the steps suggested above, but the option remains grayed out at all times.

1. What phone do you have? Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant (Bell Canada)
2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2) 2.1, update 1
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit? Windows 7 64 bit
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above? WiFi does not work, have yet to try USB
5. What is your experience if you can connect? Grayed out "enable wireless sync" on the Android device. Obviously, when I try and discover on my desktop, nothing happens.

My computer is hard-lined to the wireless router; the phone is connecting to the router. I know it can connect, my allShare from Samsung works just fine.

[slyn4ice]

1. What phone do you have? HTC Desire (Softbank Japan)
2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2) 2.2
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit? Windows 7 64 bit
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above? WiFi does not work, USB works only after I manually connect to a device via Preferences->Plugins->Portables
5. What is your experience if you can connect? It seems to work fine with USB. Wifi does nothing though. Absolutely nothing happens when I select "device discovery" from desktop winamp.

[NeonFreaky]

1. What phone do you have? HTC Desire (Softbank Japan)
2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2) 2.2
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit? Windows 7 64 bit
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above? WiFi does not work, USB works only after I manually connect to a device via Preferences->Plugins->Portables
5. What is your experience if you can connect? It seems to work fine with USB. Wifi does nothing though. Absolutely nothing happens when I select "device discovery" from desktop winamp.

I cant even find the device discovery button! where can i find it

[kustodian]

I cant even find the device discovery button! where can i find it

Right click on Devices and you will have "Start Discovery".

[lAg94mS]

Hi,

I'm running winamp beta 5.59 on win xp pro 32bit and I'm also unable to detect my Samsung Galaxy S international.
I'm running a custom rom on froyo based on jpo.
I experienced that connecting through usb causes force close on my desktop winamp when the mount option in mobile winamp is active. With this option disabled, wired sync works great to external sd card. Once i tick the box, winamp shuts down and reports an error caused by ntdll.dll (i think that was the name...)
Wifi sync ticked in wa mobile doesn't affect anything for me.
Locate devices to try a wireless sync just reports no hits or simply doesn't start. As i can't access the plugin (winamp wifi plugin) config menu (if there is any) I can't locate any problem with the wifi itself (browsing ect works)
Maybe an error with wpa2 secured wifi? I just tested without security options in my router, still doesn't work.

Any workarounds or fixes?

[NeonFreaky]

Right click on Devices and you will have "Start Discovery".

there is no option as devices, i only see portables if i right click on that there is:
don't show this option i've no devices are mounted, (free translated from dutch)\
en preferences.

[TheFeshy]

If you're having trouble getting WinAmp to find your phone, try what I had to do.

Go to your network adapters and disable every single one that isn't your active adapter. For example, I have VMWare installed and I had to disable all of its special adapters, had to disable my 2nd network card, and a bluetooth adapter.

After that, my phone showed up before I even had a chance to click Start Discovery.

This *almost* worked for me. I had to reboot after disabling the network adapters to get it to show up. After a reboot, it works. Re-enabling the networks after rebooting disconnected me from my phone immediately, and I couldn't re-connect until I disabled and rebooted again. With the reboot, it works fine. Thanks!

[kustodian]

there is no option as devices, i only see portables if i right click on that there is:
don't show this option i've no devices are mounted, (free translated from dutch)\
en preferences.

Have you installed Winamp 5.59 beta?

[Jooh4n]

I'm not getting it to work. Does it only work WiFi to WiFi?

Because i am trying to connect to my PC woth TP-cable internet (on the same net thought) with my WiFi Nexus one.

1. Google Nexus One
2. 2.2
3. Windows 7 64-bit
4. Havn't tried anything else then WiFi
5. -

[joebloggscity]

Hi

How do you link your HTC desire to winamp? I'm having a nightmare getting this done.

I used to use my N81 with winamp with no problems. I only use the cables and I'd have thought that should be fine.

I've got a new HTC desire and have had a few headaches. Finally a couple of nights back I thought it was sorted as it finally started to recognise my phone as a portable...

But this morning, it's strange it is recognising the disk drive but NOT as a portable under devices (see screenshot). Why is this?

see: http://img573.imageshack.us/img573/5209/41665173.jpg
http://img573.imageshack.us/img573/5209/41665173.jpg

how can i sort this? I've tried to go to the plugins and do see "E:\" drive as the drive (for the USB & the Android plugin) but to no avail.

What is going on wrong?

Please help.

I've a HTC desire,
android 2.2
32GB card
i've got "enable auto-mount" as ticked on
I always use the USB cable

[Thykka]

[double-post fail]

[Thykka]

1. What phone do you have? HTC Hero
2. Version of Android? 2.2 (FroyoVillain)
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit? Win7x64
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above? USB works, WiFi doesn't
5. What is your experience if you can connect? :(

Also, here's how my devices are set up:
http://forums.winamp.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=47876&d=1289294554
The WLAN-modem and router are both set to bridged-mode. I'm not too good at the technical side of networks, but something tells me this can't work when the phone and PC are not on the same home-network.. Or maybe they are, I dunno :confused:

[ilumos]

Start -> Run -> %appdata%

Browse to the Winamp\Plugins\ml folder, and delete the pmp_wifi.ini file.

Worked for me!

[bilbo_b]

i cant find this file. not on the device and not at the desktop.

BTW: is it possible to sync the rating, playcount and last played timestamp back to the desktop?

[bilbo_b]

i have now installed winamp on my laptop. the wifi sync works! but not on the desktop :-( the greatest question for me at this time is: can i sync the playcount from the device and the last played timestamp from the device to the dekstop. can i rate songs on the device?

[kiwiguy007]

1 update to beta 5.59
2 DO NOT have usb plugged in at same time !!!

soon as I unhooked USB it picked up phone !!!!!


this works a treat

[murderedbysound]

The only thing I never realized was that this whole thing applied to the 5.59 beta. I had 5.58 and was looking around forever and couldn't figure out how to do the wifi transfers with it. Only to see that someone said they got the beta and its on there. So I installed it and it worked like a charm for me.
HTC G2
2.2
XP 32bit
So far just the wifi (not too sure if I will do USB since wifi is more convenient)

The first time I opened up winamp on my laptop it found my phone. It took a couple minutes to transfer 6 songs of 192k bit quality toons (90mb total.) So far I am pretty happy with the results.

[Muirtach]

Samsung Galaxy Tab
Stock 2.2
Win7 64-bit
Wifi will not connect. USB connects only when device is set to "Media Player"


Additional Info.
Does connect with doubleTwist using AirSync with no issues.
Desktop is hard-lined into the router.

[onix]

Wifi will not connect. USB connects only when device is set to "Media Player", but syncs wonderfully. Desktop hardlined to router... all same as with Muirtach's post. My device:

HTC Magic (Google Ion)
CyanogenMod 6.1.0RC1 (Android 2.2)
Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Router: WRT54GLv1.1; Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (12/18/09) mini

Only other Andriod background applications running is CSipSimple along with standard google apps.

[rabeatz]

1. Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant
2. Android 2.2
3. Windows 7 64 bit
4. Cannot get device to show up under "Devices" in Winamp over WiFi, start discovery appears to do nothing at all
5. No experience, unable to connect

Tried all of the above fixes, disabled all my Antivirus and Firewall Software, tried with two computers both wireless and hardwired.

[bsg75]

I ended up doing a clean install of Windows 7 (that may or may not be necessary). I have the latest Android app and the 5.6 desktop app. It was NOT working before the clean install, but I was also not clicking the Winamp Agent.

This DOES NOT usually work for me.

Launching Winamp
Click Discover


This DOES work for me

Clicking the **Winamp Agent notification icon and launching Winamp that way.
It automatically discovers my rooted Incredible


For noobs like me, when it discovers your device, right click its name in the Library bar and choose preferences -> Media Library -> Portables -> [device name] -> Sync.
Make sure you are only syncing playlists you have checked (not ones that are NOT checked). Uncheck the "Library Sync" feature. Only use this if you have a special query you want to run against the library. The default config means it tries to sync your whole library, in addition to any playlists you checked. Weird.

I ended up checking it and using this query to sync all 4 or 5 rated tracks from my library:
rating >= "4"

The wifi sync works pretty well. There are some albums/songs that it keeps trying to recopy to my device, or recopy from my device to my local library, but overall it's nice to get rid of the USB.



**If you don't see the Winamp Agent notification icon, it would be next to where your wifi and volume icons are, on the taskbar on the opposite side of the Windows (Start) icon. If you don't see it, right-click down near the notification are and choose "customize" then make sure the Winamp Agent is set to always display. Launch Winamp from the Winamp Agent icon.


Rooted Incredible
WPA2

[bchavez]

If you're having trouble getting WinAmp to find your phone, try what I had to do.

Go to your network adapters and disable every single one that isn't your active adapter. For example, I have VMWare installed and I had to disable all of its special adapters, had to disable my 2nd network card, and a bluetooth adapter.

After that, my phone showed up before I even had a chance to click Start Discovery.
So, I had the same problem:

Wired PC <-> Wifi Winamp Phone

HTC Droid Incredible 2.2 Froyo

It appears Winamp Wifi Device Discovery has an issue with multi-homed machines IE: multiple NIC cards / adapters.

For example, I have a Hamachi adapter that I use quite often which was enabled.

I disabled the Hamachi adapter, RESTARTED Winamp, and device discovery worked.

[Chilly3]

I have a Droid, wired computer to router, wireless connection to phone. Winamp discovered it once (I still don't know why) but never again. I went to my Device Manager and disabled the Microsoft Wireless Router Module under Network Infrastructure Devices. Don't know what it is and don't apparently need it working. As soon as it was disabled, viola! My Droid showed up...

Now I just wanna be able to update podcasts wirelessly and I'm a happy camper.

[crazzeto]

Please answer these in your posts, maybe this might help the developers:

1. What phone do you have?
2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2)
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit?
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above?
5. What is your experience if you can connect?

1) Moto Droid 2
2) Latest stock froyo rom
3) 32b Windows Vista (the computer that doesn't work)
4) I've only tried wifi on any computer (all I"m interested in)

5) Complicated, I can connect on my 2 64b Vista desktops but I can't on my 32b vista laptop (all Ultimate edition, all same firewall settings). When I can connect on my desktops my experience is generally good, but flawed. I find transfers pause, sometimes for great length for no real good reasons. Some songs act like they will transfer, but then zero bytes transfer so no music. Trying to transfer some songs results in Winamp displaying "connecting" and that's as far as it goes.

I've tried and retried many times and it's deffinently related to the specific Mp3 rather than the network. For instance I can try transfering my Anne Murray Amazing grace and it will just say "connecting".... Eventually that will fail out, so I can try say BB King & U2 When the love comes to town and everything is happy, immediatly after Amazing Grace repeatedly fails to connect.

I think Winamp is doing a good thing, but they system needs *A LOT* of work. In particular the droid player needs *A LOT* of TLC.

[archangel michae]

So, I had the same problem:

Wired PC <-> Wifi Winamp Phone

HTC Droid Incredible 2.2 Froyo

It appears Winamp Wifi Device Discovery has an issue with multi-homed machines IE: multiple NIC cards / adapters.

For example, I have a Hamachi adapter that I use quite often which was enabled.

I disabled the Hamachi adapter, RESTARTED Winamp, and device discovery worked.

MotoDriodX, Stock Froyo. That makes PERFECT sense and is something that might need to be addressed in the next version of whatever side is having the issue. Since disabling the multihomed nics I would suspect the issue is on the PC side.

Not having the other NICs available is not really an option for me, and probably many others. I would classify this as a "deal breaker" if it was production software (ie not beta). If I was on the production team, I wouldn't bring this out of beta until it was fixed or removed. And being a very cool option, I'd shoot for "fixed".

If you need ideas how to fix this, let me know I have a couple (email me) that might work. Then again, I'm not a programmer so my ideas might be crap

[Catalyst123]

I posted this in another thread but thought I would add in here anyway.

The type of router you use is probably the issue for some of you.

I am using a HTC Desire on Froyo and a laptop running XP.

Wi-fi sync won't work on my home wi-fi network (router is a Netgear DGN 2000) but works fine in my studio (some sort of Apple router).

I'm convinced the issue is the Netgear not supporting multicast because I have exactly the same problem with doubleTwist AirSync.

[TrUsK]

I've got a HTC driod Incredible running 2.2
After successfully synching my phone (via wireless) to my desktop (32-bit, win 7 pro), I wanted to then sync my phone to my notebook (64-bit, win7 home premium)
At first, the sync would not work. I tried uninstalling the winamp andriod app and tried to sync again - didn't work.
After looking going to (within Winamp on the computer) Library, Media Library Preferences/ Plug-ins/Portables I selected and uninstalled the android plug-in (pmp_andriod.dll)
Immediately, Winamp recognized and saw my phone.
After restarting winamp, I wasn't sure if the plug-in would reinstall itself - apparently it doesn't. Though, my phone still works. Not sure why, but it does. Hope this is helpful for someone else w/ a Driod Incredible.

[onix]

YES bchavez and archangel have it right. Disable ALL network adapters except the one connected to the common router, and restart Winamp. In my case VMWare dummy networks were still being hosted. I disabled them and YES it worked.

MotoDriodX, Stock Froyo. That makes PERFECT sense and is something that might need to be addressed in the next version of whatever side is having the issue. Since disabling the multihomed nics I would suspect the issue is on the PC side.

Not having the other NICs available is not really an option for me, and probably many others. I would classify this as a "deal breaker" if it was production software (ie not beta). If I was on the production team, I wouldn't bring this out of beta until it was fixed or removed. And being a very cool option, I'd shoot for "fixed".

If you need ideas how to fix this, let me know I have a couple (email me) that might work. Then again, I'm not a programmer so my ideas might be crap

[bolski]

See my responses in blue:

Please answer these in your posts, maybe this might help the developers:

1. What phone do you have?
LG Vortex

2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2)
Version 2.2 Froyo

3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit?
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above?
USB only

5. What is your experience if you can connect?
USB works fine. Cannot get wireless to work.

I'm running WinAmp Pro 5.601 as well.

Now, I do have one thing to ask. Does my desktop machine running WinAmp Pro have to have a wireless NIC card in it because mine doesn't. I've wired it directly to my wireless router.

My droid can connect to my wireless network without a problem, but WinAmp Pro on my Windows machine will not find it even though the Droid is connect to the wireless network.

Thanks!

[stopasking]

I didn't have to disable all network connections. I realized that WinAmp appeared to be connecting to the first network adapter found. So theoretically disabling all would work, but all I had to do was rename my network connection to be alphabetically first.

Windows 7:

For example, I had a 3G connection, VMWare connections, Wired and wireless connection.
Go to Network Connections Right click "network", click Properties, then click "Change Adapter Settings" on the left. Click your wireless connection, hit the F2 key to name it, add a "1" to the beginning so it shows up first alphabetically.

As soon as I did that, Winamp instantly discovered my Droid X.

Pretty sad Winamp isn't smart enough to know which connection to use....

[bolski]

Well, I followed the directions on disabling all network connections except my main LAN connection, rebooted and viola! It works!

Awesome! I haven't gone and renamed the VMWare VPN connections and re-enabled them, but so far, WiFi synching works great!

[GreenNuggs]

MotoDroid 2.2 stock, Win 7 32-bit.

Eventually got it to work. But I had to have my wireless enabled and connected to the access point AND have my LAN physically connected as well. I tried countless configuratons.

Then I had a theory. It may be paired up with whatever adapter's MAC address you first synced with. So I changed the name on the Droid to "MotoDroid", closed Winamp, uplugged my LAN, reopened Winamp, then it worked with just my Wireless active.

However, once I plugged the LAN back in, closed Winamp and reopened eventually it didn't work again unless the LAN was plugged in. I used Wireshark to see if I could detect anything. Winamp is clearly broadcasting itself out to the local network. And if you look at the packets sent, the first packet I see with communication to the device is FROM the LAN port. So I'm guessing the bug is on the PC side.

EDIT: Forgot to add that I have all my devices enabled, including my bluetooth. It wouldn't work any other way.

[ASnet0007]

Just found this on the Winamp blog.

Step 4:
From your PC, download & install Winamp Standard (free) or Winamp Pro (premium). Version 5.6 or later is required. Please note that Wi-Fi sync with Winamp for Android will not work with "Winamp Lite". After launching Winamp you will be prompted to "Add Media to Library" or "Import from iTunes".

Found at this site.
http://blog.winamp.com/2010/11/30/wirelessly-sync-music-to-your-android-phone/

If this is the case why have the devs not told us on these forums?

Can someone confirm it does not work on all the latest versions but does work with pro

[ASnet0007]

This only works on Pro version

Step 4:
Please note that Wi-Fi sync with Winamp for Android will not work with "Winamp Lite".

found at http://blog.winamp.com/2010/11/30/wirelessly-sync-music-to-your-android-phone/

if this is the case why have no devs posted this?

Can someone who has pro confirm it does not work with lite but does with pro

[DJ Egg]

@ASnet0007

No

It works with both Winamp Full (free/standard version) and Winamp Pro.
Winamp Lite is the version with no Media Library or Freeform/Modern Skin support.

Winamp Full & Pro are pretty much the same, except the Pro features (mp3 encoding, Hi-Bitrate aacPlus encoding, mpeg-4 video decoding, full speed cd ripping + burning) are locked in the free version (although all the plugins/components/features are present). You can even enter the Pro registration key into the Full free version to turn it into Pro.

Wi-Fi (or any Portable) support can't work in Winamp Lite because the plugins/features aren't present
(gen_ml.dll, ml_pmp.dll, pmp_wifi.dll, etc).

If Winamp detects your phone in USB mode, but not in Wifi mode, then (if none of the previously mentioned 'fixes' work) the main/most common reason would be either it's being blocked by a software firewall, or you're using a modem/router from an ISP (such as BT Home Hub) which blocks multicast, and therefore it's probably never going to work.

[Jiijapoa]

thanks rstinsley, it really works...

[netposer]

I disabled all but my main NIC and after that Winamp discovered my Captivate. I have 2 physical nics and 2 virtual nics (VMware). Maybe Winamp will fix this in their next update.

[shalmaneser]

HTC Wildfire

Running 2.1 update 1

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Connects fine via USB, no movement whatsoever from my computer when hitting 'discover' or devices - right click - start discovery.

Followed all the app side instructions, but nothing. Seems to be bug from the computer side.

[joxer]

Hello!

Similar problem here.

After the first installation of Winamp 5.6 I could discover and copy music to my devices over wifi without any problem. But now, only one phone (HTC Hero, 2.1) is shown properly in the discovery list. The name of the 2nd device (SonyEricsson X8, 2.1), the capacity status as well as the playlist overview are empty.

I tried to remove %appdata% of Winamp; reinstalled the Winamp App. Nothing helped.

Any suggestions? :) Thanks in advance!

[Axellink]

The fix I found was to change the ml_pmp_device_"name of device" config file or delete it. There is something about that file that is stopping the phone being picked up.

The file should be located in the following for windows 7 users. XP I'm assuming its in document & settings etc.

C:\Users\*user*\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml

Edit: Also changing the device name in the Android Winamp app allows the program to detect the phone as well. Very weird.

[MaLaCoiD]

The problem was my VMware interfaces with 192.168/16 addresses. They were set for automatic metric. I changed VMnet1 and VMnet8's metric (under IP settings, Advanced) to 700 and 800. Then Winamp found my Incredible, no problem.

Thanks to Wireshark, it looks like the app finds the PC, not the other way around. It sends this every 5 seconds, even when the phone's asleep:
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
12612 124.948934 192.168.42.224 239.255.255.250 SSDP NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1

Frame 12612: 261 bytes on wire (2088 bits), 261 bytes captured (2088 bits)
Ethernet II, Src: Htc_76:0e:27 (90:21:55:76:0e:27), Dst: IPv4mcast_7f:ff:fa (01:00:5e:7f:ff:fa)
Internet Protocol, Src: 192.168.42.224 (192.168.42.224), Dst: 239.255.255.250 (239.255.255.250)
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: ssdp (1900), Dst Port: ssdp (1900)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
NOTIFY * HTTP/1.1\r\n
Host: 239.255.255.250:1900\r\n
NT: urn:nullsoft.com:device:Android:1\r\n
NTS:ssdp:alive\r\n
Cache-Control:max-age=30\r\n
Location:http://192.168.42.224:41990\r\n
id:600098b504205c4a\r\n
name:HTC ADR6300\r\n
port:41990\r\n
\r\n

When Winamp sees this multicast packet, it ARP's for the source and sends a TCP SYN to start the control session:
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
22 5.857098 192.168.42.25 192.168.42.224 TCP 54872 > 41990 [SYN] Seq=0 Win=8192 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=2 SACK_PERM=1

Frame 22: 66 bytes on wire (528 bits), 66 bytes captured (528 bits)
Ethernet II, Src: PcPartne_24:18:7d (00:01:2e:24:18:7d), Dst: Htc_76:0e:27 (90:21:55:76:0e:27)
Internet Protocol, Src: 192.168.42.25 (192.168.42.25), Dst: 192.168.42.224 (192.168.42.224)
Version: 4
Header length: 20 bytes
Differentiated Services Field: 0x00 (DSCP 0x00: Default; ECN: 0x00)
Total Length: 52
Identification: 0x6141 (24897)
Flags: 0x02 (Don't Fragment)
Fragment offset: 0
Time to live: 128
Protocol: TCP (6)
Header checksum: 0x0000 [incorrect, should be 0xc338]
Source: 192.168.42.25 (192.168.42.25)
Destination: 192.168.42.224 (192.168.42.224)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 54872 (54872), Dst Port: 41990 (41990), Seq: 0, Len: 0
Source port: 54872 (54872)
Destination port: 41990 (41990)
[Stream index: 4]
Sequence number: 0 (relative sequence number)
Header length: 32 bytes
Flags: 0x02 (SYN)
Window size: 8192
Checksum: 0xd670 [validation disabled]
Options: (12 bytes)
Maximum segment size: 1460 bytes
NOP
Window scale: 2 (multiply by 4)
NOP
NOP
TCP SACK Permitted Option: True

Then when you transfer files back and forth, it opens up a data channel:
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
52 12.359712 192.168.42.224 192.168.42.25 TCP 41990 > 54879 [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=403 Win=64076 Len=0

Frame 52: 60 bytes on wire (480 bits), 60 bytes captured (480 bits)
Ethernet II, Src: Htc_76:0e:27 (90:21:55:76:0e:27), Dst: PcPartne_24:18:7d (00:01:2e:24:18:7d)
Internet Protocol, Src: 192.168.42.224 (192.168.42.224), Dst: 192.168.42.25 (192.168.42.25)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 41990 (41990), Dst Port: 54879 (54879), Seq: 1, Ack: 403, Len: 0

[salocorgan69]

Also cannot connect at all.

Win 7 64, Nexus S.

a) Can anyone point me to technical details about how this is supposed to work? Ports, etc.? I'm firewalled up, need to know what to open....

b) When I click discover, nothing happens. Literally nothing. No error message, nada. Seriously, I'd expect more in the UI department from such an awesome app. No?

[MaLaCoiD]

Salocorgan69,
a) After discovery, your PC will open a TCP control stream to your phone's IP on Dst port 41990. To transfer files, you will see a flow from your PC's TCP port 41990 to the phone's TCP port 54879. So these ports need to be unblocked.

b) You need to allow your PC to receive traffic to 239.255.255.250 UDP port 1900 for Src & Dst for discovery to work. If this multicast traffic is firewalled or the phone is on a different network than the PC (unless you're routing multicast traffic, which 99.9% of home users don't do), discovery won't work.

Use Wireshark to see what's going on.

[salocorgan69]

Thanks a stack MaLaCoiD.

Totally disabled my firewall, and still get nothing unfort.

Is there any log file somewhere which shows what's happening when you click Discover?

[MaLaCoiD]

Salocorgan69, I don't know about a log, but just use Wireshark. Turn off all things on your PC which connect to the Internet and run a Wireshark capture on your network card. It should show the multicast traffic coming in. Your phone needs to be awake.

[wchettel]

Please answer these in your posts, maybe this might help the developers:

1. What phone do you have? HTC T-mobile G2
2. Version of Android (2.1, 2.2) 2.2 (stock)
3. What version of Windows? 32-bit or 64-bit? Windows XP 32-bit
4. Have you been able to only connect USB, WiFi, both or none of the above? BOTH Connect
5. What is your experience if you can connect?

I also had problems getting WiFi to connect. I stumbled across this work-around that gets it to connect. :p
1. Start Winamp on PC.
2. Start Winamp on phone.
3. On Winamp home screen on phone, tap Menu-Settings, then UN-Check Enable wireless sync (off) and then Back to Home screen.
4. On Winamp home screen on phone, tap Menu-Settings, Check Enable wireless sync (ON) and then Back to home screen.
5. Within 5-10 seconds the phone is found AND CONNECTED. But, if I Menu-Quit Winamp on the phone, my PC drops the connection so I have to keep Winamp running on the phone.

This works for me, I hope it helps you as well. :)

WCHettel
Davie, FL

[MikeChops]

This is just sad! :down:

Nearly 15,000 thread views... In a thread that was STARTED IN OCTOBER! And we still don't have a fix for this? Where is Winamp support?

All I want is what's being advertised... WiFi sync. Winamp rarely discovers my phone, and when it does, it wont transfer.

Can we have a fix already? NO WORK AROUNDS, NO 3RD PARTY SOFTWARE (thanks to those who tried, but none work)

[Alives]

Windows 7 x64. I fixed it! Uninstall winamp and reinstall fresh.

I have been using winamp 2.9x forever and today when I saw that the new winamp supports sync, I switched, but it wouldnt detect my phone in windows 7 x64. It did detect it in a Vista x64 vmware image though, so I knew it was my OS. On a whim I reinstalled winamp, and it instantly worked. Give it a try.

[jcbyte22]

I was able to get the android app to work once by enabling my wireless connection on the main pc. I tried it without the wireless connection and it worked for a few seconds then it disconnected. I then reconnected the wireless connection but this time no luck. No connection and nothing I have tried will cause he phone to show up in the devices section. This app is not ready for prine time.

JC

[Gruzilkin]

running Winamp as Administrator fixed discovery issue for me

[mr_ash44]

So, I had the same problem:

Wired PC <-> Wifi Winamp Phone

HTC Droid Incredible 2.2 Froyo

It appears Winamp Wifi Device Discovery has an issue with multi-homed machines IE: multiple NIC cards / adapters.

For example, I have a Hamachi adapter that I use quite often which was enabled.

I disabled the Hamachi adapter, RESTARTED Winamp, and device discovery worked.

The above information fixed my problem. I disabled/disconnected all network connections besides the one that my pc would use to discover the phone and then restarted Winamp. It discovered my phone almost instantly. I could then reconect to my other networks no probs. But once you close winamp you have to disconnect everything again. I had already tried pretty much every other suggestion in this thread but this one worked for me.

My Setup for the developers who are hopefully trying to fix this
HTC Desire HD
Android Version 2.2.1
Winamp Android V1.02
Winamp Desktop 5.61
Windows 7 x64
Usb Worked fine

I hope this helps someone else.

[thenightisdark]

My wifi to winamp on my LG optiums t didnt work, so though google found this thread.

I renamed my wired network connection to be #1 on the list. (It wasnt, it was #4).
My Android was then able to pair over wifi to my wired computer.

How I fixed the problem

Open Control Panel
Open Network and Sharing Center
Rename your internet or main connection to 1 (or just make sure it end up at the top of a computer sorted alphebtical list)


Then just try again, see if it works. Note, I did not have to disable. My hamachi and other connections are still working while winamp is updating my phone.

Interesting to note, contrary to the Dev post, I do not have a normal wireless router. I have one of those devices that should not work.


If Winamp detects your phone in USB mode, but not in Wifi mode, then (if none of the previously mentioned 'fixes' work) the main/most common reason would be either it's being blocked by a software firewall, or you're using a modem/router from an ISP (such as BT Home Hub) which blocks multicast, and therefore it's probably never going to work.

I am using a modem/router from my ISP, such as BT home Hub. I use ATT U-Verse. I assume ATT U-verse is the exception then. I mostly say this so that possibly some other ATT u-verse doesnt think its the router.

[RidiculousHat]

I was having this exact same problem with my HTC EVO 4G on Win7 home premium 64bit where my Windows XP laptop detected my phone fine on the first try... I tried running as administrator, renaming my network connection, disabling the firewall, etc. I finally was able to figure it out today...

In the services list (under "Administrative Tools" and then "Services"), for some reason "Function Discovery Provider Host" and "Function Discovery Resource Publication" were both set to disabled. I set them both to automatic, started both services, and restarted winamp... it discovered my device before I could even click the button.

[Bigtuna00]

If Winamp detects your phone in USB mode, but not in Wifi mode, then (if none of the previously mentioned 'fixes' work) the main/most common reason would be either it's being blocked by a software firewall, or you're using a modem/router from an ISP (such as BT Home Hub) which blocks multicast, and therefore it's probably never going to work.

No, this is not the problem, or certainly not the most common problem. The problem is the flawed design of Winamp. Like others here, I had to do one of two things:


Rename all network connections so that the internet/router connection is first.
Disable all other network adapters (so the other network connections aren't in the list)


Really sad.

In particular what I had in "Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections" was (in this order):


Bluetooth network
Work VPN connection
Ethernet connection


Renaming the VPN connection to be lower than the ethernet connection and disabling the Bluteooth adapter allowed it to work for me. I was also able to set everything back the way it was after pairing, it continues to work.

[alecao]

I uninstalled Winamp 5.6.1 clearing all data and installed 5.6 from this link (http://www.techspot.com/downloadget.php?id=2728&file=1&evp=061108d411d1b2048de7e3d80b305a04). Now wifi sync with my Galaxy S is working!! Hope it helps everyone.

[bakerboy908]

FIXED

Windows 7 Professorial 64bit
Galaxy S i-GT9000


I enabled media sharing in order to share files with my Xbox and BAM my phone popped up in winamp. (=

Pro Tip:
Enable media sharing

[glennremar]

FIXED. I had upgraded to the latest version of Winamp on Windows XP but discovery was not working. I tried renaming and disabling Network adapters. This did not fix the problem for me. I then uninstalled and reinstalled latest version of Winamp. When I tried again, phone was found. When I reinstalled, I allowed for more options in the install but I am not sure if this made a difference.

[Jorbazz]

Same problem here, but im using Asus eee tab

Asus eee tab tranformer tf101
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

[leozdad]

Have you installed Winamp 5.59 beta?

where does one find the winamp beta? you mention? i have the latest version from the winamp website, its version 5.621

My droid incredible wont connect or be found

[DreamXplorer]

Just want to share this peace of info, i overcame this issue by unpluging (turning off) every other network adapter i had but the one i wanted to use on both (laptop and device) then it worked out.

Still need to toggle off / on the wifi thingy but, hey, its something!!!

Best of lucks every1

[Jeeper One]

Make sure Mass Storage is ENABLED on your phone

Once you do this, Winamp should look like this on your desktop/laptop (Sorry if this looks a little oversized :D )

http://www.qsl.net/kb0oxd/misc/winampandroiddetect.jpg

Hope this helps :)

Cheers :D

[rrozema]

I've had both these problems with wifi sync, so here are my 2 hints for those not being able to find/connect their device:
1 - The phone should not be on USB while trying to connect wireless. Even having it connected in 'charge only'-mode will make the phone not show up in the devices list.
2 - As was suggested above, disable any bluetooth adapter on your computer. Having a bluetooth adapter active in your computer will make your devices list remain empty.

[stopasking]

I was having the same issue. win7 64bit exc, droidx.

All i did was switch to the bento theme and it worked fine then.

This worked for me too. I was in the "Big Bento" theme and nothing happened but when I switched to "Bento" it found it just fine and all was right and happy in the world.

[sowrov]

I did the followings to fix this issue:
1. install winamp agent
2. select Bento skin (even though I am not sure whether it is necessary)
3. restart wifi in both desktop and mobile (in order).

[diassuncao]

First disable your firewall
The open the "Device manager" and go to "Show">"Show hidden devices" the disable every single network addapter except the one you will use to connect to the phone.

[Whiteknight01]

It is really funny and I could not believe it, but it works.

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Only one network connection
SGS2

Winamp (both parts current version) crashed after connection of the phone partition in USB-mass storage mode. The SD-Card partition worked. So, if I removed only the phone partition and only used the SD-Card partition. Winamp stayed open then, but could not find the phone.

After searching and doing and spending a lot of time ...
I changed from Classic view to Bento and it works like a dream.
Thanks to sowrov and whoever has it mentioned before.

It is really funny and somehow ..., I don't know! :-) :-)

regards :-) :-)
Whiteknight

[emmons714]

Might have the answer people!

Is everyone here on a desktop without a wireless card and no router?

That was my issue, plugged in a wireless USB receiver and BOOM!

If you don't have one of those, set up a router. Sounds stupid but some people think their modem can communicate with devices if it is hardwired into your desktop.

[dowelly]

Hey guys, I found that pinging my phones IP address brought it up in the devices menu. It still dropped a couple of times, but pinging it again brought it back.

[buffo1987]

My solution is to open Airdroid or Kies together with winamp on my phone. It makes it detectable with any windows 7/8 computers on wlan or lan. Try it!

greetings
Benni

[zooooo]

Winamp detected my Samsung Galaxy S3 fine on v5.623 before I upgraded to v5.63

Now it doesn't recognize it at all. I tried downgrading Winamp but it doesn't work.

EXTREMELY ANNOYING, any suggestions?

[fredick]

sooo... I think I've tried everything listed in this post: renaming connection to 1, disabling any other connection, switching to Bento skin, allowing Winamp Agent, reinstalling whole Winamp (on both desktop and phone), disabling Firewall, deleting the appdata....nothing worked for me and I still can't see a single thing in Devices tab

could it be that the phone app still has problems with having multiple connections on? the thing is my PC is connected to internet via LAN cable and having no router, the only way to get interner on my mobile is making a hotspot on the PC (using Connectify)..

if so, the mobile app still needs fixing... A LOT

details:
1. device type: Samsung Galaxy S2
2. version of Android: 2.3.6
3. version of Windows? 64-bit
4. haven't tried USB (don't work on my old PC)
5. n/a

[fredick]

fixed the problem: there was a problem with my phone, reinstalling the OS solved it

[OneMoreUsername]

Same problem here:

Device: Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD
Android Winamp: 1.4.5
Android OS: 4.0.4
PC Winamp: 5.621
PC OS: Windows 7 Home 64-bit, all latest updates installed as of 12/29/2012

Wireless sync enabled in Android Winamp. PC Winamp "Discover" button does nothing. Using classic skin.

I have read this forum and will now try some of the suggestions to see if they work:

- Switch to Bento skin: No effect.
- Switch to Big Bento skin: No effect.
- Disable all PC network adapters except wifi: No effect.
- Disable then re-enable wifi on phone and PC: No effect.
- Various combinations of the above: No effect.

Now what?

Also can we get a Winamp support response here? This has been going on for a while it seems...

Thanks!

[gseth]

This was not working for me as well for my Galaxy S3.

I ran winamp as admin and it worked instantly. It now detects via wifi and updates my playlist.

[deaf_amp]

I installed wifi on Winamp - worked perfectly - what's the fuss?
Played a track - UI froze ! (coincidence?)
Eventually did clean install and guess what ?
will NOT detect device. PANTS!

[joebhoy]

I had the same problem where it would not detect my Samsung Galaxy note. My phone was online and connecting to the internet but I couldn't ping the phones IP address. To be able to ping a device the IP address must be in the ARP cache - mines wasn't for some reason. This would explain why it couldn't ping, thus connect in WinAMP.

To view your ARP cache goto a command prompt and type arp -a
It should show a list of IP addresses and mac addresses. If the IP address of you device is missing you can add it manually (which I had to do)

To add it type this command

netsh interface ipv4 add neighbors "LAN" "192.168.x.x" "11-AA-11-AA-11-AA"

"LAN" is the name of you connection - you can get this by typing netsh interface show interface


After doing this is was able to ping the device and then Winamp worked and it detected the device

[Nephrix]

As many others here, so do I have a problem related to desktop Winamp not detecting an android phone once I click "Discover" button in Devices tab, nothing happens. Occasionally though, once I disable and enable wireless sync once again, then at that particular moment with a delay of approximately 2-3 seconds, my device shows up on the list of available devices. Unfortunatelly, it fades back out again once I attempt to sync it with the PC program. What might seem as an unstable wifi connection is actually a much deeper problem beyond my knowledges far away from what I understand and know of.

So to sum this all up, I'd quite a lot appreciate if there was someone to explain to me how to fix this problem in the means of going fully into basic details, since I'm not a pro to be able to fix it myself and don't understand all of the details some1 wrote in the post above (yeah, the one about IP adress and such).

Any PM explaining what to do in particular steps is most welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Nephrix

[Visje]

Like many others I have the same problems connecting winamp to my Samsung GS II or the Samsung GY. The odd thing is that it works one time, but the next day winamp doesn't seem to be able to find any of the phones anymore.
Tried connecting using USB, disconnecting, and discovering again.
When my son changes to his account on the machine sometimes the phones are discovered when he starts winamp, even without starting winamp on any of the phones. But when we tried this again it doesn't work.

Connecting winamp to a phone is unpredictable. There's no scenario in which it always seems to work. To bad, because when it works, it's a great way to maintain the music on the devices.

[deaf_amp]

shutting down everything fixed (tend to avoid doing this) - never had problem again

[gm514]

Found a Fix:
EVO 4G LTE, Jelly Bean, Win7 64

Turn off Internet Connection Sharing on the wireless adapter:
Network >> Network and Sharing Center >> Change Adapter Settings >> Properties (for wireless adapter) >> Sharing tab >> un tic 'Allow other Network users to connect...'

- device is discoverable and can sync now.

I tested it by sharing the connection again - device was not discoverable.

So Try this, worked for me.

[drlard]

I had this working for a long time, however, I would just lose the connection mid song or during a song change...

BUT, it just stopped working again after I updated the firmware on my router.

I couldn't get it to work, went through some of the fixes - and knowing it had just worked before my router update - that none of them would work for me.

One thing that did happen during the update though, was that I lost all my settings...which forced me to go through all the options I can think of. I noticed that I had a new setting called "Enable IPv4 Multicast Streams". The description reads:

"IPv4 Multicast Streams
The router uses the IGMP protocol to support efficient multicasting -- transmission of identical content, such as multimedia, from a source to a number of recipients."

This WASN'T checked. Once I checked it and hit save, the router reset itself and now it's working.

[dynamicradio]

I to have had this problem. I tried the beta and had it working for a day for it to stop since. If it is a problem my end it is strange that it did originally work and that lots of other people have this problem.

[curta]

Connected first time and I sent files fine.

Now it won't discover, discover button doesn't seem to even try to do anything when you click it on the PC... I tried the latest beta winamp on PC.. still doesn't work, tried connecting/reconnecting, tried disabling network adapters and internet connection sharing.

The sync is broken. Fix it please. This is why try before you buy should be the law, companies advertise features that don't even work. Will fix it eventually is not good enough.

Windows 8 Pro 64 bit With Media Center

[robdog2004]

one thing to check is your network
wifi has to be in password mode
and firewall has to allow access to files on the network
some firewalls you have to verify setting to make sure it reads the other devices on the network

also sometimes the way windows restarts may cause issues
ive noticed after any windows updates i have to restart twice to get reconnection to the phone

[Lord_Funkmonkey]

Guys, to fix this do the following workaround (not really a permanent fix)

(Windows+R) -> %appdata% -> Navigate to Winamp/Plugins/ml/ -> Delete ml_pmp_device_(device name.)

If you have Winamp running on PC at the time, restart it, and the device should reappear immediately and will ask you on the phone to allow/deny device again.

[vicntc]

I was having this exact same problem with my HTC EVO 4G on Win7 home premium 64bit where my Windows XP laptop detected my phone fine on the first try... I tried running as administrator, renaming my network connection, disabling the firewall, etc. I finally was able to figure it out today...

In the services list (under "Administrative Tools" and then "Services"), for some reason "Function Discovery Provider Host" and "Function Discovery Resource Publication" were both set to disabled. I set them both to automatic, started both services, and restarted winamp... it discovered my device before I could even click the button.

This worked for me as well on Win7 x64. Made sure both services were enabled and set to automatic, restarted Winamp and Swoosh! Winamp not only detected the HTC Device but also my HP Touchpad (Dual boot with Android OS).

Now if I can just get it to keep syncing when the screen lock kicks in...

[Update].. It worked once. Got to 73% on the sync then frozen. Refuses to see either device anymore.