WearOS has a built-in media control that you can configure to pop up automatically when the phone is playing music or video. There are also multiple apps that act as remote controls for the phone’s camera. Mine also displays the camera view on the watch, which can be very handy.

The third-party media players often provide more detailed controls. They handle a broader range of formats (particularly VLC). And some of them perform better.

To be honest, though, the main reason I use third-party players is because I’m familiar with them. It’s similar to the advantages of using a third-party launcher. You have a lot more control over when and how you upgrade your UI experience.

And, on a side note, one of the best things about having a smartwatch is being able to control my phone’s media players without taking out my phone.

I use MX Player, PowerAmp, and VLC for various things.

He is probably multilingual. Seems like a smart, well-educated person.

That’s just what I was thinking. It should contain added microplastics and industrial waste. And it should come in bottles made of plastic that cant’ be recycled and never breaks down. That would be the proper way to support right wing environmental policies. It would also be another “don’t get vaccinated” way for them to kill their own supporters.

You’ve chosen beautiful counters and floors!

I’m not sure if this helps, but my PayPal account has two sources configured. One is direct withdrawal from my checking account. The other is a debit card tied to my checking account. I have never had a merchant refuse it.

They are aggressively going after anyone who points out that almost everything they say is a lie. That’s what “woke” really means. They’re terrified of anyone who is awake and paying attention.

Just ignore the fact that you’re up to your waist in floodwater and go about your normal business. After a while it will stop bothering you.

I appreciate your patient contributions to this discussion. And I agree with you. This is another case of blaming the victim. When someone makes a threat threatens you the focus needs to be on those making the threat. How you handle the threat is only important if no one stops the aggressor.

Large parts of the GOP want to turn our country into a “what it used to be” that never existed. Destroying our educational system is a critical part of that mission. The lies at the base of their movement are not very effective against people with critical thinking skills, so they want to avoid letting anyone teach those.

These people are a genuine threat because we have allowed them into positions of genuine power. There will be no long-term solutions to the problems they are causing until we get them back out of power.

My city plows the bike paths at the same time it plows the emergency routes. We’re in Wisconsin, but a startling number of people still commute by bike all year long.

A bold adventurer!

This seems like a useful tool. Thanks!

I was thinking the same thing.

The problem is that honest names, like repression fund or authoritarianism fund, don’t score well in marketing research.

This is an illustration of Multiple Physicality Disorder.

I’m glad you found them! Different manufacturers put them in different places.

You have given the correct and inevitable answer.

The most common place under Android is in a directory named DCIM/Camera/ on the local storage.

Maybe you should add a bit of lithium with the detergent.

I try very hard to buy everything on physical media. I subscribe to a few streaming services, but I never buy non-physical media. You don’t really own anything that can suddenly disappear because a company changes policies, get bought, or goes out of business.

Everything I buy is then ripped and stored on my local media server. That makes them more convenient and allows me to store the physical media out of the way. If something goes wrong, I can always re-rip.

It is worth noting that optical discs age and can become unreadable over time. If that happens, I can always go in the opposite direction and burn a new disc from my digital copy.