Widget for stock music player?

[lotus49]

The stock Android music player is perfectly acceptable and will send track information to a Bluetooth connected car stereo, which is an important feature to me.

Unfortunately, the widget isn't very pretty and I don't like the black background at all. It rather spoils the look of the home screen on my shiny new S4, which I have taken so much trouble to prettify.

I have tried Plug In Music Widget but it didn't work properly (the track names and album art seemed to randomly appear and disappear).

Does anyone have any suggestions for a widget for the stock music player that is capable of having a transparent background?

Alternatively (and preferably) does anyone know how to get PlayerPro (my music player of choice) to send the track info over a Bluetooth connection?

 

[iostream212]

You try turning on AVRCP in Player Pro?
Settings -> Music library -> AVRCP support under Notifications.

 

[lotus49]

You try turning on AVRCP in Player Pro?
Settings -> Music library -> AVRCP support under Notifications.

Never having heard of AVRCP I hadn't but I have now and it worked perfectly.

Thank you very much. That is exactly what I was hoping for. I prefer PlayerPro as a player and I like its widget. The lack of track information was the only drawback and thanks to your help, that is now solved.

 

[iostream212]

Cool man. Glad you got it working. One more thing off the list!

 

[chanchan05]

PlayerPro has its own set of widgets. Why not use those? They're quite customizeable. Personally for my homescreen, I don't use a music widget because the music controls appear on the notification shade for music players. Have you tried those?