Playing Music

Playing Music

Play your Music, Podcasts or Audiobooks with FileBrowserGO on iPhone/iPad, queue up tracks, adjust playback speed or cast your music to Airplay or Chromecast enabled speakers.

Tapping a music file will queue it and any other music tracks in order from the current folder to your "now playing" queue. For example, tapping track 3 will queue tracks 3-9 of Alice In Chains Dirt album.

Tapping another music track from another folder will clear your play queue and add these instead.

After you have played music you can access the media player via the music icon in the bottom toolbar.

FileBrowserGO can play most music file types including MP3, M4a, Wav, Hi-Res Flac.

Play Music, Podcasts or AudioBooks

Play Modes

Album mode

Album Mode

Play selected track and the remaining ones in the folder.

Single mode

Single Mode

Selecting a track from a folder queues and plays it once.

Repeat mode

Repeat Mode

Play selected track and all others in the folder continuously.

Shuffle mode

Shuffle Mode

Play selected track and others in the folder randomly.


Queueing Tracks

If you want to queue up tracks then use the file actions menu and select "Queue Audio" to add the track to the end of your play queue.

Reorder tracks by tapping "Edit", rearrange the track order and then tap the blue tick.

Speed up or Slow down Playback

Tap the "1x" button on the music player and select your playback speed.

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Queue music tracks

AirPlay Music Files

AirPlay Music Files

Cast your music to smart speakers around your home using AirPlay.

  1. Play music by tapping on a file or playlist file.
  2. In the Media Player tap the AirPlay icon.
  3. Select your device from the list.

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How to Cast your Music Files to your AirPlay Enabled Devices

Play music files from iOS to Chromecast

Chromecast Music

  • Play music by tapping on a file or playlist file.
  • In the Media Player tap the Chromecast icon.
  • Select your device from the list.

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How to Cast your Music Files to your Chromecast Enabled Devices
Cast Music to Alexa Devices

Cast Music to Alexa Devices

Open the Alexa app.

Select "More" from the bottom menu, then select "Settings" then "Devices Settings"

How to Cast your Music Files to your Alexa Devices

Select your echo device from the list, then under Bluetooth Connections select "Connect a device".

Open up the iOS Settings app, then select Bluetooth.

Select your Alexa device from the list. The device will then announce that "it is now connected to (Your) iPad".

Once paired, you can go ahead and close both the Settings app and the Alexa app.

Tip: Once you are paired to the Alexa device you can rename it by tapping the "i" under Settings>Bluetooth and rename the device to something more memorable.

Note: If you have connected via Bluetooth to this device before, sometimes the iPad / iPhone won't connect to it again. This is an iOS Bluetooth issue.

Tap the "i" icon next to the name and choose "Forget this device". Then rescan for Bluetooth devices and select it. It should now pair for you.

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Pair Alexa

Record Audio

Navigate to a folder you want to save your voice recording and tap the Plus icon in the bottom toolbar and select "Record Audio".

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Record Audio on iOS

MusicStreamer stream your music library to your iPad

MusicStreamer

For a dedicated music playing app, try our MusicStreamer app

Import and export playlists, connect to multiple music libraries and download tracks for offline playback. With our iTunes Alternative for Streaming MP3s.
Find out more about MusicStreamer.

Download MusicStreamer from the Apple App Store

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