Microsoft is killing its music streaming service, Groove Music. The company today announced that it will be killing Groove Music and transfer subscribers of Groove Music Pass to its partner Spotify instead. Microsoft killing Groove Music at this point is definitely a huge surprise, as the software maker has been making significant improvements to the service over.
-->Browse the music catalog.
Remarks
The Browse Catalog request is composed of mandatory and optional URL parts and query parameters. A request containing all parameters would resemble the following string:
| Note |
|---|
| Pagination is zero-based (the first page is found at page 0), and catalog browse will not return more than 1000 total items. |
| You cannot combine the following filters together in the same request: genre, mood, activity. |
After that date, you won’t be able to stream your OneDrive music through the Groove Music app. What will happen to my music files in OneDrive? Your personal music files will still be available in OneDrive, which you can access online or through the OneDrive application on any supported device. Enjoy Groove on PCs, tablets, and Xbox. Browse and search your entire music collection. Make and manage playlists that rock any occasion. Difference Between Groove Music and Windows Media Player? Windows Media Player is famous as a default and a great media player for decades, whereas Groove Music is a new music service from Microsoft. Groove Music is the Universal Windows application through which users can stream music on other devices such as Windows Phone and Xbox.
For parameters common to every Groove RESTful API, see Parameters common to every Groove RESTful API. For a table of error codes, see Error (JSON). For HTTP status codes, see Groove RESTful API HTTP Status Codes.
Response object
Query string parameters
The following parameters are not available on the Common Parameters page.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| namespace | string | The namespace to browse. |
| type | string | Required. The type of item to browse. The following values are supported: 'albums', 'artists', 'tracks'. |
| orderBy | string | Optional. Ordering chosen for that content (orderBy field). If incompatible, an HTTP 400 error will be emitted. |
| genre | string | Optional. Genre name; filters browsing to return only items in a specific genre of content. Possible values can be obtained using the browse genres API, and must be properly URL-encoded. |
| mood | string | Optional. Mood name; filters browsing to return only playlists in a specific mood category. Possible values can be obtained using the browse moods API, and must be properly URL-encoded. |
| activity | string | Optional. Activity name; filters browsing to return only playlists in a specific activity category. Possible values can be obtained using the browse activities API, and must be properly URL-encoded. |
| maxItems | 32-bit signed integer | Optional. The number of items to browse per page. The default value is 25, and it's the maximum value allowed as well. |
| page | 32-bit signed integer | Optional. The page to browse (will skip page*maxItems items). The first (and default) page is page 0. |
| continuationToken | string | A continuation token provided in an earlier service response and optionally passed back to the service to request the continuation of an incomplete list of content. |
| extra | string | Required. The type of the requested sub-elements (for example, 'Tracks' or 'Albums'). See Extras. |
Examples
Browse the most popular catalog artists in your region
Request
Response
Browse the playlists in the 'Sleepy' mood category
Request
Response
Browse the 5 most played albums in your region
Request
Response
Browse the 50 most played tracks in France
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Response
Continuation Request (using 'page=1', but it could also have used the ContinuationToken from the first response instead)
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Parent
A useful helper for all users who want to manage their music collection and play their favorite songs stored on the PC, in iTunes, or in OneDrive
Ever since Windows 8 arrived and brought about some important changes in many respects for Microsoft's proprietary operating system, all eyes were on the newly born apps and their Store, especially since a handful of those applications came with the OS.
Windows evolved to 8.1 and later on, Windows 10, and many of the utilities did the same, particularly those developed by the Redmond-based corporation. Among them, one of the more popular apps, Groove Music, formerly known as Xbox Music, is trying to deliver its users all the content they need when it comes to songs, albums and performing artists.
Listen to locally stored music
The interactive app aims to serve as both a music player and a content manager, combining both in an attractive interface. Groove Music can collect automatically all the tracks stored in the default Music folders, and it allows you to specify custom locations as well.
The player is intuitive and, no matter the section you are browsing, it doesn't disappear from the lower side of the interface. As such, you can always get a glimpse at the song name, pause it, jump to the next or the previous track, activate shuffling or playlist repeat, and control the volume.
Microsoft Groove Music App
Create playlists and organize your music
The software comes with support for playlists, including those generated in iTunes, so if you want to add your music this way, simply use the 'Import playlists' function. Just as well you can save the currently playing tunes into a new list and have it displayed in the left pane for quick access.
Organizing your music collection requires nothing more than you adding the music in the playlists. Groove Music automatically extracts information regarding albums, artists, and song names, placing the titles in the designated areas.
An overall good, but limited music player
With a few of the old features of Xbox Music gone and new features in the spotlight, Groove Music is, on the whole, a good music player with simple playback control, and a reliable audio collection manager. Nevertheless, the rather limited set of features it carries makes it more suitable for basic tasks.
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Groove Music was reviewed by Olivian Puha- Groove music pass subscribers get access to the online music catalog (a 30-day trial is available, but credit card information is required to activate it)
- Internet connection
- Minor fixes and improvements
- Please note, not all features are available in all markets
Microsoft Groove Music App
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