Music Apps, Decoders, and Bluetooth Control, Oh My

My LG G4 came with "Beats Music", "Google Play Music", and "Music" "apps" (the quotes around apps to be explained later). I loaded "PlayerPro" as that has been my player of choice.
I noticed on my old Galaxy S3 and on my new LG G4 that some mp3 files do not play to completion. It is as if they were corrupted. The same MP3's play fine on my desktop. Changing music players on the phone has no effect - the song gets interrupted using either "Music" or "PlayerPro".
Question 1) Is the MP3 decoding happening at the hardware layer and/or within Android?
Question 2) Is there some way with how a file is encoded (the encoder used, bit rate, etc) that is known to cause issues with playback?
When listening to PlayPro on my Bluetooth headset, at one point the the "Play" command from the headset caused "Music" to start playing, not "PlayerPro".
Question 3) How do you control which app the headset is commanding? Is there such a thing as "default music app", and if so, how is that specified?
While trying to debug the misrouted bluetooth commands, I tried to make sure "Music" app was really terminated. I pressed the square on-screen button to bring up the task manager. "Music" wasn't listed, even though "Music" was playing music. Also, when I go to "Apps" under the config menu, "Music" isn't listed.
Question 4) Is "Music" really an app?

Hey
I’d be happy to help with music playback on your LG G4!
Let’s tackle each question one by one. With regards to MP3 decoding, this is indeed performed by the Android system, though certain apps do have the ability to decode on the app level. You’ll also notice this in some video playback apps, where you can opt for hardware or software decoding. To my knowledge, there are not any known issues specifically related to Android which would cause MP3 files to behave in this way, however the behavior you have described certainly sounds like the affected files were corrupted during their upload/transfer as you have suggested. I would recommend removing the files and re-syncing them across from your PC.
Bluetooth headset of control of your music app can sometimes be changed by setting a default music app, depending on the device. Generally, you can do this by following these steps.
Head to Settings > Application Manager
Swipe across to ALL
Choose the Music app
Tap Clear defaults
Use a file manager app to locate an MP3 file
Upon opening MP3 file, you will be asked which app to set as default
Choose your desired app
Failing this, a workaround would be to disable any music apps you do not wish to use via the Application Manager. As mentioned above, the Music app may only show in the ALL category.
I hope this helps!
Charise

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