Music Player (Remix) - Original/Obsolete Homebrew Version - Page 13

DanPLC · 08/29/2009, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Complex Pants

They work for me. However, I don't get an ABC option if I am in one of my playlists. All I get is an empty box at the top of the screen.

It was intentional to remove the ABC option for playlists; however, now a few people seems to be missing it. Perhaps I'll add it back in the next release.

DanPLC · 08/29/2009, 10:40 PM

I think I figured out what may be causing the ABC function to fail for some people. I looked through the code and realized that if any songs in a person's collection does not have a song name in the ID3 tag, the search function will fail for any songs after that song.

For everyone having issues with the ABC function, is it possible that one of your songs may not have a song name filled in for one of your songs?

Regardless of whether this is the cause of this issue, I still need to fix it, so I'll release a new version tomorrow. Hopefully this is what's causing everyone's issue.

Complex Pants · 08/29/2009, 10:50 PM

It doesn't matter a huge amount to me whether the abc function is in playlists or not, but you should remove the empty box if the functionality is not there.

gollyzila · 08/29/2009, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanPLC

I think I figured out what may be causing the ABC function to fail for some people. I looked through the code and realized that if any songs in a person's collection does not have a song name in the ID3 tag, the search function will fail for any songs after that song.

For everyone having issues with the ABC function, is it possible that one of your songs may not have a song name filled in for one of your songs?

Regardless of whether this is the cause of this issue, I still need to fix it, so I'll release a new version tomorrow. Hopefully this is what's causing everyone's issue.

I think I figured it out! I have the virtual keyboard and it places a click-sound audio file in /media/internal. That audio file shows up in Music (Remix). I'm guessing that everyone who has this problem also has the virtual keyboard installed

noaxis2 · 08/30/2009, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RealMayo

The current scenario is that on your computer you either...
1) ...already have folders with music in them and m3u playlist files already exist in them in which case you just copy the whole folder over to your Pre via usb cable
2) ...or you don't have any m3u files yet... Which means you have to create some playlists on your PC (the non-iTunes method being)... Create a new folder on your PC. Drag a bunch of songs into it. Then drag all those songs into wmplayer and save as a playlist of type m3u into the same folder. Now drag that folder to your Pre via usb.

Into what folder do I drag the folder of music with the playlist?

Thanks for a great app! I've gone another week (virtually) iPod free...only used it to listen Harry Potter!

TrickerZ · 08/30/2009, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanPLC

I think I figured out what may be causing the ABC function to fail for some people. I looked through the code and realized that if any songs in a person's collection does not have a song name in the ID3 tag, the search function will fail for any songs after that song.

For everyone having issues with the ABC function, is it possible that one of your songs may not have a song name filled in for one of your songs?

Regardless of whether this is the cause of this issue, I still need to fix it, so I'll release a new version tomorrow. Hopefully this is what's causing everyone's issue.

This is what I was thinking. Either it was blank or had a character in it that your code didn't like.

un_designer · 08/30/2009, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gollyzila

I think I figured it out! I have the virtual keyboard and it places a click-sound audio file in /media/internal. That audio file shows up in Music (Remix). I'm guessing that everyone who has this problem also has the virtual keyboard installed

You've got it exactly right! I do have the virtual keyboard installed, and as soon as I got rid of that audio file, the [ABC] works again. Until DanPLC releases the next update, this is a super-easy workaround. Thanks!!! You've just made my morning.

DanPLC · 08/30/2009, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by un_designer

You've got it exactly right! I do have the virtual keyboard installed, and as soon as I got rid of that audio file, the [ABC] works again. Until DanPLC releases the next update, this is a super-easy workaround. Thanks!!! You've just made my morning.

The fix should be available soon. I created an MP3 file with no song name in the ID3 tag. The file was named test.mp3. Sure enough, when I loaded the file, the ABC function failed for all letters after "T".

I'm testing the fix now on the emulator.

DanPLC · 08/30/2009, 08:49 AM

Version 0.6.3 has been posted in the first thread. The actual issue with the non-named files are that the file path name is used. In most cases, this will be a lower-case letter. The code was doing a pure equality check, so lower-case letters caused the ABC selector to fail. Once I converted all the letters to upper-case, it worked again.

In this version, I also added the ABC selector back to the playlist song list. Also I added error handling to the ABC search index routine so if any other unanticipated errors occur, the user will receive an error popup when using the ABC selector.

RealMayo · 08/30/2009, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noaxis2

Into what folder do I drag the folder of music with the playlist?

I believe you can drag it anywhere onto the Pre via usb cable because the Pre scans that partition for music files. However to keep things neat and tidy I created a new folder on my Pre called MUSIC and then I drag all of my different music folders into this folder.

KallDrexx · 08/30/2009, 02:04 PM

Nice app. Quick question though. Does using the app in card view with the progress slider use more battery than palm's with no slider?

Edit: nevermind, just noticed it stops updating if it is not active

DanPLC · 08/30/2009, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KallDrexx

Edit: nevermind, just noticed it stops updating if it is not active

Exactly correct! This was one of the first fixes I implemented.

drizek · 08/30/2009, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanPLC

No sorry I won't be able to add support for any new codecs.

Can you elaborate on that? I guess you would know more than anyone else about the audio setup of the Pre. Is it running Gstreamer or is there an abstraction layer or what?

If it isn't in the scope of this app to add ogg/flac support, (not to mention .ape and a bunch of others I wish were there), do you think it will be relatively trivial for someone else to add support for this in the future?

I am really liking the idea of listening to music in the "cloud", given the storage limitations of the Pre, but most of the music on my computer is in FLAC format.

On the other hand, I don't think Sprint will be too happy about me streaming FLAC over 3G all day

cornbread · 08/30/2009, 05:17 PM

I installed MP remix and now I can't play music from it or from built in music player or pandora or ringtone preview but ringtones work when called and system sounds work.

PLEASE HELP!?

DanPLC · 08/30/2009, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cornbread

I installed MP remix and now I can't play music from it or from built in music player or pandora or ringtone preview but ringtones work when called and system sounds work.

PLEASE HELP!?

The music player has no way to affect the other applications. I'd make sure your volume is not muted if all sounds on your system are not audible.

DanPLC · 08/30/2009, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drizek

Can you elaborate on that? I guess you would know more than anyone else about the audio setup of the Pre. Is it running Gstreamer or is there an abstraction layer or what?

If it isn't in the scope of this app to add ogg/flac support, (not to mention .ape and a bunch of others I wish were there), do you think it will be relatively trivial for someone else to add support for this in the future?

I am really liking the idea of listening to music in the "cloud", given the storage limitations of the Pre, but most of the music on my computer is in FLAC format.

On the other hand, I don't think Sprint will be too happy about me streaming FLAC over 3G all day

The Music Player uses the audio service to play tracks. The audio service is the one that decodes the music files. So no, I don't have a way to add additional codec support.

grifter600 · 08/30/2009, 06:08 PM

Thanks a bunch for this. Bookmarks and the slider will be great for my daily use

le_seus · 08/30/2009, 09:05 PM

Hey man great app and great features. I have a request.....can you add the create a playlist on the go functionality like the ipod has? Thanks much and keep up the great work.

DanPLC · 08/30/2009, 09:27 PM

Version 0.7.0 has been released!!! The keyword is COLOR!

I like blue...maybe you like it too...but maybe you don't. So now the wallpaper color in the app is customizable via the new "Preferences" screen available on the app's menu.

The color selection will be saved and restored when you restart the app.

stevo04 · 08/30/2009, 09:53 PM

any chance we could get an EQ on this app? then it would be perfect..

08/29/2009, 10:40 PM	#242 (permalink)
DanPLC Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,565 Likes Received: 134 Thanks: 277 Thanked 1,366 Times in 664 Posts	I think I figured out what may be causing the ABC function to fail for some people. I looked through the code and realized that if any songs in a person's collection does not have a song name in the ID3 tag, the search function will fail for any songs after that song. For everyone having issues with the ABC function, is it possible that one of your songs may not have a song name filled in for one of your songs? Regardless of whether this is the cause of this issue, I still need to fix it, so I'll release a new version tomorrow. Hopefully this is what's causing everyone's issue.
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08/29/2009, 10:50 PM	#243 (permalink)
Complex Pants Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,648 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 114 Thanked 243 Times in 163 Posts	It doesn't matter a huge amount to me whether the abc function is in playlists or not, but you should remove the empty box if the functionality is not there.
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08/30/2009, 08:49 AM	#249 (permalink)
DanPLC Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,565 Likes Received: 134 Thanks: 277 Thanked 1,366 Times in 664 Posts	Version 0.6.3 has been posted in the first thread. The actual issue with the non-named files are that the file path name is used. In most cases, this will be a lower-case letter. The code was doing a pure equality check, so lower-case letters caused the ABC selector to fail. Once I converted all the letters to upper-case, it worked again. In this version, I also added the ABC selector back to the playlist song list. Also I added error handling to the ABC search index routine so if any other unanticipated errors occur, the user will receive an error popup when using the ABC selector.
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08/30/2009, 02:04 PM	#251 (permalink)
KallDrexx Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 118 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Nice app. Quick question though. Does using the app in card view with the progress slider use more battery than palm's with no slider? Edit: nevermind, just noticed it stops updating if it is not active
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08/30/2009, 05:17 PM	#254 (permalink)
cornbread Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 31 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	No music from pre now I installed MP remix and now I can't play music from it or from built in music player or pandora or ringtone preview but ringtones work when called and system sounds work. PLEASE HELP!?
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08/30/2009, 06:08 PM	#257 (permalink)
grifter600 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 21 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Thanks a bunch for this. Bookmarks and the slider will be great for my daily use
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08/30/2009, 09:05 PM	#258 (permalink)
le_seus Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 49 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 27 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Hey man great app and great features. I have a request.....can you add the create a playlist on the go functionality like the ipod has? Thanks much and keep up the great work.
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08/30/2009, 09:27 PM	#259 (permalink)
DanPLC Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,565 Likes Received: 134 Thanks: 277 Thanked 1,366 Times in 664 Posts	Version 0.7.0 has been released!!! The keyword is COLOR! I like blue...maybe you like it too...but maybe you don't. So now the wallpaper color in the app is customizable via the new "Preferences" screen available on the app's menu. The color selection will be saved and restored when you restart the app.
	Liked by

08/30/2009, 09:53 PM	#260 (permalink)
stevo04 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	any chance we could get an EQ on this app? then it would be perfect..
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