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[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] TXFI:
Thanks for all the features and fixes, the latest version seems to work quite well - no major bugs that would prevent me from playing music.

Is there a way to set the default startup folder for the native folder/file picker? It's quite tedious to always have to tap on "sd card" and "music" just to get to my music.

The app seems to have been designed as one size fits all in terms of UI placement/resolution. On a Lumia 1520 there's quite a big black gap between the top text row (Home, Favorites, etc) and the song name and album cover under it. It might look much better if you changed all the items below the top text row to align top. That way the black empty area would be in the bottom of the screen instead. I'm attaching two screenshots - your original and my suggestion. (Please don't think I'm trying to force my own UI direction, I'm okay with yours just as well.) Major changes are the centering of the album cover and top alignment of everything.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
I am actually not sure what to do with that blank area over there.

It is still quite big even on my HTC 8x, which is nowhere near as big as yours.

Your suggestion is surely on the table. Another possibility is to move the buttons which are at the bottom right now up above the album cover.

I am also considering adding new features to the player in the future, and said space will be occupied by some of them.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] TXFI:
I thought about moving the buttons up and while I'd personally appreciate it (even suggested it in post #121) I think people with smaller devices would still prefer having them in the bottom for easier/one-handed access.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
I will try to weed out the weird sound at the end of the file.

But I don't think I can do much since this is a system bug.

I can hear it even in flac files. Do you guys do the same?
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] JLowe:
Yes, also with Flac files :(
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
This is a system bug.

The flac decoding system doesn;t even use Microsoft's codecs. I reported this issue to the developer forums but nobody answered yet.

I tried a different decoder for mp3 last night, the issue still remains :(

This is purely in Microsoft's hands.

You can vote this to make micriosoft more aware of this

http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...he-annoying-sound-at-the-begining-of-music-fi
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
Do you guys actually use the song/album/artist/genre views or are just opening files with the explorer?

Regarding file type associations: Microsoft still reserves file types for their built-in apps.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] byobge:
I'd hope they're plenty aware of it - like you say, it affects every single music app.

If you're relying on built-in playback code, will gapless album playback actually be possible? (I haven't seen any mention of this feature lately, and it's the single feature for which I would sacrifice all bells and/or whistles...)
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
Gapless playback is more or less determined by 2 things:

a) The time it takes to get the next track ready. This involves finding the track's file and opening the file. This is influenced by a number of things, such as SD/storage flash random access speed, which is unfortunately not very good in mobile phones right now.

b) The amount of silent time the encoders introduce at the end/beginning of the file. All files formats have these issues because there are tagging data at the beginning/end of file and they are variable in length, so you can't just jump over them.

Therefore, there is really no such thing as a "gapless" playback. It really depends on how fast the gap is closed and how much silent time there is. If an album is designed to be gapless, then it should be gapless in this app.

My app is designed for great speed once it loads all the files. Getting to the next track should take under 100 ms. Any gaps heard are induced by encoders.

Windows phone does support gapless playback. The decoders are very fast and the processor itself provides hardware acceleration for most lossy file formats (no flac or ogg, sorry:( ). In fact, whether or not the gap is there, sometimes it is out of the developer's hands (of course, xbox music still has large gaps).

In the end, it is more a matter of optimizing the playback agent.

I did my best to minimize the gaps. If I can come up with new ways of optimizing this, I surely will implement them.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
I will submit a new update latter today.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] TXFI:
How about combining the "Folder picker" and "File picker"? Looks like I can achieve everything through Folder compared to Files except that through Folder I can also select the whole album/folder to play without picking individual files (by clicking the Play/enque button without selecting anything).

There seems to also be a bug where the metadata on the main play screen does not update if the previous file had an ID-tag but the current file does not.

Edit: Never mind, the file selector in Folder picker does not seem to do anything. In any case combining them would be good, if possible.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
I am aware of the metadata bug on the main page. I am currently attempting to fix it. Got it as far as having the album art display correctly. There is also a similar issue with the play/pause button not matching the actual state of the player.

I do not believe combining the file and folder picker is possible.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
New version up and coming.

See if there are still bugs with the metadata on home view.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] TXFI:
I updated today and the metadata issue seems to be fixed. I found a new issue where the play/pause button stops working - it does pause the song but doesn't work for restarting playback.

Suggestion: Add third option to album art: "Use external file if embedded art is not available".

I'm planning to load a fairly large amount of test files to my 128GB card one of these days and see if I can switch to using this player as my primary. I'll post comments/issues here as I encounter them.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
Are you referring to the fact that after a few minutes (5+) of inactivity from the player, pressing the play button will not start playback again?

Regarding the cracking sounds: it seems microsoft is aware of it, but the latest system update did not fix it :'(
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] TXFI:
For me it's immediate - start the player, start a song, press pause -> play-button does not work.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
I fixed it but there is a problem with the store and I can't upload it...
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] TXFI:
The app choke on my approx 13000 test files. I let it run for 10 hours but it never completed scanning, just kept on showing the scanning dots on the top. The native player successfully scanned the same files in about 15 minutes. It would be great if Media Center could show progress as a number of files scanned to give you an idea where it is and whether it has frozen.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
Well, it actually does show the progress.

However, there is a bug in the API which prevents me from scanning all folders at once and it needs to be done recursively, and perhaps this is causing the issue. This also means i actually have to keep references for all files in memory and it might exceed the limit. This is because I need to support flac and ogg, since they are not supported by the system, they do not show up in system API calls and I need to write my own.

I''ve made some changes. See if it works better now
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] TXFI:
Maybe a quick fix could be to have scanning feature disabled by default (and an option in settings to enable it, if user wants to). I.e. have the player be primarily a file+folder player for now until the final version of the WP OS 8.1 becomes available and you've had the chance to address the various limitations and workarounds inherent to media playback on this platform.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
Well, it is like that now.

The latest update does just that. I need some testers to make sure there are no weird display issues now.

The work-arounds are mostly caused by microsoft's bugs in the SDK. I found 2 so far regarding the file system. Let's hope they will fix them in the final release of the SDK.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] TXFI:
General playback seems to work OK but there are a lot of issues with cover art and tags in file mode. Initially it loaded the cover art of the first file but not for any of the subsequent files. It also does not show the textual ID tags at all.

Could you please elaborate on what kind of bugs there are, exactly?
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
Sorry, completely forgot about now-playing tab :(

Been very busy these past few days. I will fix it today.

There is also the thing that now-playing now shows the file names instead of actual titles. I can't really do a lot here without sacrificing a lot of speed...

As for the bugs...

1) One can not get a deep file query which returns all file types in a folder. Windows Phone keeps a file index, just like normal Windows, and getting files from this index is obviously faster. However, the query which is supposed to return all files from the current folder and its subfolders only returns file types supported by the operating system, which means flac and ogg get the shaft here as they pass on invisible to the file query.

2) There are other queries, like ordering the result by DateModified, which would be great to find new files which would in turn save a lot of time at tagging algorithm, but that query crashes the app.

3) There is, of course, in already infamous music playback bug..
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] stealth21:
Hi..

I just wonder if playing MP3 files with cue support is a do-able thing.

When you look at the market theres no application for that.

Actually there was no flac player at the past but now there is..

So playing mp3 with cue support is realistic or not?

What do you say guys.

I so much need this, i have lots lots lots of DJ sets on my computer.

regards...
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
I will see what can be done about it..
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
Submitted a new update for visual bugs.

One week from now the 8.1 app will be available for everyone.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
By popular request, I've added backgrounds with album art and live tiles.

The wide tile is still in a placeholder state, I plan to create a much more complex version in the next few days, depending on how much time I have.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
Just a quick head ups, I am working on a completely new UI for the main page.

The UI will be shared with the windows 8 app which should be available by the end of this month, if everything goes well.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] ddaflorez:
Meep working
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] VSparxx:
Great player, needs a better UI though :)

Cosmine, ai facut o treaba buna, butoanele ar fi bine sa fie vizibil când interactionezi cu ele, acum sunt statice, in rest un player de nota 10 dupa capabilitati.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] matgras:
if this app gets an equalizer, man that would be awesome
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] CSMR:
I tested this for the first time yesterday on WP8.1 (Lumia 1520)

I tested by opening a folder of ogg files.

I find this app very promising, although a long way from being ready. But I will wait for it to be ready before purchasing a windows phone!

Some issues, from most to least critical:

- After a while (5 to 15 minutes) the player stops playing, usually stalling. Can happen when it comes to a new file, or in the middle of a music file. Sometimes pressing play/pause a few times will get it working; sometimes previous/next will; and once the program became completely unresponsive and the phone had to be reset.

- Playback of ogg files is not gapless.

- When you open a folder you are given a list of files with checkboxes and it's not clear whether you have to check the checkboxes. Actually you don't and can just press play but sometimes it needs to be pressed a few times before it works.

- I could not see how to STOP play or CLOSE the app. I could only see pause, but that is not the same as WP thinks the app is paused so if you adjust the volume the app's name comes up in the volume display. I think either STOP or CLOSE is needed.

[- No seek (noted as a problem with ogg files in the app description)]

If there is a format that works better than ogg, I am happy to retest with that. Encoding to different formats is easy, finding a working music player is hard!

Nice work so far, I look forward to testing future updates!
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
The decoder is use for ogg is not very stable, but i didn't have the time to get one to work properly. I intend to fix the rendering engine for flac and ogg after the UI change. ogg only supports 44100 sampling rate, while flac supports 44100 and 48000. The biggest issue with flac and ogg is their battery drain. The current decoder, although not really the best around, offers battery life.

The next update should be ready by this time next week (well, it all depends on microsoft and how fast they aprove it. It appears that now, the aproval process lasts singificantly longer than it did before, for some weird reason). The update brings a new UI for main page and UI improvements for the other pages, and powerful customization options for the main page (it depends if this will be translated to the other pages as well).
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
That will come once the new rendering engine is ready. Which should be in the next major update after the UI one.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] matgras:
glad to hear it, i really appreciate it
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
The rendering engine appears to be just fine, aside from some random errors that appear every now and then due to unknown reasons, most likely related to memory management.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] amitwp:
Waiting eagerly.

Sent from my Lumia.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] amitwp:
Could you provide opacity settings for background album cover?

Sent from my Lumia.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] amitwp:
The app is working great but it seriously need a better user interface.

You can hide settings from the pivot and incorporate it below file picker.

Sent from my Lumia.
[Windows Phone 8 Apps and Games] mcosmin222:
You mean the album cover on the now playing tab?

The new UI is out.

If there aren';t any particular huge issues with the new UI, I will get to work on the new rendering engine.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mark_sa:
Hi,

All the jellybean releases for TF101 lack face-unlock feature although we had it in ICS.

I have read that it is because we dont have NEON support.

However, I cant understand why it is not possible to just take those libraries from ICS and use them in Jellybean?

What is the new NEON specific features that dont allow face unlock to be taken from ICS?

Would love to hear the opinions of ROM developers.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] athanhtu:
Hello everyone!

I'm a new member of our 4rum.

I'm using CM10 (android 4.1.2) on Xperia Arc.

I want to use SEMC camera and gallery 3D on stock rom, because of their great features. I tried to use files APK on stock ROM, or to use titanium backup to restore them on CM10, but I can't do it successfully.

Please help me to solve this problem!

Many thanks for seeing my post!
[Nokia Lumia 920] JemaKnight:
So I've gotten the hard reset bug, and I'm working on fixing it up myself. (RM-821 Telstra AU)

I've got nokia care suite all setup and ready to go, but the phone WON'T FLASH.

When it comes up asking me to hold down the buttons etc etc etc I hold power and volume down, press the retry button, wait for the vibration, take my fingers off power and volume down and put my finger on volume up.

By my phone just goes back into the lightning bolt/gear mode thing.

One thing I've noticed is that after the vibration my computer does the dundundun USB connection sound that usually means the USB device inserted isn't understood, instead of the dunDUN one that usually means success. (weird explanation but I think it works)

Thanks for any help, guys. I really need to get this thing going again.

Edit:

One extra piece of information would be that if I try to let it boot normally now, it shows the unsufficient battery icon after the carrier symbol. If I leave it there while chargin though, it eventually goes as far as the black NOKIA screen and won't charge.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cptan82:
As title, CM 10 - Notifications bar & navigation bar (Back / Home / Recent Apps buttons) was disappear after reboot from a crash, keep on reboot dosnot help. I had try go to settings\ Trebuchet setting to do some change but it is useless.

Look at below screen shot:

The previous Navigation Bar still appear as below:

CM 10 - Jelly Bean Version 4.1.2
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] asawi:
Check your "regular" settings under "System" and see if some fiddling around there will get it back for you. I don't have Trebuchet any more, so not sure what to look for there.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cptan82:
do not have regular option under "setting\system", my version cm 10 jelly bean 4.1.2.

I can't post a link of pictures as i still need 5 posts to unlock my new registered account.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] asawi:
I was being unclear. Sorry! I too am running CM10. WIth "regular" I meant your system settings as opposed to Trebuchet settings.

Go to setting, system, navigation buttons and play round there a bit. Sometimes toggling something on/off can get it back if it has turned itself off.

---------- Post added at 02:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:21 PM ----------

Also in settings - system you have "status bar" to fiddle with.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cptan82:
At Navigation buttons, I found a "Always show menu button" After I tick check it, the another navigation bar was show awhile then hide again, I uncheck it again the samething happen again, repeat few time then pop out, Unfortunately, system ui has stopped.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] krustation:
Try to hold the power button to get to the tablet options see if it's there. Should say something like expand status bar.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cptan82:
This is what i am doing , not convenient for social apps, keep hold the power button for every navigation . Either i need to reinstall it?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] krustation:
Ahh I see.

So go to Settings>Launcher (under interface)>Gestures. Click on "Double Tap" and select "Toggle Status Bar". Go back to the home screen and double tab on it. It should show the bar. If it does then go back to gestures and set them to "No Action" if you don't need them.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cptan82:
Thanks, the status bar is shown, but notification bar no more pulling down style. Any idea?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] krustation:
Yea. Go to Settings> System (under Interface)> Status Bar. Uncheck "Tablet Status Bar"

The lower bar might disappear but press the back button in the top left corner next to Status Bar and it should show up. If it doesn't then hold the power button and toggle it. Should work fine from there.
[LG Optimus Black] ARDV:
hello

i have a problem with my p970, i've lost my lockscreen password

what to do?

when i enter in update mode, neither adb nor fastboot works

how to enter the recovery? or flash a recovery if it doesn't exist?

and how to enter fastboot mode ?
[LG Optimus Black] yankoh2:
To enter into recovery: shut the phone down, turn it on and immediately spam the G-button until you see recovery :)
[LG Optimus Black] ARDV:
tried lot of times with many ways but can't enter it

help please
[LG Optimus Black] N00BY0815:
There's no fastboot on our device. LG disabled it. You probably will have to flash it via SFT, do a factory reset and it should work again. But you ll lose all data, by doing so.
[LG Optimus Black] ARDV:
yes, that's what i thought

but hat is SFT?
[LG Optimus Black] N00BY0815:
Smartflashtool, just read my noob how to please, if you re new here.
[LG Optimus Black] ARDV:
thanks a lot man, you saved me :)
[LG Optimus Black] n1980:
[TIP] Enter in CWM Recovery with keys on P970H/P970

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2095007
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dkim3:
A week ago I sent in my Note 2 for repairs to Samsung, and their repair service stated that the IMEI number is blocked and that I should talk to T-mobile to get an unlock code.

I read some other threads where their IEMI number was blocked due to the previous phone holder not paying off their dues. My Note 2 was purchased as a used phone from CL.

Fortunately I still have the traders phone number, I plan on contacting him if T-mobile does not provide a unlock code.

Is there another way to fix this blocked IMEI number?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] witeboy07:
The previous user must pay the bill. No unlock code can remove imei lock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Droid Premium:
Yeah. Its either they didn't pay the bill or it is reported stolen. I have heard of iPhone's getting flashed so they will work again. But i don't know about a galaxy note 2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
U can flash any phone this way. U need a doner device.

Sent from my SGH-T889

---------- Post added at 05:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:55 PM ----------

Also get a signed recept and bill of sale with the imei noterized from the seller and that should be enuff to get u legetly unblocked with a bbb dispute ect.

Sent from my SGH-T889
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] phreshjoker:
If we unlocked it via tmobile would it work with other carriers?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] yungtexas:
I thought this method was for cdma phones only. Sprint and Verizon. Don't think it'll work with the note 2. Worth a try though
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aristo2jzgte:
I heard theres a way to fix bad imei. Many ppl are doing it. Its illegal though!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] tony yayo:
Might be illegal, but If I didn't do anything wrong, why should I have to be the one to pay the price.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] aristo2jzgte:
I totally agree!!!!!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
Some would say that possessing stolen property is wrong...

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dkim3:
My note is arriving back from repair on Tuesday and I'm planning on calling the guy who sold me the phone.

I heard people reporting to fraud department? Where do I go to claim a fraud?

I even know where the guy lives, so I'm planning on going to his house if he does not comply with my demands. ( no weapons of course)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] phreshjoker:
I know youre in good intentions but dont ever go to anothers house without then knowing without something lethal arm... you dont know what he is capable of
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pr0cl1v1ty:
I am in the same exact boat, this is absolutely ridiculous and I need to find a resolution.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dkim3:
flashing imei will unblock?