yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jomo25:
Just installed also. Installed Python. Then Melody. Get start up screen with folder list. But get lots of errors for trying to do anything. And when I select a folder, I still don't get all the subfolders. Hmmm...let me see if I can post some of the errors I'm getting, but looks alot like the ones posted above.

Do I need any other software? Flash? I thought Flash is not longer needed. I have .NET CF2 installed.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Hmm, looks like i might have to do a re-write of the folder selection function, seems like where that's where the last of the problems all spin off from. Anyway guys continue to post your experiences up here, I value each post. As usually though, im up late with this, and really must get some sleep. No uni tomorrow, so as soon as i get up, i'll take a look at all the comments, and i'll probably do up a patch with a re-write of the folder selection.

Oh, and I think this is a pretty big land mark release, so, how about deleting all of the releases prior to this one from the first page, yes/no? I'll read when i get up. :)

Keep em' coming!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Requirements are on the first page:

Requirements:

.NET Compact Framework 2

Flash Player 7 ActiveX

Pythonce (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pyt...2&big_mirror=0)

Your mp3 collection.

It'd be my advice, if you realized you didnt mean the requirements the first time, un-install melody, install whatever dependency wasn't there before, then re-install melody after that.

Ok guys, REALLY going off to bed now..lol
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dcgrove:
Ok, so Python is installed. Tried to get the album art and got this error.

Melody.exe

NullReferenceException

at MyForms.Create__Instance__()

at MyForms.get_Form6()

at Melody.Form4.Timer1_Tick()

at System.Windows.Forms.Timer._WnProc()

at System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationThreadContext._InternalContextMessages()

at Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop()

at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run()

at Melody.Form1.Main()
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jomo25:
Very cool. Thanks again! Sorry about the Flash confusion. Thought it didn't need that any more and the req'ts weren't updated. Get some rest. You def deserve it :)

Looking forward to the next fix release and playing with this more!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lepsyfou:
no probleme

no probleme for me, thank you again
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bratag:
Ok Chad a few observations.

1) Album scrolling doesn't seem to work in portrait. Works fine in landscape

2) Had to make changes to python again for characters that aren't letters/nums

3) Volume never seems to get that loud - even when I up in using dpad etc.

4) When I switch screens - it seems to leave the forms open in the background - this chews up a tonne of memory in an app that is already quite heavy on it owing to flash.

5) CPU usage when the app is playing is around 25-30% on my Kaiser. Any way we can drop that? Perhaps a larger buffer so its not constantly reading from disk.

On the other hand the app looks great and functions almost perfectly. Kudos and thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Azimuth21:
that main thing i ask for is better support for characters that aren't letters or numbers. for example, i had commas in the album names for a few songs, which threw off the scroller. since the scroller uses "scroller.txt", which separates album names by commas, the scroller thought the album was actually two different albums, messing up scrolling. i'd end up with a blank landscape screen.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] henftling:
the same here, also Melody does not come along with lots of subfolders you got by transferring Music from e.g. Itunes to PocketPC: eg. Device/Storage card/Music/Artist/Album

I just can select one album, and then I can only listen to music in List mode - any other mode forces Melody to crash

what a pitty thought we might have the ultimate player...but does not work at the moment love to test future upgrades.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marco899:
Full of errors on my tyn II. Pre releas was doing quit well but this release:

- very slow

- can't select folder without crash or can't scroll down enogh when there isn't a crash or black screen when scrolling down.

Most of the error is System IO directory.internalgetfiledirectorynames etc.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alebla:
getting same lots of crashes with the subfolder issue. when i select a subfolder using the List mode and try to listen to file melody crashes as well.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Luochao522:
think you and help me

firstly.think you very much .it is a bad news that my device d900 will upgrate ram.so i have not my device. only one thing that l do is waiting for the loved device. but today l send this software to a friend .what happened for he is device have displayed a lot of error informations .

according to you guideline he installed this python software and melody 0.8

would you like tell you what happened during the running,I think that one software is lost or forget installing certain softwares
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] yaron316:
ok, i've been trying since day 1 to make the albumart be on the display, with no luck. can anybody please tell me how to attach an albumart jpeg with a file? i tried using tagrunner and re tagging all my files and then transfer the imaes to the albumart folder, still no luck.

anyone??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gtdRR:
In portrait mode everyting is perfect, buttons, album art, names. The only problem I am having so far is that the album art isn't displayed in the landscape scrolling mode. I can still scroll but I just have a blank screen. I click on the screen and I still get the songs for that album but still no Album art??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bratag:
I modded my script to remove these type of characters from the album art etc.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Feedback

Okay guys, just read through all of your comments, and I think we've isolated a very big bug in melody, probably one of the last major bugs to deal with, FOLDER and SUB-FOLDER SCANNING! It may seem like something trivial, but the .NET CF for some strange reason, has no control's to deal with this problem, so everything must be done by hand.

Here's the policy I'll take from now on:

Before I even begin to talk about 0.9, let's clean up all the bugs found on 0.8 and bring forth a solid player. Why I say this, is because 0.9 will more or less be the addition of "fluff features." If we can create a stable 0.8 then we've got good foundation to work with.

So, the release cycle will be that of: 0.81...0.82..0.83

Ofcourse, these releases will be a lot quicker between themselves and it would be a good idea to probably not go too deep into this cycle. But I think it would definitely be for the best of melody. So, between now and 0.8x let's create a stable melody!

First on the list: Proper support for scanning folders and sub-folders.

I'm not home right now, but as soon as I get back I'll see if I can release a directory fix cab file, that should remedy all the nasty errors.

Until then, keep posting guys, LOVIN' IT!

-Thundy
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gtdRR:
Would you mind uploading your script? Please.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
Can PythonCE be installed to my card, or is it better to just have it installed to main memory for speed purposes?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jomo25:
As Thundershadow said himself as he answered the same question byme about 2 pages ago, PythonCE can be installed to Storage Card or to Main. He himself has it installed on his Storage Card. Of course installing it to Main might give better performance, but it does take a up a good chunk.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
Sorry, i just read that after I posted this, but now I get an error that I just wrote out, and it wont post.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] yaron316:
can anyone please assist me with this matter?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Okay, first thing is, you really shouldn't trouble the content of the albumart folder anymore, it's become a lot more sensitive over time. Once you've used a program to attach the albumart to the mp3, run melody, and when it asks you to grab album art click yes. A pythonce window should now pop up giving you the names of the albums it's found art for. Now melody should pick it up nicely. Mind you, these instructions only apply for the latest 0.8 version of melody.

Hope this helps.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Directory Listing

Hey guys,

I was just looking over the code for the listing and selecting of directories, and I just remembered a funny aspect about the scrolling lists. Can anyone tell me at EXACTLY what point the argument out of range error occurs? For example, is it when you actually click the "select folder" button, or is it as you try to scroll or select one of the folders in the list. This is VERY important, please let me know, anyone ASAP.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
For some reason, Melody keeps on skipping certain songs, even though they will play in other media players. And I keep getting errors, but they happen randomly, can't really tell you what I did to get them to pop up.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Okay, I think I may fix the screen problem by issuing a scene size command, in swish. But, when you say you marked the songs with numbers ahead in the filename, what exactly does that mean? Can you give me a format? Why I ask, is because, the file name is used a lot in my code :).

Chad.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Update

UPDATE:

Installing visual studio as we speak ;). So expect some native coding releases for testing. I might be off for most of the day, since my LAN party starts in another hour. But please continue to post your experiences, good or bad ;).

Many thanks again,

Chad.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stephano:
I hope you know the fact, that only Professional and above versions of Visual Studio supports development for Windows Mobile devices.

Anyway, I hope you'll make a great app.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Yup, I'm using Professional :). Thanks though! Maybe we can "join forces" if I ever make any distance with this form of my app :).

Chad.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stephano:
Please contact me on private message, we should talk. MSN/Skype
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NNagendran:
titans joining hands... good news for us all... great app dude and dude.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nonegiven:
Excellent work with this app. Can't wait to see it progress and get faster.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Avatar28:
Okay, maybe I'm missing something here but I can NOT find this player after I installed it. It went through the installation process but did not create any kind of shortcut and doesn't show up anywhere. Where did I go wrong?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Wow, VERY strange. What device and OS are you running? and which installation did you go with? The first one, the second one, or the cab file of the second one?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] eelco_akker:
Not true, VS 2005 Standard supports Mobile Devices, VS 2008 Standard Beta 2 does not...

Eelco

Btw. Great work from the both of you
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pthomson:
Just a few questions.

1. should this be installed on main memory or memory card. I tried to install on main memory, and it states it was successful but there was no folder created and does not show a program.exe.

2. In your instructions for the album cover downloader it states "Now it will automatically start to parse the xml files, and download the jpegs. I currently have no progress related function for this step, so the most you can do, is go into the "albumart" folder, and keep refreshing it so you know it's finish downloading all the jpegs." does the program create the "albumart" folder or does it prompt you to create one? I have not been able to get the downloader to work. When I run the program it doesn't even appear to connect to the internet. The program states all xml files downloaded but no xml's appear in the mp3s folder.

By the way your program looks great I can't wait to get it working.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
The app, SHOULD be installed on the main memory. What version of the installation are you using though? As far as the album art goes, I think you're checking in the wrong directory, for the art. In the zip file, comes an empty folder named "albumart" the xml files, and there after the jpeg files are downloaded to that folder. You put that folder where the app is installed and everything should work fine. But you said the app isn't installing....strange, which installer are you using?

Chad.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Native Update

Hello everyone,

A lot as happened over the past few days. Listening to what everyone has said about performance issues, I've managed to write a native form of my application, that uses NO flash. Since this has been achieved, development of the flash version of iMedia Player has officially stopped. I've attached a TEST version of the native version below. All it does, is play an mp3. Many of you might be thinking this is a step backward, but I just wanted to make sure that this integral part of the app works for everyone, before I let out a version with more complicated scrolling and moving routines. So I'd really appreciate it, if everyone gave it a try. I'm using Fmod, for mp3 playback, so it actually gives me more scope than media player did.

Install/Usage instructions:

Just copy the two files in the zip, to anywhere on your PDA and run the exe. Click the play button, and a file dialog windows will pop up, asking you for an mp3. Select any mp3 and it should play.

Looking forward to your feedback,

Chad.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Avatar28:
I used the EXE download of the second one, iMedia Player 0.2.exe. Device is a Wizard with the XDA Mobile 6 Release 3 ROM. It went through and installed two or three items on my device, supposedly successfully. Just no icon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Did it even create a directory in the program files directory on your PDA? Maybe try using the cab file supplied, and see if that helps. :)

Chad.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Avatar28:
Gah! I still can't get the thing to work. I've tried reinstalling it from my PC, I downloaded and installed the cab version. I keep getting that msg about needing some netcf file. I know he's moved to a native version, but I'm wanting to have a look at the flash version to see if it can be made into something that will work with FreeStyl.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
The netcf error, is usually associated with not having flash player 7 installed. Even if you currently have it installed, uninstall it, and install again. I've had previous complaints about this error, but try and see if that may work.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Avatar28:
Okay, I just uninstalled both flash player 7 and flash light. Reinstalled FP7 and tried reinstalling the imedia player and get the same result. I just soft reset. Tried reinstalling it again and get the same msg.

I'm currently reinstalling the .net compact framework 2.0 sp2 as I write this. It reports that it already exists in the ROM.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Avatar28:
Gah! I just uninstalled all components installed by the EXE, the media control for IE and the actual imedia player through the add/remove programs in Active Sync. I then reinstalled it on my computer with the EXE. Didn't get a confirmation window of the Windows Media Control for Pocket PC completing before the other started, but it is listed in add/remove programs. iMedia player is not listed at all. Neither does it seem to actually create a folder on my device, not that I can find at least. Oh, after I get the above msg about the needed file and hit OK, I get a screen from the iMedia player saying it installed successfully. That despite the fact that it isn't listed in remove programs or even exists on the device that I can tell. :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
VERY VERY strange, try the 1st installer, and see if you get the same problem. I believe though, switching to native will fix all of these problems for sure.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
I just got the error after I tried to scroll through my songs. At first, nothing appears, then the error shows up. Hope that helps.

EDIT: First install, never had this problem. After uninstall and reinstall, error always happens
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Just noticed this as well, seems as if the wmp lib doesn't like some mp3 files. Not only that, but it seems to take up A LOT more memory than fmodce did. I might have to jump back to fmodce for the actual playing of files, and use the wmp lib for wma's, wmv's and indexing.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
@b.mann

Can you or anyone else, sign on msn real quick to run me through this, it's a little difficult for me to fix this particular problem when my device doesnt seem to display the symptoms. Please?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
I'll be on ina sec

MSN: da.mann55
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
that's @ hotmail right??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bratag:
As requested.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Sorry about that, it completely slipped me to include the new id3 script, will do so in 0.81.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] boyet804:
getting bunch of errors when i try to pick the storage card where my music is at??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Yup Yup, I've just identified the problem. In fact, it has NOTHING to do with my previous assumption that my code to scan directories was bad. It's actually the funny behavior of the kinetic scroller user control. Either it has some sort of bug (which I would have to tell gingercat about) or I'm implementing it all wrong. I'll let everyone here know which one of these it is, before the night is out (well, before it's out here anyway) lol.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
I'm getting the same type errors, can't wait to use this, it is sounding pretty sweet!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Errors

Okay, the problem was the scrolling list user control. It appears as if it didn't compile right when I was working with it initially, plus I wasn't using the latest version from gingercat. Anyway, I re-implemented it, so anyone who has been getting ugly errors while trying to select their mp3 folder such as the ever popular: Argument out of range, should be very happy about this update.

0.81 also includes the new id3 python script from Bratag. So in other words, your album names can now include things like commas, and question marks etc.

Come on guys, let's move towards a stable melody! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
Tags

For anyone that had problems with playing certain songs (i.e. Melody skipping then when you chose/hit next to play it) try renaming it

in the original folder it came from

, then transfer it to the storage card.

So far this has worked on all of the songs that wouldn't play before I changed the name--->I just did right click, properties, then go through fields in summary.

Hope this helps :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alebla:
Thunder,

I'm still getting the:

NullReferenceException

at Melody.Form1.PictureBox6_Click_1().....

error when selection the music folder. however, Melody doesn't crash when i choose an artist folder.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
Ok, you have to select the folder that the MP3s are in, then hit the "Select Folder" button up top. Then it should work correctly.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alebla:
b.mann,

i have my music in storage card/music. in Melody i select storage card then highlight music folder and hit the bottom on the left and the one in the right which says done. i get the error when i click the artist icon in Melody. when i click list icon i get a black screen with no errors nor music.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
you have to double click the music folder too then hit the select folder button, then you will be able to scroll by hitting the first button
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alebla:
b.mann,

i'm still getting same error. the only way i don't get the error is if i choose a specific folder (artist) within the music folder.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
Well that's why, throw all mp3s into a folder without any subfolders, then it'll work, trust me. He had me test it half the night before you guys got it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alebla:
i'll try that then.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alebla:
b.mann,

i put all my mp3 and some wma into one folder and no subfolders. i get the song list when i click the list icon and play the songs but when i click the artist icon in melody i get the error.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jomo25:
When I double tap on Storage Card, it doesn't list all my folders under that. It only lists about 5 of them. The rest don't show up.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gtdRR:
Is anyone else not seeing the album art when in landscape mode (album scroller mode)?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dani01:
Hi,

sorry for my very bad englisch, but i´m from Germany.

I have an big problem, i´ve installed Pyhton, .Net Framework Compact 2.0 und flash 7 active x plugin.

When i startet Melody, i become the error:

"Unerwarteter Fehler in Melody.exe...

"Klasse nicht registriert"

Details:

Melody.exe

COMException

Klasse nicht registiert

bei

System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CoCreatInstance()...

and very more

so also Melody doesnt start.

Can anyone help my please?

My device is an Ipaq rz1710 with WM 2003 SE
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
Are you using 0.8 or 0.81? 0.81 doesn;t even have the album art scroller functioning in it, or at least the version I tested will always give an error when I try to scroll through album art.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
My Deutsch ist nicht so gut, aber Ich danke das Melody mit WM2003 nicht vereinbar ist.

Und Sie brauchen kein Flash 7 für Melody 0.81, nur PythonCE, .NET CF2.0

Viel Glück!