yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
Haha, no, because now you have some space left to perfectionise your skin mate;) otherwise your work here would be done, wouldnt it?

hehe:p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
i hope the big font didnt make it seem i was mad i was just joking around but you are right i am still working on it so its not perfected yet. lol thanks mate.:D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] SHAHS:
Vga Version Required !

Chad When You Are Going To Come Up With Vga Version?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
i cant speak for him but i think he wants to get qvga version stable first then he'll make it vga.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] KyleK29:
Looks nice. Will the new version/skin be changable? It'd be nice if the graphics were contained in a subfolder that can be edited by the end user.

As a future suggestion, gesture controls would also be nice. Just a swipe-right-to-left is previous song, Left to right is next song. The animation would be a screen-wipe (in the direction, see HTC Album) of the cover-art. That'd kick*** and give you the iPhone crowd. Just a thought.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ciccione:
Same question here...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aragorn21:
by the way, you have to tag your mp3 with a specific program to embedded album art in the file

like Mediamonkey

(the one I use since 2 days) very nice, and it works great then with PM
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b.mann:
Chad, sign me up if you still need testing to be done, I had to revive my device recently, so I will try the new version out now.

Ben
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ciccione:
Thank you| ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Lanowar:
Great prog

Hi you did a great job, but I can't use your prog, because i just have a vga screen. May my hopes for a vga version be heard in the ears of the developer.

Thanks in advance

Lanowar
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Update:

Still working on the playlist and scan functions. It's really giving me hell, but I should be able to have it finished soon. It's also going to grab all of your albumart and save it to file, so it doesn't scan your mp3 file redundantly, and ofcourse solving that HIDEOUS bug of having all those jpegs in the root directory. Lol, I still don't know how that happened, but anyway, the entire way melody finds your media is being re-written so it really doesn't matter. I'll also be re-structuring the animation code, so it's a bit smoother. :)

Just a little update.

Work work work, till my head hurts...then work MORE! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mushipkw:
For the interface, I would really love it, if the buttons are transparent i.e. album art displays rite until the bottom & the buttons are above it transparently. Will be amazing.

Like this:

Use of fingers for scrolling instead of arrows, when any album is clicked, displays the tracks by flipping around. When song is selected displays the album art rite until the bottom & buttons are transparent 15%. Previous, Play, Next instead of Buttons.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aragorn21:
What is this program ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mushipkw:
Its VsCaller. I know its off topic
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] s173nc3r:
T-Mobile MyFaves?

BTW I would give my 2nd head for coverflow (itunes-like) interface in pocketmelody ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
It would be neat, but impossible to do on a windows mobile device, most devices dont have the capability to render the graffics. And it would be really really hard to make, wouldt it, Chad?

Tomás uit Holland.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cAnArdtichAud:
First time i heard talkin about melody i thought that it would show albumarts like "cover flow", will it ever be the case ? :o :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cAnArdtichAud:
With flash it's possible, i found it on french coding website that linked here for the code:

http://www.arno-box.net/flash/14/flash-effet-coverflow-ditunes-v02/

and here for a preview http://www.arno-box.net/flash/13/flash-effet-coverflow-itunes/

enjoy :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
Cover Flo

Guys, Guys, Guys, Be patient you will be surprise on what will be coming in the future. ;) It is a secret so dont ask.:confused::D

Chad and I are cooking up some things right now. So dont worry we are working on it. I hope chad didnt mind for speaking for him.;) I am one of the lead GUI Designers and me and chad been speaking to each other so i think I can speak for him right now. AHH, in conclusion the future is getting brighter everyday for PM.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
Wow you got me excited!:D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Fitz:
Hey

I want to say that it is a great program, it works really smooth on my htc wizzard, but i need one function. a simple kind of key lock. When i have it in my pocket with the screen off, I still can press the phone button so when i press it twice i will dial my latests call. I hope it can be implended in one of the next releases so i can use it as a real mp3-player.

Greats
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] s173nc3r:
BTW I"ve tested v0.3 very hard and i could not find any bug! only missing features which are anticipated in next versions. i am looking forward to next versions more than to gifts under the Christmas tree :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Airhead315:
I have a PPC-6700 and the program launches just fine but when I click on the list button(top right) it goes to a black screen and sits there forever. Only way to get out of it is to hit the close button on the phone itself(the end call button)

Any ideas?

P.S. I have let it sit there for a while and it just stays like that...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
Hi there,

Ive posted a second video on youtube with a better view of PM,

see for yourself at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQ6M6B8qnA

Cheers!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
LOL...your sounding like A_C now....he just plopped a new version of his Slide2Lock that blew everybody away, he was quiet for almost a month, and added more features in this version than ANYONE expected....Merry Christmas!!!!!

So I am crossing my fingers here, I think Thundershadow14 and aih1977 are brewing something special here!!!! ;-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Coverflow etc.

@aih1977

Lol, you can speak for me, in fact you've done just what I was gonna do! :D

Coverflow really isn't THAT graphically intense. Let's think about it for a while, we can run Pocket Doom on our devices, and even if it might be slow, it's a HELL of a lot more resource intensive that coverflow will ever be.

First off, it is possible with flash, but one of the promises i made to myself was NOT to use flash in the C++ version, and that promise stands. What I can tell you, is that coverflow (along with some other things *ehem*) are brewing in the pot. A lot of these things I had in theory, but because of my lack of ability to create good graphics, were kept in theory. Now aih1977 is here to fill that gap for me.

API's such as GAPI and the likes, for some reason have been limited to pocketpc game creation, but with the help of these API's developers are able to create VERY VERY nice effects, since they allow direct access to the frame buffer. Cover flow, is nothing more than some bitmap manipulation, and some transparency effects. It is my opinion that is DEFINITELY a reality, and the .NET version stands as proof. How? Well if the bloated .NET version with python and FLASH could create such a fluid album scrolling experience, then why can't the work of C++ and GAPI emulate coverflow.

Anyway, I'm still working on much more simple function that I believe create more trouble to code, than coding things like coverflow!! Lol, really it's true.

I leave you with a video that inspires me, and should serve as more than hope for the rest of you :).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zy5pWcBAaQ

Working...working...working...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stpete111:
100% NOT true.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fizawan:
AVRCP!!! (not really need it though, still can use it over a2dp, and PM has become my default media player!!!) and dont forget bout the customizable AVRCP agent that i have mentioned before :cool:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
hehe appareantly my wrong thinking caused a little bit of 'trouble'

haha:p

PS: Chad, yes i saw that video too, i think its pretty cool
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Just a thought:

Anyone interested in creating a site for pocketmelody? You'll be signed up as an official beta tester if you do?? :D I've got the webspace already, just need the site itself. Obviously neither me or aih1977 would have the time to create a website. Just thought it'd be cool to have a web presence other than on the forum :).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
lol, have you seen the video i posted above??

Edit: That would mean you have :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
hehe look two posts back
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Airhead315:
I found out what the bug is that caused my phone to display a black screen with nothing on it when you click the list. I didnt have any songs on my storage card. It might be beneficial to have it display something when it doesnt find any songs. I realize its my own stupidity but i figured it would give me a blank list rather than a black screen with no controls...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cAnArdtichAud:
i DO have this bug too but can't fix it.

I have mp3s in \storage card\my docs\my music\music_subfolders

my PM was installed in my device \program files

and my direc mel pointed on storage card\\\\

AM i somewhere wrong ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Update:

PHEW! Just managed to complete the basic framework of the playlist sorting system. Going to properly integrate it into PM now with buttons to do the job etc. Shaping up into a fully formed media player now. I'll probably need an options menu soon, so users can configure things to their liking as the feature list expands.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Airhead315:
**Stupid Question Alert**

Ive read through the majority of the posts in here but im a bit confused. I took all my mp3's and reencoded them at a lower bitrate and put them on my webserver(password protected) so that I could stream them and listen to them at work. I logged into my FTP and downloaded them to my phone to test this application(I dont have access to my home PC right now) and I have a quick question:

None of the Mp3's showed any album art...how does the program usually obtain the album art? Is there a directory structure we need to use with our Mp3's? Or is the album art embedded in standard not-reencoded mp3s?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] s173nc3r:
I just uploaded Hi-Res video how PM0.3 working fast and smooth on my Asus P535 check it out!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ioncila:
Hi Chad

In my last post I was complaining about the slow transitions PM does from playlist to player. Well, after watching Tomazez video, I dont have anything more to complain about, cuz PM runs faster in my device than it shows is his. Maybe I was too stricted about PM performance in this stage. Sorry for that and Thanks again
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
PocketMelody reads album art data from the standard APIC id3 frame of your mp3's. You'd have to check to see if the app you used to rencode your mp3s doesn't strip away the tags etc. Anyway, the new version of melody will strip your art and dump it in a directory on your device, so you'll know what it took from your mp3s, and what it didn't take out :).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Airhead315:
Bug report:

I was able to get the album art embedded into the mp3s and it displays very nicely in the player. However, when I exited the play and checked my main device directory(main memory, not storage card) there were 10 jpegs which were the album art (1 jpeg per song even though 8 of the songs were from the same album.) The naming scheme of these files was as follows:

first mp3 played : album.jpg

second mp3 played : album.jpgalbum.jpg

and so on until the 10th mp3 played came out as

album.jpgalbum.jpgalbum.jpgalbum.jpgalbum.jpgalbum.jpgalbum.jpgalbum.jpgalbum.jpgalbum.jpg

I tested this a few times deleting the files and trying again and I always had the same number of files as the number of songs played.

If you are already aware of this issue then cool. I just wanted to make sure you knew how he latest version works on my phone.

Thanks for all your hard work!

Aaron
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] s173nc3r:
yeah, now i see it too...:eek:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Yup yup aware of it....:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Trekvogel:
I really like it but it doesn't seem to read all id3 tags. I get a lot of "Unknown artist - Unknown title" things. All other players display the tags just fine, what could be wrong?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stpete111:
Holy CRAP, for the love of all things sane...

Chad, here's the FAQ you requested... could you copy it to post #1?

FAQ: PocketMelody v.0.3

1. I get a white screen where album art should be. What gives?

The developer is aware of it and is working on it for the next release.

2. Why does starting PocketMelody take a long time?

The developer is aware of it and is working on it for the next release.

3. Why is scrolling in the song list not smooth?

The developer is aware of it and is working on it for the next release.

4. I get strange characters in the title bar?

The developer is aware of it and is working on it for the next release.

5. My wma's don't show up in my song list?

Mp3's only supported right now. The developer is aware of it and is working on it for a future release.

6. How do I close PocketMelody?

Tap the bottom left corner of the screen.

7. In the root directory of my phone, why do I have a bunch of album.jpg files?

The developer is aware of it and is working on it for the next release.

8. Album art shows ok for me for the first few albums I listen to, and then I get a white screen or a black screen?

The developer is aware of it and is working on it for the next release.

9. How does PocketMelody read album art anyway?

It reads from the album art embedded in your ID3v2 tag. Make sure you have art embedded in your tags. You can use virtually any current tagging software to embed art in your tags.

10. Why doesn't PocketMelody have <insert media player function here> included in its functionality?

PocketMelody is in the very early stages of development. It's not even meant to be a true full-featured release until version 1.0, as is the case with most software. The developer is open to any and all suggestions to make it great software, but please don't post these suggestions in a manner such that they are bugs of the current version.

11. PocketMelody isn't enough like the Iphone for me. What should I do?

Buy an Iphone and go away.

12. PocketMelody doesn't function like a media player should. I'm angry about this. Should I seek professional help?

Yes. While awaiting your appointment for professional help, please remind yourself that the software is FREE and the developer owes you NOTHING.

13. Why can't I just read through the whole thread and realize that all my questions are answered in there?

Because I'm too much of a lazy numbnuts and would rather make everyone repeat themselves ad nauseum so as not to inconvenience myself.

14. Why is Stpete111 such an a**hole?

He only gets really pi$$y when people waste other people's time (especially the developer's) by asking stupid questions.

15. Does Stpete111 think he's funny with this FAQ?

No. Stpete111 is serious. DEAD serious.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
PM Theme Update

Here is the latest theme and icon if chad likes it.;):D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
WOW! i like it!

9.5, :D

what does the second picture do actually?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
hehe, nice one:p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
FAQ posted on first page.....lol....I had a good laugh......nice work...nice work.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stonner:
Pocket Melody 0.3.cab ?

Hey Bro,

is there anyway tht u can upload the 0.3 ver in a .CAB file, usaid u gonna upload it , but i still c tht .zip file ,so ifya get plz do a fav n upload Pocket Melody 0.3.cab file :) Thanks & goodluck with the future release:)

Irfan
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Cab 0.3

Meant to put it on the front page, but it wasn't posted by me, so I dont get to post it up where all the other releases are. Sorry I'm weird like that. Here you go though:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=62225&d=1197963427
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
LOL ... but seriously folk ... that r the answers to all

Sorry bout that chad ... i ve been out of town for 2-3 days ...and hell even though i have a 3.5G data card .... the place that i went only have gprs connection x)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fizawan:
Off Topic, but I saw you use 3.5G and Celcom, I want to know something, read your PM, thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lmbranco:
Fantastic Tool, am i am quite amazed at what you guys have done so far, Congratulations and keep up the good work!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
Finally ... I managed to make icon to show up on the launcher, start menu & file explorer .... last pic is the actual icon pic :D

Chad ... check ur mail pls ... Ive sent u the cab file ... also, at the playlist there is no back button ... it would be nicer to hv one ... pls include this in ur wish list ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joshuawittstock:
wow, its really coming along, well done nice work!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hoankhang000:
need help

i can not run PM 0.3 on my T-Mobile MDA.when i hit the playlist button the balck screen appear.

can u guys tell me how to fix it?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] s173nc3r:
ad icon

more icons under CC
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
Icon

Guys, Guys, i have added a icon for it already and sent it to chad already and put in the exe file for him dont worry.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] matt22:
Hi, GOOD jod, really it's nice.

Are you thinking about a VGA (640*480) compatible version ?

Thanks for your time passing on dev !

And Happy Christmas
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] s173nc3r:
IMO too many "small" parts on image for an icon...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
i hv to agree on that ... if 16x16 or 32x32 icon then u cant see anything ... juz my 2 cents
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
if it get smaller it will look like this. already thought of that.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
if the above one should be ok :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stpete111:
Chad - here are a few more to add to the FAQ.

16. When I press the playlist icon, all I get is a black screen?

If you don't have mp3's, or if your tags are not version 2 or higher, you will likely see this screen. Also, if your files are not located where PocketMelody looks for them (Storage Card by default), you will likely see a black screen. Currently, PocketMelody is only compatible with mp3's. Make sure that your ID3 tags are up to date using a current tagging application.

17. Can I change the default location of my files from Storage Card to somewhere else on my phone?

Yes, use the file called direc.mel. Open it in Notepad or WordPad on your desktop pc, and enter the directory that you want PocketMelody to scan. Be sure that the path is accurately entered into the file. Using your storage card is highly recommended, however.

18. What do I do with this zip file?

Unzip it, and copy the folder in its entirety to anywhere on your phone. It is suggested to copy these files to your phone's main memory (for a slight increase in performance speed), but it will work just fine on your storage card as well.

19. Can I just get a cab file instead?

User Cruzzmz is King of cab file creation. He has been kind enough thus far to provide a cab for each release. If you don't see a cab file for a particular version, it means that Cruzzmz is busy and doesn't have time for you. Deal with it, and copy the contents of the zip file to your phone.

20. Will PocketMelody have skins?

Eventually yes. The king of graphics for PocketMelody is user Aih1977. Send your suggestions his way, but in the end, his graphics are most likely better than anything you'll come up with.

21. Is there a VGA version of PocketMelody available?

No.

22. When will a VGA version of PocketMelody be available?

When the developer feels like making one. Don't hold your breath for it for anytime before version 1.0

23. Is there a version of PocketMelody available that supports square screens?

No.

22. When will a version of PocketMelody be available that supports square screens?

When the developer feels like making one. Don't hold your breath for it for anytime before version 1.0
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
LOL .... :D

well i have made a cab file again with aih1977 ico ... try it n tell me how was it
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bingoig11:
Since my Archos had no more battery, I tested PocketMelody in a real situation.

The issue I encountered:

When I launch the music, no problem, the music plays, but when the screen shuts down, the music stops.

Don't know if it's because of the Slide to unlock or not. Any idea?

If I shutdown the screen with the button in PM, the music plays but It seems that when my Hima enters in sleeping mode, music stops.

WMP doesn't behave like this, music still plays all the time.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Azimuth21:
i have a weird problem with the play controls disappearing. it seems like everything was pushed down or something... see attached screenshot.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mushipkw:
Chad, any updates????