yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bluemetalaxe:
okay this was a little bit hard from me, i know, but i cant understand developers that make software that doesnt work at all or can`t do not the half of other programms and freezes my ppc and then want to donate. This is no more funny, this is bull****.

Troubleshooting in this case means i must convert 13 gigabyte of music to mp3 and change all the tags to older version just to run the programm ???

This is not version 0.3 better 0.003.

I think it would be better if some of the developers wait bevor offering such a software.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] snotboy32:
For those who get upset about other peoples "stuff" on this forum, Can as far as I´m concerned turn else where! We others can enjoy the great "stuff" on this Forum. Enough said. :mad:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] trimakassi:
Dude you're really talking crap here... What I don't understand is what the hell you're complaining about?! Wtf?! This guy is making a free app in his free time. You're not paying a freakin dime for this and yet your nagging about it being beta and not yet working?! Come on! Get lost! If you don't like it well then THOUGH! Sjeez...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] E_Shinobi:
i hope you didn't brake a nail SOFT resetting your device because then I would pitty you soooo much.

When you are offered free coffee, do you spit it in the face of the people who made it for you because it wasn't tasty enough for your special needs?

wma is **** anyway...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] makaveli86:
safe to assume this project is dead?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lastnikita:
it's been only 2 weeks. Give thundershadow some time and you'll see the result.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stpete111:
Two weeks w/o an app to test is one thing, but two weeks without Thunder at least coming in here and saying "I'm alive," especially when people are starting to ask "Are you alive, Thunder?" is quite another thing.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Maiisoh:
He probably got caught with his pants down like A_C and is trying to figure out a way to rework his program without anyone knowing and save face.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] s173nc3r:
Or maybe on vacation...:rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bratag:
Or maybe still gutted from breaking up (he mentions that in earlier posts) Perhaps coding is the last thing on his mind. I just hope he is ok.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stpete111:
Women... can't live with 'em... pass the beer nuts.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stpete111:
And by the way, Thundershadow, if you are reading this, and there is any merit to the speculation that you might feel hosed by A_C's app... please don't. Your app has cover flow. His doesn't. 'Nuff said.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Hey all,

First of all, I'm EXTREMELY sorry for falling off the face of the planet for about two weeks or more, but my life had been EXTREMELY busy. I'm finally settling down now, and I also finally got my first vehicle! Anyway, it's good to see that you guys haven't lost hope, cuz I was worried that when I finally got the time to come back on the forum I'd have hate PM's and the likes. But fortunately I only have to deal with this one:

Ummm, just one question. Is this supposed to make me feel really inspired and continue to develop PocketMelody? I dunno. Anyway, I won't attach much importance to this comment. The most I can tell you, is to wait until later versions of this app, maybe when it's been moved out of this section. Good luck!

To everyone else, things are getting back to normal, and I'll let all of you know when I'm 100% back on the development track.

Thanks for not losing hope in PM,

Chad.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] klmsu19:
someone BAN bluemetalaxe, thats horsecrap to talk to people that way and not appreciate a damn thing anyone does on this site. They dont deserve to be a member here and have access to ANY of the content here with that piss poor attitude towards a developer trying to help people with FREE apps.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] BigDogPooh:
Long Live Thundy......Yeah Yeah back in business.....

Happy to hear from you, glad everything is well.....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] s173nc3r:
Hey Thundershadow glad you back! Drive safely your new car! :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Also,

I just noted this:

http://ariya.blogspot.com/2008/03/introducing-photoflow.html

Very exciting, just need to clear the time :).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] manaaa:
first of all,

nice to read some lines from you after a while :)

well, what i understand is, he re-wrote coverflow "To overcome the initial loading and memory consumption problem" for mobile devices yet called photoflow ? am i right?

pls tell me im right and you are working with his new advanced mobile version =D

wish you good luck in whatever it results and

"live long and prosper" ^^
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tene:
Well if it's really the coverflow stuff that interrest you, I can probably help. On my side, I think the challenge is more in actually playing music and keeping decent performance... maybe you can tackle this, and I provide you code for cover flow, and other eye candy.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ariya:
I can't wait for that :-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ariya:
To avoid confusions:

(1) PictureFlow is a Qt/C++ widget that I wrote some time ago. It is not an application, but a library for developers to create effects like CoverFlow. thundershadow14 has compiled it for WM and that is probably what some of you have tried.

(2) PhotoFlow is a mobile application which utilizes PictureFlow. ATM it is just a simple image viewer, but it can be extended to other purposes. I wrote PhotoFlow because many early remarks that PictureFlow consumes too much memory and has slow start-up. However, with PhotoFlow I showed that it is not necessarily the case; it just depends on how you code it (properly).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] manaaa:
hi,

nice to have you on board, welcome :)

and thanks for the explanation
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
Really nice seeing chad posting some comments^^

Im really excited about .4 hoping on implementation of coverflow!

cheers
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zanger:
If the coding is done, I don't think that the graphics would take that long. When will there be a release, Thundy???
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
I wish I could promise a release date at this point. Really I do, but I just can't. I've been EXTREMELY busy recently, and just haven't had the time. Graphics do take time and work to get working properly.

All I can promise you guys is that I won't forget our abandon this project.

-Chad.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bedoig:
He lives!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] makaveli86:
hey thundy, glad to see your back. Still waiting to deposit the donation, but haven't been able to get pocketmelody to work on my smartphone (htc vox). not sure if its meant to work on smartphones, but it would love if you made sure it does. I'll even test it out for you, just think a lot of smartphone users would love this app! drop me a msg if you need smartphone testers! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stpete111:
Chad, sorry, I love what you've done and you're a really talented guy, but those sound like famous last words to me. It's clear that your passion for, and interest in, PocketMelody has waned substantially. And that's ok, because you don't owe anyone anything. But, the above post doesn't give me a whole lot of hope that PM is anywhere near the top, or even middle, of your priority list. I'm not going to get my hopes up anymore. Good luck to you in all your endeavors in any case!!

I'll just live with what could have been I guess. :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] A_C:
As a developer myself, I agree with Thunder that graphics do consumes times & works. Simply because it's part of the user interface. It's not only for showing static images, it's communicating with the users as well. i.e. it has to be interactive.

Making an eye-candy UI is already not an easy task. Turning it into a real application is really another big story.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] makaveli86:
debating if i should hold out and buy a iphone or wait for your app. does the current latest release support smartphones? thnx again, keep up to the good work
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] agentmikeyd:
dude, hold on...thundy will be coming thru - have faith!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] makaveli86:
no no i do have faith, trust me been waiting to donate some money for awhile now,but haven't been able to use any of his apps. real curious if the next version will support smartphones, cause i'm really looking forward to it :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bingoig11:
I can't wait for a new version, so nice!!!!!

Take your time Chad, we know that you have a life after PM and we are patient :)

But please don't give up! :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Hey people!

Just dropping you a note to say I've officially began working on PM again today. I noticed some things about the code that I didn't before and sort of gave it a bit of cleaning today, and it seems to operate a bit better. I'll be compiling the new coverflow code tomorrow, and seeing how it works.

I also want to implement the use of threads for scanning your device for music, and extracting albumart data.

I also noticed that PocketMelody has appeared on two freeware pocketpc sites. This offers me a strange form of encouragement :). I haven't given up, and even when I wasn't coding I was thinking about this project everyday.

http://www.freewareppc.com/multimedia/pocketmelody.shtml

http://www.mobiletopsoft.com/pocket-pc/freeware/download-pocketmelody-v0-3.html

-Thundy
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Michaelr219:
awesome, i cant wait for this. the scanning of files sounds like a great idea. also, if you find a way to edit add album art and edit mp3 tags would be awesome. just as suggestion :) job either way thundy
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zanger:
Good Job

Keep going, Thundershadow. Your music player will be better than AC's because it will hopefully work on slower devices. Coverflow is really slow on cheaper devices. Pictureflow works great. Good Luck Thundershadow.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
Any Update Chad? :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mozillaxom:
Hey friend, did you try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=377627

The best Media player "mp3/wma" for windows mobile, I'm waiting S2P support for video to

Cheers

Mozillaxom
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
this post can be deleted
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
Uhm, yes!

But im more intergraded in the development of this one.

:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bluemetalaxe:
haha development ? this programm will never run and if so it will be not half as good as ac´ s s2p. close this thread please. this guy posted something that isnt` working and never made any update, just sensless statements like "think about it everyday". but of course everyone is welcome to wait more months.

and make donation !!!

i use my new S2P with coverflow :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
C'mon bluemetalaxe.....give thunder a little break, he is a student doing this in his spare time, and it isn't like we are paying for this, or losing anything by following the thread, and seeing how things go.

This is a community for developers, nobody is on a schedule, and it is a hobby, not a career for us or the developers.

I am a S2P, and A_C backer as well, but I follow this thread to see how things go, and try to learn things as I go (I have also met a lot of cool people here).

I respect your opinion, and think it says a lot about this community to be allowed to say things like that, and contribute whenever we like, but at the same time, if we don't like a thread, un-subscribe and ignore it, let others follow and see what happens out of sheer curiosity if nothing else!!!!

Sorry about the editorial, but I have seen a few threads and apps go to pot lately (I won't even go into the death-threats another community I am in has degraded to), and I want this site to stay open and friendly!!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] motisu:
I fully agree with this. If you don't like this program. go away and leave the rest of us who are interested alone. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and preferences. But that doesn't give you the right to badmouth anybody else's stuff.

I also am presently using S2P but am very interested in Thunder's PM and how it will develop.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] makaveli86:
i'd like to add just because a program is free doesn't mean it isn't entitled to getting a good bashing. I've been waiting for this program for awhile, I was promised it works on smartphones, and from the previous versions, it doesn't. I currently dont actively support the project, but I do check in time to time hoping to a new release. I will support it when (and if) it comes out. But please dont bash people who are frustrated, especially with the typical excuse 'its free, shad up'. Price point does matter for sure, but it doesn't mean it excuses it from being critiqued.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] klmsu19:
i think the problem is A_C already made a program that is what PM should have been in a much shorter timespan. I can see why people are frustrated, especially people who donated to the project with no progress lately what so ever while A_C cranked out S2P AND coverflow. I dont see why PM would be continued to be developed anyways, itd be the same program. Put the screenshots side by side of PM and S2P and theyre essentially the same and A_C has even got coverflow working well too. I think this project is dead in essence.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] makaveli86:
only problem with S2P is that its not supported for smartphone users, something PM was promised to do.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] makaveli86:
checking in weeks later, suprised to see i was the last one that commented. I suggest we get an update, and if not this thread should be considered closed.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] trimakassi:
C'mon Thundie! Prove them wrong!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] agentmikeyd:
oh well; s2p is awesome anyway!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Maiisoh:
Time to close thread

Hey Thunder,

Haven't heard from you in over a month. Don't know what happened with your program. Sounded great at first but it seemed like you wanted to add too much at once instead of gettting a good working program out to everyone and then adding the bling. In the mean time A_C beat you to it. He got a working program out and then added his bling. Hate to say it but let's face facts, you snooze, you lose. Do the right thing now and close this thread. Maybe you can come up with some other type of program, get a working copy out and impress us. Good luck.:D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] TheChampJT:
Whoa junior, I haven't really watched this thread much, but think your being a bit harsh, especially when asking him to close the thread? Remember it is a free app, so it's worked on during free time, not paid, so keep that in mind would you?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lastnikita:
yeah let's also close the forum coz' I don't use a pda anymore -.-'
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gullum:
just a thought

he added a donation link 2 or 3 months ago and was hoping people were willing to support him by donating some money.. but my guess is that not many have donated so he does not see enough intrest in this program.... everyone just wants everything for free then start demanding what they want him to implant for free.

if he got 1$ for every post he could have bought more phones to test is app on.

I havn't donated. by I don't use this app I tried S2P it's verry nice to show of to people but I put my kaiser into my pocket when I listen to music so the HTC todayplayer is more then enough for me.

this is a comon reason that projects stop... the developers reach a point where their app fits their needs so the motivation for adding more futures fade as they don't get anything in return.

anyway this are just toughts
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Back from the dead?

Okay, i didn't die, although I might as well have died considering the last time this forum has heard from me. Truth is, my little dissappearing act had nothing to do with donations or anything like that. I had some very personal matters that ripped all the time I had for ANYTHING else in my life away. Anywho, all that's been looked after and I've got some new found time on my hands.

The question is: should I continue? I mean, S2P looks like it's gone pretty advanced and A_C has managed to deliver almost all the features I hoped to get into PM, plus more! So I throw the question back to the community, should I continue PM? Or pursue something totally new?

I know I should have at least let you guys know I'd be out for a while, but sometimes things are simply out of one's control.

Looking forward to the support I've grown used to from you guys! Thundy is back! :D.

-Chad
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wacky.banana:
Hello and welcome back,

This seems to be a new fashion, ie developers who have disappeared for a while turning up again. First there was Schaps, then Kona Mtbkr, now you!! All good I say.

Anyway to your question: I for one would like to see you continue and am absolutely prepared to donate to make it happen. I am particularly interested in your idea from last time of integrating pictureflow into your suite of programmes.

If that idea is still on the table then yes, please continue development.

To more important things; glad to hear your personal issues are resolved. Life outside of this place with your loved ones is the no 1 priority.

Welcome back.

WB
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] coheed22:
Yes cont. thunder S2P ik just "ok" its very laggy with alot of songs and cover flo is useless as it lags even with 4 albums. Plz cont. to work.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bluemetalaxe:
a good question but you/we have to face the truth that sp2 looks great and runs perfect (for me) so it wont make sense for you to work months only to come at the point where A_C still is.

so i would say make somthing new, im still looking for a good gui for windows mobile, the only one that runs smooth is point ui, but its not skinnable in any way and a battery eater.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] snotboy32:
how about Htc touch diamond like GUI? for our non Htc devices... :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bedoig:
I second that! Start fresh and take on something new. Good to have you back!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Hmmm, okay, some mixed views coming in here, so it looks like I'll run a poll for a bit, and see how things pan out. After all, the community is the reason behind every line of my code. :).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Okay, to all interested please vote here:

http://www.sunatrise.com/poll.html

-Chad
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ermenzegna:
GO FOR IT, bro !!!

There are so much "amazing" development that you can manage for this app.

All I do is pray for next generation of PM :D

Yes indeed, that S2P is getting better, BUT ........ every people have their creativity that no one can tie it.

So ..... let's go on .......

cheers

ermen
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aragorn21:
Hello Back from france :)

I'll give my voice also, since everybody seems to do it

I'm particularly ok with S2P since it mixes all features (I know guys, playlists are missing...) we need.

I didn't see the result of the poll, so I'm a bit wondering what will happen, anyway, you're one of the guy ! so keep on being creative, we're all waiting to hear from you soon !!

Ben
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] UomoNero:
Very good soft !!!! I'm looking for somthing like this for sooo long! :eek: :eek: :eek:

I've read only 10 pages but i can't understrand if i can use subdirectory.

i edit derc.mel with this:

Scheda SD\Pocket Melody 0.3\MP3\\\\

and in the list i can see all the mp3. ALL. all 784. There is some way to make a playlist or use subdirectory?

in the meantime i change the file name to make some order.

THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] glenngould@hotmail.fr:
CONTINUE !!!

Plzz Thundy, continue your great work !

S2P is good but A_C doesn't want to use mad engine..SO no ogg support !

Ogg support and other great formats is a must have !

And you will be the winner.

thank you
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] SciFer:
I guess I was late to Polls (again), but would love to see this project through.

Food for thought (pun intended)...

It's like Pizza, I sometimes get asked, "Which is your favorite pizza?" and my answer is, "all of them". I find them all equally unique. My point is I like variety and one doesn't have to better than another, just another option.

If you are going to continue then plz PM me so that I can be notified and I will donate.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] oppman29:
I have used lot of audio players and by far yours is the best!! most just dont read the album art... keep the good work
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
:)

My my my :).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jeanbillfr007:
Modify the direct.mel file and replace "Storage cards" by the directory name of your memory card
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rorydaredkign:
this is what melody 0.1 is meant to be like, chad said it in the release post

x
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
I have been playing with this more and more, and the scanning is very fast, but I do not get the pause button at all, and from what I have read, there should be a 'back to player' button on the bottom of the scan screen, will this have QVGA support?

Thanks thundershadow14....GREAT work
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Re:All The Feedback

VGA Support:

This actually shouldn't be that hard, but you might have to wait a bit for it, since I'm concentrating on making the player as solid as possible before I support things like VGA devices. Currently though, you shouldn't have any problem once your device has QVGA resolution.

I just woke up, and I'm about to goto uni to take my final test of the semester before exams! :D Wish me luck! Last night I was able to grab hold of the albumart binary jpeg data, but had hell trying to save it to a file. But, that was most likely due to the fact that it was 2:00am in the morning! :D So when I get back this afternoon, it's straight back to work on 0.2. I can promise a release very soon, cuz I dont have class on Friday's, and that leads right into the weekend.

Thanks for all of the support and feedback! Keep em' coming. :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Paulo Marques:
Hi again,

The thing is I can't change the "Cartão de Memória" name to any other... or do you mean the sub folder name?