yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Beta Released

UPDATE:

The second beta release has just been sent out to all the beta testers VIA PM. So the quicker they all get back to me, the faster a public release is brought to the forum. Over to you guys ;).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] grinchie:
Would love to beta test. If thats ok.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
Its 523 in the morning so i report very early for duty,

i like the new play buttons, but i would like to see them a little smaller, but even though it looks very nice.

Good idea with the x button and the back.

I am very sorry to tell you that the white screen is still there, i was skipping through albums and then the withe screen came, after skipping four more songs i got CallBack Error. When i click ok, and go to the next songs, everything is back to normal.

It seems to me that the callback error comes up while going very fast through all the songs, even songs withoug album art. Before i got the error, the songs without the album art got a black screen.

So, those are first impressions and results!

If i see any more bugs i will report them.

CHeers!

PS: melody bars comes up a little bit slowly
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mushipkw:
Here's my first update of Pocket Melody 0.3 BETA 2.

1. Starting time increased a bit from previous BETA.

2. Previous, Play, Next buttons arent soothing to eyes, maybe if they are smaller will looks cool.

4. 'X' buttons at the menu bar now closes PM.

3. Added seperate back buttons to close menu bar.

3. Long file name still goes beyond the screen in the playlist.

4. Haven't noticed any strange character at the top bar

5. Haven't noticed any white screen instead of album art.

Will keep updating.

Posted screenshots on Second Post.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] grinchie:
i must be using the wrong version. The one i am using doesnt get any errors. What is the last release and where can i get it? if you dont mind.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kwill:
need help! i followed melody in the early stages of the .net develop and now im back. quick quest. i cant get any album covers to show and i know it has to do with id3 tags, as i read before and now cant find. but, could someoe give me a quick tutorial on using one of id3 tag editors? i downloaded one and thought i saved tags, but all i got once i loaded the mp3 back on the device was some weird symbols in the title bar of melody. thanks much and really want this to work right for me.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] supbro:
Both those issues are fixed in the next version of PocketMelody, 0.3. It's in beta now and it will probably be released to the public pretty soon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] grinchie:
i would love to beta test as well.. if thats ok
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jatt_inder:
woooooooooo what a nice entertainment software u r producing...thanks for sharing...r u going to change the icons for back/play/next or u will keep da same??? couz they look so big...lol.....but its a really nice software

thanks for sharing :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
1. Startup time better than prev

2. No more weird symbol at top bar :D

3. Button would be nicer if smaller

4. If fwd song too fast then open playlist, the top song will not be shown ... or maybe it just me ;)

Found new bug

1.When open PM then closing it using the X button it will show the list 4 a while then closes

2. Too many album.jpg will be generated (dunno why?)

Chad, I hv made the cab ... where do u want it to be uploaded??? PM me
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ma3ayta:
Let us try it mate
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mushipkw:
Here are few suggestions for the interface:

1. Make the buttons smaller so that they come within the black area of the bottom bar.

2. In the grey area of the bottom bar, implement the menubar, instead of sliding it, like in the .Net version, will look cool.

3. When playlist is opened change animation to flip, will be awesome.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
Just a little question, how hard would it be to that, for example the paly button getts highlighted when you press it,

this would make the 'touch' of PM more intuitive.

byye
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
It wont take much longer to the next public release of .3, this one will be in .cab format mate!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stpete111:
I've mentioned this several times in this thread and in the .NET one as well.

Chad please consider this... to me it's a big deal :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Yup yup, i've written the code for it already actually, i'm just waiting for the graphics to be sent in. It'll be there....don't worry :).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
Wowie! Yes, i hope this will be nice! Could you tell us a little bit about it? :rolleyes:

hehe, lol
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] z0d1ak:
hey man is there any VGA version of this ?? i love the application but my fone is imate JASJAR and only supports VGA so plz let me know if there is any plzz and how can i get it
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
I have made icon for PM ... but still cannot make the icon appear at start menu ... so any idea anyone???

1. @Launcher, 2.@folder, 3.@Start Menu
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
@z0d1ak:

till now, only qvga, maybe when PM has reached a level of stability that chad will implement vga compatibility.

@cruzzmz:

I have no idea how to do it. But I see two different icons between first and second pic. O maybe if you remove the link at start menu and then make a new one that one works, maybe a stupid idea, whatever:p O and it looks cool!

cheers!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
Pocket Melody Graphics

Here is my lastest screen shot of the graphics for the player. Its not fully completed because I have to go back to work but I will try to finish up tonight. :D

I am still going over with Chad on the graphics side so guys be patient after he finishes programming all the bugs and add all the stuff that he is adding I will focus on the graphics side alot more on all of the program because I am only focusing on the media player.

I hope you guys like it. ;)

thanks,
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
Looks sweet!! Great work both of you!!!!

I can't wait to utilize this cool working/looking app as soon as we have square screen compatibility!!!!!

(sure is fun seeing the progress!!!)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
yes, i do like it,

it is very sleek,

but now we are starting to go off the concept of the iphone media player,

not that thats wrong or so, just wanted to notice,

cheers
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
Right now, I been doing a lot of skins and i am trying to find out which one is cool and good looking graphics with finger friendly buttons. So I am trying not to look like the iphone but if something works why not use it and try make it better with your comments.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
I dont know if I made myself clear, but i love it, really I do. I just wanted to say that, you know? Hehe, nothing bad or something like that mate!

Continue like this m8!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
Actually, what I like about your current screen aih1977, is that it is uncluttered, no-explanation needed type of interface, and just unique enough not to be confused with any other 'products'.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
O and just one more thing, maybe the play buttons could be a little bit bigger, i find them quite small.:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] syrguy1969:
That is the part I can't comment on yet (the size of the buttons. I am basing my impressions on screen-shots. (oh well, I comment when/on what I can at this point!!!) :-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
No No No i know you loved it. i was just saying how i am looking at how i am processing on how i make the graphics look. :D I want people tell me if it sucks or awesome so keep the comments coming. ;)

thanks,
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aih1977:
Its not the size of the button but how you use it. :D:eek::p

LOL
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
PocketMelody 0.3 Public Release

Hey Everyone,

I just did some last minute fixes, and was about to send everything to cruzzmz to have him "cab it" but I figured geesh you guys have waited long enough for a release so here it is!:

Fixes/Additions:

1)No more weird characters in the title bar, things should display nicely.

2)"X" button on the menu EXITS MELODY! A separate back button has been added to exit the menu.

3)New look for the main buttons, complements of aih1977.(WITH DOWN AND UP STATES)

4)BOTH Artist and Title display, without you having to use the forward and back buttons.

5)Albumart white fixed. It was quite simple, some mp3s started writing picture data from the first byte, and some started from the second. I just wrote a little checking code to see where the data starts from, and begins writing out the jpeg from there .

6)Larna's scrolling feature added! Using iContacts 0.2 source, but he's just given me 0.4, and I'm hoping to implement that routine (it's WAY BETTER) in PocketMelody 0.4.

7)Callback Error Box REMOVED! Instead, PocketMelody should re initiate the fmod stream. I've found that if you REALLY REALLY REALLY hit the forward and back buttons a lot, PM tends to trip over it's own feet. But I mean, you REALLY HAVE TO HACK IT for that to happen. If you wanna skip so many tracks, lol, goto the playlist screen. But nevertheless I will try to fix this bug in future releases.

Oh, and the new buttons allowed me to make the albumart jpegs even bigger!!!

I think that's it, a HUGE thanks to the beta testers for their work on this release. Special thanks also goes to our lead GUI Designer aih1977, and to larna for creating a BEAUTIFUL scrolling routine. Everyone SHOULD enjoy more bug free releases every time a public release is published.

File posted on the first post.

@cruzzmz

Lol, you can download and "CAB IT" for all of those who don't like the nasty zip files. :)

HAVE FUN!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stpete111:
Awesome! This is a great app Chad!

Ok, I have just one comment for 0.3.

I am getting white album art again. But get this... I play several songs in my library and succesfully show album art, but after playing 10 or so songs from different albums, the next album I go to has white album art. So I keep checking, and I can't get any album art from any albums! I even go back to the last album that had art working, and it no longer shows art!! Strange!

Almost there Chad! Great job!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Really weird, anyone else with this problem?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jomo25:
Awesome progress guys! I kno wyou are focused on other things, and I'm cool with that. Once it supports WMA, then i can also become a beta tester. Unfortunately, most of my relevant playlists and music are WMA since I use Yahoo Music unlimited for my content. But I love the look and features!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Makula:
Don't know what i'm doing wrong, but the scan function isn't working for me anymore... just getting a black screen and when tapping on the display I'm back on the "main-screen" of PocketMelody... v0.21 was working fine though...

any suggestions?

regards,

Makula
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] stpete111:
Ok, one more thing Chad:

In the scroller list, it takes me two or three taps to select a song. I know you (or Larna, whoever) probably don't want it to be too easy to select a song so there's no accidental selecting when scrolling, but I'm having a heckuva time selecting a song... I feel like I have chase it down and tap on it a bunch of times.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] grinchie:
Pocket Melody Rocks!... Still the player stops after the phone goes into powersave/stanby mode...

Looking forward to the next release..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thundershadow14:
Hey everyone,

I'll be looking at the general feedback of 0.3 as I work on 0.4, so let me know how things go, and I should be able to fix any other bugs found, as I work on 0.4.

Currently Working on:

Extensive Playlist support, ability to sort by artist, Album etc.

Also the introduction of the long awaited shuffle and repeat functions.

I'm hoping to couple the playlist features will album scrolling and call it 0.4. I've been doing my readings on GAPI etc. and looking at the ability to maybe do things with regular win32 code as well. If anyone has any materials that might help with things like moving objects etc. feel free to pass it over :).

Working on the playlist for now....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Azimuth21:
ok, here's another list of complaints/requests:

- I'd still like the album art to be a toggle for the slidein menu. it's far more elegant than having a back button.

- Here's a scenario that came up in my testing:

1. Launch PocketMelody

2. DON'T INTERACT WITH PocketMelody

3. Minimize PocketMelody

4. Note how directional buttons don't function.

5. Try to relaunch PocketMelody

6. Note how Melody will launch as if it was never open in the first place, aka take a long pause and slide in from the left.

- music controls don't function when the slidein menu is visible

- when PocketMelody is first opened, I'd like for the top bar to say something, since it's empty right now. Maybe "Welcome to PocketMelody" like before.

- the playlist mode is not fullscreen all of the time. Here's how to recreate it: Launch the player. Go to playlist screen. Minimize the player. Open the player. the playlist is no longer fullscreen.

- can we have the ability for seeking through the track? eg holding "Next" button to move forward in the track, or having a "time slider bar" (iuno the actual name), that thing where you can slide the bar to a different point in the track?

- when I am in playlist mode, I can't go back to the main play screen without selecting a song to play. what happened to that "back to player" button? :p

- i was thinking maybe you can implement gestures, such as when I'm in the playlist screen, I can swipe LefttoRight to slide the main player screen in. also, when in the main player screen, i could swipe LefttoRight to slidein the slidein menu. sound good? (sometimes, on the main player screen, I pretend to swipe to bring in the slidein menu, hahah.)

btw, i've attached my own custom "default.jpg", since whenever i use the music player, i don't like people instantly accusing me with phrases like "FAKE" or "WTF FAKE IPHONE YOU LOSER TOO POOR TO GET A REAL ONE?" ok that was exaggerated but you get my point :rolleyes:

[edit] can't believe i forgot this, but thank you for PocketMelody! It's become my default player now, and I'm only anticipating your fixes and 0.4!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gtdRR:
I don't want to be rude but I feel a lot of people have the wrong idea with the process of PocketMelody. Some of you need to realize that this is barely 0.3!!!!! We need to stop complaining and asking for all these personal requests. We need to just test and test and test what he gives us and report whats wrong while making some suggestions here and there. That way we can all have a very solid mp3 player by v1.0.

For example, Azimuth21 mentioned that when in the playlist there is no way to get back to the player without picking a song. THAT IS A GREAT SUGGESTION but too many people just go on and on about what they don't like and why this player isn't "ready yet."

Maybe thundershadow14 prefers that everyone speak their mind but if that was the case I don't think he would have elected to use Beta Testers. Anyway this is just one man's opinion. Hopefully no one is offended by my commments.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] salahnajm:
album art?

I'm not getting any album art!? well to be honest pocketmelody was able to extract only 1 album art from one album, that's it... the previous .NET version got much more album art (using the albumart extractor)... Am I missing something and this is a stupid question, or is this a bug that needs fixing...

something i noted is that the default jpeg was not showing on pocketmelody, but after i deleted the "e" from ".jpeg" and renamed it "default.jpg" it worked. Does this have to do with my album art not showing?? (not able to read the extracted jpeg's?)

otherwise everything else is working great, thanks for the great software.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sketchy9:
Chad, I reallylike the progress with this. Can't wait to see support for Album, Artist, and (hopefully) Album Artist. One thing I've noticed: there appear to be multiple files named album.jpg and such created in the ROOT directory of the pocket pc. When I open these, they are essentially pictures of the album art of the albums I've played. Is this normal?

-R
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] henftling:
two more bugs

...great improvement...love to test this rocking SW.

have found two bugs

when you are in playermode and skip forward...as soon as you will enter a new album/artist the player shows white screen and stops playing

still apple itune album art is not supported though you can solve this by using itunes agent and a mp3 tag editor...this is minor

will keep on playing

congartiulatios, you´ll be releasing a killer app with 1.0...and you are FAST man kepp up the great work
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] orchids:
I love this new release. Title no longer showing up as symbols!

Much faster and smoother.

Chad, are you working on allowing Melody to play aac files too?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
Hi Chad,

as a beta tester i have got to say something about it first but the time difference just didnt let me do it! Great impprovements between this one and the beta 2. It is more solid than ever. I have already finished making a video of PM in action so i will post this i a couple of hours more on youtube so you can see what bugs i came across. The white screen is still there, But i am really happy to inform you that the callback error is finally gone completely, as far as i could test it!

Cheers!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hoankhang000:
need help

can u guy let me know what programs do i need to run pocketmelody0.3?

please show me step by step.

sorry about my english. thanks for helpings!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
Presenting The Cab File

Chad & all ppls

Sorry a lill bit late wz the cab file ... but better late than never right? ... hopefully chad u can put it in the 1st page :D

I crank up an icon oso ... but still stuck cannot make the icon to show on start menu :(

Rapidshare: http://rapidshare.com/files/77358856/PocketMelody.cab
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Azimuth21:
wait so what i did, was it wrong or right? i'm just here pointing out bugs that haven't been mentioned yet, and i figure thunder's anticipation for feedback includes what i said. at least i hope so, lol. anyway, would just like to add my +1 to the album.jpg's being created in the root directory. seems peculiar..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] motisu:
great new version!!!

Please don't forget the memory place holder feature for future versions:).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
yup this is a bug that i mentioned earlier (see attach image), hopefully it will be fix soon wz a patch

just use the cab .... :D, copy the cab to dev, then on ur dev open the cab and tap on it ... follow the instructions.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gtdRR:
LoL, sorry I quoted you but it's only cause you were the person who posted before I did. Who am I to say if you're wrong or right but if you want my opinion I feel you had good suggestions and pointed out bugs that I have also noticed, such as the album.jpg in the root directory.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aragorn21:
Maybe I didn't read enough details, but how to get the albums art ?

Should I have it before and paste it in my directory ? or...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
album art is embedded using an mp3 tag usually ...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hoankhang000:
i just installed the .cab

but when i open /program files/pocketmelody/pocketmelody.exe is nothing change
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
ehmmm strange ... where did u installed it? main memory or storage card?

what r the files in the pocketmelody folder???
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rorydaredkign:
can't wait for the release.. ill be downloading at half time of united vs sporting..

btw any feedback on my walkthrough?

and good luck with the tests

x
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] !Kernel Panic!:
can't wait on release but on other hand take your time to clear up any bugs/issues and don't let anyone rush you to release.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tomazez:
again and again and again
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] qball1616:
Looking Forward To This App

I stumbled across this thread last night and read through all the posts of the .NET version and I must say I am really excited to try this out once you have a release ready. My only question is will PocketMelody be able to play m4a music files or will I need to convert them to MP3's first? I have alot of CD's that I have imported via iTunes and they are saved as m4a's. Keep up the awesome work!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bratag:
I cant say for sure (cant answer for Chad) But I would imagine not. Itunes adds its own DRM to the files and decoding that is a PITA. Thats PART of the reason I hate itunes.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rorydaredkign:
itunes adds drm to files ripped from cd... didnt know that..

why not just rip them to mp3 initially...?

oh, and i think chad might be using the windows media lib to play them so if that can, then melody can..

but im not certain about it, i just vaguely remember him saying it..

x
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nxtlidenno:
Well No finger scrolling natively but hey I have an htc touch so i should be able to finger scroll anyway since i can do it in other programs not coded this way. Right? Either way Cant wait till its out. Any chance on today mabye?