[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] A_C:
Settings, Known limitations & FAQs

Settings:

The behaviour of S2P can be altered by changing the following registry values stored at \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2P\

- OffLCD - the no. of timeout seconds that S2P will turn off the screen when using battery; default is 25.

- ACOffLCD - the no. of timeout seconds that S2P will turn off the screen when using external power; default is 0 (i.e. disable).

- SaveLastMusic - remember the last playing music when quit; default is 1.

- AlwaysLoadAlbumPic - always try to search for an album pic when playing each music file; default is 1.

- ResumeAfterCall - resume the playback after a call is finished; default is 1.

- FullScreenAlbum - to display a full-screen album art; default is 1. For 240 x 240 device, please set it to 0

Known limitations & FAQs:

Q. Do I have to install the old version before using this version?

A. No.

Q. How to use the .CAB file?

A. http://www.google.com/search?q=install+cab

Q. Do I have to install S2U2 before installing S2P?

A. No. But if you have installed S2U2, make sure you have updated your S2U2 to 0.99p or later. Otherwise S2P will be stopped by S2U2.

Q. What music files can S2P play?

A. MP3, WMA & WAV.

Q. When viewing an album of WMA/WAV files, there is no duration show?!

A. Yes, it's not implemented yet.

Q. The Album View only show a few covers even there a lot different music files stored?!

A. You have to organize the files into folder structure like \Artist Name\Album Name\Music title.mp3, otherwise it won't be recognized by S2P.

Q. Why the music files have to be placed in folders?

A. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2035359&postcount=253

Q. How to turn off the screen when playing music?

A. Press the Power button or the record button.

Q. How to adjust the auto screen off timeout?

A. Edit the registry - under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2P\, edit the keys OffLCD & ACOffLCD (in seconds). OffLCD is for use when using battery; while ACOffLCD is for external power. The default value of OffLCD is 25 & ACOffLCD is 0.

Q. S2P shows weird characters for the music info?!

A. Try to resave those info in ID3V2.4 UTF-8 format.

Q. How to have cover shown on S2P?

A. Either the music file already has cover pic embedded or you have to copy the cover file (either cover.jpg or folder.jpg or album*.jpg made by WMP) to the corresponding album folder.

A. Sudermatt has a script to update the album art directly from your device, goto http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2164454&postcount=920 for details.

Q. Does S2P support A2DP?

A. Yes, as long as your device has a proper OS.

Q. Does S2P support AVRCP?

A. Yes, for v0.40 or later.

Q. Does S2P support playlist?

A. No, not yet.

Q. The system icons on the top bar do not update?!

A. Yes, they only show the start status. But the battery level icon is up-to-date. However, they will all be live if S2U2 v1.00 is already running in the background.

Q. Why S2U2, S2V & S2P are all free?

A. Because MS has left them in the factory.

Special Thanks

- Forum fellows at xda-developers (http://xdaforums.com). Thank you for your testings, comments, supports & patience.