[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] microfi:
FAQ

:: I have feature requests and/or want to notify a bug. What do I do?

:: :: First, check if your bug is not yet listed on the "known issues". If you want to suggest a new feature, check if it is not yet listed on the "Coming soon", "Under research" or "Feature requests". If you've found them there, please know I'm working on them to make them available/fixed soon! If not, please ask a question on the forum.

:: How do I include subfolders on my playlist?

:: :: On the Media browser, choose the "Options" softkey and check the option "Recursive search". Now, all commands (Play current folder, Append current folder and so on) will include subfolders.

:: Where are the advanced playlist functions I was used to?

:: :: You need to perform a long-tap (tapping and holding for a while) on the media browser or playlist editor items so that a context menu will pop-up with many advanced options.

:: How do I go to the root directory on the Media browser?

:: :: You must click on the title of the Media browser screen (which contains the current directory).

:: I have questions concerning skins. Where should I ask?

:: :: There is a thread intended for skins questions/requests/comments. Take a look on the FAQ contained there, and if you still have questions, post them on that thread.

:: I want Nitrogen to keep playing after I press the device's "Power" button to blank screen.

It's known that Nitrogen keeps playing if you are using headphones, but not when you're listening to songs through the loudspeaker. That's because the device turns off the loudspeaker while the display is off. You can fix this by setting the following registry entry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\State\Unattended\wav1: = 0

And Nitrogen will be playing properly after you soft reset your device.

NOTICE: I don't know the side-effects of this tweak. Use this at your own risk!

:: How does the Album Art support work?

Nitrogen 1.1 tries to find album art files through these ways:

1) Image file with the same filename as the song file (e.g. "\Music\Coldplay - Clocks.jpg" for "\Music\Coldplay - Clocks.mp3");

2) Image file containing the album name (ID3 tag) (e.g. "\Music\*Viva la Vida*.jpg" for a song which ID3 tag for album name is "Viva la Vida");

3) Image file inside the folder which one of these filenames: "Folder.jpg", "Cover.jpg", "AlbumArt.jpg", "AlbumArtSmall.jpg".

:: I tap the previous/next song button but the music only changes the title. Is that a bug?

:: :: It's not a bug, but a feature of Nitrogen. This allows you to select your desired song before playing it, without having to stop the current song. If you don't like this behaviour, check the "Change playing song through previous/next button" option in the Settings dialog.

:: I want to see the texts antialiased but I don't want to enable ClearType on my device.

:: :: Check the "Force ClearType rendering" option in the Settings dialog, and the texts in the main window, media browser and equalizer will become antialiased.

:: Rather than build a whole new player, why don't you take you UI design and implement it as a skin for the Mortplayer which uses the same MAD library and has everything else already DONE?

:: :: I don't know if it's a good or bad aspect of my personality, but sometimes I don't like to use the things that are ready-made. My intention on building Nitrogen is just to have some fun and improve my knowledge on C++ programming language. MortPlayer is great, and I'd be satisfied if my player worked like his. My intention is not the competition nor copying his work, though. The ones that really win with this situation are you, users. This way, you'll be able to choose among several players and enjoy the one that you identify more with.

:: I can't predict how the hell this wheel work.

:: :: If you use the default skin, tap and drag the upper half of the wheel to change the playlist index. Tap and drag the lower half of the wheel to change the volume. This behaviour is customizable through the Skin Maker and in a future release it will be customizable through the player itself.

:: Why are there too few skins (or why there is no skin that fits my resolution)?

:: :: The player is a very new project, and the skin support is even more recent. So, be patient that soon there will be skins for your device or skins that please you. If you want to accelerate this process, download the Skin Maker and design your own skin. I'll be glad to post it in the skins thread.

:: Why does the song stop (or become glitchy) if I minimize the player and do other things with my device?

:: :: That's because the default setting of the decoder is to be a low-priority thread. I've made this default because I didn't want my phone to become slower with the playback, even because the song usually stops only when something is loading or wasting too much CPU. If you want, change the "Thread priority" to "Normal" in the Settings dialog to prevent this effect.

:: What do the "Prebuffer length" and "Output prebuffer" options do?

:: :: Respectively, they specify how many milisseconds and the amount of the MP3 file that will be decoded ahead what is currently being played. If you check the "Low" thread priority setting and your prebuffer length is set to 4000ms, another process can use the CPU for 4 seconds before the song becomes glitchy. If you check the "Normal" thread priority, your prebuffer length does not need to be that large: 1000ms must be enough (this will free up memory).

Older releases

:: Nitrogen 1.0 (Jun 07, 2009) - Download - Download source

:: Visit this thread for more info on the previous release (Nitrogen 0.3.2).