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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] niknik76:
How very cool that this app is going forward!

I can only play 1 song at the time and then program freezes..

I could be very cool if you could play all tracks from a search in a row...

(I'm on a TD2 wm6.1)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nmhusa:
Screen off function to save battery life

I used the following Cab file http://www.appliedpda.com/downloads/thank_you/11 to use Groovefish without burning batteries with the screen lit. As I have found with other programs it will turn of the screen but leave Groovefish playing.

Give it a try and let me know if it works for you.

I would imagine that the programmer of Groovefish could incorporate its functionality via a button on the Groovefish interface and perhaps install "Screen Off"(5 kb) along with Groovefish. Just my 2 cents.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] johnfoam:
Very cool app! Thx for releasing it. Seems to freeze if I try to switch from one song to another while one is playing. Also freezes sometimes at the end of songs. Nonetheless, very cool.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] skyler17:
WOW.

Great job so far.

I'm blown away.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] graphic914:
I installed it on my vogue and the screen is double the size also. Unfortunately I am unable to see the buttons on the bottom so I can not try it out, hope you get a chance to look into this, it seems like a great app!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] camalus:
I am having the same issue. This program is great... except for the crashing after every song and having to restart the whole program.

Amazing potential, but the having to restart after every song is really killing me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
Please add QVGA support.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] WoZZeR999:
Great interface, just another shout out for (w)qvga support. Still very useable though!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] austinbrady:
Same problem

I have the same problem...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the0ne:
My god, that looks amazing...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] redd214:
that skin does look amazing!

this is by far one of the best apps i have downloaded in a very long time! thanx for your work and i am looking forward to future releases1
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] enyaj:
Has anyone tested on Touch HD?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Solaris_irc:
QVGA plz:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ThomasHW:
Like said before, it works with QVGA but the screen is fairly messed up. Nice app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dazultra2000:
Egad! With some more development I can see this quickly becoming my fave app by a very very long way!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
Definitely. I also have the problem with only being able to play one song, then having to restart the app.

Also, the GUI while being a major step up is still a bit "bulky". Things should fit neatly in together and there shouldn't be any wasted space. Probably just because it's made for "all resolutions". It's usually better to do one for each :)

Skins would be a great idea, but we can leave that for version 1.0+ :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
Hi all, I'll post a more detailed response later. Just a quick update to say I'm working on the bugs with the current version and will begin to plan the WVGA version. I just need to prioritise everything first. :)

Also, as a temporary fix to the app stopping working after playing one song - try pauses the song just before it runs to completion, and then selecting something else. It's not ideal, but it seems to work for me. It'll be fixed shortly. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] HTCdano:
How come when I try to open groovefish after I have downloaded it I get an error that it failed.

This appplication requires a newer version of the microsoft .NET compact framwork than the version installed on this device.

where and how do I get the newer version?

thanks peeps
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
Download .NET CF 3.5:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...49-3C6B-42F1-9FD9-0041345B3385&displaylang=en
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xhozt:
.3 on my incite wont play and the controls are so big the get chopped off at the sides and bottom ... ideas? .2 worked great save the known issues
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chelsea_fc:
please add support for 320x320...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the0ne:
i think a wVGA res is planned soon...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] niknik76:
Does anyone know in which quality the music is being streamed?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
I remember nilezon's was 128kbps, so I assume this implementation will be similar.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dawnbringer:
thanks

Great program mate!! no major issues encountered!

maybe add the option to save/download favourite songs?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3it3r:
Works great on my Tilt 2 (WVGA) I showed this to a few iPhone owners last night and they were Über jealous.. lol
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Black1982:
Super App!! Thank you a lot. Seems pretty stable! Had never heard of Grooveshark before!

Perhaps you could add a searching/loading icon? At the moment you dont know what the app is doing.

Am I right that you have to press ENTER after typing your search? Maybe you could add a "search" button?

I think this is going to be a must have app!:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] redflag:
App of the Year!

Only discovered Groovefish this morning & spent the day with headphones on (good job there is no Premiership today!)

Quality is good, streaming good... in fact the whole thing is pretty damn good. Playlists & Shuffles next I hope. Arctic Monkeys found ok btw, but library seems small, can we upload ? (Please delete me if I have just broken the law thinking such a thing !)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] redflag:
Fuggetaboutit

Just seen the main site & search finds everything on there, forget last post. Who's catchphrase was, 'This is gonna be good...' ????
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] willio:
I'm a great fan of Grooveshark, thanks for this app!

Doesn't work on my HD with HTC 6.1 rom, can't waite to see a working version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deepdarkspirit:
Is there any chance a QVGA res will be made? i can use it like this but it would be better in QVGA for me and lots of other users
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
New release. :)

There's not a lot new to be honest, but it should be more stable. Let me know if it fixes any problems... or causes any more! I've added more output to the debug log so if there are any bugs, please check that and report back here with any relevant information. Thanks. :)

I will read through the posts from over the weekend and reply in the next couple of hours. It's been a busy weekend. :/

On the QVGA version - it's on my radar, but I want to get playlists included first simply because there seems to be more demand for it. Thanks for your patience. :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Austin808:
Tried a few songs. The addition of status messages really helps and the lockup I was seeing no longer happens. Looking forward to playlists.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kniffo80:
*kiss* *kiss* *kiss* just downloaded the new version and tried. WOW. this is all i expected. best job. have to donate a little bit in the evening! looking forward to playlist ;)

perhaps (this would be an AWESOME feature) is it possible to pipe the incoming stream to an outgoing mp3 stream to sd-card? i'm a java developer for myself, don't know much about .net, but i had a look into some code of other apps. found .net is not that much different from java 6. so, is it possible (apart from if it's legal). THAT would be a feature ;)

but at this point thanks for this great app! this is just awesome! listening to november rain just now ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kniffo80:
Found a bug or something gone wrong .... hmmm ...

Okay, trying to explain. Searching for Metallica brings up a list of songs (normal ;)). When i select the first one (it should be "enter sandman") it connects, plays well. But i think, if the connection is a little bit slow, the song stops playing (normal behaviour while streaming). BUT after a while, the song is shortened to 1 minute and a few seconds. Can play it from the beginning but the song seems to be "cut" o.O

Okay, then tried another song from the existing list: whiskey in the jar (such a nice nice nice song) ... but:

Groovefish.exe
NullReferenceException

at Groovefish.UI.Controls.ItemList.TimerCallback (Object state)
at System.Threading.Timer.ring()

exciting ... while writing this and unlocking my phone after, the exception still exists, but groovefish starts to play the song. but i've to quit the app ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
I've just reproduced the second problem. This seems to be due to the kinetic scrolling in the results view and should be easily fixable (I'll check when I get home!).

The first problem I haven't successfully reproduced yet (after playing a few songs). I don't suppose the debug log had anything to say? If anyone else encounters this, let me know (and let me know if the debug log has any errors)

Thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
Looks very nice! What format is it in? Photoshop?

Send it on over if you want - it probably won't make it into the next version (I've bigger fish to fry at the moment!) but I'll try to include it in future. :)

PS.I've added an FAQ to the second post!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mahender:
hi braguast,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mahender:
dont know what happened then lol.

hi mate hope you are well.

didnt get chance to try this app fully, but i have just updated to your latest version. i am lvoing it mate.

i have been sat with my mates trying to think of obscure songs.lol.

it has been rockin in the free world tho.

i like how you have included the stream key and streaming status' now we can see if something is happening.

2 things,

a) i have donated, it isnt much sorry but i will keep doing as this app develops.

b) will this run over wifi or 3g/hsdpa only.

thanks once again barguast.

mahender :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Brunkage:
thank you. this is sooo nice... :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
a) Very much appreciated. Let me know if you have any specific feature requests, and I'll try to fit them in with the other fixes and things I'm already getting on with. :)

b) It will run under any data connection, but the amount of buffering you'll have to put with depends on the connection type. I've found GPRS is rarely sufficient, EDGE just about copes, and HSDPA flies. With wi-fi it depends on your speed, but I'd say in 99.9% of cases, it'd be the preferable choice!

Thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sandervanzijl:
I installed the latest version. the bonus is that you no longer get the error messages.

however, i do not have any feedback on screen when the application is searching, or loading a song.

i also had a song that was not playing properly. it seemed like the data rate was not high enough. i only heard sound snippets. the application should check if the stream is downloaded enough to start playing.

is it possible to include album/artist/genre view?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
There isn't any feedback when searching yet - apart from the search box being disabled! This is something I need to add.

When you click on a song, the player (at the bottom) should update you on the progress of starting the song - Requesting Stream Key, Requesting Stream, Starting - before reverting to the normal time elapsed/duration of the song.

As for the buffering issue, there isn't really any way I can detect if there is enough to start. The audio player component (BASS) will download enough to start the song, but then it is at the mercy of bandwidth which, for a mobile phone, can be very erratic. If the buffering is an issue, you may just want to pause it as soon as it loads, and then play when you think there is enough in the buffer (indicated by the light blue bar).

EDIT: Sorry, forgot about your last question. I'm going to add album art for the next version, I think. The other things (genre, etc) will come later.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Propheticus:
Great app/some songs won't load

I like the effort many xda-developers put into the many useful roms and apps. This is one of the many fine apps I found here, kudo's to you for the effort.

It's working fine on my Xperia X1. Both searching and loading a stream is fast (tested through active sync internet connection). Playback continues while suspending/turning screen off, even through external speaker where some other apps mute it when suspending. Also screen orientation is working fine both landscape and portrait.

There's this one small thing: When selecting some songs it will say it has requested the stream succesfully and that the file is playing, but the playback counter will show 00:-01/00:-01 and obviously nothing is being played at all.

I don't know if this has to do with your app or Grooveshark though. Maybe the entry is just dead or something...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
I think you might be right. If you can remember which song it was, try doing the same search on Grooveshark and see if it plays there.

If so, I just need to include some checking to see if the request for the stream actually succeeds.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Overloaded:
For the hardstyle / Hardcore lovers around here!

At the moment i'm uploading ~600 Hardstyle songs :D:D

<3 :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Blackhawk7:
Works great on my wizard wm5.1

Thanks!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jeremy215:
Awsome

Installed 3.1. Man it is solid. Not an error. 3+ hours so far. Thank you again for your work into this. Using a Sprint Touch Pro by the way. Favorite app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] skyli91:
Hello,

I've tried the program on my Touch HD but it freezes after listening 1-2 song. It made the error exactly when i was scrolling the list.

But the program is amazing, i really like it. I just have to restart it often :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
What do you mean by freezes? Does the user interface lock up entirely, or are you just not able to play anything any more?

I'll look into that error when I get home. It should be an easy fix... Should be. ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] skyli91:
It just gives me an error message. Now i had a longer error message under details. I noticed that the song didn't stopped after the error message.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rde34:
Similar Issue

I have the same issue. After playing a song successfully, searching and playing another song and then for a 3rd time searching and attempting to play a song groovefish will show 00:-01/00:-01. Tested a few times. The problem occurs most of the time after the 3rd search but occasionally on the 2nd search and play attempt.

However, your program is fantastic and one of the most innovative I've ever used. Thanks for all of your continued great work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] skyli91:
Hmm, now it seems i don't have more errors somehow :D

For the 00:-01 -> just select an other song and then select the song again which you want to listen :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rde34:
00:-01/00:-01

My issue, while not a consistent issue, continues. Usually upon a new search and play attempt I get 00:-01/00:-01. Troubleshooting the issue by selecting another song and then selecting my original choice works sometimes but not everytime. Also, my search time and response is much slower than previous release.

The addition of a "cancel search" button might be helpful as well. My device is a Sprint Touch Pro2 running stock Windows 6.1. I hope this information if of some use. As always, I'd like to echo my sentiments that regardless of bugs and other errors, your software is spectacular.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kniffo80:
just donated a little bit, it's not much but it should an incentive ;)

regarding the problem with -0:01 ---> same sometimes at my hd ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
I use this application more than anyone and have never had the 00:-01 problem! :p

Could you all please please please go to Options > View Debug Log whenever it happens and report back here with any relevant findings? I think it might the audio player failing to start up, but I can't be sure!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] niknik76:
How do you know that you use it the most? :-p

WOW! What just happened! This app is getting so much better, fast!

Nice job!

I love the new way that tracks start when you press them...

I have the 00:-01 problem also, will try to report back..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Visionikz03:
yeah i get the same problem... debug log says

"BASS ChannelPlay: BASS_ERROR_HANDLE"

"BASS_StreamCreateFileUser: BASS_ERROR_MEM"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] keithdupont:
QVGA please
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tuscolavol:
Help

I'm probably going to feel stupid but here goes... How do you use this. I got excited when I found this thread and I looked at all the posts hoping I could find instructions. All I get is the attached screen. I have a Touch Pro and running the latest Mighty Rom 6. I downloaded from my phone into the main memory.

Really sorry if I'm missing something.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] niknik76:
pop up your keyboard and do a search in the top bar :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] niknik76:
Barguast, it would be super cool if you could fix the screen not being able to turn off issue?

And would it be possible to add a way to access your own library? Or to do a search only within it?

just wishes :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kernman:
ditto:):):):D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Angryunibrow:
Thanks for this! Loving the app so far.

Very good job. Keep up the excellent work!

Can't wait to see what else you have in store for this app.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bobzero:
I just tried this app and I feel that it has great potential!

Please make a QVGA version, there are still many QVGA users out there.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheRem:
this is so cool! thanks Barguast! :)

tho it's not for QVGA. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DJ_Evil:
Really nice app, one thing though which seems a bit strange is the search results seem very short, I had used groovemobile developed by nielzon and his streamer did show much longer results for the same search. I had a look in debug log but it did not mention anything about any of my searches, any idea what is up?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
I can't say how nilezon's app behaves, but Groovefish returns a maximum of 50 results. Other than that, the search logic must be identical because it is done via the Grooveshark search method.

Do you have any example searches which return a different number of results on each app?

@Visionikz03 - Thanks for that. I thought that might be the problem. I think I've fixed it now on my version (testing it).

@keithdupont and everyone else asking for it - I've started making the interface more resolution-friendly. The next release should be a more usable on lower resolutions.

@niknik76 - I'm really hoping to make a start on some major new features this week. At the moment, bug fixes are a priority as I want the foundations on the project - the audio player, the interface, etc - to be solid before I build anything on top of them. Fingers crossed the next release will be bug free! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the0ne:
fingers crossed for " the new major feature " to be playlist... that would be so cool... :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fatmonk:
Barguast,

Thanks for a brilliant effort. This is, to put it simply, one of the best apps for WinMo there is.

Even with the current bugs, it's user friendly and very very effective at what it does.

I found your app via nilezon's discontinued app (I was sad to see that go) but having now discovered your app I can see why he didn't feel it was worth dedicating time to the development any more.

You even seem to be taking a very sensible approach to the development - concentrating on getting the basics working well before adding the bells and whistles. If only every developer had the same restraint.

Notes from my use so far are (0.3.1):

- I still get a crash on exit (I did with nilezon's app as well, though)

- playlists would be really nice

- when I try to scroll through results when a song is playing, whichever song I dragged on replaces the current playing song and the current playing song stops.

As I say, brilliant effort, and I look forward to keeping up with this one as new releases come out.

Thanks,

FM

[Touch Pro, o2 UK stock ROM, WinMo 6.1]
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
Thanks fatmonk. :)

- I actually didn't realise nilezon had discontinued his application. That's really a shame.

- I've also noticed the crash on exit is still there. It seems to happen when a lot of song requests are made in quick succession. I'll have to look into this a little more. In my version it appears to be the only situation in which the application crashes. Which is a good thing, I guess...!

- On the scrolling issue, I'm not sure what is happening. The search results list works using touch scrolling only and the scroll bar on the right is just visual so you can see where in the list you are. Provided that the list has started scrolling (which it will once you've pressed on the list and moved your stylus / finger far enough), it shouldn't start trying to play the song.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fatmonk:
I'll have a bit more play today with the scrolling thing and see if I can narrow it down a bit for you.

Of course it may just be my pudgy fat monk fingers, in which case it'll be one less things for you to worry about!

Cheers

FM
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] romualdrichard:
Hi, nice but.... with 0.31

I have always a 403 response from the server when I try to listen. :(

Search is working.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
The software was designed to be fat monk friendly though! I'll have a play with the sensitivity of the list to see if I can fine tune it. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] niknik76:
Bargaust, one more suggestion;

After doing a search, and you have a bunch of songs in your list -it would be very cool if the player would automaticly play the next song when the one you're listening to is finished.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Barguast:
That should be covered by what I'm planning for playlists. I'm going to allow them to be based on virtually anything so you can have playlists that;

- Play a specific list of songs in sequential / random order (i.e. a standard playlist)

- Play a list of songs based on search results in sequential / random order (i.e. your suggestion!)

- Play a song, followed by a similar song, followed by another similar song, ad infinitum.

The last one I'm looking forward to adding the most. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] niknik76:
That sounds amazing!

The last one I look forward the most to too!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tuscolavol:
Aaahhhh... and then hit enter on the keyboard. :p I was looking for a start button on the screen. Thanks!!

I've been looking for something to replace Pandora since it's not reaaly good on the TP. This exceeds my expectations!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] superste2201:
sounds like an amazing concept, might give it a try later.

cant wait to see how this develops over the next few months
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kernman:
i get the 00:-01/00:-01 error only if i dont stop a song before starting another......great work so far barguast
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rde34:
00:-01/00:-01

My issue is the same. If I pause the song I'm listening to before playing another, so far I haven't seen 00:-01/00:-01 using this troubleshooting method. Before discovering this method the Error Message from the Debug Log was

"BASS ChannelPlay: BASS_ERROR_HANDLE"

"BASS_StreamCreateFileUser: BASS_ERROR_MEM"

I think this was the same message another individual had. As always, I hope this information helps.