[RELEASE] Xandu's Media Player 2 BETA Finally released at GBAX 2007 Competition!!

[Robert de Clair]

Im requesting for support 3.40 OE (because of 8GB MS Card)

end of testing

[-Xandu-]

parkermauney: Sadly, it's closed for voting and the guys at GBAEmu and Emuholic will judge.

Robert de Clair: it does work on OE, just make sure it's in GAME150 not GAME.

pspfan:

Spoiler!

Good job, HUGE improvement from before, still some things to work on though (but I think I will be keeping this one on my PSP, unlike the last one):

Bugs:

-The font for some of the things is worse than other parts. Specifically, the song number like "25 of 29" looks fine and so does the filename, but the time like "0:27......................04:10" looks worse (it's not as clean). The same less-clean font is used for the songs in the Library screen, Music Quiz, Settings, and main menu. Why is this? Can it be fixed? If not maybe just a thinner font would get rid of the choppiness. I think if this were fixed it would look MUCH cleaner, much more professional, and much more awesome Might Be fixed in the future

-This is kind of hard to explain, but I'll give it a shot. When you go to the next track and it has sound at the very beginning (instead of being quiet and then playing sound) it seems to play it a few times like it gets a little screwed up, but if you just listen to the song before it instead of going to the next track it seems to play fine...so it's weird. Like I said, that was kind of hard to explain. (Edit: Squidman mentioned this in his 5th paragraph) Will be fixed

-The same kind of bug that I just mentioned happens when you are going next track or previous track while sound is playing in the song. A possible fix might be to pause (or stop) the song before going to the next track, and then play the next song. It does do that, maybe the previous bug is the problem

-When you play a song, and then go next track a few times, and then go back to the library screen, the selected song is still on the first one you played. Could it be fixed so the highlighter/selector thing could be on the song last played? Will be fixed

-The pause and play icons in the corner don't blend in with the background. I figure I could fix this myself, but then the problem would still exist for everyone else. Could be a quick fix, but should be low on the priority list when making updates to this great program. Will be fixed

-Also, the play icon doesn't show in a song until you pause it and then unpause it. I think on a normal iPod it's always there when playing. This is a very small bug and should be super low on the priorities for updates.Will be fixed

-When in the Library screen and on the first song, the scrollbar isn't at the top. Instead, there are two scrollbars, one above the top end of the scrollbar, and the other not quite at the top. Not a huge bug but would be nice to have fixed for a more professional look. Will be fixed

-The slide transition only happens when going from Library to Now Playing or visa versa (it doesn't happen when going from the main screen to Music Library, or to Music Quiz, or to Settings or visa versa)
Will be fixed in future versions
-The analog clickwheel effect doesn't work in the Music Quiz or the Settings. Will be fixed

-When you finish the last song in the list it should go back to the first one (currently it just stops). Similarly, when you are on the last song if you go to the next track it should also go back to the first one.
Will be fixed

Suggestions:

-When you push left on D-pad while a song is playing to go to the Library, the music should keep playing while you navigate the menu. That would be very good, and is the top priority for updates in my opinion. If this is not accomplished, it would be nice if it at least remembered the minutes and seconds of the song so when you went back to the song it could resume from where it stopped, but it would be much nicer to just have it playing while you scrolled through the menus.You would hear crackling in the song when you navigate (ie. press down/up)

-Add fast forward and rewind. If it's too hard, how about a "skip 15 seconds ahead/behind" feature? Will be added in future versions

-Add an option to sort the songs alphabetically. What are the sorted by now? It doesn't seem to be date, or size, or name...They are sorted by Date Modified

-Add support for non-iTunes Tags...didn't they used to be supported, or am I imagining that? I'd love this because I don't have iTunes. The XMB can read the tags fine, and my brother's iPod Nano can see them fine, so what is the difference between these tags and the way iTunes does them? Your tags have to be ID3 v1 for now

-In the now playing screen, cut off the .mp3 on the filename. Maybe others like it, but I don't. You could add an option to include the file extension. This is not a biggie, though, and should be very low on the priorities.Will be fixed

-Lastly, Reorganize the main menu to be: Music, Photos, Extras, Games, Settings, Shuffle Songs. In "Music" have the submenu be: Playlists, Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres, Composers. In Photos have the submenu be Slideshow Settings. For Extras: Clock, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Stopwatch, Screen Lock. For Games: Brick, Music Quiz, Parachute, Solitaire. For Settings: About (Songs, Photos, Capacity, Available, Version), Shuffle, Repeat, Clicker, Date & Time, Contacts, Language, Legal. Hahah JK, then we'd have a full out iPod.

-But anyway, some nice features would be Playlists, Sort by Artist/Song (this could be done using the tags or using the filenames if all songs are named Artist - Song), Clock with Date and Time, Brick (aka Breakout, playable while listening to music--that'd be sick), maybe Solitaire (same deal about being playable on top pf the music).

Question:

-Is the song bar animated on a regular iPod? If not then I think if you took it out you could free up memory (only if it's needed to fix or add some of the stuff I mentioned before).It is animated on the iPod, plus it doesn't use much RAM


Wow that was a long report...if you like it I could be a beta tester haha.

P.S. Nice User Guide.

All the Will be fixed bugs are small bugs that wouldn't have been there if GBAX deadline wasn't so early .
Thanks for your report.

[pspfan]

Thanks for the reply Xandu, I took out all the Will be bixeds and a few other things and wrote back:

Spoiler!

-The font for some of the things is worse than other parts. Specifically, the song number like "25 of 29" looks fine and so does the filename, but the time like "0:27......................04:10" looks worse (it's not as clean). The same less-clean font is used for the songs in the Library screen, Music Quiz, Settings, and main menu. Why is this? Can it be fixed? If not maybe just a thinner font would get rid of the choppiness. I think if this were fixed it would look MUCH cleaner, much more professional, and much more awesome Might Be fixed in the future I hope so!


-The slide transition only happens when going from Library to Now Playing or visa versa (it doesn't happen when going from the main screen to Music Library, or to Music Quiz, or to Settings or visa versa)
Will be fixed in future versions That's good to hear


-When you push left on D-pad while a song is playing to go to the Library, the music should keep playing while you navigate the menu. That would be very good, and is the top priority for updates in my opinion. If this is not accomplished, it would be nice if it at least remembered the minutes and seconds of the song so when you went back to the song it could resume from where it stopped, but it would be much nicer to just have it playing while you scrolled through the menus.You would hear crackling in the song when you navigate (ie. press down/up) It seems weird that the music is crackly when you navigate in the menu because a lot of homebrew have music on in the backgroud. Is it a lua limitation? Do you think there is any workaround for it? Some way to have enough memory to see the menu and have the song still playing? If not then I hope you can at least implement the alternative fix I mentioned (pausing the song so it remembers where you were and you can go back to that same position). But it really would be nice the other way.


-Add fast forward and rewind. If it's too hard, how about a "skip 15 seconds ahead/behind" feature? Will be added in future versions OK, I'm looking forward to it


-Add an option to sort the songs alphabetically. What are the sorted by now? It doesn't seem to be date, or size, or name...They are sorted by Date Modified Oh, when my computer sorts by date modified the list is different, oh well. But like I said, how about an option to sort alphabetically?"


-Add support for non-iTunes Tags...didn't they used to be supported, or am I imagining that? I'd love this because I don't have iTunes. The XMB can read the tags fine, and my brother's iPod Nano can see them fine, so what is the difference between these tags and the way iTunes does them? Your tags have to be ID3 v1 for now Oh, does that mean I'm using ID3 v2 or something like that? Will other kinds ever be supported? And do you know any programs that can put them in ID3 v1 besides iTunes? If not I'll try to find some.


-Lastly, Reorganize the main menu to be: Music, Photos, Extras, Games, Settings, Shuffle Songs. In "Music" have the submenu be: Playlists, Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres, Composers. In Photos have the submenu be Slideshow Settings. For Extras: Clock, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Stopwatch, Screen Lock. For Games: Brick, Music Quiz, Parachute, Solitaire. For Settings: About (Songs, Photos, Capacity, Available, Version), Shuffle, Repeat, Clicker, Date & Time, Contacts, Language, Legal. Hahah JK, then we'd have a full out iPod. this was just a joke :P


-But anyway, some nice features would be Playlists, Sort by Artist/Song (this could be done using the tags or using the filenames if all songs are named Artist - Song), Clock with Date and Time, Brick (aka Breakout, playable while listening to music--that'd be sick), maybe Solitaire (same deal about being playable on top pf the music). Obviously I didn't mean for this stuff to be in the next version, but it would be awesome in the final version. And btw they are listed in my opinion of what is highest priority to lowest

Question:

-Is the song bar animated on a regular iPod? If not then I think if you took it out you could free up memory (only if it's needed to fix or add some of the stuff I mentioned before).It is animated on the iPod, plus it doesn't use much RAM Oh, I guess it's just not animated on my brothers nano because it's too small (or he turned it off in the options somewhere).


Wow that was a long report...if you like it I could be a beta tester haha. I'm just gonna bold that part and leave it in there

P.S. Nice User Guide.

Thanks again, and also good job, and I can't wait for the next release!

[-Xandu-]

Yeah, I was planning on making it a full iPod, I'm not coding everything though .

If your ID3 tags don't show up properly, try converting them using iTunes to version 1.0.

[Robert de Clair]

Xandu: it doesnt matter what folder ive tried first on default folders GAME150 with kernel 1.50 (but i have a 8GB MS so AFAIK kernel 1.50 doesnt work correctly with 8GB Cards

so if someone have 8gb card - then cant run this program (cause of startup crash) EVEN if folder are GAME150

solution:

dont use a 8GB MS :>
or
create a version supporting 8gb (3.40 kernel)

[tvrstl]

i know why It didn't work for me now, doesn't support æ, ø å, or ö ä

[aznTerz]

heyz....
great app...

but wen u scroll all the way down...
to the last song then press down again...
it freezes and u hav to restart ur psp...
does anyone else have this problem?

[-Xandu-]

heyz....
great app...

but wen u scroll all the way down...
to the last song then press down again...
it freezes and u hav to restart ur psp...
does anyone else have this problem?

I don't , maybe it's the same problem with Chinese characters since you're Asian?

[tvrstl]

I don't , maybe it's the same problem with Chinese characters since you're Asian?

can you make it support different fonts?

would like to have some songs that contain these letters: ö Ö ä Ä æ Æ ø Ø å Å anything with ~, like Ñ

and asian fonts ofcourse.that would be nice!!

[DarthPaul]

-Xandu- I'm surely gonna vote for this!! It's just amazing. I was using it last night with my bro's PSP and yeah it rocks.



Off-Topic

Btw, Darthpaul, does OE support the picture way for hen? if so, maby a coder can make it flash a recovery mode instead? but if your psp runs pics ofcours

Huh? Picture way for Hen?

And yes,it runs pictures..