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Harick

2011-09-27 19:44

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by gidzzz (Post 1097382)

Like zdanee said, it's more about making a replacement for the stock player and I think there should be a stable base to work with before making radical interface redesigns, if any.

From the other news, it's about time for a now build and the accompanying changelog. :)

Fixed excessive CPU usage by too many instances of the playlist state indicator being animated.
Playlist state indicator is hidden while scrolling, dedicating more CPU time to smooth browsing.
Colors aren't hardcoded anymore, they should match your theme.
Adaptive loading for the playlist in "Now playing" window. Visible and sorrounding items are loaded first, so even if you throw your whole library at it, there's only little to no waiting time for the items to be filled with song info. I haven't had any problems for a few days, but keep an eye on your playlist and please report any inconsistencies if they occur.

thank you for fixing the "now playing" icon and the color schema

but i'm still seeing some hardcoded colors, in the main scren and the now playing screen

here some screenshots (see gray text, should be blue)

http://i54.tinypic.com/27yzrc9.png
http://i52.tinypic.com/21ou5ok.png

once again, thanks for all your hard work =)

laith.m.y

2011-09-27 19:55

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harick (Post 1097552)

What is the name of the theme that you use ?

N770-Freak

2011-09-27 20:13

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by chipper (Post 1097462)

I've got one problem, though: Some time ago I've made some desktop shortcuts to directly start my favourite playlists. Exec line looks like this:

Exec=dbus-send --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.mediaplayer /com/nokia/mediaplayer com.nokia.mediaplayer.mime_open string:"file:///media/mmc1/music/Mix.m3u"

This works with stock player (though I've found no way to start in shuffle mode), but with OMP, only the first song in the playlist is loaded. Weird.

Sorry for being a bit off topic, but I had more or less the same issue regarding the shuffle feature (stock media player).
I was able to solve the issue by enabling shuffle after starting playback. Try the following lines:

Code:

run-standalone.sh dbus-send --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.mediaplayer /com/nokia/mediaplayer com.nokia.mediaplayer.mime_open string:"file:///media/mmc1/music/Mix.m3u"

sleep 5

run-standalone.sh dbus-send --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.mafw.playlist /com/nokia/mafw/playlist/1 com.nokia.mafw.playlist.shuffle string:"is-shuffled"

Remaining issue was that playback always started with the same song. I solved this by "pre-shuffling" my playlist with a bash script (I know that's a bit wired, because playlist is shuffled twice). I'm also not using the mentioned "fixed" sleep value. Instead I'm requesting the playback status and enable shuffling as soon as playback starts.

Hope that helps.

tcbl50

2011-09-28 05:17

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

thanks for the new build. loved dis programme but the high cpu usage was killing me. seems to b solved now :)

chipper

2011-09-28 08:28

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by N770-Freak (Post 1097570)

Sorry for being a bit off topic,
[...]

Stay off-topic all you want if this is the result. Thanks a lot, that really helped.

gidzzz

2011-09-28 16:13

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chipper (Post 1097462)

This works with stock player (though I've found no way to start in shuffle mode), but with OMP, only the first song in the playlist is loaded. Weird.

For me, stock player only loads the first song and I can't even play it, but I guess that doesn't matter, because now OMP supports it. :) Shuffling should work too, if the player is set to shuffle.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harick (Post 1097552)

but i'm still seeing some hardcoded colors, in the main scren and the now playing screen

Ooops... All the themes I have installed have gray as the secondary color and I didn't know about a few places to check out. Hopefully this time everything's alright.

To sum up:

Support for opening M3U playlists.
Removed more hardcoded colors.
Small adjustments to the look of "Now playing" window.
Radio playback starts automatically.

Jaffa

2011-09-28 16:30

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by gidzzz (Post 1098244)

[Attached files]

Is the source of this in git, either in the mainline or as a merge request?

knobby

2011-09-28 16:45

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

@gidzzz..
nice work man...but can u fix the sharing and delete options in video player...thanx
and can an equalizer added...?

knobby

2011-09-28 16:47

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

and yeah one other bug is...when firstly we play a song and then go to videos and start playing video...the video plays and when it is finished the song that we were firstly playing starts automatically playing from start...
Is this happening with others too...?

Harick

2011-09-28 16:56

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

thanks gidzzz, now it's perfect, all the hardcoded color is painted with secondary color now

Quote:

Originally Posted by laith.m.y (Post 1097558)

What is the name of the theme that you use ?

it's marina theme

chipper

2011-09-28 18:00

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by gidzzz (Post 1098244)

For me, stock player only loads the first song and I can't even play it, but I guess that doesn't matter, because now OMP supports it. :) Shuffling should work too, if the player is set to shuffle.

Starting a playlist directly now crashes OMP immediately with this error:

Quote:

Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

Sorry

toxaris

2011-09-28 18:02

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

I get segfault when I try to delete an album. Maybe something to look into.

freemangordon

2011-09-28 18:32

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by gidzzz (Post 1098244)

For me, stock player only loads the first song and I can't even play it, but I guess that doesn't matter, because now OMP supports it. :) Shuffling should work too, if the player is set to shuffle.

Ooops... All the themes I have installed have gray as the secondary color and I didn't know about a few places to check out. Hopefully this time everything's alright.

To sum up:

Support for opening M3U playlists.
Removed more hardcoded colors.
Small adjustments to the look of "Now playing" window.
Radio playback starts automatically.

Maybe it is a good idea to look at osso-calculator CSSU replacement here, lines

Code:

#ifdef Q_WS_MAEMO_5

        if ( name.at(0).isDigit() || name == "calc_bv_tr_decimal" )

                setObjectName("HILDON-WIDGET-hildon-accent-button");

        else

                setObjectName("HILDON-WIDGET-hildon-button-stylus");

#endif

By setting objectName to something which starts with HILDON-WIDGET- you are automatically applying hildon theme for that widget. Of course one needs to have CSSU installed this to take effect :D

TransTech

2011-09-28 18:46

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

sorry for a noob question, i wanted to try this from a long time, but i dont know how to.. so can anybody tell me how to install this, i.e tar.gz file, is there a method to convert it to .deb, if anyone can help me it would be great... ;) thanks.

cruster

2011-09-28 19:49

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Anyone experiencing not saved settings with the latest gidzzz's version (haven't tried any other version tbh)?

Edit: Running omp as root saves settings. I think it is a permissions problem, as first run was as root. Anyone knows where omp keeps it's settings?

Edit 2: It gets the settings from /root/.config/MohammadAG/mediaplayer.conf but it seems that without running the app as root from terminal it is not accessible (makes sense if running as user, but I think that running an app from menu gives it root access...) Will try to investigate further...

Edit 3: Copied manually mediaplayer.conf from root to user and works fine!

MohammadAG

2011-09-28 19:55

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaffa (Post 1098255)

Is the source of this in git, either in the mainline or as a merge request?

His merge requests were pulled into mainline

gidzzz

2011-09-28 21:25

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by freemangordon (Post 1098387)

By setting objectName to something which starts with HILDON-WIDGET- you are automatically applying hildon theme for that widget. Of course one needs to have CSSU installed this to take effect :D

I don't get what's the real benefit of this. Wouldn't I still need to get the secondary color from QMaemo5Style::standardColor() and assign it to a text, just like it is done now?

Quote:

Originally Posted by chipper (Post 1098331)

Starting a playlist directly now crashes OMP immediately

I followed your instructions from this thread and also tested with FileBox, but I'm unable to reproduce that. :(

Quote:

Originally Posted by knobby (Post 1098265)

can u fix the sharing and delete options in video player...

Probably.

Quote:

Originally Posted by knobby (Post 1098265)

and can an equalizer added...?

That's been already asked and answered here a few times... This application doesn't do any playback on its own, so it's not a place for an equalizer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by knobby (Post 1098268)

the video plays and when it is finished the song that we were firstly playing starts automatically playing from start...
Is this happening with others too...?

Yes, I'll look into that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TransTech (Post 1098407)

Is this post sufficient: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=288 ?

freemangordon

2011-09-28 21:52

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by gidzzz (Post 1098494)

I don't get what's the real benefit of this. Wouldn't I still need to get the secondary color from QMaemo5Style::standardColor() and assign it to a text, just like it is done now?

Most probably not, depends on the case. It is not only about the colors, hildon themes use graphics too. So you can just check what gtkrc style is used for each widget in stock MP and use the same, without parsing resource files and including support for every possible theme. And have in mind that when user changes the theme, OMP will immediately use new shapes/frames/colors/graphics/etc. Another benefit is that sapwood(hildon theme engine) caches images, so no extra memory is needed, while loading pixmaps from QT wastes memory. Try it , you will see it is very useful. And 99 percent of the code related to themes is removed.

NOTE - for now only QPushButton, QCheckBox and similar(all buttons in general) support this feature. If it is not enough and you think you will need additional widgets to support this(QLabel?), PM me, I will implement such support.

aanckar

2011-09-29 04:28

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by cruster (Post 1098435)

Anyone experiencing not saved settings with the latest gidzzz's version (haven't tried any other version tbh)?

Yes, I've noticed the same problem.

cruster

2011-09-29 06:57

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by aanckar (Post 1098667)

Yes, I've noticed the same problem.

I've edited my post with a solution. Try this:
Run mediaplayer as root, save some settings and exit. Then run this as root:

Code:

mkdir /home/user/.config/MohammadAG/

cp -f /root/.config/MohammadAG/mediaplayer.conf /home/user/.config/MohammadAG/

ignore folder exists error on first command.

mrwormp

2011-09-30 17:13

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

I have just realise that if I open a song via filebox or default file manager the progress bar does not move and it does not show the correct time of the song or the album art. and also it still does not play some of my video files selected via filebox, apart from that just want to say excellent job MohammadAG and gidzzz.

Just a little more tweaks needed and this would become my default player

gidzzz

2011-10-06 21:28

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cruster (Post 1098728)

I've edited my post with a solution. Try this:
Run mediaplayer as root, save some settings and exit. Then run this as root:

Code:

mkdir /home/user/.config/MohammadAG/

cp -f /root/.config/MohammadAG/mediaplayer.conf /home/user/.config/MohammadAG/

ignore folder exists error on first command.

I have no idea how the permissions got changed, but I think that a more convenient way would be to simply remove the configuration directory, so it can be automatically regenerated with proper permissions ("rm -r /home/user/.config/MohammadAG/", as root).

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrwormp (Post 1099730)

if I open a song via filebox or default file manager the progress bar does not move and it does not show the correct time of the song or the album art. and also it still does not play some of my video files selected via filebox

I was able to reproduce that behavior with songs and I think it's fixed now, but no luck with finding such video file.

In this new build you can find playlist editing in "Now playing". If you ever tried to make the perfect playlist, but just ended up too frustrated after realizing that you want to add a song somewhere in the middle, this will probably make you happy. ;)

To move an item in the playlist, you have to double tap it, but with the second tap, hold your finger on the screen and drag the item to the desired position. If you have a laptop with a touchpad, you should know what I mean. And you have to be fast. Songs can no longer be startd with single tap, use double tap without drag instead.

Most interesting changes:

Playlist editing in "Now playing" window.
Share and delete videos from the playback window.
Audio playlist doesn't start after finishing video playback.
Correct metadata for songs opened with mime_open (FileBox, for example).
"Delete" in context menu works also for albums and artists.
Total time of the playlist displayed in "Now playing".

neboja

2011-10-06 21:47

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

"Share and delete videos from the playback window." THANK YOU!

ok, most things are working flawlessly... except that damn slider.... and i noticed that same behavior have volume slider too (i spoke about that a couple posts before....)

anyway, keep it coming ;) great work!

edit: ok no it doesn't work flawlessly... :/
now playing playlist view don't focus on next track....

and still sometimes i get inconsistency in loading songs (playlists)
it opens none, or just some songs (rest of track is not loaded) but again i go to playlist view, and select pls to load again, and it is ok then (odd... O.o)

and another thing, could maybe "playlist edit" be moved (implemented) in now playing also???? no need for save there, but it would be stored as a current pls....
and again, consider track search (please) :D

neboja

2011-10-06 22:51

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

ok one more thing regarding this project:

i want to contribute as well (if i can) by experimenting with source,
and i open project in qt creator, but i can not get a simulator to work,... (too many errors, missing stuff, etc)
have anybody some advice for me???? thx! ;)

gidzzz

2011-10-08 13:35

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

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Quote:

Originally Posted by neboja (Post 1104393)

and still sometimes i get inconsistency in loading songs (playlists)
it opens none, or just some songs (rest of track is not loaded) but again i go to playlist view, and select pls to load again, and it is ok then (odd... O.o)

How many songs do you have in that playlist?

Quote:

Originally Posted by neboja (Post 1104393)

and another thing, could maybe "playlist edit" be moved (implemented) in now playing also???? no need for save there, but it would be stored as a current pls....

Is it that you don't like something about drag&drop the way it is now, the list is too small to comfortably rearrange items (if that's the case, try the attached version), or something else?

Not much time since the previous build, but it could be pretty annoying that when a new song starts to play, playlist is not scrolled to show it. And there are more significant changes, too:

Restored focus for starting songs.
Albums and artists can be deleted from the titlebar menu.
Detect when a file is removed from the library, or a new one appears. Deleting files may be not as swift as before, but you don't have to reopen the player to refresh all views.
Playlist and lyrics area in now playing was increased by making album art smaller.

Zekahz

2011-10-08 15:05

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

How can I delete 1 song??

gidzzz

2011-10-08 15:42

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

There was a ton of changes in the deletion code and that option for "All songs" view got lost somewhere along the way. You can still delete a song from other views, if that's what you ask. And if that was a general question, than it's just like in the stock player: find the song, press and hold until the menu appears, select "Delete".

luketanti

2011-10-08 15:45

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Why do I need to double click a song to play now in a playlist?

Zekahz

2011-10-08 16:19

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by gidzzz (Post 1105319)

Well I would like that option back in the "All songs" view.

cloud596

2011-10-08 17:50

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

do u know where is lyric been store?
Thanx anyway

wumpwoast

2011-10-08 21:08

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

I've been digging OMP for a while, but I reverted recently to the stock media player because I was watching lots of videos, particularly using freemangordon's 720p patches which accelerate even low-res h264 video.

Why'd I move back to Stock? OMP doesn't bookmark where you last paused/stopped a video. :( It's too bad, because OMP sorts videos so much better than Stock in the grid-display mode... but video bookmarks are too handy to live without. :)

Also, both OMP and Stock fail to start playing certain h264 m4v videos (Constant Quality rf=25 and higher, ~480x306 resolution) if the N900 has been powered up for a while. OMP's failure mode is curious though -- it shows Prev/Play/Next buttons, which play the most recent song when pressed. Stock just shows an everlasting "five dots loading" screen.

freemangordon says this video playback issue is related to mafw -- but I mention here in case there's any chance of working around this issue within OMP itself. Another note: invoking gstreamer at the CLI avoids this problem.

Happy to send a test video link if needed.

neboja

2011-10-08 22:45

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by gidzzz (Post 1105247)

How many songs do you have in that playlist?

Is it that you don't like something about drag&drop the way it is now, the list is too small to comfortably rearrange items (if that's the case, try the attached version), or something else?

Not much time since the previous build, but it could be pretty annoying that when a new song starts to play, playlist is not scrolled to show it. And there are more significant changes, too:

Restored focus for starting songs.
Albums and artists can be deleted from the titlebar menu.
Detect when a file is removed from the library, or a new one appears. Deleting files may be not as swift as before, but you don't have to reopen the player to refresh all views.
Playlist and lyrics area in now playing was increased by making album art smaller.

well i have up to 50-60 or even more songs (actually those are all live mixes - about 1-2 hours long, but stock MP has no trouble with it)

i like drag&drop thing, but i actually want same thing in now playing window (playlist edit in now playing).

other thing: type&search??????
i think there is a way to implement in easy way in now playing window (BUT I GOT NO SKILL to do it... :p ) can someone help me out with this :)

anyway, will try this last build tomorrow, ant get feedback.

p.s. btw, could you MAYBE release .deb (so it is like independent player.... or even put it in repo... ??? (this is question for all devs involved ;) )

gidzzz

2011-10-08 23:36

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zekahz (Post 1105390)

Well I would like that option back in the "All songs" view.

Of course, this is a bug and the option will be back (it's already in git).

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloud596 (Post 1105476)

do u know where is lyric been store?

They're stored in "/home/user/.lyrics/".

Quote:

Originally Posted by wumpwoast (Post 1105684)

Why'd I move back to Stock? OMP doesn't bookmark where you last paused/stopped a video. :( It's too bad, because OMP sorts videos so much better than Stock in the grid-display mode... but video bookmarks are too handy to live without. :)

Bookmarks are part of MAFW, so that'll probably require only a few extra lines of code. OMP already opens them, just doesn't save. ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by wumpwoast (Post 1105684)

OMP's failure mode is curious though -- it shows Prev/Play/Next buttons, which play the most recent song when pressed. Stock just shows an everlasting "five dots loading" screen.

That's because OMP doesn't change the playlist from audio to video. It just orders MAFW to play a single clip, so the next item in the playlist is still a song.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wumpwoast (Post 1105684)

freemangordon says this video playback issue is related to mafw -- but I mention here in case there's any chance of working around this issue within OMP itself. Another note: invoking gstreamer at the CLI avoids this problem.

I can't promise anything, but there are already some workarounds to MAFW's unexpected behavior, so I can look into this one too. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by wumpwoast (Post 1105684)

Happy to send a test video link if needed.

Yes, please. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by neboja (Post 1105726)

i like drag&drop thing, but i actually want same thing in now playing window (playlist edit in now playing).

I'm still not sure what's better in having a separate window for editing the playlist...

Quote:

Originally Posted by neboja (Post 1105726)

p.s. btw, could you MAYBE release .deb (so it is like independent player.... or even put it in repo... ??? (this is question for all devs involved )

It's faster to just throw a file into an archive than to make a deb, so I can spend more time on programming. :) I wanted to make it a long time ago, but each time I have some free time, I decide it's better to fix a bug or something. ;)

knobby

2011-10-09 02:59

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

hey... nice workaround gidzzz...it seems like stock media player is just on the verge... :D

bt can u just focus on slider a little bit more please...it is not so good in response as stock... and nice work of making album art smaller in portrait.. but if play,prev,next buttons would be in centre in portrait mode...it would look nice..(just an idea)

and long pressing video thumbnail should give options of sharing and deleting...also the category view doesn't work....

thankuuuu...gidzzz.....!!! :)

neboja

2011-10-09 08:38

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

ok ok! anyway, thanks for effort! keep up the good work! kudos to you! ;)

romiiio

2011-10-09 17:16

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Hi thanks to everyone involved in this project but i have a little request would it be possible to move the play pause next track button to the middle of the screen under the album art compared to the bottom of the screen as its a bit awkward to press it when using it with one hand its more easier to press in the middle of the screen!

Also in my personal view i think in the entertainment view if we have coverflow implemented that would be amazing!

bitrocky

2011-10-09 18:14

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

hi gidzzz,

are you planing to integrate editing of mp3 idtags?

Would be great!

wumpwoast

2011-10-09 20:27

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Just a suggestion: if you're really desperate for solid ID3 editing, Debian Lenny-armel's id3tools package works well on N900. While it is command-line, it's very useful for modifying many mp3s at once.

Trestry

2011-10-09 22:06

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Does anyone have tried playing .pls files? The stock player plays them fine most of the time, but I can't get them working with OMP. The default radiostations play fine, but the added .pls radiostations won't play...

gidzzz

2011-10-09 23:31

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha release of Open Media Player

Quote:

Originally Posted by knobby (Post 1105786)

bt can u just focus on slider a little bit more please...it is not so good in response as stock...

I was doing some experiments yesterday and it will improve.

Quote:

Originally Posted by knobby (Post 1105786)

and long pressing video thumbnail should give options of sharing and deleting...also the category view doesn't work....

Share/delete is ready. If I remember correctly, there's no category view, just that broken button, so it will take longer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by romiiio (Post 1106125)

would it be possible to move the play pause next track button to the middle of the screen under the album art compared to the bottom of the screen as its a bit awkward to press it when using it with one hand its more easier to press in the middle of the screen!

If you support the phone from below with your pinky, you can position your thumb lower and to the side, and then it's not that hard, probably easier than to rearrange the interface. ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitrocky (Post 1106174)

are you planing to integrate editing of mp3 idtags?

There's already some code related to it, but it's just a stub. I have no specific plans, although I think it's not a bad idea.

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