Re: [TESTING] PhoneME Advanced (Java Mobile) prototype release
 

Well, the jar file itself does not contain any midi files. This basically means if it does assume midi, it generates midi streams on the fly (in memory), which will then be a mess to play with an external midi player.

The link you provided indeed refers to some software synthesisers and midi sound patches. I have used similar players on Linux, and they indeed a nice sound, but they are hard to control from another application.

To explain what I mean, have a look at the mplayer music player. It provides a slave mode which allows you to control it from a different application:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt

If the maemo port of mplayer also supports this slave mode, that would be the easiest way to implement audio playback support. Unfortunately, it does not do midi :-(

Another way of adding midi support is using a lib like: fluidsynth
http://maemo.org/packages/view/fluidsynth/

Cheers,
Davy

Re: [TESTING] PhoneME Advanced (Java Mobile) prototype release
 

Everything is more clear now, thanks.
Too bad mplayer doesnt support midi files.

Now I can just really hope that one day you'll be able to implement midi support trough an external library like fluidsynth.

Thank you once again,
Luca

Re: [TESTING] PhoneME Advanced (Java Mobile) prototype release
 

Phoneme is great! some digital chocolate's and gameloft's touchscreen java games work. i have tried crazy penguin party, adventure of tintin and motocross trial extreme, they 100% work!
doodle jump works also, on fullscreen but is not very great on landscape mode. why all apps are so slow in portrait mode? is there thread for java apps compatibility?

thanks!

Re: [TESTING] PhoneME Advanced (Java Mobile) prototype release
 

I have uploaded new builds to the main download website:
http://davy.preuveneers.be/phoneme/?q=node/10#maemo

You can download the latest and older builds as well from:
http://davy.preuveneers.be/phoneme/public/maemo/deb/

This build integrates most of the changes from freemangordon (thanks again for that). However, it contains further fixes to support rotation (which freemangordon disabled), and I further optimized the rendering speed.

With the JBenchmark midlet, I had a score of 3800 after freemangordon's changes, and with some additional tweaks, I was able to bump up the score to 4300 (yet another 10% improvement).

Some additional remarks: for the fastest rendering speed, enable the option "Start in full screen" in the MIDlet Settings application.
Also, do not enable to "Rotate midlet 90 degrees option". Especially the latter will significantly slow down the rendering.

Feedback is much appreciated.

Regards,
Davy

Re: [TESTING] PhoneME Advanced (Java Mobile) prototype release
 

I am not sure which device you are using, but on the N900 rotation works out of the box (at least on my device) and I don't have to tweak the way midlets are rendered. On the N9, midlets are always started in landscape, so if you want to run the midlet in portrait mode, you have to enable the "Rotate midlet 90 degrees" option in the MIDlet Settings application. Unfortunately, it rotates every frame 90 degrees before it is rendered, which will definitely slow down the rendering speed in portrait mode.

Unfortunately, I cannot tell how bad it is as I do not have an N9.

Best regards,
Davy

Re: [TESTING] PhoneME Advanced (Java Mobile) prototype release
 

A wiki page would be very useful.

Re: [TESTING] PhoneME Advanced (Java Mobile) prototype release
 

I found something here, can it be a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural (e.g. partially implementation of jsr 120 or 205)?
Many apps rely on jsr 120 or 205 deal with mobile communications, massaging, which would be nice if they work well on phones.

Re: [TESTING] PhoneME Advanced (Java Mobile) prototype release
 

@DavyP - mind to request your changes merged on gitorious?

Re: [TESTING] PhoneME Advanced (Java Mobile) prototype release
 

Sure, go ahead. You can find the latest source updates over here:

http://davy.preuveneers.be/phoneme/public/maemo/src/

I basically added the rotation feature again, and increased the delay
in the usleep function from 1 to 1000.

Davy

Re: [TESTING] PhoneME Advanced (Java Mobile) prototype release
 

I am aware that the QtMobility framework provides some messaging services (QMessage and QMessageService), and I am sure you can make at least a partial JSR 120/205 implementation based on that. If I would only have the spare time to implement all these feature requests ...

Davy