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Bec 2010-01-25 11:10
UKMP on N900
 
What I'm getting tired of on N900 are the super-duper all-in-one multimedia players.
None of them manages to provide an interface snappy enough or simply "easy to use" especially for people on the go.

So out of all I've seen so far UKMP obviously has the best design and requires the fewest clicks to accomplish playback tasks.

UKMP unfortunately works pretty bad on N900, in my case playback has "noise" and the program crashed in usually under 1 minute.

This is really a shame and I hope to see this project maintained.


Thank you,
Bec

ut0p14n 2011-09-02 13:05
Re: UKMP on N900
 
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I just found out about this app after reading this thread. It just kept crashing for me, so I had a look at the code and took the liberty of adding some code to stop the crashes (try/catch stuff in MediaCenter.py), and now it works fairly smooth for me. I've uploaded a deb with the fixes, in case anyone's interested. To try it out, just install ukmp from the repo first (this will install dependencies), and then install this package.

It has a sleek ui, and portrait support is a big plus. WIth a bit of polishing, I think it would be a nice replacement for the stock media player.

UPDATE: I've tried ironing out some more bugs and uploaded a package with these fixes. I've also disabled the mouse (I found it annoying imho) and set it to start in up in windowed mode (fullscreen wont work on the cssu-hildon-desktop with forcerotation).

Boemien 2011-09-02 13:08
Re: UKMP on N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ut0p14n (Post 1080607)
I just found out about this app after reading this thread. It just kept crashing for me, so I had a look at the code and took the liberty of adding some code to stop the crashes (try/catch stuff in MediaCenter.py), and now it works fairly smooth for me. I've uploaded a deb with the fixes, in case anyone's interested.

It has a sleek ui, and portrait support is a big plus. WIth a bit of polishing, I think it would be a nice replacement for the stock media player.
Hmm I will take the risk to install this and post my feedbacks. The UI is very tempting!!! :D

By the way, the link you posted does not work. Maybe you are talking about this thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...e+Media+Player

Boemien 2011-09-02 13:53
Re: UKMP on N900
 
I tested the app, it seems to be a good altenative to the stock media player but it keeps on crashing when i want to select an album. first many dependencies was missing and I had to install them by apt-get -f install.
Then the app crashed when searching for albums. after searching for album, it scroll smoothly but when clicking on an album it crashes.

here is an overview of the terminal when i run the app:

Code:

songItems[0] doesnt exist
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ukmp", line 28, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/ukmp", line 25, in main
    MediaCenter.main()
  File "/usr/bin/MediaCenter.py", line 4081, in main
    all.update()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pygame/sprite.py", line 399, in update
    for s in self.sprites(): s.update(*args)
  File "/usr/bin/MediaCenter.py", line 2113, in update
    setAlbumContentView()
  File "/usr/bin/MediaCenter.py", line 3210, in setAlbumContentView
    songlister.setAlbum(artArray[targetAlbum].image,albumArtistArray[targetAlbum], albumArray[targetAlbum],targetAlbum)
  File "/usr/bin/MediaCenter.py", line 885, in setAlbum
    self.songItems[i].setSong(sorted, idArray[i], albumId)
IndexError: list index out of range
~ $
And it seems that the application downloads automatically Album covers when connected to the Net!

ut0p14n 2011-09-03 08:29
Re: UKMP on N900
 
unfortunate that it seems riddled with run-time probs...I'll have a look at it ..

prankster 2011-09-03 08:52
Re: UKMP on N900
 
i wish if cepi perez could offer any help ,he has been quite close to the OMP project so he might be a decent node for this project ..between it looks great .some one just need to polish it a little further .

zurrain101 2011-09-03 09:33
Re: UKMP on N900
 
hey is the deb file in this thread working? or is it crashing like the one in the repos? the album when i select it crashes. so is the deb file fixed n it works?

Boemien 2011-09-03 11:08
Re: UKMP on N900
 
ut0p14n said that he fixed the deb to solve the crashes but I've installed it and i'm facing some crashes. As I did not test the one in the repos, i can't confirm if it's the same deb or a fixed one.

ut0p14n 2011-09-03 14:28
Re: UKMP on N900
 
@Boemien & @zurrain101 : I've uploaded a newer version, hopefully it should not crash now (edited my first post). To avoid dependency issues, it's easier to first install ukmp from the repos (this will install all the deps automatically), then install the modified package. Hopefully this version should work for you.

Btw, after clicking an album to show its songs, touching the song doesnt seem to respond too well. For me, pressing somewhere to the left of the song entry seems to respond better.

Boemien 2011-09-03 15:30
Re: UKMP on N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ut0p14n (Post 1081152)
@Boemien & @zurrain101 : I've uploaded a newer version, hopefully it should not crash now (edited my first post). To avoid dependency issues, it's easier to first install ukmp from the repos (this will install all the deps automatically), then install the modified package. Hopefully this version should work for you.

Btw, after clicking an album to show its songs, touching the song doesnt seem to respond too well. For me, pressing somewhere to the left of the song entry seems to respond better.
So what do I do now that I've installed the previous you uploaded??? Do I have to uninstall it before installing the new version or just overwrite the existing installation??

ut0p14n 2011-09-03 15:59
Re: UKMP on N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Boemien (Post 1081174)
So what do I do now that I've installed the previous you uploaded??? Do I have to uninstall it before installing the new version or just overwrite the existing installation??
No, you don't need to uninstall the previous version, install the package as usual and it will automatically replace the previous version.

zurrain101 2011-09-03 17:37
Re: UKMP on N900
 
i can confirm that ur deb is still not working. when i open smoetimes it crashes on start and doesnt even open. sometimes it opens but has all the buttons messed up in weird positions. it says in small font album art from mp4 somethime. i hold in landscape n it looks like it shows in portrait but it really messed up. cannot even see the close button n can only see few buttons but nothing works

ut0p14n 2011-09-03 17:43
Re: UKMP on N900
 
ok...this sucks...I'm assuming you used the deb file I uploaded today...if so, then I'm not sure why it's acting up for you..could you maybe run /usr/bin/ukmp from x-term and post the last few lines of output when it crashes?

zurrain101 2011-09-03 17:51
Re: UKMP on N900
 
hey i figured it out. it was my songs. it was loading all the album covers and then worked fine. but can u tell me is it less user friendly? like i have to touch the 5 times for the song to play. and is the now playing window plain gray in colour with the buttons? or is it this in my phone n its better normally?

zurrain101 2011-09-03 17:58
Re: UKMP on N900
 
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ive attached the screens so u can see if this is how it looks like all messed up or is it my phone

ut0p14n 2011-09-03 18:14
Re: UKMP on N900
 
alright, you got it working.. no it's not ur phone; that's part of the polishing that I mentioned that needs to be done, you have to touch a little harder than usual and to the left of the song entry. I'm no expert but seeing that the base work has already been done, l don't think it would be a lot of effort to make adjustments to make it user-friendly...would be great if someone would consider working on this, I think this app has a lot of potential to be a beautiful and full-fledged music player...ideally if I got enough time I would like to have a look at this, cant make any guarantees though..


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