Media Player Opinions And OPtions
 

ok heres a simple question , am i the only person that thinks the media player on the N800 Sucks for playing mp3s? im really anal bout how my files show up on the list and ive even used an id3 tag renamer to erase them , and the title slots show up on my pc as blank but when uploaded to my n800 something else shows up besides the file name. only way i have found to solve this os to manually go through and title the files that dont show up right. i also dont like how i cant just manually browse through folders and make my own playlists as i could on the 770 all in all the media player on the N800 is pain in the ***... anyone have any options besides canola as i dont care for it either , i just want a simple audio player with a simple list and the ability to browse and make my own playlists instead of it auto scanning the card..... any suggestions or opinions?

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I wrote a short script to generate playlists from folders of mp3's. Runs from xterm.

#!/bin/sh
for i in $1/*.mp3 ; do
echo file://`pwd`/$i >> $1.m3u
done


I called it mkplaylist.

On my SD card, i have an Audio directory, and in that directories of mp3's.
Say one of the music dirs is Bach. You'd run this by getting to the Audio directory, and running the script

cd /media/mmc1/Audio
sh mkplaylist Bach

This produces Bach.m3u, which will show up as a playlist. It's just a text file, so you can use vi to change it as needed.

On my 770, i didn't like the only alternative audio player, and this really saved me. I've only had my N800 for two days... It should work... but doesn't seem to.

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No, you're not the only person. I think there are many of us. My personal pick (which a lot of people who know what I'm talking about think is kinda stupid, FWIW) is mpd with mmpc and powerlaunch and some custom scripts.
mpd is a filesystem, db, and playlist based playback server. Tracks are stored in a filesystem (a directory or handful of directories on your device, all other paths are ignored), which is indexed in a database. Playlists are stored in the database, but may be (im/ex)ported.
But mpd has no UI. It just sits there happily playing mp3s, or doing nothing. The only interface for controlling it is via TCP/IP. Clients connect over a network socket, and issue commands. mmpc is one client; it provides a graphical interface similar in layout to the built-in player. It's good for building playlists.
But it would be stupid to split to a client/server architecture if that was all. There's also mpc, a command-line (hence scriptable) client. You can issue a command likefrom a script to start it playing.
Then you can control mpc from powerlaunch. You can have the screen locked, and the keys unlocked and used by powerlaunch to control mpd. THAT's why I use mpd. It lets me lock the screen, put the N800 in my pocket, with audio through the BT headset, and I can just tap the d-pad and zoom buttons to skip songs, play/pause, and adjust volume. A helpful side effect is that the player is filesystem based (with file info stored in a db), which I like. But I'd have gone with xmms if not for the more effective remote-control capabilities of mpd.

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Benson: We've been communicating on this issue in another thread, but this new one of yours appears to be more promising for me. As earlier reported (in the other thread) I've got mpd and mmpc installed. Based on this new thread, I've now also installed powerlaunch, but I can't find mpc. I would really like to utilize this method of music playing on my N800, but I must confess I'm still a mite confused. What should be my next step (and don't advise using the basic N800 media player!). As before, many thanks. Jim

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You might want to look at YouAmp. I haven't tried it but it might be closer to what you're looking for.

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Johnx: I am pursuing YouAmp in a parallel effort to get what you properly surmise I'm looking for. But that still has glitches, and is as yet unusable for me. Thanks, though, for your apt advice. Jim