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IDEA works now! Previous version it was 'MediaCenter' and this time it's 'ukmp' or 'ukmp alt'. I guess the 'alt' is for the light version, but it starts the dark version.

Now I can start my player directly from the desktop!

PS ogg files crash the player, do i have to do something specific for ogg support?

Tried loading it again... the Application Manager says now that I have "MediaCenter 1.52"... nothing about UKMP or UKTUBE (even though they show up in the EXTRAS folder). I start it up... same thing... says "Downloading..." ... POOF! Gone.

If its UKMP 1.60, why does it say Media Center 1.52... very confusing.

Also, I have no need for YouTube, I can watch those on the web, so why package it and take up space when its not needed or wanted? And there is no way to delete it off the device without losing the music player.

Sorry if I sound old... the fact is I am. I am also an Apple computer users... so I expect things to "Just Work".

edit: I wanted to add that I really like this program over Kagu or even Canola (I really am smarter than a 5th grader!)... just wish it would work without having to have a degree in Geekology.

Omega

Well omega, that's not how open source works. If you have a problem, you have to help. Probably you have some odd problem that the developer can't magically understand and resolve if you don't give him any information.
Apple might 'just work', but it works only works 'their way'. In OSS you have a myriad of choices to do every task, but it also expects that the user is a little more experienced and willing to get his hands 'dirty'. But the reward is so much bigger.

So if you want your specific problem resolved and want to use ukmp... open xterm and type ukmp, then copy and paste the output here.

Only complaining doesn't help anyone.

I am also getting the crash while UKMP is loading album covers. Here's what xterm spits out:


~ $ ukmp

/usr/bin/MediaCenter.py:23: RuntimeWarning: import cdrom: No module named cdrom

import pygame, os

/usr/bin/MediaCenter.py:23: RuntimeWarning: import joystick: No module named joystick

import pygame, os

[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/media/mmc1/covers/'

making charging monitor

sent

monitor added

music files took:0.481048107147

MP3 album art functionality not yet done...

MP3 album art functionality not yet done...

MP3 album art functionality not yet done...

MP3 album art functionality not yet done...

saveTagList(): UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 22: ordinal not in range(128)

id tags took:0.966705083847

Too few videoclips, smooth scrolldisabled

File does not exist:/media/mmc2/covers/UNKNOWN_UNKNOWN.jpg

File does not exist:/media/mmc2/covers/UNKNOWN_UNKNOWN.jpg

main(): album information not ok for album:Homogenic

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/bin/ukmp", line 28, in <module>

if __name__ == '__main__': main()

File "/usr/bin/ukmp", line 26, in main

MediaCenter.main()

File "/usr/bin/MediaCenter.py", line 2816, in main

songprocessor.getAlbumCover(i)

File "/usr/bin/MediaCenter.py", line 2275, in getAlbumCover

found=self.retrieveImageFromNetMSN(searchString + " (cd OR cover)",thumbFile)

File "/usr/bin/MediaCenter.py", line 2355, in retrieveImageFromNetMSN

txdata = urllib.urlencode(params)

File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib.py", line 1250, in urlencodeUnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xf6' in position 14: ordinal not in range(128)

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I hear you omegaone37. I actually would rally like to make the ukmp a smooth experience for the end users. The thing is that opensource developers seldom have the time to really do proper testing, thus it's the users who have to test, give feedback, and then we'll / I can fix the problems. I hate this model and I suppose this is why so many linux distros have every other release as stable and every other as unstable.

Anyway, I really appreciate that you tell me your concerns and problems with the software.

As to why the ukmp and uktube are bundled together. It has been related to a packaging problem that I had, which I have just today fixed. So, maybe in the near future they will be separate. However, as to the unnecessary size, well, uktube takes 20 kilobytes of space. So, it's really not too bad. Also, if you have ever used it, it's way better than the browser for watching youtube videos.


canaduck:
Thanks for the feedback! I have just made a new version 1.61-test.
It *may* fix your problem. At the very least it should give better debug information.

This version should also fix issues with PIL in case people haven't upgraded to the latest version of python yet.

Can you guys have a quick test and see if this one fixes the issues you were having. Thanks!
https://garage.maemo.org/frs/downloa...-1.61-test.deb

Uhro, great app! Here`s a way to freeze it. Select a song and play it. Then go back from the 'while playing' screen to the 'song list' screen and select the same song. Then try to skip to a random point and - voilà, freezed!
Feature request: could you please add a volume bar, too, and the chance to go back to the 'now playing' screen after had switched to the song list screen?
Anyway, thanx for all your work! I like it and use as my main mediaplayer, really a nice piece of software

Konttori...

Installed 1.61 and it works as expected, so, thank you for your efforts.

Regards...
Omega

Great, thanks guys for testing it out. I've now updated the link to the 1.61 version.
omegaone37 : I'm relieved that it's working now. So, thanks for bearing to test it out until it was working. And thanks for the feedback!

jurop88: Thanks for the bug report. I'll try it out and try to fix it if possible (and why shouldn't it?

TO get back to the now playing screen, press the back button a few times. In the future, maybe clicking on a song that is playing, would switch to current song? Any other ideas?

Also, I'll definately add the volume bar in the future.

Oh,
If you need ogg support, you can install ogg to your device from here:
http://ogg.garage.maemo.org/ogg-support.install

Hmmm, the bug is more subtle. It happens only on the first song you play after start. I also noticed that the albums arrow appears on the `while playing` screen only the first time. See, i am hearing my music while away from home for working reasons and hearing Mozart`s Requiem using ukmp...