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2010-06-23
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Originally Posted by Addison
Thats actually more what I was looking for, the areas you were wanting to fix with customizing it. Rather than adding a lot of nobs everywhere that would clutter things I'd rather find the root problem and try and improve the defaults.
Hi Ed.
Yeah, the request for a custom font or a little better presentation on the screen is all just fluff, so don't mind me.
I do think that the Chapter font is too small, and the text inside the middle, bottom button tends to run outside, but who really cares. *lol*
If I remember correctly, you are running Maemo 4.1? The buttons should look better and not overrun on Maemo 5. I'm going ahead and removing the extra text on Maemo 4.1.
I've also modified the back/forward buttons.
I've also increased the font size of the book name along with making it bold.
Should be available in extras-devel soon.
Originally Posted by Addison
Interesting use case. Unless you are running nqa fullscreen, I would imagine the ebook program would be available on the left hand side and which would be readily available.
If you have two or more applications open in Diablo, matchbox-remote -next will immediately transition to the following screen. This way one wouldn't have to mess around with the task navigator or task switcher hardware button to bring up an electronic book to be used with nQaap. Another fluff request though.
You can test it by typing that into Xterm as long as you have at least one other application running.
I'm thinking of holding off on this.
Originally Posted by Addison
I think that is some generic blank icon and not an nqa one. I have no clue why it is not showing up. I've tried some experiments and gotten nothing.
What's the file name for the icon that appears in the task manager? I can just change that myself.
Thanks!
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2010-06-23
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#153
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Interesting use case. Unless you are running nqa fullscreen, I would imagine the ebook program would be available on the left hand side and which would be readily available.
I'm thinking of holding off on this.
I was using nQaap in full screen but have now simply went to having it in windowed mode instead.
It's just that I like having the electronic book up on the screen before hearing the audio for it which means switching applications in under a second.
Overall, looking forward to your next release.
So far, I've only had one crash with your program. I had it running for awhile and it somehow killed itself while switching to chapter 27 in my book but it started again without trouble.
Many thanks again for this, Ed.
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2010-06-25
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#154
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Very nice app. I use ist and like it very much.
There is only one thing left, then it would be perfect for me:
When unplugging the earphone it should stop.
And parhaps resume if plugging in again, but that is less important.
There is only one thing left, then it would be perfect for me:
When unplugging the earphone it should stop.
And parhaps resume if plugging in again, but that is less important.
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2010-06-25
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#155
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I also use this EVERY DAY.
And I second leiter's suggestion of having the sound stop when I unplug the headphones.
And I second leiter's suggestion of having the sound stop when I unplug the headphones.
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2010-06-25
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#156
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Originally Posted by Descalzo
Yeah I should look into headphoned support sometime for this and another app I'm working on
I also use this EVERY DAY.
And I second leiter's suggestion of having the sound stop when I unplug the headphones.
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2010-06-26
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#157
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Thanks for the update, Ed.
The screen looks much cleaner than before.
Cheers buddy.
The screen looks much cleaner than before.
Cheers buddy.
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2010-07-02
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#158
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Hi,
This will be my first comment on this app that I have some great hopes on! I used Nokia's Audiobook player extensively on my E61i and hope to use nQaap as often. I've used the app and skimmed through the thread and I have some comments (sorry if some of it has been covered before):
1) Please, either update the first post, or create a Wiki page where the current status of the app can be found. Wiki is probably better as the community can chip in and update the page whereas only the author can update the first post.
2) Add an 'About' page. I don't know what version I am running I can't seem to access Extras-Devel at the moment, so I'm not sure how old my version is.
3) I have a whole bunch of audiobooks in awb format. Can anyone tell me how I can merge all the individual files into one and at the same time conserving the chapter information?
4) Some of the audiobooks I have are language courses (I'm learning Mandarin and that's why I wrote QTeachme, but that's a totally different story...). For these, there are several 'chapters' in each awb file. It would be great if I was able to add chapter information through nQaap!
5) Probably due to 2) above, the app doesn't resume playing where I stopped last time. I assume it will be able to handle the last positions for multiple books...
6) I believe that the Nokia Audiobook player had a feature to add 'bookmarks' for the audiofile. It's not a high priority request, especially if 4) would be implemented. The difference is that bookmarks would be 'temporary' whereas chapters would be more 'permanent'.
7) The holy grail of my requests for an Audiobook player... The ability to adjust the playback speed! It is usually quite easy to listen to audiobooks at +20% to +40%, but it varies depending on the speaker and to some extent on the subject. Currently, I'd have to convert the files on my PC before copying them to the device with the speed increase I am targeting. It would be so much better if I could do it all on the device. The iPod is able to do this... Not sure about the iPhone...
Looking forward to use this more and more!
This will be my first comment on this app that I have some great hopes on! I used Nokia's Audiobook player extensively on my E61i and hope to use nQaap as often. I've used the app and skimmed through the thread and I have some comments (sorry if some of it has been covered before):
1) Please, either update the first post, or create a Wiki page where the current status of the app can be found. Wiki is probably better as the community can chip in and update the page whereas only the author can update the first post.
2) Add an 'About' page. I don't know what version I am running
I can't seem to access Extras-Devel at the moment, so I'm not sure how old my version is.3) I have a whole bunch of audiobooks in awb format. Can anyone tell me how I can merge all the individual files into one and at the same time conserving the chapter information?
4) Some of the audiobooks I have are language courses (I'm learning Mandarin and that's why I wrote QTeachme, but that's a totally different story...). For these, there are several 'chapters' in each awb file. It would be great if I was able to add chapter information through nQaap!
5) Probably due to 2) above, the app doesn't resume playing where I stopped last time. I assume it will be able to handle the last positions for multiple books...
6) I believe that the Nokia Audiobook player had a feature to add 'bookmarks' for the audiofile. It's not a high priority request, especially if 4) would be implemented. The difference is that bookmarks would be 'temporary' whereas chapters would be more 'permanent'.
7) The holy grail of my requests for an Audiobook player... The ability to adjust the playback speed! It is usually quite easy to listen to audiobooks at +20% to +40%, but it varies depending on the speaker and to some extent on the subject. Currently, I'd have to convert the files on my PC before copying them to the device with the speed increase I am targeting. It would be so much better if I could do it all on the device. The iPod is able to do this... Not sure about the iPhone...
Looking forward to use this more and more!
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2010-07-02
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#159
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Pengman has been busy for a bit and recently I've been busy (plus I maintain a whole bunch of apps all with their own outstanding bugs and requests).
It sounds like your awb files are in the nqaap directory? So you'd either need to create a directory and put them all in it or move them out of their and create an m3u that points to them.
I wouldn't be surprised if the audio engine being used doesn't support seeking within some strange audio formats which would affect resuming.
Originally Posted by magnuslu
Pengman has been busy for a while and lately I've been a bit busy. Since I can't edit his post I'm assuming we'll need to go the wiki route (which I'll probably move "Help" page to the wiki also). I'll try to get to this soon.
1) Please, either update the first post, or create a Wiki page where the current status of the app can be found. Wiki is probably better as the community can chip in and update the page whereas only the author can update the first post.
Originally Posted by magnuslu
"About" is now in SVN
2) Add an 'About' page. I don't know what version I am running
Originally Posted by magnuslu
awb? Haven't heard of it. nqaap has the following means of recognizing "books"
3) I have a whole bunch of audiobooks in awb format. Can anyone tell me how I can merge all the individual files into one and at the same time conserving the chapter information?
- A single-chapter book is just an audio file in the nqaap directory
- A directory of audio files is a book with multiple chapters
- An m3u file is a book with multiple chapters
It sounds like your awb files are in the nqaap directory? So you'd either need to create a directory and put them all in it or move them out of their and create an m3u that points to them.
Originally Posted by magnuslu
I can't speak for pengman but I'm guessing this would be a bit out of the scope of nqaap. Bookmarks (which you request further down) would probably be the best you get.
4) Some of the audiobooks I have are language courses (I'm learning Mandarin and that's why I wrote QTeachme, but that's a totally different story...). For these, there are several 'chapters' in each awb file. It would be great if I was able to add chapter information through nQaap!
Originally Posted by magnuslu
I'm not sure if I understand. (2) was an about window. If I remember correctly nqaap should remember the last book when opening nqaap and the last chapter / position in a chapter when opening a book.
5) Probably due to 2) above, the app doesn't resume playing where I stopped last time. I assume it will be able to handle the last positions for multiple books...
I wouldn't be surprised if the audio engine being used doesn't support seeking within some strange audio formats which would affect resuming.
Originally Posted by magnuslu
Bookmarks would be a good addition for reference material. I mostly do recreational reading so haven't really thought of it.
6) I believe that the Nokia Audiobook player had a feature to add 'bookmarks' for the audiofile. It's not a high priority request, especially if 4) would be implemented. The difference is that bookmarks would be 'temporary' whereas chapters would be more 'permanent'.
Originally Posted by magnuslu
I'm have to look to see how to support this but it sounds reasonable.
7) The holy grail of my requests for an Audiobook player... The ability to adjust the playback speed! It is usually quite easy to listen to audiobooks at +20% to +40%, but it varies depending on the speaker and to some extent on the subject. Currently, I'd have to convert the files on my PC before copying them to the device with the speed increase I am targeting. It would be so much better if I could do it all on the device. The iPod is able to do this... Not sure about the iPhone...
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2010-07-04
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#160
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Originally Posted by epage
awb (Adaptive Multi-Rate WideBand compressed audio) is the format that the Nokia Audiobook Manager outputs, so that's the format for most of my books on PC with one file per track/chapter. nQaap plays them just nice.
awb? Haven't heard of it.
Originally Posted by epage
Well, since I'm not sure what version I'm using... I might be using an older one. I read that this should be fixed. The version I have doesn't resume where I left off and doesn't continue with the next (awb) file for the same book.
I'm not sure if I understand. (2) was an about window. If I remember correctly nqaap should remember the last book when opening nqaap and the last chapter / position in a chapter when opening a book.
Originally Posted by epage
Looking forward to your results on the speed adjustments! With preserved pitch, of course...
I'm have to look to see how to support this but it sounds reasonable.
/Magnus
Yeah, the request for a custom font or a little better presentation on the screen is all just fluff, so don't mind me.
I do think that the Chapter font is too small, and the text inside the middle, bottom button tends to run outside, but who really cares. *lol*
If you have two or more applications open in Diablo, matchbox-remote -next will immediately transition to the following screen. This way one wouldn't have to mess around with the task navigator or task switcher hardware button to bring up an electronic book to be used with nQaap. Another fluff request though.
You can test it by typing that into Xterm as long as you have at least one other application running.
What's the file name for the icon that appears in the task manager? I can just change that myself.
Thanks!