09-24-2007, 04:58 AM | #1 |
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Beta of Music Jukebox 3.0 is out!
[EDIT 03/11/2008] This version is out of date. Latest version you can find here.
Hello to all who are interested in using iLiad as a music player. I can offer brand-new information about my current porting project. First a bit of history: It started all months ago. Adam B. ported the Music Player Daemon [mpd] & the command line client mpc. You find the thread here. I got a new toy [Yamp!]. I have added some shell scripts to make all features of mpd/mpc useable in iLiad's Contentlister. This is working, last update was uploaded some time ago. GUI is better than command line bundled with shell scripts in Contentlister: My current jukebox 2.x is working, but it could be better, of course. # mpd is compatible to more formats like mpc or flac. Hey, this is geeky, a lossless format on iLiad. It is working on my iLiad. # The next great step is replacement of the command line client mpc with a Graphical User Interface [GUI] client. I have chosen Gimmix. It is "working", problems are described below. Screenshots are attached. # I wanna have full access to music library during running ipdf/mobipocket/fbreader fake FAQ: [never asked, but could be asked; I decide what FAQ is and what not. ] Q: We have mpd & mpc. Why change a winning horse? A: Switching from command line to GUI is a evolutional step. W/o evolution we wouldn't get progress. Q: Can Gimmix playback xvid, divx files, control my coffee cooking machine, calculate next week lottery's numbers, or enable iLiad's top secret colour mode? A: No & never will. Q: That's bad. Why? A: Your car isn't a rocket plane. Q: Hey yokos, do you own a mp3 player? A: Yes, an iLiad. My old Sony MZ-R50 [a MD Walkman] doesn't count. Q: Can I control music [switching song etc] during reading a pdf? A: Yep, isn't this cool? This was not possible with command line/Contenlister. current status/problems of project: Gimmix is running on my iLiad. This is much more sexy than these entries in Contentlister. Problems [-> therefore not published yet, but it will be soon, hopefully not iRex' "soon"]: # 4 icons in Gimmix are missing [very odd] [information, volume control, shuffle, repeat] -> error message of run.sh below gives a first clue # right-button click of stylus would be cool, because Gimmix has got [right button] Clicking in dialogs # window of Preferences dialog is too small Solved # The font of artist/track title is too big. # The names of playlists generated by mpd are not userfriendly: like genre.100. Solved # Refreshing screen as always [not a real problem] run.sh 2> run.error.txt: Code:
(gimmix:980): libglade-WARNING **: unknown property `urgency_hint' for class `GtkWindow' (gimmix:980): libglade-WARNING **: unknown property `do_overwrite_confirmation' for class `GtkFileChooserButton' (gimmix:980): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find the icon 'gnome-fs-home'. The 'hicolor' theme was not found either, perhaps you need to install it. You can get a copy from: http://freedesktop.org/Software/icon-theme/releases (gimmix:980): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_view_column_cell_layout_pack_end: assertion `! gtk_tree_view_column_get_cell_info (column, cell)' failed It's past 2 o'clock in the morning [It's a Hard Days Night!]. Gimmix has a huge bug. What is the problem? Playback stops all the time, because of this stupid progress bar. Gimmix tries to update the progres bar [mm:ss, visual position in song], the playback is clipped. What a crap! I can't publish something like this. After tweaking the file /mnt/cf/_local/share/gimmix/gimmix.glade [which I knew already because I have set the main window to Code:
GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG Gimmix' home with screenshots of Gimmix on a Linux PC. explanation of screenshots: #1 Gimmix couldn't connect to mpd, because it was not running. [I haven't started mpd.] Gimmix is a client of mpd. #2 Gimmix/compact mode #3 Gimmix/full mode #4 Gimmix/information dialog #5* Gimmix/mobi [Toolbar/Pagebar moved Gimmix out of bottom of screen] #6* Gimmix/ipdf *I removed progress bar as described above. #7 Gimmix/Playlist Manager/entries in Programs folder. First beta is out!/added 7th screenshot with Playlist Manager Last edited by yokos; 03-11-2008 at 11:07 AM. Reason: jukebox 3.1 |
09-24-2007, 08:12 AM | #2 |
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Great work so far. Very impressive.
Pretty soon, you'll have more ports than me. Especially if I don't get shell access soon. Let me know if you need help with anything. Looks like you're doing great on your own though |
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09-24-2007, 08:16 AM | #3 | |
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[EDIT:] First I got this error message when trying to start gimmix: Code:
/usr/local/bin/gimmix: symbol lookup error: /usr/local/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_object_ref_sink Last edited by yokos; 09-24-2007 at 10:21 AM. Reason: It != It's |
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09-24-2007, 08:26 AM | #4 |
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The factory stylus doesn't really have a button. It looks like it, but it doesn't.
If you have another stylus, you can get button 2 and 3 working on it with a version of the calibration package. This thread at the iRex forum should have all the info you'll need to set it up. |
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The theme package that maybe solves the missing icon problem. Last edited by yokos; 09-24-2007 at 08:49 AM. |
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10-02-2007, 09:08 AM | #6 |
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I have uploaded first beta. I hope you like it.
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10-08-2007, 10:49 AM | #7 |
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gmpc is another mpd client, it is more complex than gimmix, it offers more features like cover/artist images, lyrics tags.
A screenshot of running gmpc on my iLiad is attached. In the position of the CD image would live the cover art if cover art/plugin is found/installed. Playback is clipped because patched libX11 wants to update screen all the time. [movement of progress bar, update of current playing position] In gimmix I disabled the progress bar by editing the xml file of the glade interface. This should work here, too. |
11-30-2007, 08:35 AM | #8 |
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modding the interface of gimmix
Those icons in Gimmix are missing which were introduced in a newer version of GTK+ than used on iLiad.
Fixing the glade interface solves this. Right now I am struggling a bit withe the glade program. I want to get the 2 right vbox buttons in the top hbox to get a much smaller window. I have the feeling it is easier to edit the xml file directly. The artist/song title will be disabled in next version for the same reason. The version of glade with comes with openSUSE 10.3 is pretty old & has got no undo feature. Compiled recent version of gimmix doesn't start because it can't find a shared library. # Screenshot shows the program glade which can be used to edit the interface of gimmix. [openSUSE 10.3, German localisation]. [EDIT] Current old version of jukebox uses non stripped libraries. Last edited by yokos; 11-30-2007 at 08:50 AM. |
02-03-2008, 05:37 PM | #9 |
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I installed the beta of jukebox 3.0 -- works pretty nicely, though some settings I could only do through the contentlister interface, except that I only get the left channel. Is there something I can do?
Last edited by bennoblumenthal; 02-04-2008 at 05:26 PM. Reason: Solved the problem -- fussy miniplug socket, I guess. |
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your editing reason: "Solved the problem -- fussy miniplug socket, I guess." So, Is it working now? New version of jukebox is in preparation [latest gimmix version, stripped libraries, fixed gimmix icons...]. |
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I am looking forward to the new version -- thank you for your efforts. |
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