[EDIT 03/11/2008] This version is out of date.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
A small episode of porting/Removing the greatest bug of Gimmix:
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
in this file] the bug is gone. I have set a value to "False". Yamp!
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