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vovchik · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 1239 Location: Ukraine

Dear zigbert,

My previous post related to the latest version. I updated a few hours ago and was testing everything.... I also get that message when I try using the CD player/ripper menu item Sad

With kind regards,
vovchik

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5295 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

vovchik
When getting this message, please post the content of /root/.pmusic/tmp/alsa_error

Thank you
Sigmund

vovchik · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 1239 Location: Ukraine

Dear zigbert,

I don't have that particular file (alsa_error, but have the file aplay_error, which contains the following:

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5295 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

vovchik
you're right - it should be aplay_error

When I now activate 'bound audio card to Pmusic' (preferences), I get the message if another app is using alsa:

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 2527 Location: Ontario

I'm late in reporting this , but when I tried pmusic 1.7
I noticed that commercially made Audio CD's played much better
with this version. I could hear only a short whirring sound
(lasting a fraction of a second) before each song would play.

With earlier versions of pmusic, the motor would rev up for a
full minute during the playing of each song.

Great work. Thanks a lot!!!

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pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5175 Location: Finland

Pmusic 1.8 in Snow Puppy started to play music. Just now I cant test this in Ice Puppy due to package creating and it takes time.
But I will update Snow Puppy to the 1.8 version now.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5175 Location: Finland

Another note. Pmusic 1.8 seems to be repetted. When you extract it, two folders are created. Inside other one is var folder and inside another is Pmusic files and pet.specs.
Usually this happens if you extract a pet and then dir2pet it again with created var folder.

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5295 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5295 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5175 Location: Finland

Just for curiosity, I downloaded it again and it was now as it should. I dont know what happened with my first download, but the cosmetic problem is definitively vanished. And I can use Pmusic again which is more important.

Oh, and thank you of continuingly improving Pmusic. It has features most players lack and it is also much smaller than other players. Full featured player I would say. Some of players which calls them ultimate player does not have your player ability to update and create net radio database and that is something I like.
And I have just compiled latest Goggles Music Manager and new Deadbeef. They lack features your Pmusic has, they are also much bigger with their dependencies or inbuild libraries.

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5295 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5295 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

Version 1.8.1
See main post

Changelog
- New parameter: -i info about playing track. See pmusic --help for more info
- Bugfix: No message if internet connection is missing - Redirecting LOC326 to LOC669 (thanks to rodin.s)
- Bugfix: Playing CD-audio: Trackinfo from rightclick menu.
- Bugfix: Improve 'autoplay track' when clicking in Rox.
- Bugfix: Track info: Show stream info if there is no tags available.
- Bugfix: Track info: message if missing artist and title tag.
- Bugfix: Track info: search musicbrainz for alterative tags didn't always show up

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5295 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

Version 1.8.2
See main post

Changelog
- Message 'No cd inserted' in progressbar.
- Bugfix: Add m3u file to empty playlist

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5295 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

Version 1.8.2-1
See main post

Message 'No cd inserted' in progressbar (1.8.2) became a bit too ambitious... now fixed

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 2527 Location: Ontario

I installed you first attempt at 1.8 on Toutou and lucid puppy 5.25
and I noticed a couple of bugs.

It played back an Audio CD perfectly. I couldn't even hear the motor
running. But then I noticed that I can make a Bookmark of a CD track.
Then when I eject the CD , the bookmark still remains.

When I chose 'Play' of this CD Audio track Bookmark (with a right click)

pmusic would quit then relaunch on it's own initiative.

When I checked again the Bookmark had disappeared.

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When I clicked on the 'Fetch playing song' button , it would
work only with an Audio CD. I couldn't get it to work with a regular track.

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Here's another bug that has existed in previous versions as well.

I play a song for say a minute and a half, then chose the 'rewind 30 secs'

option and the song goes back to the beginning consistently.

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To delete a song from the playlist requires a middle button click .
When I read thru the French instructions there was no mention of this.
So I think new users will be confused about how to do a deletion
of a track.

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The French translation was good .

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