pMusic 6.0.0

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#1261 Post by don570 »



new version 1.5 of create-m3u


Now works properly with pmusic :lol:

I discovered a bug in bash (apparently)

The full path of pmusic has to be given when
launching it. Strange but true. It was very erradict
but now it always launches!!!

But in other scripts I haven't had this problem.

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#1262 Post by zigbert »

Version 2.6.5
See main post

Changelog
- Make headers in search-result link to setup, like in 'overview'
- Show audio-format in bitrate-column in Music-Source field.
- Bugfix: Radiohits: When choosing an predefined preset, check if 'download dir' is saved (new fix).
- Bugfix: index .album files makes new files if capitals differ in tags.

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#1263 Post by greengeek »

Hi Zigbert, I am using Pmusic 2.4.4 and when I navigate into a folder that contains tracks from several different artists the tracks appear in sequential order, but as soon as I start to choose which track I want, they disappear then come back in order of the alphabetical name of the artist. It is annoying that it changes format just at the moment I am trying to select a song to be transferred into the playlist.

Can I choose to stop the way it re-orders them into an alphabetical list? If possible I would like them to display only in the order that they were recorded from the original CD. Thanks!
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#1264 Post by zigbert »

greengeek
This auto tag-reading can be turned off in the preferences.
In the recent releases, this is turned OFF by default.

Regarding sort-modes, this can't be set else of a manual sort from the menu. There is a plan for improved sorting in a future version.


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#1265 Post by greengeek »

Thanks Zigbert. That worked nicely. At first I tried to change the setting and failed - because it will not remember the change while the one of the tracks is playing (I had to stop the playing before changing the settings). I also tried newer versions and I think it is a good idea that the default is now different. Nice work.

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#1266 Post by zigbert »

A minor progress report
I have started restructure things in pMusic, so I am heading for pMusic 3.

How things will be in the end is not settled yet.
Much is depending on Thunors work with gtkdialog.....
....still some code has reached a usable stage.
Here are sneak peek:

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Place pMusic data outside pupsave.

pMusic are able to build a lot of info/data, and this should not be forced inside the pupsave. This is set in the preferences. A quick check tells me that my pMusic storage is 45MB atm.

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New rating system.

With a lot of help from the community, you can now find popular played tracks last day/week/month or whatever. You can define whatever period.
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Docks.

One of the best features to improve usability is to allow docks in the main gui. The search-options dock is up-and-running, and is controlled from menu or the button in toolbar. New settings is instant saved to rc-file for next run.
Depending on gtkdialog I plan docks for search/sort/add.
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New history index

Every move in the music-source field are now stored into a history index. That means you can undo/redo in music sources (as for playlists today). Navigation buttons in the toolbar.

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Define what should NOT be in the search-result.

Allow leading - (minus) to search-words. This should be seen in relationship to the planned smart-add dock.
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Others
- Trackinfo grabbing is snappier
- NLS is based on gettext
- Cleaner Overview of music sources
- Show playing track in window title

But, still.... The most important focus is to keep pMusic simple. New functionality should not be clutter.


More to come...
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#1267 Post by Flash »

Will there be clearly mentioned options for the text and background colors? I find it difficult to make out white or light-colored letters on a black or dark-colored background. Blue or red letters on a black background are the worst, but even white letters on a black background are harder to read than black letters on a white or light background, everything else being the same. Your example above is an excellent test. 8) Start out too far from the screen to make out either panel, then move closer until you can read what's in one of the panels. I'll bet most people can read the black-letters-on-light-green-background from farther away than they can the white letters-on-black-background. :)

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#1268 Post by zigbert »

Flash

1.)
The pictures above shows the theme Nad4. By default, pMusic uses the global Gtk-theme.

2.)
The pictures above are shrank to 2/3 size.

3.)
The pictures above are *.jpg - a lossy file format.

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playlist-player

#1269 Post by don570 »

I have now created a playlist player for m3u playlists

A search is done in /root for playlists

You should read the code and see if you could incorporate
it into pmusic

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 711#652711

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#1270 Post by zigbert »

Version 2.6.6
See main post

Changelog
- Slight modif. to pinstall.sh (thanks to BarryK)
- Bugfix: Musicbrainz.org changed detection of album-id 17. Sept.
- Bugfix: Lyrics detection from www.

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Re: playlist-player

#1271 Post by zigbert »

don570 wrote:I have now created a playlist player for m3u playlists
What does this has that Pmusic lacks ?


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#1272 Post by don570 »

What does this have that Pmusic lacks ?
Simplicity :wink:

I thought that you could have a menu item such as
'List of m3u playlists' and a search of /root
would be quickly made for the m3u playlists and a list formed.
Just an added feature for pmusic.

The list of installed players
wouldn't be used since pmusic is
the obvious choice of player.

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#1273 Post by zigbert »

pMusic 3 progress.
In this stage, most of the work is done under-the-hood, so there is not much to show. I rewrites the internal data-flow with some targets in mind:

- The major idea is to let pMusic use the indexed data better AND do this without bothering the user - a dynamic database of trackinfo like meta-tags, stream-info, rating, url to lyircs/albumart. Most users (I asume) give a damn in indexing their music. And that is ok with me. But I still want to offer them better usability. To get this going, pMusic stores whatever data it finds into the index. Next time pMusic can fetch data directly from the database. This work is still ongoing, but much of the main infrastructure is in place. It interferes with every corner of the code, so it pops up 'endless' of bugs.

- The rating system is today separated from the main database, so it is not possible to sort content of sourcelist by rating - like search-result, browsing, .... The first phase of this work is done which include a new rating engine. Next is to integrate is into the main db. Thunor has given us much better sort function in gtkdialog, so now it is only up to me.

- The new structure gives us the possibility to build our own file-format for the playlist. pMusic uses today m3u, and I think we official stick with this because of the compatibility with other players. BUT for internal use, the new *.pmu format will be used. Much faster than m3u. This gives us a new features that I personally have missed in pMusic. - When you play a song, pMusic will find the other tracks in the album that exist on your system. I find this very helpful in combination with the Radio-Hits module (streamripper).

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#1274 Post by zigbert »

pMusic 3 progress continues

The internal data-flow is mostly in place, and my todo-list is shrinking. Hopefully next time I update progress there will be a test-release.

The big thing about version 3 of pMusic is the new dynamic db, which collects info about your music as you play. At first run it makes a quick scan of your audiofiles, and later adds more flesh to the bone. In the search-result bellow, there are some files not been active yet (played or in a played album), so extended info is missing. It is of course possible to do a complete indexing as in version 1/2.

Also note that rating is no fully integrated into the sourcelist, and since thunor has given us proper sort-functions in gtkdialog, you can click on the column header to sort.

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Next, let's take a look at the new album feature. As told earlier, pMusic now scans your audio-files to build a complete playlist file of the album. Next time you search for the album, you also will see the content of the album - because of the already stored *.pmu file. The pmu format is native and therefor extremely fast. The search-result shows a : ( if file is not found.

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The new dynamic db/index has made it possible to simplify the setup. The preferences and other modules has become much more user friendly. What was heaps of options and settings in pMusic 2 is now just a few.

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The new db structure also makes it possible to improve handling of trackinfo. For example is the URL to the lyrics stored in the db, so at next run it goes straight to the given site. This makes lyrics faster even if NOT stored locally. Therefor, I don't see any reason for pMusic to store anything locally by default. That will be an option for the music collector.

The new dock in the lyrics tab, gives the option to override the default search order if you get a bad result by default.


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Album-art and album tab will also get similar features as lyrics.

All in all, there has been done rather much in the trackinfo department. The last pic shows how things are tided up in the stream tab.

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Ok, that's all for now
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#1275 Post by zigbert »

Dependencies
pMusic 3 requires the latest gtkdialog-0.8.2 Updated pEqualizer has got its own forum page
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#1276 Post by zigbert »

Download pMusic 3 - development release here

The plugin structure is in place.
This is a very simple approach, and will be looked at later.
... It's hard to say how much plugins in pMusic will be used.
I will write a big one for personal use :D

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Plugins, frontends and themes are for now installable via *.pet files. This is of course not the most flexible solution, and must be rewritten for a future release.

Download pMusic 3 - development release here

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#1277 Post by Flash »

I downloaded and installed 2.9.2 in Racy 5.3. Afterward, when I clicked Pmusic in the Multimedia menu, nothing happened. So I opened a console window and entered pmusic. Here's what that got me:

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# pmusic
/usr/local/pmusic/pmusic: line 398: /root/.pmusic/tmp/DONT_SAVE_FRONTEND: No such file or directory
/usr/local/pmusic/pmusic: line 414: /root/.pmusic/tmp/DONT_SAVE_FRONTEND: No such file or directory
/usr/local/pmusic/pmusic: line 437: 15441 Aborted                 $GTKDIALOG -f $WORKDIR/xml_pmusic${XML_SUFFIX} -G +"$X"+"$Y" 2>$STDERR

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#1278 Post by zigbert »

Flash
I guess you are missing gtkdialog-0.8.2.
gtkdialog --version will tell


Download pMusic 3 - development release here

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#1279 Post by Flash »

You are right

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# gtkdialog --version
gtkdialog version 0.8.0 (C) 2003-2007 Laszlo Pere, 2011 Thunor
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#1280 Post by sheldonisaac »

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zigbert wrote: you can only play a song added to playlist. You can not start a song from ie. the 'Music-Source' field, bookmarks or from the album list in 'Track-info'. The song must be added to the playlist before played.
Using Pmusic 2.9.2 on Dell D610, Lucid Puppy 5.28-005

Plays local files.

Playlist includes a couple tracks from Jamendo, eg Footsteps by Lena Selyanina, in the Classical section.

I cannot make it play.

As I recall, could not figure out how to play radio streams.

Have looked at the FAQ.

Help, please.

Thanks a lot.

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