1.4 Feedback

[GoneMAD]

yea i could probably split them.. looking at the preferences in general i cant believe how massive its gotten haha

[marc3]

All seems OK, except for following:

1. Preference Playlist->Play On Select has no effect (it worked fine in v1.3.17)

2. I get occasional crashes on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7/Stock ICS 4.0.4 (rooted) - device needs restarting to regain control - only happens now and again and only when exiting app - however this also happened with v1.3.17.

Otherwise works fine and never crashes until I exit the app.

[GoneMAD]

Nov 18, 2012 21:40:03 GMT -5 marc3 said:

All seems OK, except for following:

1. Preference Playlist->Play On Select has no effect (it worked fine in v1.3.17)

2. I get occasional crashes on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7/Stock ICS 4.0.4 (rooted) - device needs restarting to regain control - only happens now and again and only when exiting app - however this also happened with v1.3.17.

Otherwise works fine and never crashes until I exit the app.

the 1.4 code is on a separate branch from the 1.3.x and I actually renamed the Playlist view to Queue (this included filename changes in the source code).. so the fix (in 1.3.15) to play on select never got merged over to 1.4. I'll get that into the next beta update

for the crash do you get a dialog to send a crash report? Also is it when you use the menu -> exit or just when you back out of the app

[marc3]

for the crash do you get a dialog to send a crash report? Also is it when you use the menu -> exit or just when you back out of the app

No dialog occurs - error log has only shown one error about the ICS Holo Skin not being compatible with v1.4 Beta 2 (as expected). Not sure exactly what circumstances cause crashes - for example it happened today immediately I changed one of the gesture customizations whilst music was playing. Vast majority of time crashes do not occur. I will continue to monitor the circumstances this occurs - it is not that much of a problem so far. (and of course it might be not be a fault with the player anyway). Thanks

[GoneMAD]

okay.. yea the error log will show an error if an incompatible(old) skin is detected on the device.. if you are running the beta all skins are not compatible yet so that is expected

there are typically 3 types of crashes..

1) the app just silently closes.. this is caused when the low level native code crashes

2) application not responding. Usually something pops up that says close / wait. This is when something causes the player to lock up or processing is heavy enough that it is blocking the UI from updating. I'm actually working on some stuff right now that should lower how often they occur

3) an actual crash with the error report dialog. These are typically easy to fix as long as I see the error report and its an actual bug with gmmp (many crashes are caused by running out of memory or just bugs in the older versions of android)

[GoneMAD]

Nothing too major in this update. Just a lot of minor things I've been wanting to implement for awhile. Beta 4 will have the first version of the smart/dynamic playlists.

1.4 Beta 3 (11/23/2012):

-Merged 1.3.18-1.3.19 fixes
-Parameterized sqlite queries for increased performance
-Preference backup/restore feature now requires the unlocker to be installed
-Decreased font size in the Compatibility view
-Improved file browser list positioning when jumping to folder
-Added border and curved edges to launcher icon
-Added xhdpi launcher icon
-Moved database stats, auto scan, and clean database to the preferences
-Added option to run a scan when the sdcard is mounted (Prefs -> Scanner -> Scan On Media Mounted)
-Added scan on musicservice startup option (Prefs -> Scanner -> Scan On Startup)
-The tag editor can now edit whole folders
-Added disc number support to the tag editor
-Added open tag editor as a gesture action
-Added add to playlist support for 'All Songs' and 'All Albums'
-Added option to add 'All Songs' to the top of the song view (Prefs -> Library -> Song Library -> Add 'All Songs')
-Made the playing toasts translatable
-The menu option for now playing are now configurable (Prefs -> Now Playing -> Enabled Menu Options)
-'Add To Playlist' added to now playing menu + made a gesture action
-Song will now fade out when a crossfade is not possible (different sample rates / channel count)
-Added embedded cue support for flac files
-Fixed single press in playlist view to switch songs
-Split playlist preferences into Queue and Playlists preferences
-Added advanced shuffle cancellation options (Prefs -> Queue -> Shuffle Cancellation)
-Local album art search will now scan folders with "art" in the name
-Added option to open the keyboard when switching to the search view (Prefs -> Search -> Open Keyboard)

Beta 3 Download: www.mediafire.com/download.php?5y61wuo94yl9ihl

[camaro322hp]

Yes! My most wanted option - shuffle cancellation! A quick test of the feature reveals an issue - long pressing an album and selecting play does indeed tturn off shuffle but it starts playing on the second song of album while displaying first song. Seems repeatable let me know if you can't duplicate.

[GoneMAD]

hm cant seem to reproduce it.. send in an error report so i can match your settings (prefs -> general -> error log -> send report) and try

Also are you using the browser or album view to play the album?

[camaro322hp]

Sent you the error log. It's from the album view. All the shuffle cancellation options are checked true.

[GoneMAD]

okay.. the behavior doesnt seem consistent on my phone.. i did it one time and it worked as you would expect.. 2nd time it started on song 4 and showed song 4 in now playing.. the 3rd time it did what you describe.. played 2nd song but showed the first

i'll look into it

[camaro322hp]

Thanks! Really looking forward to this featue.

[GoneMAD]

give this a try: www.mediafire.com/?p7r2dj2b645z9r0

i updated it with the 1.3.20 fixes and i think i fixed the shuffle cancellation

[camaro322hp]

I still have the issue with shuffle cancellation - it always shows the first song but plays the second. I tried with a number of different albums and it's always the same.

Out of curiosity I turned off crossfade to see if the issue was still present and it was not (you recently worked on that other crossfade bug for me, that's why I thought to try this). Hope this helps, let me know if I can help any more.

[GoneMAD]

okay.. what i changed must have just fixed the other issues (sometimes starting on a song that wasnt the first like playlist shuffle was still on).. which u didnt see anyway ha

[GoneMAD]

k well at least its easily reproducible with crossfade.. happened first try for me