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Thanks for your replies!

batman52 wrote:This time it works! Thanks... i'll test it better tomorrow!

EDIT: first bug report: "add library" function seems not to work,

What exactly did you try?

.flac files are not seen as playable.

flac should work fine, except for tags (meta data), which are not shown in this release, but I've just added that as well, so tags will work with flac files in the next release too.
Please press SELECT+A in Gmu to open the program information screen. There you'll find a list of loaded decoders. Please check if the FLAC decoder appears in the list of loaded decoders.

And... last but not least (well this isn't really a bug) audio quality is much better than the original firmware (even if it still lacks a bit in bass response, but i think this is hw-related)!

quadomatic wrote:still not working for me...gets stuck on "searching for frontends"

This is weird. Which root filesystem are you using and how did you start Gmu?

ingood wrote:Sweet, it works fine for me. Cheers! I really like the display/controls of this app, perfect for a device like this.

wejp wrote:This version comes with support for MP3, MP2, Ogg Vorbis, Musepack, WavPack and FLAC.

Aww, I was hoping for MOD/XM/etc support. I'd already loaded my SD card with demoscene musics, heh.

Don't worry, this will be possible in an upcoming release. I'm in the progress of making Gmu more modular, which includes moving the decoders into their own shared objects. The module decoder is just not completed yet, but will be soon.
That also means that later when I've finalized the API, people will be able to build their own decoders as well.

maxif875 wrote:awsome!! thanks!!!!
i've tried it and it works great, but i can't play aac(mp4) files, i've converted them so i can get more of them to the ipod, the original firmware can read them if i change the extension to mp3 but i've tried the same here and it crash and close , do you know if it would be easy to add support for this format?, otherwise i'll reconvert them

This would require adding a decoder capable of decoding aac files. Currently there is no such decoder included. But it shpould still not crash. Will have a look into that. Looks like a bug in the mp3 decoder.

another few questions.
-would it be possible to change the text size (maybe edit some config file)

Yes. Font size is just a matter of the skin nthat is used. There are skins available with larger font sizes as well.

-it's possible to add lyrics?

Actually Gmu supports lyrics (both as seperate text files as well as embedded into id3 tags), but I'm not sure if I have enabled this feature for this release. In the final version this will be possible.

quadomatic wrote:still not working for me...gets stuck on "searching for frontends"

I got this too... seems it doesn't like to run on the Fat partition, you'll need to install and run it on the Ext2/3 partition.
Small price to pay for such a nice little player though

could you please recommend me a format to convert them, with good compression such as aac but still good quality and capacity for cover and tags

stuckie wrote:

quadomatic wrote:still not working for me...gets stuck on "searching for frontends"

I got this too... seems it doesn't like to run on the Fat partition, you'll need to install and run it on the Ext2/3 partition.
Small price to pay for such a nice little player though

Nice to see you found the reason for that issue. Although it is better to use ext3 instead of fat, it is still a little strange. I'll have a look at that.

maxif875 wrote:could you please recommend me a format to convert them, with good compression such as aac but still good quality and capacity for cover and tags

I highly recommend Ogg Vorbis. It has got a better quality than MP3 at the same filesize (or a better compression at the same quality). Especially at lower bitrates ist sounds much better than MP3. Also it is a patent-free codec, which is generally a good thing.
If you want cover images in your files, you're stuck with MP3 though, as it is only possible with ID3v2 tags to embedd cover images, but you could always put a jpg image in your folder instead.

wejp wrote:

stuckie wrote:

quadomatic wrote:still not working for me...gets stuck on "searching for frontends"

I got this too... seems it doesn't like to run on the Fat partition, you'll need to install and run it on the Ext2/3 partition.
Small price to pay for such a nice little player though

Nice to see you found the reason for that issue. Although it is better to use ext3 instead of fat, it is still a little strange. I'll have a look at that.

Please do! I got tired of having to use sudo to copy files to the ext3 partition and then having to make the files executable.

wejp wrote:

batman52 wrote:This time it works! Thanks... i'll test it better tomorrow!

EDIT: first bug report: "add library" function seems not to work,

What exactly did you try?

with the file browser I go to a directory where I copied an album (i can see listed .mp3 files), I select the entry:
[DIR] .

and press y button. I can read "adding directory" on top of the screen, but when I press start to back to playlist no file has been added.

wejp wrote:

.flac files are not seen as playable.

flac should work fine, except for tags (meta data), which are not shown in this release, but I've just added that as well, so tags will work with flac files in the next release too.
Please press SELECT+A in Gmu to open the program information screen. There you'll find a list of loaded decoders. Please check if the FLAC decoder appears in the list of loaded decoders.

That's the problem, FLAC decoder is not listed. I only can see
mpg123
musepack
Tremor vorbis
wavpack

anyway I checked and I have copied flac.so into /lib folder. Can someone else experience this issue? No time to further try this eve...

batman52 wrote:

wejp wrote:

batman52 wrote:This time it works! Thanks... i'll test it better tomorrow!

EDIT: first bug report: "add library" function seems not to work,

What exactly did you try?

with the file browser I go to a directory where I copied an album (i can see listed .mp3 files), I select the entry:
[DIR] .

and press y button. I can read "adding directory" on top of the screen, but when I press start to back to playlist no file has been added.

Don't do that. Instead, go to the level above, select the directory and press Y to add that directory. I guess I could change Gmu in a way, that this is also possible. But for now just choose the directory without opening it and instead simply adding it (pressing Y instead of B).

wejp wrote:

.flac files are not seen as playable.

flac should work fine, except for tags (meta data), which are not shown in this release, but I've just added that as well, so tags will work with flac files in the next release too.
Please press SELECT+A in Gmu to open the program information screen. There you'll find a list of loaded decoders. Please check if the FLAC decoder appears in the list of loaded decoders.

That's the problem, FLAC decoder is not listed. I only can see
mpg123
musepack
Tremor vorbis
wavpack

anyway I checked and I have copied flac.so into /lib folder. Can someone else experience this issue? No time to further try this eve...

Do not copy the files from the decoders directory. Those belong to Gmu and should stay there. Maybe I should rename those files to something else than .so to avoid confusion.
The files which need to be copied are located in the libs directory. Although I did not include the flac decoder as it is already part of the openhandhelds rootfs. It seems you are using an older version of the rootfs where FLAC is not yet included.

wejp wrote:Don't do that. Instead, go to the level above, select the directory and press Y to add that directory. I guess I could change Gmu in a way, that this is also possible. But for now just choose the directory without opening it and instead simply adding it (pressing Y instead of B).

OK, my mistake!

wejp wrote:Do not copy the files from the decoders directory. Those belong to Gmu and should stay there. Maybe I should rename those files to something else than .so to avoid confusion.
The files which need to be copied are located in the libs directory. Although I did not include the flac decoder as it is already part of the openhandhelds rootfs. It seems you are using an older version of the rootfs where FLAC is not yet included.

GODDAMN wrong rootfs!We have to set a standard rootfs NOW!

Anyway I am sure that in the /lib folder I have a libFLAC.so file too. Moreover i left the /decoders subdir under /gmu dir. I'll try again with the new rootfs this eve.

Thanks!

Managed to play .flac files!
It seems that reproducing flac, sometimes (every 5/10 sec) there are some "gaps" while playing (music stops for a few fractions of second)... quite annoying.
Sorry for bothering you!

batman52 wrote:Managed to play .flac files!
It seems that reproducing flac, sometimes (every 5/10 sec) there are some "gaps" while playing (music stops for a few fractions of second)... quite annoying.
Sorry for bothering you!

I did not have such problems while playing flac files yet. Do you have another sd card to test with? Maybe the card has problems delivering the data fast enough. Does it happen with all flac files or just some of them?