Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[charlie6]

Hi Sigmund
thanks for your post !
looking and seeking around, have found this:
pMusic seems playing midi files at the conditions that another non-midi (i.e. .mp3 file) file is present in the right-hand window; if only a .mid file present then no play.
/root/.pmusic/tmp/exec looks like:

[zigbert]

[zigbert]

Version 3.1.2
See main post

Changelog
- Option to fix database if trying to add a not-found file.
- Opened support of midi playback for *.kar files.
- Possible to add additional widgets inside the svg-heading.
. . . .- Radio-Hits: gui is not too tall anymore - info in heading.
. . . .- Masstagger: Moved information to heading button
. . . .- Ok-box will place big icon in heading if present.
- Text in Ok-box and Yes/No-box is set selectable.
- Bugfix: Plugin: Reopen correct CD-audio gui if backgrounded with trayapp. (thanks to 01micko)
- Bugfix: Play midi works only if another track is already in playlist. (thanks to charlie6)
- Bugfix: No play-icon if playing filename contains `.
- Bugfix: Splashbox shows still 2012.
- Bugfix: Wrong albumart height in CD-audio frontend.
- Bugfix: Lyrics text field doesn't take color setting in gtkrc.

[zigbert]

This release has focus on bugfixing, but it also includes 2 major fixed issues.

What happens when you move your collection to another location?
In fact nothing if you browse for your files, but if you searches or in any other way takes advantage of the pMusic database, it has to be updated, and you loose your most-played info of these files. With 3.1.2, pMusic offers a smoother solution.
At once you try to add a file to playlist that does not exist, this message pops up.



I have used pMusic on a netbook, and I saw that some of the windows are too tall.
To do something with this, I have rewritten the code that generates the heading. Now it allows additional widgets inside the heading which has spacesaving effect on some windows

[zigbert]

Version 3.1.3
See main post

Changelog
- Bugfix: Using flock (file locking) to avoid mymusic db corruption during update.

[zigbert]

Version 3.1.4
See main post

Changelog
- Bugfix: Play next track in playlist fails if metainfo (artist/title) is changed for playing track.
- Bugfix: Kill pid of streamripper when deleting a radio-hits preset.
- Bugfix: Main icon doesn't look good on greyish backgrounds.
- Bugfix: Improve file locking (flock) code.

[zigbert]

Keeping the db in good shape is important to benefit of the pMusic environment. There has surely been some issues in the 3 branch. This because the db is dynamically written to every time pMusic detects new info about tracks. I have several times made some improvement to this. Today, I have been clicking aggressively all day, and in the end spotted a bottleneck. I can't say for sure that all issues are gone, but much better anyway.

I see that another approach could be a backup function, but things should just work...

Of course someone would find it logical to also include a db editor, but if things works, this should not be required. On the other hand, an editor could be handy for geeks who don't want to edit the index file by hand. This could be offered as a plugin. - at least in the first stage. I have no plans right now.


Sigmund

[sheldonisaac]

[zigbert]

sheldonisaac
Checking it out right now, and it works fine here.

What output do get if you download it from the repo with this command? (dowloads to /root/)

[01micko]

feature request....

Eq button on CD gui would be nice

[sheldonisaac]

[zigbert]

Mick
Eq-button in both main and CD frontend shall be. But it will take a while, since that must be a target for 3.2.


Sigmund

[zigbert]

sheldonisaac
some quests:
- Does the simple installation now work, or dows it only download pmusic_index_radio.gz ?
- Do you get any errors if running 'pmusic --debug' in terminal and using the advanced radio-station builder?
- What Puppy are you running?

Since I can't reproduce the bug, we must try to find the exact command that corrupts it all.


Thank you
Sigmund

[sheldonisaac]

[zigbert]