pMusic 6.0.0

[BarryK]

This does not seem right. pMusic has 3 *.desktop files, so you have to link to the right one.

Your proposal is correct.

Ah, I see, in /usr/share/applications:

pmusic_CD.desktop
pmusic.desktop
pmusic_radio.desktop

The problem is in the 'pinstall.sh' script of rox-filer PET:

Code: Select all

for ONEOPEN in Abiword BaconGUI Bcrypt ePDFView FFConvert Firefox Geany gedit Ghasher Ghostview Gnumeric Gxine HomeBank InkLite Inkscape ISOMaster Leafpad LibreOffice-Calc LibreOffice-Draw LibreOffice-Impress LibreOffice-Writer mhWaveEdit Mplayer mtPaint Notecase Opera Planner Pmusic PupZip SeaMonkey-Composer SeaMonkey-web-browser Viewnior XArchive
do
 FNDOPEN="`find usr/share/applications -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "${ONEOPEN}*.desktop" | grep -v 'mtPaint-snapshot' | head -n 1`"
 [ "$FNDOPEN" ] && ln -snf /${FNDOPEN} root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith/${ONEOPEN}
done

It is only grabbing one of those .desktop files.
OK, I will rethink how to do that code in pinstall.sh

EDIT: OK, fixed.

[zigbert]

Please avoid version 5.2.2
There is a bug at first run

Will update

[zigbert]

Version 5.2.3
See http://www.puppylinux.org/wikka/pmusic

[zigbert]

Version 5.2.4
See http://www.puppylinux.org/wikka/pmusic

[Pelo]

PMusic 5.2.4 Medor tries it with the Slaxen francophone Puppy. Users can post questions in French there Si vous avez du mal avec l'anglais, posez vos questions à Médor, cliquez le Blue
Installed to day, new pupsave.
yeaah , nice
Being tested on The Vicmz OBprecise too Pmusic 4.4.6.. don't play CDs, 5.2.4 should improve that... feed-back coming

[sheldonisaac]

Grab music from, or just listen to thousands of radio-stations

When I try to play WQXR or WRTI, I see "connecting .."
But it doesn't play.
WFMT, as I recall, does play.

I've reinstalled repeatedly.
And done the Radio Stations complete build.

EDIT
OK, I got WQXR to play, and a few others.

Searched online for WRTI streaming, and found
http://38.100.101.74/WRTI CLASSICAL.mp3


Thank you,
Sheldon

[zigbert]

There are plans to improve the radio module. Atm, the radio db supports only one url pr radio channel. Since many url's in the db is dead, it would be great to allow multiple addresses to each channel, and automatically scan the next address if the given one is dead. The pMusic radio db is built from the info at radiosure.com, and it includes limitless numbers of url's. So, the challenge is not to find the url's, but to define a clever way to include this into pMusic.

[sheldonisaac]

There are plans to improve the radio module. Atm, the radio db supports only one url pr radio channel. Since many url's in the db is dead, it would be great to allow multiple addresses to each channel, and automatically scan the next address if the given one is dead. The pMusic radio db is built from the info at radiosure.com, and it includes limitless numbers of url's. So, the challenge is not to find the url's, but to define a clever way to include this into pMusic.

Thank for your reply, Sigmund.

I see that there's nothing I can do here to fix the database.

I added WRTI to favorites, and can choose radio stations from there.

Thanks again,
Sheldon

[live]

Thanks for pMusic 5.2.4

Regarding podcast

Feature requests:
On the left pane it would be nice to select which column one wants to display (I'm not interest by default to view path, format, kps, etc.)

Bug
Under TahrPup64
If I add podcast channel http://radiofrance-podcast.net/podcast09/rss_10351.xml

I browse it and select for instance "Anne Pingeot, la discrète révélée (5/5) : Mort et poésie"
pMusic plays sizzled/crackled unhearable sound, while direct play is perfect.

[zigbert]

Feature requests:
On the left pane it would be nice to select which column one wants to display (I'm not interest by default to view path, format, kps, etc.)

To be considered.

Bug
Under TahrPup64
If I add podcast channel http://radiofrance-podcast.net/podcast09/rss_10351.xml

I browse it and select for instance "Anne Pingeot, la discrète révélée (5/5) : Mort et poésie"
pMusic plays sizzled/crackled unhearable sound, while direct play is perfect.

I will check this out

[zigbert]

Bug
Under TahrPup64
If I add podcast channel http://radiofrance-podcast.net/podcast09/rss_10351.xml

I browse it and select for instance "Anne Pingeot, la discrète révélée (5/5) : Mort et poésie"
pMusic plays sizzled/crackled unhearable sound, while direct play is perfect.

I am not able to reproduce this. I get a nice audio quality in 128kb/sec. Do you get something else?

[zigbert]

Have done a test to compare the resource hunger of different players.
See this blogpost

[greengeek]

Hi Zigbert I just had a look at your comparison and on the basis of your comments i gave Audacious a try (using some pets from an old Pizzasgood thread) on my Slacko derivative.

Interesting player but I saw an unusual pattern of cpu usage within htop. The attached pic shows three instances of Audacious which I cannot explain as only one gui was running. The total is up over 20% cpu usage which is quite different to your figures. Could your comparison figures have included only the cpu percentage of a single Audacious instance and are there always multiple processes running or is it likely I did something wrong?
cheers!

EDIT : I have also added a screenshot of pMusic playing my Music directory for comparison (older version of pMusic that I really like). Nice big fat gui but still lightweight on cpu.

[zigbert]

Could your comparison figures have included only the cpu percentage of a single Audacious instance and are there always multiple processes running or is it likely I did something wrong?

I use the cpu-average bar to measure, so I think my test shows the correct value. I see you are using the winamp-clone gui that might gives another result. The version I tested ran the gtk-gui by default, so I tested that one.

[zigbert]

I have also added a screenshot of pMusic playing my Music directory for comparison (older version of pMusic that I really like). Nice big fat gui but still lightweight on cpu.

If using an older version than 5.0.0, it will use slightly more cpu-usage than the most recent versions of pMusic.
http://www.puppylinux.org/wikka/pmusicH ... rce-hunger

[greengeek]

I see you are using the winamp-clone gui that might gives another result. The version I tested ran the gtk-gui by default, so I tested that one.

Oh, ok, thanks - I actually thought my gui was the basic gtk one. Didn't realise it was the winamp one. I will go looking for a different version.
cheers.

[zigbert]

Version 5.2.5
See http://www.puppylinux.org/wikka/pmusicInstall

Changelog - 5.2.5
- Bugfix: Delete multiple files
- Bugfix: Search jamendo gives msg about missing index
- Bugfix: Right-click menu sourcelist: (Re)set source in pmu
- Bugfix: Expand several pmu's in sourcelist gives the same id-nr.

[zigbert]

Version 5.3.0 - development release
See http://www.puppylinux.org/wikka/pmusicInstall

• Tabbed playqueues
• New export window
• visualization

[jlst]

Testing pmusic 5.2.5

I like the fact that it's a tiny frontend for ffmpeg.

It's really fast compared to old versions, which were too heavy on cpu...

I think that searching for music files on first run should be optional, not all people have a permanent install. It's just a suggestion.

Good job.

[zigbert]

jlst
Thanks for testing!

There are for sure pros and cons when it comes to scanning at first run. I have tried to make it as discreet as possible. pMusic is built around the DB, so a scan is required to take advantage of the features in pMusic. But, of course not required to play audio - which is the main target.

One solution could be to offer a simple frontend without scanning. Focusing on a basic audioplayer without too many options and features. The downside would be the slow file-search.