Free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.torch2424.featherfree
Non - Play Store Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8GQ0-i6zp0IV1RGdFVtNk5pSzg/edit?usp=sharing
Paid: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.torch2424.feather
This is my third app, and I'm still a little new to android development, any feedback or tips is greatly appreciated! I have many plans for future features and updates that could improve or add to the ad. Also, any ratings or downloads help, thanks!
Also, if you have any suggestions or bugs, please feel free to reply to the thread, It helps me create a better app for not only myself, but the entire community!
Inspiration: Personally, I still play my music off of my SD card on my phone, as I find streaming music to eat up all my data, or just really slow and buggy. So I personally would use Google Play Music, or Shuttle (Which is great by the way). And the problem I had with these apps, is that I didn't enjoy they're light theme too much, it made my screen too bright, which would eat my battery, and the way they would scan your SD card was often unreliable, in the terms that it often wouldn't find some of the music I put on my phone, and if I added new music, the refresh would find it if I was lucky and often times I would have to re-install the app just for it to find my music. And on top of that, Google Play Music or other heavy media players would freeze my phone, or make it really laggy when i was in a hurry trying to do something. With video, I often found myself annoyed by the timeout of on screen video controls, or accidentally popping up on the screen and blocking what i was viewing, and I thought it'd be better if they were simply only in portrait mode so you could just flip your phone if you wanted to change something. And also, I once had a rom with a transparent theme, which made everything look so amazing on my phone. So this is why I decided to make a lightweight, transparent, and minimal music app for android that uses a file view rather than a music one to play music and videos.
App Description:
This app requires an external storage (SD card) to run, however most phones already have this.
Looking for a music or video player that isn't slow, always crashing, or freezing your phone? One that allows you to find what you want to listen to or watch through a file explorer, instead of scanning your entire external storage, just to not find everything you have on there? Tired of external codecs, and just want the native ones that are much more reliable and fast? Do you find full screen video controls getting in the way of your video, and you think that they are annoying? Well, Feather was created for just these reasons, and it is presented in a minimal, beautiful, and easy to use format. Where it is all quite reliable, and always quick.
Features:
Playlists - Play videos or music together in a playlist, watch a whole season or listen to a whole album continuously!
Light Weight - APK ~ 300kb (Paid) 1.3 MB (Free) / Installed ~ 1MB (Paid) 4MB (Free)
Fast - Mostly everything pre-loaded when app is opened
Ongoing Notification - You can easily see what's playing or return to the app anywhere in your phone
Compatible - Works with most headset media controllers
Beautiful - Uses your system wallpaper as it's theme, and uses a semi transparent look above it
Distraction Free - All controls are in Portrait mode, so you can focus only on your video in landscape
Smooth - Navigating the app is very fast, and aesthetically pleasing
File View - Lets you find the songs you want to listen to, to avoid moments when a player can't find it
Native Codecs - No extra downloads, uses native android codecs for easy and fast playback
Supported File Formats:
Music - mp3 , flac (Android 3.1+) , mid , xmf , mxmf , rtttl , rtx , ota , imy , ogg , wav , aac (Android 3.1+) ,
ts (Android 3.0+)
VIdeo - 3gp , mp4 , webm , mkv (Android 4.0+)
Permissions:
Read/Write External - to read media, and delete it from the SD Card
Network (Free Only) - For Ads
I'm open to suggestions, and would love to make this app better for the community, if there are any bugs are suggestions you would like to give, send them here: [email protected]
Thank you very much for supporting me and this app!
Screen Shots:
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ChangeLog:
1.0:
Intial Release
1.1:
Fixed starting point (stats in you external sd card, not mount folder)
Fixed navigation (you can explore entire phone now)
Fixed Menu (Added menu button to title bar for phones that dont have it)
Fixed closing crashes
Plays every file in folder after the file you picked
Updated Ads (Free Version Only)
2.0:
Decreased Size (Free Version)
Play, Delete, Move items in play list
Empty Playlist text
Removed External SD Check
Bugfixes (Delete function, etc...)
Adds all files in folder to play list, but plays the one you chose
Opens Apk and Images in their respective apps
Added interstitial ad that shows when you first play a file (Free Version)
2.1:
- Portrait Video Fixes (Looks and runs a lot better)
- Various video fixes (Smoother, dedicated video space in portrait mode)
- Ads no longer stop video from playing on first play (Free version only)
- No more double skipping from media button presses (Sometimes happened)
- Apk size bigger because of new Google Play Policies (Free Version Only)
3.0 (Now only supporting ICS, Android 4.0+):
- Code Improvements: Re-coded the entire app from scratch for multiple speed and bug improvements
- Better Design: No longer using text buttons, now using the music button symbols, and play and pause share the same button
- Fading Play/Pause: Whenever you start or resume music, it fades in, and whenever you pause, it fades out
- Better Wallpaper: Wallpapers no long look squished if you scroll across it on multiple screens normally
- Play/Pause Same Button: Play and Pause are now the same button
- Portrait Video Improvements: Portrait video is no longer stretched in full screen mode
- Zip File Extracting: Can now unzip .zip files from the app to easily start listening to downloaded music, mixtapes, and EPs
- Notification Music Controls: Now can control music / video from the continuous feather notification
- Registered to other apps: Now other apps / launchers recognize feather as a music app
- Sort and Shuffle Algorithms: Greatly improved sort and shuffle performance. Redone algorithms to allow for quicker, easier, and more conviently build sorted and shuffled playlists
- Playlists lean towards music or video: Playlists now are built leaning towards only music, or only video, unless otherwise manually built differently
- Removed Wakelock permission: No longer needed because of code improvements
4.0:
- Android Wear: Feather now had Android Wear Support!
- Settings: Feather now offers settings that you can change!
- Music Sort(Settings): Feather can now sort by track number inside a folder!
- Default Folder: You can now have a default directory feather opens to!
- Quit Button Notification: Now there is a quit button in the notification!
And Much More!
See full changelogs that also has plans at: http://aaronturnerapps.tumblr.com
Thank you once again, please reply with feedback below, I look forward to what you have to say!
Hey I just noticed that on certain phones, the default folder of this app does not lead to the external storage...can anyone confirm that is working, or not working? It would be greatly appreciated!
torch2424 said:
Hey I just noticed that on certain phones, the default folder of this app does not lead to the external storage...can anyone confirm that is working, or not working? It would be greatly appreciated!
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(1)
when launched, the default folder is "/storage/emulated/"
the external sd card is "/storage/emulated/0/" or "/storage/emulated/legacy/"..
(2)
how do i invoke the menu with "Shuffle / Loop / View Playlist / Quit" as shown in ur screen shot?
(3)
for video playback, if the video is shot in portrait mode, then the display is cut and there is no button (prev, pause, play, next) on screen..
im on nexus 5 stock kitkat 4.4.2..
iamelton said:
(1)
when launched, the default folder is "/storage/emulated/"
the external sd card is "/storage/emulated/0/" or "/storage/emulated/legacy/"..
(2)
how do i invoke the menu with "Shuffle / Loop / View Playlist / Quit" as shown in ur screen shot?
(3)
for video playback, if the video is shot in portrait mode, then the display is cut and there is no button (prev, pause, play, next) on screen..
im on nexus 5 stock kitkat 4.4.2..
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Thanks for the reply and feedback, I greatly appreciate it! I wanted to start things in the mount folder, but it's weird that its going there, I think i'll spruce up the file navigation a bit.
To access the menu you press the menu button on your phone, is that option not available on your device? If Not, I'll try and add it to the title bar
and I never experienced that before, thank you for letting me know!
Thanks for your feedback, I think I'll be able to get these things fixed tommorow or the day after. I appreciate you letting me know these things.
Just as a heads up for other people, the app should be okay to use, please don't be discouraged to try it out. and if you are, I'll fix these bugs ASAP!
torch2424 said:
Thanks for the reply and feedback, I greatly appreciate it! I wanted to start things in the mount folder, but it's weird that its going there, I think i'll spruce up the file navigation a bit.
To access the menu you press the menu button on your phone, is that option not available on your device? If Not, I'll try and add it to the title bar
and I never experienced that before, thank you for letting me know!
Thanks for your feedback, I think I'll be able to get these things fixed tommorow or the day after. I appreciate you letting me know these things.
Just as a heads up for other people, the app should be okay to use, please don't be discouraged to try it out. and if you are, I'll fix these bugs ASAP!
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yup on nexus 5 there is no menu button..
iamelton said:
yup on nexus 5 there is no menu button..
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Oh my, thats quite the problem...
Well I'll look into a way of opening the menu from the app. Thank you once again!
I just uploaded a new update to fix every bug with version 1 of this app, except portrait video. should be up in a couple of hours. thank you for all of your feedback so far! I will update the OP later with a changelog and new screenshots!
Updated OP! Any feedback or suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Just updated the app, and it brings great improvements!
BIG UPDATE v2
- Decreased Size (Free Version)
- Play, Delete, Move items in play list
- Empty Playlist text
- Removed External SD Check
- Bugfixes (Delete function, etc...)
- Adds all files in folder to play list, but plays the one you chose
- Opens Apk and Images in their respective apps
- Added interstitial ad that shows when you first play a file (Free Version)
Any feedback or ratings are greatly appreciated, will update the OP ASAP
Op updated to version 2.0! I'm open to any bugs or suggestions you have!
Updated OP to version 2.1! Heres the changes!
- Portrait Video Fixes (Looks and runs a lot better)
- Various video fixes (Smoother, dedicated video space in portrait mode)
- Ads no longer stop video from playing on first play (Free version only)
- No more double skipping from media button presses (Sometimes happened)
- Apk size bigger because of new Google Play Policies (Free Version Only)
I'm open to any bugs or anything you guys have. They help everyone out, thanks!
I have a few suggestion:
1.Set home directory (i have to search for my folder every time i open the app )
2.Option to toggle fullscreen (i have a few video that i want to watch in fullscreen )
3.Pls support flv & avi (webm doesnt work )
4.Add gestures or buttons to pause or play next video (i can not do anything when video is playing)
Love how simple it is but please add these features it very annoying without these,i bought your full version
Updated OP to version 4.0! Heres the changes!
3.0 Changes, And...
Android Wear: Feather now had Android Wear Support!
Settings: Feather now offers settings that you can change!
Music Sort(Settings): Feather can now sort by track number inside a folder!
Default Folder: You can now have a default directory feather opens to!
Quit Button Notification: Now there is a quit button in the notification!
And Much More!
See full changelogs that also has plans at: http://aaronturnerapps.tumblr.com
Please send me your concerns. They help everyone out, thanks!
h14 said:
I have a few suggestion:
1.Set home directory (i have to search for my folder every time i open the app )
2.Option to toggle fullscreen (i have a few video that i want to watch in fullscreen )
3.Pls support flv & avi (webm doesnt work )
4.Add gestures or buttons to pause or play next video (i can not do anything when video is playing)
Love how simple it is but please add these features it very annoying without these,i bought your full version
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Hello thank you for your suggesttions! And sorry for such the late reply, Feather has updated twice since this post, and let me answer your suggestions!
1. This was actually added in version 4!
2. I'll definitely consider adding that
3. Version 4.1 will be adding more video file support!
4. And I'll also consider that!
People ya'll need Musixmatch player. Its the bees knees of android music players.
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Do you use your Android phone with GPS Navigation while playing music in your car?
When a new song starts, ever wonder what that song is, or who the artist is?
Now you have to grab the phone and look at it and swipe the notification bar, just to see what the song is or who the artist is?.
Do you use your Android phone to read email, or browse the web while listening to music in the background?
You know it's a hassle to stop what you're doing to see what the name is of the song that just came on. It's all too much trouble, so you don't bother, and you just keep wondering.
Tune Pop is the answer! Tune Pop will pop up the Song Title and Artist name, as a toast popup. Now when a song starts or resumes you will be alerted with the title and artist of the song.
Tune Pop on Appbrain
Tune Pop has been tested with the following Android Media player apps:
. ANDROID native media player
. HTC media player
. TuneWiki - Tune Pop Shoutcast!)
(TuneWiki coming with the next Android market version of TuneWiki)
TunePop has also been tested with the following Android Media Players:
. LASTFM (Internet Radio!)
. MERIDIAN
. GROOVESHARK
. DOUBLETWIST (SDCard music)
. MIXZING
. WINAMP
. CUBED (3)
. POWERAMP
. PLAYER PRO
MAKE SURE YOU ENABLE SCROBBLING ON THESE MEDIA APPS TO ENABLE TUNEPOP!
To enable TunePop, you just need to enable Scrobbling in the player settings. You don't need a Last FM account, or Last FM Scrobble Droid apps installed or running, just enable scrobbling in the media player. Tune Pop should work with most media players that support scrobbling.
Want more features? UPGRADE to Tune Pop PRO! Just $.99! Tune Pop Free Version has a handy link to PRO, which disappears after you purchase PRO.
Tune Pop PRO adds the following features:
TICKER - the song title and artist appear in the Notification Bar as a ticker instead of or in addition to the popup
SCREEN POSITION - Change the position of the popup from the center of the screen to the top or bottom
FONT SIZE - Change the size of the popup window and font
DISPLAY FREQUENCY - Have the POP or TICKER appear periodically, in increments of 15 seconds, in case you miss the POP at the beginning of the song
POP SHAPE - change from a rectangle to an oval if you're feeling whimsical
Just purchase and download Tune Pop Pro and it will automatically enable all advanced Tune Pop features.
Do you use a media player that Tune Pop doesn't support? We can try and make it work if it has an API, broadcast intents or supports scrobbling. Just let us know.
Here's Google NAV in landscape, with the POP Positioned at the bottom of the screen:
Here's the browser, with just the TICKER POP in the notification bar:
PURCHASING TUNE POP PRO ENABLES ALL ADVANCED FEATURES IN THE FREE VERSION OF TUNE POP AND REQUIRES THAT THE FREE VERSION OF TUNE POP BE INSTALLED ALSO!
A lot of work went into making TunePop very small and well behaved in terms of performance and battery usage. It has a VERY small memory footprint.
Tune Pop uses SCROBBLE and other Media Player intent broadcasts to initiate POP services, and uses POST_DELAYED intents to enable periodic POPS so nothing is constantly running in the background, and everything shuts down when no music is playing.
Some future enhancements we are planning:
. allowing suppression of the Tune Pop logo in the POP
. including album name in POP
. adding album art in place of the logo
. allow change of font and background colors
. ?
Feedback on additional enhancements is very welcome.
Tune Pop was developed by Happy Vampire Software. We are a father and son startup doing development in Android and WP7.
We have more apps in the pipeline. Tune Pop is our first published effort, but it was built with an architecture and app patterns that we will be using as the foundation for our other development efforts.
Please download the free app and if you like it and would like the additional features, please download Tune Pop Pro.
Please provide feedback and help us make Tune Pop better, more useful, and a successful app.
We can be reached at [email protected]
Our web site is http://www.happyvampire.net
1/06/2010:
Now added the pro version of Tune Pop:
TASKER SUPPORT - use TASKER tasks to enable or disable Tune Pop. This is especially useful if you want to only enable Tune Pop in certain situations, such as only when you are driving and your device is car docked.
Go to Happy Vampire Software Tune Pop Pagefor instructions on how to implement Tasker in conjunction with Tune Pop
Thanks,
Bob Thompson
Happy Vampire Software
I should clarify, enabling scrobbling is NOT required for
. ANDROID native media player
. HTC media player
. LASTFM (Internet Radio!)
. TuneWiki - (Tune Pop Shoutcast!) - TuneWiki is coming with the next Android market version of TuneWiki
Enabling Scrobbling IS required for the following Android Media Players:
. MERIDIAN
. GROOVESHARK
. DOUBLETWIST (SDCard music)
. MIXZING
. WINAMP
. CUBED (3)
Thanks for the support,
Bob
Version 1.0.1 published -
Fixes a Force Close problem using Last FM caused by Proguard obfuscation when app was published to market.
Version 1.0.3 published - added reminder messages for users to enable scrobbling in their media apps
version 1.05 published -
Set preferences Tune Pop and PopUp to "enabled" by default when doing new installs.
Got a suggestion. When your screen is off and you press the power button to wake up your device you get a pop up on the lock screen. I think that would be awesome.
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Have plans on supporting playerpro? It supports scrobbling but didn't work for me.
Would love to see Pandora support. Not sure if it is possible, but if it is then I will be one more user using your app.
Thanks all for the feedback!
Redneck - We'll take a look at this. Good suggestion.
Emirhan87- We'll take a look at playerpro. Here's the deal with scrobbling. There are several different ways to scrobble on Android. If a media player does scrobble broadcasts in any one of several forms (ScrobbleDroid, Last FM, Simple-LastFM-Scrobble) then we intercept that broadcast and use it.
However, there is a way to use HTTP directly to scrobble, and some players use that. TuneWiki is an example. So, I was unable to use scrobbling to work with TuneWiki. We worked directly with TuneWiki to use an API they are coming out with in their new version, so when TuneWiki releases their new version TuneWiki will be supported.
Creator - here's my issue with Pandora. They don't scrobble. They have no documented API or broadcast intents. And, unlike LastFM or TuneWiki, they don't respond to my requests for support for integration.
So, bottom line, I suggest using LastFM instead of Pandora. After using both, I think LastFM is better anyway.
Again, thanks all for the feedback.
Bob
Any chance you can make this work the miui music player?
buuu buuu buuu
any way we can help you make this compatible with the samsung music player ?
if not, ill go back to winamp, but i kinda liked the lockscreen and notification drawer controls too XD
i guess there will be no hope, since it has no scrobble options (why the heck mod or use the stock player as base, and remove stuff, i will never understand... damm samsung)
ps: i bought the pro version xD
Any chance of compatibility with Spotify?
I remove Music.apk from my ROMs these days as Spotify is all I need.
Just tried it and even with Last.fm scrobble enabled it dosn't work.
cros13 said:
Any chance of compatibility with Spotify?
I remove Music.apk from my ROMs these days as Spotify is all I need.
Just tried it and even with Last.fm scrobble enabled it dosn't work.
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Works for me with Last.fm.
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cocchiararo said:
buuu buuu buuu
any way we can help you make this compatible with the samsung music player ?
if not, ill go back to winamp, but i kinda liked the lockscreen and notification drawer controls too XD
i guess there will be no hope, since it has no scrobble options (why the heck mod or use the stock player as base, and remove stuff, i will never understand... damm samsung)
ps: i bought the pro version xD
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Thanks for the support and feedback!
Yeah, I feel your pain. I have a Captivate and we have tried pretty hard to make it work with the Samsung music player.
Unfortunately, as you point out it doesn't support Scrobbling and I was unable to find any broadcast intents, and Samsung hasn't documented any and the source isn't available.
If anyone knows a way to "discover" intents that an app broadcasts on Android that would be VERY helpful, since I assume that they must broadcast intents to the notification bar app, but I haven't found a way to do this yet.
We'll keep working on it.
I personally use Meridian and Winamp for SDCard music and I like Last FM for internet radio, but like you say they all have their pros and cons.
Bob
Nice App!! FYI...It also works with PowerAmp when you enable Scrobbling. Looks like you can add that to the list.
cros13 said:
Any chance of compatibility with Spotify?
I remove Music.apk from my ROMs these days as Spotify is all I need.
Just tried it and even with Last.fm scrobble enabled it dosn't work.
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We are looking into how to support Spotify, and we'd like to work with Spotify. Unfortunately, we are based in the US and can't test with Spotify, due to their restrictions on location.
Can you tell me, does Spotify scrobble without any other app installed or does it require an additional app to enable scrobbling (i.e. ScrobbleDroid, a-simple-lastfm-scrobbler, or LastFM app)?
If we can figure out anything, we'll happily work with you to see what we can do here. Please stay "Tuned"
Bob
dboss007 said:
Nice App!! FYI...It also works with PowerAmp when you enable Scrobbling. Looks like you can add that to the list.
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Sweet!
Thanks for the feedback and support
Bob
mskks64 said:
Any chance you can make this work the miui music player?
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We'll take a look and see what we can do here. It doesn't support scrobbling but if we can discover any broadcast intents we'll see what we can do.
Stay "Tuned" (okay, that's probably old already)
Bob
FYI - a user has discovered an issue.
After investigation, it appears that for Tune Pop to work with WinAmp, it is required to have the free LastFM app installed on your phone. No other app appears to require this, and unfortunately we didn't discover this when testing.
We will update the documentation to reflect this.
If you want to use WinAMP with Tune Pop and don't have LastFM already installed, please download the free LastFM app to your phone. It is not necessary to run LastFM or have a lastFM account, but it appears that WinAMP checks to see if the app is installed. Of course, if you want your music to be scrobbled to LastFM, you can create an account on LastFM, but this is not necessary for Tune Pop.
Please let me know if any questions or issues.
Thanks
Bob
Slacker compatibility?
btw, congrats on the lifehacker mention
Hello, I'm new to the forum, first post in fact. In addition to helping other developers I joined the forums to solicit feedback and possibly spawn a discussion regarding my own open source Android application. The application is called ServeStream. Has anyone here used it, heard of it, hate/love it? Any feedback (positive or negative) is welcome and encouraged.
About:
Open source HTTP streaming media player and media server browser. Supports custom, online radio and SHOUTcast streams.
Features:
- Supports the following media formats:
Protocols: [http, https, mms, mmsh]
Audio: mp3/3gp/mp4/m4a/ogg/wav/mid/xmf/mxmf/rtttl/rtx/ota/imy
Playlists: m3u/pls/asx/m3u8
- Supports multitasking/playing audio in the background
- Repeat and shuffle modes
- Alarm clock support
- Home screen widget
- Shortcut support
- Utilizes HTML parsing to allow navigation of HTTP media servers that serve HTML pages
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Nobody?!
I think it's a great app and have been using it for a long while. For listening to internet radio or streaming audio files in the background that you may find in the browser it is superb. I can only suggest one competitor, VLC. But this is focussed on audio and is lighter weight. Just the other day I couldn't find an audio player to play an mp3 I downloaded to my sdcard: I ended up just sharing the url from the browser straight to Servestream! My main gripes is are that the icon is not pretty and it seems to buffer very little so that it is quite sensitive to network disconnections. Thanks and keep up the good work!
Hey. While I do believe this is a great medium for what you are trying to do, how about some more info? Specifically a general description and a link to where we could find the app. I have it on my list of things to research this weekend, but for better response from the xda community in general more info would be helpful.
Welcome to xda!
I would love to post a link however my "noob" status prevents me from posting links until I have at least ten thread posts . I can supply you with some info though. I originally set out to build an open source application that would let me browse and play songs from my GNUMP3d media server. After the app had been out for a while I discovered people were using it to play podcasts and online radio stations. Although this use hadn't occured to me originally I embranced the idea and ran with it. Basically the application will let you play any streaming media that Android supports natively. It will also let you "browse" webpages by parsing the links and presenting them in a list. This functionality allows me to browse and play songs from my media server. I also just integrated FFmpeg into the application. This allows me to retrieve stream metadata, album art, and, after a year of trial and error, I just added mms:// and mmsh:// support using that library. This is just a brief overview of the application, let me know if you have any additional questions!
dabl8 said:
My main gripes is are that the icon is not pretty and it seems to buffer very little so that it is quite sensitive to network disconnections. Thanks and keep up the good work!
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Thanks for the feedback. The buffering is definitely an issue at times. The only problem is that the Android MediaPlayer API doesn't allow you to change this. This is why I have started down the FFmpeg route. It's way more complicated but it gives me, and thus, the user more flexability. The icon could definately use some work. I will be revamping the icons in the next month so look for that to change in the future.
Now that I'm able to post links, here is more info about the application:
Open source HTTP streaming media player and media server browser. Ideal for custom online radio and SHOUTcast streams.
Features
- Supports core Android media formats with additional support for WMA
- Protocols: [http, https, mms (beta), mmsh (beta)]
- Playlists: m3u/pls/asx/m3u8
- Video: 3gp/mp4
- Metadata retrieval using FFmpeg
- Supports multitasking/playing in the background
- Repeat and shuffle modes
- Alarm clock support
- Home screen widget
- Shortcut support
- Utilizes HTML parsing to allow navigation of HTTP media servers that serve HTML pages
Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.servestream&hl=en
Source Code: http://sourceforge.net/projects/servestream/
Edit: it's ok now in the newer versions
Yes the icons and the ui were pretty bad...
But if I remember right,this was the only player that would stream yourmuze music and allow me to turn off my screen...
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Although I agree the icons could use some work, I wouldn't say the UI is bad. I think it's very functional without the unnecessary eye candy that some people think is required for an app to be good. With that said, I'm actively working to make the UI more polished and these changes should find their way into the next few releases.
LeftyGR said:
Downloading now. Will play with it for a while... Thanks!
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Thoughts?
Servestream
wseemann said:
Thoughts?
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Hi Wseemann,
Thanks for Servestream - I find it very useful. Just one ask: allow the user to vary the cache (upwards).
klunka said:
Hi Wseemann,
Thanks for Servestream - I find it very useful. Just one ask: allow the user to vary the cache (upwards).
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Thanks for the feedback. When you say "cache" are you referring to the buffer size? It appears you are asking for a setting to control the buffer size, is that correct?
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Thanks for the feedback. When you say "cache" are you referring to the buffer size? It appears you are asking for a setting to control the buffer size, is that correct?
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Yes, I would like the cache to be bigger. There is a bug that is related to this. I have a CM7.2 phone and radio stream I play is very solid. Every now and then it drops out but then it recovers. However, on my CM10 phone (p990), if the WiFi disconnects , as it does periodically, the audio comes back for a split-second and then stops. Then, if I would press play to start again, it plays from where it last started! I'm not sure how it does that but it is rather annoying. I have to back out to the list screen, find the entry I want and press it. From the now-playing screen there is no way to reach the list screen if I got there from the Notification bar; therefore you need a home button or ActionBar.
I just released version 0.5.2. This release should address some of the previous complaints.
New in this version:
* New icons and media player layout
* Embedded album art retrieval via FFmpeg
* Scrobble Droid support
* Russian translation, thanks to Константин Сучков
* MIPS Architecture support
* Bug fixes
I like the solution for the now-playing screen in 0.5.2: it's basically an action bar without an action bar. It is still hard to get back to a list of files in a http directory though; I would hope that eventually there would be a button that can bring me back to the list that I got the file from. I don't understand what you mean about Android buffering though; e.g. Antennapod can buffer podcasts just fine, though you can't set how much it will buffer. A couple of feature suggestions: include some http directories by default (such as listenlive.eu and magnatune.com:80/mobile) and support local file playback via a file manager. I think you forgot to mention ScrobbleDroid in the Preferences. I have noticed too that many asx streams don't play, but thankfully they are fewer and further between! Also we are working on getting the latest version into F-Droid: just having a few difficulties with the build server e.g. it doesn't have bash it turns out!
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I like the solution for the now-playing screen in 0.5.2: it's basically an action bar without an action bar. It is still hard to get back to a list of files in a http directory though; I would hope that eventually there would be a button that can bring me back to the list that I got the file from. I don't understand what you mean about Android buffering though; e.g. Antennapod can buffer podcasts just fine, though you can't set how much it will buffer. A couple of feature suggestions: include some http directories by default (such as listenlive.eu and magnatune.com:80/mobile) and support local file playback via a file manager. I think you forgot to mention ScrobbleDroid in the Preferences. I have noticed too that many asx streams don't play, but thankfully they are fewer and further between! Also we are working on getting the latest version into F-Droid: just having a few difficulties with the build server e.g. it doesn't have bash it turns out!
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Thanks for the feedback. I'm still working on some UI improvements and I will include a better way to get back to the "browse" page in the next few releases. I realize that is a usability problem. Regarding the buffering, the Android MediaPlayer class doesn't offer a method to set the buffer size. The only way to control buffering when using this class is to download the file mantually and then send it to the media player class (progressive playback). I can make a buffer setting but it would only work with the progressive playback option enabled. That is why I'm moving away from MediaPlayer and focusing on using a FFmpeg based player. Does that make more sense? Regarding your other suggestions, the application currently supports local playlist files, Is that what you were referring to? I'm hesitant to add support for local, non-playlist, media files since those are usually handled by a standard media player and that change will make the application even more complex. I just fixed the omission of ScrobbleDroid in the preferences, thanks for catching that. Can you send me examples of ASX streams that don't play? I've been slowly adding support for these playlists but it's more difficult than one might think since playback needs to be done using AudioTrack and FFmpeg. Also, I didn't realize who I was talking to! I believe we have spoke on the F-Droid forums before. As I've said before, you guys/gals are doing a great thing, the project has really come a long way!
I have a phone with a menu button, but I don't see the overflow menu now. That is really necessary to be able to stop playback. I couldn't find a local .pls, I have a lot of m3us it seems and they aren't supported. I have another problem with playback: I can't actually stream files over 3g: they play for 10 seconds and then cut out. I'm on CM10 and it seems to work ok with VLC. This has been the way in v0.4 too. I can't think of a good example for asx, but most of the random candidates I tried on http://listenlive.eu wouldn't play. Regarding f-droid, the shell that's being used doesn't like [ $PIPESTATUS == 0 ] || exit 1 : invalid operator. Any ideas?
So, if you press the menu button you don't see the following menu?
http://servestream.sourceforge.net/device-2013-01-10-131302.png
When you say "I couldn't find a local .pls" what do you mean? Can you post links or email me the m3u's that are causing you issues? The issues with ASX files are still being sorted out. Sorry you are having so many problems with the application. Although I try my best, streaming and playlist parsing introduces alot of complexity and variance that can create issues.
Regarding the build issues, I believe $PIPESTATUS may only work with bash. You can simply comment out that line in arm-build.sh, x86-build.sh and mips-build.sh.
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So, if you press the menu button you don't see the following menu?
http://servestream.sourceforge.net/device-2013-01-10-131302.png.
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I do see that, but I have CM10 with the option to display the overflow menu button and I don't see the button on the Now Playing screen, so I'm wondering if those without hardware buttons would be unable to get to it; although they can probably remove the item from the play queue. Pausing and backing out, doesn't stop the stream properly
When you say "I couldn't find a local .pls" what do you mean? Can you post links or email me the m3u's that are causing you issues?
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I understood that a pls that points to a file on internal storage can be played by Servestream, perhaps I got that wrong
The issues with ASX files are still being sorted out. Sorry you are having so many problems with the application. Although I try my best, streaming and playlist parsing introduces alot of complexity and variance that can create issues.
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I tried VLC again and that has the same problems. Stream plays for 40 seconds and cuts out: I've tried internet and wap apns. Must be a carrier problem.
Regarding the build issues, I believe $PIPESTATUS may only work with bash. You can simply comment out that line in arm-build.sh, x86-build.sh and mips-build.sh
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Thanks , but mips-build.sh doesn't exist.
Servestream is simple and does its job, very good app if you just want to add the direct link to a stream and not fiddle around in some overcomplex radio apps with worldwide-search-feature.
Just a suggestion to the creator:
Maybe you should edit your first post and present screenshots, a short feature list, etc? That way this thread should grow better and you'll get more downloads.
But I also have a small complaint: When I press "Stop", the app continues to download the stream although I can't hear anything anymore. After a while it stops, but it's still not nice to eat my data uselessly like that.
Could you look into this problem?
Thank you!
[APP][4.0+] My Cloud Player v21.4 for SoundCloud w/ ChromeCast & UPnP/DLNA support
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Probably the best SoundCloud client for Android
Rated 4.2 out of 5 on Play Store from 14,800+ reviews and more than 1,000,000 downloads
Push to XBMC feature. Now you can push the music from the app to XBMC server (SoundCloud add-on is required)
Direct download links
v19.0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v19.0.apk
v17.3.1 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v17.3.1.apk
v16.9.1 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v16.9.1.apk
v15.3.3 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v15.3.3.apk
Old versions:
v14 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v14.apk
v13.5 beta 3 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v13.5b3.apk
v13.2 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v13.2.apk
v13 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v13.apk
v12 beta 11 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v12b11.apk
v11.7 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v11.7.apk
v11.6.3 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v11.6.3.apk
v10.2 beta 2 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v10.2b2.apk
v10.1.2 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v10.1.2.apk
v9.8 beta 1 (2.3+) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v98b1.apk
v9.7.2 (2.3+) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v972.apk
v9.0.1 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v901.apk
v8.2 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v82.apk
v8.0 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v80.apk
v7.5 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v75.apk
v7.3 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v73.apk
v7.1 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v71.apk
Older versions, use these versions only if you have problems with 7.x
v6.5.3 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v653.apk
v5.8.2 stable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59422614/myCloudPlayer_v582.apk
Google+ community if you want to join beta testing, share your experience, report bugs or problems, suggest a new feature, etc.
https://plus.google.com/communities/113819735478774735842
If you want to join in Beta Testing join the G+ Community above and then visit this link:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.mycloudplayers.mycloudplayer
Basic features:
- Search tracks, sets, users and groups
- Listen Stations (radios) created by users
- Explore by preset or custom genre
- Explore tracks (recent/trending/featured)
- Explore users (who to follow/friends/by activity/by favorites/latest users)
- Browse user's tracks, likes, sets, groups, followings and followers
- Shuffle and Repeat mode
- Manage current playlist (drag artwork to reorder, fling to remove track)
- Equalizer, Bass boost
- Playback control widget
- Remote media buttons support
- Low battery comsumption
- Automatic play/pause on headphones jack plugged in/out
- Automatic play/pause on incoming call
- Search suggestions, voice search
- Save state, the player will continue where you've been before (even after reboot)
Advanced Features:
- Login with SoundCloud account (web connect or 'In App' username/password)
- Get updates from your Dashboard, Stream, Activities
- Integration with Simple Last.fm Scrobbler (supports Last.fm and Libre.fm)
- Charts, most played tracks in week, month or custom time range
- Play history
- Manage likes, reposts, followings, joined groups
- Add track to playlist
- Add track to set
- Manage set tracks
- Manage playlist tracks
Some of the user reviews:
I'm speechless! This seems to be the original sound cloud app now.... U people beat the official app hands down!
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Pure undiluted awesomeness. The EQ is easily my favorite part of the app after the latest update. Only bass boost I've ever found for android that actually works. (Please keep both the low-frequency EQ slider and bass boost slider together, only having one never quite did enough for me.) Thanks for the awesome, frequently-updated juggernaut of an app!
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Great app It does all I need it to do! In my oppinion its better than pandora. No advertisements, tons of music and it has music from completely new artist as well. Just like the sound cloud I love
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Beautiful, functional, bug-free Hands down the best way to use your Soundcloud account on an android device. Extensive functionality lets me do everything from conveniently liking tracks from the notification bar to making all kinds of playlists (you even have the equalizer - amazing!). This app is truly a lifesavior when it comes to streaming music, especially when Soundcloud's official app keeps crashing every two minutes. Thanks guys!
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very good, would recommend Thank you. The app is great, hard to find one like that, at least with me was difficult. administrators of the app are very attentive, they respond to each comment, whether to thank you or ask what the problem or to calm the person saying that an update will come soon. In short, the app is great and caregiver is attentive. I have nothing to complain about my cell is bad and still withstand the app very well.
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Impressed Really like this app as an extension to Soundcloud. Seems to be regularly updated too which is always a plus. Highly recommend it.
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Best soundcloud-player! This player is getting better and better. The best soundcloud app I've tried so far.
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Worth it!!!!!!!! Love it the best app that I've ever seen I'm a long time it was hard at first to find out what did what (maybe add a tutorial) but doesn't matter best app EVER!!!!!!!!!!! I even got rid of the original soundcloud app Thanks!!! I will now share this discovery to everypony I know this discovery must not be passed I give it 5/5 brohoofs!!! ( im a brony if no one gets it)
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Finally a soundcloud client that works The official soundcloud app is a hog, chewing through my battery in 6 hours. Now this app will let me listen to my stream for the whole day. And now with extended notification controls even. That's like a cherry on top of the cake.
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Both super fast both solid. It really deserves more than a perfect 5 star
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Top! With this app you can tap the full potential of Soundcloud! The web player is also awesome! Thanks to the developer, the most used app on my smartphone!
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Review from My Android Music Apps:
With the My Cloud Player app you have the chance to have copious amounts of music at your fingertips. The My Cloud Player remains a popular app due its ability to connect and share music.
You are able to search for users and then follow their profiles. You are not secluded to your own tracks on My Cloud Player. You are able to listen to the other user’s tracks and even their favorites.
Music Player that allows you to explore and listen to music from My Cloud apps and playlists created on the apps. You can even the follower’s followers creating an intricate network of users and access to songs you can easily access via your phone at any time.
Imagine a connective environment in which you are able to access any song at any time. It may sound too good to be true but with My Cloud you are able to connect with people and thereby connecting with the music.
Perhaps you are offline. Well, you can listen to My Cloud Player apps as well. You can have up to 500 MB (this limit is removed in newer versions) of tracks on this single app.
The My Cloud Player actually allows you to externally store more songs. This means you will have access to your favorite songs while offline, much like an MP3 player. My Cloud Player apps allow you to also to externally store as many downloaded songs as you want.
Simply set up your offline storage devices and you are set.
You will need to approve a full network communication access to your phone from you My Cloud Player app. By setting up this full network you are allowing the My Cloud Player to set up network and customize your personal network protocols. These protocols actually go through your phone to contact the internet so the device will work more efficiently by itself.
The My Cloud Player app also pauses itself when receiving phone calls. This means the device will never interrupt a phone call. The app also will write data on the phone’s SD card. It is advisable to get an SD card for any music lover. If you wish to download music you are going to be able to do everything via My Cloud.
The My Cloud Player is an incredibly helpful app for any music lover. If you want to improve your music-listening experience then My Cloud is the correct app for you. With its incredibly simple operating ease and network connections, My Cloud Player opens the doors for a vast music experience on and offline.
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Feedback and suggestions are more than welcome.
My cloud player Google play link from here
Brilliant!!! Thank you!
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poults said:
Brilliant!!! Thank you!
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thank you.
i'm working the app almost every, adding new features (right now i'm implementing Volley library).
So, if you have some ideas, or bug to report, feel free to post them here.
Strange how low feedback i get from the users. For example i get: 'Its not working' or 'Not good' and that's all
Very good app!
This is what the Soundcloud app must've been, I really love the offline listening option.
Good work, dcucko!
Jackos.Ch said:
Very good app!
This is what the Soundcloud app must've been, I really love the offline listening option.
Good work, dcucko!
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thank you. i started learning android sdk and java generally just for this app.
soundcloud really don't care about music listeners and fans.
i have web app too, for same reason, soundcloud (before next) was really bad for listening music, so i started my app.
you can go to http://mycloudplayers.com to check the web app.
i have the idea to manage cached files on android on web app, and i hope that web and android app will be more synchronized and more easy to work with.
p.s. right now, only 'Play history' is synced on both apps.
I released v2.3.9
- fixed unexpected stop (service is stated in foreground)
- fixed resume audio when headphones plug in (on plug out, service stays in foreground)
- explore users section
V2.4
My Cloud Player v2.4.
What's new:
- Re-order tracks in current playlist (drag the artwork to re-order)
- Remove track from current playlist (fling to remove)
- Save Current Playlist - overwrite existing or create new one
- Context Menu on track/user opens on (short and long) press
- Play all tracks - in track context menu
- Play Next - in track context menu
- Add (one) track to current playlist - in track context menu
- Added Contact Us item in menu
- Added What\'s New screen
- Added About screen
v2.4.4
- fixed crashing on favoriting a track
- added android:installLocation="preferExternal", now you can move App2SD and use SD card memory.
v2.4.5
- cached tracks are moved to SDCard (finally )
- default installation destination is set back to 'Auto'.
waawww. very good application :good:
IchigoBleach said:
waawww. very good application :good:
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thank you!
v2.5
Android app v2.5. What's new:
- Much better cached and downloaded tracks handling (reads length; share, favorite and repost is available, remembers current track and position, etc)
- Added share button on current playlist
- Added sharing of saved playlists and sets
- Shared track/playlist/set can be automatically opened with the app
- Added +1 button
v2.5.1
v2.5.1
- Added Delete Saved Playlist
- Fixed prev/next from notification bar
- Removed mp3agic lib, too slow
v2.5.3
v2.5.3
- Added Search Users, prompt for username is gone
- Fixed Explore Tracks/Users strange behaviour
- Fixed Play Next on current playlist
- Expand/collapse for other user resources
- Enabled sharing of downloaded files
- Fixed memory leaks on cache/download tracks
Hey man, do you think there's a possibility to change the pop-up menu when you choose a track?
For example, when you select a track, it starts playing directly. But if the user wants to do other things like downloading to cache, add to playlist, etc, then you show the pop-up menu.
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Hey man, do you think there's a possibility to change the pop-up menu when you choose a track?
For example, when you select a track, it starts playing directly. But if the user wants to do other things like downloading to cache, add to playlist, etc, then you show the pop-up menu.
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i totally understand what you think. soundcloud library is lot more bigger than user music library on the phone. and the behavior is little bit different.
let's say, it will play the track on click, but the problem is - what next?
i'm thinking of creating a settings screen, so maybe i will add an option where you can choose what to be default action on track click.
another thing is settings probably will be to choose 'download folder' lots of people are asking for this, but so little time and so many bugs to fix
thanks for the feedback.
nice app
dcucko said:
i totally understand what you think. soundcloud library is lot more bigger than user music library on the phone. and the behavior is little bit different.
let's say, it will play the track on click, but the problem is - what next?
i'm thinking of creating a settings screen, so maybe i will add an option where you can choose what to be default action on track click.
another thing is settings probably will be to choose 'download folder' lots of people are asking for this, but so little time and so many bugs to fix
thanks for the feedback.
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Yeah, I understand. I only use Soundcloud for some songs and I don't really need to play every song.
But when I'm on the cached tracks, it seems redundant to choose what to do and it should behave as a playlist automatically.
And maybe you should update the app weekly: instead of pushing a little update everyday, you have one update with more fixes (plus avoiding angry users because of constant updates).
Thanks for your time on the app :victory:!
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Flatnote is a music player featuring a carefully crafted adaptive UI that changed color according to your currently played album.
It is ompletely ad-free!
Current features:
Playback of most popular Media-Files (.mp3, .mp4, .m4a, .aac, .wav, .ogg, .flac, .mkv (Vorbis: Android 4.0+, Opus Android 5.0+))
Own media library (optionally indepentent of the Android system media library!)
Adaptive UI changes color based on current album art
Custom (fixed) UI color from full RGB-spectrum (PLUS Version only!)
Can grab album art from Folder
Playlist support (Incl smart playlists)
Automatic download missing album art
Gapless playback
Lyrics support from TAGs
Tag Editor (with lyrics support) (PLUS Version only!)
Translucent Skin supporting dark and light flavors (PLUS Version only!)
Dynamic song queue
Browse library by folder (PLUS Version only!)
Widgets
Scrobbling support for wide variety of third party apps
Dark and Light skin (PLUS Version only!)
Swipe album art to change song
Sleeptimer
Equalizer with BassBoost, Virtualizer and Hall-effects
Visualizer (PLUS Version only!)
All "basic" audio player features (sort and play by artist / album / titles)
Some small additions that try to get this app from a "good app" to a "great app" (Some may be PLUS version exclusive)
For fast support or translations consider joining our community here
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To further fund development, there is however, a PLUS addon
Changelogs:
v1.1.1
- Fix wrong subtitle for various-settings
- Fix context-menu entries for albums and artists
v1.1.0
- Fix lyrics not saving in tags
- Add smart playlists
- Option to disable long press tag-editor
- Added functionality to reorder library tabs
- Added share functionality
- Fixed a crash where app crashes when changing album-list columns
- Scroll lyrics from tags back up on song change
v1.0.12
- Critical crashfixes
v1.0.11
- Minor UI-tweaks
- Fixed an issue with popping-up tag-editor even when not long pressed on album art
v1.0.10
- Bug- and crashfixes
v1.0.8
- Option for Android™ independent media scanning
- Option to ignore ".nomeida"-files
- Small UI-tweaks
- Crash- and bugfixes
v1.0.7
- Crashfixes
- Minor UI fixes
- Fixed some bugs related to playlists
v1.0.6
- Fixed "Error scanning file"-Errors
v1.0.5
- Fixed for some people non working tag-editor
v1.0.4
- Crashfixes
- Fixed a bug where denying visualizer permission shows on every app start
v1.0.3
- Crashfixes
v1.0.3
- Crashfixes
v1.0.2
- Added ability to easily select all music files from "DirectoryPicker"-screen and the initial assistant
- Fixed some typos in german translation
- Fixed a bug where untagged songs show no info when played from directory view
v1.0.1
- Crashfixes
- Bugfixes
- Reduced Memory consumption
v1.0-RC2
- Crashfixes
- Bugfixes
v1.0-RC1
- Crashfixes
- Bugfixes
- Teg editor supports album artwork
v0.15.2
- Crashfixes
- Performance improvements
- UI improvements
v0.15.1
- Crashfixes
- Performance improvements
- Ability to delete files
v0.15.0
- Translucent skin
v0.14.0
- Tag-editor
- Ability to save queue as playlist or add to existing playlist
v0.13.5
- Bugfixes in Mediascanner
- Improvements regarding reading lyrics from file-tags
- Support more filetypes when reading lyrics from file-tags
- Ability to add songs, whole albums or all of an artist to playlists from context menus
- properly materialize album-detail screen
- fixed a bug where player would unintentionally pop up upon navigation back
v0.13.4
- Crashfixes
- Small improvements to playlist-screen
v0.13.3
- Initial Playlist support
- Fixed a bug where playback starts when other media is playing
v0.12.1
- Initial public release
XDA:DevDB Information
Flatnote Music Player, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
alia5
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.1.1
Stable Release Date: 2016-10-21
Current Beta Version: 1.1.0-Snapshot3
Beta Release Date: 2016-10-12
Created 2016-08-10
Last Updated 2016-10-21
Any chance for chromecast audio & standard chromecast?
Chromecast support is definitely something I want to look at! Should be very possible to implement, but the focus is to first implement all missing features I want to implement, and meanwhile make the app stable.
Anyway stay tuned for updates as I will probably implement what is fastest to implement AND mostrequested first.
Of course I'll support something like this, I bought the plus right away without testing.
Two things I'd like more than anything in every music player there is, that's
10 band graphics EQ
Be able to choose folder play, today you got artist, album, tracks
And want/wish
CHROMECAST MUSIC & or CHROMECAST STANDARD support. And if you can also support for Apple wireless music/video standard(don't remember it's name).
Thanks for great app idea, it's a good looking music player, I always use power amp, since I was in it from the beginning. BUT NOW IM looking for something more light designed and good with good quality, and options and so on, and you'll fit that description very well. Good luck in future development.
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Also put an X to be able to quit application in notifications drawer(pull down).
Folder play is in there, but you have to enable it in the settings
It needs a bit of work, I know. But let me hear what you don't like about it.
I also answered you a bit on G+
Again, thanks for the support and stay tuned for an update later this week!
Just released an update which finally adds playlist support!
Here is an image from the Trackpicker-Screen
Expect some more, smaller updates in the coming days!
Cheers!
Got a bunch of "error scanning file" toast notifications when adding my music directory. However, the songs with errors seem to still show up in the app. Here's a log. Using Android 7.0 on OnePlus 3.
Edit: The toast notifications pop up again upon rebooting the device. I can provide a log after rebooting if you'd like.
@FroyoShark : Re-Popping up is because of automatic rescan.
I'll have a look at it!
Meanwhile, try to retag your mp3 files with something like Picard
It's worth noting that settings to disable to auto-rescan as well as an alternative scanning method are basically finished, just need to implement them into the UI and push an update
Stay tuned.
v0.13.5 is now live with:
- Bugfixes
- Improvements to playlists
- More supported filetypes for embedded lyrics
- Properly materialized "AlbumDetail"-Screen
Edit:
v0.14.0 is live wit:
- tag-editor which supports lyrics
Edit2:
v0.15.0 is live with:
- translucent skin supporting dark and light flavors
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A lot of work has been done over the weekend up to this very moment
and we've actually just pushed RC2 containing a boatload of fixes.
Maybe one or another hidden gem has also made it in this version, you might wanna look out for that
As of now, my personal wishlist for a v1.0 is pretty much done and am now focusing on feature requests (so bring 'em!) and fixes.
Of course, a few things on my list are not in yet, and will be developed over time.
We now are officially released!
A lot of fixing and implementing feedback from reddit (of all places...) was done and we hope it's enough for a 1.0 release
The 1.1 version is already in planning, decoupling completely from androids own media library, adding in smart playlists, adding in sorting options and all that good stuff!
A little update on Chromecast support: I don't personally own a chromecast, heck I don't even own a TV and there seem to be no working emulators out there... So spending 40 Bucks, just to develop a single feature, isn't probably worth it, sorry
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Awesome music player and just used one of the codes to get the plus thanks!! Looking forward to the playlist add-on so I can use the playlist already on my phone. Anyways keep up the good work!!
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Used a code (second last). Thanks for that!
Looks promising though it stutters sometimes when I change screens (Nexus 5x Nougat) in the app.
Just saw this and downloaded it, liking it a lot but it isn't detecting my existing playlists - is that a bug or a not implemented feature?
Is there away to remove the message i get everytime I open the app of "error scanning file"
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This is an excellent player,with just the things needed!
But:An essential feature that is missing is the option to make the player open up on startup directly on the ''directory'' category (or any of the others),with the last used folder that you listened too already in place.Like making the player remembering your last folder used.
It is very inconvenient having to navigate all the way from the parent directory to lets say an album's folder 10 folders deep in file structure.
Please fix this!Thanks for the player!
Javs2010 said:
Is there away to remove the message i get everytime I open the app of "error scanning file"
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There was an update today fixing this issue (among others)
SCrid2000 said:
Just saw this and downloaded it, liking it a lot but it isn't detecting my existing playlists - is that a bug or a not implemented feature?
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It's not yet implemented. You can expect a playlist importer / exporter and autodetecting playlists, as well as smart playlists, in the coming weeks.
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This is an excellent player,with just the things needed!
But:An essential feature that is missing is the option to make the player open up on startup directly on the ''directory'' category (or any of the others),with the last used folder that you listened too already in place.Like making the player remembering your last folder used.
It is very inconvenient having to navigate all the way from the parent directory to lets say an album's folder 10 folders deep in file structure.
Please fix this!Thanks for the player!
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I will look at this when I provide the ability to customize the library-tabs. Before that, the current library system gets an overhaul, which is then optionally completely independent of androids media scanner.
Should take a while but not all too long.
alia5 said:
I will look at this when I provide the ability to customize the library-tabs. Before that, the current library system gets an overhaul, which is then optionally completely independent of androids media scanner.
Should take a while but not all too long.
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i hope you implement this soon..!The player is somehow inconvenient for people that only use directory view,like me.
Each time i open the player i have to:
1)open the app
2)scroll the default track's artwork down so i can reach the list views
3)tap on ''directories''
4)tap to ''device strorage''
5)scroll all the way down my files till i find the folder ''music''
6)scroll to find the category i was listening to
7)find the folder i want
8)scroll to find the track
9)press play.
You see,for people like me the thing that the player can't remember the ''directories'' last used folder or that it doesn t have the option to choose a default folder that the directories view open up to when you enter ''directories'' or even,like many players do,have the app open up directly inside the last folder you used,makes this player so much trouble.
Other than that the player is excellent,but you need to implement these options soon before exiting beta.
@korekore1
No, you don't have to go through all those steps, just tap the song info area (track name , artist name, album name) and it will bring you right back to the last folder, but that's more or less explained in the tutorial. (...Guess the wording needs to be clearer...)
With that beeing said, I have an update for the beta-branch planned for today-ish which has the ability to reorder any tab in the library and all that good stuff
Edit: It is live for beta users and if all goes well it should soon be pushed to everyone
Also, if the directory tab is in one of the first two spots, it will open directly to the last directory played from
Edit2:
Version 1.1.0 is now live for everyone featuring smart playlists, customizable tabs, a share functionality and of course fixes.
I feel like this is the most stable release as of yet and realize that this should've probably been 1.0...
Really nice app, used it for a while on my OP3 just some minor bugs at the beginning.
Will there be an equalizer where you can change the volume of the headphones?
Like giving the left one more volume than the right? Could be useful for people with messed up headphones.
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Really nice app, used it for a while on my OP3 just some minor bugs at the beginning.
Will there be an equalizer where you can change the volume of the headphones?
Like giving the left one more volume than the right? Could be useful for people with messed up headphones.
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A balance option.
Probably not, depends on how many people are asking for it.
Stuff that is on my ToDo-list however is:
Playlist import / export
Converting the artist list to have cards with artist images (similar to the album list)
Adding context-menus in directory view
"Now Playing" themes
More widgets
Sorting options for lists
Work on improving the visualizer
Fading
Around 6 months back, I decided to completely rewrite my Timber music player and today I have published the new version, TimberX.
https://github.com/naman14/TimberX
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naman14.timberx
TimberX is built with latest development tools and design patterns.
- Written in Kotlin
- Android Architecture Components (ViewModels, Livedata, Room)
- Databinding
TimberX works across all devices including
- Phones
- Android Wear
- Android Auto
- Chromecast and other cast devices
- Google Assistant
I know that there are lots of music players out there but I always wanted to rewrite my original music player in Kotlin and properly explore the capabilities of the MediaSession APIs in Android. This new version is built on a single MediaBrowserService that is used by all connecting clients.
Looking forward to the feedback on the architecture of the app and contributions are welcome. Thanks!
The app on play store is paid, exactly same version is available on Github release for free and is also attached here
Looks really good so far! I bought the paid version because the UI is so pretty. How do you get into the extra options though? I can't find an actual settings button. Also on the player screen the 3 dot menu button on the top right is unresponsive on my Pixel 2 Android 9
Thanks for purchasing! There is no settings menu as such in the app currently. Will fix the overflow menu on player screen
looks amazing and finally music player with material design v2 , thanks , i hope you ll update it regularly
Yes! Have already started working on adding dark mode
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Thanks for purchasing! There is no settings menu as such in the app currently. Will fix the overflow menu on player screen
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Awesome. Can't wait to see where it goes. Looks so good already. ?
I have a few questions regarding the app's features:
- Will the upcoming dark mode come as dark grey or black?
- Any chance for opus support?
- How do lyrics work?
Other than that it's coming along. Here are some things I noticed:
- App crashes when viewing albums on 5.1.1 (Stock LG)
- FLAC, m4a, wma, and even OGG work
- "Up next", very useful for shuffle or long playlists
- Spacious UI for the now playing screen
- Seekbar starts at the end of the line. Timestamp works otherwise
- Responsive, no stuttering
Ace42 said:
I have a few questions regarding the app's features:
- Will the upcoming dark mode come as dark grey or black?
- Any chance for opus support?
- How do lyrics work?
Other than that it's coming along. Here are some things I noticed:
- App crashes when viewing albums on 5.1.1 (Stock LG)
- FLAC, m4a, wma, and even OGG work
- "Up next", very useful for shuffle or long playlists
- Spacious UI for the now playing screen
- Seekbar starts at the end of the line. Timestamp works otherwise
- Responsive, no stuttering
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- Depends on the implementation that will be followed, the last time I added theme engine to Timber, there was too much theming sepcific code throughout the app. I want to avoid that this time. If I am able to find a clean way to implement dark mode then yeah, there will be more combinations available.
- Opus support is not planned currently
- Lyrics are fetched from a public api- makeitpersonal.co
Lyrics embedded in the mp3 file will be parsed and displayed in next release.
Will check the crash on album details. Thanks for the detailed feedback.
Can u please increse the size of album art. its looks too small. and looks uglish
Hi, love this app! I can do some french translation with pleasure
Nice. Will look awesome with dark theme. :good:
One bug - 3 dot menu isn't accessible in "now playing" page.
Looks awesome. I recommend everyone to try it. Great work Naman
Sushantdk10 said:
Can u please increse the size of album art. its looks too small. and looks uglish
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Can you please attach a screenshot and confirm your device, I think this may be happening on low resolution devices.
How to use this with WearOs?
Hi, i bought the app on the Play Store and it is clean. But i was interested to know how to use this with WearOs?
peayush said:
Hi, i bought the app on the Play Store and it is clean. But i was interested to know how to use this with WearOs?
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If you have a smartwatch, then start playing any song with your phone and then you can swipe left on the now playing notification in your watch to access controls and swipe left again to access you whole music library on the watch.
Oh, i had hoped for a smartwatch app as well. Anyway, the above mentioned things work with the default music player as well.
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If you have a smartwatch, then start playing any song with your phone and then you can swipe left on the now playing notification in your watch to access controls and swipe left again to access you whole music library on the watch.
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Hey, so how do I use it on Google Assistant? I can't even use it because it doesn't recognize the app's name.
I also found a bug: The song progress bar and time don't reset when the song ends.
Also I'd like the ability to use my own time-stamped lyrics, and to be able to customize the player more.
This app is interesting nonetheless!
Josesanchez0117 said:
Hey, so how do I use it on Google Assistant? I can't even use it because it doesn't recognize the app's name.
I also found a bug: The song progress bar and time don't reset when the song ends.
Also I'd like the ability to use my own time-stamped lyrics, and to be able to customize the player more.
This app is interesting nonetheless!
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Hi! Can you check if you are able to control playback using Assistant (try saying play song/pause song/next song when you are using Timber), or does assistant doesn't work at all?
Already noted the progressbar bug, more customisability will be soon be added in future releases.
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Nice. Will look awesome with dark theme. :good:
One bug - 3 dot menu isn't accessible in "now playing" page.
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Added as a bug, will be fixed in next release
It mixed number of albums and songs ?? . Like in the picture attached, Kanye West has 117 albums and 8 songs instead of 117 songs and 8 albums