[Announce] Music Player with Equalizer - symfonie

[code]

I am happily to announce a new music player application - symfonie.


8/17/2010
For easier to maintenance of update information, I have create a page for symfonie. Please use the following URL for program updates:

http://thecodecentral.com/symfonie



If you like symfonie please help us test the package and promote it to extra.[/SIZE][/COLOR]



--for Fremantle (N900)

A directory based music player with equalizer
===================================
This is preview package of a light weight music player written in QT. The player is still under heavy development, though basic media features are supported. Here's list of features included in this build:

- Browse file using directory structure (any folders as long as you have access to it)
- 8-band audio equalizer
- Sleep timer
- Resuming the playback from last opened state (still testing this)
- Landscape/Portrait mode (Toolbars still need some more work)
- Full screen mode
===========================================
Known issues:
- When changing view mode (landscape or portrait), toolbar buttons got mis-arranged (will fix this when I have time).
- High CPU usage (probably due to the equalizer). Solutions are: make equalizer feature optional or set higher process priority (is this possible?).
- "Auto" viewing mode is not working due to current QT support limitation


Updates

==20100608 (v0.2.2)==
* Recompiled the package for PR 1.2
* Interface overhaul. Under full screen mode will give you even more space (see new script shoots)
* Auto orientation mode is working after PR 1.2
* Buttons in toolbar will now keep their correct order.
* Added option to hide the toolbar
* And a lot other bug fixes

==20100401 (v0.2-2)==
* Uploaded program screen shots
* Updated window title
* Bug fix for graduate volume resuming (now should be working)
* Limited file browser to home directory
* Added *.wma file type filter


==20100309==
* Icons overhaul
* Updated about dialog
* Added *.wav file extension filter

==20100308==
* Added *.m4a file extension filter
* Equalizer is made an optional feature now due to high CPU consumption
* Removed directory path for songs in item view
* Slightly increased item view font size
* Added *.mp3/*.mp4/*.ogg file extension filter
* New bug: Stacked window is now broken after adding menu to sub window

Added on 20100608:
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The package can be found at http://maemo.org/packages/view/symfonie. It has already been imported to extras-devel, so anyone who has extras-devel repository enabled should be able to download it.

To enable extra-devel, add this to your App Manager's catelog:
http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel

Be very caution that extras-devel is for people who want to test/try softwares which are not ready for releasing. Please read here for more information:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-devel

Background:
The original intent of writing this application was that I need a simple media player "just the way I wanted" - play mp3 files by folders. I didn't want to tag my music library nor to create play list manually. I use directory to manage all my music files because I can group them into exactly the way I wanted. Thus this application is created. So if you don't like it, please don't thumb it down because it is not meant to replace other music players out there.

Thank you for read this and I hope you will find this application useful :)

[rsegerda@sina.com]

did not find it in devels

[spoonbuddy]

This sounds really good, especially playing by folders, just what I want. I'm not usually in devel testing but I'm so intested in this app I'm very tempted.

[code]

For those who don't want to enable extras-devel, you can download the deb package directly from (the latest):
http://maemo.org/packages/view/symfonie/

Do a "sudo gainroot" in your N900 x-terminal, and type "dpkg -i [package-name]".

Though by doing this you need to install all the dependencies required by symfonie package manually.

[raverpol]

nice appl but it actually eats lots of CPU and sometimes it forces player to stop the sound for w while without stoping song.
I think that it should save last equ setting

[code]

nice appl but it is stoped palying itself from time to time. I dont know if there is any rule so far

There are two possible cause as far as I know.
- If you have set the sleep timer, playback will stop at designated time.
- When the CPU usage is high, the playback will be interrupted

Your case is most like the second one. Currently I don't have solution for this. I am trying to figure out a way to set the process priority to high, but I am not sure this is doable through API.

I fount out from TOP command that "pulseaudio" has --high-priority switch. Since symfonie uses QT phonon framework for playback, I don't think symofnie getting this priority benefit.

I am hoping any expert here can explain how to do this for application in Maemo.

There's a walk around for this. Whenever the playback stops, pause the playback for a few second. Once the program catches up its breathe, it will play again.

[eitama]

Hi,

I have enabled extras-devel, installed the app, it installed successfully,
But I cannot find it in the applications menu, and not as a widget, and not as a shortcut.

Help :)

[joshua.maverick]

Are you interested in taking this app to the next level as a replacement audio player? You have some great features, and I have some good ideas and some design skills I'd like to contribute if you are interested.

Let me know!

[qw3rty]

I was just thinking of starting a thread asking if someone was working on a lightweight audio player. Great work! I am going to be following this with a lot of interest!

If I may suggest a next feature to be added later, it would be great to have some sort of playlist management, maybe like winamp on the desktop (I also ignore its media library thing, I already have all my music organised in folders tthe way I like)..

[felbutss]

ill only try if you port milkdrop as visuals. :D

[aspidites]

There are two possible cause as far as I know.
- If you have set the sleep timer, playback will stop at designated time.
- When the CPU usage is high, the playback will be interrupted

Your case is most like the second one. Currently I don't have solution for this. I am trying to figure out a way to set the process priority to high, but I am not sure this is doable through API.

I fount out from TOP command that "pulseaudio" has --high-priority switch. Since symfonie uses QT phonon framework for playback, I don't think symofnie getting this priority benefit.

I am hoping any expert here can explain how to do this for application in Maemo.

There's a walk around for this. Whenever the playback stops, pause the playback for a few second. Once the program catches up its breathe, it will play again.

Worst case scenario: QProcess + renice command ?

[aspidites]

ill only try if you port milkdrop as visuals. :D

So you're never trying it? Milkdrop is windows only. ProjectM would be cool, but it would then have to be ported to OpenGL|ES

[tissot]

Haven't yet tried it, but it's just what i want.

Thanks you very much.

[zail]

Sounds good! I'll be giving it a try once i've sorted my rootfs.. more intersted in the resume from previous and folder options than in the equaliser so for me if the equaliser eats cpu then the option to turn it off would make sense. Thanks for developing this :)

[code]

Are you interested in taking this app to the next level as a replacement audio player? You have some great features, and I have some good ideas and some design skills I'd like to contribute if you are interested.

Let me know!

Hi Joshua,

You are welcome to contribute. If you don't mind, you can post your ideas/suggestions here for open discussion. I surely want input from other as well. Just post them here as I will follow this thread quite frequent.

[eitama]

Hi,

I have enabled extras-devel, installed the app, it installed successfully,
But I cannot find it in the applications menu, and not as a widget, and not as a shortcut.

Help :)

Bump :)
I really want to try it! Help!!!

[code]

Bump :)
I really want to try it! Help!!!

You probably have an old version installed. Any version earlier than 0.1-5 will not be shown in the application menu. Could you try to remove the package via App manage and install it again? If it doesn't work, try to install it via x-terminal using sudo gainroot and dpkg -i [package-name].

After installation, check if the binary is installed by:
ls /usr/bin/symfonie

If you don't see anything, something is wrong. Please report it back :(

Added:
If you see /usr/bin/symfonie, you can you execute it from your terminal, which will launch the program.

[eitama]

You probably have an old version installed. Any version earlier than 0.1-5 will not be shown in the application menu. Could you try to remove the package via App manage and install it again? If it doesn't work, try to install it via x-terminal using sudo gainroot and dpkg -i [package-name].

After installation, check if the binary is installed by:
ls /usr/bin/symfonie

If you don't see anything, something is wrong. Please report it back :(

Added:
If you see /usr/bin/symfonie, you can you execute it from your terminal, which will launch the program.

I'll be checking everything in about 1 hour when I get home to my wireless + charger :)
Right now my phone is making awful sounds of low battery, it almost sounds like I have offended it.
Keep you posted, thx for info.

[eitama]

Ok,

Uninstalled, updated app manager, now 0.1-6 appears.
Installing...

Appears in application menu (: now were talking!!!
Thx mate.

Impressions :
- Works fast.
- Interface is good enough.
- Fonts are too small for folders.
- Icons at the bottom are too small.
- No On/Off checkbox for Equalizer. Does this mean it's working constant even if left @ defaults? Waste of battery in that case.
- Missing equalizer save/load preset.
- Missing restore defaults for equalizer, or for the whole app.

Thx for this app, it's great anyway.

[neboja]

there is allso some flickering, when seek trought the track.....
any way,... good job! ;)
keep on working on it!

[rmarcus]

Does it support mp4, m4a or aacPlus?
:confused:

[felbutss]

So you're never trying it? Milkdrop is windows only. ProjectM would be cool, but it would then have to be ported to OpenGL|ES


http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=559347#post559347


http://projectm.sourceforge.net/

milkdrop is open source for linux and for openGL. if someone includes this for their music app ill fall over.

top link has screens

[late666]

Would it be possible for you to make a desktop widget for it?

[bandora]

Nice! I will try it out! Can't wait!!

Btw is this based on QT4.5? or QT4.6.2?

[code]

Nice! I will try it out! Can't wait!!

Btw is this based on QT4.5? or QT4.6.2?

It is written in QT4.6.2.

[eitama]

It is written in QT4.6.2.

Just to be clear, it's written in C++, using QT 4.6.2 Framework?
or Python?

[Bratag]

Just to be clear, it's written in C++, using QT 4.6.2 Framework?
or Python?

Does that matter?

[eitama]

Does that matter?

Just curious, am I allowed?

[code]

Just to be clear, it's written in C++, using QT 4.6.2 Framework?
or Python?

It is written in C++ version of QT 4.6.2 framework. Does it matter? - just wondering.

BTW, I've updated the package today. Now you can enable/disable the equalizer at your will. Noticeable performance improvement without the equalizer. Please check upated description for more detail.

[eitama]

It is written in C++ version of QT 4.6.2 framework. Does it matter? - just wondering.

BTW, I've updated the package today. Now you can enable/disable the equalizer at your will. Noticeable performance improvement without the equalizer. Please check upated description for more detail.

It matters for 2 reasons :
1. I am on the way of writing some apps my self for the n900, and I always like to know what other people are using.
2. Curiosity! (Killed the cat).

3. Awesome about the EQ. >>> Updating.

[Bratag]

Just curious, am I allowed?

I was curious as well. Wondered if there was some performance overhead etc. Thats why I asked about you asking.

Now if you ask why I asked why you asked .... wait how many is that :)

[eitama]

I was curious as well. Wondered if there was some performance overhead etc. Thats why I asked about you asking.

Now if you ask why I asked why you asked .... wait how many is that :)

Haha 9:
I thought you are dismissing my curiosity.

As far as I know, Python at least on PCs is written in C, and is very fast. I guess some portions of Python applications could be written in C / C++ to get better speed, but only heavy programmers would know how to spot those problems (:

Iv'e written applications in TCL/TK, which is by some considered a very inferior scripting language, and people are using those apps for more then 3 years. Among them are applications that are use to test networking aspects, and TCP.

So I wouldn't disrespect Python (not implying that you did ofc).

Cheers.
Eitam.

[joshua.maverick]

Could we have an option to have a visual nav (album / artist) or folder nav? Folder could also have an option to turn cover art on / off? I could also design custom buttons for the app as well as any other elements required.

[paddyc1988]

Great music player,
almost a 100% replacement for the built in one.
all you need to do is bring in playlists and pre-set equalizer settings,

[code]

Could we have an option to have a visual nav (album / artist) or folder nav? Folder could also have an option to turn cover art on / off? I could also design custom buttons for the app as well as any other elements required.

I have updated icons to Maemo's stock icons. The overall UI looks a lot better now. There's no need for icons now.

I am not planning to add album/artist navigation as this player will be solely directory based - though I am planning to parse media meta information for displaying. It is very likely in the future the ability to sort the songs in current folder by file name, artist name, album name, etc could be implemented.

[code]

Great music player,
almost a 100% replacement for the built in one.
all you need to do is bring in playlists and pre-set equalizer settings,

These are on the way :). The play list thing will require some serious effort to make it happen.

[mukks]

Wonderful.. just wht im looking for , play files by folders . the main reason i love my cowon D2. ( apart from its sound quality)

, Thanks a lot.

Few suggestions -

1- file browser is going all the way to root , bin , sys, and everywhere. restricting it to Mydocs will be great.

2- option to save and load eq presets.

some more ideas to make it better -

-possible to make queue list ? like while im listening to one track let me choose which all tracks to follow.

-option to change the frequency levels on those 8 bands ( im little bit close to an audiophile , sorry )

- a simple bass and treble adjustment option. ( opps N900 is not an amp.)

[tangs]

Works great for me :)

I also have few suggestions :

- the album art instead of the yellow and pink file logo

-When I'm looking for a file in the list, the list can be moved from right to left that is making it difficult to control. Would it be posible to make it not moving ,

-When i'm in the list for files, i don't need to see the logo "play" "forward" "volume" ect... on the bottom. Would it be possible to hide them, to leave the maximum of space for the list ? we would see something like 25% more of the list that would be great, this is what we need at this moment.

- when playing the song, would it be possible to see the album art on the left and the songs list on the right ?

- the possibility to play "shuffle" for all the songs of all the files would be great

- in "landscape" "auto" "portrait", "auto" is always bringing me to landscape, any solution for this ?

- as said already, save the EQ

- file browser is going all the way to root , bin , sys, and everywhere. restricting it to Mydocs will be great.

- widget desktop would be nice

- having it working with the "Now Playing Notifications" app.

This is all for the moment :)
With all of this I'll never use again the default media player :)
Symfonie as default !

thanx a lot for your work !

[ajamils]

no screen captures in the first post ???

[qw3rty]

If it's ok, I'd like to suggest a way of implementing playlists inspired by the way I use them in the PC. There I just drag and drop directories/files into the playlist window, so my suggestion is,

Create a second pane on the right for the playlist which can be resized by dragging a divisor, sort of like some filebrowsers work. You would select the directories on the left and add them to the playlist. You would also be able to select items on the playlist to remove them. Add a simple shuffle and repeat button and I think that's all you would need to make playlist management way easier than on the stock media player.

[slender]

Nice Work!

Some feedback :)

- Auto landscape/portrait doesn't work for me. Only if I choose land/port.
- Something wrong with volume? I had to keep it as low as possible and it doesn't obey general volume control from status menu. Feature because of EQ? Volume level max is still dangerously loud for accidents :| At least for me (using headphones).
- Portrait mode is where this thing is made for :) So right now list accidentally scrolls to right when you are scrolling. I do not think that basic feature of lists where it gives user ability to move list beyond list area. Hard to describe but it gives too much of moving space and IMHO distracts scrolling/moving. Actually should work same way as in landscape mode.
-Going back from portrait to landscape makes icons rearrange.
-IMHO icons are not too small.
- Text though is bit too small because its height is limited by note icon. Bit bigger might be better but not too much

.edit
Sorry for those that you already mentioned in first post.

..edit
After using this for couple of minutes i´m just wondering why this kind of mode is not in default player. especially portrait. Damn. Just sweet. Like it should be. Much information on one eyefull! That's how everything should be on this screen! And you can still maximize it bit taking off some icons :)

[Scottlfa]

Quirky, but I like it keep up the good work

[tangs]

hey, i would like to know if there will be an update for this great app ? i really can't wait to use it as a default player !
any news ??? :)

[rldstover48]

like the way it sounds will wait till its stable

[code]

Hi folks,

Thanks for supporting the development of this application, especially those who have provided suggestions to improve it. I have been very busy and will be like this for another week. So before then I cannot release any more updates. However, I have complied the list of features I am going to implement for the next update or future updates. Please be patient :)


- will fix browser all the way to the root
- will implement load and save equalizer preset
- will implement options to hide all toolbars
- will implement shuffle mode
- will implement repeat mode (1 song or the whole playlist)
- will implement playlist creating is coming but I need more time
- read meta information such as song artist and album name
- investigate this see if it can be solved: When I'm looking for a file in the list, the list can be moved from right to left that is making it difficult to control.
- more to come

[maxximuscool]

was going to try this out but got this warning!

Hi,

The Qt 4.6 libraries in Extras-devel are starting to make their way to
Extras-testing as applications using them start to feel ready. However,
we should avoid them landing in Extras.

The reasons:

- Their own maintainers (the Qt team) don't want them in Extras. They
say they are not final and ready, and having them in Extras-devel was
the obvious way to get the feedback that is helping a lot getting them
in shape.

- When the Qt 4.6 libraries are final they will be integrated in the
Maemo 5 official release. We will share this plan in more detail before
that release comes so the affected developers are aware and can work in
sync. We all want to avoid any hassle to end users and if Qt 4.6 ends up
in Extras the risk of them getting in trouble with dependencies when
updating is high.

So please, don't promote Qt 4.6 apps to Extras-testing and if there is
any already there don't promote it to Extras. Don't worry, the Qt and
maemo teams are working at full speed to get that release/update out in
a reasonable time.

--
Quim Gil
open source advocate
Maemo Devices @ Nokia

[tangs]

can't wait for the update ! and covers arts ??? :)

[nightfire]

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this but can you extend the equalizer up to 20khz? :) I was hoping to brighten the stock headphones by adding +2-3dB around 6-8khz.

Another neat option would be a finger-controllable curve-based parametric EQ that you can adjust graphically.

And a pony. :D

[tangs]

yes, a pony would be nice too :)

[DaSilva]

What is the difference to EasyPlayer? Looks very similar...

[klausr]

@DaSilva: EasyPlayer has a different file concept that symfonie. It scans all music files a represents each directory containing music files in an own list entry. You can then show/hide the files containing that directory.

For example, if you have the following dirs:

.sounds -> Dire_Straits -> Brothers_in_arms ->Money_for_nothing.mp3,...

You won't see the dir "Dire_Straits" in your list, just "Brothers_in_arms" containing the .mp3s found there.

Symfonie has a real directory browser, you can "walk" through all dirs.

Besides that, symfonie is more advanced, e.g. it has an EQ (have no plans to add on in EasyPlayer) and supports potrait mode (will add this in the near future to EasyPlayer).
Symfonie uses C++/Qt, whereas EasyPlayer is written in Python/gtk+.
If PR 1.2 is out, I think about Qt... but as long as the gtk+ libs are provided on the delivered device, I see no reason to drop gtk+.

-Klaus

[rldstover48]

hello, first off downloaded this morning looks like an awesome program. except most of my music is in wma file format is there a way around this or can it be added so program can see them or should i change them is there a better way. also how do i group directorys so i can play what i want to listen to n leave out what i dont want to. any sugestion or help appreciated. thanks again great stuff

[DaSilva]

Is it possible to add gapless song switching with fading?

[cashclientel]

lol @ money for nothing

[code]

Hi folks,

symfonie has been updated. Here's the changes:

* Graduate volume resuming
* Limited file browser to home directory
* Added *.wma file type filter

I also have added some screen shots. Check them out :)

@rldstover48
With the latest version, you can choose to show *.wma file type in the file browser. Just go to menu -> File Types -> check the "*.wma" checkbox.

Of course, your N900 needs to have required codec to play wma files. I haven't tested the playback on my N900, so I can't tell you.

[bnarturo]

I can not comment about this application because ... all my
music is in flac!. You plan to add this file type?

Update:
With Symfonie I can see my network, but nothing else (I do not see subfolders or files ...)... In combination with "Wizard Mounter" I can see my network and even listen to each mp3 file. Great! Please add flac and the goal will be total!

[code]

What's the file extension for flac?

[Rob1n]

What's the file extension for flac?

Usually .flac

[coosbaytv]

anything happening on availability for Diablo 2008 OS?

[cjp]

Nice and snappy little app here, I think the best thing about it is the speed of everything. Will test further to see if this could be my default player.

[ppriyank]

I'm trying to install this, but i get an error "conflict with application packages: libqt4-maemo5-webkit (4.6.0~git20091218-0maemo1), libqt4-maemo5-network (4.6.0~git20091218-0maemo1),
libqt4-maemo5-xmlpatterns (4.6.0~git20091218-0maemo1)."

how can i get around this? (i got the same errors along with something with phonon when i tried to install QT MOBILE WEATHER as well)

Not a linux person, and a noob as well...so in simple english would be helpful :)

thanks!

[Den in USA]

I am happily to announce a new music player application - symfonie.


A directory based music player with equalizer
===================================
This is preview package of a light weight music player written in QT. The player is still under heavy development, though basic media features are supported. Here's list of features included in this build:

- Browse file using directory structure (any folders as long as you have access to it)
- 8-band audio equalizer
- Sleep timer
- Resuming the playback from last opened state (still testing this)
- Landscape/Portrait mode (Toolbars still need some more work)
- Full screen mode
===========================================
Known issues:
- When changing view mode (landscape or portrait), toolbar buttons got mis-arranged (will fix this when I have time).
- High CPU usage (probably due to the equalizer). Solutions are: make equalizer feature optional or set higher process priority (is this possible?).
- "Auto" viewing mode is not working due to current QT support limitation


Updates

==20100401 (v0.2-2)==
* Uploaded program screen shots
* Updated window title
* Bug fix for graduate volume resuming (now should be working)
* Limited file browser to home directory
* Added *.wma file type filter


==20100309==
* Icons overhual
* Updated about dialog
* Added *.wav file extension filter

==20100308==
* Added *.m4a file extension filter
* Equalizer is made an optional feature now due to high CPU consumption
* Removed directory path for songs in item view
* Slightly increased item view font size
* Added *.mp3/*.mp4/*.ogg file extension filter
* New bug: Stacked window is now broken after adding menu to sub window


http://thecodecentral.com/i/s1.gif

http://thecodecentral.com/i/s2.gif

http://thecodecentral.com/i/s3.gif




The package can be found at http://maemo.org/packages/view/symfonie. It has already been imported to extras-devel, so anyone who has extras-devel repository enabled should be able to download it.

To enable extra-devel, add this to your App Manager's catelog:
http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel

Be very caution that extras-devel is for people who want to test/try softwares which are not ready for releasing. Please read here for more information:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-devel

Background:
The original intent of writing this application was that I need a simple media player "just the way I wanted" - play mp3 files by folders. I didn't want to tag my music library nor to create play list manually. I use directory to manage all my music files because I can group them into exactly the way I wanted. Thus this application is created. So if you don't like it, please don't thumb it down because it is not meant to replace other music players out there.

Thank you for read this and I hope you will find this application useful :)

It would be nice if you make it clear on your first post that this is a fremantle (N900) app and is not for N8xx users.

[DaSilva]

Could you please add an icon (even if it is really simple)?
The blue dot in the menu looks ugly...
Thanks!

[code]

@Dan
Clarification added.

@DaSilva
Are you referring the little triangle in the menu?

@ppriyank
I don't know what is the cause but you can try to run the following in the terminal as root:
sudo gainroot
apt-get remove libqt4-maemo5*
Install symfonie again

Notice that by doing apt-get remove you'll also remove other applications which depend on these packages.

[ppriyank]

@ppriyank
I don't know what is the cause but you can try to run the following in the terminal as root:
sudo gainroot
apt-get remove libqt4-maemo5*
Install symfonie again

Notice that by doing apt-get remove you'll also remove other applications which depend on these packages.




Thanks, but i just reinstalled the latest firmware via NSU, and after that i was able to download/install everything :) so i guess the last time i updated my firmware OTA, it probably missed some files.

Thanks for the help though, now just gotta get that sygic as soon as i get paid :)

Priyank

[qw3rty]

When I press "r" while in the file browser the app shuts down, instead of searching for files starting with "r", like the other letters seem to do. Is that normal?

[code]

The player doesn't have a search function. If any shortcut key does something, it will be by mistake. I am planning to add toolbar equivalent shortcuts though. Also I am planning to add help file to document what each toolbar button and shortcut does.

[qw3rty]

Interesting. In my very quick testing just now, typing letters definitely moves to the files starting with those letters, except for "r" and "n". Those two crash it.

It's really good to know that you are planning to eventually add proper search functionality. symfonie is shaping up to be the best music player on the N900!

[DaSilva]

I mean that symfonie has no icon in the application menu (at least not for me) and because of this it is displayed only as a blue dot (default icon for Maemo applications without an icon).
It would be nice if you could add one...

[code]

Interesting. In my very quick testing just now, typing letters definitely moves to the files starting with those letters, except for "r" and "n". Those two crash it.

It's really good to know that you are planning to eventually add proper search functionality. symfonie is shaping up to be the best music player on the N900!

R and N keys are shortcut keys which suppose to navigate to previous/next song. They were unintentionally added. On my N900 they function as they should though, no crash for me. The wierd thing is in the source code they are Ctrl+R and Crtl+N.

I am going to change them to left and right arrow keys in the future update.






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I mean that symfonie has no icon in the application menu (at least not for me) and because of this it is displayed only as a blue dot (default icon for Maemo applications without an icon).
It would be nice if you could add one...
I see. I have been looking for free icons but couldn't find one that fits. I am looking for something related to its name. Maybe someone here can make some suggestion?

[jakiman]

I use this on a daily basis and I believe this can be the best muswic player on the N900 by a mile.

I have a few comments:

1. It does not remember its last song state / orientation / equalizer with leaked fw when Symfonie is closed and reopened. (well, not sure if this has to do with leaked fw that has Qt 4.6 but just an fyi) Is there some config file that I can check? (maybe somethng is not saving?)

2. Would like to see support for AAC audio files. (this would be handy as Recaller app records in aac by default)

3. Would like an option to click on a folder and play the entire contents of that folder in random or sequence. (even all the songs in the sub-directories of that selected folder)

4. Ability to pause music when headphone/earphone is unplugged. (such as what's possible suing headphone daemon or Mediabox app)

5. Ability to put favourite directories be shown at the main home screen. (my songs are all in the microsd and not in My Music)

6. Support bluetooth headset play/next/previous buttons. (eg. Nokia BH-905)

[Aarto]

will it support flac?

[psrkn]

Symfonie cann't see music files under a subfolder. My music files are stored in the subfolder not the main folder.
Please let me know how to.
Thanks

[NOMOS]

@code

Hi there, I can cook up an icon for you if needed, what is the size and filetype you require. I am not a programmer, merely a simple designer, so would need this info for me to make you something...

[DaSilva]

I am not sure if it was mentioned before but symfonie still uses the (now) deprecated libqt4-maemo5-* packages instead of just libqt4.
Maybe you can fix that as well with the next update?
Thanks :)

[code]

Symfonie has been updated. This version has become much better than the previous version. Please check the package release page for more information.

I am not sure if it was mentioned before but symfonie still uses the (now) deprecated libqt4-maemo5-* packages instead of just libqt4.
Maybe you can fix that as well with the next update?
Thanks :)

I have recompiled the package so it now should work for PR 1.2 without libqt4-maemo5 packages.



@code

Hi there, I can cook up an icon for you if needed, what is the size and filetype you require. I am not a programmer, merely a simple designer, so would need this info for me to make you something...
Thanks! That would be really helpful. The required sizes are: 26x26, 48x48, and 64x64 transparent PNG.

[clasificado]

Maybe you can push up a "trimmed" version to extras-testing. You know, to have something to the masses until its feature-complete

[code]

Maybe you can push up a "trimmed" version to extras-testing. You know, to have something to the masses until its feature-complete

Good point. Actually I wanted to it make to extra-testing too. I think this version is very much ready but I still need to test it some more for bugs.

[code]

symfonie needs your help!

I have promoted the packages to extra-testing:
http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/symfonie/0.2.3/

If you like symfonie please help us test the package and promote it to extra.

[shnigi]

Add some search function like ctrl+f and type song name. Some equalizer presets would be good like treble, bass, full treble and full bass, disco, rock etc.

[Revampion Rv+']

First of all, I fully salute the creators of Symfonie for creating a media player with an equaliser. I frequently use the app for those tunes that need that extra kick.

I would also second the motion for presets with the equaliser. At times, I feel like I don't know what I'm doing with the levels and all...

Is there a way to shuffle all songs?

[inidrog]

Code thank you a lot for your efforts. I just dont use the music player because its just "to smart" for me. I'd really hope someone does the same for the picture/video-player as well.

Please keep up your good work and lets hope *** cast a spell on everyone that try to make "smart software" in the future.

Intuitive software is good, smart software is dumb.

[malkavian]

3. Would like an option to click on a folder and play the entire contents of that folder in random or sequence. (even all the songs in the sub-directories of that selected folder)

Agree. I'd like to be able to play a directory and his subdirectories, I have all my music organizated like:

ACDC/2008-Black Ice/01 Rock N' Roll Train.mp3

So if I want ot hear all the discography of ACDC, I don't want to select first disc, then next...


I also have a PROBLEM. When the last sng of a folder ends, it continues with the first one, doing an eternal LOOP...

[snowman]

cant install..says missing gsstreamer0.10 package

[snowman]

help please ...

[NOMOS]

Thanks! That would be really helpful. The required sizes are: 26x26, 48x48, and 64x64 transparent PNG.

Is this ok?

http://www.nomosdesign.com/projects/Symfonie.png

(This is larger just to show, I already made the sizes mentioned above so let me know)

[jakiman]

I'd really hope someone does the same for the picture/video-player as well.

There already is one for the video player.
Just install mplayer and use sib for the gui.

[code]

It looks great. Not sure how you can give me the file. Could you send me the file URL via PM or something like that.

Again, good job!

Thanks! That would be really helpful. The required sizes are: 26x26, 48x48, and 64x64 transparent PNG.

Is this ok?

http://www.nomosdesign.com/projects/Symfonie.png

(This is larger just to show, I already made the sizes mentioned above so let me know)

[Patroclo]

Could someone post some standard/optimized profiles for the equalizer?

[Kriek]

Thanks! That would be really helpful. The required sizes are: 26x26, 48x48, and 64x64 transparent PNG.

Is this ok?

http://www.nomosdesign.com/projects/Symfonie.png


This looks great! Any ideas when the new icon set will be updated?

[vir3us]

Can you change the pitch to make song play faster or slower? Or are you planning on doing this. Would love this feature. Would install it straight away! Cheers

[bazz]

Not sure if its been asked, but anyway to enable flac playback?

[clasificado]

The equalizer window seems to have a strange behaviour: when its opened, it stays on top of the main window.

so when you switch to the main window without closing the equalizer, the equalizer "steals" the focus, and you cant reach the main window

it's specially annoying if you want to stop the music, then you are forced to close the equalizer

[SavageD]

Ok, this is one awesome mp3 player :D!!

Just wanted to ask a question. Could these features be implemented, or is it impossible?

When Device Screen is Locked:

One tap on volume button = Skip / Previous Track
Long press on volume button = Increase / Decrease volume
Camera button = Play / Pause / 2 or more seconds press = Stop

[kureyon]

Support bluetooth headset play/next/previous buttons. (eg. Nokia BH-905)If this feature is added then I can ditch the useless default music player :)

[Chrome]

symfonie uses 100% cpu all the time and stutters badly if i do anything while music is playing.

anyone else having this problem?

[Hariainm]

symfonie uses 100% cpu all the time and stutters badly if i do anything while music is playing.

anyone else having this problem?

Is due to equalizer, mafw-gst-eq-renderer eats lots of resources (hope anybody develops an alternate equalizer less cpu-hungry) :D

[Kriek]

symfonie uses 100% cpu all the time and stutters badly if i do anything while music is playing.

anyone else having this problem?

I was having this problem today as well. However, running both Conky and Symfonie was consuming roughly 60% CPU. Enabling and disabling the equalizer was only consuming about 5% more CPU. Running MicroB in addition was maxing it out at 100%.

Tried switching to VLC which alone was flat out 100% CPU. Enabled visualizations which totally locked things up... :(

[Chrome]

The previous build of symfonie used roughly 15-20% CPU even with equalizer enabled. So i guess something went wrong with this release.

[bnarturo]

Hello Code and thank you (again) for this app.
Can you comment about your intentions for flac?

[fareed_xtreme]

Well, This is the music Player I use when playing music in my car... It makes the stock soundas if there is a base tube somewhere :P Well, I loved the players output capacity especially becauseof the equilizer but I would like to put in that the interface isnt an eye candy :P LoL. What I having a this point in my mind is that, I would like the Player to show a notification of any kind when the song changes and the screen lights turn on for a brief period to sow the name of the song etc. Also SavageD has an extremely great suggestion there too. I think it'd be really cool. I dunno how many may agree to this so I'd say in advance that this is to mke this aneyecandy plus highly customized; just a suggestion. Overally, I have already let this aplication replace the clumsy default player. I dint face performance issues as such and it really is amazing.

Thanks Man on Blessing us with the Symfonie :P

[code]

Hello Code and thank you (again) for this app.
Can you comment about your intentions for flac?

Thank you (and many other users) for bringing this up. I have already enabled the player to play flac file types. I am going to put the package to extra-dev very soon. Meanwhile I am still adding some small enhancements.

[vir3us]

Anyway you could make a rewind/fast forward button? would love to sing some on my favourite tunes faster :P cheers

[Kriek]

Meanwhile I am still adding some small enhancements.

Great to see the continued development of Symfonie. :)

Any ideas on reducing CPU consumption? Symfonie is such a great player but multi-tasking seems to be interfering with playback.

[feuxfollets]

hmm as of the update today my symfonie crashes after 1 to 2 minutes of playing music, every time

[code]

A newer version has been release, do a update should fix the problem.

See http://thecodecentral.com/symfonie for change logs and updated information.

[atul.webdp]

it would be great if volume key work when lock because i use earphone to enjoy music on bike and also is it possible to change track through long press volume keys or from the earphone button? the sound quality is really superb i am very very happy with it. Thanks a lot and best luck.

[bitwit]

great program!
use it a lot.
two problems:
- no sound when in silent mode. mediaplayer works in silent mode. bug or feature?
- with long mp3s, 80+ minutes, the file is shown as 26.06 min in seekbar. all of it plays though. only length is displayed wrongly

/N

[lav4you]

Hi thanks for a great app..

I was wondering will it be possible to include share option for symfonie..
Including option of multiple selection and folder selection for sharing..
I think it will be a great feature as default music player doesn't provide this flexibility and it becomes very tedious from file manager as computer generated new music folders(especially from Windows) are always hidden..

Regrads,

Lav

[Popanz]

I have a problem with the readability. I us the D-theme black an red. Is there a way to avoid that every second line is white, so that there are not white letter on a white background?

[sph]

Any progress with bluetooth headset play/next/previous buttons? :)

[papps]

i installed it symfonie 0.2.3 version on my n900 after enabling DEvel and it fails to give me sound output... NO SOUND at all
...
Please suggest as i might be missing something
i have GLOBAL version installed

[Exact]

i installed it symfonie 0.2.3 version on my n900 after enabling DEvel and it fails to give me sound output... NO SOUND at all
...
Please suggest as i might be missing something
i have GLOBAL version installed

Are you sure you're not using the silent-profile? I've bumped into this problem a couple of times, and everytime there's no sound, it's because the silent-profile is in use..

[papps]

thank you i just changed the profile from silent to general and it worked...

[code]

Any progress with bluetooth headset play/next/previous buttons? :)

I don't have a bluetooth headset for teting. Maybe you can help me to gather some information? I will implement this feature when I have spare time.

I need the output from:
dbus-monitor --system

Run above comment from terminal, and then press all the buttons on your bt headset one by one, post the result back.

[altorn]

i've been using (abusing) MediaBox until now that i noticed this app.
I tried it and it has everything I want/have in MediaBox and more.

code, i have no complaints about the UI and the sound file format support is better than MediaBox (esp bitrate variants). as of the latest version, my only gripe is that:

When using MediaBox, pulseaudio mainly works in the background (using 15% or so CPU Power)

When using Symfonie, pulseaudio AND symfonie work in the background (using 16% and 21% or so CPU Power respectively)


I know it has been brought up before but as you indicated in your last post, it has been fixed?

Anyway, that's the only thing that stops me from using this app but great work so far!

Thank you!

[code]

When using MediaBox, pulseaudio mainly works in the background (using 15% or so CPU Power)

When using Symfonie, pulseaudio AND symfonie work in the background (using 16% and 21% or so CPU Power respectively)



I did top on both programs, here's what I see:
Mediabox:
pulseaudio (20%~30%)
mafw-dbus-wrapper (10%~15%)
python /usr/bin/MediaBox (1%-7%)

symfonie:
pulseaudio (22%~33%)
symfonie (20%~30%)

So Mediabox is about 10~15% more efficient. There's nothing I can do about pulseaudio, but I probably can do a profiling on symfonie to see if any improvement can be made.

[sph]

I don't have a bluetooth headset for teting. Maybe you can help me to gather some information? I will implement this feature when I have spare time.

I need the output from:
dbus-monitor --system

Run above comment from terminal, and then press all the buttons on your bt headset one by one, post the result back.

Here you go :)

signal sender=:1.10 -> dest=(null destination) serial=2447 path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_1; interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device; member=Condition
string "ButtonPressed"
string "previous-song"
signal sender=:1.10 -> dest=(null destination) serial=2448 path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_1; interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device; member=Condition
string "ButtonPressed"
string "next-song"
signal sender=:1.10 -> dest=(null destination) serial=2449 path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_1; interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device; member=Condition
string "ButtonPressed"
string "play-cd"
signal sender=:1.10 -> dest=(null destination) serial=2450 path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_logicaldev_input_1; interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device; member=Condition
string "ButtonPressed"
string "pause-cd"

[impeham]

My suggestions for some important improvements to make this application the best of its kind:
1. A bug fix - when I play the first song in a folder, if I change to another folder while playing I cannot activate the first song in another folder - it won't play - I have to choose some other song and only after that choose the first again for it to work.
2. The scrolling left to right is sometimes very annoying - I tried to use this application while driving and it is hard to find a song quickly like this… a preference to disable this would be nice.
3. A shuffle button is missing (I didn't find it)
4. Creation and management of playlists for songs is missing
5. A fast equalizer enable/disable button would be great.
6. A "stop" play button is missing. (if I press "play" after it the song should start from the beginning).
7. Rearrange songs play order in a folder (something like drag&drop). And Allow to save it.

Thanks for the great work.

[code]

symfonie needs your help!

I have once again promoted the packages to extra-testing. Please vote and help the new version to be promoted.
http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/symfonie/0.2.5-5/

[Deafboy]

Just one question. Landscape / portrait never worked for me well, but with the newest verson from devel it does not work at all. When this will be fixed? (Than I will vote for it even with my life :P)

[code]

Could you describe the problem you have in detail? E.g., what you did and how exactly does it not work? Otherwise it's hard to trace the problem.

[manavs]

Feature request - would it be hard to support playing the next folder in the list. So what I am looking for is that when the last song in Folder1 is done playing, it automatically starts playing Song1 from Folder2 and jumps there. Perhaps it can be a user setting. That would make this my default player.

Thanks in advance.

[code]

New version of symfonie is in testing repos, please vote!
http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/symfonie/0.2.5-5/

What's new since 2.3?

symfonie (0.2.5-5) karmic; urgency=low

* Implemented file deletion.
* Fixed a bug that when select the same song index in different directory, playback does not change.
* Due to many complaints, left/right panning and left/right scrolling have been disabled.
* Added shuffle and repeat feature
* Fixed equalizer setting not being saved after quiting the program


symfonie (0.2.5-4) karmic; urgency=low

* Go to current directory action now scrolls to selected item


symfonie (0.2.5-3) karmic; urgency=low

* Updated icons again

symfonie (0.2.5-2) karmic; urgency=low

* Updated icons

symfonie (0.2.5) karmic; urgency=low

* Added option continuously playback true|false
* Equalizer window now is scrollable
* Added 2 more bands to equalizer
* Font size in the play list window can now be changed in option

symfonie (0.2.4-4) karmic; urgency=low

* Fixed a typo in about dialog



symfonie (0.2.4-3) karmic; urgency=low

* Updated about page URL

[impeham]

there is a problem with the latest version - the application does not remember the last played song - it is always going back to some song i played a few days back.

i tried uninstalling and reinstalling and still - same behavior...

[Juanma9]

ok so i downloaded the symfonie app and it runs.. but when i try to play any song it just wont work. i hear no sound. it shows as if the songs are playing but no sounds can be heard..why is that?

[tmarinos]

there is a problem with the latest version - the application does not remember the last played song - it is always going back to some song i played a few days back.

i tried uninstalling and reinstalling and still - same behavior...

I have the very same problem.

[impeham]

in the meantime - anyone knows how to download the previous version?

[moepda]

in the meantime - anyone knows how to download the previous version?

check here ...

http://maemo.org/packages/view/symfonie/

[impeham]

check here ...

http://maemo.org/packages/view/symfonie/

i tried to download from there but the deb files are not available. i tried getting 0.2.5-4 and 0.2.5-3

[moepda]

sorry im not sure then , guessing another user may have the .deb hopefully ?

[code]

I have the very same problem.

This must be a bug. It will be fixed in the next revising.

[dip_460]

Gr8 music player.. :D . If you could tune the eq a bit according tou your need, it can rock your every moment... :) I have few concerns, can you people confirm me, if they are true for you too.

1. sound does not come while in silent profile.
2. every time i restart the player, volume becomes full and the eq gets disabled ( so irritating.. :mad: )

[mrwormp]

I just realize that sound does not come out while in silent profile.
whenever i restart the player tho volume is normal and the eq remain how it was from before.
Another thing that i have noticed is that whenever i restart the player it only resume playback from one specific song even if i close the program playing another song.

Apart from that it is the only music player that i use

[cipper]

Another thing that i have noticed is that whenever i restart the player it only resume playback from one specific song even if i close the program playing another song.


I also have this issue: always plays the same song when starting.

Moreover, would be possible in principle to catch the mediaplayer commands in order to use symfonie in combination with extended-locked-media-control?

[paulclewley]

I also have this issue: always plays the same song when starting.


Previous version remembered where it was last playing. Currently not useful for audiobooks - have to manually find where you were up to, which is tedious.

[paulclewley]

i tried to download from there but the deb files are not available. i tried getting 0.2.5-4 and 0.2.5-3

I also tried without success.

Can anyone supply the previous version?

[cipper]

Previous version remembered where it was last playing. Currently not useful for audiobooks - have to manually find where you were up to, which is tedious.

Sorry, I'm not understanding, why is not useful?? Again, if there's an option to do that it should work...

[paulclewley]

Hi cipper,

With the previous version, it would rember the point where it was last playing and restart there.

My point was that this was particularly useful for audiobooks (and podcasts) - naturally you want to restart the audiobook at the point where you last stopped.

With the new version, for me it keeps starting at the same file - not the file I was previously listening to. So, to keep going with the audiobook, I have to find the file I was listening to and then within that file find the point at which I was up to. All very tedious as some audiobooks have many files.

This is in spite of checking the option Auto Resume Playback - where I understand it is supposed to resume playback automatically at the last played point.

So, the current version is not really much use for audiobooks or podcasts, but it is not such a big problem with music - where you don't really need to restart a song at the same point as previously.

[rosh]

Nice player and the best in Maemo i guess.

Using everyday to listen MP3.

I have couple of suggestions.

1. Is it possible to add a pre-amp stage of the EQ with gain controller?
2. What is the dB gain limit of each EQ bar. Is it possible to make somewhere like 12dB?
4. Change the EQ size so that it fits in one screen with no scrolling.
3. Also a playlist section would be great

Thanks for the great product.

[cipper]

Hi cipper,

With the previous version, it would rember the point where it was last playing and restart there.

...

With the new version, for me it keeps starting at the same file - not the file I was previously listening to.

This is in spite of checking the option Auto Resume Playback - where I understand it is supposed to resume playback automatically at the last played point.
...


Exactly. So we all agree that this is a regression, and therefore should be fixed in the next release. Does the developer confirm?

[cipper]

In the latest days I have encountered another problem. Due to the "auto resume playback" bug I usually pause symfonie without closing it, in order to hold the position of my audiobook. This resulted in a severe battery drain because symfonie keeps the stream open, and pulseaudio doesn't go idle:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=881429

I think that after some time that symfonie is in pause, it should stop the stream in order to allow pulseaudio to go idle: a paused player should not consume cpu.

[code]

Exactly. So we all agree that this is a regression, and therefore should be fixed in the next release. Does the developer confirm?

Hi there,

I am trying to reproduce the problem but I couldn't. I suspect the database file is outdated. You could try:

- close symfonie
- Open X Terminal
- type "cd /home/user/MyDocs"
- type "rm .symfonie-library.sqlite.db"
- start the symfonie see if problem is resolved

Please let me know the feedback. If this works, I will post it to the main article. Thanks in advance!

[impeham]

Ok - i did that and it remembers the last folder i was playing meaning it goes back on launch to the latest folder played, but it does not continue playback even though auto resume is on

[paulclewley]

Ok - i did that and it remembers the last folder i was playing meaning it goes back on launch to the latest folder played, but it does not continue playback even though auto resume is on

Yes, same for me. On restart of Symphonie, goes to correct folder but does nothing. Have to manually select file and then it starts from beginning of file, not at previous point.

[cipper]

Yes, same for me. On restart of Symphonie, goes to correct folder but does nothing. Have to manually select file and then it starts from beginning of file, not at previous point.

Same for me.

[cipper]

works fine after updating to 0.2.5-6. Thank you!!

what about the issue related to the battery drain when paused (symfonie keeps the stream open, and pulseaudio doesn't go idle, see above)?

[paulclewley]

Working again now.

Thanks for your help, great program.

[dip_460]

thnx CODE .... i have got all my fixes in latest release 0.2.5-6.....


except the cpu utilization issue(still around 70% including pulse audio :confused:)

[code]

thnx CODE .... i have got all my fixes in latest release 0.2.5-6.....


except the cpu utilization issue(still around 70% including pulse audio :confused:)

Is equalizer enabled or disabled? If it is enabled, there's nothing I can do about it :(

[dip_460]

Is equalizer enabled or disabled? If it is enabled, there's nothing I can do about it :(

he he... u caught me right... :p actually, i love listening music with a bit tuned equalizer..

aneway, thanx for the great effort, as symfonie is just rocking my everyday like anything.... :D

[mrwormp]

With the new update everything seems to be back to normal. This is currently the only music player i use on my phone

[degtep]

Plz add support for mpris protocol

[leetnoob]

when i try to install symfonie i get an error saying that a required package is missing:gstreamer0.10-plugins-good-extra

i uninstalled extra decoders support but this didnt fix it and i've searched high and low for this missing package.

i do have gstreamer0.10-plugins-good installed and i wonder does this package replace gstreamer0.10-plugins-good-extra?

if so, do we need a new version of symfonie?

[mrwormp]

Recently i realise that when symfonie rotates into landscape mode all the controls after the play button does not show but when it goes back to portrait mode every thing goes back to normal.

[MyNokiaN900]

I am happilyy to announce a new music player application - symfonie.

Background:
The original intent of writing this application was that I need a simple media player "just the way I wanted" - play mp3 files by folders. I didn't want to tag my music library nor to create play list manually. I use directory to manage all my music files because I can group them into exactly the way I wanted. Thus this application is created. So if you don't like it, please don't thumb it down because it is not meant to replace other music players out there.

Thank you for read this and I hope you will find this application useful :)

I want to say Thank You for a most awesome application.

[nightfire]

Hey guys,

Does symphonie support avrcp, or whatever is used for BT buttons?

[tazenda]

Hello
Yesterday, after some updates, Symfonie plays the sound with lots of jumps and corruption. This makes the application unusable. I tried to uninstall ogg-support, support for suplementari decoder, but the problem has not disappeared. Symfonie I uninstalled and then reinstalled but still the problem has not disappeared. I do not know what else to do.

You can help me solve?

Thanks:)

[monkeyman]

It was the OGG update. It also produced the same effect in Someplayer (but not the included N900 Media Player).

[tazenda]

I just updated from a terminal the package gstreamer0.10-av 0.5-1 to version gstreamer0.10-av 0.5-2. Now Symfonie play my audio files perfectly!!!

:D

[RiD]

Despite this player not being developed anymore (or am I wrong?) it's my favourite player! Simple, goes directly to what I want, and it has some good features. Too bad it isn't optimized to web browse while listening to it, but it's still very good!

[Pencil]

I tried to install this player but it says I don't have gstreamer and wouldn't let me. How can I get around and install this player? Thanks.

[Kent99]

I just install symfonie in my phone but it doesn't work. I mean the song has been play but I can hear a sound. Can any one help me plz