Re: xmms now available
 

I don't know if I can answer all of your questions, but I think I can help with a few of them.

You might need to add the default directory in the Skin Selector window. I think I had to since I think the default is to show only "/home/user/.xmms/Skins". Click the "Add directory" button and navigate to "/usr/share/xmms/Skins/", then click the OK button. Hopefully you should now see some skins in the upper window.

I think there's a way to import presets from WinAmp into xmms. I have never tried it, but you might look at these instructions.

I have the same problem when I run xmms. HOWEVER, when I use "xmmsctrl" to run xmms, the playlist STAYS. See my post above for info on creating an icon to run xmms using "xmmsctrl".

I don't know the answer to that question. I'm hoping that a newer version will address this issue.

AFAIK, xmms wasn't compiled with hildon support, meaning that you need to either use an external keyboard or try to get some other input method working (such as xkbd or xvkbd).

Two possible problems:
(1) Which packages did you install? If you installed too many, it won't work. I never really tried to figure out which package was causing the problem, but in the end I installed these five packages: xmms, xmms-flac, xmms-mp4, xmms-skins, xmmsctrl.
(2) Did you set the Output Plugin to "eSound Output Plugin" as suggested in the first post? That fixed it for me. You may need to reboot?

Re: xmms now available
 

Thanks, everything works cept for the equalizer presets (no biggie), the always on top and the keyboard problem. How are people using the scrobbler plugin if they can't type? External BT keyboard?

Re: xmms now available
 

For the equalizer presets, I followed the instructions given in the link above and they worked just fine for me.

Always on top is _very_ annoying, but I didn't compile the program and I don't know how to fix it. I move it off to the side when necessary, and "minimize" it the rest of the time.

I haven't used the scrobbler plugin so I don't know what it requires. But keep in mind that n810 users don't have "keyboard envy" like us n800 users.

Re: xmms now available
 

The visualizations are not working for me. Nor are the levels showing under the track time.

Re: xmms now available
 

Hi! :D

I use xmms all the time now.

I managed to build (!!) the xmms sid plugin. (edit problems baleeted!)

http://pupnik.de/xmms-sid-0.8.0beta17_armel.deb

a couple of favorites...
http://pupnik.de/Timo_Taipalus__Abaddon-Funky.sid
http://pupnik.de/Klax__Krzysztof_Krawczyk-Peace.sid
http://pupnik.de/SMC__Sanke_Michael_Choe-Soulfood.sid
http://pupnik.de/Blues_Muz-Party.sid

... from the incredible HVSC collection
http://www.hvsc.c64.org/

Sooooooooooooooo fun :)

(edit) xmms running fine with a playlist of 36,100 sids (that's about 2400 hours :D)
(edit) for stereo sound, hit ctrl-P, select the XMMS-SID input plugin, select Configure, click 'ok' to get rid of the top window, then on the right hand side click 'stereo'.

Re: xmms now available
 

I'm running XMMS 1.2.10 on an N810 running OS2008 (Chinook 2007.50-2)

I installed the following yesterday:

• xmms
• xmms-flac
• xmms-mp4
• xmms-skins
• xmmsctrl

I'm seeing the same issue. The volume and balance sliders move, but have no affect on the audio.

The D-Pad "up" and "down" buttons seem to be recognized, but in an odd way. Pressing the "down" button sets the volume slider to 0%, but has no affect on the audio level. Pressing the "up" button sets the volume slider to 1%, but has no affect on the audio level.

The "Escape" (curved arrow) hardware button does nothing within XMMS.

The "full screen" hardware button activates the "pause" function.

The "+" and "-" buttons activate the next track/previous track functions.

Any suggestions for getting the volume control working within XMMS? It's very difficult to use the program without an easy way to adjust the volume.

Re: xmms now available
 

Try it first without any other programs running.

Re: xmms now available
 

Also make sure to set the Output Plugin to "eSound Output Plugin". That fixed the volume slider for me. (You may also need to reboot?)

Re: xmms now available
 

That's it exactly! The D-Pad volume control and sliders for volume & balance now work fine, and the vizualization now displays. No need to reboot.

Many thanks!

Re: xmms now available
 

<tease>hmm, i see you use xmms for at least 2 months and haven't fixed those gtk1 dialogs? i did it already :) also i have found a fix for a segfault when trying double size mode</tease>

http://mrrau.dyndns.org:23280/n800/xmms01.jpg

if anyone is interested i'm on #maemo

otoh i can't seem to tell hildon to lower main window to desktop level and to make it show in task navigator, but i will. *grin*

Re: xmms now available
 

it hasn't any icon in my menu and only can works with x-terminal? why? is there another way for icon and solve this problem?

Re: xmms now available
 

http://i27.tinypic.com/213gidh.png

I plan on telling how soon.

Re: xmms now available
 

http://i27.tinypic.com/213gidh.png

Grab KotCzarny's build. Apart from being newer, he also fixed the open file dialog.

Open root session.

Delete /usr/share/applications/xmms.desktop
Open the zip file attached and place the new xmms.desktop in /usr/share/applications/hildon/
In the zip file, there is xmms.launch. Replace the old one in /usr/bin and set it executable.

Run XMMS and in options, set it to show Window Manager Decorations.

When you have that enabled however, you cannot move the playlist window so look here http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...d.php?p=167325 and set DIALOGMODE to free.

@Developers

Any chance of making XMMS support dbus?

I wrote a service file and it launched XMMS with startup notify but dbus would shutdown XMMS after a while.

But I guess it is not essential, only StartupNotify is gained.


I plan on seeing what makes task navigator show XMMS when decorations is enabled.

Re: xmms now available
 

Anyone know if there is a compiled input plugin for xmms on the NIT that supports NSF files?

Re: xmms now available
 

Qwerty - where does one find KotCzarny's xmms build?

Re: xmms now available
 

http://mrrau.dyndns.org:23280/n800/d...tch1_armel.deb

I plan on releasing a deb with my task switcher fix and window manager decorations fix (if I can fiind how :p).

Re: xmms now available
 

I don't quite understand what we're looking at.
Why are there two player windows?

Re: xmms now available
 

@dubwise
You get that effect when you click preferences => Options => and click "Show Window Manager Decorations" Since the IT doesn't have a true WM in the normal sense. It "tiles" the application.

Re: xmms now available
 

linuxrebel is right, but look to the side, I have the xmms icon showing which means I don't need to use xmmsctrl, kciconsbox etc.

I was looking through the XMMS code, while I have only 0.1% knowledge, I'm 60% that something extra is getting set which makes XMMS not appear.

Re: xmms now available
 

Just as long as you give it 100% effort, you should be fine! :D

Hope to see your updated release!

Re: xmms now available
 

Hehe, thanks :)

I think KotCzarny has a better chance than me though ;) :p :)

Also, I can't get SSH to work over router so I am repeatedly taking out the USB cable and re inserting :(

Re: xmms now available
 

Anybody have problem with XMMS hanged and chewed up MMC mp3? I am running 2.2007.50-2 MMC boot N810 and XMMS hanged 3 times in a row and the last time, corrupted my mp3 file (40 Mb). When it hanged, the only way out is to remove the battery. I am now running XMMS with internal flash boot, kind of scare to run with MMC boot. Anybody have similar experience? I tried to browse thru this 200+ thread at 3 am in the morning.....

I have 1:1.2.10+20070601-1-maemo.7.n800 installed


bun

Re: xmms now available
 

All,

I've found a "hack" that for me at least is making managing the multiple windows that can occur when running preferences etc. Though it doesn't eliminate the problem with 'z' order it does allow you to move things out of the way.

qwerty12's post on hacking matchbox has one tweak of use with xmms. If you follow his intructions related to "Dialog Mode" then you can at least move the windows around on the screen and expose the lost buttons etc.

Re: xmms now available
 

Just a note: Somehow I ended up using ALSA driver output, and I checked, "Use software volume control" (because I couldn't control the volume)... Seems this is a bad choice. XMMS eats the CPU and memory, until it has some huge amount of memory (1000%+) and then it pretty much takes the tablet down.

So don't do that, okay?

I almost think that the ALSA driver shouldn't be included with the Tablet version of XMMS.

Re: xmms now available
 

ALSA is required, IIRC, for A2DP, so it's not something you want to pull.

Re: xmms now available
 

Agreed.

Just use eSound and mpg321 for normal playback.

Re: xmms now available
 

Installed XMMS & gotta say I love it! I agree others when they say that it's the best music player for maemo right now. The preamp really fixed my low-volume output problem.

THANKS MUCHLY! :) :)

Re: xmms now available
 

I have been trying to install xmms (note I am newbie). I added the debfarm repo to my Application Manager but the refresh hangs up after downloading everything. Any idea whats wrong with that?

Re: xmms now available
 

I'm in the same boat...any suggestions? Log says the remote server terminated the connection (while downloading some libs)

Thanks

Re: xmms now available
 

...anyone?

Re: xmms now available
 

I've installed xmms the day diablo came and it worked.
What does apt-get tells you?

I'll try to setup a mirror in the few days. No clue what this hosting service is doing but it looks worse and worse..

Re: xmms now available
 

Thanks to one of my friends, he is now hosting the repository for xmms

Check in my signature

Re: xmms now available
 

I don't know what's happened but suddently XMMS has decided to show the sound waveform and move the progress bar. Go figure! Have not upgraded to Diablo.

Re: xmms now available
 

Installing xmms on diablo

UPDATE (Aug 7, 2008): The maintainer of xmms has updated his program to better work with diablo. Thus, my xmms-compat.deb package is no longer necessary. I'm leaving the old text here for historical purposes.

The new preferred way to install xmms is to enable the new debfarm repository for chinook.

One-click method:

http://gronmayer.com/it/picts/install_button_small.png

Power-user method:
Open Application Manager, then select the "Tools->Application catalog..." menu. Click the "New" button. In the new window that pops up, enter the following information.
Click the "OK" button, then click the "Close" button. Let the application catalog check for updates.

Then install "xmms".

------------------------------------------------------------

Old post follows:

Since some people have expressed problems getting xmms to work on diablo, I have created a llittle .deb which helps by doing some extra steps after a base install of xmms. I have tried this on a stock diablo install on my N800 and it seems to work. As with everything I do, YMMV.

(1) Enable the debfarm.free.fr repository for chinook.

One-click method:

http://gronmayer.com/it/picts/install_button_small.png

Power-user method:

Open Application Manager, then select the "Tools->Application catalog..." menu. Click the "New" button. In the new window that pops up, enter the following information.
Click the "OK" button, then click the "Close" button. Let the application catalog check for updates.

(2) Install xmms and xmmsctrl.
While still in the Application Manager, make sure you are on the "Main view". Click the "Browse installable applications" button, then the "All" button. Scroll to the bottom of that window. For each of the following packages, select and click the "Install" button.

• xmms
• xmmsctrl
• xmms-skins (optional)
• xmms-flac (optional)
• xmms-mp4 (optional)

The first two are mandatory. The last three are optional. DO NOT install any more than these five at first. I have tested this procedure with these five packages only. Make sure xmms works before installing additional xmms components.

NOTE! Do NOT run xmms yet!

(3) Download my xmms-compat.deb and install it. This is a very small package I put together which does the following:

• Installs an Application Menu .desktop item named "Launch XMMS" which not only launches xmms, but also allows for the de-iconification of xmms, AND the restoration of your previous playlist. This is important because the default version of xmms on maemo becomes hidden when minimized. Also launching xmms using the default Application Menu item ignores your previous playlist.
• Installs /home/user/.xmms/eq.preset to give you some default presets (from WinAmp) for the equalizer. (Taken from here.)
• Installs a baseline /home/user/.xmms/config which sets the font (so you can see text in the menus), sets the output plugin to eSound (so the volume slider works), and adds a "skins" directory to point to the skins installed by xmms-skins.
• Updates the icon / font / application caches so you don't have to reboot to see xmms in your Applications Menu.

I have also attached the files included in my .deb in case you want to see exactly what is being installed. (I had to gzip them since the forum wouldn't allow me to upload them with unknown extensions.)

Enjoy!

Re: xmms now available
 

Thanks for this. I didn't switch on my device for the last months, but I'd like to integrate your corrections when I have some time, if you allow me to do this. I only realized the problem of the icon when I upgraded to diablo. Also the font settings was changed several versions ago. I don't have the problem on my device. I'll look into this.

Now free.fr should not be used anymore, better use the first mirror:
http://p.quinput.eu/debfarm/

I think I'll also add the "Double" size on startup because I guess a lot of people have never seen it and to be honest, it can be a bit tricky to access some of the buttons in normal size.

Any other idea? Actually there would be so many things to do.. like reorganizing the glade files for some of the plugins which are unusable becoz of screen size.

Also realized that the n770 version was completly forgotten, this is a matter of just rebuilding it.
And last but not least, I'll try to make some source deb so that anybody can modify the thingy.

Re: xmms now available
 

No problem. You should also look at the pre/post-inst/rm scripts in the .deb to see some of the extra work the xmms-compat package performs.

All I know is that when I installed xmms on diablo and then ran it the first time, I couldn't get any fonts to display. Rebooting eventually solved the issue, but "fc-cache" also fixes it (which is what my postinst script does).

Do you have a 1-click install for this repository? If so, I can update my instructions to use the new mirror.

Re: xmms now available
 

Thanks I'll look into these points.

The mirror changed, use this one:
http://p.quinput.eu/debfarm/

Re: xmms now available
 

I Installed It (maemo7-n800) Today On My N800 With chinook

But It Doesn't Voice When i Select A Song For Play

The Volume is 100% But I Can't Listen It!

BTW Installed Plugins:

i Think xmms eats My Device Memory,Also By Select The Skins

???????

And 1 Thing I Couldn't Change The Size,Can It be bigger than The Original Size 48x48? I want Fullscreen On My Tablet!

Please Someone Help Me!

tnx!

Please Can Someone Help Me?

Re: xmms now available
 

Did you read the first post?
For the size, click on the button "D" on xmms player.

Re: xmms now available
 

thanx working now

but time doesn't work now! the time is stoped


for Size! D? Ur mean is Doublesize Button On Option? Or Can I Change Personal Size?