musiX

[LaP]

Crazy weekend: build 187 is available.

 

It adds AAC/M4A support.

 

That was fast great job.

 

Keep the good work but don't burn yourself ;)

 

BTW this is Metro done right. One of the best looking metro app i've seen. It's superior to most of what MS has done with the paradigm.

[FiB3R]

v1.0 Build 104

 

Win 8.1 x64 / 2.4Ghz / 8GB

 

Installed > added directory to collection (only 1135 songs)

 

Clicking 'By Album' does nothing! Restart app, still nothing.

 

Edit: After changing a few options in the settings menu, clicking 'By Album' now works :)

 

Also, the spectrum analyser is kinda slow / jerky

 

Keep up the good work, I like where this is going :)

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

v1.0 Build 104

 

Win 8.1 x64 / 2.4Ghz / 8GB

 

Installed > added directory to collection (only 1135 songs)

 

Clicking 'By Album' does nothing! Restart app, still nothing.

 

Edit: After changing a few options in the settings menu, clicking 'By Album' now works :)

 

Also, the spectrum analyser is kinda slow / jerky

 

Keep up the good work, I like where this is going :)

 

That "by album" thing might be a bit confusing. It only sorts by album, artist (or whatever is chosen). To group by album (and show the album headers) there is indeed the option "Group by album" which should be enabled.

The spectrum could be better, I haven't found a better component yet though.

 

Edit: build 104? Is that still available somewhere?

 

Please visit my blog at http://raphaelgodart.tumblr.com. You'll find the latest versions in the downloads section. Build 200 is available since yesterday.

 

Edit 2: indeed, on onedrive. I've removed build 104 and replaced it by a text file pointing to my blog.

[Skiver Veteran]

I thought you were having a development break, I didn't expect anything for a week or so!

Thanks for the work again, however I have an issue with the tagging. I'm sure its something wrong with my actual tagging of MP3's however I cannot see where. Alot of songs are being tagged as Unknown Album Artist however as you can see from the two screen shots below, Album Artist is actually populated.

 

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I thought you were having a development break, I didn't expect anything for a week or so!

Thanks for the work again, however I have an issue with the tagging. I'm sure its something wrong with my actual tagging of MP3's however I cannot see where. Alot of songs are being tagged as Unknown Album Artist however as you can see from the two screen shots below, Album Artist is actually populated.

 

 

Did you have this also in previous builds, or only since build 200? I noticed a silly mistake I made in grouping by albums in build 200, and I think that is the cause of the issue.

Please check the first song which is under the "Unkown Album artist" header. That song probably has no album artist, but the others do. Due to my mistake, all other songs are grouped below that song without album artist, and that is not correct.

 

Oh, it was a break for 1 evening :)

[Skiver Veteran]

I'm pretty sure It wasn't an issue and the first song does not have an album artist so that would certainly support the theory.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I'm pretty sure It wasn't an issue and the first song does not have an album artist so that would certainly support the theory.

 

Alright. I had a fixed build ready yesterday. I'll test it further tonight and make it available.

[Skiver Veteran]

Sure, its no big deal. I rarely have the interface open so no rush.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Build 206 is available here. This is just a bugfix release (no new features).

[Skiver Veteran]

Firstly, love the update feature. Knowing there is an update, downloading and installing before I have even come here to see the update.

Secondly, Assuming one of the fixes was the playlist issue I noticed? fixed  :D

[briangw]

So I didn't read the entire thread but is there (or is it planned) to add a mini-dockable player view?

[Prototype1864]

Just a quick message been bug testing the hell out of it for 5 days straight not too many bugs found, if i click on any text in the thanks section it says unexpected error occurred please check log files for more information, however it does not crash the app or affect it in any other way than described, btw im loving the update feature i suggested please dont change it too much in further builds as i find it nicely displayed yet not in your face like some other programs, keep up the good work, next week i will donate to keep this project going strong

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Firstly, love the update feature. Knowing there is an update, downloading and installing before I have even come here to see the update.

Secondly, Assuming one of the fixes was the playlist issue I noticed? fixed  :D

 

Yep, that was one of the fixes. Thanks for confirming it works now :)

 

So I didn't read the entire thread but is there (or is it planned) to add a mini-dockable player view?

 

I plan a mini view (I actually have something in mind already), but not dockable yet.

 

Just a quick message been bug testing the hell out of it for 5 days straight not too many bugs found, if i click on any text in the thanks section it says unexpected error occurred please check log files for more information, however it does not crash the app or affect it in any other way than described, btw im loving the update feature i suggested please dont change it too much in further builds as i find it nicely displayed yet not in your face like some other programs, keep up the good work, next week i will donate to keep this project going strong

 

Thanks! The update feature should not change much in the future. I like it like as it is now (subtle, yet clear). 

Could you send me the logfiles (or the relevant part) where the problem with clicking the links occured? (I cannot reproduce this problem here) Does the same happen when you click on the download link when an update is available? Links in musiX should open the default browser. Maybe it's something browser specific that I have to take into account. Also, unexpected errors cleanly close musiX since build 206, because they are unexpected and could cause damage otherwise (depending what caused them). So if you see this behaviour from now on, you know why :). I've also added more logging since build 206 to better trace unexpected errors.

[Skiver Veteran]

If I understand the issue correct, and I can get an app crash so I suspect I can

Its not clicking any of the links, they work, its clicking the actual text. For example "To the Neowin community..." If I click the word "To" it will crash. Log below....

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hwdv665pgxcjgfm/musiX.log

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

If I understand the issue correct, and I can get an app crash so I suspect I can

Its not clicking any of the links, they work, its clicking the actual text. For example "To the Neowin community..." If I click the word "To" it will crash. Log below....

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hwdv665pgxcjgfm/musiX.log

 

Thanks! I can reproduce this here. I'll fix it for the next preview.

[Prototype1864]

Yup just as skiver says my crash isn't the link its the contextual writing i click, this is becoming a brilliant metro music player

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Yup just as skiver says my crash isn't the link its the contextual writing i click, this is becoming a brilliant metro music player

 

Thanks for confirming. I've already fixed the issue and it will be in the next preview.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Build 207 is available here. It fixes the link-crash bug reported by Skiver and Prototype1864.

[Prototype1864]

Thank you raphael! 

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I've been playing with colors tonight. The result is below. There is still a lot of color tweaking to do to bring everything in balance but I think I'll provide a light theme in the next build, together with the dark theme you already know.

 

[FiB3R]

Would be pretty cool if it could automatically mimic the current Windows colour scheme.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Would be pretty cool if it could automatically mimic the current Windows colour scheme.

 

I'll add that as an extra option :)

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Video of musiX following the windows color:

 

[FiB3R]

Ha! That is ######ing awesome :woot:

[tsupersonic]

Love that feature, keep up the good work!