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I have build 193 installed and I never got a notification that build 194 was released. I had to download the build manually.  Should I have gotten some sort of notification on startup to download the new build?  All 3 of the "Updates" options are set to Yes on the Startup tab.

 

The contents of my log from today when I started up the application is below.  I don't see any errors.

 

 

2015-04-24 08:43:22.2664|Info|Dopamine.Application.ExecuteStartup|### STARTING dopamine, version 1.0.0 (Build 193) ###
2015-04-24 08:43:30.2262|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_16_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-04-24 08:43:32.7655|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|<<< Synapse indexer started >>>
2015-04-24 08:43:32.7815|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Waiting for the database
2015-04-24 08:43:32.7855|Info|Synapse.Synapse.WaitForDatabase|C:\Users\chinnen\AppData\Roaming\Dopamine\Dopamine.db was found. Proceeding.
2015-04-24 08:43:32.7855|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing WCF proxies
2015-04-24 08:43:33.4645|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing the Indexing Worker
2015-04-24 08:43:33.4645|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing the LifeBeat Timer
2015-04-24 08:43:33.4645|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Starting the LifeBeat Timer
2015-04-24 08:43:33.4645|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Checking if indexing is needed
2015-04-24 08:43:33.4765|Info|Synapse.Worker+VB$StateMachine_2_IsCollectionChangedAsync.MoveNext|+++ STARTED CHECKING COLLECTION +++
2015-04-24 08:43:37.3279|Info|Synapse.Worker+VB$StateMachine_2_IsCollectionChangedAsync.MoveNext|+++FINISHED CHECKING COLLECTION: isCollectionChanged=False, Time required: 3845 ms +++
2015-04-24 08:43:37.3279|Info|Synapse.Synapse.CheckCollection|Checking with the main application if extra collection check is needed
2015-04-24 08:43:37.3479|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|No changes detected. Indexing is not needed
2015-04-24 08:43:37.3479|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Updating artwork
2015-04-24 08:43:37.3479|Info|Synapse.Worker+VB$StateMachine_4_UpdateArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ STARTED UPDATING ARTWORK +++
2015-04-24 08:43:37.9940|Info|Synapse.Worker+VB$StateMachine_4_UpdateArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ FINISHED UPDATING ARTWORK: Covers deleted from database: 0. Covers deleted from disk: 0. Covers updated: 0. Time required: 641 ms +++
2015-04-24 08:43:37.9990|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|<<< Synapse indexer NORMAL stop >>>
2015-04-24 08:48:30.2842|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_16_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-04-24 08:53:30.3002|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_16_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
 

I have build 193 installed and I never got a notification that build 194 was released. I had to download the build manually.  Should I have gotten some sort of notification on startup to download the new build?  All 3 of the "Updates" options are set to Yes on the Startup tab.

 

The contents of my log from today when I started up the application is below.  I don't see any errors.

 

 

2015-04-24 08:43:22.2664|Info|Dopamine.Application.ExecuteStartup|### STARTING dopamine, version 1.0.0 (Build 193) ###

2015-04-24 08:43:30.2262|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_16_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.

2015-04-24 08:43:32.7655|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|<<< Synapse indexer started >>>

2015-04-24 08:43:32.7815|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Waiting for the database

2015-04-24 08:43:32.7855|Info|Synapse.Synapse.WaitForDatabase|C:\Users\chinnen\AppData\Roaming\Dopamine\Dopamine.db was found. Proceeding.

2015-04-24 08:43:32.7855|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing WCF proxies

2015-04-24 08:43:33.4645|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing the Indexing Worker

2015-04-24 08:43:33.4645|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing the LifeBeat Timer

2015-04-24 08:43:33.4645|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Starting the LifeBeat Timer

2015-04-24 08:43:33.4645|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Checking if indexing is needed

2015-04-24 08:43:33.4765|Info|Synapse.Worker+VB$StateMachine_2_IsCollectionChangedAsync.MoveNext|+++ STARTED CHECKING COLLECTION +++

2015-04-24 08:43:37.3279|Info|Synapse.Worker+VB$StateMachine_2_IsCollectionChangedAsync.MoveNext|+++FINISHED CHECKING COLLECTION: isCollectionChanged=False, Time required: 3845 ms +++

2015-04-24 08:43:37.3279|Info|Synapse.Synapse.CheckCollection|Checking with the main application if extra collection check is needed

2015-04-24 08:43:37.3479|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|No changes detected. Indexing is not needed

2015-04-24 08:43:37.3479|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Updating artwork

2015-04-24 08:43:37.3479|Info|Synapse.Worker+VB$StateMachine_4_UpdateArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ STARTED UPDATING ARTWORK +++

2015-04-24 08:43:37.9940|Info|Synapse.Worker+VB$StateMachine_4_UpdateArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ FINISHED UPDATING ARTWORK: Covers deleted from database: 0. Covers deleted from disk: 0. Covers updated: 0. Time required: 641 ms +++

2015-04-24 08:43:37.9990|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|<<< Synapse indexer NORMAL stop >>>

2015-04-24 08:48:30.2842|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_16_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.

2015-04-24 08:53:30.3002|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_16_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.

 

 

The only thing that changes when there is an update available is the icon here:

 

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It becomes a download arrow. It is pretty subtle and I might have to improve that.

When you hover the arrow with the mouse you get info about the download. When you click the icon, it installs the package.

Dopamine seems to have issues playing an extremely long mp3 file.

 

Log: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz3VcODA3BSVME5VbmZ6OVJoTU0/view?usp=sharing

Using Dopamine build 194 on Windows 8.1

 

Thanks for reporting. How large is the file?

That would be lovely. By the way, what was the problem? (Just interested)

Thanks

 

Build 195 has been published. It fixes just this issue. Go get it tiger! :)

 

It's actually quite a long story. While developing musiX (my previous audio player) I discovered that it isn't possible to save tags for a file which is playing. Saving tags causes a "File is already in use by another process" error. Of course it is in use, because it is playing. Anyway that is how the audio library, which I use, behaves. So for Dopamine I built a workaround myself (well with some help from the audio lib guy): preloading the file in memory before playback. Preloading in memory worked fine until now, until you threw a large file at it and causes an OutOfMemoryException :rofl:. Don't worry, that's a good thing. At least I now know that wasn't the way to go. So in build 195 I removed that workaround and I just play files by the book now. When adding tagging support, I'll have to come up with a plan B. But these are worries for later.

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Good day kind sir. I quite enjoy using Dopamine to listen to my adequate tunes on my Windows 8.1 machine. But I seem to have stumbled upon a problem. When I play a collection of my tunes it seems that the program only plays one song but fails to advance to the next one. pls halp :(.

Apologies for my poor colloquial. 

Good day kind sir. I quite enjoy using Dopamine to listen to my adequate tunes on my Windows 8.1 machine. But I seem to have stumbled upon a problem. When I play a collection of my tunes it seems that the program only plays one song but fails to advance to the next one. pls halp :(.

Apologies for my poor colloquial. 

 

Hi. I'm afraid I'll need more details. Maybe the logfile can help. Could you send it to me?

Hi Raphael, just wanna ask if this music player of yours can play Movies. And have you made a Dopamine for Windows Phone version? Sorry, no time to check the threads. Already 47 pages XD Goodluck on your project. Cheers :beer: .

Hi Raphael, just wanna ask if this music player of yours can play Movies. And have you made a Dopamine for Windows Phone version? Sorry, no time to check the threads. Already 47 pages XD Goodluck on your project. Cheers :beer: .

 

No it doesn't play movies. A Windows Phone version is not available yet but planned eventually when the desktop version is more feature rich. Two days ago however I was playing around a bit and put a Dopamine app on my phone, which does nothing yet.

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