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Uh, can't believe I never noticed before but, is it not possible to sort albums by year? I only see a-z and by date added.

 

Not yet. The question that has been holding this feature off is:

What defines an album's year? Knowing that the year is saved per track. Should I take the year from the track with the most recent year? For regular albums this won't be a problem, because all tracks have the same year. But what for compilations?

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Check if it's a real album by querying some online source, and if you can't find it, default to the directory creation date. Or something like that. Unless you already have album metadata of course, in which case you can check that. I suppose it depends on how the compilation is created. If it's done through your program, then you're already in a position to assign it custom metadata.

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Not yet. The question that has been holding this feature off is:

What defines an album's year? Knowing that the year is saved per track. Should I take the year from the track with the most recent year? For regular albums this won't be a problem, because all tracks have the same year. But what for compilations?

The way Winamp does it is that if there's different years in the album tracks, it takes the oldest for the ordering and appends the other year(s) after the oldest one in the album view. I think this is a good compromise.

It looks like this; http://puu.sh/jBOXQ/cad8795582.png

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Not yet. The question that has been holding this feature off is:

What defines an album's year? Knowing that the year is saved per track. Should I take the year from the track with the most recent year? For regular albums this won't be a problem, because all tracks have the same year. But what for compilations?

typically I would think that a compilation album would be tagged with the year the compilation was published

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Thank you! I never tested on 5.1, but if if doesn't work, it's probably not implemented. I'll add to my task list to check this out.

Edit: quoting is broken sometimes.

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I had success with the playlist by inserting c:\ and changing the name in Users. I have no idea why it picked up my name instead of the name Windows gave User (aleks_000).

I would suggest, maybe, something that checks the file path when importing a playlist and gives an error on a track is not found.

Also, I may be missing it, but is there an option to hide the taskbar element while having the player running in nano/micro/cover?

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I had success with the playlist by inserting c:\ and changing the name in Users. I have no idea why it picked up my name instead of the name Windows gave User (aleks_000).

I would suggest, maybe, something that checks the file path when importing a playlist and gives an error on a track is not found.

Also, I may be missing it, but is there an option to hide the taskbar element while having the player running in nano/micro/cover?

It's correcting the user that most likely fixed it. As I've added support for rooted paths (starting with "\") in the previous build. I'll log a bug that a prompt should be shown when a path is not found. Thanks for the suggestion.

There is no option to hide the taskbar in Mini mode.

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Been having crash problems, I've no clue how the log is arranged, so this is everything from today (last hour)

 

2015-08-16 00:08:25.7847|Info|Dopamine.Application.ExecuteStartup|### STARTING dopamine, version 1.0.0 (Build 273) ###
2015-08-16 00:08:31.0807|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 00:08:31.9970|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|<<< Synapse indexer started >>>
2015-08-16 00:08:32.0070|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing WCF proxies
2015-08-16 00:08:32.2068|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Notifying the main application that the indexer is started
2015-08-16 00:08:32.2158|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Getting commandline arguments
2015-08-16 00:08:32.2158|Info|Synapse.Synapse.GetCommandLineArguments|Commandline argument 1: IgnoreRemovedFiles = True
2015-08-16 00:08:32.2158|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Waiting for the database
2015-08-16 00:08:32.2158|Info|Synapse.Synapse.WaitForDatabase|C:\Users\aleks_000\AppData\Roaming\Dopamine\Dopamine.db was found. Proceeding.
2015-08-16 00:08:32.2158|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing the Indexing Worker
2015-08-16 00:08:33.9217|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing the LifeBeat Timer
2015-08-16 00:08:33.9217|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Starting the LifeBeat Timer
2015-08-16 00:08:33.9217|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Updating collection
2015-08-16 00:08:33.9217|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_20_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|+++ STARTED INDEXING COLLECTION +++
2015-08-16 00:08:43.3070|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_20_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|Tracks removed: 1. Time required: 9378 ms +++
2015-08-16 00:08:46.5434|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_20_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|Tracks updated: 0. Time required: 2445 ms +++
2015-08-16 00:08:46.6274|Error|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer.ProcessTrack|Error while retrieving tag information for file C:\Users\aleks_000\Music\Scout Niblett\I am\01 Miss In Love With Her Own Fate.ogg. File not added to the database. Exception: Unknown codec.
2015-08-16 00:08:46.7334|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_20_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|Tracks added: 0. Time required: 190 ms +++
2015-08-16 00:08:47.8829|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_20_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|+++ FINISHED INDEXING COLLECTION: Tracks removed: 1. Tracks updated: 0. Tracks added: 0. Time required: 13954 ms +++
2015-08-16 00:08:47.8844|Info|Dopamine.Services.Indexing.IndexingService.OnRefreshLists|Sending event to refresh the lists
2015-08-16 00:08:47.8829|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Updating artwork
2015-08-16 00:08:47.8829|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_22_IndexArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ STARTED INDEXING ARTWORK +++
2015-08-16 00:08:49.0277|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_22_IndexArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ FINISHED INDEXING ARTWORK: Covers deleted from database: 0. Covers deleted from disk: 0. Covers updated: 43. Time required: 1138 ms +++
2015-08-16 00:08:49.0287|Info|Dopamine.Services.Indexing.IndexingService.OnRefreshArtwork|Sending event to refresh the artwork
2015-08-16 00:08:49.0277|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Notifying the main application that the indexer is stopped
2015-08-16 00:08:49.0277|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Stopping the LifeBeat Timer
2015-08-16 00:08:49.0277|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Closing WCF proxies
2015-08-16 00:08:49.0277|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|<<< Synapse indexer NORMAL stop >>>
2015-08-16 00:13:31.0841|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 00:18:31.0849|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 00:23:31.0856|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 00:28:31.0852|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 00:33:31.0859|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 00:38:31.1004|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 00:43:31.1158|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 00:44:24.5972|Info|Dopamine.Application.ExecuteStartup|### STARTING dopamine, version 1.0.0 (Build 273) ###
2015-08-16 00:44:28.6209|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 00:44:29.2027|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|<<< Synapse indexer started >>>
2015-08-16 00:44:29.2117|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing WCF proxies
2015-08-16 00:44:29.2448|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Notifying the main application that the indexer is started
2015-08-16 00:44:29.3308|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Getting commandline arguments
2015-08-16 00:44:29.3308|Info|Synapse.Synapse.GetCommandLineArguments|Commandline argument 1: IgnoreRemovedFiles = True
2015-08-16 00:44:29.3308|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Waiting for the database
2015-08-16 00:44:29.3308|Info|Synapse.Synapse.WaitForDatabase|C:\Users\aleks_000\AppData\Roaming\Dopamine\Dopamine.db was found. Proceeding.
2015-08-16 00:44:29.3333|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing the Indexing Worker
2015-08-16 00:44:31.2249|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing the LifeBeat Timer
2015-08-16 00:44:31.2249|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Starting the LifeBeat Timer
2015-08-16 00:44:31.2249|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Updating collection
2015-08-16 00:44:31.2249|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_20_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|+++ STARTED INDEXING COLLECTION +++
2015-08-16 00:44:32.4921|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_20_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|Tracks removed: 0. Time required: 1260 ms +++
2015-08-16 00:44:35.7044|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_20_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|Tracks updated: 0. Time required: 2767 ms +++
2015-08-16 00:44:35.7274|Error|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer.ProcessTrack|Error while retrieving tag information for file C:\Users\aleks_000\Music\Scout Niblett\I am\01 Miss In Love With Her Own Fate.ogg. File not added to the database. Exception: Unknown codec.
2015-08-16 00:44:35.8367|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_20_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|Tracks added: 0. Time required: 132 ms +++
2015-08-16 00:44:37.1748|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_20_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|+++ FINISHED INDEXING COLLECTION: Tracks removed: 0. Tracks updated: 0. Tracks added: 0. Time required: 5942 ms +++
2015-08-16 00:44:37.1748|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Updating artwork
2015-08-16 00:44:37.1783|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_22_IndexArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ STARTED INDEXING ARTWORK +++
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4675|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_22_IndexArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ FINISHED INDEXING ARTWORK: Covers deleted from database: 0. Covers deleted from disk: 0. Covers updated: 43. Time required: 287 ms +++
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4685|Info|Dopamine.Services.Indexing.IndexingService.OnRefreshArtwork|Sending event to refresh the artwork
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4675|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Notifying the main application that the indexer is stopped
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4675|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Stopping the LifeBeat Timer
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4675|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Closing WCF proxies
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4675|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|<<< Synapse indexer NORMAL stop >>>
2015-08-16 00:49:28.6313|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.

 

Also, a general suggestion... when in Micro mode, the ability to change the mp3 tags would be handy, since so many mp3s have errors in the tagging.

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Some more crash logs from just now

2015-08-16 00:44:37.1748|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Updating artwork
2015-08-16 00:44:37.1783|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_22_IndexArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ STARTED INDEXING ARTWORK +++
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4675|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_22_IndexArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ FINISHED INDEXING ARTWORK: Covers deleted from database: 0. Covers deleted from disk: 0. Covers updated: 43. Time required: 287 ms +++
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4685|Info|Dopamine.Services.Indexing.IndexingService.OnRefreshArtwork|Sending event to refresh the artwork
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4675|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Notifying the main application that the indexer is stopped
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4675|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Stopping the LifeBeat Timer
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4675|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Closing WCF proxies
2015-08-16 00:44:37.4675|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|<<< Synapse indexer NORMAL stop >>>
2015-08-16 00:49:28.6313|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 00:54:28.6321|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 00:59:28.6322|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 01:04:28.6473|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 01:09:28.6619|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 01:14:28.6625|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 01:19:28.6627|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 01:24:28.6626|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 01:29:28.6788|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 01:34:28.6928|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-08-16 01:39:28.6929|Info|Dopamine.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_27_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.

 

Grand Master

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I didn't click anything, it was playing a playlist in the micro mode and crashed in the middle of a track.

OK thanks for the info. Then it's the audio lib that brought it down. I'll see if I can prevent this in the future.

Edit: for tagging in the Mini players: that is coming soon. After the Windows 10 makeover I start working on rating and tagging.

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Amendment to that; it works when it loses focus on a normal window, but on a game/media window the generic buttons stops working.

What else do you have open while listening to Dopamine? These other media and game things I'm interested in.

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It seems to stop working on SWToR and Rocket League, I'll test other stuff later, but it seems something with a conflict with game media, which is weird, since I was running it all day yesterday without errors.

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I just found out I did something silly in my playback service. It might be caused by that. I'll work on that for the next build.

Funny bug this is. If 2 things happen in the same 0.25th of a second, dopamine crashes :) That makes it kind of random.

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Is gap-less playback supposed to be working at this point?

Also just noticed that selecting 16 files or more, does not give you the option to Open, in the right click menu. 15 or less is fine.

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