Dopamine

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Hi all, I have a new build (467) for you. It fixes the issues mentioned by accuratecopy. Here it is: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xtihhv85o26qwnw/AABtfqFOkbFYIyBV6mmnbOEYa?dl=0

Edit: except "Edit" from a Mini Player playlist. That is not a bug, it's just not allowed yet

[Skiver Veteran]

go to Settings, System Display, notifications, apps, power and select Notifications and actions, click Select which icons appear on the taskbar, find Dopamine in the list and click it on, problem solved!

 

You can drag and drop any icon from the tray flyout menu directly into the taskbar to make the icon always visible.

What the guys above said, is the best solution. Otherwise, right-click the icon and choose "Show Dopamine"

Feels like a bit of a work around to a display problem to me but fair enough. Every other application in my tray either opens a dialogue box on top of the tray or just above so it's not obstructed.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

 

 

 

Feels like a bit of a work around to a display problem to me but fair enough. Every other application in my tray either opens a dialogue box on top of the tray or just above so it's not obstructed.

The positioning of the tray controls still needs work. For now it just puts it at the bottom right of the screen. Getting the position of the tray icon on the screen is not trivial. So I delayed that for later.

Edit: hmm you're right!  It is not topmost. I can fix that. Even if the position is still lazy, I can force it on top.

Edit 2: build 470 should ease the pain a bit:  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xtihhv85o26qwnw/AABtfqFOkbFYIyBV6mmnbOEYa?dl=0

Edited November 18, 2015 by Raphaël G.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Hi folks,

Tagging is ready! Sigh, that one has been in the making for about a month. Way too long. I've added artwork editing today. That was the final requirement for a public build. I'll test this tomorrow and will probably release a new public build in a day or 2.

The embedded artwork size is shown in a tooltip when hovering the image.

 

[Jackaluichi]

I'm sure it'll be worth the wait, Raphaël

[RockwoodColin]

Raphaël, Dopamine is FREAKING AMAZING! Thanks so much for the attention to details as this is the best music player yet. I've been searching forever trying everything from MusicBee to Miro and Groove but they all had shortcomings. The responsiveness of Dopamine is really nice, even with a large library. 

I have a feature request (see attached image) . I am less interested in album artwork and more interested in picking via a list so I'd like to be able to shrink the middle area. Come to think of it, I'd like to be able to move the divider in the first column too. Keep up the fantastic work.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Raphaël, Dopamine is FREAKING AMAZING! Thanks so much for the attention to details as this is the best music player yet. I've been searching forever trying everything from MusicBee to Miro and Groove but they all had shortcomings. The responsiveness of Dopamine is really nice, even with a large library. 

I have a feature request (see attached image) . I am less interested in album artwork and more interested in picking via a list so I'd like to be able to shrink the middle area. Come to think of it, I'd like to be able to move the divider in the first column too. Keep up the fantastic work.

Hi, thanks for the feedback! My first attempt at implementing resizable panes failed, so I delayed it for later. But I have definitely planned to look into it once other basic features are added.

[RockwoodColin]

That's great news. 
Another quick question, many of my albums were transferred from iTunes and Dopamine shows , "Unknown Album Artist" under the album title on the right. Any idea why and where this information is stored? If I edit the metadata outside Dopamine, will it be read properly when updated?

Thanks

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

That's great news. 
Another quick question, many of my albums were transferred from iTunes and Dopamine shows , "Unknown Album Artist" under the album title on the right. Any idea why and where this information is stored? If I edit the metadata outside Dopamine, will it be read properly when updated?

Thanks

That info is read from the Album artist tag in your files. I'd be interested to know where iTunes got its info from (if not from the files, did it get it online?).
If you edit the metadata outside Dopamine, it will be read by Dopamine next time you start it up.

Edit: or, you wait until tonight and edit the metadata directly from inside Dopamine

Edited November 20, 2015 by Raphaël G.

[RockwoodColin]

Yes I read that metadata editing was coming and I'm definitely waiting. Seriously, I freaking love Dopamine!

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

A new build is there! This is the changelog:

19-11-2015: Dopamine 1.0.0.473 (Preview)

- Added an option to minimize to the notification area when the close button is pressed
- Added cancel of semantic zoom by clicking anywhere else in the UI
- When already started, trying to start Dopmamine a second time, shows the running Dopamine.
- Added support for files with extension AAC
- Added Turkish translation
- UI tweaks here and there
- Fixed a crash when aligning playlist vertically
- Tweaked the search
- Added tagging support
- Tray controls now always appear above the Windows Tray popup

Grab it here

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Hi everyone,

I've been working on Dopamine for more than a year now. The goal for version 1.0 (release) was to add just enough features to have a simple useful player. I think I've almost reached that goal. I've created a simple roadmap which shows what I still want to do before releasing version 1.0. "Current" is tonight's build. Current+1 is the next, and so on.

Version 1.0 doesn't mean the end of development, far from it. It will be a strong base to continue building on. All your ideas and requests are safely stored in my source and work item management system. New features will be added in the previews and releases after version 1.0

Current+1

• Remember selection when refreshing after metadata change
• Add/change/remove collection album covers
• Repeat one

Current+2

• Rescale Now Playing screen content depending on window size
• Rating
• Sort albums by year

Current+3

• Resizable columns
• Better queuing: queue must be accessible from the full player, "Add to queue" menu item

Version 1.0 final

 

[Ravensky]

Hi everyone,

I've been working on Dopamine for more than a year now. The goal for version 1.0 (release) was to add just enough features to have a simple useful player. I think I've almost reached that goal. I've created a simple roadmap which shows what I still want to do before releasing version 1.0. "Current" is tonight's build. Current+1 is the next, and so on.

Version 1.0 doesn't mean the end of development, far from it. It will be a strong base to continue building on. All your ideas and requests are safely stored in my source and work item management system. New features will be added in the previews and releases after version 1.0

Current+1

• Remember selection when refreshing after metadata change
• Add/change/remove collection album covers
• Repeat one

Current+2

• Rescale Now Playing screen content depending on window size
• Rating
• Sort albums by year

Current+3

• Resizable columns
• Better queuing: queue must be accessible from the full player, "Add to queue" menu item

Version 1.0 final

 

Don't forget adjustable transparency where its enabled please!

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Don't forget adjustable transparency where its enabled please!

I'll add it in current+3

[Tejoenardo]

A new build is there! This is the changelog:

19-11-2015: Dopamine 1.0.0.473 (Preview)

- Added an option to minimize to the notification area when the close button is pressed
- Added cancel of semantic zoom by clicking anywhere else in the UI
- When already started, trying to start Dopmamine a second time, shows the running Dopamine.
- Added support for files with extension AAC
- Added Turkish translation
- UI tweaks here and there
- Fixed a crash when aligning playlist vertically
- Tweaked the search
- Added tagging support
- Tray controls now always appear above the Windows Tray popup

Grab it here

Bug report. Cache was not updating automatically after editing the cover art. Dopamine still shows the old cover art until I manually removes it from the cache folder.

[Xenon]

Congrats on reaching this point with the program. I use it now as my main player.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Bug report. Cache was not updating automatically after editing the cover art. Dopamine still shows the old cover art until I manually removes it from the cache folder.

That's correct. It is something I want to resolve in the next build. I'm still thinking about the easiest way (for the user). Because maybe not everyone wants the album cover to change when changing the artwork which is embedded in the file?

[DeadEndAccount]

Just a few questions:

1) Will you be adding MTP sync support for devices that use MTP?

2) Does it support gapless playback?

3) Any future plans to possibly bring it to Windows 10 Mobile?

Apologies in advance if these issues have already been addressed.

[accuratecopy]

I'm back with some bugs investigations and requests.

- The cover size on mouse over in the tag editor has a problem, i have a result of 112x112 for covers with a real size of 1400x1400.
- I don't understand why in the "Artist" tag, there are spaces after ";" sign but not in the "Genre" tag.
- The grouping tag is showing information i put in a tag called "Style", and the styles separation is a "/" instead of a ";" i normally use.
- Why don't all artists are shown in the playing banner in the bottom of Dopamine window and in the "Now Playing" section? It is possible to add that?

I enjoy the roadmap to the version 1.0, some awesome features to come, like rating, sort albums by year and repeat one!
Keep up the good work and thank you...

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Just a few questions:

1) Will you be adding MTP sync support for devices that use MTP?

2) Does it support gapless playback?

3) Any future plans to possibly bring it to Windows 10 Mobile?

Apologies in advance if these issues have already been addressed.

1) I didn't know about it until today About adding it: I don't know yet. If I do, after 1.0.
2) No gapless playback yet. I'd like to add it. My first estimation for the amount of work was a few weeks, as it is rather complex to implement. It would be after 1.0 too.
3) A universal app is already in the works

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I'm back with some bugs investigations and requests.

- The cover size on mouse over in the tag editor has a problem, i have a result of 112x112 for covers with a real size of 1400x1400.
- I don't understand why in the "Artist" tag, there are spaces after ";" sign but not in the "Genre" tag.
- The grouping tag is showing information i put in a tag called "Style", and the styles separation is a "/" instead of a ";" i normally use.
- Why don't all artists are shown in the playing banner in the bottom of Dopamine window and in the "Now Playing" section? It is possible to add that?

I enjoy the roadmap to the version 1.0, some awesome features to come, like rating, sort albums by year and repeat one!
Keep up the good work and thank you...

- Can you send me an audio file which has all the issues you described?
- For now, only the first artist is shown in the banner. Files are also classified under the first artist. I want to change that, but I don't know when yet.

[neo1911]

Brilliant player man!!

Destroys Groove garbage which Microsoft dishes out. Feels like there is just 1/2 engineer working on Groove Music.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I'm back with some bugs investigations and requests.

- The cover size on mouse over in the tag editor has a problem, i have a result of 112x112 for covers with a real size of 1400x1400.
- I don't understand why in the "Artist" tag, there are spaces after ";" sign but not in the "Genre" tag.
- The grouping tag is showing information i put in a tag called "Style", and the styles separation is a "/" instead of a ";" i normally use.
- Why don't all artists are shown in the playing banner in the bottom of Dopamine window and in the "Now Playing" section? It is possible to add that?

I enjoy the roadmap to the version 1.0, some awesome features to come, like rating, sort albums by year and repeat one!
Keep up the good work and thank you...

I got your file. Thank you! I could fix the image size and artists and genres are now shown as they are configured in the tag (both the same way). In your case: without space.

For the grouping tag I'm confused. I checked with mp3tag, ans the value in the tag is with "/" separator, not ";". Which program did you use to tag the files? Does it display a ";" separator instead of "/"?

[Seabizkit]

just some feedback "self updater", in-case you were ever wondering.

It's working like a charm/boss.

Thanks, continue the awesome work!

[accuratecopy]

I got your file. Thank you! I could fix the image size and artists and genres are now shown as they are configured in the tag (both the same way). In your case: without space.

For the grouping tag I'm confused. I checked with mp3tag, ans the value in the tag is with "/" separator, not ";". Which program did you use to tag the files? Does it display a ";" separator instead of "/"?

You're not the only one to be confused about ID3 tags, I use dbpoweramp to rip my CDs in mp3 et flac formats but I have just realized with your post that the space I put after ";" in my tags disappear when I encode the files.
What is the best separator for multiple artists, genres, etc...?
Yeah, for the grouping tag it's more confusing as I don't use "grouping" but a tag called "style" and i put ";" with space after, and mp3tag displays "/" as a separator.