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Hi everyone! Dopamine 1.5.5 has just been released. This is the change log:

 

– [Added] Added support for the Opus file format
– [Added] Added optional automatic download of album covers from the Internet
– [Added] Added optional enqueue of other audio files which are in the same folder as a double-clicked audio file
– [Added] Added button to download covers from the edit song window
– [Added] Added Vietnamese translation
– [Changed] Updated the French translation
– [Changed] Updated the Korean translation
– [Changed] Updated the Portuguese (Portugal) translation
– [Fixed] Fixed another conflict between playing a file from Explorer and loading of saved queued songs
– [Fixed] Fixed a potential issue when changing album covers

 

Download here: http://www.digimezzo.com/content/software/dopamine/

  • 5 weeks later...

HI everyone! Dopamine 1.5.6 has just been released. This is the change log:

 

2018-01-06: Dopamine 1.5.6
 

- [Added] Added Croatian translation
- [Added] Added an option to use all speakers on multi-speaker systems
- [Changed] Updated the Spanish translation
- [Fixed] Fixed strange behaviour when playing files from Windows Explorer
- [Fixed] Fixed wrong Play and Skip count order on the Songs screen
- [Fixed] Fixed bad album cover quality on 4K displays with 250% scaling

 

Download here

Play / Pause no longer works from my keyboard :(  I am using a Cosair K70 RGB multimedia keyboard and this used to work, now it does not!  I push play/ pause and it pauses then plays again... its supposed to be a toggle.

 

Tested with 1.5.4 its working fine.  1.5.6 ... not working!

Edited by Ravensky
1 hour ago, Ravensky said:

Play / Pause no longer works from my keyboard :(  I am using a Cosair K70 RGB multimedia keyboard and this used to work, now it does not!  I push play/ pause and it pauses then plays again... its supposed to be a toggle.

 

Tested with 1.5.4 its working fine.  1.5.6 ... not working!

Works on my Sidewinder X4.

 

Edit: My backup Logitech K400 seems to have the same issue you describe.

6 hours ago, Ravensky said:

Play / Pause no longer works from my keyboard :(  I am using a Cosair K70 RGB multimedia keyboard and this used to work, now it does not!  I push play/ pause and it pauses then plays again... its supposed to be a toggle.

 

Tested with 1.5.4 its working fine.  1.5.6 ... not working!

That's unexpected. Media keys support hasn't been touched since 1.5.4.

 

Have you re-tested with 1.5.4 after testing with 1.5.6? This would rule-out external factors (you can use the portable 1.5.4 version to avoid messing with your collection. It will create a local collection in the folder where the portable version resides, which you can safely delete after testing).

 

Are you, by any chance, using a Windows 10 insider build? I have reports that build 17063 breaks the Dopamine system notification. Just trying to rule out this too.

5 hours ago, crispkreme said:

Works on my Sidewinder X4.

 

Edit: My backup Logitech K400 seems to have the same issue you describe.

Is your Logitech issue new since Dopamine 1.5.6 or have media keys never worked with Dopamine when using the Logitech keyboard? Logitech is known to use custom software (SetPoint) to map media key shortcuts, which interferes with the default way of doing things. So you'll need to be exact when replying to this question.

Could your issue be related to this? Dopamine issue 578 and How do I get my Logitech media buttons to control Spotify

16 hours ago, Ravensky said:

Play / Pause no longer works from my keyboard :(  I am using a Cosair K70 RGB multimedia keyboard and this used to work, now it does not!  I push play/ pause and it pauses then plays again... its supposed to be a toggle.

 

Tested with 1.5.4 its working fine.  1.5.6 ... not working!

 

15 hours ago, crispkreme said:

Works on my Sidewinder X4.

 

Edit: My backup Logitech K400 seems to have the same issue you describe.

It works on my sytem: Windows 10 1709 FCU 16299.192 with my modest Logitech G105.

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14 hours ago, Raphaël G. said:

That's unexpected. Media keys support hasn't been touched since 1.5.4.

 

Have you re-tested with 1.5.4 after testing with 1.5.6? This would rule-out external factors (you can use the portable 1.5.4 version to avoid messing with your collection. It will create a local collection in the folder where the portable version resides, which you can safely delete after testing).

 

Are you, by any chance, using a Windows 10 insider build? I have reports that build 17063 breaks the Dopamine system notification. Just trying to rule out this too.

My apologizes I upgraded to 1.5.6 and this time I rebooted and it's working fine.  Sorry for the trouble.  I never use insider builds, Windows 10 has enough issues as it is lol

15 minutes ago, Ravensky said:

My apologizes I upgraded to 1.5.6 and this time I rebooted and it's working fine.  Sorry for the trouble.  I never use insider builds, Windows 10 has enough issues as it is lol

Excellent! Thanks for getting back to me :)

On 1/8/2018 at 1:57 AM, Raphaël G. said:

Is your Logitech issue new since Dopamine 1.5.6 or have media keys never worked with Dopamine when using the Logitech keyboard? Logitech is known to use custom software (SetPoint) to map media key shortcuts, which interferes with the default way of doing things. So you'll need to be exact when replying to this question.

Could your issue be related to this? Dopamine issue 578 and How do I get my Logitech media buttons to control Spotify

Sorry for the late reply, batteries were getting low on the keyboard. Replaced them and the issue is gone...

Hey all, a new version of Dopamine was just released: Dopamine 1.5.7. It is a small bug fix release. This is the change log:

 

– [Changed] Updated the Portuguese (Brazil) translation
– [Changed] Updated the Spanish translation
– [Changed] Updated the Vietnamese translation
– [Fixed] Fixed multiple issues concerning lyrics support

 

Download here

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3 hours ago, Zagadka said:

I'm not sure why, exactly, but Dopamine doesn't want to play a folder from the context menu, Just shows an empty playlist. Trying to find a replication.

Is there anything in the log file?

Hm, it is weirder, when I launch a playlist, Dopamine loads, but the playlist doesn't. 

 

The log from right clicking a folder and hitting play

 

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2018-01-13 16:32:32.184|Info|App.xaml.ProcessCommandLineArguments|86|Found command-line arguments.
2018-01-13 16:32:32.184|Info|App.xaml.ProcessCommandLineArguments|105|Processing Non-JumpList command-line arguments.
2018-01-13 16:32:32.224|Info|App.xaml.ExecuteStartup|56|### STARTING Dopamine, version 1.5.7.0, IsPortable = False, Windows version = Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.16299.0), IsWindows10 = True ###
2018-01-13 16:32:32.881|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeWCFServices|275|CommandService was started successfully
2018-01-13 16:32:32.882|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeWCFServices|290|FileService was started successfully
2018-01-13 16:32:32.882|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeShell|257|Showing Main screen
2018-01-13 16:32:32.899|Info|FileService.ImportTracks|164|Received commandline arguments.
2018-01-13 16:32:32.899|Info|FileService.ImportTracks|172|Added file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices'
2018-01-13 16:32:32.930|Info|IndexingService.CheckCollectionAsync|148|+++ STARTED CHECKING COLLECTION +++
2018-01-13 16:32:33.023|Info|PlaybackService.GetSavedQueuedTracks|1280|Aborting getting of saved queued tracks
2018-01-13 16:32:33.253|Info|FileService.AddFilesTimerElapsedHandler|197|Finished adding files. Number of files added = 1
2018-01-13 16:32:33.691|Info|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|784|+++ STARTED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND +++
2018-01-13 16:32:33.701|Error|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|880|+++ FINISHED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND. Time required: 11 ms +++
2018-01-13 16:32:33.701|Info|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|784|+++ STARTED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND +++
2018-01-13 16:32:33.721|Error|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|880|+++ FINISHED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND. Time required: 20 ms +++
2018-01-13 16:32:35.377|Error|FileService.CreateTrackAsync|144|Error while creating Track from file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices'. Creating default track. Exception: D:\aleks\Music\voices (taglib/)
2018-01-13 16:32:35.377|Info|FileService.ImportFilesAsync|242|Number of tracks to play = 0

 

 

Here is the log from between launching a playlist and the program loading

 

Spoiler

2018-01-13 16:28:48.848|Info|App.xaml.ProcessCommandLineArguments|86|Found command-line arguments.
2018-01-13 16:28:48.849|Info|App.xaml.ProcessCommandLineArguments|105|Processing Non-JumpList command-line arguments.
2018-01-13 16:28:48.930|Info|App.xaml.ExecuteStartup|56|### STARTING Dopamine, version 1.5.7.0, IsPortable = False, Windows version = Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.16299.0), IsWindows10 = True ###
2018-01-13 16:28:49.720|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeWCFServices|275|CommandService was started successfully
2018-01-13 16:28:49.722|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeWCFServices|290|FileService was started successfully
2018-01-13 16:28:49.722|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeShell|257|Showing Main screen
2018-01-13 16:28:49.745|Info|FileService.ImportTracks|164|Received commandline arguments.
2018-01-13 16:28:49.745|Info|FileService.ImportTracks|172|Added file 'D:\aleks\Music\Dopamine\Playlists\siren.m3u'
2018-01-13 16:28:49.777|Info|IndexingService.CheckCollectionAsync|148|+++ STARTED CHECKING COLLECTION +++
2018-01-13 16:28:49.939|Info|PlaybackService.GetSavedQueuedTracks|1280|Aborting getting of saved queued tracks
2018-01-13 16:28:50.097|Info|FileService.AddFilesTimerElapsedHandler|197|Finished adding files. Number of files added = 1
2018-01-13 16:28:50.611|Info|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|784|+++ STARTED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND +++
2018-01-13 16:28:50.636|Error|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|880|+++ FINISHED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND. Time required: 25 ms +++
2018-01-13 16:28:50.637|Info|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|784|+++ STARTED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND +++
2018-01-13 16:28:50.640|Error|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|880|+++ FINISHED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND. Time required: 4 ms +++
2018-01-13 16:28:51.649|Error|FileService.CreateTrackAsync|144|Error while creating Track from file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices\10-franz_ferdinand-lucid_dreams.mp3'. Creating default track. Exception: Could not find file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices\10-franz_ferdinand-lucid_dreams.mp3'.
2018-01-13 16:28:51.724|Error|FileService.CreateTrackAsync|144|Error while creating Track from file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices\12 - All Apologies.mp3'. Creating default track. Exception: Could not find file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices\12 - All Apologies.mp3'.
2018-01-13 16:28:52.227|Error|FileService.CreateTrackAsync|144|Error while creating Track from file 'D:\aleks\Music\Dopamine\Playlists\siren.m3u'. Creating default track. Exception: D:\aleks\Music\Dopamine\Playlists\siren.m3u (taglib/m3u)
2018-01-13 16:28:52.228|Info|FileService.ImportFilesAsync|242|Number of tracks to play = 0

 

 

On 1/14/2018 at 1:31 AM, Zagadka said:

Hm, it is weirder, when I launch a playlist, Dopamine loads, but the playlist doesn't. 

 

The log from right clicking a folder and hitting play

 

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2018-01-13 16:32:32.184|Info|App.xaml.ProcessCommandLineArguments|86|Found command-line arguments.
2018-01-13 16:32:32.184|Info|App.xaml.ProcessCommandLineArguments|105|Processing Non-JumpList command-line arguments.
2018-01-13 16:32:32.224|Info|App.xaml.ExecuteStartup|56|### STARTING Dopamine, version 1.5.7.0, IsPortable = False, Windows version = Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.16299.0), IsWindows10 = True ###
2018-01-13 16:32:32.881|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeWCFServices|275|CommandService was started successfully
2018-01-13 16:32:32.882|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeWCFServices|290|FileService was started successfully
2018-01-13 16:32:32.882|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeShell|257|Showing Main screen
2018-01-13 16:32:32.899|Info|FileService.ImportTracks|164|Received commandline arguments.
2018-01-13 16:32:32.899|Info|FileService.ImportTracks|172|Added file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices'
2018-01-13 16:32:32.930|Info|IndexingService.CheckCollectionAsync|148|+++ STARTED CHECKING COLLECTION +++
2018-01-13 16:32:33.023|Info|PlaybackService.GetSavedQueuedTracks|1280|Aborting getting of saved queued tracks
2018-01-13 16:32:33.253|Info|FileService.AddFilesTimerElapsedHandler|197|Finished adding files. Number of files added = 1
2018-01-13 16:32:33.691|Info|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|784|+++ STARTED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND +++
2018-01-13 16:32:33.701|Error|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|880|+++ FINISHED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND. Time required: 11 ms +++
2018-01-13 16:32:33.701|Info|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|784|+++ STARTED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND +++
2018-01-13 16:32:33.721|Error|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|880|+++ FINISHED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND. Time required: 20 ms +++
2018-01-13 16:32:35.377|Error|FileService.CreateTrackAsync|144|Error while creating Track from file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices'. Creating default track. Exception: D:\aleks\Music\voices (taglib/)
2018-01-13 16:32:35.377|Info|FileService.ImportFilesAsync|242|Number of tracks to play = 0

 

 

Here is the log from between launching a playlist and the program loading

 

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2018-01-13 16:28:48.848|Info|App.xaml.ProcessCommandLineArguments|86|Found command-line arguments.
2018-01-13 16:28:48.849|Info|App.xaml.ProcessCommandLineArguments|105|Processing Non-JumpList command-line arguments.
2018-01-13 16:28:48.930|Info|App.xaml.ExecuteStartup|56|### STARTING Dopamine, version 1.5.7.0, IsPortable = False, Windows version = Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.16299.0), IsWindows10 = True ###
2018-01-13 16:28:49.720|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeWCFServices|275|CommandService was started successfully
2018-01-13 16:28:49.722|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeWCFServices|290|FileService was started successfully
2018-01-13 16:28:49.722|Info|Bootstrapper.InitializeShell|257|Showing Main screen
2018-01-13 16:28:49.745|Info|FileService.ImportTracks|164|Received commandline arguments.
2018-01-13 16:28:49.745|Info|FileService.ImportTracks|172|Added file 'D:\aleks\Music\Dopamine\Playlists\siren.m3u'
2018-01-13 16:28:49.777|Info|IndexingService.CheckCollectionAsync|148|+++ STARTED CHECKING COLLECTION +++
2018-01-13 16:28:49.939|Info|PlaybackService.GetSavedQueuedTracks|1280|Aborting getting of saved queued tracks
2018-01-13 16:28:50.097|Info|FileService.AddFilesTimerElapsedHandler|197|Finished adding files. Number of files added = 1
2018-01-13 16:28:50.611|Info|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|784|+++ STARTED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND +++
2018-01-13 16:28:50.636|Error|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|880|+++ FINISHED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND. Time required: 25 ms +++
2018-01-13 16:28:50.637|Info|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|784|+++ STARTED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND +++
2018-01-13 16:28:50.640|Error|IndexingService.AddArtworkInBackgroundAsync|880|+++ FINISHED ADDING ARTWORK IN THE BACKGROUND. Time required: 4 ms +++
2018-01-13 16:28:51.649|Error|FileService.CreateTrackAsync|144|Error while creating Track from file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices\10-franz_ferdinand-lucid_dreams.mp3'. Creating default track. Exception: Could not find file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices\10-franz_ferdinand-lucid_dreams.mp3'.
2018-01-13 16:28:51.724|Error|FileService.CreateTrackAsync|144|Error while creating Track from file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices\12 - All Apologies.mp3'. Creating default track. Exception: Could not find file 'D:\aleks\Music\voices\12 - All Apologies.mp3'.
2018-01-13 16:28:52.227|Error|FileService.CreateTrackAsync|144|Error while creating Track from file 'D:\aleks\Music\Dopamine\Playlists\siren.m3u'. Creating default track. Exception: D:\aleks\Music\Dopamine\Playlists\siren.m3u (taglib/m3u)
2018-01-13 16:28:52.228|Info|FileService.ImportFilesAsync|242|Number of tracks to play = 0

 

 

Thanks for the logs! I messed up this is indeed a bug. I now fixed it. The fix will be in the next version (1.5.8)

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Guys, when I use the context menu in the Windows File Explorer to listen to an album with Dopamine, it doesn't work. It opens Dopamine with the miniplayer, but it stays blank and nothing gets played. Is this happening just to me?

Thanks!

7 hours ago, Jackaluichi said:

Guys, when I use the context menu in the Windows File Explorer to listen to an album with Dopamine, it doesn't work. It opens Dopamine with the miniplayer, but it stays blank and nothing gets played. Is this happening just to me?

Thanks!

You're not alone. That's the same issue as reported 2 posts up. I broke that when adding another feature in one of the latest builds. Version 1.5.8 will fix it (release is in a day or 2).

10 hours ago, Raphaël G. said:

You're not alone. That's the same issue as reported 2 posts up. I broke that when adding another feature in one of the latest builds. Version 1.5.8 will fix it (release is in a day or 2).

You're right. I'm as blind as forgetful :yes:
Thanks mate, looking forward to the new release :D

Hey everyone. Version 1.5.8 of Dopamine has just been released. This is the change log:

 

2018-01-23: Dopamine 1.5.8
 

- [Added] Added support for the WMA Lossless file format
- [Changed] Updated the Bulgarian translation
- [Changed] Updated the Chinese (Simplified) translation
- [Changed] Updated the Portuguese (Brazil) translation
- [Fixed] Fixed a problem playing folders and playlists from Windows Explorer
- [Fixed] Fixed sorting by track number in the songs screen
- [Fixed] Fixed possible crash when drawing the list of albums

 

Download here

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1 hour ago, Jaybonaut said:

Is it ok to just install over the previous version?

Yes it is. I'd wait a day though. I discovered an issue in version 1.5.8, where albums don't show when an artist or genre only has 1 album. I'm working on a fix.

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