1.3 progress update

I just wanted to post a little update on my progress for the next major version.

So far out of the big features, I've finished coding bookmarking and the dsp limiter.  The limiter will prevent the audio from clipping (which causes bad distortion).  This will allow much more flexibility in the EQ settings used.  Boosting some bands up to the max will no longer sound bad. 

The addition of the limiter has led me to change around the equalizer view a bit to make control a bit easier.  The 'Toggle EQ' button has been removed from the menu.  Toggle buttons for enabling the EQ and the limiter are now added to either side of the preset spinner as seen below.

Along with the visual changes, I added 9 new equalizer presets: Bass Max, Bass & Treble, Classical, Techno, Club, Reggae, Soft, Rap, and Metal.

The bookmarking feature will now enable you to save your position when changing tracks.  There are 3 different settings you can use to determine what files get bookmarked.  'Bookmark Long Tracks' will let you set a song length and any track that length or longer will get bookmarked.  "Bookmark M4B" files will automatically bookmark m4b audiobook files.  Finally 'Bookmark Folders' let you designate specific folders to bookmark.  This option will be good if you have all your long podcasts/audiobooks in specific folders.

GMMP 1.2.6 released + info about the next major release

1.2.6 is now live on google play.  It is mostly bug fixes and a few minor changes.  I am really happy with the stability of 1.2.x now so I will begin work on 1.3.

What is planned for 1.3:
-cue file support
-replaygain support
-dsp limiter
-notification playback controls (3.0+ only)
-widgets packaged as a separate download (for users who moved gmmp to the sdcard)
-1 or 2 more holo based skins
-advanced now playing metadata customization

A beta will be posted before the official release just like I did with 1.1 and 1.2

1.2.6 Changelog:
-Volume buttons will now control media volume when music is paused and GMMP is open (screen must be on)
-Added option to replace total time with time remaining in now playing (Preferences -> Now Playing -> Show Time Remaining)
-Split artist search into artist and albumartist search (Album Artist search category added)
-Album artist and song search now on by default
-Other search related improvements
-Changed default playback priority to Above Average (this might help reduce skipping in some cases)
-Changed 'Obey Audiofocus Requests' to be enabled by default
-The lockscreen player can now be unlocked by pressing the trackball
-Action bar is now hidden for the lockscreen on 3.0+
-Artist, album, and genre views now maintain their state when changing orientation
-Updated translations
-Fixed crash when selecting album art on ICS
-Fixed issue where the lockscreen would stay on top when launching GMMP from the recent app list
-Fixed bug in 3.0+ where the search results are not selectable after returning to the search view
-Fixed crash in the headset broadcast receiver
-Fixed crash in the auto file scanner

1.2.5 + Purple Skin update released

Nothing major in this update.  It is mainly small changes and bug fixes.  There will be one more update for bug fixes and then work on 1.3 will begin.  You can check the roadmap for some of the features planned in the next major release.

I also pushed out a minor update to the purple holo skin to fix the thumb icon from being cutoff on some devices

Changelog:
1.2.5 (04/20/2012):
-ICS Purple Skin added to the market
-Added option to preferences to download skins
-Added 'Toggle Full Screen' option to the gesture actions. The double tap action is now defaulted to it.
-'Auto Play/Pause' now works with bluetooth connect/disconnect (BLUETOOTH permission added for this)
-Changed bluetooth connection detection for auto volume adjust to use less cpu
-Added option to show time remaining instead of current position. (Prefs -> Now Playing -> Show Time Remaining)
-Added 'Artist and Track' to the possible tags to display in now playing
-Added 'Blank Line' to the possible tags to display.  This will just put an empty line in the chosen slot
-Search headers + 'delete preset' are now translated
-Tweaked widget sizes to work better on ICS (widgets may need to readded on all android versions)
-Added RemoteControlClient which should populate metadata for remote controls
-For mp3s, the scanner will now scan the TXXX tag first before TPE2 when trying to find the album artist
-Fixed actionbar for the purple ics skin
-Fixed issue with 'no repeats' option for playlist shuffle
-Fixed crash caused by changing orientation while drag and dropping songs in the playlist
-Fixed crash when refreshing one of the library lists
-Fixed issue where left/right balance was not being saved
-Fixed crash in the image selector
-Fixed issue loading skin for the scanner
-Fixed crash on music service shutdown

ICS Holo Purple Skin Released

The new skin is available on Google Play or here. (I will post a link to the skin on google play when it becomes visible)

Edit: there was a minor bug where older versions of android would not show the album icon.  I have pushed a fix for that so be sure to redownload the skin if you have that issue.

GMMP 1.2.4 Released

1.2.4 is a much of minor changes and logs of performance improvements/bug fixes

Changelog:
New Features:
-Added option to restart current playing track when pressing 'Seek Back'.  This only takes effect when more than
5 seconds into the track. (Preferences -> Audio -> Restart On Seek Back)
-Added option to change tracks on selection in the playlist instead of having to long press. (Preferences -> Playlist -> Play On Select)
-Added ability to lock the screen to a specific orientation.  (Preferences -> UI -> Lock Orientation)
-Added option to the preferences to restore equalizer presets back to the defaults (Preferences -> Audio -> Equalizer -> Restore Presets)
-Added option to delete the album art cache folder (Preferences -> General -> Album Art -> Clear Cache)

Improvements / Changes:
-Audio files that report a sample rate less than 4khz in their tags, are now assumed to have correct/invalid tags. 44.1khz sample rate is used instead]
-Updated taglib to 1.7.1
-Embedded album art should now show up in the album list
-Clean database will now remove references to deleted images
-Reduced some overhead in the equalizer when everything is set to the defaults (should lower cpu usage a little)
-Made some changes to the equalizer to hopefully address the issue of the right channel sometimes becoming silent or sounding like garbage
-Improved flac decoding performance for 8bit and 24bit files
-Updated german and italian translations

Fixes:
-Fixed ANR when trying to play an invalid file
-Fixed some cases where skip on error doesnt work
-Fixed skin preview image showing up incorrectly when multiple skins are installed
-Fixed issue where the playback would sometimes stop on track change
-Fixed issue where end of track gets cut off when changing between 2 songs with a different samplerate or channel count
-Fixed some possible issues with "single button" remote control mode
-Fixed possible crash after editing tags

Classic Red Skin available

It might take a few hours to show up on the market, but there is a link on the right to the apk.  There is currently a bug in the skin selector where it will show the same preview image for all external skins.  This will be addressed in the next patch

GoneMAD Music Player 1.2.2 available for download

I made some major performance improvements to the equalizer and other areas of the audioengine.  What this means is most devices should be able to use all 10 bands of the equalizer.  I was able to get 10 running smoothly on my HTC Magic which has a 528 mhz cpu. 

Changelog:
1.2.2 (03/23/2012):
-Major performance boost to the equalizer and audioengine
-Increased default equalizer band count to 5
-Equalizer set to on by default
-When playing a folder, it will be sorted by disc no, then track no, then filename.
-Added delete option to the now playing menu
-Added 'stop after current' to the now playing menu
-Remote/headset controls are now disabled during an incoming call
-Added option to disable fullscreen for the lockscreen (Preferences -> General -> Lockscreen Player -> Fullscreen)
-Fixed crash in SeperatedListAdapter
-Fixed crash when refreshing the list views after a preference change
-Fixed crash involving the russian translation files

1.2.1 (03/17/2012):
-Fixed force close on startup on 3.0/3.1 devices