Skip to main content

GoneMAD Music Player 3.1.0

By

3.1 consists mostly of library updates and bugfixes.  The main library used by the audio engine, ffmpeg, was updated from 2.7.3 all the way to 4.4.  2.7.3 was released over 5 years ago, so this is a pretty significant upgrade.  The main reason behind the upgrade was to help with building a new audio engine.  

A new engine is a long way off but I have began prototyping one based off of ffmpeg 4.4.  The 2 main drivers behind writing a new engine from scratch is to fully support hi-res audio and to support playback of other sources than just local files.  Being able to play network files (samba/upnp/dlna) has been a desire for a long time and I'd also like to be able to support some of the popular media server software like Plex, Emby, and Jellyfin.  My other app (QuasiTV) already interfaces with all 3 for video playback, so leveraging that code for audio playback would be pretty straight forward.

When the engine does make its way into GMMP, it'll be in addition to the existing engine.  I suppose at one point far in the future it might completely replace the existing engine, but the plan for now is to have both in the app at the same time and let the user choose which to use.  Let me reiterate that this is a long way off, so please don't ask for any ETAs.  It will only be worked on once in awhile when I take a break from GMMP 3.x and QuasiTV.

3.1.0 (2021-06-23):

New:

  • AudioEngine: Updated ffmpeg to 4.4
  • Added %startparen% and %endparen% for literal parenthesis in custom metadata
  • Added 'Clear Queue' action to 'On Queue Completion'
  • Updated libraries/dependencies
  • Added 'Shuffle' action to 'On Select (Stopped / Playing)'
  • Added 'Shuffle' context menu action to tracks.  It plays the selected track and shuffles the rest
  • Updated translations

Fixes:

  • Fixed some issues with large database queries
  • Improved the scanner handling files still being written to storage
  • Fixed reading unicode characters to lyrics (TXXX tag)
  • Lyrics tag editor will show any edits made before saving when showing lyrics edit dialog
  • Delay bluetooth auto resume to prevent output briefly coming out of the speakers
  • Fixed issue where album art wouldnt render correctly in the drawer
  • Tweaked artist/album details artwork scrim to improve text readability
  • Fixed issue where notification progress would get out of sync with actual playback progress
  • Fixed issue where some tracks in the queue were not listed
  • Fast scroll should now work correctly in folders with more than 1000 items
  • Other minor fixes

Popular posts from this blog

GoneMAD Music Player 4.0 released and is now free!

By
GoneMAD Music Player 4.0 is now fully rolled out!  After 14 years since initial release as being a paid app, I've decided to try something different and switch to being free with ads.  The market is completely different nowadays compared to the early 2010s.  Ads are everywhere and users typically do not want to pay for apps / games / etc.  But don't worry, those users who previously purchased the unlocker or in app purchase unlock will continue to get an ad free experience.  New users will also have the option to purchase an in app purchase to permanently remove ads.   Note: There is a bug with 4.0 where users with the standalone unlocker may see ads when they first upgrade.  You typically fix this by just force stopping the app and restarting.  Ads should not come back after that.  Alternatively you can contact gonemadsoftware@gmail.com and I can help you out as well.  I have no intention on making users who already paid see ads. W...
Read more

1.4.8 - 24/96 + 24/192 FLAC support

By
Note that external dsp support is now off by default and you must enable it in the preferences. 1.4.8 (03/15/2013): -Improved resampling: sample rates higher than 48khz now supported and multi channel audio is now downmixed to stereo (for most formats) -Musepack file now play back at the correct volume -Fixed another issue with certain files playing back at incorrect speeds -Added /mnt/external_SD and /mnt/external to the default external sdcard location list -Added File Extension (%ext%) and Next File Extension (%next%) to the custom metadata options -Re-prioritized local image search to pick images named 'folder' first, then 'cover', then anything containing 'front' -Added skipping/stuttering warning when increasing the equalizer quality setting -Added option to toggle shuffle queue and collection individually to the gesture and singlebutton action list -Clicking on an album cover in the song list view will now follow the Song Actions preferences (...
Read more

4.1

By
4.1 marks the end of life for Android Lollipop (5.0/5.1).  Some of GMMP's dependencies require the SDK level 23 or higher, so I was forced to also increase the min sdk to 23 (android 6.0).  According to the google play store statistics there are around 50 or so users on 5.0/5.1, so I do apologize for dropping support.  10 years of support is fairly decent nowadays anyway.   I've also increased the target SDK to android 16.  With this increase I had to account for the forced "edge-to-edge" that google is making all apps support.  If any UI element ends up behind the navigation buttons, certainly let me know.  I am pretty sure I did everything correctly but I only had one device that I was able to test on (pixel 6a) 4.1.0 (2025-09-03): Updated target SDK to Android 16 Updated dependencies Updated translations
Read more