Little MP3 Player

Conrad11

Conrad11

Conrad11

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Hi there,

Bored today so i created a little MP3 application (first real app i have made :) that just shuffles through the music, which was only for my use, just wanted to know what you think.

Current Functionality:
When it changes track it shows you the track and then fades out.
Shows album art.
Shuffles the music on startup.
Scrolls the tag if it's too big.
Option to Fade in and out of player (default)
Choose where you want to the player to be on screen.
Reads ID3 Tags v3.1 & v3.2
Create your own background - replace the background.png file.

ScreenShot:
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Controls:
Play/Pause (Toggle) - Double Click on the Icon
Menu - Right Click on the Icon
Move player - hover over the main player on the screen, you will see a move symbol, click on that and drag to where you want on the screen.

Menu Items:
Find Music - This recreates the library.
Shuffle Playlist - This shuffles your current playlist
Next Track - Goes to the next track.
Previous Track - Goes to the previous track.
Fade Out - If this is checked it will have the fade in and out effect, if not, it will remain on screen
Exit - Closes the player

Click Here to Download
(You need .Net 2.0 to run)

Tell me what you think? Any suggestions? Any errors?

If there is any interest i may release another version.

Thanks for looking :)
 
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Thanks mate. Any suggestions on improvements?

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Controls:
Play/Pause (Toggle) - Double Click on the Icon
Menu - Right Click on the Icon

Menu Items:
Find Music - This recreates the library.
Next Track - Goes to the next track.
Previous Track - Goes to the previous track.
Exit - Closes the player

Current Things on ToDo List:
Ability to move the player to where you want on the screen.
Playlist manager - create, edit, delete playlists.
Hotkeys.
Change Background.
Read earlier ID3 Tags.
Allow it to get the music from anywhere.
Repeat All Function.
 
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What happens when you hover over the icon?

It should automatically show whenever you change song.

Should be in the top right (will be movable in next version).

Do you want it to constantly stay there? If so i can add that as a feature.
 
Conrad11 said:
Oh that's what you mean, yeah in the next version i will be making that movable to where you want, and it will by default start in the top right of any screen.
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i think bottom right would be better? like vista's tooltips
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edit: also a vista sidebar widget would be cool :D
 
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What i will do is give the option to select the coordinates of where you want it, or just select a position on the screen (eg Top Right...etc)

I don't know how to creat Vista Sidebar widgets but i may look into it at some point.

Thanks for the comments.
 
Conrad11 said:
What i will do is give the option to select the coordinates of where you want it, or just select a position on the screen (eg Top Right...etc)
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Best way (in my opinion) of doing this would be to save the forms location to the registry upon application close, and read it again on startup - this way it will 'remember' exactly where the user last placed it.
Very easy to do using RegistryKey class of the Microsoft.Win32 namespace :)
 
Hi there,

I have updates this partially, the first thread has been updated, and the link too, so you can download it from there.

Changes:
Optional Fade in and out - you can have it stay on the screen
Shuffle Playlist option
Move the player to where you want.
Create your own background

Still quite a bit to do....any suggestions/thoughts/errors?

Thanks.
 
really like the idea, and especially size, any way it could be incorporated into a samurize config?

Problems: for me for some reason it plays music fine but all i get to see is the background image no song title, album title or art - and with the fade out option unticked the box appears ontop of everything else then when it shuffles to the next song the box disapears, music still plays, hovering over the icon in the tray doesn't bring it back you have to tick the fade out then it fades in and out as usual

Edit: it's the updated version i've got
 
Harib0 said:
really like the idea, and especially size, any way it could be incorporated into a samurize config?

Problems: for me for some reason it plays music fine but all i get to see is the background image no song title, album title or art - and with the fade out option unticked the box appears ontop of everything else then when it shuffles to the next song the box disapears, music still plays, hovering over the icon in the tray doesn't bring it back you have to tick the fade out then it fades in and out as usual

Edit: it's the updated version i've got
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Thank you for pointing that out, I will fix in the next release.

What version mp3 tags are you trying to play?

When i have finished the App I will looking into support for widgets such as samurize and the likes....


sunlitsix said:
does it just play mp3 format?
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At the moment yes, but I will be changing that to incorporate more formats in the next release. Because in the next release i will be totally changing how it plays the music and hopefully this will be a more effective way that uses less ram.

What formats where you hoping to play?

Thanks.
 
Nice little app :)

I would like some next/prev buttons on the thing itself, don't like having to right click for menu to go to next track.
 
Jono said:
Nice little app :)

I would like some next/prev buttons on the thing itself, don't like having to right click for menu to go to next track.
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Thanks for your response mate.

I am hoping to have some hotkeys on it in the next release, as well as support more media keys found on keyboards.

The reason i don't want to put them on the player itself is because i wanted to keep it as small as possible.
 
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