[Did You Know?] Album artist field/tag on the Music player added on Anna !

The Symbian Anna update added support for Album artist field/tag to the Music player and if any tracks on an album are missing this information, those tracks are shown individually under separate albums

Ps : all tracks of an album are displayed as separate albums in landscape mode. This issue will be fixed in Symbian Belle. 

[Modding] Equalizer Editor Enabler !

Hello folks ! To continue the series of symbian^3 hacking and mods,

Do you remember my first tip to Create and Edit Custom Equalizer On your N8?   Now there's another mod by CODeRUS enabling the equalizer creation and editing from the native s^3 music player ;)

Requirements :

- Hacked Symbian^3 device
- Modded R&D FileBrowser that comes with Just Hackit!

How To?

1- Download equalizer.zip
2- Unpack and copy it to C drive using modded R&D FileBrowser that comes with Just Hackit!
(be careful, and copy/overwrite each file(s) in dedicated folder on C)
3- Reboot and enjoy editing and creating equalizer as you wish !

All credits goes to CODeRUS !

[Did You Know?] You Can Create and Edit Custom Equalizer On your N8?

Hello folks, new day, new tip !

As you may know, the symbian^3 music player doesn't allow you to edit existing equalizer or create custom one, well :

Did you know that if you create Custom Equalizer in TuneWiki it will be added in your Default Music Player ! Not only that, if you edit default equalizer in TuneWiki (hold and edit) it will take effect immediately on the Default Music Player !

TuneWiki Equalizer

           Default Music Player Equalizer   

Cool huh?

[Did You Know?] You can control the N8 radio application with a simple swipe gesture?

Hello folks, new day, new tip !

And that's right :
 
Did you know that while inside the radio application, swipe your finger : 

- up or down on the station frequency to tune to the next/previous available one 
- left or right to change the radio station !

Nice touch ;)

[Maemo 5 / N900 Apps] ActionManager : select an action to a (system) trigger !

The ActionManager lets a user select an action to a (system) trigger. Eg.: A trigger like headphone plugin/pullout or battery fully charged to an action like MediaPlayer Pause/Play, selecting a (system) profile.

Imagine, by using the GPS, a trigger can be defined when your (N900) is near a specific GPS location. An action to respond on the trigger can be playin a sound : I'm using the train to go back home, but I'm very sleepy. When I fall a sleep by accident, I want to wake up just before I arrive on my destination. The wakeup signal can be playing a sound, or other... ! Something like that (not implemented yet, just an example)

Currently it does pause the mediaplayer when disconnecting the headphone and start playing again when connected like (in one way) headphoned somehow.

[Maemo 5 / N900 Apps] TuneWiki SMP : Brings media player, youtube, shoutcast and lyrics !

Have you ever wondered "what is she singing?", or just wanted to read the lyrics of your favorite artist? Then TuneWiki Social Music Player is the app for you. TuneWiki combines a global community of music lovers with the most advanced music player in the world, allowing you to view lyrics in 'karaoke' style, see what others play around you, understand the lyrics in languages other than your own and check who else plays the music you play - around the corner or around the globe.

You may already have the TuneWiki widget that shows you the lyrics from songs you have loaded and play on your device, but this new application also lets you play Internet radio and watch music videos with lyrics.

                           

Awesome !

You can download it now from the Ovi Store.

Via : thenokiablog

[Maemo 5 / N900 Apps] Simple FMTX desktop widget : FM-Transmitter enabler/disabler widget

Simple FMTX is a simple FM-Transmitter enabler/disabler desktop widget to enable or disable FM-Transmitter.

You can also change frequency and enable "boost" function (In case of transmitter power drain's level).

[Maemo 5 / N900 Apps] Mussorgsky 0.4 : Metadata editor !

Mussorgsky is a tool to set the basic metadata in the audio files so the music collection management can be done completely on the maemo device, without the help of a desktop computer.

In fremantle/maemo5 we have tracker to retrieve the information of the music files and make the life of Music Player developers easier. It is really cute to browser your music “by artist”  but in my case (and i guess i am not the only one) the metadata of my music files is far from perfect and unified (songs without title, without album, misspellings in artists names, no album art at all and so on). There are a lot of programs out there to fix this problem (e.g easytag) but they all require a PC, and i want to edit this stuff directly on the tablet !

Some features that should help you to have a even more beautiful Album view in your N900 media player:

- By default mussorgsky uses “artist + album” to search online for the album art. Now it is possible to choose manually the search string to find better results:

- Added the alternative to unset the album art, reverting it to the default icon
- The list of songs can be filtered, switching between “all songs” or “songs with incomplete metadata”
- Albums with special characters in their name (like ‘&’) are now handled correctly.

And few UI improvements here and there:

- The buttons in the main screen have now shadows with rounded corners when clicked
- The play, next, back buttons in the edit view come from the mediaplayer theme
- When a song has no metadata at all, it is listed using its filename

It is already available in extras-devel, hope you enjoy it. And finally, thanks to Eric, Aapo and Claudio for their very valuable comments and help!

Via : dz015

[Maemo 5 / N900 Apps] Salling Media Sync 1.1.5 version supports Nokia N900 !

Salling Software AB on Wednesday updated its application for syncing media from iTunes and compatible photo applications to mobile devices. The new version is compatible with Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 (Windows version only) and some of the hottest new phones, including Google Nexus One, Motorola DEXT, T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ, and Nokia N900. A full list of supported devices is available at http://www.salling.com/mediasync/compatibledevices/

Salling Media Sync couldn't be easier to use. Once the phone is connected to a USB port, the users simply select the playlists, podcasts and photo albums they want on the device. Salling Media Sync not only uploads the music tracks and podcast episodes, but also replicates each actual playlist on the device and—on devices that support it—transfers play count metadata for each item to the device, reinforcing the sense of having a piece of iTunes in your pocket.

Salling Media Sync 1.1.5 is available now through Salling Software's web site (http://www.salling.com) at no cost for basic use.

At a price of $22/€15 per user license, the application intelligently updates your phone, resulting in faster syncs. Windows and Mac licenses are sold separately, and the bundle can be bought at a 25% discount.

Salling Media Sync for Windows is compatible with Windows XP SP2 (with Windows Media Player 11) or better, iTunes 7.6.x - 9.0.2 (for music and podcasts), and Adobe Photoshop Album SE 3.2 or Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.x - 8.x (for photos).

Salling Media Sync for Mac is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.11 or better, iTunes 7.6.x - 9.0.2 (for music and podcasts), and iPhoto '08 - '09 or Aperture 2.x (for photos).

Please see http://www.salling.com/MediaSync/ for details.

[Maemo 5 / N900 Apps] Sleeper : pause the music player after 15 or 30 minutes !

Sleeper is a simple sleep widget to pause the music player after 15 or 30 minutes. Good for falling asleep while listening to music on the N900.

Available on Extras-testing repository !

[Maemo 5 / N900 Apps] Headphone daemon : Pauses the media player when headhones are unplugged.

The headphone daemon sits in the background and watches the connection state of the headphones. Whenever the headphones are unplugged, headphone daemon will send a "pause" signal to the mediaplayer to avoid "public transport situations".

Supported applications: Media Player, Panucci and MPlayer.

[Maemo 5 / N900 Apps] MediaBox Media Center for N900

If you have been waiting for MediaBox Media Center on the N900, then I have good news for you.

MediaBox version 2010.01.03 is now going to extras-testing for some QA.

Browsing UPnP shares with MediaBox is as easy as browsing the filesystem. In this video MediaBox is used for watching a movie over WiFi on the N900.

A new feature of MediaBox is the shelf. It's the starting folder where you can always return with the press of a button. You can put shortcuts to almost anything on the shelf for quick access (songs, albums, artists, videos, photos, folders, internet radio stations, playlists, you name it).

MediaBox has a finger-friendly way of reordering playlists. Simply drag the items with your finger.

Oh yes, this video shows MediaBox in portrait mode.

[Maemo 5 / N900 Apps] FM RDS Notify 0.1-3 is out

This project use the FM transmitter of the N900 to send more data to the radio car system over RDS. It can display Musics tags from N900 player, incoming caller name, or full SMS text message on the radio car display.

So before answering to your phone in the car, you can see who is calling you or who is writing SMS to you

Check out Extras-Testing or Extras-Devel repositories to download it !

Shazam Launches Enhanced Application on Ovi Store by Nokia

This new enhanced version of Shazam allows you to tell your Twitter followers or Facebook friends the songs you’ve identified. More importantly you’ll be able to preview, and purchase, the songs you’ve identified from the Nokia Music Store.

This new application is compatible with S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 and 5th Edition devices. It will be free for the first 30 days, and then cost $4.99, €3.99 or £2.99 depending on where you are. The free version will still work, but you’re going to be limited on the amount of songs you can identify.

Existing users of Shazam will be prompted to upgrade ;)

Via : finance.yahoo

Spotify Officially launches Symbian Client !

Earlier today, Spotify, the Music service that many have come to enjoy, released their Symbian Client.

Here’s a bit of the blog post on the Spotify blog :

Today we’re delighted to announce the launch of Spotify for Symbian. Symbian is the operating system used by a number of smartphones including Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung.
Today’s release means that Spotify Mobile is now available on millions more phones, such as the Nokia 6220 Classic, E71 and 5800 XpressMusic models. The application will also run on some of the more popular Sony Ericsson and Samsung smartphones, such as the Samsung GT-I8910 Omnia HD and Sony Ericsson Satio. Symbian is our third launch for Spotify Mobile, along with previously released iPhone and Android versions.
So how do you find out if your phone can run Spotify? Visit m.spotify.com from your mobile browser and find out if your phone is supported. Alternatively, enter your phone number in the Spotify Mobile page. We’ll send you instructions via SMS on how to get started with Spotify Mobile.

We also list all supported devices on our Symbian page, so if you’re looking to buy a new phone and want to know which ones we support you can find them there.

Of course, you’ll need to have a Spotify Premium Account to use it. But hey, atleast we finally have a mobile Client !

Head on over to m.Spotify.com in your device browser, to download it on your Symbian S60 Handset !

Via : zomgitscj

For Your Ears Only : Let The Music Be Paused When The Headset Is Disconnected !

For Your Ears Only is a Symbian app that automatically pauses the music player when the headset is disconnected.

It is inspired by how Android works, and also headphone daemon for Maemo.

At the moment, only Symbian^1 (S60 5th edition) onwards is supported. Specifically, it has been tested on the Nokia 5800.

For Your Ears Only is a rough prototype, and should be improved with a background running auto starting daemon.

Usage
Install For Your Ears Only
Start the music player (must be started before For Your Ears Only starts)
Start For Your Ears Only
Connect a headset
Play music in the music player
Pull out the headset cord - music stops!

Versions
0.10 - First version. Basically a prototype. It works!

Download it

We Can Receive FM Radio On The N900 Now !

Controlling the FM radio in the N900 is tricky stuff. At first, the hardware is disabled for power saving reasons. Bluetooth has to be powered up, the I2C communication bus has to be powered up, and only then, the FM radio driver will actually load.

Martin have created a package n900-fmrx-enabler for this task. The FMRX-Enabler is a D-Bus service that takes care about enabling the FM radio hardware on request and powering it down again when no application are using it.

After the driver has been loaded by the FMRX-Enabler, the FM radio provides two interfaces for controlling. A classic Video4Linux2 interface featuring only the basic stuff such as setting the frequency and muting/unmuting it, and a sysfs interface where you can read and write into file-like objects to control the radio.

Another tricky part is getting to hear sound from the radio. Unlike the N800, the FM radio doesn't output to the speakers directly. You have to capture the sound from the PGA line and play it back. A simple GStreamer pipeline such as gst-launch pulsesrc ! pulsesink does the job, after enabling PGA line2 and PGA capturing in the mixer.

Martin have uploaded an application package fmradio for the FM radio to extras-testing. Testers are encouraged to test this, too.

One drawback with the FM radio is that due to constant capturing and replaying, the FM radio is kinda demanding on the battery. There's no safe way around that. The unsafe way around that can damage your speakers, so capturing/replaying is a must.

He's gonna put up some developer documentation for the FM radio stuff.

TuneWiki Develops Social Media Player for S60v5 and Announces Lyrics Search for Nokia Devices

TuneWiki, Inc. announced that it has completed the development of its award winning social media player for the Symbian V5 series with full functionality and exciting new features. The player is being revealed today at DEMOfall 09 on Nokia's recently announced X6 handset. TuneWiki is now supporting all five of the operating systems used by Nokia in its wide array of mobile devices. TuneWiki Lyrics Search is currently available at the Ovi Store by Nokia for all S60 devices, and is expected to be available for S40 devices in early October.

"We are thrilled to be releasing Lyrics Search and supporting the entire line of Nokia mobile products," said Amnon Sarig, President of TuneWiki, Inc. "Nokia is the world's largest handset provider, and we know its customers will be delighted by the way TuneWiki enhances their mobile music experience. The new X6 is a phenomenal handset with strong processing capabilities that will allow users to enjoy the extensive functionality of the TuneWiki player. TuneWiki will make lyrics, one of the top searches on the internet, easily accessible to Nokia users in a way that has not been seen before."

The Symbian S60v5 Touch TuneWiki music player for the Nokia X6, N97 and 5800 handsets offers all the favorite functionality of the iPhone and Blackberry platforms and more. It is the first version to offer a "Follow Me" feature that allows a user's social network to see what that user is listening to. The player also allows music videos to be viewed with subtitled lyrics, and the user can "blip" a link to his or her social networks to display the music being played.

About TuneWiki

TuneWiki is the internationally award-winning social media music player with the largest legally-licensed lyrics database in the world. TuneWiki is revolutionizing the mobile music experience by combining subtitled lyrics with music and music videos, lyrics translations into over 40 languages, real-time mapping, geographical charting and social networking. TuneWiki's proprietary technology combines lyrics with the music you play whether from your locally stored library or a streaming internet source. It also allows the TuneWiki community to contribute to and update lyrics and translations. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in the British Virgin Islands and has offices in Los Angeles, California and Bellbrook, Ohio. To learn more, please visit www.tunewiki.com.

Via YahooFinance

Playlist DJ available for free in the Ovi Store !

Do you remember Playlist DJ right?

Then, Syntonetic is offering Playlist DJ completely for free until October 31st.  So, head over to the Ovi Store to save 4.99€ !

If you find nothing on Ovi Store (it's hidden somehow! but you can sort application by categories --> Music), here's the direct link, Enjoy it !

Playlist DJ available in the Ovi Store

Instantly create new playlists. Match your music to your mood or change your mood with your music. Playlist DJ automatically analyzes and profiles your music collection, then builds playlists at your command. You simply set the fun and colorful mood and tempo sliders, or start with a favorite song. Discover music you forgot you had.

Don't see what i mean? Then, Check out this video !



You can buy it over here (€ 5.00 (incl. taxes))