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Apps to install on a new wizard

Hello,
I have just purchased a wizard. I have previously used wm2003 PPCs (so i already know about tcpmp, hbutton, mortplayer etc etc), but this will be my first wm5/6 pda phone.
Soo.... what are some wizard specific or wm5/6 specific... or pda phone specific apps i should install? I know there is slide2unlock.. and the scrolling contacts program.. what else? Freeware apps only
Thank you for your time and suggestions

- smartskey (do a search on this forum)....best program for your wizard
- mortplayer - free mp3 player
- tcpmp media player - plays all sorts of media including divx
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Question for the sofware Gurus re Media Players

Hi Folks, you are going to have to bear with a non-programmer, my question is with regard to album art and scrolling on WM. there are loads of threads on xda trying to emmulate the 'Apple' style scrolling media selector.
As most players do the same thing, (ie play music and video) creaing the scroll would seem to be a seperate issue. is there a plugin that allows thumnails to be visible on WM and combine this with touch control to allow the existing player to select and play the track/album/video?
this would give the element of selecting via the pics without the need to create a completely new player?
cheers for looking and would hope one of you folks could run with this idea
Chris

I agree completely. I just don't want a new player - wmp is fine for me and works well with Voice Command. I like the way it does album art and I think it syncs well with the desktop.
What we need is just something to launch the album or track in media player. The Library option in wmp needs fingers that are much smaller than mine!
The iContact application was perfect - a good scroller to find what you want and then go to the normal app.
Ideally it should look a bit like audio manager or the iphone-style.
Any programmers want to take this on?

temporary solution...
well i'm not a developper... me too I agree that windows media player is an excellent software as it also plays videos and mp4's which are also part of my music album... I've done a few things to make it seem like an iphone and more practical:
1. downloaded PlaylistMgr 0.6.2.1 (freeware), use it to create a playlist or edit it on my ppc. And i use the playlist as a shortcut on my today screen (i have spb4), this way it launches the play list directly and not have to select my music everytime. This includes all my music and videos
2. iphone skin for wmp from http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/media/wmp/wmpppc/?order=9&alltime=yes
3. I didnt know how to increase the playlist font, because i agree its too small so i increased the system font. Now most fonts (not all) are bigger, which has some advantages and disadvantages in other software (I used tweaks for that)
4. Use ftouchflo which allows me to scroll in the playlist
if any ideas let me know

salahnajm said:
well i'm not a developper... me too I agree that windows media player is an excellent software as it also plays videos and mp4's which are also part of my music album... I've done a few things to make it seem like an iphone and more practical:
1. downloaded PlaylistMgr 0.6.2.1 (freeware), use it to create a playlist or edit it on my ppc. And i use the playlist as a shortcut on my today screen (i have spb4), this way it launches the play list directly and not have to select my music everytime. This includes all my music and videos
2. iphone skin for wmp from http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/media/wmp/wmpppc/?order=9&alltime=yes
3. I didnt know how to increase the playlist font, because i agree its too small so i increased the system font. Now most fonts (not all) are bigger, which has some advantages and disadvantages in other software (I used tweaks for that)
4. Use ftouchflo which allows me to scroll in the playlist
if any ideas let me know
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Yeah, I did the same, create playlists for my music, and use righttoleft launch with ftouchflo to open the folder that holds them.
Never liked working with libraries.

Can someone elaborate how to create a playlist? I use WMedia and organize my music and I created a play list on the desktop and copied it onto my storage card under the folder 'My playlists' but it doesn't appear on the phone when I update it. Is there a way to create a playlist on the stock wing?

i have just purchased a HTC p6300 (xda Argon) all in all a so-so device but has got a bit of software in it that works well as a media selector - HTC Audio manager, allows you to select albums by file and works well with touch flo. only problem is that i dont know how to find the route files to copy and extract.. has anyone else seen or tried this? and if so does anyone have the cab? would really like this for my Wizard as well as this seems to be one of the best/easiest media selectors i have seen

Simplifymedia like streaming Software

Hi all,
I'm looking for a software like simplifymedia for Iphone. That means that I'm looking for a software that permit to listen to music which is stored in my personal computer. It would be great to be able to watch the video too but music is more important.
Somebody has a solution?

No response
I will respond to myself. I found Orb, but the client is a site to be used with IE, and is not very user-friendly. A dedicated application would be better.
Anybody know an other solution?

use Orb with Kinoma... awesome combo!

Kinoma how to start to use it
I downloaded the Kinoma Freeplay (do I need the full version : Kinoma play), I've installed it, and I lunch it, it ask for a product registration. I was thinking that the Freeplay version was free?
What I need to do?
Thanks

Simplify Media?
The closest thing to Simplify Media I've found is didiom for windows mobile or blackberry. didiom.com for more info

Just install Network plugins 1.0
Link http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-network-folder-plugin-v1-0.html
Then Map your music folder under Start-> Settings -> connections -> Network plugin
The maped folder will be in something like \network\"Computer Name"\"Music Folder"\
I use Core Player to stream the music

Jinxed - Starting the New Year with a Hard Reset

Hi,
After a month of using Xperia, having applied tweaks and installed custom apps and add-ons... i believe it to be the best mobile ever!
Alas! today i set out to accomplish more on the device. I installed various applications including; HTC Home and HTC Home Configration, Conduits Pocket Player, Mort Player, Flip Side (Great Player but extreme resource hog!), and a couple of other things. As you can imagine, i was looking mainly for an alternative to WMP for playing mp3s. I use CorePlayer for movies playback, but need one for Mp3s...
Any idea which one might have caused the problem...
Best Regards.

Well... it was most definitely HTC Home + HHC. After hard-resetting, i installed it again. And voila! the device fails to start up again.
Am hard resetting again...

Hey i've killed mine twice in the past 24hr, thank god I managed to re-flash it
That will teach me to try to hack out a custom rom for myself, although my phone has just booted now, with :-
Touch-IT Experience 2.2 No Panels, just wanted TFL3D (Good Basepoint, thanks itje)
20931 XPI (ain't managed to get the SYS folder updated yet )
Updated Manilla and other blackstone apps from latest blackstone rom
Changed pagepool to 24mb

buchman said:
Hey i've killed mine twice in the past 24hr, thank god I managed to re-flash it
That will teach me to try to hack out a custom rom for myself, although my phone has just booted now, with :-
Touch-IT Experience 2.2 No Panels, just wanted TFL3D (Good Basepoint, thanks itje)
20931 XPI (ain't managed to get the SYS folder updated yet )
Updated Manilla and other blackstone apps from latest blackstone rom
Changed pagepool to 24mb
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Hehe... i didn't flash the rom with a custom one... like the Panels and performance was awesome after tweaking. I like TF3D but only as another Panel and not just the only one.

Windows media player can play MP3's
If you install G alarm it installs the MP3 codec into windows media play. Windows media play will then pick up and play your Mp3 files and display there album art, which is nice. WMP nows plays everyhting well apart from midi files, which play at an appaling quality. Dont forget the update libarary option in media player to scan for files
Down load these midi file, play it on your PC, never has so much passion, & emotion come in such a tini music file, hope you like ! Then see what the X1 plays them like.
View attachment 141910,
View attachment Rocky4medley.zip,
View attachment eyeofthetiger.zip,
I also did a hard reset this morning, I will be posting my results of what iv been up to on the Turbo Speed X1 thread later - check it out.

Mark A Cilenti said:
If you install G alarm it installs the MP3 codec into windows media play. Windows media play will then pick up and play your Mp3 files and display there album art, which is nice. WMP nows plays everyhting well apart from midi files, which play at an appaling quality. Dont forget the update libarary option in media player to scan for files
Down load these midi file, play it on your PC, never has so much passion, & emotion come in such a tini music file, hope you like ! Then see what the X1 plays them like.
View attachment 141910,
View attachment 141911,
View attachment 141912,
I also did a hard reset this morning, I will be posting my results of what iv been up to on the Turbo Speed X1 thread later - check it out.
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Of course Media Player can play MP3s... why wouldn't it? And i even got Album art working with it... but i don't want to use WMP but am looking for a better alternative.
I have an iPhone and to me the iPod player on it is awesome. Flipside provided similar functionality, but too slow and buggy to use. I am keeping my iPhone as an iPod touch so will usually use that for music, but i won't be carrying the iPhone with me all the time and thus wanted some great program for the Xperia to playback music as well...

pomod - Mod player for PocketPC

NOTE This does not belong to me I found it and wanted to share it so enjoy
pomod - Mod player for PocketPC
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v.0.7.6
pomod ?!?
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- pomod is music player for PocketPC.
- pomod is based on the fmod libraries [www.fmod.org].
- pomod is free.
- pomod can reproduce these file formats: MP3, OGG, WAV, MOD, IT, XM and S3M.
Requeriments:
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- A PPC with Windows Mobile 2002/2003/2005 or Windows CE (not tested yet).
- .NET Compact framework libraries installed (by default on WM2003 and up)
Installation
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- pomod does not require any special installation:
1- Choose your package according your processor type (ARM, MIPS or SH3)
2- Unpack the zip file
3- Copy the two files of the program (pomod.exe and fmodce.dll) in any folder you want
4- Execute pomod.exe!!
Usage
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- Play, stop, add file, save list... is really necessary to explain this?
- You can save the config of the program, it is always stored in a file called "conf.xml", the file is automatically read when program starts and should be stored on the same folder than pomod.exe is.
- pomod can save the playlist when closing and retrieve it when the application starts automatically. It can be configured through 'config' menu.
Can I help?
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- Of course my friend!!! I need new ideas, beta-testers, and much more!!
- Take a look on google code project: http://code.google.com/p/pomod
Contact
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For any bug/doubt/whatever, contact me: Pere Felices Milán - xphere (at) zonan.org
Known bugs
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- If pocket pc is suspended while pomod is running, usually next song played causes a program crash, you are advised!!
- As far as I know, it does not run on smartphones.
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Enjoy it!!
- Credits:
Code: xphere [Pere Felices Milán]
Graphics: drumu [Estefania Soria Nabonne]
- Greetings:
fmod.org crew
escena.org ppl
openNETCF.org community
Zona Neutra demogroup
Spöntz demogroup
drumu, brett, Dan Ardelean [HButtons], silenci, madgoblin, merlucin, erbe, napalm, dreams, sml, trace, sole, juanmaib, Zechner... and you!

I always like to check out new music players; however, if this one always crashes when playing while PPC is suspended, it is of no use to me. It kind of looks a little like Winamp which is cool to me - Is it skinnable. Once some of the bugs are worked out, I will probably try it out, but not as is. I already have S2P, WMP, Audio Manager, TCPMP and Mort Player on my device all which work really nice.

interesting.. i am using gsplayer with plugins for amymusic, tcpmp with SAP plugin for atari xl/xe music, need to check that one..
S2P, WMP, Audio Manager - sucks.

hotrod101 said:
I always like to check out new music players; however, if this one always crashes when playing while PPC is suspended, it is of no use to me. It kind of looks a little like Winamp which is cool to me - Is it skinnable. Once some of the bugs are worked out, I will probably try it out, but not as is. I already have S2P, WMP, Audio Manager, TCPMP and Mort Player on my device all which work really nice.
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Well about if its skinable its dont support skins yet its still in beta I have not found any bugs as yet its really cool I always use it and the developer needs help and ideas visit his web site if you think you can help and request supports for skins there but all in all its a Great applcation