CoverFlow 3.0 for PSP

[ALIENWARE]

Hi

I've updated Coverflow,cus I didnt like the 2.5 version.
I created a intro,loading screen,rearreanged the covers layeout to match more like the real coverflow of iphone (7 covers on screen instead of 3),added new play,puse,stop buttons,also added volume and screen buttons for novelty.Added new icon and background pic in the EBOOT
It looks more realistic,it feels FLOW,CoverFlow.
As before,it saves the cover art images loaded from ID3 Tags to the covers folder for faster loading. So it needs a very long time (2s for one mp3) to load at the first time, but then it is very fast (1/2 s for one mp3) . I have also removed known bugs.Only tested on PSP SLIM.

Here is the download link:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YE695OAD

TIP:instead of having entire mp3 albums,just put your favorite tracks per album,it works better (why put entire album when you will be listening to only 1 to 4 song per artist/album).Use CoverFlow 3.0 for your favorite songs only,and put the mp3's in the MUSIC folder (mso/MUSIC/XXXX.mp3,XXXX.mp3,XXXX.mp 3)
XXXX=the name of the mp3.Do not use subfolders,put all your mp3's in the MUSIC folder,or you will get errors.REMEMBER,DON'T USE SUBFOLDERS.

Credits to ''Sony Psp Player'',the creator of the original Coverflow 2.5 for PSP
Have fun...

[thecobra]

there is a problem when i put it on my psp

it says
"error Script.lua:223: attempt to index field /?/ ( anil value)@

Press start to restart"

can you fix that because i do have music in my music folder

[ALIENWARE]

Originally Posted by thecobra

there is a problem when i put it on my psp

it says
"error Script.lua:223: attempt to index field /?/ ( anil value)@

Press start to restart"

can you fix that because i do have music in my music folder

Put the mp3's in the MUSIC folder (mso/MUSIC/XXXX.mp3,XXXX.mp3,XXXX.mp 3)
XXXX=the name of the mp3.Do not use subfolders,put all your mp3's in the MUSIC folder,or you will get errors.REMEMBER,DON'T USE SUBFOLDERS

[halokilla77]

I got 25 individual mp3's in the ms0/MUISIC folder and when I start Coverflow it's telling me its loading, stays like that for about 1min and my psp goes black and shuts down. Thoughts? I'm running 3.80 M33-5

[ALIENWARE]

Originally Posted by halokilla77

I got 25 individual mp3's in the ms0/MUISIC folder and when I start Coverflow it's telling me its loading, stays like that for about 1min and my psp goes black and shuts down. Thoughts? I'm running 3.80 M33-5

well,mines is 3.90 m33-3,and is working great,I don't know if that is the problem until have more reports,but thanks for the info.

[peza16]

I followed the instructions and put my MP3's inside of ms0:/MUSIC and made sure not to have any sub-folders, but when I go to run this I get an error:
"Error : id3lib.lua 88: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil vap

Press start to restart"

I'm using 3.90 M33-3, any help would be appreciated, thanks.

[justing347]

Originally Posted by halokilla77

I got 25 individual mp3's in the ms0/MUISIC folder and when I start Coverflow it's telling me its loading, stays like that for about 1min and my psp goes black and shuts down. Thoughts? I'm running 3.80 M33-5

same here
and im running 3.71 m33-3 on phat
are you using a phat too?
i think this will not work on phat

and ive just found this during the "experiment", just wanna let you know
as the program is loading, if you have your usb cable connected to the psp
the program will automatically connect the psp to the computer

[ALIENWARE]

Originally Posted by peza16

I followed the instructions and put my MP3's inside of ms0:/MUSIC and made sure not to have any sub-folders, but when I go to run this I get an error:
"Error : id3lib.lua 88: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil vap

Press start to restart"

I'm using 3.90 M33-3, any help would be appreciated, thanks.

That error message means that one or various of your mp3's maybe have bad id3 tags,all of my mp3's have been tagged with windows media player 11 (wmp11),sometimes when I get mp3 already tagged,It give me problems,either in wmp or itunes,so I have to retagg again,and problem solved.I think this has to be a ID3TAG version problem,not to CoverFlow.

[peza16]

Okay thanks for replying. I'm going to try and fix them and see what happens.

Edit:
I did what you said and the app works now. Thanks for the help.

I have another question though. Even though after I edited the MP3 in Windows Media Player 11 so that it would have the album cover, the songs still show up with no picture after I copied them over to my PSP.

[ALIENWARE]

Originally Posted by justing347

same here
and im running 3.71 m33-3 on phat
are you using a phat too?
i think this will not work on phat

Well,sinse i don't have a PSP PHAT,I can't do test,only on Slim,but Coverflow is running on 333cpu speed,thing that the slim does from factory,and the phat don't.Try entering in recovery mode and change the cpu speed to 333,(I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM,BUT GIVE IT A TRY)
Thanks for reporting

[GW2]

if it was an ID3 tag problem it would happen to everything that reads the ID3 tags, and not jsut your program, you need to make it compatible. you cant jsut say "go and update all of the ID3 tags on your songs". thats ridiculous and noone will sue your program.

[eldiablov]

I hope you gave credit to the original developer and you asked him for permission to release this. If not then this is the exact reason people encrypt any LUA program that is remotely interesting.

[peza16]

I kinda have to agree with what the person above said.

Well here are some suggestions for the next build:

• Implement better ID3 tags (basically so that its easier to use)
• Make the volume bar actually move when pressing the volume buttons on PSP
• Add shuffle/repeat
• Perhaps a progress bar of the song playing
• Add support for sub-folders!!

Keep in mind these are only suggestions.

[ALIENWARE]

All of that suggestions will come,I'm working on that.The volume bar is only for show,for now,it was just to give the look of Apple's Coverflow.Please remind that this was only a update from the 2.5 version,and ,for me ,it looks better.I forget to give credits to the creator of the program,SONY PSP PLAYER,(thats his alias)but I dont have to ask him permission to mod,change,update his program cus this is a homebrew,not an registered copirigted program (does he ask permission to Apple to create Coverflow to PSP????).Any homebrew that is post in the internet for sharing,are free to anyone to modeit as you like...I modofied the program to my specs,for me was better,and deside to share with all you psp gamers and homebrew fans.

Stay tuned for improvement,and share your ideas so I keep working on this,unless the original creator give a very good update before me,I will share my mod to you...
-= Double Post =-

Originally Posted by GW2

if it was an ID3 tag problem it would happen to everything that reads the ID3 tags, and not jsut your program, you need to make it compatible. you cant jsut say "go and update all of the ID3 tags on your songs". thats ridiculous and noone will sue your program.

You dont have to retag all of your songs,only the ones that you will use on CoverFlow,I clearly suggest ''use CoverFlow only for your favorite tracks,not entire albums''
And eaven itunes have problems with albums idtagged with 3rd party programs,a program for reading ID3 tags is not compatible with all the ID3 tagging programs,cus they are difrent in the form they taggs the songs...
-= Double Post =-
If you get an error message saying:

Error: id3lib.lua:88: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil vap
Press start to restart


Then that means that one or various of your MP3's may have a bad ID3 tag.
Solution: re-tag the MP3(s) using WMP 11 or iTunes.

Now if you get an error message saying:

Error Script.lua:223: attempt to index field /?/ ( anil value)@
Press start to restart


Then that means you have a sub-folder inside of your MUSIC folder.
Solution: to fix this you must put all of your MP3's inside of ms0:/MUSIC. Don't include any folders inside of the MUSIC folder.

Thanks Consolespot.net for the info

[Nielkie]

Originally Posted by ALIENWARE

but I dont have to ask him permission to mod,change,update his program cus this is a homebrew,not an registered copirigted program

Even with out a copyright tag or a release license, it is still intellectual property of the respective owner.

Originally Posted by ALIENWARE

(does he ask permission to Apple to create Coverflow to PSP????)

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Copyright does not cover ideas and information themselves, only the form or manner in which they are expressed.

Originally Posted by ALIENWARE

Any homebrew that is post in the internet for sharing,are free to anyone to modeit as you like

Just because it is homebrew does not mean copyright law does not apply.

[thecobra]

thank for telling me how to fix the bug and i will do so

[ALIENWARE]

Originally Posted by Nielkie

Just because it is homebrew does not mean copyright law does not apply.

Well,sue me,heheheh.this is freeware,shareable homebrew,copyright law does not apply,and i'm not making money from this.
Just enjoy the homebrew,at least I'm doin'g something to improve this program

[daphatty]

I know I've missed something but where am I supposed to put the coverflow folder?

NVM: Figured out the Coverflow folder belongs under /PSP/Game.

BTW: I'm using this on a Phat PSP.

[ALIENWARE]

Originally Posted by daphatty

I know I've missed something but where am I supposed to put the coverflow folder?

When you extract the rar,there will be a coverflow folder inside the extracted folder,that is the folder you have to put on the GAME folder on the PSP.
better yet,double click on the rar and 'drag and drop' the coverflow folder to the psp/game folder

[Nielkie]

Originally Posted by ALIENWARE

this is freeware,shareable homebrew,copyright law does not apply,and i'm not making money from this

I'm sorry, but copyright law does apply.

P.S. Also, the name "Cover Flow" is trademarked.

[FaT3oYCG]

wow this is the second time someone has ripped off a copy of sony_psp_players app, the first time whoever took it compiled it so no one could see the changes when the origional was not, and then this time you do not even mention his name.

he asked me if he should compile it or not and i told him not to so that people could see the code and use it in their own apps, but not to just take his use all of his complicated code and then add things that someone with any logical ability could add.

if he asked me again i would tell him to compile the next program he amkes, because there isnt much point now seen as previous versions werent compiled, i havent helped him what so ever with this project, but now i think i will have a good talk with him.

if he agrees we will improve it together as we work well in a team, and then you will not need to improve upon it, and then when we have coded it and it is all nice to read we wont compile it so other people can read it.

basically i think people are just taking the p|ss now with copying his work, the creator of the other copy actually said all he did was recode it which says to me that he would be unable to code it himself in the first place.

basically i am very annoyed, i hope other people share the same views with me, as i am a very good friend of sony_psp_player.

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F@T3oYCG

[THEKIDD]

like the improvements
keep it up cant wait to see some of those suggestions come true.

the only problem rigt now is that it takes about 5 or more minutes to load about 30 songs
tested on phat psp 3.90m33 no problems using tagrunner for id3 tags

[ALIENWARE]

Originally Posted by FaT3oYCG

wow this is the second time someone has ripped off a copy of sony_psp_players app, the first time whoever took it compiled it so no one could see the changes when the origional was not, and then this time you do not even mention his name.

Yes I have.read the firs post of this tread,((Credits to ''Sony Psp Player'',the creator of the original Coverflow 2.5 for PSP))

[Method007]

Originally Posted by FaT3oYCG

wow this is the second time someone has ripped off a copy of sony_psp_players app, the first time whoever took it compiled it so no one could see the changes when the origional was not, and then this time you do not even mention his name.

he asked me if he should compile it or not and i told him not to so that people could see the code and use it in their own apps, but not to just take his use all of his complicated code and then add things that someone with any logical ability could add.

if he asked me again i would tell him to compile the next program he amkes, because there isnt much point now seen as previous versions werent compiled, i havent helped him what so ever with this project, but now i think i will have a good talk with him.

if he agrees we will improve it together as we work well in a team, and then you will not need to improve upon it, and then when we have coded it and it is all nice to read we wont compile it so other people can read it.

basically i think people are just taking the p|ss now with copying his work, the creator of the other copy actually said all he did was recode it which says to me that he would be unable to code it himself in the first place.

basically i am very annoyed, i hope other people share the same views with me, as i am a very good friend of sony_psp_player.

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F@T3oYCG

Blah Blah Blah how freaking LAME. He is in no way profiting from the changes, and decided to share it with everyone else.... what the hell is the problem? I knew he didn't make it from scratch just by reading the post...

Considering you hacked your PSP, you're in absolutely no position to be talking about intellectual property rights.... Same thing goes for that fool talking about copyright law.

[Nielkie]

The problem is that he did not ask permission from the original creator, and did not initially credit the original program (He only added that after we complained).

I, for one, would hate it if someone took one of my programs, modded it without my permission, and released it without crediting me. Especially if, like this one, the release looks like a new version.

P.S. FYI, "Modding" the PSP is not illegal, neither is running homebrew. My point was that copyright law still applies to homebrew, and that without explicit permission from the author or permission indicated in a release license like the GPL, it is illegal to re-release someone else's code.

[Moose]

Let's keep the useless flaming and arguments out of this thread, shall we? If you have a bone to pick with the guy, PM him.

[sony psp player]

Hmmm
Want to know what he has changed?

distance = 4 to distance = 3

printcentered(15,"Loading the file. Please wait.",white,font) to printcentered(15,"Loading mp3. Please wait...",white,font)

and the images
pause.png
play.png
stop.png
start.png

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think thats all

[ALIENWARE]

wathever the changes or if I have permission or not,mines look better than the 2.5 version,and decide to share,and I WILL STILL WORKING ON THIS,unless the original creator release something better.
I will report soon my mods on this,and still shearing for all the people that always looking for something better.
Enjoy 3.0

[Moose]

Originally Posted by ALIENWARE

wathever the changes or if I have permission or not,mines look better than the 2.5 version,and decide to share,and I WILL STILL WORKING ON THIS,unless the original creator release something better.
I will report soon my mods on this,and still shearing for all the people that always looking for something better.
Enjoy 3.0

If the original creator doesn't give you permission to edit his own work, then you should have the decency to stop. If sony_psp_player decides he doesn't want you to release your edited versions of CoverFlow for the PSP, he can PM me and I will delete any further attempts at releasing his edited work by you. Also, judging by what you have changed, you shouldn't be releasing this as a new version, but suggesting these changes to sony_psp_player so he can apply them on his later releases.

For now, though, this thread will remain closed.