[RELEASE] TruFlow version 1.0

[Da_MerV]

The wait is over...





TruFlow version 1.0
advanced coverflow type music browser
by Da MerV

Put the folder "truflow" in your "Games" folder. Your music goes in the "music" folder in the "truflow" folder. Add your cover art to the "music" folder with the same name as your mp3. The program will fetch cover art in the following order:

1. PNG with same name
2. JPG with same name
3. id3 cover art
4. General Album Cover

Due to size limitations, some cover art might not be fetched if the image is too large. When you run TruFlow for the first time, it will index your music folder. All the cover art is copied to the cache folder. If you change your music folder, you must reindex the music folder. To do this, go into the menu and select "Reset cache". The button configuration is as follows:

Cross: plays the selected album, select menu item
Square: stops playing the current song
Circle: pauses/plays the current song
Triangle: displays/closes menu
L/R: play previous/next song
Left/Right: browse albums one by one
Analog nub: scrolls through albums
Up/Down: change selection in menu

There is a slight delay when a song first starts. I have noticed some trouble with mp3's encoded at 320 or higher. If you experience any problems, please notify Da_MerV of the details. I can be found on forums.qj.net or on my website, merv.recoding.net.

Thanks for trying TruFlow
Special thanks to Sakya and Homemister for help with ME.

Update is coming soon!

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[Digikid13]

Looks good, but sorry can use it psp screen broken.

[conroy101]

Just downloaded.

Great job

[Da_MerV]

thanks, i ran out of time (plane leaves in four hours) but i wanted to write a better readme and get a better screenshot. ill write more when i have time and post an update. everything is smoothly animated, so a still shot doesnt do justice.

[abel09011]

great job..

[a_noob]

Hmm still doesnt look as good as apples coverflow.

[Da_MerV]

Hmm still doesnt look as good as apples coverflow.

funny you mention that. this isn't based off of that company's coverflow. its based off the original, which is far better in my opinion. i'll be posting a better document outlining the history and features of TruFlow as soon as i get a chance, hopefully today.

[homemister91]

Great Job Da_MerV. I love it.
BTW it is much better then apples coverflow.
Regards
Homemister

[Da_MerV]

Great Job Da_MerV. I love it.
BTW it is much better then apples coverflow.
Regards
Homemister

thanks! i saw you released your new luaplayer. props for the new vis function.

[Moose]

Could you make the default music directory 'X:/PSP/MUSIC/'? I'd like to be able to access all my music via the XMB aswell. :)

Otherwise, good work and thanks.

[homemister91]

Just edit the MAIN file. That is what i did. And it works perfect

[maxexcloo]

Could you make the default music directory 'X:/PSP/MUSIC/'? I'd like to be able to access all my music via the XMB aswell. :)

Otherwise, good work and thanks.

That would also be helpful to me for the same reason :)

Great job on the smooth animations

[Xsjado7]

Yeah, MUSIC/ or PSP/MUSIC would be better

[Da_MerV]

next update (tmo if i have time) was planned to have a config file so you can specify your directory without mods. because of the way the program loads, its not good just to change the directory specified in the main file. this will screw up the relative folders. the update will also include a better menu system (to tell the truth, it looks like crap because i was rushing to release 1.0 by the 18th). other features will also be customizable. tmos release will also have a bugfix to the recache option. thanks for your support!

[Bullchicken]

I keep getting "Error: MAIN:144: can`t open sound file [songname].mp3" and when I remove that song and delete the cache, it will do it for a different mp3

[GrotoMoto]

I am getting "error: main:350: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)" as soon as i start truflow.

[thecobra]

I am getting "error: main:350: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)" as soon as i start truflow.

maybe you dont have songs in the music folder or the music isn't mp3

[Oblivion40]

i am also getting the "error: main:350: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)" as soon as i start truflow. its getting really annoying, i looked through the main file and on line 350 there is no buggy code as far as i can see so why is it breaking on me? do i need it in game folder or game4xx? wtf? does it have problems with 4.01m33-2? i really want to try this out as i think sony's music player sucks

[GrotoMoto]

maybe you dont have songs in the music folder or the music isn't mp3

Music in :\PSP\GAME\truflow\music, just 2 songs both in mp3 format at 192k.

Guess I've gotta wait for the update.

[Oblivion40]

groto u got saim problem as me! yay we can be p*ssed off together!

[Oblivion40]

oh groto i got a fix.. delete library.index in the cache folder

[Oblivion40]

ok for some reason editing isnt working for me so sorry for the multiple posts but i got a bug report. if you use more than 9 songs the tenth song will give you an error when it is being added to the library. error 114 i think..

[GrotoMoto]

Thanks Oblivion.
Deleting the library.index fixed my Error 150. I am only working with 3 or 4 song so i havent got the 114 error.
I think I'm done playing with it for now. Its a little to wonky for me.

[thomas_hang0000]

Nice visuals. The flipping animation is near perfect and well antialiased. I noticed there's a little bouncing animation as you flip to the end or beginning of album. And flipping using analog stick is fun.
Nice piece of work, just need a bit of polishin on GUI, make it more user friendly :)

[llewelyn]

great...im trying it...does it support atrac and aac?

[Oblivion40]

anyone got a fix for the 9 song problem? or is anyone else even experiencing it?

[Da_MerV]

Sorry about all the errors, I haven't had the time these past few days to look at whats going on. The update will be released tonight, and it will have vastly improved error handling. If you are experiencing problems, please wait until tonight, most if not all will be handled directly by TruFlow.

[Da_MerV]

I keep getting "Error: MAIN:144: can`t open sound file [songname].mp3" and when I remove that song and delete the cache, it will do it for a different mp3

This is due to a corrupt or large mp3 file that the engine cannot handle. The update will cover this.

I am getting "error: main:350: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)" as soon as i start truflow.

i am also getting the "error: main:350: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)" as soon as i start truflow. its getting really annoying, i looked through the main file and on line 350 there is no buggy code as far as i can see so why is it breaking on me? do i need it in game folder or game4xx? wtf? does it have problems with 4.01m33-2? i really want to try this out as i think sony's music player sucks

This is due to a cover not loading correctly. This will also be handled with the update.

Music in :\PSP\GAME\truflow\music, just 2 songs both in mp3 format at 192k.

Guess I've gotta wait for the update.

Your mp3s sound fine, however it would be of great help if you could PM them and any other file in the music folder to me for further investigation. Please also check for any file in the cache. Thanks!

great...im trying it...does it support atrac and aac?

At the moment, only mp3 files are supported. I never use any other file for music but if there is a demand for such, I will consider adding support for other file types.

[Oblivion40]

Da_merV obviously u didnt notice i fixed groto's problem and i cant wait for the update... ima get more than 9 songs!!! yay!

[Bullchicken]

I ended up kindof fixing it by manaully adding all the entries into the library.index file.
This also let me have more than 9 songs (35 songs works fine)

Looking forward to new version :)

the first line is the number of songs
then it has 3 lines per song:
1: Filename
2: Artist
3: Album

ie: a index with 2 songs would be:

2
Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya.mp3
Groove Armada
Soundboy Rock
Chemical Brothers - Galvanize.mp3
The Chemical Brothers
Push The Button


This is from memory though, since I am at work right now and cant look at the file