stevewilson Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Oh. Good idea. Thanks much! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killergege Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 99% of the time, my phone is in my pocket or the screen is off, so I don't really care about the UI, as long as it's usable (I'm looking at you, the Google Play Music app). I like the UI right now and think it is quite intuitive and easy to use. What I miss the most right now is a Chromecast support (the audio and the video versions), but from what I read, it seems that a basic support is planned, so great. Except that, I'm mostly interested in new "small", quality-of-life, features (like those listed on the first page). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankur Pandey Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I need a function which can tell time while listening to songs. I find it very annoying to pull my phone out just to know the time. I really need this feature. It can be implemented like, the time function can be called after the headphone's key is pressed more than 3 times. As of now Poweramp Plays/Pause on 1 click,Next Track on two and Previous for 3 key presses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Telling the time is not really a music player's job. I suggest you see if there are any apps in the Play store which might do this ("speak the time" would be a good search phrase to get you started). Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DervishD Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Ankur, if you activate Google Now and the possibility of "speaking" to Google Now when the phone is locked, you can actually ask your phone for the time. Depending on your particular phone brand and model it may more or less difficult to activate Google Now Launcher and activating the voice commands through the headphones, so I can't help you there. Another option already was suggested by Andre: use an app that does that, there must be plenty of them. I wouldn't like that kind of functions to PA, and it doesn't belong there, it's not a natural function for a music player, it's just sheer coincidence that you need to know the time when listening to music. If you were listening to FM radio instead, would you like to have this function added to the FM radio app too? It's better to use another app for that, or Google Now Launcher and voice commands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankur Pandey Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I totally agree with you bro, but usually i listen to music while going to my college and mostly i have to run to get in time . So, speaking something while running will always result in phone not catching what i wanted to know.And I've greenified google now because it consistently runs in background and sucks more juice. And for other apps, why to download an app for this thing when it can be implemented in PA itself. I mean it's not at all a big feature and you can give the option to enable/disable it. It will not even increase the overall size of the application as it will not have many lines of code. I think people love when apps help them in these scenarios. And it may sound funny for a music player to do it, but need is the mother of invention. I know it's not an invention tho'. PA was best, is best and will be Excellent in the upcoming future. I feel every penny well spent after using PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingdutchman Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Why not try the latest technology, i use a wristwatch!! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 5 hours ago, Ankur Pandey said: And for other apps, why to download an app for this thing when it can be implemented in PA itself. Because Poweramp is a music player, not a clock. Nor is it a calculator, painting app, fitness tracker, news viewer, photo editor, or Angry Birds game. Really, if you want spoken clock features, download a speaking clock app rather than expecting a music player to do it. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankur Pandey Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Sure But i just thought if it could be implemented. But thanks anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DervishD Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Ankur, I understand why you want this feature, but really it doesn't make sense to add an speaking clock to a music player, it just doesn't belong to it. I'll give you another example, much more related with music playing but which wouldn't make sense either: I would love if PA detected where I am (my location, I mean) and if I'm on the gym, switch automatically to a playlist named "gym" or even better, only play music with high tempo and rhythm, automatically. Or monitor my heart rate with an activity bracelet so it detects I fell asleep and turns down the volume of the music gradually... The problem here is bloating. There's a gazillion of features, not difficult to implement, which could be added to PA, and I bet each and every user have a different one. A music player should ONLY play music, manage a library at the very most. Of course, it's a matter of preferences, but I have "UNIX" spirit: do just one small thing, do it well. I'd rather have an small app for each operation rather than a huge one which does everything. As Andre mentioned, a speaking clock will be useful, and I bet it exists For running, though, surely there must be an app which reads you the time. I know runners which have apps on their phones (don't know which app) which not only read the time but also the time per lap, time per kilometre/mile, and other stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankur Pandey Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 8 hours ago, DervishD said: Ankur, I understand why you want this feature, but really it doesn't make sense to add an speaking clock to a music player, it just doesn't belong to it. I'll give you another example, much more related with music playing but which wouldn't make sense either: I would love if PA detected where I am (my location, I mean) and if I'm on the gym, switch automatically to a playlist named "gym" or even better, only play music with high tempo and rhythm, automatically. Or monitor my heart rate with an activity bracelet so it detects I fell asleep and turns down the volume of the music gradually... The problem here is bloating. There's a gazillion of features, not difficult to implement, which could be added to PA, and I bet each and every user have a different one. A music player should ONLY play music, manage a library at the very most. Of course, it's a matter of preferences, but I have "UNIX" spirit: do just one small thing, do it well. I'd rather have an small app for each operation rather than a huge one which does everything. As Andre mentioned, a speaking clock will be useful, and I bet it exists For running, though, surely there must be an app which reads you the time. I know runners which have apps on their phones (don't know which app) which not only read the time but also the time per lap, time per kilometre/mile, and other stats. Thanks for the long descriptive answer. I'm a developer too and i understand what bloating can do to the software. Anyway i'll use any 3rd party app for that task. Have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymo Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Hello everyone I've been using Poweramp for more than 3 years now, and one of the thing I loved is that it received regular updates on my old Gingerbread music device (which is not properly a phone), although most of those were not substantial. I found out the existence of this new alpha version today and I was pretty excited about the new audio improvements, but sadly for me the gingerbread support has been discontinued. Does some of you know if this is a definite choice of the developer or is there still some hope for future support? I actually wouldn't even need all the new features on a device that has no power to run them, especially those about visualization, but I would really fancy a new audio engine and all the related enhancements... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjrs1990 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Some of the features needed 1. Better way to show lyrics 2. Edit lyrics 3. Material design skin 4. Lyrics auto finder 5. Visualization with the album cover as background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karry Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hello, Being a long-time user of Poweramp, I'm happy to see that a major version is coming, the visualisation Feature is fantastic and the alpha build exceeds expectations in terms of stability (I had only one crash for switching milkdrop presets too quickly). In the short term, I have only few suggestions: -Possibility to fine-tune frame rate of the visualization, plus a vsync option -an option to turn on/off the pitch control when using the Tempo feature. At the moment it doesn't sound good outside vocal only files, and many users will be also happy to have a higher pitch when increasing the tempo/playing speed. -and an option to display the playcount in the meta section. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie_the_man Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Chromecast support... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 20 minutes ago, eddie_the_man said: Chromecast support... Planned for beta 2 I believe (i.e. after GUI interface updates) Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie_the_man Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 2 hours ago, andrewilley said: Planned for beta 2 I believe (i.e. after GUI interface updates) Andre Wow your're going to have a fantastic player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie_the_man Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 On 07/01/2016 at 10:57 AM, jaydubbs said: Great suggestion! That would be nice. like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie_the_man Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 i'm using powermp v3 for a while.. falling in love with it.. if this is the alpha version... doesn't seem like it. I think i'm going to use for a long long time... It's was the best in the store.. just solidifies that status. Congrats Many Congrats. Requests: 12 band equalizer? maybe a little hard. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiplash1 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 The alpha works flawlessly on my OnePlus One with COS 12.1.1 stock, however there's one issue. The missing album art is not downloading anymore. Also one request, could you please add the decibel levels to the built in graphic equalizer. That'd make customization even more accurate according to audiophiles' needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 6 hours ago, whiplash1 said: The missing album art is not downloading anymore. Will be fixed in an alpha 703 build in the next few days. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie_the_man Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Hello I would like to see one cool feature: In Visualization mode, with Hide Controls and Full Screen modes activated, it would be nice to see the track info (Name - Artist - Album) for a brief period, each time the track changes automatically. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankur Pandey Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Make a shuffle function which sorts the songs according to the most played songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Industrial Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Full revamp of the UI is top priority. Seriously, it's a freaking mess, can you please create only one menu ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 4 hours ago, Industrial said: Full revamp of the UI is top priority. Seriously, it's a freaking mess, can you please create only one menu ? It used to be one menu prior to the v3 alpha releases. If Max is able to implement a more modern, simpler, tabbed view for the Folders/Albums/Artists/etc library pages then I guess most of that left-edge menu would become pretty-much redundant anyway, and Settings could be moved back into the single menu (where I firmly believe it belongs anyway, contrary to Google's stupid trendy concepts of 'overflow lists' et al, which I've always disliked). See, I said, me old school Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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