MPoD: preview of the next version
The next version of iPhone is coming along well, bringing some new features I’m sure you like:
- Improved controls for changing the volume, moving through songs
- Seek in a song
- Amazon based cover art
- Configure multiple connections.
I hope I can finish everything in the next 3 weeks and bring it to the AppStore.
Oh, and one more thing… you can now enjoy your music directly on your iPhone whereever you are. A connection can be configured to run in traditional remote mode, or in on-the-go mode where the iPhone picks up the MPD stream (you need to add an icecast server to your setup, and run mpd 0.14 because the iPhone only supports mp3 format streaming, nog ogg). Tests under 3G and WiFi have been working very well, only downside is that it’s draining the battery rapidly.
I was wondering if it would be possible for mpod to support bonjour/avahi? Maybe as a supplement to the preconfigured hosts. This would allow mpod to pick up the configuration automatically at say a friends house.
I’m not planning on adding bonjour in the near future, as it provides insufficient value compared to the effort needed to implement it.
Thanks for keeping this project alive. Good stuff!
I’m using it since a while in combination with MPD running on a Synology NAS.
If you’re open to wishes from your customers, here are a few:
- Enable the volume control switch on the latest iPod touch
- If a playlist contains an URL (e.g. internet radio), show the URL (similar to Willems request above)
- Configure how the ‘>’ button works. Sometimes it’s confusing when adding songs to the list. On the artist level it collects all songs of that artist across multiple albums. At the album level (1 step deeper) it collect all songs from that album.
- Directory view. I know that there is a switch in the config section, but it does not have any effect on the browsing behavior. Sometimes, I prefer browsing along the directory hierarchy.
- Default volume initially is always 100%. Can this be configured?
Regards,
klaus.
- I’m not sure if the volume switch can be accessed. The next version will have a different way of changing the volume anyway.
- Showing the URL should be possible.
- I find the functioning of the blue button the logical way: it plays everything on the level where you are. This will stay as it is.
- Browsing the directory view in the way you describe it is not possible in MPoD unless I completeley rewrite the internal data structures. Looking at how much time I spent on optimizing those to maximize performance, that’s not going to happen.
- The value on the volume slider is picked up from MPD, however if the connection is not immediately available it might show 100% as a placeholder. I can change that, allthough it will not have any functional effect.
Hi, MPoD is an awsome app! I appreciate your skill and creativity. Will it be feasible to add browskng by Genre, like in eg Sonata? All the best! v.
This should be possible, but don’t expect it anytime soon, as I have almost no time to spend on the project right now.
Cheeta! Can’t wait till next release.. While you’re at it, could you replace “unknown song” with the file name, if applicable? Not all my music is id3 tagged, besides I compiled mpd without libid3 to make it run faster on my embedded device. Thanks a lot!
Excellent! I can’t wait for seeking, that would be really cool. The Amazon cover art would also be a nice touch. Please keep up the great work on this solid app =)