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MPoD v1.4.1 available

Berrie — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:36:45 +0000

MPoD version 1.4.1 is available from the AppStore. Fixes in this release:

Improvement in battery usage when playing streams.

Get your copy of MPoD version 1.4 now

Berrie — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:44:23 +0000

MPoD version 1.4 is available from the AppStore. New features and fixes in this release:

Directly browse the mpd structure. This was the most requested feature for MPoD. As result you now have to option to either use the local cache, or get data directly from the server.
Use local cover art that is shared through http. By sharing your music folder on the MPD server over http, MPoD can pick up cover art from the folder of the currently playing track. This is in addition to the Amazon based cover art;
Improved streaming (on-the-go mode) through the use of the RadioKit SDK from Stormy Productions. Stopping and pausing of a stream works better, plus there is visual feedback on when MPoD is connecting/buffering;
Simplified streaming settings;
Show information on current bitrate;
Fix cover art problems for timezones far away from GMT;
Some small bugfixes.

MPoD v1.4 – unexpected problems

Berrie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:39:52 +0000

Functionality wise v1.4 of MPoD is ready. This version has 3 major improvements:

use local cover art that is shared through http;
directly browse the mpd structure;
improved streaming (on-the-go mode).

Unfortunately the move I made to SDK 3.0 has made the application unstable, and it crashes a lot all of sudden, looks like its due to memory shortage. I’m thinking about how to handle this, but it at least means that it will take more time before the 1.4 version can be released.

New MPoD version now available

Berrie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:26:09 +0000

MPoD version 1.3.3 is ready and available through the AppStore as of today. Fixes and features include:

support for larger song databases (tested with 30,000+);
use of directory names when mp3 tags are missing;
bugfixes in the preference screens;
new button to trigger db update from the iPhone;
view artist info from last.fm for the current song;
first stop will stop the music, second stop clears the playlist.

Ritmeester goes mobile

Berrie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:51:46 +0000

Today version 1.1 of Ritmeester has been released. In the Netherlands, when you have a lease-car the tax authorities will add up to 25% of the car value to your gross salary. If you use your car for personal travel less than 500 kilometers per year, you can get a ‘Verklaring geen privé gebruik’ from the tax authorities. Condition is that you maintain detail records of all car travel. RitMeester is the first Mac based program that helps you to keep a detailed and consistent administration, with minimum effort. Further description is in dutch.

Deze versie bereidt Ritmeester voor op synchronisatie met de iPhone client, die binnenkort als gratis download via de AppStore beschikbaar zal zijn. Hiermee kan je onderweg je ritten bijhouden, om ze vervolgens met een druk op de knop draadloos te synchroniseren met Ritmeester op de Mac. Daarmee behoren briefjes om de kilometerstanden bij te houden en vergeten standen tot het verleden.

Daarnaast biedt deze versie een tweetal kleine uitbreidingen die het invoeren van gegevens nog eenvoudiger maken:

Via de nieuwe knop ‘terugrit’ kan je nog een terugrit aanmaken voor de laatste rit, waarbij alle relevante info al is ingevuld.
De invoervelden voor adres, plaats en route bieden nu autocompletion op basis van eerdere gegevens. Wanneer er bv eerder ritten naar Amsterdam en Amstelveen zijn ingevoerd, verschijnt na het intypen van ‘Am’ een lijstje met deze twee plaatsnamen waaruit dan gekozen kan worden.

De download van versie 1.1 is per direct beschikbaar, zoals gebruikelijk is deze upgrade gratis voor gebruikers die Ritmeester al aangeschaft hebben.

MPoD v1.3.1 available for download

Berrie — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:36:10 +0000

MPoD version 1.3.1 is available in the AppStore. This version ensures that cover art will still work after August 15, and has some small improvements:

finer grained volume controls;
enabling/disabling of configured mpd outputs;
displaying the filename when the title tag is missing;
MPoD can detect when the mpd database has changed and reload its cache;
bugfixes in connection settings screen.

MPoD v1.3 available in the AppStore

Berrie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:54:28 +0000

Today is a great day for iPhone and MPD lovers: to celebrate the availability of the iPhone 3.0 software, we’re giving all MPD users a little extra present through MPoD v1.3 which is now available in the AppStore.

MPoD v1.3 video preview

Berrie — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:22:50 +0000

To wetten people’s appetite a little more, here’s a video of the new 1.3 release of MPoD. It’s been sent to the AppStore and I hope it will appear for download soon. The sound is very crappy because it’s recorded from my living room speakers into the microphone of my laptop.

MPoD v1.3 screenshots

Berrie — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:43:36 +0000

Below are a couple of screenshots of the new v1.3 of MPoD: cover view, improved list view, support for multiple connections and support for icecast (to listen to your mpd stream directly on your iPhone).

Testing is well underway and I expect that this version can be submitted to the AppStore in the next couple of weeks.

Update – No longer looking for MPoD testers

Berrie — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:08:20 +0000

Update May 1, 2009: I’ve had sufficient response by now, and to keep things manageable for me I will not accept additional testers at point.

Coding for version 1.3 of MPoD has finished and I’ve done significant testing so far. Because this version has lots of internal changes, I would like to have additional testing done before releasing it into the AppStore. If you’re interested in assisting with the testing of this new version of MPoD, then you can drop me a message at info at katoemba dot net, or by replying to this post.