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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.

iPod & MPoD => iPad & MPaD???

Berrie — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:24:05 +0000

From what I’ve seen so far, I believe the newly announced iPad will be a great way to control mpd. It can be used even more intuitively than an iPhone, and allows to include various info all in one place, like cover art, artist info, playlist, buttons.

If you have good ideas on what MPaD should look like, why not share them here?

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.

MPoD streaming problem – fix is in the AppStore

Berrie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:52:42 +0000

For version 1.3.1 of MPoD some test code got into the released version by accident. As a result people are having problems with the ‘On the go’ mode. Version 1.3.2 that restores the original functionality is posted to the AppStore and became available for download by August 2nd.

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.