New Gmu beta release for the Dingoo (0.7.0 BETA3)

2009-07-10 05:23
Here is a new Gmu Beta release for the Dingoo A320. This release comes with some major improvements and bugfixes including:
  • Backlight power-off is now functional on the Dingoo (backlight will be turned off when the hold mode is enabled as well as after a configurable amount of time without pressing a button)
  • FLAC decoder now comes with meta data tag support
  • MP3 decoder does no longer crash Gmu with broken/invalid files
Gmu is highly configurable. It is always worth it to have a look at the README.txt file. Especially if you are having trouble running Gmu, make sure you have read the "Installation" section of the README.txt file.

gmu-0.7.0_BETA3-DINGOO.zip (1.0 MB)

I have added a script called gmu.goo to the archive, which makes it easier to run Gmu on Dingux. It does all the annoying stuff you had to do manually before. You can run that script from the command line or execute it from a file browser.

For those of you using dmenu on the Dingoo, you can easily add a Gmu menu entry to dmenu, by editing dmenu.cfg. Simply add a section like this to the appropriate section of the file:

MenuItem Gmu                             
{                               
    Icon = "res/explorer.png"
    Name = "Gmu Music Player"
    Executable = "/root/gmu-0.7.0_BETA3-DINGOO/gmu.goo"
    WorkDir = "/root/gmu-0.7.0_BETA3-DINGOO"
    Selector = no
}


In case you've extracted the Gmu zip file to some other location, you need to adjust the path accordingly.

Please make sure you are using the latest Dingux kernel. Otherwise the backlight power-off function won't work.
 
ulysess (web) says:
2009-07-22 15:08:23
Does exists any possibilities to port a mp3 player compatible with MP3 & CD+G?
wejp (web) says:
2009-07-23 08:04:00
In the next release Gmu’s lyrics support will be enabled again, which allows displaying lyrics embedded into ID3 tags as well as displaying lyrics from seperate text files. This does not yet include such a feature that the current part of the lyrics is highlighted. Theoretically even that would be possible (at least the ID3v2 tag format supports it), but unfortunately I don’t have a single file with such lyrics embedded, so it is rather difficult to implement. If there is interest in such a feature, I’ll consider looking into it.
PP (web) says:
2009-07-23 08:57:00
Any chance of getting a port for the GP2X Wiz? I’ll donate. :-) Thanks!
wejp (web) says:
2009-07-23 23:01:00
The good news is, I’ve planned to port Gmu to the Wiz as well. The bad news is, I currently do not own a Wiz myself, which makes it a little difficult for me. Fortunately, somebody has offered me to lend me his Wiz. That means, most likely I will be able to test Gmu on a real Wiz for a short period of time, which is better than nothing.

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