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From: Michael Moser on 13 Jan 2010 18:07 "Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen" <no(a)emails.please> wrote in message news:OBwpO0efKHA.2164(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > ... > Of these players, I recommend the following the most: > > Pocket Tunes > CorePlayer (go for this if you also need the best video support) > Conduits Pocket Player I started to work through Werners list: First I tried Pocket Player, since I had tested that a few years and versions back on an earlier device. Alas, it hasn't become more stable in recent versions. Rather often it would simply not start. I.e. I clicked on it in the Start menu and simply nothing happens. Only after a reboot it would properly start up again a few times until it again refused to start. X-ed. Then I tried Pocekt Tunes. That one didn't have a skin for my Touch HD (480x800 screen). The available skins were all appearing in the upper left corner only and so small that I had a hard time to even read the titles etc. X-ed immediately. Then I wanted to try CorePlayer, but they don't seem to provide a test version and after my previous experiences I refuse to buy some PPC SW without testing it first! And lastly I tried the HTC Audio Manager (mentioned by William in this thread). I downloaded a .zip file that I found but couldn't figure out how to install it. Somewhere I read, that one is supposed to move the content of the .zip file into the device's \Program Files folder and to copy a link to the program in the devices \Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder. But that didn't work - the program would not start - even if started directly from the \Program Files\HTC Audio Manager folder. So, I am starting to wonder: are the *any* decent music players for Windows Mobile that fulfill my requirements (big screens, installable, testable)? Michael
From: Todd Allcock on 13 Jan 2010 18:30 "Michael Moser" <michael.nospam.moser(a)nospam.freesurf.ch> wrote in message news:%23RXShUKlKHA.5604(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > "Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen" <no(a)emails.please> wrote in message > news:OBwpO0efKHA.2164(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> ... >> Of these players, I recommend the following the most: >> >> Pocket Tunes >> CorePlayer (go for this if you also need the best video support) >> Conduits Pocket Player > > I started to work through Werners list: > > First I tried Pocket Player, since I had tested that a few years and > versions back on an earlier device. Alas, it hasn't become more stable in > recent versions. Rather often it would simply not start. I.e. I clicked on > it in the Start menu and simply nothing happens. Only after a reboot it > would properly start up again a few times until it again refused to start. > X-ed. > > Then I tried Pocekt Tunes. That one didn't have a skin for my Touch HD > (480x800 screen). The available skins were all appearing in the upper left > corner only and so small that I had a hard time to even read the titles > etc. X-ed immediately. > > Then I wanted to try CorePlayer, but they don't seem to provide a test > version and after my previous experiences I refuse to buy some PPC SW > without testing it first! > > And lastly I tried the HTC Audio Manager (mentioned by William in this > thread). I downloaded a .zip file that I found but couldn't figure out how > to install it. Somewhere I read, that one is supposed to move the content > of the .zip file into the device's \Program Files folder and to copy a > link to the program in the devices \Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder. > But that didn't work - the program would not start - even if started > directly from the \Program Files\HTC Audio Manager folder. > > So, I am starting to wonder: are the *any* decent music players for > Windows Mobile that fulfill my requirements (big screens, installable, > testable)? > > Michael Sadly, Coreplayer is the best of the lot. While I love its performance and compatibility, I HATE HATE HATE its UI. It's as user-hostile an interface as I've ever used. Coreplayer's open source predecessor, TCPMP, is pretty good though its UI won't win any intuitiveness awards either. Personally, I stick to WMP (unless I'm playing a file it doesn't support, of course.)
From: Mike Coon on 14 Jan 2010 07:31 Michael Moser wrote: > So, I am starting to wonder: are the *any* decent music players for > Windows Mobile that fulfill my requirements (big screens, > installable, testable)? What, no others? (I ask because I've written one to match *my* requirements. I don't have a big screen but may be able to make it "autoscale". Either way, it would be free. GUI is basic!) Mike. -- If reply address is invalid, remove spurious "@" and substitute "plus" where needed.
From: r_z_aret on 14 Jan 2010 13:23 On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:30:59 -0700, "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > >"Michael Moser" <michael.nospam.moser(a)nospam.freesurf.ch> wrote in message >news:%23RXShUKlKHA.5604(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >> "Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen" <no(a)emails.please> wrote in message >> news:OBwpO0efKHA.2164(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> ... >>> Of these players, I recommend the following the most: >>> >>> Pocket Tunes >>> CorePlayer (go for this if you also need the best video support) >>> Conduits Pocket Player >> >> I started to work through Werners list: >> >> First I tried Pocket Player, since I had tested that a few years and >> versions back on an earlier device. Alas, it hasn't become more stable in >> recent versions. Rather often it would simply not start. I.e. I clicked on >> it in the Start menu and simply nothing happens. Only after a reboot it >> would properly start up again a few times until it again refused to start. >> X-ed. >> >> Then I tried Pocekt Tunes. That one didn't have a skin for my Touch HD >> (480x800 screen). The available skins were all appearing in the upper left >> corner only and so small that I had a hard time to even read the titles >> etc. X-ed immediately. >> >> Then I wanted to try CorePlayer, but they don't seem to provide a test >> version and after my previous experiences I refuse to buy some PPC SW >> without testing it first! >> >> And lastly I tried the HTC Audio Manager (mentioned by William in this >> thread). I downloaded a .zip file that I found but couldn't figure out how >> to install it. Somewhere I read, that one is supposed to move the content >> of the .zip file into the device's \Program Files folder and to copy a >> link to the program in the devices \Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder. >> But that didn't work - the program would not start - even if started >> directly from the \Program Files\HTC Audio Manager folder. >> >> So, I am starting to wonder: are the *any* decent music players for >> Windows Mobile that fulfill my requirements (big screens, installable, >> testable)? >> >> Michael > >Sadly, Coreplayer is the best of the lot. While I love its performance and >compatibility, I HATE HATE HATE its UI. It's as user-hostile an interface >as I've ever used. Hmm. I rather like Core Player's UI. I also prefer to deal with (find and open) individual files, rather than libraries, which is another reason I like Core. > >Coreplayer's open source predecessor, TCPMP, is pretty good though its UI >won't win any intuitiveness awards either. > >Personally, I stick to WMP (unless I'm playing a file it doesn't support, of >course.) > > ----------------------------------------- To reply to me, remove the underscores (_) from my email address (and please indicate which newsgroup and message). Robert E. Zaret, eMVP PenFact, Inc. 20 Park Plaza, Suite 400 Boston, MA 02116 www.penfact.com
From: William on 14 Jan 2010 15:48
On 13 Jan, 23:07, "Michael Moser" <michael.nospam.mo...(a)nospam.freesurf.ch> wrote: > And lastly I tried the HTC Audio Manager (mentioned by William in this > thread). I downloaded a .zip file that I found but couldn't figure out how > to install it. Somewhere I read, that one is supposed to move the content of > the .zip file into the device's \Program Files folder and to copy a link to > the program in the devices \Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder. But that > didn't work - the program would not start - even if started directly from > the \Program Files\HTC Audio Manager folder. Hmm... I'm puzzled. Firstly because the HTC-AM is usually a single .exe file (sometimes packaged inside a zip). You just tap it to run it. But secondly, and more importantly - I hadn't realised that you had an HTC-Touch-HD. This already has the AudioManager built-in. It's the "Music" tab on the Touchflo interface. That should play any mp3/aac/wma file (podcasts included). -- WH |