TOMPlayer from emacberry [free]

emacf1 · Thread Author #1 10-03-2011, 12:33 PM

Hello Crackberry Community,

today I would like share with you the news that there is a new BlackBerry Application by emacberry.com called:

TOMPlayer for BlackBerry - [T]he[O]ther[M]ediaPlayer

TOMPlayer is a simple AudioList Player. You can open any existing playlist files (.m3u) from your device and listen to the audio files.

TOMPlayer is always storing the last active playlist, the last active track and even the position in the track. This makes TOMPlayer ideal for the playback of AudioBooks! When ever you stop listening / end the application, the next time you start TOMPlayer you can continue to listen just where you have ended.

This becomes also very handy when you have longer playlists that you can't complete in one run - even when you have shuffled your PlayList TOMPlayer will always remember the current track, position and even the last shuffle of your playlist. So finally with TOMPlayer you open any of your playlists, shuffle them and listen to the complete list over the next several days without any hassle. Simply fire up TOMPlayer when ever you like to continue to listen to your music. TOMPlayer will always remember where you have stopped listening.

Please note, that with the current version of TOMPlayer you can't create new playlists - you need to create the m3u files with a different application - like FileScout.

This is the initial Version of TOMPlayer - I know the GUI looks very plain and simple - I might going to adjust this in later versions of the application. But for now I have focused on the functionality.

To be able to open a playlist you first need to specify the directory in which your playlists are located. Once the directory is specified you can select Open Playlist from the Menu (or make use of the [O]-Key.

TOMPlayer is still BETA - so it would be great to get your Feedback concerning missing features or things that need to be improved. So just let me know! You made FileScout already a great app - so let's see what will happen with TOMPlayer

Install it OTA via (82 KB):
http://www.emacberry.com/ota/tomp.jad

Official TOMPlayer Webpage:
http://www.emacberry.com/tomplayer.html

primusd · #2 10-07-2011, 01:26 PM

This looks cool, thanks. One question - can TOMPlayer handle FLAC files (or any other codec not supported natively on one's phone)?

emacf1 · Thread Author #3 10-07-2011, 01:30 PM

TOMPlayer can only play back files that are supported by the device [it does not include any codec's]...

weezul · #4 10-07-2011, 04:55 PM

add a facility for Scrobbling and i'd be all over this. The only thing I really need from a media player is Scrobbling

sadepalli · #5 10-08-2011, 01:50 AM

I tried opening many m3u playlists on my 9700/6.0.0.666. It was blank

emacf1 · Thread Author #6 10-08-2011, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sadepalli

I tried opening many m3u playlists on my 9700/6.0.0.666. It was blank

the content of the playlist have to be present on the device - so if you have playlists that are pointing to a server (e.g. via http) then TOMPlayer currently ignores this file... With other words all URL's in the Playlist have to start with 'file:///'

emacf1 · Thread Author #7 10-08-2011, 03:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weezul

add a facility for Scrobbling and i'd be all over this. The only thing I really need from a media player is Scrobbling

So you like Scrobbling to your last.fm account? - this should be possible...

Villordsutch · #8 10-08-2011, 09:09 AM

Would it be possibly just to make it so tracks/folders can be added straight to TOMplayer rather than creating a playlist. I don't have Filescout, but would like to use this for what it offers.

Thank you

emacf1 · Thread Author #9 10-08-2011, 09:40 AM

You do not need FileScout to create playlists (m3u-files) - you can also create them with the build in MediaPlayer...

For sure a PlayList Creator/Editor will be added in a later Version of the application...

Villordsutch · #10 10-08-2011, 11:41 AM

It doesn't seem to find the automatically generated playlists only the standard created ones.

Made one though on Windows Media Player m3u but it doesn't seem to play it once I select it, but I can find it.

emacf1 · Thread Author #11 10-08-2011, 03:04 PM

... "of course" only std PlayLists from the media player...

When you create m3u files with apps like WinAMP you have to be careful cause of the hardcoded file paths in the m3u... [I expect the paths are not translated once they are moved over to your BlackBerry (you can open the m3u with a text editor like notepad...)]

Nevertheless - FileScout comes with a free 14 day trial - so for now you simply can install it and create some playlists without spending any money...