Open Media Player
Open Media Player (referred to as OMP from now on) is an effort to recreate (closed source) stock Media Player (referred to as MP, from now on) for Maemo platform, as Open Software. The main goal of the project is to include all features of MP without it's bugs, at the same time having the ability to extend functionality, when desired and appropriate.
OMP is currently in beta stage, so it may not be ready for end-users. However, brave souls (power-users, testers, developers) are encouraged to test it and participate in the development, by either submitting patches, or pointing out bugs/proposed features. OMP is on it's way to be included in the testing branch of CSSU.
OMP can be installed from repositories: extras-devel.
OMP got its thread on http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=72156 (discussion, reporting bugs, proposing features, etc.).
Changelog for the latest version of OMP is available from http://maemo.org/packages/view/openmediaplayer/.
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Features
OMP extra features (not found in MP)
Portrait mode
The name speaks for itself: turn the device to rotate the interface.
Entertainment View
An alternate view where elements from the regular "Now Playing" view are animated.
Car View
A finger-friendly view for use when driving. Tap the center of the screen to show the clock and swipe from right to left to show the playlist.
Lyrics display
When enabled (in the general settings), OMP will download lyrics for the current song and cache them for offline use. Tap the cover art to toggle between the usual progress bar/playlist and the lyrics display. It's possible to edit lyrics with the built-in editor, which can be invoked from display's context menu. Lyrics are downloaded from http://lyrics.mirkforce.net and stored in "/home/user/.lyrics/".
Easy way to share files
Simply invoke the context menu of a song and select "Share" to send it via either Bluetooth or email. Works for videos, too.
Configurable size of automatic playlists
The number of songs can be changed in the general settings. If set to a large number, it works like sorting the whole library by popularity, last time played or from recently added to old.
Playlist editing
It appears in two places: "Now playing" and the playlist browser. To move an item, double-tap it, but, hold after the second touch (so it's more like one and a half tap) and drag it to the desired position. The difference between "Now playing" and the playlist browser is that in the first case, changes are saved immediately, while in the latter they are preserved only after choosing "Save playlist" from the menu.
Improved album art
The first thing you will notice is probably the reflected cover, but what is more important, OMP will detect files named "front.jpg" and "folder.jpg" (in addition to standard "cover.jpg"). Moreover, it is possible to choose any other file, using "Select album art" from cover's context menu.
Creating playlists from a folder
To use this feature, check "Open whole folders" in the general settings. When enabled, opening a song with a file browser (like the stock one or FileBox) will not only play that song, but also enqueue other songs from the same directory.
MP features, currently lacking in OMP
- Support for video playlists (other MAFW applications might show incorrect metadata, previous/next buttons do not work).
- Counting duration of playlists in the playlist browser.
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Known bugs:
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Planned extra features (not present in MP)
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Tweaks
Make OMP the default media player
As root, edit file:
- /usr/share/dbus-1/services/com.nokia.mediaplayer.service
so the line:
Exec=/usr/bin/mediaplayer
...becomes:
Exec=/usr/bin/openmediaplayer
This will replace execution of MP binary with OMP one - without physically replacing files, so You can revert back to MP by reverting changes.
Translations
The list below shows translations packaged (or about to be packaged) with OMP and their completeness.
- Czech (100%)
- German (100%)
- Spanish (98%)
- Finnish (100%)
- French (100%)
- Hungarian (100%)
- Italian (100%)
- Dutch (100%)
- Polish (100%)
- Romanian (92%)
- Russian (99%)
- Swedish (100%)
- Chinese (100%)
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