Size: 1.9 MB Date: September 11, 2010 Type: Freeware Requirements:
Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional
SQL Server Compact v3.5
.NET CF v3.5
Unlocked device (with SDA Application Unlock, AppUnlock.cab or any similar app) Download:
SlidingAlbums 2.0.CAB
Description:
This small app (or maybe plugin?) is developed for everyone, who like to have a fast access to music albums stored on the memory card. Instead of launching a player, browsing it's library for an album and playing it, you can play any album directly from the Sliding Panel.
Warning:
Before using it, please read very carefully this entire post. If you think that this program is not workin for you - you're too stupid to use it or... it may be my fault :)
Your music files should be stored like this:
for example:
If you had sorted your folders like that, you can run my app.
For now, SlidingAlbums supports Windows Media Player, Pocket Player, Core Player and TCPMP.
Requirements:
- Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional.
- SQL Server Compact v3.5.
- .NET CF v3.5.
- Unlocked device (with SDA Application Unlock, AppUnlock.cab or any similar app).
Installation Process:
- Install .NET Framework 3.5 and SQL Compact Server 3.5.
- Install SlidingAlbums.
- Make sure if your music file structure is good.
- Run SA2 and change your music path (if it's other than Storage Card\Music).
- Choose your skin in the Skins menu and apply it.
- Update the database.
- Create playlists (it will also create new pages in SA panel in titanium).
Thanks to:
- Marek Butrowski (testing, testing and once again.... help).
- s3mtex (Romanian translation).
- Przemys?aw Barczyszyn (graphics for two skins).
- Marta Stolarek (English translation).
- sv0911 (German translation).
- master_lie (Russian translation).
- me for other less important things.
If you like this project, please consider donate to the developer.
Update Description:
v1.1:
- Database (SA2 is using MS SQL Compact Server 3.5 to store music files data).
- Skins (I've implemented a fully skin support which can customize your titanium panel with SA2. It supports live preview of any skin. You can also create new skins if you like).
- Updater (you can check for update at program startup (its optional) and check for testing versions if I create one. SA2 will download an update, unpack and install it automatically. After that SA2 will automatically run the new updated version and show a changelog in few languages - but I will write it only in english and polish, other languages I don't know so...).
- Languages (SA2 supports lang packs. You can also translate it by yourself - it's not a problem Current languages are: English, German, Polish, Romanian and Russian).
- Addons installer (SA2 have a new nice feature. Files with *.slidaddon extension are SA2 addons. If you have downloaded an addon, just copy it to your device and run it by clicking on it. Addon should be installed automatically).
- Playlist plugins (I've added asx and m3u plugins for creating playlists but in a ner future maybe a new plugin will be included. For now, it cannot be developed by someone else).
- Album path (finally you can change the path to your music files. By default it's set to Storage Card\Music but you can change it to another path).
- Bypass titanium limit to 30 pages per panel (I don't know why titanium allows only to display 30 pages... but I've made a simple trich to avoid that. If you slide to the last album you'll see under Right SK a 'Next' option. It will change pages to next 30 albums and so on. The first page from over 30 albums will have a 'Previous' option to go back. This technique supports over 4000 albums so don't worry).
- Support for additional players (by modifying the Players.ini file you can add additional players to SA2. But there's one important thing - the new player must support an avalible playlist format. So if SA2 has asx and m3u your player should support it).
- Progress stripe (you can see progress of creating database, creating playlists files or applying new skin).
v1.0:
- Support for WM6.5 (only Titanium).
- Album limit to 30 albums.
- Dynamic preview.