Thumper -- A native OS X client for Subsonic

[Thumper]

Thumper 1.4.3

I would like to announce the release of my OS X 10.6 client for Subsonic. It supports local caching, keyboard shortcuts, and media key integration.

Thumper requires OS X 10.6 64-bit.

View the full list of features and FAQ here: http://www.thumperapp.com

Features:

- A Native Mac Application - designed on the Mac, for the Mac
- Local Caching of Library Information, Audio, and Album Art - reduce bandwidth and get a more responsive experience
- Browse Artists, Albums, and Songs
- Quick Artist Filter - quickly narrow your results
- Playlists - play, create, and delete Subsonic playlists
- Search - find the song you're looking for quickly
- Current Playlist Persistence - pickup right where you left off, even after a reboot
- Mac Media Key Integration - previous, play/pause, and next key support
- Keyboard Shortcuts - control volume, repeat, shuffle, etc. through keyboard shortcuts
- Last.fm Integration - songs are scrobbled as they're played
- Playback via QuickTime - if QuickTime can play it, so can Thumper
- View Random, Newest, Highest Rated, Most Frequent, and Recently Played Albums
- Smart Playlist Creation - get random songs narrowed by genre or year
- Now Playing Support - See what other users are listening to
- Transcoding (including FLAC) support with Subsonic 4.6 or greater
- Video streaming (requires proper codec to be installed, see FAQ)

Requires Mac OS X 10.6 or greater. Does not support Subsonic's downsampling (reducing the audio bitrate).
Please read the Thumper FAQ about FLAC support http://www.thumperapp.com/help



Thumper 1.4.0 - January 10, 2012

- Feature: Video streaming support
- Feature: Create share links for albums and songs
- Feature: Rate songs and albums
- Feature: Control max bit rate transcoding client side
- Feature: Added menu for dock icon, controls and playing song information
- Feature: Ability to select specific media folders
- Bug fix: Support transcoding of audio
- Bug fix: Streaming of FLAC files now supported (requires FLAC > MP3 transcoding)
- Bug fix: Fixed lack of Copy/Past support
- Bug fix: Disable preemptive downloading of FLAC audio
- Bug fix: Mac App Store Sandboxing/Code Signing
- Bug fix: Replaced Growl notifications with a menu bar notification system
- Bug fix: Disabled Apple Remote Control due to App Store Sandboxing requirements
- Bug fix: Preemptive downloading only works if permission exists for the user

Thumper 1.3.1 - September 14, 2011

- Feature: Next, Previous, and Play/Pause support for Apple Remote Control
- Bug fix: Problem with using *.subsonic.org urls
- Bug fix: Problem downloading some album art

Thumper 1.3.0 - August 16, 2011

- Bug fix: Quick Playlist Focus
- Bug fix: Better behavior when application is reopened
- Bug fix: Reset progress bar when clearing playlist
- Bug fix: When adding all songs from album to playlist, this should be done in another thread
- Bug fix: Highlight the first album when it is they only album
- Bug fix: Previous button should play same song if play time is more than 3 seconds


If you find any bugs, or run into any problems, please feel free to contact me at support@thumperapp.com.

Thanks for looking!

[dcuellar]

Looks and works very nice. Any way of incorporating something like CoverSutra and YouControl which allow you to play and search for songs from the status bar of OS X?

That would make this all the more worthwhile.

[Thumper]

Looks and works very nice. Any way of incorporating something like CoverSutra and YouControl which allow you to play and search for songs from the status bar of OS X?

That would make this all the more worthwhile.

Thanks for the compliments dcuellar! It is good to hear that it works for you and that you like it!

I'll look into adding a menu bar for controls and search, but it wouldn't be added until a later release. Thanks for the suggestion!

[ebasta]

Hello. "You can’t open the application “Thumper.app” because it’s not supported on this type of Mac.". I am running osx 10.6.7.

[Thumper]

Hello. "You can’t open the application “Thumper.app” because it’s not supported on this type of Mac.". I am running osx 10.6.7.

Hi Ebasta,

What type of hardware are you running this on? If you would like to contact me via email (support@thumperapp.com), I am sure we would be able to get you dialed in.

Thanks!

[swentz]

Hi,

Thumper runs fine here, but all I get is a listing of the artists inside of my subsonic instance.

When I click on an artist the albums column shows a loading indicator, but nothing is happening.

The subsonic log doesn't show anything about this problem.
Are there any thumper-logs that might show the problem?

[Thumper]

Hi,

Thumper runs fine here, but all I get is a listing of the artists inside of my subsonic instance.

When I click on an artist the albums column shows a loading indicator, but nothing is happening.

The subsonic log doesn't show anything about this problem.
Are there any thumper-logs that might show the problem?

Hi Swentz,

What version of the Subsonic server are you running? If you launch the Console application while running Thumper, it should put out any errors that it might run into. Feel free to jet me an email at Support@thumperapp.com.

Thanks!

[dcuellar]

Thanks thumper. It would be great if I could edit the tags and have more admin options.

The only thing that bothers me is I find myself going back to my admin account on the browser. Since it's bookmarked it's pretty much the same as opening this application. What is going to make Thumper a better user experience for the user than say just opening up the browser? That's what I think these applications need to be focusing on.

If I can provide some feedback I would suggest having a method for better playlist creation. If possible, add ratings per song instead of just albums and store them locally. Keep count of number of times played also. These are things that can help in creating a better playlist creation method and are currently not available through subsonic.

[Thumper]

Thanks thumper. It would be great if I could edit the tags and have more admin options.

The only thing that bothers me is I find myself going back to my admin account on the browser. Since it's bookmarked it's pretty much the same as opening this application. What is going to make Thumper a better user experience for the user than say just opening up the browser? That's what I think these applications need to be focusing on.

If I can provide some feedback I would suggest having a method for better playlist creation. If possible, add ratings per song instead of just albums and store them locally. Keep count of number of times played also. These are things that can help in creating a better playlist creation method and are currently not available through subsonic.

Hi dcuellar,

The web interface for Subsonic is great and will provide the most functionality. Since not all of the features of the web interface (such as ratings, and play count) aren't implemented via the Subsonic API, it would provide an inconsistant experience across clients to implement just in Thumper (even in separate Thumper instances).

Here are some features that Thumper has that the web interface does not:
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Mac Media key support
- Local caching
- QuickTime codec support

I would definitely like to hear more suggestions on what users would like to see integrated into the app!

[calvintml]

I am having the same issue as ebasta. I have a core duo macbook pro (not 64 bit). I get this error if I try to run a 64 bit application. Any chance you could compile a 32 bit version too if this is the problem?

[Thumper]

I am having the same issue as ebasta. I have a core duo macbook pro (not 64 bit). I get this error if I try to run a 64 bit application. Any chance you could compile a 32 bit version too if this is the problem?

Hi Calvintm,

Sorry for not posting this in response to Ebasta. Thumper uses 64bit only libraries, there for it will only run on Snow Leopard in 64bit mode. Since Apple is moving from 32bit to 64bit, I have no plans on adding support for 32bit systems.

Thanks for looking!

[atka]

I have a problem with Thumper not playing some songs. It seems random to on file well play from a CD rip and then another one won't. They all play fine streamed to my phone or through subair though.

[Thumper]

I have a problem with Thumper not playing some songs. It seems random to on file well play from a CD rip and then another one won't. They all play fine streamed to my phone or through subair though.

Hi atka,

What codec are you using for these "problem" files? Feel free to jet me an email, I would like to get this figured out. Support@thumperapp.com

Thanks!

[atka]

OK so far it looks like I fixed it somehow. The only thing I have done is moved my SSL port, restarted subsonic service and added the server again into Thumper and now the "problem" songs seem to be working.

I guess a feature request of sorts is it possible to add folders to the app? Some of my shared folders contain video and it would be nice to not see them when listing to music.

[Thumper]

OK so far it looks like I fixed it somehow. The only thing I have done is moved my SSL port, restarted subsonic service and added the server again into Thumper and now the "problem" songs seem to be working.

I guess a feature request of sorts is it possible to add folders to the app? Some of my shared folders contain video and it would be nice to not see them when listing to music.

This has to do with the LAME downsampling that Subsonic uses. I'm not sure if I'll add support for downsampling in Thumper in the future or not.