Chrome app: Perisonic (Android app update)

[hanker]

A little user feedback: OK - I've used this for a while. It works well for the most part: very simple and nice. But one small problem is that sometimes it just stops. This seems to always happen when a track ends. The info and artwork for the next track will load but it won't play.

I can then click the forward arrow and then the back arrow and then the track will play. (So the mp3 file is OK.) Or I can just click the forward arrow and the next track will play.

This happens on both internet and LAN connections. Maybe about every 5 to 10 tracks or so it will just stop playing like this. This only *very* rarely happens using the "Random playlist" functionality in the Subsonic webui.

The Subsonic server is version 4.5 on a Sheevaplug development kit (1.2 GHz ARM processor) with Debian squeeze. Chrome/Perisonic on a Mac, OS X 10.5. Music library is on an NFS share and has about 80,000 tracks.

If there's any kind of log I can post, let me know.

[persopolis]

Hi can not use any none default port adress. Is there any solution to use a different adress or port?

thx

perso

[BKKKPewsey]

Not sure if there is a compatibility problem with SS 4.6 but all I get now is error while connecting to server

[heehoo]

First of all, sorry for my late reply... Good to see all the posts here, and nice to see that so many people are installing the app already!

I've just updated the app to v1.2.0.
- Jukebox support (still can be buggy, as it's difficult to go through all the scenarios). So if you have Jukebox mode rights (see 'Settings > Users' in Subsonic), you can play your music on the server and control it via Chrome on another PC. So it can still play your music after you close Chrome, but when you come back to the app it's possible to skip that annoying song again. You can enable Jukebox mode in the settings window at 'General'.
- Script updates (new jQuery framework, splitted and cleaned js files).
- Bugfixes.
- Compatible with SS 4.6 beta. There was a bug that caused the connection error (thanks @BKKKPewsey).

Your app/extension will be updated by Chrome automatically. To see if you have the new version, check the version number in the settings window at the 'About' tab.

@watchinthewheels: Sorry, I'm not sure what is going wrong... Maybe the local settings have been corrupted in the browsers memory. Can you try to re-install the app?
@hanker: Thanks for the detailed report. Unfortunately, I still can't reproduce these problems. Maybe you can try it again with this new version? Please let me know if the problem still exists.
@persopolis: It should work with any port, unless your firewall blocks the port?

Please let me know if you run into any problem/bug!

[BKKKPewsey]

Very nice I love the jukebox mode

Last FM scrobble would make it perfect

[hanker]

@hanker: Thanks for the detailed report. Unfortunately, I still can't reproduce these problems. Maybe you can try it again with this new version? Please let me know if the problem still exists.

Thank you for your reply!

I have updated Chrome to the latest version (this is on Mac OS X 10.6), and Perisonic has updated itself to 1.2.0 as you said.

I'm still having the same problem: sometimes Perisonic just stops playing. Here's a log excerpt from one such occasion.

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[11/15/11 8:29:36 AM CST]    INFO   StreamController   Got range: Range[0,9223372036854775807]
[11/15/11 8:29:36 AM CST]    INFO   PlaylistInputStream   zzzz listening to "Retsin - Cabin in the Woods/14 Southwater.mp3"
[11/15/11 8:32:51 AM CST]    INFO   StreamController   Got range: Range[0,9223372036854775807]
[11/15/11 8:32:51 AM CST]    INFO   PlaylistInputStream   zzzz listening to "Yo La Tengo - YO LA TENGO SCORES WITH 60 COVERS--20 MORE!/32 I Found a Reason (Velvet Underground cover).mp3"
[11/15/11 8:36:11 AM CST]    INFO   StreamController   Got range: Range[0,9223372036854775807]
[11/15/11 8:36:11 AM CST]    INFO   PlaylistInputStream   zzzz listening to "Enos Slaughter - On the Shore of Jupiter (2005)/01 Naxos.mp3"
[11/15/11 9:00:37 AM CST]    INFO   StreamController   Got range: Range[0,9223372036854775807]
[11/15/11 9:00:38 AM CST]    INFO   PlaylistInputStream   zzzz listening to "The Hot Rock/One Song For You.mp3"
[11/15/11 9:03:28 AM CST]    INFO   StreamController   Got range: Range[0,9223372036854775807]
[11/15/11 9:03:28 AM CST]    INFO   PlaylistInputStream   zzzz listening to "Quasi - Featuring 'Birds'/Quasi - Featuring 'Birds' - 01 - Our Happiness Is Guaranteed.mp3"
[11/15/11 9:06:44 AM CST]    INFO   StreamController   Got range: Range[0,9223372036854775807]
[11/15/11 9:06:44 AM CST]    INFO   PlaylistInputStream   zzzz listening to "Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West - Flamin' Guitars - disc 4 of 4/4 - 02 - Ain't Nobody's Business.mp3"
[11/15/11 9:06:44 AM CST]    INFO   StreamController   Got range: Range[2593726,2593853]
[11/15/11 9:06:45 AM CST]    INFO   PlaylistInputStream   zzzz listening to "Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West - Flamin' Guitars - disc 4 of 4/4 - 02 - Ain't Nobody's Business.mp3"


This shows five tracks that played fine and then the sixth track name displayed in the Perisonic Chrome window, but it didn't play. I could click |< and then >|, and then it played fine, so the file itself is OK.

Note that for each track that plays successfully there is a single StreamController line and a single PlaylistInputStream line in the log, but for the one that failed, there are two StreamController lines and two PlaylistInputStream lines. I don't know if this helps, but that's an anomaly that the log shows when the playback stops unexpectedly.

Thank you!

[wewantrice]

This is a great little extension, any plans on adding playlist support or the ability to select/search for songs? Thanks for all your hard work!

[heehoo]

Again, a late reply. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to spend on this project.

@hanker; I still haven't found a solution. I've just published a minor update to v1.2.1 with some updated scripts, but I don't believe this will help. However, I will keep trying to find the problem and the solution, so maybe one day all the problems are gone...

@BKKKPewsey; Sorry, the Last.fm option still has to be added... I also have to update the Jukebox mode functionality with the new Subsonic 4.6 API features.

@wewantrice; Yes, I really would like to expand the functionality - the ability to search for songs is what I would like to see as well. But it will take some time (have a look into the update frequency... ).

[inf3c73d]

Hello,

I like this app so damn much.
It is just my kind of listening to music.
Too bad that i use old version of subsonic server (4.4).
This app cannot connect to older versions, tested it with 4.6 and works like a charm.

If there is something that can be done, except upgrade of the server, i will be more than grateful. ))

[tsquillario]

@heehoo
I love the simplicity of Perisonic. It is a cool concept, good design too!

I just converted MiniSub over to a Chrome App https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jccdpflnecheidefpofmlblgebobbloc. I had to "borrow" your HexEncode function, hope you don't mind, lol. I was using Basic Authentication, but that doesn't work with JSONP so I had to include the u/p in the request directly. I'd like to take a look through your source code if you don't mind. Got a link to it?
https://github.com/tsquillario/MiniSub

I'd be open to some sort of collaboration. Not sure how we'd accomplish that exactly, but I'm open to anything. You have a good eye for design, Perisonic looks really good.

[heehoo]

Perisonic update 1.2.2: I've added the option Scrobble to Last.fm; see your Subsonic Personal settings to set your Last.fm username/password. And a "buy me a beer" button was added as well.

@tsquillario; I'm honoured you photoshopped Perisonic into MiniSub! I have had a look at MiniSub before I started with Perisonic, but I wanted to create my first HTML5 app - so why not create a simple random playing app I thought. Great that you have added MiniSub to the Chrome Web Store as well! I have just added it to my browser, and really like the UI change with the tabs at the left. The "Random" auto playlist is very nice, now I don't have to use Perisonic anymore!
I have to admit I kind of "borrowed" the Hex Encode function as well... I'm not sure where I have borrowed it from however, I will have a look into it.
I'm fairly new to collaborating in online and open source projects... I have had a quick look to GitHub, but don't know what will be the best thing to do. I have some ideas to extend Perisonic with a simple search and playlist and want to publish it as mobile/tablet app as well. In a previous setup (I'm in between moving to another home) I was using Perisonic on my iPad with Subsonic in Jukebox mode, that worked quite well.

@inf3c73d; I guess it's still not possible to connect to a older version of Subsonic, I wasn't able to test it. But given my very late response, I expect you have moved to another solution already. Sorry!

[heehoo]

Perisonic update 2.0.0:
- New interface, less logo. Also started with playlist view; you can see which tracks are being played and jump to another or previous track.
- Script updates & bug fixes

Note;
It seems like Chrome extensions will have limited access rights in the future; it will further limit cross-domain loading of files (which is a good thing in most cases). But this is exactly what Perisonic does (load file info from your Subsonic server), this might be a problem for the future of this extension. I will look into this.
See also: Content Security Policy (CSP) - http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/contentSecurityPolicy.html

[Castius]

Great update!
I hope the Chrome changes don't hold your extension back

[heehoo]

I have published the latest version of Perisonic to the Google Play store. It is (or can be ) quite experimental, as the interface isn't optimized yet for different resolutions/devices. Also, there are some other issues/bugs I still have to address. However, I like to use Perisonic in Jukebox mode from my phone, and it seems to work nicely.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.perisonic

Please let me know what you think of this.

[NLclothing]

Love the chrome app!

Was wondering though, would it be possible to get a genre selector in the list that pops up from the side? Maybe a drop-down menu so choosing a random song from a genre is quicker than needing to change it in the settings? Maybe a list of user-defined genres?

Also does it match the genre name exactly, or use it more as a keyword?

Anyway, great work!