04-19-2004, 05:00 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Conduits' Pocket Player 2.51 Released, Now With SDK
Last week, Conduits released a point update to their popular Pocket Player product. They've combined a bunch of small updates as well as a number of new features, including a Today plugin. What's most interesting, though, is the release of an SDK for the player.
"Plug in! A Software Development Kit (SDK) is now available from the Pocket Player website, which includes all the necessary files and features needed to implement the four types of plugins: Decoder, Visualization, General, and DSP plugins. The interface can be extended with the use of "general" plugins that can be added to Pocket Player. With decoder plugins, media format support can be further expanded. Digital signal processing (DSP) plugins lend audio effects to the mix. Visualizations add pizazz to playback."
There's only a few plugins available right now (such as MOD support), but this sounds like an attractive option for those of you who want an extensible featureset from your media player.
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04-19-2004, 05:36 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,734
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I'm in the mood to purchase a music player. The choice is between PocketMusic and Pocket Player. They both cost the same ($19.99) and seem to have a similar feature set. Any recommendations or Unique Selling Points to either?
Surur
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04-19-2004, 06:08 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 198
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Originally Posted by Surur
I'm in the mood to purchase a music player. The choose is between PocketMusic and Pocket Player. They both cost the same ($19.99) and seem to have a similar feature set. Any recommendations or Unique Selling Points to either?
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Surur,
Thank you for the consideration. Pocket Player offers several features that aren't found elsewhere:
- Visualizations, both built-in and through a plugin system
- Gapless, variable crossfade support for all media formats (including WMA)
- Advanced input buffering, useful for power-saving for Microdrive users
- the "Local Content" playlist is always up-to-date with whatever media you have on your device or Storage Cards - this takes the hassle out of managing playlists if you don't need them.
- Plugin support for other media formats (already we have a plugin supporting MOD/XM/IT)
We would invite you to download our 30-day demo version, downloadable from our website at http://www.conduits.com/products/player/ .
Thanks!
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04-19-2004, 07:12 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 215
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I tried both PocketMusic and PocketPlayer, I bought PocketPlayer and I have to say that the support received from them was superb (Carrie Hall), thats what swayed me over. These are similar programmes but Pocket Player seems more full featured and robust. I had awful problems configuiring PocketMusic to work properly. PocketPlayer wasnt without problem (mainly because these are powerful programmes and need careful setting up) but as stated support was excellent.
regards
SHC
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04-19-2004, 08:20 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 307
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Does pocketplayer stream broadcasted wma files like the built in player?
I wish someone would also build a better streaming .ra player. The one from real, sucks, and plays very few of the broadcasts. Is a plug in for that in the works?
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04-19-2004, 08:25 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 199
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PDaudio News (April 19, 2004)
The latest version of Conduits' Pocket Player (version 2.51, for PDAs
running Windows Mobile 2003 and PocketPC 2002) now supports playback of 24-bit WAV files. We tested it and it seems to work fine with 24/96 WAV
files. It downsamples in real-time to 16/44.1 for playback via the
PDA's headphones.
So now, when you record high-res audio files using PDAudio, you can play them back on your PDA using Pocket Player.
Len Moskowitz
Core Sound
www.core-sound.com
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04-19-2004, 08:51 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 350
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Holy Smokes! That's my description of the last half hour. I've been debating about trying either PocketMusic or Pocket Player, so I thought I'd give Pocket Player a whirl.
Wow, using the equalizer does help tremendously! It makes a big difference, especially going back to WMP and playing the same song. (Okay, I'm not a big audiophile, but I know what I like) And no skips! The Today plugin is gravy, but I like gravy.
The half hour? 25 minutes was trying out the demo, trying the settings, switching back and forth between PP & WMP to see the difference, etc. I was convinced. The other 5 minutes? Purchasing it from Handango, using a discount, getting the emails about registering, sending my ID AND then receiving the registration code! Now THAT'S service!
No, I am not a shill or a plant. Just a new, satisfied customer.
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04-19-2004, 09:10 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 22
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I downloaded and installed the latest version. I have a couple of questions for Jason.
Under advanced options:
1. What is 'Don't query screen power status"
2. What is "Power-on screen pre-sleep"
I could not find these info on the documentation.
Thanks.
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04-19-2004, 09:42 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 198
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Originally Posted by Marcel_Proust
Does pocketplayer stream broadcasted wma files like the built in player?
I wish someone would also build a better streaming .ra player. The one from real, sucks, and plays very few of the broadcasts. Is a plug in for that in the works?
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Currently, we do not handle MMS or RTSP -based broadcasts (HTTP-streamed WMA files, and shared networked WMA files are definitely supported), though we are working on support for that in a future release. Regarding RealAudio support, that is also something we will be looking into for a future release.
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04-19-2004, 09:45 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 54
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Terrific program. I love using the equalizer with Ogg files - the sound is so good I use my digital monitor headphones at home to listen. 
Is this a free upgrade? :?: I did not see it mentioned on the site.
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