MortPlayer 3.0 Released [Archive] - Thoughts Media Forums

Janak Parekh

10-28-2004, 05:00 PM

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/en/' target='_blank'>http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/po.../mortplayer/en/</a><br /><br /></div>Here's a free media player for Pocket PCs that I've never heard of: MortPlayer. Looks like it's been flying under the radar for some time, but it's full of features, including MP3 and Ogg support. And, it's <b>free</b>.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20041028-MortPlayer3.gif" /><br /><br />Version 3.0 has many new features, including Second Edition landscape/VGA support. If you've been looking for another media player to try out, perhaps this one is for you.

Solarix

10-28-2004, 05:26 PM

Looks intertesting. Honestly I can't stand WMP for mp3's. And I think I gotta give it a try just cause the Screenshot of it has it playing The Crϋxshadows. :-)

toml

10-28-2004, 06:53 PM

Awesome! I've been a long time user of Mortplayer and I'm very glad to have a VGA version available. No longer 1/4 screen in true VGA mode now!

Make sure to try the "Car Screen" mode. That's the "killer feature" for me, I listen to a lot of music through the car stereo (it's got an aux input I can patch straight to the PPC).

atpcz

10-28-2004, 08:20 PM

i like the way that there is a Tom Tom skin which shows your Tom Tom instructions whilst playing

JohnJohn

10-28-2004, 08:41 PM

I read somewhere that purchased iTunes music is somehow related to Ogg. Can some one tell me how? Will this player play iTunes purchased music?

Thanks,

Jonathan1

10-28-2004, 08:52 PM

I read somewhere that purchased iTunes music is somehow related to Ogg. Can some one tell me how? Will this player play iTunes purchased music?

Thanks,

:confused totally: That's a first for me. AAC, which Apple's iTunes uses, is based on MPEG4 which from what I understand isn't related to OGG. Maybe the method that OGG and AAC uses is the same. Other then that. No clue. As for Apple iTMS purchases on a Pocket PC. No. The FairPlay DRM wrapper isn't compatable with any player on the PPC, and I know of only one that does play AAC files. Until Apple licenses FairPlay to 3rd party companies you are SOL when it comes to iTMS songs. The only thing that will play those at this point in time is the iPod and iTunes. Well technically anything that calls the Quicktime API can also play it but that is a diff topic.
All I know is I'm getting my first iPod on the 3rd - 60GB iPod Photo!! :rock on dude!: :D

Marcel_Proust

10-28-2004, 08:56 PM

I read somewhere that purchased iTunes music is somehow related to Ogg. Can some one tell me how? Will this player play iTunes purchased music?

Thanks,

no.
you can use the 40thfloor player to play aac. But you will have to crack them, which is possible if you own the files.

Marcel_Proust

10-28-2004, 08:57 PM

i like the way that there is a Tom Tom skin which shows your Tom Tom instructions whilst playing

really? that's pretty awsome.

Solarix

10-28-2004, 09:34 PM

I refuse to buy music not in MP3 form. I would rather buy the whole CD myself and do with it what I will, play it on what I want, and burn it as many times as I want then deal with DRM.

Craig Horlacher

10-29-2004, 02:02 AM

I encode all my music in Ogg Vorbis now so that's sweet! It sounds like a perfect match for the Toshiba e830 I have coming!!! Man it's hard to buy that thing if you live in the US!!!!

I was just wonding what player I could use to play ogg vorbis on my new pocket pc.

I was hoping to find a pocket pc player that could handle the music I have on my iRiver 40GB player:)

sto-helit.de

10-29-2004, 08:26 AM

Well, fist of all, I just updated it to V3.01.
There are only some minor changes, which most users probably won't even notice: A bugfix in the screen switching dialog, and a hint in the extended screen switching dialog to avoid confusion...
Well, and a short info about Tap&Hold on first start, so e.g. the popup menu won't be so hard to find...

And I think I gotta give it a try just cause the Screenshot of it has it playing The Crϋxshadows. :-)
Now, that's a reason! :D
I love them, though the last EP was a bit disappointing imho...

As for Ogg Vorbis: I like (and use) it, too, but sadly the equalizer won't work for it... :(
The sound system is in large parts that of GSPlayer (which uses MAD and libovd), which has the same problem, and I don't want to botch with that too much... I only implemented ID3 V1.1 and V2.0 to V2.3.

Jonathon Watkins

10-29-2004, 09:27 AM

Well, fist of all, I just updated it to V3.01.

Welcome Sto-helit.de. Good to see you. 8)

I think I'll give this a spin myself at the weekend.

Please do keep us updated with any other program changes etc.

Silencer

10-29-2004, 09:35 AM

Hi out there,
there´s a big review of the MortPlayer at the ppc-welt.info community. If you want to know more about this great player, go and have a closer look:

Link to english review (http://www.ppc-welt.info/community/showthread.php?p=429570#post429570)

sto-helit.de

10-29-2004, 10:06 AM

Welcome Sto-helit.de. Good to see you. 8)
Thanks. Usually I use the nick "Mort", but that's already in use here... ;)

Please do keep us updated with any other program changes etc.
Of course. Though I think I'll do a small break now... Of course, there'll be bugfixes, if something's detected...

For future releases, I've got already a small todo list:
- cover images per path/playlist (cover.jpg/.png in path, or playlistname.jpg/.png in the same directory as the playlist)
- vertical sliders (i.e. volume/position moves up/down instead of left/right)
- visualizer (simple version, one slider for each left/right) - main reason for the vertical sliders... (of course it can be turned off, and it depends on the skin anyway...)
- scrolling can be turned off
- (maybe) alarm clock screen with clock and stop, snooze, and "back to main screen" buttons
- (maybe) transparency for sliders
- (maybe) WMA via WMP plugin (no effects)
- (maybe) volume setting for alarm clock

jeffmd

10-29-2004, 05:57 PM

the lack of eqlizer on averything but mp3 is very weak imo. And the lack of winamp skin support makes it look pretty bad. I guess its fine though if you want something thats free.

btw, what makes gapless "impossible"? It should be pretty easy if you keep and manage a sound buffer (will hold and stream the data to the output), and a seperate loader to handel the streaming of files into the buffer.

Pocketmusic does this with their crossfade (why they dont have settings for gapless, ie crossfade with no overlap and no volume change, i'll never know).

sto-helit.de

10-29-2004, 08:33 PM

the lack of eqlizer on averything but mp3 is very weak imo.
btw, what makes gapless "impossible"? It should be pretty easy if you keep and manage a sound buffer (will hold and stream the data to the output), and a seperate loader to handel the streaming of files into the buffer.
That's both because I don't know much about sound programming and decompression. I just use the playback routines from GSPlayer (well, I added support for ID3V2, but that's not really a part of the playback...).
If someone with knowlege in this area wants to implement it, I'd gratefully adopt it. Or (s)he could create an own derivate. The source is available under the terms of GPL, so there's no problem there...

And the lack of winamp skin support makes it look pretty bad.
I think there are enough players which look like WinAmp, though I really don't get who want's to use a player with such tiny buttons on a PPC.
Besides, there'd be a real problem because MortPlayer offers more in some areas, like mulitple shuffle and repeat modes, screen switching, or switching presets with a button. You don't get that into a Winamp skin.
Last not least there are some really nice alternative skins for MortPlayer available already, and I hope there'll be more...

jeffmd

10-30-2004, 06:09 AM

tiny buttons.. perhaps, functionality can be implimented by many of the other buttons on the winamp skin (pocketplay dosnt exploit this, but winampaq had pull down menus open up when you clicked the 3 buttons in the play list window to gain advanced features). Its just that theres allready a well establish skin base for winamp 2.x and the buttons arnt that small to make it useless.

cyclist

11-02-2004, 02:16 PM

Great player Mort, it solves my two big problems for me. I use my PPC to play back radio programs I've recorded. I have a digital radio that I can program to record on to an SD card. My major use of the PPC player is to listen to these radio recordings. Most of the programs are voice, so Mort Player remembering its position when turned off is very handy. The other thing that I like is that MortPlayer simply plays the MP2 recordings from my radio. For Windows Media Player I had to convert them first.

Has anyone else installed the MortPlayer to a storage card? I find the player works fine, but I see an error note after I close the player. No big deal, I'm just curious.

sto-helit.de

11-02-2004, 03:30 PM

Has anyone else installed the MortPlayer to a storage card? I find the player works fine, but I see an error note after I close the player.
If it's something about MPNotify couldn't be startet, and you switched off and an the device, maybe the current beta will help. WM can't start programs from storage cards on power on, because it tries that before the card is mounted in the file system (and it continues the player before the sound driver is initialized, causing big problems on some devices if the playback's not stopped in time... :? ). Because of this, MPNotify (a small tool that notifies MP of power on) is now copied to the program files directory unless the player's installed below \Program files itself.

Some other changes:
- Screensaver settings on new settings page
- Button lock optionally must be deactivated with additional button (to screensaver off, i.e. a combination of screensaver and lock button is needed to remove the lock). If the lock's not removed within 5 seconds after screensaver off, the screensaver's reactivated, and if the system was powered down during playback, the playback continues.
- New option: Use "Switch screen" instead of "next screen" (shows selection if more than 2 screens exist, like the menu entry)
- For skins: New slider "Battery" (battery meter), new slider property "Direction" (right, up, left, or down)

Download (http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/downloads/MP3.02b2.zip)

sto-helit.de

11-02-2004, 06:46 PM

Some small bugfixes, esp. with MPNotify error after later starts...

Download (http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/downloads/MP3.02b4.zip)

Jonathon Watkins

11-02-2004, 06:53 PM

Is it possible to do seamless play in a future release? I.e. have no gaps between the tracks?

sto-helit.de

11-02-2004, 06:55 PM

Is it possible to do seamless play in a future release? I.e. have no gaps between the tracks?
At least not from me. I'm not much into audio programming, so I can't implement that in the playback routines.

sto-helit.de

11-05-2004, 10:44 AM

You might try this new beta (http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/downloads/MP3.02b9.zip) (copy contained files to installation directory on PPC). There are some bugfixes and new options for the button lock.

Jonathon Watkins

11-05-2004, 10:59 AM

I'll give Betas a miss as I value my system stability, but I'm pleased with how it's been working for me. Now I just need to get a few skins to play with.

sto-helit.de

11-05-2004, 11:13 AM

I'll give Betas a miss as I value my system stability,
Well, "beta" is always some kind of "it should work, but I better want to have it tested...". Sadly, most bug's are only found when the user base increases. Thus, every update with a new feature is more or less "beta"... ;)

but I'm pleased with how it's been working for me.
Fine... :)

Now I just need to get a few skins to play with.
Did you look here (http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/en/skins.pl)?
I've also contacted PDAgold.com for a Skins/Themes section for MortPlayer, so the skin designers and users don't have to wait until I update my skins page... (which I want to reduce to some "best picks" then...)

Jonathon Watkins

11-05-2004, 12:01 PM

Now I just need to get a few skins to play with.
Did you look here (http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/en/skins.pl)?

Of course. :) Just been too busy to really look though it etc.

sto-helit.de

11-05-2004, 03:48 PM

Another beta update (http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/downloads/MP3.02b10.zip)...
Mainly some bugfixes at reading directory structure and contents, and the first played file is now selected on startup and list change (and shuffle mode change, if the selection wasn't modified).

sto-helit.de

11-08-2004, 01:53 PM

And yet another beta update (http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/downloads/MP3.02b12.zip)...
- Some changes in stream handling (e.g. track change is possible to allow playlists with online files like http://somewhere.com/my.mp3)
- Cover images are possible (though not supported by current Skins; if you want to try it: insert a label (http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/en/skinhelp.html#elemLabels) "Cover" and add cover.jpg/.png into the directories or <playlistname>.jpg/.png for playlists)
- Files shouldn't be skipped anymore if a storage card is not accessible after power on

sto-helit.de

11-12-2004, 09:45 AM

V3.1 is released.

Download, informations, new Skins, ... (http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/en)

Changes:

Supports cover images (about how to use, see the manual (http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/en/instructions.pl#covers)) and battery meter (both need Skins supporting it)
Settings for screensaver and button lock on an own page, with some new options
Bugfix: If installed on storage card, some devices showed an error message on power off + on (in fact it's more of a workaround to avoid a Windows error...)
Startup and closing is faster on some PPCs
When using Playlist Mode with "Last playlist", if a directory or path was read by list skip or open dialog and not modified (i.e. its name is shown instead of "Playlist"), that path/playlist is loaded on next program start. This way, the cover is shown after restart, and changes are recognized. (Before, a copy of the playlist contents was saved and restored on restart)
Error list is saved to "errors.txt" when the program is closed
Optional screen selection instead of "Next Screen >>" (Settings-Handling)
Small modifiactions at handling streams (e.g. track skip for playlists with http://.../track.mp3 entries)
After power off and on during playback no tracks are skipped (concerns only some devices)
If the application buttons are named on the device, these names are shown in button dialog
For Skins: New property SliderDirection=right|left|up|down for the direction a slider "grows"

http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer/screenshots/cover.gif

Darius Wey

11-12-2004, 10:21 AM

Album Art?!? 8O

Mort, I just found myself a new best friend. :D

sto-helit.de

11-12-2004, 04:41 PM

Album Art?!? 8O
Mort, I just found myself a new best friend. :D
:D
Well, currently it's only supported in the "Night Cover" skin, which is included in the installation (I also added SeaShell, Gamma, and Alu DarkRed to show the skinning possibilities). I hope other Skins will follow...
And, as explained in the manual and FAQ, I currently don't support images contained in ID3V2 tags. It's limited to cover images per folder/playlist, which fits to the "CD changer" like way of handling folders/playlists, and also saves space because you don't have to include the cover in every single track...
I hope that's enough for your needs...

Darius Wey

11-12-2004, 05:12 PM

:D
Well, currently it's only supported in the "Night Cover" skin, which is included in the installation (I also added SeaShell, Gamma, and Alu DarkRed to show the skinning possibilities). I hope other Skins will follow...
And, as explained in the manual and FAQ, I currently don't support images contained in ID3V2 tags. It's limited to cover images per folder/playlist, which fits to the "CD changer" like way of handling folders/playlists, and also saves space because you don't have to include the cover in every single track...
I hope that's enough for your needs...

Hmm...I'll have to check it out when time permits. At the moment, I've got a bundle of WMA files on my card, which MortPlayer doesn't support. I'll have to give some MP3 files a go before I discover the full potential of these new features you've included in MortPlayer. ;)

sto-helit.de

01-28-2005, 02:11 PM

If you want to, you can check out the current release canditate of V3.2 here (http://sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer3.2/en).
This page - including the change history - is already updated.
But please don't publish the address anywhere "permanent" - this path will be deleted as soon as V3.2 is released.
Main changes are improved alarm clock, better cover support (incl. ID3 tags), better stream and bookmark handling, a redone Night Skin (with buttons that look fine on devices with only 65k colors and battery, phone signal level, cover, and clock in car screen), and several bugfixes.
If all works fine, I hope to release it sometime next week.

Darius Wey

01-28-2005, 02:21 PM

Thanks Mort. That's a wealthy set of new updates. :way to go:

nategesner

02-01-2005, 05:20 AM

sto-helit.de

02-01-2005, 09:22 AM

I just downloaded the latest version from your web site and I can't find a way to toggle the screen off during playback. Is this feature not available? I'm afraid I haven't much use if the screen has to stay on because it will drain my battery.
Go to "Setup"-"Settings" in the menu (you can show it by tap&hold on the background if it's a fullscreen screen), and select "Screensaver / Lock" in the dropdown on the top. There, you can enter a timeout for the screensaver (= display off). But be aware it doesn't activate if the device is powered externally (e.g. by USB charging).
Now, go to the "Buttons" page, select any button you like, and assign "Screensaver" to it, so you can deactivate it (or activate it manually), and leave the settings with OK.
(Is it really that hard to find? :confused: )

nategesner

02-01-2005, 03:18 PM

Sorry. I saw the screensaver setting, but was thinking it meant an actual screen saver or something. For some reason, it didn't dawn on me that it might be the screen toggle.

I've been playing around with this program and it seems a little overwhelming at first. The skins look strange with the big buttons. The settings menu is a little confusing. But as I get used to it, I see the reasons behind it and really like it. I especially like the ability to use it while driving and being able to customize the sound so easily.

I seem to remember trying this program a year ago and I couldn't get the alarm clock to work. I'll give it a shot again and see what I find.

sto-helit.de

02-01-2005, 03:42 PM

Sorry. I saw the screensaver setting, but was thinking it meant an actual screen saver or something. For some reason, it didn't dawn on me that it might be the screen toggle.
Oh, OK... I thought it's quite common on the PocketPC.
AFAIR, the WMP uses the "screensaver" for it, too.

I've been playing around with this program and it seems a little overwhelming at first. The skins look strange with the big buttons.
Not all skins have big buttons. E.g., the included SeaShell is not that different to the PocketPlayer look.
But I really wouldn't be able to use one of those WinAmp clones without a stylus on my MDA compact (aka HTC Magician, XDA II mini, I-Mate JAM, Qtec S100).

The settings menu is a little confusing.
Admitted...
I don't like those property tabs, since you have to scroll so much if there are many of them. So I use the dropdown selection (or arrow buttons) instead.
I'm also not very happy with the many pages and how the options are grouped, but imho it would have been worse to split it on even more pages.
I'm thinking about a setting dialog similar to the one in the SKTools, i.e. an edit area on top and a scrollable list of properties with their current values below. This will be more clearly arranged and also would make it easier to support translation files (currently, the dialogs are sometimes so crowded I had to do different positions for the German version, other languages might even be worse...). Also, I think about a more easy skin selection with the selection dialog, i.e. similar to the open dialog (first a list of installed skins, then a list of contained screens, and an option in the settings if the selected skin should be made default or if it's only temporary until the next start).
But that will be quite some work, too, so I postponed it to "some later version"... :rolleyes:

I seem to remember trying this program a year ago and I couldn't get the alarm clock to work. I'll give it a shot again and see what I find.
Well, at least the interface got more intuitive, imho... Though most people probably won't recognise the state indicator can be pressed...

nategesner

02-02-2005, 07:02 AM

Null problemo! Sie haben gut gemacht! My Media Player shows the command as "Toggle Screen" so that's why I was confused.

I'm wondering: if I use the the sleep function to play a couple songs before going to sleep, will the alarm still work to wake me up? I haven't had a chance to test this yet and I'm too busy to sleep!

Also: I went into Menu...Settings...Eq./FX presets and my Axim shuts down every time. Not a big deal because I can still access this page using the screen button, the toolbar icon, or Menu...Select...Equalizer/Effects. Just wondering if you knew about this issue. And is there a reason behind having four different ways to access the same screens?

Finally, a suggestion for the future: Any chance you can add an option to the alarm clock to leave the screen on? I would like my alarm to go off and the screen to stay on until I stop it. Having the light on allows me to (a) find my Axim and (b) stop the music/alarm with my finger on the screen. It would be nice if I could have this option separate from the screen saver.

I can't heap enough praise on you for such a great program. Thanks for all the work you've done. Do you accept PayPal? Oder mochten Sie lieber bier? :beer:

sto-helit.de

02-02-2005, 10:07 AM

Null problemo! Sie haben gut gemacht! My Media Player shows the command as "Toggle Screen" so that's why I was confused.
Oh, OK...

I'm wondering: if I use the the sleep function to play a couple songs before going to sleep, will the alarm still work to wake me up?
Yes.
If you don't use "let the last song finish", it will even continue where it stopped.

Also: I went into Menu...Settings...Eq./FX presets and my Axim shuts down every time.
I'll have to check that... Probably the developer tool mixed up the command ids again...

And is there a reason behind having four different ways to access the same screens?
So they are found... ;) And guess what: they still aren't found by some users...
Besides, not all ways are available in any case. With a fullscreen screen that doesn't include an effects button, only the popup menu will remain. But if I'd included it only in the menu, it would by hard to access if you need it often... (And I've got the feeling some users never even opened the menu...)
And last not least, this way you can choose the way you like the most...

Finally, a suggestion for the future: Any chance you can add an option to the alarm clock to leave the screen on? I would like my alarm to go off and the screen to stay on until I stop it. Having the light on allows me to (a) find my Axim and (b) stop the music/alarm with my finger on the screen.
Huh?
You can disable the system's power off in the energy settings, if that's what you mean. I can't disable the backlight timeout, so you'll have to do that in the system settings. There's not even a public interface to turn on/off the backlight from a program... (OK, iPaq has a library, but I don't want to limit MortPlayer, esp. not to a device I don't own... ;))
When the alarm starts, the screen is turned on anyway - or at least it should be so...
Or are you talking about the power off timer or snooze?

Do you accept PayPal? Oder mochten Sie lieber bier? :beer:
:lol:
I prefer PayPal. Address is [email protected], or you can use the link at my page ("donations", right below the title).

sto-helit.de

02-02-2005, 10:18 AM

nategesner

02-03-2005, 06:46 AM

nategesner

02-03-2005, 06:47 AM

Also: I went into Menu...Settings...Eq./FX presets and my Axim shuts down every time.
Strange... Mine does fine...
When did you download the version you use? Maybe the error was removed by another build...
(My MortPlayer.exe is from january, 31st, 9:08 am, which is also the latest download)

Version 3.2, downloaded right after it was announced. Not a big issue since I access menus a different way. Just thought I'd throw it out there.

sto-helit.de

02-03-2005, 12:09 PM

Mort: I have the program set up to activate the screensaver after 10s. So when my alarm goes off, it turns the Axim on, starts playing the song, and then enters the screensaver mode after ten seconds. I was wondering if there was a way to leave the screensaver setting at 10s, but disable it only for the alarm.
OK, I understand...
Only, it would be a bit tricky to add an option for it anywhere. The alarm clock setting screen is very crowded, and an extra settings screen for only 1 or 2 settings (this and maybe the alarm volume) woundn't be that nice (not to mention the additional work... ;)).
Would it make sense to do that by default?

Version 3.2, downloaded right after it was announced. Not a big issue since I access menus a different way. Just thought I'd throw it out there.
Please try again with the current download...
Edit: In the current version, the screen saver stays off after alarm, until you did something after the playback started.

nategesner

02-03-2005, 03:06 PM

OK, I received one of the newsletters stating that version 3.2 was out. I downloaded that version and that is what I currently have installed. You say to go download the new version, but your web site now shows version 3.1 as the newest. Where did 3.2 go?

The file I downloaded is titled MortPlayer-3.2-en.exe and dated 1 Feb 05, 9:38PM. If there is something newer than that, please let me know.

And, yes, my alarm clock goes off and then the screensaver activates before I push any buttons or touch anything on the screen. Again, I don't want you bending over backwards to "fix" this or anything else I've mentioned. This is a great piece of software; I'm just providing feedback.

sto-helit.de

02-03-2005, 03:38 PM

OK, I received one of the newsletters stating that version 3.2 was out. I downloaded that version and that is what I currently have installed. You say to go download the new version, but your web site now shows version 3.1 as the newest. Where did 3.2 go?
V3.2 is still in "releas canditate" state. I.e., almost done, but still in test and sometimes with small bugfixes or very small new features....
That's why V3.1 is still on the official page.
V3.2 is located here (http://www.sto-helit.de/freeware/pocketpc/mortplayer3.2/en) until it's released.

The file I downloaded is titled MortPlayer-3.2-en.exe and dated 1 Feb 05, 9:38PM. If there is something newer than that, please let me know.
Well, there is...

And, yes, my alarm clock goes off and then the screensaver activates before I push any buttons or touch anything on the screen.
It shouldn't with the current version. It's been only a single line to modify, so don't worry about the effort... ;)

sto-helit.de

02-08-2005, 04:33 PM

I just updated the release canditate again (same link as in the post above).

There are some minor bugfixes - and one major: the player hung if the today plugin was used... :roll:

I also modified the graphic routines so they use less system resources. This might cause some problems like not painted elements, hangups, or closing of the player, though it works fine by now on my device and some others. Please test it, and if you experience problems, tell me about it...

Additionally I increased the priority for the position update to "normal", which shouldn't harm too much since it's idle for most of the time anyway, but might help to keep the position updated e.g. if used with navigation.

I'm quite positive this version might become the release, so please try it...