Thread: AMP v1.0 Worklog

Do you have some good visuals? Send them man I can add them in.

AMP VERSION 1.3 RELEASE
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Download: http://www.aychamo.com/amp/AMP.zip
Source Code: http://www.aychamo.com/amp/AMPSource.zip
Instructions: You should be able to copy it over and just start it up. If you notice any weird configuration problems, I would suggest nuking your entire ~/Library/Application Support/AMP directory (~ = your home folder). You should not have to re-import your music, pictures, or movies.

Summary of Primary Changes:
- Graphical "File-Open" for any "Open" buttons
- Plugin Manager / App Launcher
- "Colors" configuration option for the highlight bar (Thanks Raceer for the idea)
- Show/Hide Mouse Cursor option
- Tweaked some of the screens
- Fixed all the previous mentioned bugs, with the pop-up "Now Playing" screen, etc
- Wrote a new plugin example, more simple, sophisitcated..
- I've been playing with this version for so long, you will notice other new things that I can't remember, or I did before I started using the changelog.txt

AMP CHANGELOG.TXT
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Sep 6:
- Added the graphical "File-Open" to the main AMP_AppDelegate

Sep 4:
- Added a "disabled" Eject button to the AMP_Utilities

Aug 25:
- Figured out how to do the graphical "File-Open"
- Have implemented the graphical "File-Open" in AMP_PluginManager & AMP_Utilities

Aug 24:
- Wrote esentially the entire AMP_PluginManager

Aug 23:
- Added a whole new configuration option "Colors" to allow you to change the scroll bar color
- Scroll bar has various presets, and saves in the configuration keys RGB_RED_VALUE, RGB_GREEN_VALUE, RGB_BLUE_VALUE
- Method: - (void)setBarColorToRed: (float)redColor green: (float)greenColor blue: (float)blueColor added to OAGradientTableView.m
- Added appropriate methods in AMP_Configuration.m

Aug 18: (in the airport)
- Replaced the "Use iTunes Visuals" option in the config screen with "Display mouse cursor"
- Replaced "USE_ITUNES_VISUALS" with "DISPLAY_MOUSE_CURSOR" in the configuration options & set the default to "YES"
- Changed the appropriate IBOutlet NSButton to configDisplayMouseCursorButton;
- Removed the whole check for using iTunes's visuals in the AMP_VisualsModel.m source
- AMP_App_Delegate.m: Added a conditional at the end of -awakeFromNib to hide the mouse cursor if so selected
- AMP_Configuration.m: Added show/hide logic for the mouse cursor when user activates a file-open dialog box
- AMP_VisualsModule.m: Fixed the bug about the "Music Control Window" not disappearing when the art was clicked on or whatever

Aug 13:
- Replaced startup graphic with AMPLoading.qtz
- Added fade out / in after loading finished

- Changed configuration string "Do not show Now Playing popup" to "Show 'Now Playing' Popup" [to remove negativity]
- Changed the associated configuration key to "SHOW_NOW_PLAYING" (was "NO_SHOW_NOW_PLAYING")
- Changed default setting of the configuation key "SHOW_NOW_PLAYING" to "YES"

- Changed width of the "Music Control Window" [floater], and centered it
- Added "Track x/x" to the "Music Control Window" via nowPlayingTrackNumber & nowPlayingTotalTracks (in AMP_KVC_Bindings.h/m)
- Fixed the bug associated with the music position slider in the above window

- Removed included "MiscWindowAnimations.m" [too slow, thanks Apple!]
- Changed the alpha of BezelBox to 0.90 (was 0.85)
- Added an AMP Icon to the "About" window
- Moved the segmented bar graphics for the volume up 1 pixel (in the vertical middle now)

- Started using changelog.txt (lol)


To-Do: I have a lot of things on my To-Do list.. But I want to keep them a bit of a surprise. I still have a few things up my sleeve

Note: I was contacted in e-mail by someone interested in doing a XM radio plugin. So, hopefully that will pan out

Note: I'M SURE THERE WILL BE BUGS! We've added a ton of stuff, a lot of code, and a lot of new logic, and replaced a lot of the old ****, etc. So if you notice bugs, PLEASE POST THEM ASAP!


- Aychamo

you got rid of the option to use the iTunes visualizations. VERY GOOD. and i like the option to change the color of the bar.

Originally Posted by LightningMac

when I choose to import my music videos and pointed the file menu to the location, it found the videos, but, it calls the by the folder they are in ex backstreetboys/unknown album/ and the rest is unreadable because the file name is too long. Is there a way amp can read the tags and realize what is what? a movie from a music video?

You mean it shows the folder name in the name of the movie, so the name of the video itself is unreadable due to it being so long a name? Good point. I suppose I should remove it listing what folder its in. Or perhaps I should make the movies like the file-open thing, where you just browse through the actual directory structurue? What do you guys think?

Originally Posted by LightningMac

Also a suggestion, add a feature into disk utilities that says "use drive as primary source" allowing you to choose what drive (including an ipod)Amp will play the files from. Is that possible?

Well, I definitly want to add "Play from iPod" capability. The problem is Apple doesn't give us an easy way to parse what is in the iPod. There isn't a nice "iTunes Music Library.xml" on the iPod (I wish there was!). There's a proprietary file in there, I think someone (gnat?) sent me source a while back to read it, so I'll check that out. I'd love to add "Play from iPod!" Like you would just plugin your iPod, and AMP would bring up a screen for it to browse around and play from it.

Originally Posted by LightningMac

Also on the visual using the rotating CD with art (my favorite) still a little clunky but only as it does the fliping action, otherwise it's very smooth and I love the glowing in the background!

Hmmm. It does that on my computer too. I thought it was just my comp cause I have so much **** open at once. I'll see what I can do in the quartz file and try to reduce the power it's taking. I'm still a pretty big idiot when it comes to quartz composer.

Originally Posted by LightningMac

thanks for the great application!!!

Thank you man!

BTW - if AMP *ever* crashes, please please tell me and tell me what happened that made it crash. I've only had it crash on me a few times, and it turned out it was due to a corrupted movie I was trying to play.

- Aychamo

i love the plugins, I can add my touchkit program so that when my screen is acting up, I dont have to go and find it. VERY GOOD AND HELPFULL. way to go, i love it all. and that screen saver does the same for me as well.