BZR Player - a new music player for Win

[Axxy]

NAV just popped and deleted the brzplayer.exe. SONAR says it doing something suspicious on this computer and removed it..

Probably a false/positive (i hope) but just so you know.

[bLAZER]

@spannernick No porting to Amiga of so many reasons I don't know where to start...

@Axxman Did you get the same warning for the previous version? Since I compiled it myself I'm pretty sure that it doesn't do anything suspicious. (Does it say something more than "suspicious"?)

[Axxy]

Originally Posted by bLAZER

@Axxman Did you get the same warning for the previous version? Since I
compiled it myself I'm pretty sure that it doesn't do anything suspicious. (Does it say something more than "suspicious"?)

You don't get the chance, it's automatic. I can choose to ignore the alert and allow it to be used, but I won't for the time being. It's never done that with previous versions of Bzr. Tbh, it's only ever done it once before with 3 polish scene diskmags, so I doubt it's anything serious.

It's probably one of those false postives you get once in a blue moon.

[bLAZER]

Yeah, probably a pattern in the program that's close to a virus pattern. Hopefully it disappears in the next version

[bLAZER]

Time for another release:

0.90

New features:

• Fullscreen view for pattern view (right click pattern view to enable)
• Add-button in playlist now has add files/folder/playlist/URL in one button
• Remembers last opened directories for add files/folder/playlist
• Toggle buttons for open sound/playlist/file information/pattern view
• Option to hide the scrollbar in the tracker window

Bug fixes:

• Loading a SoundFX file would sometimes crash
• Fixed some memory leaks
• Scrollbars had some odd behaviours

Other:

• Upgraded to Qt 4.8.1.0

Get BZR Player 0.90 here (And join the Facebook page)

[bLAZER]

New release:

0.91

New features:

• Extracts .atr-files (Atari Disk Images) and plays the contents
• Shows instrument names for Raster Music Tracker files
• New vumeter: pulsating image (replace Resources/vumeter/image.png with your favorite image)
• All id3v2 textfields now supported from id3v2.2.0 to id3v2.4.0

Bug fixes:

• SoundFX instrument looping issue

Other:

• HVSC #56 songlength database for sid-files
• Upgraded to ASAP 3.1.2

Get BZR Player 0.91 here (And join the Facebook page)

[1time]

Nice work Blazer!

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by bLAZER

New release:

0.91


New features:

• Extracts .atr-files (Atari Disk Images) and plays the contents
• Shows instrument names for Raster Music Tracker files
• New vumeter: pulsating image (replace Resources/vumeter/image.png with your favorite image)
• All id3v2 textfields now supported from id3v2.2.0 to id3v2.4.0

Bug fixes:

• SoundFX instrument looping issue

Other:

• HVSC #56 songlength database for sid-files
• Upgraded to ASAP 3.1.2

Get BZR Player 0.91 here (And join the Facebook page)

Excuse my ignorance but does your player support .rjp?

[bLAZER]

@1time Thanks!

@lesta_smsc Sorry, not yet.

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by bLAZER

@1time Thanks!

@lesta_smsc Sorry, not yet.

I shall await the support ... it is the only reason why I still run workbench to listen to Mods lol

[Axxy]

Ooh, didn't notice a new version... I'm trying version 0.91 now...

You'll be pleased to know that NAV does nothing to your player this time!

I am now on a new machine now, Win7 (64bit), only had it a week so far...

BUT.....

The same problem exists on this machine as my previous one (vista 32bit).

I try to add a module from File/Folder using option (right click) in player, results in the player crashing, every time, regardless of what type of module it is. Only time it doesn't is when I add a mp3 first, same method, I can then add modules until my hearts content. Once I close brzplayer, the same thing will happen again, next time I open the player and add a module.

I can drag 'n' drop a module onto my desktop icon and the player plays the module no problem and subsequent modules added thereafter. Once the player can play a module, it behaves as it should, until I close and restart the player again.

This behaviour only applies when the first file I try to play from Add File is a module, every time on my old machine and now this one.

Also, the Pattern View doesn't work, just shows a black background in the window. Got an Nvidia GTX560Ti and running a resolution of 1900x1080 if that helps.

Logfiles attached...

[TEOL]

I know what would be cool to see. An M1 style codec that can play Arcade music from the sound data roms and all the EaglePlayer Wanted Team and Deliplayer codecs converted into the versions needed to play the tunes in this player.

M1 Source: http://www.bannister.org/software/m1.htm

Deliplayer: "Codecs to convert to BZR format to have a near full working collection of BZR exotic AMIGA codecs are in players and AMIGAPlayers folders":

http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/DeliPlayer

Wanted Team "These are mostly exotic AMIGA codecs not used in Deli already as standard these are extra Deli and Eagle codecs":

http://wt.exotica.org.uk/players.html

Hope those help you in your quest to be the top dog of VGM players. To be the top dog you need to know what other formats are still out there so you can capitalize and improve the player to the highest up to date quality you can.

These Arcade ones and other exotic AMIGA ones are just getting started in the world of other VGM formats but the player is doing great so far keep up the good work I'm definitely going to give this a download when I get the time.

In fact the read up I see so far looks the best I've seen but the Eagleplayer and M1 to BZR codec conversions I would love to see one day do make it bigger and badder than the dogs bollocks it already looks like so far. It already looks by far the best player ever for Video Game Music so playing Arcade and Exotic Deli/Eagle AMIGA's imagine what that would do it would be draw dropping if I see those added in a future update into a BZR version.

[bLAZER]

Seasonal greetings from me, and here's a late Christmas gift from me:

0.92

New features:

• sc68 and sndh-support are back and more stable than before
• nogui flag from commandline will start BZR Player with no graphical user interface
• You can now control BZR Player with sockets by sending the following commands to port 9859:
  • -play
  • -pause
  • -next
  • -prev
  • -stop
  • -nextsubsound
  • -prevsubsound
  • -quit
  • -clear (clears playlist)
  • -volume[x] sets volume, where x is an integer 0-100
  • Any other text will be treated as a file and added to the playlist. BZR Player acts both as a sever and client so you can try this out by first unchecking "Allow multiple instances" in the settings. You then start BZR PLayer and then go to the command and type BZRPlayer.exe -play (or any other supported command)

Bug fixes:

• In a rare case a .mod-file was treated as a ac1d packer file getting the program stuck in a loop trying to play it (Bug in ProWizard)

Get BZR Player 0.92 here (And join the Facebook page)


TEOL: I'll take a look at that M1.

[DH]

Thanks bLAZER

Now how about making an android app to replace the crappy thing I'm using to play mods

Other than that, fantastic Xmas gift, all the best mate and Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to you

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by DemonHellraiser

Now how about making an android app to replace the crappy thing I'm using to play mods

Do yo uuse Droidsound? At one point I was going to help the dev with the UI. Didn't seem to me like it was crappy (except for the UI), it was pretty similar to Modizer on iOS.

[DH]

No I don't use droidsound, I was using something else but it was constantly dropping out and skipping, so I binned it.

Will give that a go though, thanks Akira

EDIT: Works like a charm, now it's really Xmas

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by DemonHellraiser

EDIT: Works like a charm, now it's really Xmas

Told ya! Droidsound is really cool. A bit crud UI-wise but now it's skinnable so my skills are not needed, anybody else can make a skin

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by Akira

Do yo uuse Droidsound? At one point I was going to help the dev with the UI. Didn't seem to me like it was crappy (except for the UI), it was pretty similar to Modizer on iOS.

Thanks for this! I was stuck for the many choices available!

[bLAZER]

BZR Player is now available at Softonic, to help support it, download and grade it here: http://bzr-player.en.softonic.com/

[rhester72]

Originally Posted by Akira

Told ya! Droidsound is really cool. A bit crud UI-wise but now it's skinnable so my skills are not needed, anybody else can make a skin

I haven't tried the most recent release, but previous ones handled shuffle and track skip rather poorly (i.e. inconstistently). When it did work, it worked well, though, and I agree on the comparison with Modizer.

Rodney