ePod - Music Player - Developers

[IMG]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x305/Entoros/sign1-1.jpg[/IMG] [release] [b]What's an ePod?[/b] An electro-Pod, or Entoros-Pod. Whatever suits you. ePod is meant to change how you interact with music in Gmod. Features of an ePod include (or will be included): [list] [*]Sleek, familiar iPod design [*]Stream music from anywhere over the web [*]Play songs clientside or for everyone on the server to hear [*]Fancy technology like scroll wheels and pausing songs [*]Accurate and customizable progress bars [*]gm_bass and HTML compatibility [/list] [b]When's it to be released?[/b] ePod is currently in [b]private alpha release[/b]. I'm putting this out here as showcase for what's yet to come. However, [b]I am looking for a few people to help test the alpha[/b] and check for bugs. If you have the time and think I can trust you, then say so below. [b]pics or gtfo[/b] Sure! [IMG]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x305/Entoros/ad1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x305/Entoros/ad2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x305/Entoros/ad3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x305/Entoros/ad4.jpg[/IMG] [/release]

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Can we get a video :3

Looking good! I don't mind testing the alpha. I'm trustworthy and friendly. Just heading off to bed at this current time, though. My steam is my name. :3

I'm impressed if you can actually spin that wheel with your mouse to navigate.

[QUOTE=Saint Devil;17906207]Can we get a video :3[/QUOTE] Buy me Fraps and I'll get a good one :V: But I'll try and get a 30-second one. [QUOTE=Salads;17906233]I'm impressed if you can actually spin that wheel with your mouse to navigate.[/QUOTE] Thanks, you can indeed. It's a little... buggy, but I'm working with the math.

I'm hoping there's a lot to be done to this still, as the layout is horrid.

[QUOTE=CptFuzzies;17906291]I'm hoping there's a lot to be done to this still, as the layout is horrid.[/QUOTE] Elaborate please?

Looks cool.

Can this play .midi files or just .mp3 files? Either way this looks awesome.

[QUOTE=iRzilla;17906396]Awesome job. [code]if file.Exists("../lua/includes/modules/gm_bass.dll") then require("bass") end[/code] So it needs gm_bass to work :([/QUOTE] It functions better with gm_bass, but it's built so that if you don't have bass it streams via html. You just don't get a progress bar at the moment (hopefully you will in the future). [QUOTE=Mikesword221;17906415]Can this play .midi files or just .mp3 files? Either way this looks awesome.[/QUOTE] It can play it if you can stream it. I've only tried with mp3s, but it could probably stream .wav and .midi.

Its epic. I just tried it. Perhaps a bit jerky with the circle movement, but meh. Brilliant all the same.

Haha, this is very original. I don't think anyone else would've thought to make one for a long time. And the mouse wheel type thing is very cool, it's worth downloading just to see the math that did that. I could also test it for you if you wanted. And Daft Punk ftw.

gPod would've been a better name :v:

ePod probably stands for "[b][i]Entoros Pod[/b][/i]".

[QUOTE=Dlaor;17931212]gPod would've been a better name :v:[/QUOTE] That was the name initially, but I figured that with GMove and gStream and GMod Plus and a plethora of other addons prefixed with "g", it would've been too stale. [QUOTE=Jamie932;17931419]ePod probably stands for "[b][i]Entoros Pod[/b][/i]".[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Entoros;17906059] [b]What's an ePod?[/b] An electro-Pod, or Entoros-Pod. Whatever suits you. [/QUOTE]

I heard about that gStream thing. Pretty damn spiffy. /advert :D Talk to me on steam if you want a better look. You still have a terrible UI. (No offense) Also, did you use the sliding menu idea I was talking to yah about?

[QUOTE=Entoros;17934694]GMove and gStream and GMod Plus[/QUOTE] :holy: Oh sorry, you agitated my g-spot.

[QUOTE=Skapocalypse;17936132]I heard about that gStream thing. Pretty damn spiffy. /advert :D Talk to me on steam if you want a better look. You still have a terrible UI. (No offense) Also, did you use the sliding menu idea I was talking to yah about?[/QUOTE] What is so bad about the UI?! Please, just tell me! And I'll implement the slidy thing if I get the chance.

Same question I had on first seeing that you were working on this: why, aside from the novelty, did you decide to use the wheel interface? It's designed for use with a thumb. Makes no sense at all with a mouse - radial controls have showed up in various bits of media software over the ages and overwhelmingly been obnoxious instead of useful.

I could test it. I like Gmod music players.

[QUOTE=mahalis;17939657]Same question I had on first seeing that you were working on this: why, aside from the novelty, did you decide to use the wheel interface? It's designed for use with a thumb. Makes no sense at all with a mouse - radial controls have showed up in various bits of media software over the ages and overwhelmingly been obnoxious instead of useful.[/QUOTE] I initially did this just for the sake of seeing if I make a wheel. Once it was actually possible, it developed into an iPod-type interface. I figured that it's not really the most practical of applications, so I've made it possible to select songs with the mouse (suggestions on ways of scrolling besides a scrollbar?). I've also made it so you can only scroll with the wheel when holding the mouse on it.

[QUOTE=Entoros;17949433]I initially did this just for the sake of seeing if I make a wheel. Once it was actually possible, it developed into an iPod-type interface. I figured that it's not really the most practical of applications, so I've made it possible to select songs with the mouse (suggestions on ways of scrolling besides a scrollbar?). I've also made it so you can only scroll with the wheel when holding the mouse on it.[/QUOTE] Maybe, instead of detecting the circular movement, just get the x and y movements. Like on an iPod you would turn the wheel to turn up/down the volume, but on this you click and hold the wheel and move your mouse left or right to turn up/down the volume. Use the same principles in the menus.