APP updated 0.3.2 groovefish grooveshark client for wm

**dschoenike** · #1 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 09:05 PM

Greetings. I haven't seen this posted here yet, so i thought id share what i found. This comes from xda-developers member Barguast, and its a... well, ill just post the description from his post

Hi all,

Groovefish is the predictable, unimaginative, and possibly soon-to-be-replaced project name for an application I'm developing. Groovefish will allow the most excellent Grooveshark music streaming service to be used on a Windows Mobile 6.x device.

Version 0.3.2 now available

Changes in 0.3.2

Big rewrite of some of the code – should fix some problems, may cause others!
Sporadic crash on exit should now be fixed.
Searches can now be cancelled.
Fixes a crash that sometimes occurred when scrolling the search results.
QVGA compatibility!!

Current Features

Search for individual songs.
View song information including artwork, artist name, genre, etc.
Play the song

Planned Features

In-built playlist support.
Fast, easily-accessible, finger-friendly UI.
Favourite songs for fast access.

An initial release with very basic functionality will hopefully be released some time this week. At the moment I am improving the stability and performance and still need to create the in-built player. I am currently using Windows Media Player to play the stream, which requires the song to be downloaded and stored on the device. Due to the obvious piracy implications of this, the creation of the in-built player is paramount and will come before any releases.

Ive been using it on my Touch Pro running dcd's 2.16 rom, and it works very well. Its found and played every song i searched for, but it has crashed twice on me today. Relaunching the app is easy enough though. Here's the thread over at xda
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ght=groovefish or also here to download from the devs page
http://www.1800pocketpc.com/groovefi...windows-mobile
And the cab is below

dschoenike
0.3.2 cab is now fixed and working

Automaton · #2 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 06:24 PM

i never knew of this service. surely it doesn't comply with US copyright laws?

**dschoenike** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 06:51 PM

Not quite sure. I dont know if it matters that this app only streams a song, not download. The dev mentioned that yesterday, which i forgot to post. Groovefish does not download the song, only streams it to your device. Hope its not breaking any laws, cause im really likin' this app

dschoenike

alcasino · #4 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 08:12 PM

this is a great app!!!

Automaton · #5 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 11:40 AM

I read their about us info. Basially they have no license to stream the songs. They are hoping that record labels contact them to negotiate a fair licensing price rather than just having the songs yanked. But they insist that they will yank songs off the site if asked to do so by the copyright holder. I wouldn't be surprised if you see the available song list shrink over time.

Herbal954 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 04:04 PM

this program is incredible

**dschoenike** · #7 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herbal954

this program is incredible

I agree. i was a huge fan of seeqpod mobile, and when that app got pulled, i was pretty down.

this app, although its very early in development, sure is nice if you like searching and listening to songs.
dsxhoenike

Herbal954 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 04:43 PM

yea, i was pondering a way to use playlist.com on my phone and then i found love hehe

PPCInformer · #9 (**permalink**) 10-11-2009, 10:15 PM

The Grooveshark client for Windows Mobile 6

Developer : ( xda-developer profile ) Barguast

Groovefish will allow you to search for and play virtually any song in the world for free via your Windows Mobile 6.x device! Groovefish is built upon the most excellent Grooveshark music streaming service.

Current Features

Search for individual songs.
View song information.
Play the song, with common media controls (play, pause, seek, etc.)

Planned Features

Playlist support.
Favourite songs for fast access.

Change Log

0.1: First Release!

Initial proof-of-concept release.
Program can crash if a problem occurs when downloading song artwork (rare) or the actual song itself (more common)
Sometimes crashes when clicking 'Back' on the player page.
Poor user interface!

0.2: Major Bug Fix

Removes a crash that happened when the song had no artwork

0.3: Total overhaul!

Completely rewritten code base for greater stability.
Huge improvements to the user interface, allowing search, browsing, and playing on one screen.
Search results now display the song and artist name.
Media player now allows for playing, pausing, and seeking the music stream.
Screen will no longer turn off while the application is running, ensuring the music won't stop playing.

This application is now exclusively hosted on 1800PocketPC.com. Downloading requires no registration. Please do not upload this file elsewhere.

Official Support and Bug request thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561374

Download Groovefish v0.3(current version)

timdawgdentist · #10 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 06:29 AM

Love the concept. Love the app.. Love the website. It stops working after 1 or 2 songs.

Keep up the good work.