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About:
Soundpal is a basic MP3 player for the Playdate (play.date), by Panic (panic.com). It has various configuration options built in to suit your particular needs.
Generally functional, but no longer being actively developed.
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Revision history:
- v0.3
- Recompiled to support updated SDK/hardware
- v0.2
- Two new visualizers
- Fix autolock bug
- Fix menu scrolling bug
- v0.1
- Basic ID3 (v2/3) tag support: song, artist, album
- Basic sorting: all songs, artist, artist+album
- Randomization / Loop modes
- Toggle between light & dark themes
- Choose between a handful of fonts
- Choose between various text legibility options
- Choose between four "visualizers": cycle or toggle off to save battery life
To install:
- Playdate hardware:
- Put the device in Disk Mode: Go to "Settings" > "System" and select "Reboot in Data Disk Mode"
- Once the device connects, navigate to the drive (on macOS, this is located at "/Volumes/PLAYDATE")
- Place the .pdx file into the "Games" subfolder
- Disconnect Playdate
- Simulator:
- The simulator is included with the Playdate SDK. You can get the installer here: Playdate SDK
- Once installed, open the "PlayDateSDK" folder (on macOS, this is located at `~/Developer/PlaydateSDK`)
- Put the .pdx file into the "Disk/Games"> subfolder
- Relaunch the simulator.
To upload your music:
- Playdate hardware:
- Put the device in Disk Mode: Go to "Settings" > "System" and select "Reboot in Data Disk Mode"
- Once the device connects, navigate to the drive (on macOS, this is located at "/Volumes/PLAYDATE")
- Open the subfolder "Disk/Data/com.jaymakesgames.soundpal/musicLibrary"
- Put music files in this location (note: the app will recursively search all folders here for MP3s).
- Relaunch Soundpal
- Simulator:
- The simulator is included with the Playdate SDK. You can get the installer here: Playdate SDK
- Once installed, open the "PlayDateSDK" folder (on macOS, this is located at `~/Developer/PlaydateSDK`)
- Open the subfolder "Disk/Data/com.jaymakesgames.soundpal/musicLibrary"
- Put music files in this location (note: the app will recursively search all folders here for MP3s).
- Relaunch Soundpal
Controls
- Menus
- [B] move up a level, close menu if at top level
- [A] select item, navigate to submtnu
- [Left] close menu
- [Up]/[Down] navigate/change selection
- Player
- [Up] change visualizer
- [Down] cycle repeat / loop modes
- [Left]/[Right] change to previous / next song; hold to trigger auto-repeat
- [A] pause / unpause
- [B] open menu
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