Version 0.6 has been released - please read here.

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After some busy months I spent most of my time failing to do anything m:robe development related, I've finally got to dedicate it some serious time. As a result, I'm proud to present you the m:robe loader version 0.5!
While is this is only a 0.2 version leap, I've actually rewritten the whole code in Java.

What's new?
* Completely rewritten in Java
* Swing interface (a bliss compared to that php-gtk one)
* No more file renaming! (it works on my m:robe 100, at least)
* Runs on OSX (tested)!

There's actually not much new feature-wise but the whole thing is more solid and much better to use. While the php version was more of a proof-of-concept, this Java implementation is intended to last. So I will release new features as I come up with them.

This could be considered as a beta release of the Java version. Expect to run into bugs (and report them).

Download: http://robe.infinitesimal.org/

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Looks great. Too bad it requires tha Java runtimes so it can't be used on all computers, but hey, what can you do. At the very least, it certainly looks like a big step up from the previous version(usability-wise).

nice. i tested it w/ this on my 500:

James Blunt ö, Ä, é, ß, - Youre Beautiful.mp3

didnt work for:
[]&;=+%•.mp3

Doesn't want to open for me. Gives an error saying that it can't find the main class. I've got the latest version of JRE installed. I'll try reinstalling it and I'll see if that gets it to work.

@robeslicker
I teted "[]&;=+%•.mp3" again on my m:robe 100 and it does work. It seems like the m:robes treat filenames differently...

@Zero82z
The error that it can't find the main class can be pretty random. If you get an exception and the main class failes to start then the jar launcher will also display the no main class error.

Open the console, cd to the loader's folder and start the jar with
"java -jar MrobeLoader.jar".
You'll propably see the real java exception in the console.

If you still get the main class error, try
"java -cp MrobeLoader.jar;lib/mp3spi.jar;lib/jl.jar;lib/tritonus_share.jar;lib/l2fprod-common-directorychooser.jar;lib/BrowserLauncher2.jar org.kizuna.robe.MrobeLoaderUiSwing"

i testet on 500i, (mac osx 10.45) not woork

Unsupported audio file: /Volumes/M-ROBE-1/music/COMPANY FLOW - Little Johny From The Hospitul/company flow - bee aware.mp3
Unsupported audio file: /Volumes/M-ROBE-1/music/COMPANY FLOW - Little Johny From The Hospitul/company flow - blackout.mp3
Unsupported audio file: /Volumes/M-ROBE-1/music/COMPANY FLOW - Little Johny From The Hospitul/company flow - bms digital.mp3
etc.

every mp3 file
what is wrong?

There's a bug with JRE 1.4 and mp3spi 1.9.4. that prevents mp3spi from being loaded and thus creates lots of "Unsupported audio file" errors. I'm currently investigating and looking for a solution.

In the meantime, update to MRE 1.5:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ ... ease3.html
(You might have to raise MRE 1.5's priority in the Java Settings Utility in /Applications/Utilities/Java).

If that doesn't help, download veryion 1.9.3 of mp3spi from http://www.javazoom.net/mp3spi/mp3spi.html , locate the mp3spi1.9.3.jar, rename it to mp3spi.jar and use it to replace the one found in the lib folder inside the m:robe loader directory.

i tried this software & really like it, but when i try to sync my mrobe, the program hangs at creating index file & then nothing happens. i waited for 15-20 min & nothing. it doesn't go to the next stage. my music is stored in My Music folder und many subfolders sorted by artist-album. do i do something wrong? any help would be appreciated.

keep up the good project.

nice looking user interface

@shemeta
To get this right. m:robe loader scans your Mp3s successfully, indexes them, begins to write the final database to the m:robe and stopps before it's finished?

There might be an error that's not displayed. Open a command prompt, navigate to the m:robe loader directory and enter "java -jar MrobeLoader.jar". Then try to create the database and check if any errors are printed to the command prompt.

Hi Adrian,

thanks for your help. here is the output from the command line:



i hope that can help you sort out the problem. keep up the good work.

shemeta

Java FTW. Did you start with an application and use javax.swing or did you base applets and run from there?

I've released version 0.6 of m:robe loader.

It fixes a bug related to dollar-signs in ID3 tags and hopefully improves support for MR-500i. m:robe loader now splits the msicxxxx.mum allowing for more than 1000 songs in the database, renames files according to the 500i's needs and doesn't overwrite index.mum anymore.
I'm not able to test the changes regarding the MR-500i (since I don't own one) so I don't know if those changes actually work. Bug reports / testings are welcome!

Download: http://robe.infinitesimal.org/



@shemeta
Version 0.6 should fix this error.

@Manarius
I don't quite understand your question. m:robe loader is a Java application that uses Swing for its gui. The gui is completely pluggable so if anyone wanted another interface (swt, command-line etc) it would be rather easy to implement.
I don't think making it an applet instead of an application would have been a good idea...

Oh, you use Swing then...okay. I was just wondering. What would be really nice would be if you could build in functionality with playlists. For some reason, MTrip limits playlist length to 250 songs; it would be cool for this program to break that 250 song barrier.

Playlists are planned for the next version. I'm doing several projects prallel right now so I don't know when I will be able to work on m:robe loader again but I'll do my best. ^^