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Issue Reporting / Re: iOS 12 bluetooth muting issues

« on: October 09, 2018, 12:34:21 pm »

A beta version 2.4.3 is now available to address the iOS 12 Bluetooth announcements issue.  If you are interested in testing the resolution of the issues, please send an IM to me with your email address and I will send a beta invite to you.

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Issue Reporting / Re: Voice Announcement not working right.

« on: October 09, 2018, 12:34:04 pm »

A beta version 2.4.3 is now available to address the iOS 12 Bluetooth announcements issue.  If you are interested in testing the resolution of the issues, please send an IM to me with your email address and I will send a beta invite to you.

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Issue Reporting / Re: Voice Announcement not working right.

« on: October 07, 2018, 09:07:54 am »

I have been working on the update and have it mostly working except for a few corner cases.  I expect to submit a beta to Apple this week.

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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions / Re: Can I share date from my iphone to an andriod?

« on: October 04, 2018, 07:43:18 am »

If you have the latest version of the Apple and Android apps on the respective devices, you can export your settings from the Apple version from the settings page of the app.   That will create an email with an attachment you can send to the other parent with the Android.   She can then open the email on her device and import your settings.

The big gotcha is that the music files cannot be transferred as that would violate music industry terms of usage.  If she can get the same song files loaded on her Android before the import, then the app is smart enough to locate and match them by artist and title and all should work.

Any recorded announcement files are also not transferred...  there is no law against that one, I just haven't figured out a good way to transfer larger files like that.

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Issue Reporting / iOS 12 bluetooth muting issues

« on: October 03, 2018, 04:26:02 pm »

I have been testing the 2.4.2 version of the app with iOS 12 and though most functionality is working, there are significant new issues with the iOS12 handling of mixed audio sources to a bluetooth speaker.  The result is inconsistant muting of announcements and song playback.

 I am working on an update to workaround the iOS issues, but it is quite a mess and will likely require delays during switching of sources.  There also is an iOS 12.1 in beta that may address the issue.

Options for you would be to wait for my fix or just use a long aux cord to the speaker rather than bluetooth.  Considering the general latency of bluetooth, I would recommend the aux cord as a much better performance approach always.

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Issue Reporting / Re: Voice Announcement not working right.

« on: September 21, 2018, 07:57:37 pm »

Yes, this was resolved in iOS 11, but I have not retested with iOS 12 yet.  I will try to retest that with iOS 12 in the next day or so and see how it works for me.  The fix for the problem did require some kludgy delays to work around oddities in the Apple music player and the system volume manipulation required to fade the walkout songs.  I would not be surprised at all if the new iOS requires tweeks of those delays.

Long term, if it was me, I would use a long aux cable to the bluetooth speaker or use purchased songs rather than Apple Music so my app can do the fading using the audio samples rather than the system volume.

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Issue Reporting / Re: How do I download songs

« on: September 15, 2018, 08:07:48 am »

It has to be this hard because the music industry wants to prevent you from sharing music at all costs and all music suppliers assume you will only use their music in their app...

Now, to help with your issue.  What are you using to download songs?

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Enhancement Requests / Re: Add music from Amazon prime music

« on: August 30, 2018, 04:53:33 am »

Google music does not yet provide any player api for any of their music services.  I have been watching for one. 

In theory, I could provide support for playback of any youtube url, but the app would then require continuous internet access for playback as it would break youtube terms of service to cache anything.  Would that still be of value with that condition?

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Release Notes / new iOS beta version 2.4.2 is now available

« on: August 15, 2018, 09:07:40 am »

iOS beta 2.4.2 of Walkout Song DJ is now available. 

Changes for this release:
-added support for iPhoneX screen layout
-reduce delay between announcement & walkout song in before mode
-fix number sequence bug in inc/dec of cue time
-silence the stutter in first Apple Music song playback after app open

If you are not currently on the Apple beta list and would like to test the new features, PM me here with your Apple ID email address and I can add you to the list.

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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions / Re: Does software work with Spotify

« on: August 01, 2018, 04:12:03 pm »

Are you using Android or Apple and where are the songs you were hoping to use?

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General Discussion / Re: Android announcer voice

« on: July 26, 2018, 04:37:40 am »

Most people will just find a coach or parent with a good voice and have them record announcements for each player either within the app or with a third party voice recorder and then import the files.

There is also the possibility to have a professional do them... Casey Motter is the stadium announcer for the Atlanta Braves and he has a little side business making announcements for apps like this.  His contact info is on Facebook at AllstarIntros.  You just give him a call to negotiate a price, send him a screen shot of your team, and he will email back the announcements for you to import.  i think he charges around $4 per player.

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Release Notes / new Android beta version 2.4.1 available

« on: July 25, 2018, 02:40:03 pm »

Android open beta release version 2.4.1 is now available. If you would like to participate, you must opt-in at this link

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.upallnitesoftware.walkoutsongdj

If you find issues or have suggestions from the beta, please message via the facebook page.

What's new in this release?

- move/copy players to other teams
- stop button during announcements
- auto repair music file links if file is moved on the device file system
- help text when file browsers are blank
- alphabetic index to song file browser
- allow selection of text-to-speech engine and improve selection of voices
- allow setting of text-to-speech voice pitch
- help text when text-to-speech engine or voices are not installed
- twitter page link for support
- assorted bug fixes and stability improvements

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Issue Reporting / Re: Cue time delay

« on: July 22, 2018, 06:46:48 am »

Does this happen with all songs or just one in particular?

Is it Apple or Android?

What is the source of the music file?

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Issue Reporting / Re: Songs not playing properly

« on: July 14, 2018, 06:51:50 am »

That sounds like you are now using songs from An Apple Music subscription?  The player that Apple provides for those is quite buggy and inconsistent.  I implemented many workarounds to smooth out the bugs, but the things you mention still happen occasionally when you first start a session and if your device has any issues with marginal internet connectivity.  If those hiccups are unnacceptable, I would recommend returning to imported songs or just purchasing songs individually from iTunes.  With those types of songs, the app has direct access to the audio data and I can use a much better player that I designed.

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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions / Re: Does software work with Spotify

« on: June 16, 2018, 09:06:17 am »

I suspect Spotify support will be years away if ever.  Spotify just does not seem to care for third party apps.

On the settings page the two default duration settings only apply to the walkout song page and the between inning page.  On the other pages, the default duration is full length of the song.  Does that explain the duration issue you described?