S2P Known limitations & FAQs

Q. Do I have to install the old version before using this version?
A. No. But after upgraded to the latest version, suggest to "Set Library" first.

Q. How to use the .CAB file?
A. http://www.google.com/search?q=install+cab

Q. Do I have to install S2U2 before installing S2P?
A. No. But if you have installed S2U2, make sure you have updated your S2U2 to 0.99p or later.
Otherwise S2P will be stopped by S2U2.

Q. What music files can S2P play?
A. MP3, MP4, M4A, AAC, WMA & WAV.

Q. When viewing an album of WMA/WAV files, there is no duration show?!
A. Yes, it's not implemented yet.

Q. The Album View only show a few covers even there a lot different music files stored?!
A. You have to organize the files into folder structure like \Storage Card\Music\Artist Name\Album Name\Music title.mp3, otherwise it won't be recognized by S2P. And set the library to \Storage Card\Music.

Q. The Album View does not work?!
A. It's disabled in v0.70 or later as it's not ready yet. 

Q. How to turn off the screen when playing music?
A. Press the Power button or the record button.

Q. S2P shows weird characters for the music info?!
A. Try to resave those info in ID3V2.4 UTF-8 format.

Q. How to have album cover shown on S2P?
A. Either the music file already has cover pic embedded or you have to copy the cover file
(either cover.jpg or folder.jpg or album*.jpg made by WMP) to the corresponding album folder.
A. Sudermatt has a script to update the album art directly from your device,
goto http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2164454&postcount=920 for details.
A. Littld has write an application to copy album arts from your PC to your device,
goto http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=560497

Q. Does S2P support A2DP?
A. Yes, as long as your device has a proper OS.

Q. Does S2P support AVRCP?
A. Yes, starting from v0.40.

Q. But S2P does not support AVRCP on my device?
A. It's found that latest devices have some specific codes to handle AVRCP specifically with the built-in WMP.
A. For Touch Diamond/Pro/HD, if it starts WMP automatically when a BT headset is connected,
please try the "T-Back 6.5 BT Driver.cab" at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4292847&postcount=3

Q. How to get AVRCP works on Touch Pro2/HD2?
A. Follow these steps:
- turn on the Bluetooth & connect the BT Headset;
- start S2P & enjoy

Q. Does S2P support the HTC Wired Remote Control?
A. From v0.80, S2P supports this remote.
A. If WMP is always started when the remote PLAY button is pressed, turn on "Override WMP for remote control".

Q. The Artists/Albums list does not shown according to the ID3 tag of the music files?!
A. You have to organize the files into folder structure like \Storage Card\Music\Artist Name\Album Name\Music title.mp3, and set the library to \Storage Card\Music.

Q. The order of Artists/Albums list is not sorted alphabetically?!
A. Because it's sorted according to the folders name. Correct the folder names accordingly & press "More" > "Refresh Library".

Q. After some new music files are added or deleted from the library, S2P does not recognise the changes?!
A. Go to the list view, press "More" > "Refresh Library". It works for both situations (added or deleted files).
But if only new folders of files are added, use "Set Library" will update faster.

Q. Does S2P support playlist?
A. Yes, starting from v0.73 beta, M3U, PLS & ASX are supported.

Q. The OpenGL version of S2P does not run properly on my device?!
A. There may be conflict with other installed applications. Just re-install the normal version of S2P.

Q. The system icons on the top bar do not update?!
A. Yes, they only show the start status. But the battery level icon is up-to-date.
However, they will all be alive if S2U2 v1.00 or later is running in the background.

Q. How to make S2P runs faster?
A. Some tips:
- organize the mp3 files in folders
- keep the mp3 files small (<= 256kbps)
- don't use embedded album art
- keep album art small (<= 200 square pixels)
- let S2P goes through every album for creating some cached files for later better performance
- set AlwaysLoadEmbedAlbumPic to 0
- set FastAlbumPic to 1
- set FullScreenAlbum to 0

Q. Is there any Today plug-in for S2P?
A. Chriscsh has made a plug-in for WM6.5, details at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=518257

Q. How to control S2P from other program?
A. Here is how to control S2P through Windows Message:
  Play/Pause: WM_COMMAND, 301
  Next: WM_COMMAND, 302
  Previous: WM_COMMAND, 303
  Volume Up: WM_COMMAND, 403
  Volume Down: WM_COMMAND, 404
  Fast Forward: WM_COMMAND, 408
  Fast Backward: WM_COMMAND, 409
Please note these are for advanced users only. If you want to know more, please try to google what "Windows Messaging" are. Besides, the following registry keys (under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2P\) will tell you the current status of S2P:
  Status - 0 is playing; 1 is paused
  CurrentTitle - nothing means S2P is not running; " " (a space) means S2P is running but no song is playing; others show the current title that S2P is playing.
  CurrentAlbum - the album pic currently displaying
  CurrentArtist - the artist name currently playing, if any
  CurrentAlbumName - the album name currently playing, if any

Others

Q. What is the official website of S2P?
A. http://www.ac-s2.com

Q. Is S2P free?
A. Yes for personal use, but any donation is welcome, thanks.
For commercial use, please contact A_C at http://contact.ac-s2.com for the details.